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A42006 A few plain words to the inhabitants of England Greene, Thomas, 1634?-1699. 1662 (1662) Wing G1842; ESTC R39466 6,652 9

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and the Wicked ariseth against them as a mighty Flood and seem to overflow them yet will I scatter them as with an East wind and I will plead with them in my fury and in my hot displeasure will I take vengeance at mine and your Enemies and I will preserve you and will reward you double into your bosoms that are faithful unto me therefore none be cast down for neither Walls nor Locks nor Bars can seperate me from you but I will asuredly be with you and will secretly uphold you and will get my self a name in you by which Salvation ye shall know me to be unto you as Walls and Bulworks and ye shall count nothing dear to your selves that ye may finish your course with joy so blessed are ye upright yee shall stand in your lot at the end of the day but the deceitful and Rebellious shall dwell in a dry Land and this is a faithful saluation to you all from a lover of Truth and Righteousness and a follower of the Lamb. Your Friend Thomas Green Given fourth the 14 th of the 6 th Month 1662. in Colchester to be Read amongst Friends VVHen my Meditations were on my God and my heart was closed and joyned to his eternal quickning spirit and in it was waiting then I cast my eye to behold my suffering brethren who suffers for the testimony of my God and for keeping the word of his patience then a pitty in my heart arose towards them w ho are dayly made a prey upon by unreasonable men then said I Lord how long how long will it be before thou restraine the wicked say unto them enough who dayly tread upon thy heritage and lyeth in waite to devoure them and swallow up them quick who have chose thee the Lord of Iacob the God of poor distressed Israel to be their God Thus saith the Lord the mighty God of Iacob fear not fear not neither be thou troubled for I will deliver my seed though at this time it s very small and lyeth as amongst the clods of the Earth I have heard I have heard its cry and its request I do regard and my eare hath listened and I have taken notice of my Childrens mournings and their tears I have beheld and uprightness in their hearts I have found and their desire is to do my will and to answer my requirings for my love hath gained their hearts for I have searched them and tryed many of them to the bottom and I have found my excellent Spirit as in my servant Daniel and it s much regarded by them and their delight is to be guided by it and they love me more then earthly glory and have chose me to be their God Surely saith the Lord the mighty God of Iacob I will never forget them though the Mountains may depart and though the Hills may be removed yet my loving kindness shall never depart from those that fear me nor my Covenant of mercy from my Seed for ever though Hell and Death combind together and cry a Confedracy yet they shall never prevaile neither shall they lay my Heritage wast Therefore now let all the upright in heart rejoyce and let their souls praise the living God who will be avenged of their Enemies and of all that rise up against them and will scatter them as with an East-wind in his feirce indignation which is already kindled for the Lord is awakened to jealousie and now is come to preserve his little Flock that they may know his power and feelé his everlasting Arme to be revealed in them for now will he be Salvation to the Righteous and gladness to the pure in heart The Time the time the time the set time is come that the Lord is come to comfort the poor desolate ones and he will abide with them for ever and in the Armes of his tender mercy will he preserve them to his own glory and to the comfort of their souls for ever who in the life of the Lamb abide Crowned with immortal life shall they be and in time shall sing the song of Moses and the Lamb even the Song of deliverance and tryumph in their hearts over all that is contrary to the Lord blessed are the faithful and happy for ever shall they be that abides unto the end and have always hold of the life that 's eternal with that to be kept so will they finish their Course with joy and lye down in peace in the Kingdom of Righteousness Let it be so saith my soul in the name of the Lord Amen THE END Printed for W. M. 1662.
A few plain words to the Inhabitants of ENGLAND O England England thy Visitation is nigh over thy day is well nigh past thou hast been an Adulterous Nation and hast run up and down to change thy way and hath loathed the Hony and the Hony Comb and wouldest not take counsel of the Lord but hast committed the two great evils in forsaking the Lord the living Fountaine from which thou mightest have received life and peace and hast diged unto thy self broken Cesterns wherein life and peace is not retained Oh England England thy sorrow is coming and thy destruction is neare pain shall seize upon thee as a Woman in travel anguish and trouble of Spirit shall take hold of thee and thou shalt weep and mourn with sorrow of heart and there shall ●e none to comfort thee but thou shalt be a hising to all Nations round about thee thou shalt be called no more the Lady of Kingdoms thy valient men shall faile thee and thy mighty men shall become weak and thy strong men shall lose their courage they shall be amazed one at another thy mighty shall stumble at thy mighty and they shall both fall together and there shall be none to deliver thee Oh England England oh that thou wouldst have took counsel of the Lord the holy one of Israel thy maker that formed thee in the womb that brought thee forth and made thee become a strong Nation even a terror to all Nations round about thee who have heard of thy fame when thy God the God of Iacob was on thy side then there was no Inchantment nor evil divinations nor no weapons that were formed against thee prospered but with thee did thy maker make War against them that were more wicked then thee and thou wast as his battel Axe with thee thy God did overturne the Horse and his Rider and thy name was famous amongst the Nations and a dread to the foraigne Countrys and an astonishment to the Heathen that knew not thy God Oh England England how hast thou forgot thy God that hath done thus wonderfully for thee and by thee and hast not walked answerable according to thy great mercys that thy God hath bestowed upon thee but hath waxed fat and kicked against thy maker and hath forgotten him and hast gloryed in thy shame and hath minded earthly things and hast exalted thy own horn and art joyning thy self to Idols and hast hated his reproofe and hast cast his righteous Law behinde thy back and hast promised liberty to others when thou thy self hast been a servant to corruption being departed out of his counsel and art become vaine in thy imaginations so now darkness is come over thee and thick darkness hath covered thee for thou hast rejected his light even Christ Jesus by which thou mightest have known salvation and mightest have been reconciled to thy Maker and mightest have known perpetual peace but instead of answering the Lord according to his great mercys bestowed upon thee thou art turned against him and them that purely stands in his counsel who keeps the word of his patience and hath the testimony of his Son Christ Jesus who for departing from iniquity are made a prey of by thee and now thou art bereaved of sense and art cursing that which God hath blessed and art laying the sword upon the Righteous and art making decrees against the upright and now the proud are called happy and they that tempt the Lord are delivered and the Innocent lyeth oppressed and none layeth it to heart Oh Desolation desolation shall come upon thee leanness shall enter into thee feebleness shall surprize thee thy knees shall smite together and thy life shall be a burthen to thee because of the desolation that is coming upon thee because of the Abominations that are committed in thee oh if the things which have been done in thee had been done in Sodom and Gomorah surely they would have Repented Oh England England my Native Country I am in sorrow for thee because of the destruction that is coming upon thee from which none can deliver thee ye the Overflowing Scourge is coming which is in the hand of the Almighty which will not spare neither thy Noble nor thy Ignoble that are gone out of his Counsels and are committing Adultry with other lovers and art covering thy self but not with the pure spirit of the Lord therefore Woe woe and misery shall come upon thee and thy Sacrifices shall be spread as dung on thy face ye all that thou dost is abomination to the Lord and all thy Worships which thou hast and art inventing he abhors and it is all abomination to the pure God and he is weary to bear them for thou livest in all unrighteousness yet thou makes mention of the name of the Lord to take away thy reproach but thy covering is to narrow the Lord hath beheld thee ye all thy Actions are naked and bare before him and from the wrath which is coming upon thee thou canst not escape neither canst thou be delivered from the stroak of his hand neither shalt thou save thy self neither each deliver his brother but all within thy borders that are gone out of the Counsel of the Lord shall be cut off from amongst thee and these things shall come upon thee because of thy Iniquitys thou hast for a long time mocked the Lord as if he was such a one as thy self thou hast drew neer to him with thy Lips but thy heart hath been excercised with all unrighteousness pride and oppression and all wickedness hath abounded in thee and though thy God hath strove with thee from time to time by his good spirit in thee but thou hast not regarded but hath rushed into Iniquity as a horse into the Battel and he hath also raised and called his Children from amongst thee to bare testimony against the evil that is committed in thee and them thou hast whiped and stoned and cast into Prisons even many until death and ye thou hast not hearkened unto the Lord but hast strengthened the hands of the evil doers and hast made the hearts of the righteous sad whom the Lord hath not made sad and hast cryed peace peace but now behold sudden destruction is coming upon thee therefore now all who fears the Lord come out from amongst them and be ye seperated from them that he may preserve you for there are a few ye a remnant that are come out of thee that worships the true God in his spirit which they have received from him and them will the Lord leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people and they shall trust in the name of the Lord and shall not do Iniquity nor speak lyes neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths for they shall feed and ly down and none shall make afraid Oh England England the Land of my Nativity thou must drink deep at the hand of the Lords wrath poured out without mixture from