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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A74896	The generall-good to all people: or, The Lords free love running forth freely to his own people in these latter days, according to his promises made to his people, which he is now fulfilling. With something in answer to the petition put up to the Parliament, by many of the city and county of York, even they of the priests party. / By Richard Farnworth.	R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666.; Aldam, Thomas, d. 1660. Exhortation to the magistrates.; R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666. Gods covenanting with his people.; England and Wales. Parliament.	1653 (1653)	Thomason E703_6; Thomason E703_6*	37,767	34

a free passage for truth to be declared and so the corrupt fountain of Oxford and Cambridge which is under the curse will have a stop and then there will be an effectuall course taken for removing of scandalous Ministers that run from God to be taught of man and so all cast out that none may speak but as they do receive their words from the Lord which runs out of the pure Fountain and that is under the blessing of the Almighty where there is no burthening of poor people for carnal means seeking after the love and friendship and honor of the world and kingdom of the world as the Priests of the world do that are in the state and condition of infidelity Atheism and profaneness and dare not trust God but dishonour him And they are worthy all to be removed and cast out the time draweth nigh wherein righteousness shall run down all our streets and knowledge shall fill the earth as the waters cover the Sea and righteousness ruling in Magistrates and Justice and Equity set up which we honor in our souls and those that are the acters of it and we rejoyce to see the Lord declaring his free love through his poor despised creatures and binding up the broken hearted but we deny the Priests of Baal for they have a long time deceived us and now it is our duty to cry out against their deceits that all people may consider of them and see what they are profited by them and what Reformation is amongst them are they not all confused and live in conceivings and imaginations but the Lord is binding his Law upon the Spirits of his people which will be such battlements of purity that deceits and deceivers will not be able to enter into the inward Court but will be kept without and trodden underfoot and Popish and profane persons cast out Proud Covetous Envious Malicious Priests with their subtilties cannot enter any more with their deceiveableness and craftiness whereby they lie in wait to deceive poor people to the dishonor of God in despising his Ordinances which is his power even the power of God unto Salvation which power they being ignorant of they do pollute his Sabboths in doing their own work and not his speaking their own words and thinking their own thoughts which those do not that are entred into their rest Heb. 4. As these do that sell their wares at great rates and compell people to buy and if they have not money to give them then they sue and go to Law and break the Law of God and if any come to declare what God hath done for his soul as David did though it be after that he hath ended his stage-play contrary to the Grant for the easing of burdned consciences he cries Take him away and have him to prison and take boldness to break the Laws of the Land and run away himself but the tryall he will not stand and this is the practice of several of the Priests here in York-shire when the Lord sends to any of them and thus they prove themselves to be the Ministers of man and not of God but he will bruise them with his Iron rod. Let all that love the Lord bless the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever The Lord is our Judge the Lord is our Law-giver the Lord is our King and doth us teach preserve and keep and out of their cruelties save and deliver to him alone that sits upon his throne ruling by his power each day and eeke each hour be all praise honor and glory for ever and ever Amen Hallelujah to the highest The Lord raigneth let the earth rejoyce All ye Saints of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever and let Justice and equity be set up and righteousness established so shall you have the blessing of the Lord upon all your counsells and endeavours and rejoyce in him for evermore An exhortation to the Magistrates AWake awake you Magistrates and Rulers and fear the Lord God Almighty and do that which is Just have mercy and walk humbly with your God and do Justice without partiality O stand in the Counsel of the Lord and beware of looking out to the Egyptian studies for Counsel and you which are set up to be Rulers cast out all your old Laws that are contrary to the Law of God and establish Laws according to the Law of God that God may be glorified in you bringing forth the fruits of Righteousness Beware of being countenancers of evil doers and punishing the innocent poor and harmeless and let all such who are sound scandalous Ministers which profess Christ in words not abiding in his doctrine let them be cast out for his Gospel is the power of God unto Salvation and not their vain Inventions Imaginations Repetitions and Divinations of their own Brain Cease from holding them up the Lord is against them for he alone is come to teach his children himself who is our King Lawgiver and Judge to whom be all praise and thanksgiving now and for ever Thomas Aldam By the dark World called a Quaker An Exhortation to all People that have a desire to know the Truth that the Truth may make them free EVery one that hath a desire to know the truth that the truth may set you free mind the light of God in you that shews you sin and evil that which checks you when you do amiss either when you lye or swear or are Proud or Covetous or Oppress or Envy or Hate or Backbite one another or use any deceit there is something in you that will check you and tell you that you should not do so if you hearken to it that which shews you your vain thoughts and wondering desires and wicked Imaginations if you hearken to it and let it guide your mindes it will turn them within and so shew you how you have spent your time and bring you to consider of your wayes and your doings that you may forsake that which is evil and turn to the Lord that he may have mercy upon you this light within if you hearken to it it will not suffer you to do any wrong to any man but to do to all as you would be done by and obeying it it will teach you to deny your selves of Pride and Covetousness and Oppression and Drunkenness and Lying and Swearing and Vain talk and Foolish jesting and all vain delights and pleasures whatsoever and minding this light within to be obedient to it it will cross your earthly wills and turn you out of the lust and filth of the flesh and lead you out of all the worlds wayes and words and customs and fashions and worships and delights and vanities whatsoever and bring you to delight in the Lord to do his will in yeilding obedience to his commands in what the light doth require of you to be done that you may cast off the works of darkness as this light within makes them manifest to you This light within you will not suffer you to eat and drink to make your selves wanton if you hearken to it and let it guide your minds this light within will not let you wear apparel to make your selves proud and burden and oppress poor creatures if you hearken to it and here is your teacher this light obeying it and here is your condemnation this light disobeying it this light is not without you a Chapter or a Verse but the light is within as it was in them that spoke forth the Chapters ye have a light to the whith ye do well to take heed as unto a light that shineth in a dark place until the day dawn and the day-star arise in your hearts Take heed to that light lest you be condemned by it obeying it it will shew you the way to Salvation disobeying this light it will condemn you Now you have time prize it and take heed of rejecting the Counsel and admonition of the Lord to your souls as you will answer it before the Lord Consider of it and lay it to heart This is the day of your visitation VVritten by a Husbandman FINIS

examples to the people but these are evil examples and walk contrary both to the Scriptures and the practise of Christ and his true Ministers herein they shew the spirit of errour and are enemies to the Truth of God 4. They are men-pleasers all the Priests of the world and have mens persons in admiration because of advantage denying the Faith of our Lord Jesus Christ Iames 2.1 2. Gal. 1.10 which the true Ministers of Christ did practise herein they walk contrary to the Scripture and shew the Spirit of errour and are enemies to the truth of God 5. The Priests of the World or the Ministers of man and of Antichrist they are blamable and are soon angry and are given to wine strikers and are given altogether to filthy lucre Jer. 23.26 27 28 29 30 31 32. Joh. 1.1 2. c. Joh. 17.14 15 16 17. Jer. 23.29 Heb. 4.12 1 Pet. 1.22 23. Rom. 6. 1 Cor. 6.11 1 Pet. 1.25 Jam. 1.21 22. Col. 1.1 2 Cor. 3.6 Gal. 1.11 12. Eph. 1.1 2 Tim. 1.1 Mat. 23. Mat. 26. Jer. 23.16 17 18 19 20. Jer. 23.10 11 12 13 14. Jer. 23.1 Jer. 5.23 24 25 c. Hosea 4.1 2 3 c. Isa 59. Isa 29.9 10 11 c. Gal. 1.8 9. Mal. 2. to the 10. The two Seeds one of the Flesh and the other of the Spirit contrary to the Ministers of Christ as in Titus 1.7 1 Tim. 3.1 2 3. walking contrary to the Scripture and are guided by the spirit of error 6. The Priests of the world and their Ministry is not of God but of man they are the Ministers of man and not of God and are no Ministers of the Spirit but are of the imaginary wayes what they do conceive of or imagine that they hold forth and know not the word of life which is eternal that sanctifieth and purifieth Soul and Body which word is invisible and is as a fire and a hammer and is quick and powerfull which is the power of God that killeth the old nature and purgeth out the old leaven and raiseth up the immortal Soul out of death to praise the Lord. And they that do Administer it are cleansed and washed justified and sanctified by it which word endureth for ever being the ingrafted word that is able to save the souls of those that know the Ministration of it and the Ministers of it were and are able Ministers of the Spirit not taught of man but by the will of God and administer to that which is kept in the death the immortal seed which the Ministers of the world are ignorant of but are persecuters of those that hold forth the word of life now as the Jews and Scribes and Pharisees chief Priests and Elders of the people were and they speak a divination of their own brain and not from the mouth of the Lord and their Ministry will never satisfie nor purifie one soul it hath been long but here is no redemption nor Sanctification by it Nay they say themselves that it will never sanctifie them whilst they are here and by their fruits it doth so appear and so it doth not profit the people at all they teach for Doctrine traditions and rudiments of the world and they are all confused so many men so many minds when as the Ministers of Christ were and are all of one heart and one minde who were taught of God and are Ministers of the Spirit and not of the letter or of man as the Priests of the world and all those here in York-shire are and are contrary both to Christ and his true Ministers and load his Servants with Reproachings and Revilings and are Enemies both to him and his and they and their Ministry is accursed for it is contrary both to Christ and his Apostles and doth neither sanctifie nor purifie but keeps in the lust of the flesh and in the fall There are two seeds one after the flesh as Ishmael was and the other after the Spirit and by promise as Isaac was and they that are after the flesh they persecute them that are after the spirit and they that are after the spirit or by promise are made not onely to believe but also to suffer what the Lord shall permit or see good and they that are of the promised seed are of Abraham now and are born again one Seed one Faith one God one Father one Baptism one Bread one Body all one and in one Baptized by one Spirit into that one body which is spiritual and made to drink into one Spirit and their faith doth purifie them and worketh them out of their old nature and ingrafteth them into the Vine which is Christ Jesus the Vine of the Lords free love and being all one in Christ Jesus set and ingrafted into their own Vine the natural branches being cut off those that are Jews outward and not inward who live in the wild-Olive and in their natural stock or state or condition know them not who are in the true Vine being made partakers of the Divine nature their faith standing out of the wisdom of mans words in the power of God groweth with an increase making fruifull being in the Vine the fruits of true faith do shew it forth as Vertue and Knowledge Temperance Patience Godliness brotherly kindness and charity which maketh fruitfull in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ so shall all men know saith he That ye are my Disciples if ye love one another continue in my love for faith without works is dead as the worlds faith is or the fruits of the first seed which is after the flesh and they that are in the flesh their old corrupt nature and in the wild Olive they cannot please God and their faith standeth without in the wisdom of mans words and not in the power of God which worketh a Reformation and a change but as they are in the fall their fruits make them manifest and their faith is corrupt it doth not purifie their conscience from dead works and so they believe in that which thier priests lead them into for good as say the Petitioners we have believed in them for good like Priests like People as in Hoseas time Hosea 4. and all live in one nature that are in the fall and are under the curse in their old nature both Priests and people and the Priests are evil examples to the people 1. The Priests they live in Pride and the people they believe The Priests are evil examples that if they may be proud that are their leaders they may follow their examples because it is suitable to their earthly hearts and so they believe in them as they say for good calling good evil and evil good but the woe is to such 2. The Priests they live in Covetousness and the people they follow their examples and are all given to Covetousness both Priests and people and love it and believe it is good because it is suitable to their earthly

pray for a blessing upon your Counsells and persons To the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England THe humble Petition of many Inhabitants of the County of York Petition the City of York and County of the same City humbly sheweth that your Petitioners who are less then the least of the mercies they enjoy as they desire to be sensible of that good decree of peace and truth which through the good hand of God upon your counsels and endeavours they partake of and are therefore Petitioners to the Lord for you that he would remember you for good and spare you according to the multitude of his mercies and so withall they think it their duty humbly to present unto you the deep sense they have of some evils and dangers which they apprehend very nearly to concern the truth of God and Gospel of Salvation for the prosperous course thereof whereon the glory of peace and safety of this Nation besides the eternal wellfare of precious souls more worth then worlds do much depend These Petitioners are full of flatteries and subtilty Answer and shew themselves to be carnal that run from the Lord to take counsell of men for that which they call spiritual that sit to judge of temporal affairs and it shews that the Priests of the world are the Ministers of man and not of God and dare not trust him nor take his counsail neither have they the sword of the Spirit as the true Ministers had their weapons were not carnal but spiritual and mighty through God to throw down strong holds and they were made through him that loved them more then Conquerors Rom. 8.37 Rom. 8.37 But these shew themselves to be carnal and ignorant of the same power that ruled in them that run to outward power to uphold them as the Jews and Scribes and Pharisees did that sought for the honor of the world and the praise of men as these do and were enemies to Jesus Christ Joh. 5.42 43 44. as these are For were these Petitioners acquainted with what they do profess it would draw their minds up to the Lord who is the mighty Counsellor the everlasting Father the Prince of Peace Isai 9. to direct their Petitions to him and not to run without to take Counsell of men Isaiah 9. Isaiah 30. who sit to judge of temporal things to ask Counsel about spiritual and so run from the Lord the mighty Counsellor and the judge of the whole Earth who doth direct all those that trust in him to take his Counsell both for temporals and spirituals and threatneth woe to them that take Counsel but not of him and the woe is to the disobedient Children that go down into Egypt for help to make flesh their Arm who do not trust in the living God but are haters of him though in their words to him they do profess love but by their actions they deny him and are to every good work abominable and Reprobate Titus 1. ver 16. Professing they know God Titus 1.16 and hate those that are known of him as by their fruits it doth appear for they do both Persecute Envy Backbite and are exceeding Proud and Covetous and Oppress grinding the faces of the poor Rom. 8.8 and it is not unknown what fruits those are it cannot be denied but that they are fruits of the flesh they that are in the flesh cannot please God Was it not the great men of the World that did make their suite so much to the Councel of State or those that sate to judge the People amongst the Jews who were enemies to Jesus Christ as Paul was accused for a Blasphemer an Heretick and was complained against or petitioned for by the Scribes and Pharisees and Elders of the people to the high Priest that sat in the seat of judgement to have had his life taken away and said he was a seditious fellow and Steven they said he was a blasphemer and they not being able to resist the wisdom Acts 6.10 11 12 13 14 15. and the spirit by which he spoke Acts 6.10 11 12. then they suborned men stirred up the People to swear falsly against him before the Councel and said that they heard him speak blasphemous things against Moses the Temple and the Law when he went to declare the message that the Lord sent him withall As he doth now send many to cry out against the deceits of the Priests and they not being able to defend themselves by Scripture nor warrant from God they stir up the suborned men and rude multitude who are utter enemies to God and the Gospel of Jesus Christ to Petition against those to whom the Lord hath manifested his love and made his power known in some measure to praise and glorifie his great and glorious name and those Petitioners are as those were that cried to the high Priest let us have Barrabas who was a murderer set at liberty and Christ Crucified in whom was found no guile but because he came to testifie against their deceits yet they said he was a deceiver and a blasphemer they that were Petitioners against the ttuth of God in that Generation went under the same colour and pretence then that these do now Petitioning against Seditious fellows that came to overturn their Statutes Laws and Customs and the Scribes Pharisees and Elders of the people cryed out against them for Blasphemy and Heresie Nay they spared not to call the good man of the house Belzebub and said he was the Prince of Devils and Paul they sayd he was a Ring leader of that Sect and the Silver-shrine-makers because hey saw that he came to overturn their Diana which brought them so much gain they said that if they did let him alone all men would be drawn after him and they should be in danger to suffer the loss of all not onely their handicraft would be set at naught but their Goddess Dianah would be overthrown and then the sense and consideration of that seised deep upon them whereupon they went and stirred up all the people against the Servants of the Lord to have slaughtered them for testifying the truth that struck at their deceits and stirred up all the whole City setting them on an uproar many not knowing what they did but as they were led on by the on-setters to mischief and cried with a loud voice great is Diana of the Ephesians and if it be but rightly considered now it will be found out that these Petitioners here in York-shire are of the same Generation and the Priests being with the Scribes and Pharisees and Leaders of the Petitioners struck into a deep sense that they have of the loss of their great Goddess Diana their imaginary way of worship and beastly wares that they have had such sale for shall now come down and they lose all their gain and none will buy their wares any longer that comes to tast of better that the sense of this doth strike deeply