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A52032	A tender visitation in the love of God unto all people everywhere particularly unto the inhabitants of Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Bristol, and to my neighbours in and about Tetherton, Calloways, and the adjacent towns and villages / by Charles Marshall.	Marshall, Charles, 1637-1698.	1684 (1684)	Wing M744; ESTC R28809	14,556	25

A Tender Visitation IN THE Love of God UNTO All People every where Particularly unto the Inhabitants of Wiltshire Gloucestershire and Bristol And to my Neighbours in and about Tetherton Calloways and the adjacent Towns and Villages By Charles Marshall 〈◊〉 21.8 And unto this People thou shalt say Thus saith the Lord behold I set before you the Way of Life and the Way of Death Prov. 6.23 For the Commandment is a Lamp and the Law is Light and the Reproofs of Instruction are the Way of Life Prov. 4.13 Take fast hold of Instruction let her not go keep her for she is thy Life Cor. 5.10 11. For we must all appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ that every one may receive the things done in his Body according to that he hath done whether it be good or bad knowing therefore the Terrors of the Lord we perswade men c. Rom. 2.9 10. Tribulation and Anguish upon every Soul of man that doth Evil of the Jew first and also the Gentile but Glory Honour and Peace to every man that worketh good to the Jew first and also to the Gentile for there is no respect of Persons with God London Printed and Sold by Andrew Sowle 1684. A Tender Visitation c. Friends Neighbours Country-men AMongst whom I have had my Conversation in times past in the sear of the Lord God of Heaven and Earth and now being a Sufferer in this Prison for Jesus Christ's sake I am constrained in his tender Love to visit you by these Lines stirring you up to a tender and serious Examination and Consideration What Way on are walking in seeing there is but Two Ways as Christ Jesus saith Mat. 7.13 14. Enter ye in at the strait Gate for wide is the Gate and broad is the Way that leadeth to Destruction and many there be that go in thereat because streight is the Gate and narrow is the Way that leadeth unto Life and few there be that find it Now commune with your own Hearts and be truly still in your Minds and say unto your own Souls Job 22.15 What Way are we walking in For Christ Jesus here takes no notice of the many Ways and Professions of Religion both among Jews and Gentiles Isa 45.17 but plainly concludes all People walking in one of these Wayes namely the wide Gate and broad Way or the streight Gate and narrow Way It s true Prov. 14.12 there are now many Wayes and Professions of Religion in this Age of the World but now as then they are all concluded under these two Rom. 8.6 Prov. 72.7 Matt. 3.8 John 15.2 The Way of Life and the Way of Sin and Death And as these Two Wayes are contrary one to another so are the Fruits different that are brought forth by Men and Women walking in these Wayes All that are walking in the broad Way are bringing sorth the Fruits of the broad Way which are Wrath Matt. 15.18 19 20. Gal. 5.19 20 21. Murder evil Thoughts Adulteries Thefts false Witnesses Blasphemies which the Apostle also summing up together saith are these Adulteries Fornications Vncleanness Lasciviousness Idolatry Witchcraft Hatred Variance Emulation Wrath Strife Sedition Heresies Envyings Murders Drunkenness Revelling * Mark Neighbours Revelling and such like and saith that they which do such things shall not inherit the Kingdom of God 1 John 15.2 Now these are the Fruits of the broad Way and of those walking therein And this Way is called Broad because here men may walk in their Sins and Iniquities Prov. 4.15 16. in the Pleasures and Vanities of their Minds and the Gate is wide to receive all that spend their precious Times both Morning and Evening of their Day Psal 86 11. and not in the Fear Awe and Dread of the holy God And here the Multitude as aforesaid walk in this Way Prov. 15.9 10. for the Enemy of Mankind the Devil cares not what men may profess in words of God Christ the Kingdom of Heaven Religion and Worship while they continue walking in the Broad Way which leads to his Kingdom of Darkness Prov. 4.19 Matt. 15.7 8 9. Hence it was that the great God by his Servants the Prophets and Apostles testified against their Worships and Performances and that of several things which were once commanded And why ye may see it was they had forsaken the Right Way of the Lord and were performing their Worship in the same Nature Psal 146.9 Spirit and Way they were sinning in against God their Hearts were corrupt and Consciences defiled And he complains by Isaiah chap. 65.2 I have spread out my Hands all the day unto a Rebellious and Gain-saying People which walk in a Way that was not good after their own Hearts Prov. 12.16 This Way that was not good was the Broad Way in which they were as now many are walking in notwithstanding all their out-side profession of Religion and as saith the Lord by his Prophet Isaiah chap. 1. v. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17. To what purpose is the m●ltitude of your Sacrifices unto me saith the Lord I am full of Burnt-offerings of Rams and the fat of fed Beasts and I delight not in the blood of Bullocks or of Lambs or of the Hee-Goats When ye come to appear before me who hath required this at our hand to tread my Courts Bring no more vain Oblations Incense is an Abomination to me the New Moons and Sabbaths the calling of Assemblies I cannot away with it is INIQVITY even the solmn Meeting your New Moons and your Appointed Feasts my Soul hateth they are a trouble unto me I am weary to bear them And when ye spread forth your hands I will hide mine Eyes from you yea when ye make many Prayers I will not hear your hands are full of Blood Wash ye make ye clean put away the Evil of your Doings from before mine Eyes cease to do Evil learn to do well seek Judgment relieve the Oppressed plead for the Widdow c. So you may see Acts 17.23 24 25 26 27. Isa 55.7 that no Performances of Worship or Service were any longer acceptable in the sight of God than they were performed by Men and Women walking in the Way of the Lord denying themselves and cleaving to the good Spirit of God which the Lord said by his Prophet he gave to instruct and guide them but they saith the Lord rebelled against it Gen. 3.17.18.24 Isa 43.27 28. Gen. 4.7 8. This is the broad Way Adam and Eve through Degeneration went into when they disobey'd God and transgressed his Righteous Law and Commandment This is the Broad Way that Cain walked in when he slew his innocent Brother Abel This is the Way that the Old World walked in Gen. 6.5 6 7. Gen. 6.3 when they had through disobedience turned aside so as that the Lord said My spirit shall not always strive with man and it repented the Lord that he had made

Christ Jesus and his Apostles so may ye safely conclude those that walk in the way of the true and brings forth the Fruits of the true Ministers of Christ Jesus to be now true and those false now that walk in the Way and Footsteps of the false Prophets and Ministers of Antichrist So search the Scriptures in the spirit of Truth that leads into all Truth and receive Christ Jesus's Precept Mat. 17.12 14. about the streight Gate and narrow Way of which I have in his Love treated before and in vers 15. following he saith Beware of false Prophets c. v. 16. Ye shall know them by their Fruits c. True Ministers Christ sent them forth to prench the Kingdom of God saying The Harvest truly is great but the Labourers are few pray ye therefore the Lord of the Harvest that he would send forth Labourers into his Harvest go your wayes behold I send you forth as Lambs among Wolves carry neither Purse nor Scrip nor Shoes and into whatsoever house ye enter first say Peace be to this house and if the son of peace be there your peace shall rest upon it if not it shall return to you again Luke 9.2 3. ch 10.2 3 4. The Elders which are among you I exhort to feed the flock of God which is among you not by constraint but willingly not for filthy Lucre but of a ready mind neither as being Lords over Gods Heritage but being Ensamples to the stock 1 Pet. 5.2 3. Read Mat. 10.7.14 Luke 3.4 5. ch 10.10 11. Acts 2.17 18. ch 20.33 34. Rom. 12.7 8. to 17. 1 Cor. 2.13 14. ch 4.9 10 11 12. ch 9.18 19. 2 Cor. 3.4 6. Col. 1.25 1 Thes 2.9 2 Thes 3.8 1 Tim. 6.10 11. 2 Iim 2.24 ch 4.2 1 Pet. 4.10 11. Jer. 7.25 False Ministers Thus saith the Lord concerning the Prophets that make my People err that bite with their Teeth and cry Peace and he that putteth not into their Mouths they even prepare War against him the heads thereof judge for Reward and the Priests thereof teach for Hire and the Prophets thereof divine for Money Mica 3.5 Wo be to the Shepherds of Israel that feed themselves should not the shepherds feed the flock Ye eat the fat and ye clothe you with the Wool ye kill them that are fed but ye feed not the flock c. Ezek. 34.2 3 4 5. Also read Psal 94.3 4. Isa 46.10 11. Jer. 2.8 chap. 5.25 to 31. ch 14.13 14 15. ch 23.11 13 14 15 16 21 25 26 30 31 32 33 34. ch 27.16 ch 29.8 ch 32.32 ch 37.19 Ezek. 13.2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 16 17. ch 34.2 3 4 5 6 7 8 c. Zeph. 3.4 Mat. 6.5 ch 7.15 16. ch 23.7 8 13 14. Mark 12.38 39 40. ch 13.22 Luke 6.26 John 10.12 13 2 Pet. 2.1 2 3 4. ch 2.3.4 1 John 4.1 1 Tim. 6.3 4 5. ch 4.12 Jude ver 11 16. POSTSCRIPT A Memorial of the Tender Mercies of the Lord unto Bristol's Inhabitants with an Invitation to and Lamentation over them OH Bristol Bristol a City savoured of the Lord and tenderly dealt with by him how good hath the Merciful Compassionate God been unto thy Inhabitants and to the Countries round about thee It s now many years since ye were exercised with the Sword and Pestilence since which how many Favours hast thou received and enjoyed in an abundant manner from the hand of a tender merciful God! Thou hast been in thy Buildings much enlarged and thy Inhabitants much in creased Corn Wine and Oyl with Riches and abundance of the good Creatures even all things necessary hath the Lord God Almighty given thy Inhabitants And in the season he stretched out his hand over the Metropolitan of this Nation and with the dreadful Stroke of the Pistilence took away Multitudes even many Thousands he shaked his Hand only over thee taking away a few of thy Inhabitants as a fatherly Threatning and then giving thy Inhabitants and many places in this Land an opportunity and season of wonderful Kindness and great Mercy to fear and dread his Great Glorious and Terrible Name and wonderful Power and by that terrible Judgment provoke thy Inhabitants with the Thousands of this Land every one to repent and turn from the Evil of his Doings and remove the stumbling Block of their Iniquities c. And not only these Mercies and Favours hath the Lord extended to thy Inhabitants O City of Bristol which surely ye cannot but confess unto but he hath shewn thy Inhabitants a Mercy exceeding all these namely he hath visited you Dwellers in that City with the Morning of his holy Day springing from on High and by his Coelestial Light hath shined in the Hearts of many to give an Understanding of their states in the Separation and Alienation from God and to beget tender Breathings and Soul Pantings after the knowledge of Christ Jesus the Saviour and Redeemer of Mankind for without the Knowledge of God and Christ Jesus whom he hath sent Eternal Life cannot be obtained And this Day of unexpressible tender Visitation from God Almighty reached unto many of thy Inhabitants and awakened them inwardly to seek after the Knowledge of Salvation and to walk in the narrow Way and experience the Work of God before mentioned in this little Treatise c. Oh! Prov. 1.20 21 22 23. how hath Wisdom uttered her Voice in the streets She cryeth in the chief places of Concourse in the opening of the Gates in the City she uttereth her words saying How long ye simple Ones will ye love simplicity and ye Scorners delight in scorning and Fools hate Knowledge Turn ye at my Reproof behold I will pour out my Spirit unto you I will make known my Words unto you Indeed the Lord God of Life and Glory hath through his Son Christ Jesus called unto and stretched out his divine Hand of Love and Arm of Salvation unto you and thus the Lord in unexpressible loving Kindness hath dealt with thee O Bristol sparing thy Inhabitants and lengthening out the Day of his Love stretching out his Hand and Arm all the day long and crying to you as he did by his Prophet to Israel Why will ye dye O House of Israel Ah! the Tenderness of a Long-suffering God! How hath he waited on you that his Long-suffering might lead to Repentance and your Turning Repenting and Forsaking your sin and Iniquities that have grieved his good spirit might have prevailed with the Lord to spare you Oh! what shall I say of the deep Love and wonderful Kindness of the Lord and his long waiting on you but in the sense and Admiration thereof say VVho is like to the Lord excellent in Majesty Almighty in Power Glorious in Strength and VVonderful in VVisdom and Mercy Well might the servant of the Lord cry out and say Prov. 1.24 25 26. Oh! the Height Length Breadth and Depth of the Love of God in Christ Jesus to the Sons and Daughters of

men of the extending of which Love you the Inhabitants of that City have been large Partakers c. But now O Inhabitants of that great City how have ye answered the Lord for all his tender Mercies and undeclarable loving Kindness Hive you so hearkened to the Voice of Wisdom as to break off your sins by true Repentance Have you heard her cry and turned to the Lord Have you loved Judgment Mercy Truth and Righteousness Are ye of that Number that shall obtain Mercy because ye are Merciful In a word Have ye answered the Requirings of Almighty God and prized the Day of your Visitation and all the Mercies multiplied unto you honouring the great Creator of Heaven and Earth in bringing forth the Fruits of the Spirit Love Joy Peace Long-suffering Gentleness Goodness Faith Meeknoss Temperance c. But O Bristol Bristol have you not evilly requited the Lord Have ye not slighted the tender Day of his Loving-kindness Are not your Sins of a deep Die and your Iniquities of a Crying Nature like unto the Sins of Sodom and Gomorrah great and grievious And are you not bringing forth Fruits altogether contrary to those of the Spirit before mentioned which are these Adultery Fornication Vncleanness Gal. 5.19 20 21. Lasciviousness Idolatry Witch-craft Hatred Variance Emulations Wrath Strife Seditions Heresies Envying Murder Drunkenness Revelling as the Apostle saith they which do such things shall not inherit the Kingdom of God Read and consider whether many of you thy Inhabitants are not guilty of several of these grievous Sins summed up by the Apostle Is not Violence in your hands as it was in Nineveh Are not you cruelly Persecuting and Imprisoning those whose Cryes ascend to Heaven and are entred into the Ears of the most high Lord God of Sabbaths Are not vain Lifeless Professions and Prophaness multiplied in thee Oh! consider these things and be invited in the Bowels of Christ Jesus to break off all these Sins by Repentance and turn to the Lord God with all your Hearts and Repent as the Inhabitants of Nineveh did who cried mightily to the Lord and said Yea let them turn every man from the Evil of his way and from the Violence that is in their Hands who can tell if the Lord will turn away from his fierce Anger that we perish not but if ye shall still go on and persist in your Iniquities Prov. 1.24 25 26. and resist the Counsel of God against your selves then hear the Voice of that Wisdom that invited and invites Because I have called and ye have refused I have stretched out my Hand and no man regarded but ye have set at naught all my Counsel and would none of my Reproof I will also laugh at your Calamities I will mock when your Fear cometh as Desolation your Destruction as a Whirl-wind when Distress and Anguish cometh on you then shall they call upon me but I will not answer they shall seek me early but they shall not find me for that they hated Knowledge and did chuse the Fear of the Lord they would none of my Counsel therefore shall they eat of the Fruit of their own Way and ●e filled with their own De●i●es c. Ah poor Bristol what Lamentation shall I take up over thee First in the Consideration of the unexpressible Love Mercy Tender Dealings and Long-suffering of a tender Father secondly of thy Inhabitants grievous Sins Ingratitude and great Provocation which is a very unsuitable return to the Lord for all his tender Mercies And thirdly of thy deplorable estate on several considerations but mourn over thee in the Compassion of the Spirit of Christ Jesus who when he was come near Jerusalem he beheld the City and wept over it saying If thou hadst known even thou at least in this thy Day the things which belong unto thy Peace but now they are hid from thine Eyes c. My Soul is concerned for you deeply in the sence of the Lord 's being angry with you because you have and do continue to sin against great Mercies yea adding Sin unto Sin Oh! be prevailed with to go on no further in the Broad Way of Destruction before demonstrated lest you provoke the Lord more and more and he pour forth his Fury like Fire Oh! Inhabitants of Bristol Awake Awake high and Low Rich and Poor Male and Female Bond and Free consider your states in this Evening of many of thy Inhabitants Day Ps 2.11.12 before it be too late Return return and serve the Lord with Fear and Trembling kiss the Son lest he be angry and ye perish from the Way when his Wrath is kindled but a little blessed are all they that put their Trust in him Oh! that the Dread of the Most-High God might seize on your Spirits to give you that sence the Inhabitants of the City of Nineveh had John 3.5 6 7 8 9 10. and what Mercy and Kindness of the Lord followed the turning every man from the Evil of his Way and from the Violence that was in their Hand might be thy Inhabitants lot how should my Soul rejoyce and Spirit be right glad and bow before the Lord God of the whole Earth in Humility with Thanksgivings c. But if you will harden your Hearts and stiffen your Necks and will not hear my Soul shall mourn in the sight of your Distress that will overtake as Travail on a Woman wherein your Faces will gather Paleness your Hearts be filled with Anguish Fleet-Prison the 9th Moneth 1683. C. M. AH thou holy Most-high God of Mercy and tender Compassion look down with an Eye of Pity on the Inhabitants of the Earth and send forth thy Light and Truth more and more to guide the People out of the Broad Way of Destruction into thy narrow Way of Life which leads to thy Holy Mountain where there is no burting nor destroying O! that through the glorious out-stretched Arm of thy Salvation Sin may be finished and Iniquity brought to an end that the Righteousness of Christ Jesus the dear Son of thy Love may cover the Earth as the Waters cover the Sea Ah! for thy Name 's sake hear the Cry of the Poor and Sighing of the Needy and stretch forth thy Arm and deliver thy oppressed out of their Distresses that thy Creation O Lord may be eased and thy great Name and the Noble Acts of thy Almighty Arm and divine Power may be renowned gloriously through all Lands Amen Amen THE END