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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41048	A testimony and warning given forth in the love of truth and is for the governour, magistrates & people inhabiting on the island of Barbadoes, which is a call to turn to the Lord.	Fell, Lydia.	1676 (1676)	Wing F625; ESTC R20225	5,822	8

A Testimony and Warning Given forth in the love of Truth and is for the Governour Magistrates People inhabiting on the Island of Barbadoes which is a Call to turn to the Lord. O Ye Magistrates and Inhahitants of the Island of Barbadoes O consider how often the God of Heaven hath visited you sending his faithful Servants and Messengers amongst you to call to Repentance and Amendment of Life and to warn you that so you might have escaped the many Judgments which his Hand hath brought upon you divers times both by Fires often and Pestilence and Storms all which happened to your great Dammage in outward things also many have been taken away by sudden Death as ye well know to the Sorrow of some and amazement for the present though indeed very soon forgotten again as many have been Eye-Witnesses thereof For when the last great Fire was in Town I being in one House near adjoyning where were many of the chief Women of the Town who were there to escape the Danger and looking on the Fire and seeing it like to take hold on their Houses great Terror was then in their Hearts who then in the Time of Affliction remembred to call upon God where I heard some of them say Lord have Mercy and spare us this time and surely we will Repent and Amend our Lives whereas ye knew that ye did lye to God for ye still went on in the same Excess after and unto this day so out of your own Mouthes you will be condemned for you were then spared alive and many of your Houses did escape the Fire And now you are affraid of Wars for indeed the Sword it is already furbished for a Slaughter all Trees that bring not forth Fruit to God must be cut down by the Sword of his Mouth Neither can any truly say that God is unrighteous in his dealings towards the Sons of men because that his Visitations have been many to turn People from the Wayes which are not good that so he might have Mercy on all abundantly pardon those who through true Repentance and Amendment of Life do hearken unto his Reproofs of Instruction which is the Way of Life as saith the Scripture So now consider how his Messengers have been slighted among you and sent away empty and some ye Imprison'd who came from far to seek for Fruits amongst you Fruits of Mercy that so God might shew Mercy in the Day of Visitation which surely will come on all that dwell on the Earth Some also who have been long Inhabitants amongst you my self and another Woman we were moved to go to your House of Worship to call upon you to Repentance that so amongst God's faithful Ones ye might be made Partakers of like precious Mercies in this day of Lovingkindness which is known to those who are given up with the whole Mind and whole Heart to follow the Lamb whithersoever he goes And indeed in the shedding abroad of God's Love in our Hearts it was in which I with the other Friend came among you but ye know ye made a Mock at it O therefore take heed that God who is just in all his Wayes and righteous in all his Judgments do not laugh at your Calamity and mock when your Fear cometh yea whenas your Fear cometh like a Whirlwind that none can stop it then shall you call but he will not hear and cry but he will not answer And so though we did not break any Law for it was not charged against us at your Court yet were we committed to Prison and were haled along by the Bell-man of the Town who at first handled us roughly but we told him We should not resist him nor seek to go from him seeing he was commanded to carry us thus hath God's Servants been handled in your Island Likewise the Oppression of God's People who are Dwellers among you is very great because that for Conscience sake towards God they cannot send Horses nor go in Arms their Goods are taken from them almost to the Ruin of some Families outwardly So all these things and more the great God both of Heaven and Earth taketh notice of and surely if there be not a speedy course taken for to ease these heavy Burdens and Oppressions of his People who are indeed made a Prey upon for turning from Iniquity and Persecuted for living godly in Christ Jesus Yea surely even God the Lord who knoweth how to deliver his People who in all Ages did marvellously appear for those who trusted in him who is now riding on conquering and to conquer we know he is God who changeth not but is the same this day yesterday and forever with whom there is no variableness nor shadow of turning I say he will not turn away from any who turn unto him and put their whole trust in him for he hath said Mine Ear is not heavy that it cannot hear neither is mine Hand shortned that it cannot save nor will he in any wise cast off any who come unto him So now there are many that can draw near unto the Throne of his Grace and can come unto him as unto a faithful Creator who hath promised That the Rod of the Wicked shall not alwayes rest on the back of the Righteous lest they turn to Folly So I say that God will shew forth more and more of his Mercies unto thousands who love him and keep his Commands and his Indignation will be known upon thousands of them that hate him and keep not his Commands For if any say they love God and keep not his Commands such are Lyers and do not the Truth So these are his Commands Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy mind and with all thy strength and thy Neighbour as thy self so to fear God to keep his Commands is the whole Duty of man as say the Scriptures of Truth Now I say they who take away Goods from any would not be so done unto they who do imprison any when what is done is for the Answer of a Good Conscience towards God such would not be done so unto such as go about to Kill with the Sword or any carnal Weapon they would not that another should do so to them but Christ saith He which killeth with the Sword shall be killed with the Sword So all his Followers or Disciples must not take up any carnal Weapon for their Weapons are spiritual and mighty through God to the pulling down of the spiritual Wickedness they must take his Yoak which is easie and his Burden which is light they must take up the Cross daily which is the Power of God unto Salvation unto all that believe and obey the Truth they must walk in the Light as he is in the Light and so become Children of the Light and of the Day by putting off all the Works of Darkness and of the Night and these are Christ's Commands to all his little Flock for whom