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A28876 A testimony for truth against all hireling priests and deceivers with a cry to the inhabitants of this nation to turn to the Lord before His dreadful judgments overtake them : also a testimony against all observers of times and dayes. Boulbie, Judith.; Boulbie, Judith. A testimony against all observers of times and dayes. 1665 (1665) Wing B3828; ESTC R29048 3,979 7

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A Testimony for Truth AGAINST ALL Hireling-Priests and Deceivers With a Cry to the Inhabitants of this Nation to turn to the Lord before his dreadful Judgments overtake them Also a Testimony against all Observers of Times and Dayes O Ye Priests and Bishops of this Nation the Lord God that made Heaven and Earth is a Witness for me this day I have no evil in my heart to any of you but in Love to your Souls and in the Bowels of tender compassion am I constrained to cry out against your Ungodly Gaines for Gods day is come and Wo to all the Workers of Iniquity O ye Bishops and Priests of this Nation ye have for a long time covered your selves with the name of Christ's Ministers but now your Covering is too narrow and your Profession will not hide you for the Light of Christ is risen and with it you are judged and condemned and seen to be Enemies to the the Cross of Christ and Strangers to the Covenant of Promise being in Cains way who slew his Brother about Religion and in Balaams way who loved the Wages of Unrighteousness Therefore I say leave off your Deceit and keep the People no longer in your dark Forms but let them have Liberty to Worship God in Spirit and Truth For the time is come that every man need not teach his Neighbour or his Brother saying Know the Lord for every one must know him from the least to the greatest Yea Gods second Covenant of Light and Glory is made manifest I will forgive their Sins and remember their Iniquities no more I 'll be to them a God and they shall be my People O ye Blind Guides Will ye seek to dissannul this Will ye seek to stop the Lords Work in this the Day of his Power Ye are but as Bryars and Thorns who are setting your selves together against him who is a consuming Fire and is risen to consume you and all your false Doctrine if ye repent not Therefore I say again and again Leave off your Deceit and come to the Teaching of Gods Witness in your own perticulars For this is the day that God is pouring forth of his Spirit and his Sons and his Daughters do Prophesie for there is no more room for Deceit Why take ye Christs Words in your Mouths and hate to be reform'd Why talk ye of the Scriptures and are err'd from the Spirit that gave them forth Ye are gone from the Practice of Christ and of the Apostle Did ever Peter Paul James John or any of Christs Ministers keep Curates to get money did they ever Sue any man for Lambs Piggs Hens or Geese Did they ever hale any to the Courts and to Prison Nay Was not this the Testimony of him that was called to the Ministry Cor. 9. 16. saith he A Necessity is laid upon me to Preach the Gospel and Wo be unto me if I Preach it not I have coveted no mans Silver nor Gold nor Apparrel but have Laboured with these hands Day and Night that I should not be chargeable to any Man And was not this Christs Doctrine Do Good to them that Hate you Bless them that Curse you if any Sue thee at the Law and take away thy Coat let him have thy Cloak also he that smites thee on the one side turn to him the other Matthew 5. 39. 40. 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Blush for shame and t●ade no more with the Scriptures for they testifie against you to your Condemnation ye Hireling-Shepherds Have you brought any Lambs to Christs Fold Have ye brought any of your Hearers into the pleasant Valleys where the Springs of Life are to be felt Nay Are they not wandring in the Imaginations of their own Hearts and many of them dissatisfied thirsting after the Bread of Life but know not where to find it while you are eating the Fat and clothing your selves with the Fleece and putting the Day of the Lord far from you when many of Gods faithful Servants whom he hath called to labour in his Vine-yard are exercised with strong Cryes to the God that made Heaven and Earth that he may turn away his Judgments and revoak his destroying Angel and spare this Nation which otherwise will feel an heavy Stroke of Gods Hand if they repent not And though you live in Pride and Excess spending your pretious time in Vanity and Pleasure eating and drinking with the Drunken and say in your hearts The Lord delays his coming but know that for all these things ye must come to Judgment For of a truth ye Priests and People of this Nation The Lord will turn your Feasting into Fasting and your Mirth into Lamentation he will fill you with Terror and Amazement Though you have had Plenty and Fulness your Barns and Store-houses must become empty because of these things I Weep Sorrow hath filled mine heart and mine Eyes run down with Water What shall I say to prevail with thee O England Must thou needs be left Desolate Where are thy Wise and Prudent Where are thy Divines so called There is a Seed raised and a Birth brought forth which will confound them all the promised Seed is come Christ is risen and unto him must the gathering of the People be For though the World cry out No Perfection and the Hireling-shepherds No Redemption on this side the Grave yet I say There is a Birth brought forth which will naturally do the Will of God as ever man did his own will But O ye People of this Nation are ye willing to receive him Are not your hearts filled with Pleasures and Delights Are they not filled with Cares and Incumbrances of this present Life while there is no room for your Christ O Man and Woman Is not every thing in thine Heart and Christ in the Stable O ye Inhabitants of this Nation its hard for ye to kick against that which pricks you for in the dread of God Almighty do I declare it There 's not another way in which God will be Worshiped but by the Light which shines in your inward parts neither is there another Gospel to be Preache but this Gods Power made manifest in the Heart O ye Professors my heart is a little enlarged to you I being once with you in the same dark Profession O how doth my soul breath for you in secret that you may all come to the Substance the one thing that is needful and witness the Redemption of your souls to serve the living God no longer in the oldness of the Letter but in the newness of the Spirit for you have a Form but the Life and Power is wanting you are crying up Scriptures and crying up Ordinances you are crying up Baptism and the Lords-supper while you know nothing of the Faith which works by Love And because of these things saith the Apostle many are sick and weak among you and many are faln asleep not discerning the Lords Body 1 Cor. 11. 30. for you discern not the Body of whom