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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95039	The whirl-wind of the Lord gone forth as a fiery flying roule, with an alarm sounded against the inhabitants of the north-countrey. Being a fore-warning to all the rulers in England, of the mighty and terrible day of the Lord, which shall overtake the wicked; but especially and in particular, to the persecuting rulers, priests, and people, in the county of Westmerland. Who by their fruits are made manifest to all, to be open enemies to Sions converts, and a generation of evil doers, with whom the Lord Jehovah is coming to plead the cause of the oppressed, and to redeem Zion with judgement, and her converts with righteousness. G.T.	Taylor, Christopher, ca. 1615-1686.	1655 (1655)	Wing T268; Wing T269; Thomason E853_6; ESTC R202135	12,500	19

in the way of righteousness and from under the condemnation but thou that hatest the light and walks contrary to the light with the light art judged and condemned from all the Children of light and thy practice and profession is abomination to the Lord though thou make a large profession of the name of God and Christ and the Saints words and practice yet thou art without the life without God in the world out of the Crosse of Christ Jesus which crucifieth the flesh with its affections and lusts thou art covered with thy owne self-righteousnesse and art ignorant of the righteousness of Christ Jesus and therefore thy work will burne and be consumed in the day of the Lord God Almighty which is nigh at hand in which day must every mans work be tryed for the day will declare it and God is pure and holy and holinesse becomes his house for ever thou that livest in pride and pleasures and makes a profession of God and godlinesse thy work will burne thou that I vest in lust and uncleannesse and art covered with a profession of godlinesse thy profession is for the fire there to be tryed and consumed thou who art coveting after earthly things honours and dignities and shroudest thy selfe under the figlease-garment of self-righteousnesse and seeming godlinesse the Lord searcheth the heart and tryeth the reines and judgeth not as man judgeth who knoweth all things that is done in secret he seeth and thou canst not hide thy selfe from him but he will search thee and try thee and see what is in thy heart thou who hast made a profession of his Name must come forth and confess to thy nakednesse before the living God preist and people professor and prophane now is the light arisen to try you and search you therefore come to the light to be tryed and judged whether thy works be wrought in God or no yee high professors and high preists who are high in the Notion come downe to the light to try your works and life thou who livest in thy lust and yet makest a profession of puritie thou art an hypocrite and got above the Cross of Christ Jesus who livest in the high conceits in the proud uncrucified fleshly minde thou art such as Christ Iesus cryed woe against who were large in the profession as thou art in the high Notion got above the light who said and did not and laid heavy burthens upon others and they themselves would not touch them with one of their fingers thou art a theese and a robber who climbest above the doore which is Christ the light into the profession without the life Christ is the way and reveales the Father of lights who walk in the light walk not in darkness who walk not in the light walk in darknesse know not whither they goe where schisme strife and contention is where the many waies is loe here and loe there as Christ foretold but the light is but one and leads into unity and love all that love it and walk in it to the life which is but one where all are of one heart and one mind the pure mind who obey the light which calls for puritie this light leades out of the Fall up to God and Christ from whence it comes all that obey it out of the Fall through the Crosse and death into the beginning before the Fall to the word of God by which were all things made and by which they stand where the stedfastness and standing is unmoveable upon the Rock where the power of death cannot enter not the gates of hell cannot prevaile which is over the world and comprehends the world with all its glories where the eternall life is where peace and rest is joy and gladness rivers of pleasures and fulnesse of joy for ever Oh rejoyce yee Children of the light who love the light and walk in the light shine forth as lights in your words and works in the mid'st of a crooked and deceitfull generation the arme of the Lord is with you which he is now stretching over the Nations his right arme shall bring salvation his power is over all and above all which binds down all that nothing can passe its limits and bounds which are set by the unlimited power of God before which power must all knees bow and all tongues confesse before which power must all strong Oakes bow and tall Cedars which power will blast and consume in a moment all the glory of this world which power will dash in peices the ungodly like a potters vessel which power shakes heaven and earth and makes the strong man bow himselfe which is derrible and dreadfull to the wicked which power will be stretched out against the wicked in this day of his power to destroy them and hew them down by the arme of his power his sword is now drawne and the power of the Lord begins to be terrible to the Nations the sound of the Almighty is gone forth it is very terrible the sound of his power is very dreadfull and terrible the Trumpet is sounding out of Sion the great Alarum is allready begun and the Inhabitants of the earth begin to feare and tremble the sinners in Sion begin to be afraid and fearefullnesse to surprise the hypocrite the battell is begun the great day of the Lord wherein he is arisen in power to scatter the wicked and ungodly in their imaginations and to throw downe the Kingdom of Antichrist his two edged sword is drawne it is fourbished for a mighty slaughter and the bitter day of howling and lamentation is at hand to come upon the wicked persecutors vaine professors swearers drunkards whoremongers covetous persons the high and lofty and all the wicked of what sort profession or degree soever the terrible day of the Lord is at hand which will burn as an oven and the proud and the wicked must be cast out into utter darknesse where will be bitter weeping and gnashing of teeth for ever when all covers of vaine professions will be too narrow to cover you with from the sight and presence of God and all your wickednesse will be laid open before the true judge of heaven and earth and every one must be rewarded according to his work oh all yee powers of the earth whose sword should be a terrour to the evil doers and for the praise of them that doe well heare the word of the Lord and feare before his power which is now arisen which is the higher power unto which our souls are subject therefore in obedience to the command of God doe we declare against sin where in the light of God we see it and are sent of the living God to declare against it openly in the gate without respect of persons for he that respecteth persons committeth sin and is convinced by the law of God to be in the transgression and out of the faith of Christ which is not had with respect of persons beware what ye doe and

guile found oh woe unto thee better thy mothers wombe had beene thy grave except thou speedily repent turne in thy mind to the light to see thy pride and haughtinesse of thy heart with It see thy selfe and repent least the heavy and feareful judgments of God fall upon thee under which thou canst not stand but must be broken in peices I doe here in the pre●ence of the living God cleare my conscience and give you the last warning all of you who have had a hand in persecuting the servants of the Lord within this County of Westmoreland and I give some of you warning in particular John Archer called Justice James Cooke late Major of Kendall Edward Nevison of Nuby-stones Thomas Gabetis called Sheriffe Francis Higginson priest of Kirbystaven who did say there was not an eternall light in thee and that there was nothing eternall in man thou hast manifested thy self to be a carnall bruite who hast denyed the Lord that bought thee and art a Reprobate out of thy own mouth and said Christ was in heaven with a carnall body thou shamelesse Preist who must needs be a bloody persecutor who knowes nothing of God in thee but numbrest thy self amongst the bruite beasts that perish and thou Preist Rowlands who art one with Higginson in thy blasphemie and said the soule of man was not now eternall thou carnall bruite what doe yee blind Preists preach to if the soule of man be not eternall and if there be nothing eternall in man and if every man be not enlightened with an eternall light here in the presence of God I give you warning aforenamed and all the rest of the persecutors who have strengthened the hands of the wicked against the innocent priest and people you priests have been often warned from the word of the Lord and your deceitfull practices laid open and the people have been called from that false worship that you lead them in to that worship which is in spirit and truth to the true and everlasting teacher therefore are ye all left without excuse in giving you all warning within this County of Westmoreland both priest and people high and low and thou Towne of Applebie here in the presence of the Lord I cleare my conscience of thee and doe give thee warning that thou repent and returne to the feare of the Lord speedily or else expect those woes and judgments to come upon you which have been denounced from the word of the Lord by his servants for not one title must fall to the ground woe woe woe unto thee Applebie how often hast thou beene warned and called to repentance and there is not one in thee of thine inhabitants that feare the Lord therefore doe I in the sight of God clear my conscience of thee and do declare unto thee that the sad and heavy judgements of God are to come upon thee which thou shalt not escape for it is the word of the Lord to thee you bloody persecuters you raylers swearers cursed ●peakers lyars and slanderers you must all perish in the lake together except ye speedily repent ye Drunkards Whoremongers and Adulterers blasphemers you filthy unclean persons who lie wallowing in your filthy lives as the Sow lies wallowing in the mire and dirt● so little of the fear of God there is among you you people of Appleby here in the presence of the living God I clear my conscience of thee and give thee thy last warning from the Lord by me that when the sad lamentable and heavy judgements of God come upon you you may remember you had warning from the word of the Lord by one of his Servants Oh all ye people who have heard the sound of the truth throughout this whole Nation I am moved of the living God to give you all warning the Lord is getting himself a name in this Nation and raising up the Kingdom of his beloved Son Christ Jesus he is sending forth his Messengers and Servants in his name and power to call all to the light which is the teaching of the Lord from all other false wayes and worships wherein they have been led where their souls have not been profited where the many confused cries have been as loe here and loe there to you all I am moved to write that you may all be warned as I am moved of the living God whatsoever your profession be that you come out of your dead forms to the light of Christ Jesus wherewith you are enlightened that with it you may see your selves and the deceitfulness of your hearts and wayes that you come to repentance and the fear of the Lord and learn of Christ who was meek and lowly in heart to pull down your pride and strong conceits and high thoughts and vain imaginations and turn to the living God that he may be honoured by you and his judgements may be removed from you who reject the Counsel of God and contend quarrel and dispute against the everlasting truth upon which they will in the end split themselves and be broken in peeces here I declare it unto you in the presence of the living God and he that can receive it let him here is your way to life the light the light which changes not the light in every ones consciences which checks for sin and calls to repentance loving this light here is your teacher and obeying of it it will lead you up to God into eternal rest peace and salvation from sin and ungodliness hating this light and blaspheming it calling it natural and acting contrary to it here is your condemnation the light take warning and repent betimes oh all people every where for it is hard for you to kick against the pricks for the mighty God is arisen in power not only to shake the earth but the Heavens also and to create new Heavens and a new earth wherein dwells righteousness and to overturn the Kingdom of Antichrist root and branch with its foundation and strength that all may come to build upon the everlasting foundation which is already laid Christ the light to witness the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus thorough the death of self-righteousness all high conceits and angry notions that God Almighty may be honoured and all may bow to the Scepter of his Son and throw down their glories at his feet that he alone may be honoured and worshiped and all proud flesh abased in his sight according to the word of the Lord that he that glories may glory in the Lord. Oh all people within this County of Westmerland and throughout the whole Nation this is the word of the Lord God A mighty to you that you may be all warned Priest and People you that are in forms or got above forms or live in the form of truth only without the life and power and here is your only true teacher the light the light which shines into your Consciences and if you turn into it and minde it it will open your

how you lay your sword upon the Children of the light who love the light and walk in the light beware how you account these offenders who are sent forth in the name and power of the Lord to declare against sin and sinners and against all false worships waye and work and to declare against the deceivers Antichrists and false teachers and are sent to call people to repentance and the feare of the living God and to turne them from darknesse to the light your sword should be for the praise of such and they should have encouragement from you in labouring in the work of the Lord who abide in the doctrine of Christ doe declare the day of the Lord which is at hand to overtake the wicked and ungod●y who by them are prisoned stoned and shamefully entreated upon such you ought to lay your sword and not upon the righteous therefore heare the word of the Lord oh ye persecutors of the servants of the living God and here in the presence of the living God I cleare my concience and give you warning as I am commanded that in the day of the Lord God you may all be left without excuse and the Lord God may be cleare when he comes to judgment and justified in his judgments thus fait the Lord woe unto the wicked tho●e who per●ecute my servants whom I send out in my name to declare my word message to turn people frō darknes to the light that with the light they may see themselves come to repentance wo wo wo unto you saith the ●pirit of the living God better you had never been borne but that a Mistone were hanged about your necks and you throwne into the Sea the terrible power of God is ari●en his word is drawne to ew you downe and give you your portion in the lake that shall never be quenched then shall ye seeke repentance when it will be too late and wish the Rocks and Hills might fall upon you to cover you from the dreadful presence of God before the etenall fury and indignation of the living God who is able to abide who is everlasting burnings and a consuming fire turne in to the light and see where ye are and how you stand in the sight of God who will render his fury and indignation in flames of fire upon the wicked then will it be a day of bitter howling to you who fight against God and persecute his servants then must you bow under the mighty power of the Lord then your Crowne of pride will wither and be turned to dust and you will have no power nor strength to help your selves but you will be numbred amongst the slaine of the Lord in this day of his power wherein the Lord is arisen to plead with all flesh by fire and sword and to get himself a name above every name and to exalt his King his sonne Christ Jesus who is begun to reigne and take the Kingdome which shall have no end where righteousness shall run downe the streets as a river who will rule the Nations with a rod of Iron and dash the heathen and all the proud persecutors of the righteous seed in pieces like a potters vessel and the servants of the Lord shall be glad and rejoyce and praise the Lord for ever and shall have an everlasting reward yea blessed are they that feare the Lord and abide faithfull to the death the Lord shall be unto them an everlasting reward oh rejoyce and be glad and lift up your heads you faithfull ones you deare servants of the living God lift up your heads and rejoyce and be valiant for the everlasting truth for truly friends and brethren the present sufferings are not to be reckoned to the glory that shal be revealed in us as we abide faithfull Oh deare freinds be encouraged and quit your selves like men in the work of the Lord the power of the Lord is with you oh rejoyce the Lord is your God be faithfull and valiant your reward is with you who are faithfull and you shall be Crowned with glory and honour for ever let us rejoyce in the Lord and be glad in the sight of the heathen who fret and vex because the righteous seed will not bow to their pride nor submit to their wills but chuse rather to suffer affliction with the deare servants of the living God then to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season You who should be Ministers of justice and should lay your sword upon the unrighteous and not upon those who dwell in the tender feare of God I am moved of the Lord to give some of you warning in particular and cleare my conscience of you in the sight of God in love to your souls that you may be left without excuse and that you and the rest of the wicked and ungodly and the persecutors of what sort soever preist and people all of you in generall and you who are after named in particular within this County of Westmorland that you are warned from the word of the living God and that you may remember that you have beene often warned in your life time and here in the sight of God I cleare my conscience of you all in giving you once more warning and every of you within this County of Westmorland you who are called Justices or gentlemen high and low and all you preists and blind guides to you I declare it in the presence of the living God as I am commanded of him that you are mutherers of soules and all the blood of sarted soules under your dead ministerie will be required at your hands and to you people I cleare my concience in the sight of God you are now warned I doe declare it to you all in the presence of the Lord that the light wherewith Christ Iesus hath enlightened you which if you turne in to it there is your onely true teacher and way to life and will be your condemnation going on to disobey it and here I am in the sight of God cleare of a●● your blood in giving you all and every of you from the highest to the lowest warning that you repent and returne to the Lord speedily least the Lord hasten his judgments upon you herein I am cleare of your blood if ye perish your blood be upon your own heads for ever Thomas Burton of Branton in VVestmorland neare Appleby called Justice by whom I was committed to prison and here have remained under cruell sufferings and inhumane usage above one whole yeare imprisoned for speaking the word of the Lord to thy preist in the steeple house yard as I was commanded of the living God which was the breach of no known law of this Nation Thou bloody persecutor of the servants of the living God who didst likewise commit to prison the deare servants of the living God who are deare and faithfull witnesses to the eternall truth of God against al the serpents brood in whose mouth is no

understandings and let you seeplainly where you are whether you be in the broad way or the narrow way the light will search you and try you and rip up your hearts and will shew you all your thoughts and every idle word for which you must give an account before the Lord and if you obey it it will be your salvation and if you disobey it it will be your condemnation the light the light wherewith ye are enlightned which comes from Christ Jesus which is the grace of God which hath appeared to all men the free teacher of righteousness the everlasting light which never changes in which as you turn into it it will shew you what is the will of God and shew all sin and wickednesse and all deceit and call you from it and if you obey it it will lead you into truth and from all false worships to the true worship of God which is in spirit and truth where all deceit and hypocrisie will with the light be judged and condemned and abiding in it it will teach you the true knowledge of God and of his will and in the light you will come to comprehend the world and the deceits and vanities that are in it pride and oppression formality and hypocri●●e and oh all people know this that if any fall from the light as Judas who betrayed innocent blood and had recei●ed part of the Ministry and do crucifie Gods Sonne afresh and put him to open shame by which the great offence comes and the way of truth comes to be evil spoken of all such with the light are condemned and judged who are departed from it into the lust and filth such we deny and do testifie against openly in the pre●ence of the living God yea better they had never been born who were once enlightned and had tasted of the good word of God and are fallen from the holy Commandement into the way of perdition offences will come but woe unto them by whom they come herein is the Scripture fulfilled and the falling away that those that are approved may be made manifest and the steadfastness of all proved and tryed and this is no new thing but was ordained of old that all may be tryed and proved and blessed are all they that abide faithful grounded upon the Rock unmoveable they shall have an everlasting reward when Demas and Judas must go down into perdition and all that turn from the light from following the Lamb who are not willing to part with all for Christ who is the everlasting treasure which the world knowes not nor can learn by the Serpents wisdom which is accursed from God and all the Serpents brood who are in the many inventions making Images and forms of truth and likenesses of pure Religion and righteousness but the life they know not which is eternal and immortal beware of dogs beware of Concision separate your selves from unrighteousnesse without and learn Christ who is within the vail through the death arisen and ascended far above all principalities and powers and hath led captivity captive and hath through death overcome him who had the power of death that is the Devil and is set down at the right hand of God for ever making intercession by his blood whose righteousness is pure and all are Virgins that follow the Lamb cloathed in white linnen who are redeemed to the Lamb through his blood having in the greatnesse of his strength trodden the Wine-presse of the wrath of God and there was none to help him without the Camp of God where all the persecutors of the righteous seed must be trodden in pieces and drink of the Cup of the Lords fury and indignation which is to be given them without mixture and they must drink it and be drunk and mad as it is at this day he that can receive it let him and be warned O all people and repent now while it is called to day least the word of the Lord be fulfilled upon you he that hath an ear to hear let him hear here is your teacher the light and will lead you to God and bring salvation if you love it and obey it and your condemnation if you disobey it and here I have cleared my Conscience in the sight of God as I was commanded in shewing thee the way to life that you may be all left without excuse and God may be clear Oh England of thy blood and all his faithful Servants who have faithfully given thee warning thy blood be upon thy own head if thou perish and he that commeth out of thy sins doth deliver his soul and come to eternal life to the light of Christ in every one of your Consciences I speak which shall be my witness and your condemnation that hate it from him who to all your souls is a friend who is at the giving forth of this a prisoner in the common Goal at Appleby in Westmerland for the truths sake known to the world by the name of Christopher Taylor Let this be scattered throughout the Nation that England may have warning that the living God may be clear when he judgeth and all his Servants may be clear of his blood who is about to raise up his Name and spread his truth throughout the Nations and gather in the dispersed amongst them that the Word of the Lord may be fulfilled and the Kingdoms of this world may become the Kingdom of Christ that there may be one Shepherd and one fold to the glory and prayse of his Name who is Lord of Lords and King of Kings God blessed for ever who will reign in power and glory to the astonishment of all the Heathen who must be broken in pieces and subjected under the mighty power of God and the Lord will reign in power who is coming with ten thousand of his Saints to judge the world Oh the glory of God the glorious reign of Sions King whose Scepter is everlasting and a Scepter of righteousness which shall have no end blessed and praysed be the Lord and blessed are his servants who behold his glory and power which is a terror to the Nations the shout of a King is amongst you clap your hands for joy our God liveth and reigneth and is on our side and we need not fear what man can do unto us as we abide faithful to him the shout of a King is with us glory to the Lord for ever ride and prosper in the name of the Lord you need no other Weapon it is the Lords work ride on in power the power of the Lord of Hoasts is with you to the pulling down of strong holds and wake you a terrour to your enemies your Weapons are not carnal but mighty through God the blessing of the eternal God is with you your honour is to binde Kings in Chains and Nobles in Fetters of Iron whose Crown is not mortal but a Crown of immortall glory this is the portion and the Heritage of all his Saints and those that fear the living God who take warning and repent who love the light and walk in it to receive the light of life where the blessedness is with God blessed for ever 30. day 5. m. 55 THE END