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A28227	A book of warnings, or, The visitation of the Lord's love to the King and his Parliament, the nobility and gentry, the arch-bishops and bishops &c., the presbytery, the Independents and Baptists, the people of these nations thorough [sic] his servant George Bishope.	Bishop, George, d. 1668.	1661 (1661)	Wing B2988; ESTC R18647	27,063	34

because they that feared the Lord spake often one to another and the Lord hearkned and heard it and a Book of Remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord and thought on his Name and they shall be mine saith the Lord of Hosts in that day when I make up my Jewels and I will spare them as a man spareth his own son that serveth him Mal. 3. 15 16. And not forsaking the assembling of our selves together as the manner of some is but exhorting one another and so much the more as you see the day approaching Heb 10. 25. They cannot swear because Christ saith Swear not at all neither by Heaven for its God's throne neither by the Earth for it is his footstool neither by Jerusalem for it is the City of the Great King neither shalt thou swear by thy Head for thou canst not make one hair white or black But let your communication be Yea Yea Nay Nay for whatsoever is more then these cometh of evil Matt. 5. 34 35 36 37. And his Apostle James saith But above all things my Brethren swear not neither by Heaven neither by the Ea●th neither by any other Oath But let your yea be yea and your nay nay lest ye fall into condemnation Jam. 5. 12. And the swearing by any thing was that which made it an Oath and they used in their swearing to mention by something which made it an Oath and they were gone many of them from that of the Law which Christ the end of the Law for Righteousness also repeals in that he saith Ye have heard it hath been said by them of Old time Thou shalt not forswear thy self but shalt perform unto the Lord thine Oath 's but I say unto you Swear not at all c. as aforesaid which Law required them to swear and to swear by the Lord Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God and serve him and swear By his Name Deut. 6. 13. I say they were gone from that of the law which required them when they swore to swear by the Lord Thou shalt swear the Lord liveth in truth in judgement and in righteousness Jer. 4. 2. and swore by the Lord and by Malcom Zeph. 1. 5. And they taught my people to swear by Baal Jer. 12. 16. And they that swear by the sin of Samaria and say thy God O Dan liveth and the Manner of Beersheba the Calves there by which they worshipt God liveth even they shall fall and never rise up again Amos 8. 14. And by the Heaven and by the Earth and by Jerusalem c. He repeals it all But I say unto you swear not at all neither by the Lord nor any other thing Swear not at all I say unto you so though ye have heard it hath been said by them of old time Thou shalt not forswear thy self but shalt perform to the Lord thine Oaths This was not Cursorie swearing or in ordinary Communication as people would have it a●● some say so but without proof for it appears not that there was any such kind of swearing among the Jews for they were not to take his Name in vain but such Oath 's as were made to God solemn Oaths as I may so say by which they bound their souls to God to perform as it was then required and when they swore so they mentioned by something as I have said and this By made it an Oath and that which they swore by was to be that which was Paramount to all and could witness and was able to avenge which the Lord was onely therefore they were to mention his Name when they swore and it was a figure of something which was to come which was not then come Christ Jesus whom that Nation and the Body of all that worship and service typified and which had their end in him and which he when he was come put thus an end unto who is the Oath of God to perform the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember his holy Covenant the Oath which he sware to our Father Abraham that he would grant unto us Luke 1. 72 73 74 And who it is that binds the soul to God In whom all the promises of God are Yea and Amen Even in Christ Jesus 2 Cor. 1 20. who saith But I say unto you Swear not at all And he that said so is the same that said Whosoever is angry with his Brother without a cause shall be in danger of the Judgement c. And whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed Adultery with her already in his heart in the same Ch. Mat. 5. They cannot maintain a Priesthood by tythes because that Priesthood which had the tythes is done away and ended in him to whom Abraham paid tythes in Melchizedeck who is a Priest for ever after the Order of Melchizedeck Psal 110. 4. whom it figured They cannot maintain temples of stone or come to Worship in them as places consecrated by man or because they have in them more than other places or for that God is more to be found in them or wil be found in them or that he hath so signified more than in other places or that he will be present Because God dwelleth not in temples made with hands neither is worshipped with mens hands God that made the world and all things therein seeing that he is Lord of Heaven and Earth dwelleth not in temples made with hands neither is worshipped with mens hands as though he needed any thing seeing that he giveth unto all life and breath and all things Acts 17. 24 25. And the temple at Jerusalem was a figure of him who was to come which is ended in him who is come And now the temple of God is those in whom the Holy Ghost dwelleth Know ye not that ye are the temple of God and that the spirit of God dwelleth in you If any man defile the temple of God him shall God destroy for the temple of God is holy which temple ye are 1 Cor. 3. 16 17. And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols For ye are the temple of the living God as God hath said I will dwell in them and walk in them and I will be their God and they shall be my people Wherefore come out from among them and be ye seperate saith the Lord and touch not the unclean thing I wil receive you wil be a Father unto you and ye shall be my sons and daughters saith the Lord God Almighty 2 Cor. 6. 16 17 18. They cannot be in the Observation of Daies and times set in the will of man Because such things also had their Day and End even those which were commanded of the Lord Ye observe Daies and Months Times Years I am afraid of you lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain Gal. 4. 10 11. And let no man therefore judge you in Meat or in Drink or in respect of a Holy-day or of

about you that ye may be sure of your works and that they be wrought in God For the Night is at hand wherein none can work but every man must be tried according to his work for what he hath not what hath another The Lord hath long waited on you and his presence hath been amongst ye and he hath been with you whilst ye have been with him He is now come whom ye knew not though he was with you The times of this ignorance God winked at now he commands men every where to repent because he hath appointed a Day in the which he will judge the World in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained whereof he hath given assurance unto all men in that he hath raised him from the dead and if Christ be not risen then are ye yet in your sins But Christ is risen and is become the first fruits of them that slept And that he is risen appears by his Witness in all men which testifies to all and witnesseth to his K●ngdom which is an everlasting Kingdom and to his Dominion which shall never have end And it bears witness to the Lord that he desireth not the death of a sinner but rather that he may return and live as he hath sworn because there is that of him in every one that seeks them to live over which Death hath no more dominion For in that he is risen Death hath no more dominion over him but he liveth unto God And he is the propitiation for our sins By Faith in whose Blood we have access unto God by this grace in which we stand and rejoice in hope of the glory of God Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered in the flesh arm your selves with the same mind for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh in the lusts of men but to the will of God And so Friends I leave you to the Witness of God to answer to me in this thing which will answer to me if you heed it you will hear it for I am moved of the Lord unto this in bowels of Love and it wil leave you without excuse So Farwell My Love is to the Seed of God in you who am known to many of you by the Name of GEO. BISHOPE To the People of these Nations Friends YOu have had Long and Great Warning the Lord hath raised up from amongst ye of your Sons and of your Daughters of your servants and of your Neighbours faithful Witnesses unto his Name who by Word and Writing Conversation and Example Doing and Suffering have testified of his Day that is come wherein he will judge every one according to his Works and that the Axe is laid to the Root of the Tree and every Tree that brings not forth good fruit is hewen down and cast into the fire and therefore he warned you by them all to bring forth fruits meet for Repentance whilst the Door was open and whilst he called that when you should call in the Day of your distress he might arise and deliver you And by them he shewed you the way unto himself even by hearkning to and obeying that of him within every one of you which shewed ye evil and reprov'd and judged you and shewed to you what ye should do by which the Holy Men of God of Old drew near unto and were drawn to the Lord and by which those of your Sons and Daughters Servants and Neighbours who have testified as aforesaid and remained faithful have drawn near and were brought to the Lord and have felt his power to give them Victory over sin and evil and the corrupt Conversation in which they lived whilst they were ignorant of and believed not in him who witnessed in them who is the Power of God to salvation to as many as obey him even to as many as believe in his Name Now Friends after all this Warning and gracious Visitation the Lord hath long waited to see whether ye would turn to that which witnesseth in you which is of God and obey it that your souls may live and be redeemed out of Death and from the bondage of Corruption In which you are who are servants unto sin For as many as are led by sin are servants unto sin and as many as are servants unto sin are in bondage to sin and as many as are in bondage to sin are in Death and the Son hath not made them free For if the Son make ye free then are ye free indeed saith Christ and the Truth makes free and this is Truth To believe in the onely true God and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent and that of him in you which shews ye your state and your condition and your Enemy and his working and where ye are and how ye are fallen and gone Out of the Way Is that which is come to redeem you out of that state and to deliver you from your Enemy and to recover you back again and to guide your feet in the way of Peace that your Souls may have rest with God And this you know every one of you You cannot stifle it It 's too late to do it the Lord hath reached to his Witness in you and hath given you to see all this and how you should hearken to that of him in you which shews ye all this and the secrets of your hearts and searcheth your hearts and trieth your reins and shews you the compass and end of your actions and that ye should do none iniquity it tells you in secret Now that which shews ye this is greater then all for it should never shine in your Consciences shew you this the way to God could that which hath you in Captivity keep it out it concerns you to heed and to have heeded this that so the Lord's loving-kindness might not be in vain as to you nor the striving of his Spirit nor the stretching forth of his Arms to draw and gather you for this of a truth I have to say unto you That ye have all need of him of his mercy not that he hath need of you And he might have left ye all in the state wherein ye were by Nature even Children of Wrath and never have shewn ye where you were or that ye were sinners or in such a state nor your Enemy nor what an Enemy he is until ye come to feel his Wrath and to be tumbled into the Pit out of which none that goes ever comes But he hath visited you and shewn you what is good To do justly to love mercy and to walk humbly with the Lord and something hath striven in you since the time you could remember and shew'd you evil and judg'd you for evil yet it ye have not obeyed but have been conformed to the World and to the Fashions and Customes of the World which are evil as you have been led and you