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A44640	A warning from the Lord unto the rulers of Dover And so to all men which stand guilty of the like practises, that all may know a day of repentance before it be too late; for the night will come when as no man can work, in which the son of man will come as a thief unto all such the workers of iniquity, and give to every man according to his deeds done in their body in their life-time. Then wo to the eveil-doer, for it will go ill with him. Also, the Christian man's plea for his liberty, as he is so indeed and in truth: and also, as he is a free-born English-man, he lays claim to his birth-right, by way of expostulation with the rulers of Dover, who rob him and many others of it, refusing to shew us any order for their so doing. Together with a true testimony born to the Light of Jesus, the power of God, yea the power of the endless life, from everlasting to everlasting: by Luke Howard.	Howard, Luke, 1621-1699.	1661 (1661)	Wing H2988; ESTC R215380	18,231	25

take off the heavy burdens and set the oppressed free by undoing every heavy yoke and unrighteous Decree which my hand hath been set to and help to lay on for in this am I now satisfied and that from the Lord by his Witness x Gods witness in the conscience teacheth all to deny themselves in evil that loves it and is led by it to wit the Light in my own conscience that he which doth not do even to all as he would have another to do to him is no Christian in nature whatsoever he is in name neither can he fulfil the Law of God which is to love our enemies and also our neighbours as our selves and unto this state of life must all men come that ever know true peace with the Lord and he which is not here is out of the life which all the holy men of God were in in all ages past and is under the curse as saith the Law and denies the Faith the power of God as saith the Gospel of Peace and so is a servant to the power of darkness which rules as Lord in the hearts of all men which hateth the Light which shineth therein to shew them the desperate wickedness thereof for all wickedness proceedeth out of the y The heart of man is the very seat of all Evil whilest he hateth the light which shineth therein evil and wickedness of the heart the seat thereof and the pure Light of Jesus the true Light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world shineth therein also as saith the Scripture for to make it manifest to man's clear understanding unto which all men shall one day confess to the glory of God and that is God's everlasting love even to all men which do receive it in the love of it and that is the Grace of God which appears to all men yea the same Grace which bringeth salvation even to as many as believe in it for he which believeth in the Light wherewith he is in his heart lighted shall not abide in the darknesse which first ruled in his heart and is made manifest by the Light but he shall have the light of life yea the same Life which gives him power over those deeds of darkness and evil which the Light makes manifest to his clear understanding to be evil so that he which doth well and takes good heed to the Light in his own heart shall have little need to ask another what is good and what is evil hee may know it plain enough in his own Conscience by the Light as he watcheth to it and this is the same Grace which the Lord unto Paul in his doubting estate gave his full Testimony unto saying My grace is sufficient for thee and Paul found z He which receives the grace of God the light which shines in his heart in the love of it grows into the knowledge of the Lord which is life eternal and to the fulfilling of the Scriptures it so to be and testifies to it saying By the grace of God I am what I am And he gives forth the same Testimony of its bringing salvation in his Letter to Titus in these words saying The Grace of God which bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men teaching us Mark that to deny all ungodliness and worldly lust and to live soberly and godly in this present world So that this is a true Testimony by the Spirit of the Lord born unto all men that all which loveth it as it shines in the heart from the Lord the Fountain of Life and Light they are taught by it to deny all ungodliness as Paul and the rest of the Christians in their dayes were and all which hates it are not taught by it neither can they receive it whilest they hate it for no man's heart can be joined to the thing which in his heart he hates but first man must feel a springing of love to the thing he receives and something must appear to him to beget his love to spring Now Light in it self is lovely a All men must love the thing they receive aright therefore love the Light aright that you may know its vertue which is life to the eye which can behold it now the eye which can behold the Light of the glorious Gospel the God of this World hath blinded or the power of the creatures hath stole away the affections of the heart from the Creator who is Light so darkness comes to rule as God in the heart Now that which sometimes even as it were darts into man's heart in secret that is Light and Love from the God of Light and Love and as this is taken heed unto the power is felt which reacheth unto the seed of God which witnesses to the truth which the Light and Love declares in the heart so then a springing begins to be felt from the Seed of God towards the Light and Love which is in it self of a begetting nature and then as the Light is still taken heed unto the springing of the love of the Seed encreases so the eye comes to be open which can see a beauty in the Light that it should be desired for Light is lovely in it self and still as the Light is taken heed unto the love of the Seed encreases as the love encreases b This is a true growing from one degree of Grace to another in the Lord who is that Spirit and as he comes to rule in the heart so comes liberty strength and power is felt to stand over that which the Light maketh manifest to be evil and as a measure of power is felt to deny some evil which the Light reproves then the power of darkness appears to make war against the Power of the Light and this is the true warfare between the flesh and the spirit and in this state most men cry out O wretched man that I am because sin now appears out of measure sinful yea that which man formerly thought to be no sin he now sees to be great and so the ground of sin appears and the whole body of iniquity stands up with which he is now to make war in righteousness and now he seeth his strength though it be but small to stand wholly in the light and love which hath begun the Work in the Spirit to war against the flesh And this is the time to wait on the Lord c He which waiteth on the Lord shall not be ashamed but shall renew his strength in the Lord dai●y to feel the living hope to spring yea the exspectation of the Seed which loves the Light to receive power in the Light from the Fountain of Life to overccome the whole Body of Death and he that hath this hope purifieth himself as God is pure and although he meet with many encounters with the power of darkness yet the hope stands fast in God the Fountain of Life and Light from whom he daily expecteth a supply of

A WARNING FROM THE LORD UNTO THE Rulers of Dover And so to all men which stand guilty of the like Practises that all may know a Day of Repentance before it be too late for the Night will come whenas no man can work in which the Son of man will come as a Thief unto all such the Workers of Iniquity and give to every man according to his deeds done in their body in their life-time Then wo to the Evil-doer for it will go ill with him Also the Christian man's Plea for his Liberty as he is so indeed and in truth And also as he is a free-born English-man he lays claim to his Birth-right by way of Expostulation with the Rulers of DOVER who rob him and many others of it refusing to shew us any Order for their so doing Together with a true Testimony born to the Light of Jesus the Power of God yea the Power of the endless Life from everlasting to everlasting By LUKE HOWARD Isa 57.20 The wicked are like the troubled Sea when it cannot rest whose waters cast up Mire and Dirt. How ever it be yet God is good and his mercies are sure to Israel yea they endure for ever Prov. 24.15 Lay not wait O wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous spoil not his resting place Prov. 28.10 11. Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way he shall fall himself into his own pit but the upright shall have good things in possession Prov. 10.6 Blessings are upon the head of the just but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked LONDON Printed For Robert Wilson and are to be sold at the Black-spread-Eagle and Windmill in Martins l'Grand 1661. A VVarning from the Lord unto the Rulers of Dover and so to all men men which stand guilty of the like Practises that all may know a Day of Repentance before it be too late c. ON the third day of the 8th Month 1661. in the night-watch upon my Bed of Straw and Chaff * Yet I and he rest of my friends did offer the Marshall to give him as we gave in other Prisons 8. pence a night for two Beds fitting for men to lye upon and that our friends as in other places might come at us but he refused it in the Common-Goal of Dover-Castle as I lay in a sweet and a comfortable sleep and rest the hand of my God fell on me and his sweet and comfortable presence awaken'd me and so continued with me unto the Morning-Watch in which time the living presence of my God was with me and the comfortable fellowship of his holy Spirit accompanied me so that my soul was filled with his living presence as with a mighty River which did overflow the Banks so that nothing appeared but joy and gladness and the Streams of his everlasting Vertue run through me exceeding swift and as the dew from Heaven refresheth the tender Grass so was the Plant of God's Renown refreshed in me and gave glory to him that sitteth on the Throne the Ancient of Days and to the Lamb for evermore even so faith my soul and all that is within me yea praise ye the Lord for he is worthy And as I thus lay with my mind staid on his Holiness and my heart awake in his Life and Light the Word of his Eternal Power came to me and from the God of Life it run through me in these words the which I was to write as from the God of my Life to the Rulers of Dover A Spoil a Spoil a Spoil is in you a Spoil a Spoil a Spoil is in your hearts yee blood-thirsty men John Golder Mayor George West and all which are agreed with you whose hearts are filled with envy a Envy is the ground of murder and it is murder in Gods sight as saith the whole Scripture to destroy a man and his Heritage yea men and their Families the judgments of God are against you and the righteous vengeance of the Almighty is gathering together in his heart against you and the Revelation thereof is near at hand to be poured forth As your iniquities ripen to a head and your envy against the righteous is fully accomplished come you forth and stand up before the righteous God of my Life and let the God of Truth be judge in the matter and his living Witness b For that wil plead the cause of the just and innocent in secret between God and your own consciences in all your Consciences give Answer between us and this Word of Life run through my heart from the righteous God to write unto you in the Word of the Lord even the Lord God of Life and Light of Righteousness and Truth the God of Heaven and Earth whose dreadful presence wil make the strong to bow and bring the lofty down and rebuke the wicked devices of the heart of man strike through the Liver of the Oppressor as with a Dart and none shall shift his hand before whose glorious presence all must appear and all flesh must be silenced before him This is my God I have waited for him and his appearance to me and mine is as as the Morning without clouds and his beauty hath taken my heart and his comeliness hath ravished my soul and his exceeding Riches hath he adorned my inward man with c The Kings Daughters are all glorious within and his everlasting strength is my salvation even the Son of his Love which was from everlasting to everlasting the same yesterday to day and for ever by whom he will judge the World in righteousness and the men thereof in truth and no covering d VVo be to him who is covered with a covering and not of the spirit of the Lord. of falshood shall then hide any but all must stand naked and bare before him and his holy Angels and mighty Host of Redeemed ones the hundred fourty and four thousand e Then shall the Lord be admired in his Saints honored in his chosen and glorified in and among his people his own which he hath redeemed from the Earth who shall sit upon the holy Hill of Sion with new Songs in their mouths and everlasting Praises in their hearts which hath followed the Lamb wheresoever he hath gone and have not loved their lives unto death These are the generation of the Just yea the general Assembly of the first born whose names are written in Heaven The Just men whose Spirits are made perfect being washed in the blood of the Lamb yea the Lamb of God that hath taken away their sins and carried them into the Land of forgetfulness so that they shall never be remembred more against them A new song of Salvation is put into their mouths and joy and gladness is in their souls and everlasting praises is under their tongues and the voice of Melody is in their inward parts and the voice or shout of a King is in the midst of them for