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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28133	The trumpet of the Lord sounded forth unto these three nations as a warning from the spirit of truth, especially unto thee, oh England, who art looked upon as the seat of justice, from whence righteous laws should proceed : likewise, unto thee, thou great and famous city of London, doth the Lord God of vengeance found one warning more into thine ear ... : with a word of wholsome counsel and advice unto thy kings, rulers, judges, bishops, and priests ... : together with a few words unto the royal seed ... / by one who is a sufferer for the testimony of Jesus, in Newgate, Esther Biddle.	Biddle, Ester.	1662 (1662)	Wing B2865; ESTC R38832	17,824	25

THE TRUMPET Of the LORD Sounded forth unto these THREE NATIONS As a WARNING from the Spirit of Truth especially unto Thee Oh ENGLAND who art looked upon as the Seat of Justice from whence righteous Laws should proceed Likewise unto Thee thou great and famous City of London doth the Lord God of Vengeance sound one WARNING more into thine Ear that if possible haply thou mayest hearken unto him and amend thy life before it be too late With a Word of wholsome Counsel and Advice unto thy King Rulers Judges Bishops and Priests that they may prize the Day of their Visitation before it pass away As also a Word of Prophesie of the sore Destruction that is coming upon them if they Repent not Together with a few Words unto the Royal Seed which is chosen of God and separated from the World to do his Will for ever By one Who is a Sufferer for the Testimony of Jesus in Newgate ESTHER BIDDLE LONDON Printed in the Year 1662. One Warning more from the Lord God of Vengeance sounded forth unto Thee Oh City of London OH London London The dreadful Lord God of Everlasting strength which faileth not his notable terrible and dreadful Day is coming upon thee as at noon day and from it thou canst not escape neither canst thou quench God's Fire which burns as an Oven which is overtaking thee Oh the burden of the Lord concerning this Treacherous and Backsliding City Oh! Calamity upon Calamity Misery upon Misery Plagues upon Plagues Sickness upon Sickness and one Disease upon another will the Lord God of Power bring upon thee and the Lord will destroy thee from being inhabited unlesse thou dost repent from the bottom of thine heart and lead a new Life and abhor thy self in dust and ashes The Everlasting Counsellour and Prince of Peace is come and coming to take Peace from thee and to hide comfort from thine Eyes Oh! wo is me for thee my heart is even broken within me and mine Eyes as a Fountain Floweth forth before the Lord in thy behalf that the bitter Cup which thou and thy joyning Sister hath to drink may be taken away if it be his will Oh! that thou wouldt return unto the Lord as Nineveh did who received the Message of Cod And the King came from his Stately Throne and humbled himself before the Lord and his Soul was obedient unto the higher Power which is God and all that had a being in that City both Man and Beast was covered with Sackcloth and ashes Three dayes and three nights they humbled themselves before the higher Power who is King of Kings and Lord of Lords who is Governour amongst the Gods even he repented himself of the Evil which he thought to bring upon them and accepted of their Humiliation Oh London it would be well for thee to consider thy wayes and Worship and Religion and search with the Light and let the Light shew thee whether thy wayes and Worship and Law is pure which is given forth in thee if it be not so I pray thee as in Christ stead let his Light lead thee into his way and Judgements and Worship and Religion which are holy that thy Soul may be saved in the Terrible Day of the Lord for there are hundreds in thee that do not know their right hand from their left neither can they discern the Power of the Lamb from the Power of the Beast Therefore hath the Lord stayed his fury from breaking forth upon thee yet a little while and the Mighty hand and out-stretched Arm of the Lord which is stretched forth from Sea to Sea will come upon thee suddenly Oh thou City saith the Lord who formed thee in the womb and gave thee Life and Breath and hath been as a tender Father and loving Nurse even from thy Cradle have not I made the Earth to bring forth her Corn and Oyl and Wine for thee have I not cloathed the Earth with Grasse and the dew to descend upon it and the softly Showers of Rain have not I caused to distill upon thy Flowers and Vines that they might give a Fragrant Smell unto thee how have thy Streets and houses been dressed with the glory of them and have not thine eyes beheld the Glorious Collours of the Flowers and Workmanship of my hands the which many of you shall see no more because of my destroying Angel Oh London have not I who am the God of the whole World placed a glorious burning Fire in thee which all the water in the Sea cannot quench which gives light in thee and unto thee and all Nations which is my witness in every man which stands up for me against all manner of Sin hath not the Lord broken up the Seals of the great deep and opened the Fountain of Everlasting Life in the midst of thee to wash thee from thy Leprosie and to heal thy putrifying sores Oh! thou art full of running sores from the crown of thine head to the sole of thy foot there is not a free place have not I opened a well of pure water to bathe and make thee white I the Lord of Host hath caused my Sons and Daughters and Handmaids to leave both Father and Mother House and Land Wife and Children and indeed all outward things to come unto thee rising up early in sore Travels and labours to warn thee and call thee to Repentance that thou mightst be saved before my dreadful stroke be struck at thee which will not fail have not they shewed thee many things which hath come to passe I have shewn and am shewing Signes in Heaven and Earth in thee which shall make the keepers of the house to tremble have not the dead been raised the blind made to see the Lame to walk the dumb to speak the Leopards been cleansed in thee have not I made the Elements to melt with fervent heat the Powers of Heaven have been shook by me the Sun have I turned into darkness and the Moon hath lost her Light The old Heaven and the old Earth hath the Lord made to passe away at the Brightness of his coming and as I have worked and suffered in you so I will do until I have made up my Jewels which I am perfecting through sufferings in thee And until I have gathered my Seed from the four winds in thee into my Bosom from whence it came until then will I work and bear the burden of iniquity even until the Seed suffering measure is come to an end and then shall not my eye pitty nor hands spare thee but I will bathe my sword in thy blood and I will give thee blood to drink even as thou hast done by my Innocent Lambs even so will I do by thee and as they have seen their blood lie in thy Streets so shalt thou see thine and the day will be hot and terrible that is coming upon thee unlesse thou dost repent I the Everlasting God have looked down out of my Holy Habitation and

and Crown and Beauty shall never have an end but thou shalt be the Glory of the whole Earth and the Beauty of all Nations and Kings shall come to thy rising and Princes to the brightness of thy Glory there is no City upon the Earth can say as thou canst in this latter day for the Power of the Lord hath been shed abroad in thee and thou hast been visited more than any therefore prize the Son of the Lord least thou art cast into utter Darkness for it is I the Lord that chaineth Leviathan which no man can tame who am God and there is none besides me by my Wisdom the World was made and the Heavens framed I created the Sea and caused the Rivers to run into it and have set the Sands as swadling bands that it cannot over-pass and this is my decree which I will have sealed unto my people I am the Quakers God and will be with them unto the end of this World and in the end they shall be with me in my Glorious Kingdome where they shall be kept from their Persecutors and lye down in joy peace and tranquility with the rest of my holy Martyrs and Prophets and Apostles in years past and I am utterly against all that do oppose them who am a terrible God and will bring the wickedness of the wicked to an end but the righteousness of the righteous doth live with me This is my Decree and it shall live for ever and remain World without end and if thou canst cause the rain from raining or the Stars from shining or the Sun from going her Course or giving light to the Nations then mayest thou alter my Decree with my People whose seed shall be for number as the sand upon the Sea shore and for Multitude as the Stars of Heaven and they shall shine in Glory more brighter than the Sun at noon day in the Firmament of my Power when the generation of the wicked shall be cast into the Lake which is prepared of God for the King of darkness and his Subjects The Trumpet of the Lord sounded forth unto England Scotland and Ireland with a Word of wholsome Advice and Counsel to the King Rulers and Judges thereof OH King this is my Counsel unto thee and thy Rulers and Judges Oh! hearken unto the Light of Christ in your Consciences that it may bear rule in your hearts that you may Judge for the Lord and oppression may be expel'd in your Dominions Oh! that you would do Justice and love Mercy and walk humbly with the God of heaven then would the Lord give you length Of dayes and a long life Peace and Plenty shall be in your Dominions every one shall sit under his own Vine and Fig-tree and none shall make them afraid joy and tranquillity shall be in your Palaces this shall you see and know to be accomplished if you will leave off oppressing the Righteous and set the Captive free Oh ye Rulers Judges and Justices and all People high and low be it known unto you from the mighty Judge of Powerful Majesty that he is risen who will scatter Rulers in his anger and will pluck down Kings in his wroth Oh! the anger of the Lord waxeth hot against all workers of iniquity and he will set his oppressed seed free which cryeth unto him for deliverance and know this what cruelty soever be in your hearts against us the Lord will confound it and bring it to nothing for the Lord is on our sides and we fear not Imprisonment Banishment Fine or Tortures or whatever the wrath of man can inflict upon us for our hearts are firmly fixed upon the Lord and we are freely given up in Body Soul and Spirit to suffer for God's Cause Oh you Rulers if the Lord suffereth you to Banish us I know that the Lord will go along with us as he did with Abraham in a strange Land but know this we shall leave a seed behind us which shall be your tormentor and shall witness for us when we are gone Oh Lord I commit our case unto thee who art faithful and keepeth Covenant for ever and I know thou wilt fight our Battel and plead our cause with the mighty on earth who would destroy us from being a People if thy Power did not preserve us Glory and Honour be given unto thee who hath compassed us about with songs of everlasting praises and we may blesse the hour and time that thou raised up a People in the North even a dreadful and terrible Army who Marched swiftly in thy Power through the Nations and by them we were convinced and turned towards the Lord and they shall be the dread of all Nations and God hath crowned them with an everlasting Crown which neither Men nor Devils shall be able to take from them Oh you Rulers and Judges of these Nations do you think to overcome us or make us yeeld by keeping them in Prison which you think are our Teachers and Ring-leaders nay Christ is our Teacher and he cannot be removed into a corner who is the Antient of Dayes and will cause us to increase dayly and to grow as Calves in the stall we are not like the World who must have a Priest to Interpret the Scriptures to them and when he is removed they are scattered and knows not what to do but my friends we witness the Scriptures fulfil'd who hath said in the latter dayes He would pour out his Spirit upon Sons and Daughters and they should Prophesie and they shall all be taught of me and great shall be their peace and in righteousness shall they be established So the Lord doth not speak unto us in an unknown Tongue but in our own Language do we hear him perfectly whose voice is better than life and for this cause doth the unlearned hate us and the uncircumcised revile us because we cannot own the Teaching that is of this World but that which cometh immediately from God and that is pure and refresheth the Soul and holdeth up the head in the day of Battel and it causeth us to meet together to worship the Lord as we ought to do and Oh you Rulers and People it is in vain for you to strive against us for the God of heaven is with us Oh England Scotland and Ireland but more especially thou O England that art the most fruitful and famous Land in which the Lord hath been pleased to make manifest his Life and Power Beauty and Glory more than in any Nation under the Heavens in so much that he hath raised his sons and daughters from death to life and hath made them bold and valiant Souldiers for his Testimony which he hath given them to bear forth unto all Nations and by the Glorious and Powerful Word of Life which hath proceeded out of their mouthes hath thy Judges and Rulers been convinced of the evil of their way and have been made to confesse to the Truth both Priests and People both High