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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28230	An epistle of love to all the saints scattered in these nations of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the dominions thereunto appertaining exhorting them all to stand fast in the day of tryal that now is come to try all the inhabitants of the earth, and them (chiefly) and in particular / written from the spirit of the Lord in Geo. Bishope, that all may be warned and all may be left without excuse.	Bishop, George, d. 1668.	1661 (1661)	Wing B2992; ESTC R27211	21,738	28

are made Partakers of Christs Sufferings that when his Glory shall be revealed ye may be glad also with Exceeding Joy Be Sober be Vigilant because your Adversary the Devil as a Roaring Lyon walketh about seeking whom he may Devour whom resist stedfast in the Faith For the time is Come that Judgement must begin at the House of God and if it first begin at Vs What shall the End be of them that Obey not the Gospel of God And if the Righteous scarcely be saved where shall the Vngodly and Sinner appear And The Day of the Lord will Come as a Thief in the Night in the which the Heavens shall passe away with a great Noise and the Elements shall Melt with fervent heat and the Earth also and the Works that are therein shall be burnt up here 's a Fiery Tryal indeed think it not strange Friends when this thing comes on you who have not known it yet for this ye must witness Ere ye be Perfect and the Time is near For things must not be as they have been the Seed suffering still the Seed under the Seed Languishing the Seed growing Lean the Seed Oppressed the Seed still compast about with Enemies and beset round and Lying down in Bitterness and in Sorrow and in Tears and in Death but it must Raign Over All It must lead Captivity Captive It must feed that which Oppressed it with its Own Flesh and make it Drunken with Its Blood as with sweet Wine And in the Day that it ariseth this will be witnessed Seeing then that all these things shall be Dissolved saith he What manner of Persons Ought ye to be in all holy Conversation and Godliness looking for and hastning unto the coming of the Great Day of God wherein the Heavens being on Fire shall be Dissolved and the Elements shall Melt with fervent heat Novertheless We according to his Promise Look for New Heavens and a New Earth Wherein Dwelleth Righteousness Wherefore Beloved seeing that ye look for such things Be Diligent that ye may be found of him in Peace without spot and Blameless And account that the long Suffering of God is Salvation Even as Our Beloved Brother Paul also according to the Wisdom Given unto him hath written unto you As also in all his Epistles speaking in them of these things in whith are some things hard to be Vnderstood which they that are Vnlearned and Vnstable Wrest as they Do also the other Scriptures to their own Destruction Ye therefore Beloved seeing that ye know these things before beware least ye also being led away with the Error of the wicked fall from your own stedfastness But grow in Grace and in the Knowledge of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to him be Glory both Now and for Ever Amen And Paul said to the Thessalonians But of the Times and Seasons Brethren ye have no need that I write unto you For your selves know Perfectly that the Day of the Lord so cometh as a Thief in the Night For when they shall say Peace and Safety then suddain Destruction cometh upon them as Travel upon a Woman with Child and they shall not Escape But ye Brethren are not in Darkness that that Day should overtake you as a Thief Ye are all the Children of Light and the Children of the Day we are not of the Night Nor of Darkness Therefore let us not sleep as do others but let Vs Watch and be Sober For they that sleep sleep in the Night and they that be Drunken are Drunken in the Night but let us who are of the Day be Sober putting on the Brest-plate of Faith and Love and for an Helmet the Hope of Salvation for God hath not appointed Vs to wrath but to obtain Salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ Who died for Vs that whether we wake or sleep we should live together with him And that knowing the time that now it is high time to Awake out of sleep for now is Our Salvation nearer then when we Believed The Night is far spent the day is at hand let Vs therefore cast off the works of Darkness and let Vs put on the Armour of Light Let Vs walk honestly as in the day Not in Rioting and Drunkenness Not in Chambering and Wantonness Not in Strife and Envying but put ye On the Lord Jesus Christ and make no Provision for the Flesh to fulfill the Lusts thereof And Put on the whole Armour of God that ye may be able to stand against the Wiles of the Devil For we wrastle not against Flesh and Blood but against Principalities against Powers against the Rulers of the Darkness of this World Against Spiritual Wickednesses in high Places Wherefore take unto ye the whole Armour of God that ye may be able to withstand in the Evil Day and having done all to stand Stand therefore having your Loyns girt about with Truth and having on the Brest-plate of Righteousness and your feet shod with the Preparation of the Gospel of Peace Above all taking the shield of Faith Wherewith ye shall be able to Quench all the Fiery Darts of the wicked and take the Helmet of Salvation and the Sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God Praying alwayes with all Prayer and Supplication in the Spirit and watching thereunto with all Perseverance and Supplication for all Saints and for Us c. And take heed least any fall short of the Grace of God and by an heart of Unbelief depart from the Living God Let Us therefore labour to enter into that Rest least any Man fall after the same Example of Unbelief Take heed Brethren least there be in any of you an Evil heart of Unbelief in departing from the Living God but Exhort one another dayly whilst it is called to Day least any of you be hardned through the deceitfulness of Sin For we are made Partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our Confidence stedfast unto the End while it is said to Day if ye will hear his Voice harden not your hearts as in the Provocation For Some when they had heard did Provoke howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses But with whom was he grieved Forty years Was it not with them that had sinned whose Carcasses fell in the Wilderness And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his Rest but to them that believed not So we see that they could not enter in because of Unbelief And John in the Revelations saith of him If therefore thou shalt not watch I will come on thee as a Thief and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon Thee And Behold I come as a Thief Blessed is he that watcheth and keepeth his Garments least be walk naked and they see his shame And without are Dogs and Sorcerers and Whore-mongers and Murderers and Idolaters and whosoever loveth and maketh a Lie And the Fearful and Unbelieving and the abominable and Whore-mongers Murderers Sorcerers Idolaters and all

and kept which is the Degenerate Plant of a strange Vine and when there is still a bringing forth Fruit according unto it And He withdrawes and suffers that to enter which he hath kept off long and fenced off and so It Joyns with that which is suitable unto it in such a One then such a One comes to be Eaten up and trodden down and carried away for the Wild Beast is entered and they are neither Pruned nor Digged but Bryars and Thorns they come to bring forth and the Clouds rain no rain on them and they are near unto Cursing whose End is to be burnt Now saith he I will sing to my welbeloved a Song of my Beloved touching his Vineyard My welbeloved hath a Vineyard in a very Fruitful Hill And he fenced it and gathered out the stones thereof and Planted it with the choicest Vine and Built a Tower in the midst of it and also made a Wine Press therein and he looked that it should bring forth Grapes and it brought forth Wild Grapes And now O Inhabitants of Jerusalem and Men of Judah Judge I Pray you betwixt me and my Vineyard What could have been done more to my Vineyard that I have not done in it Wherefore when I looked that it should bring forth Grapes it brought forth Wild Grapes And now go to I will tell you what I will do to my Vineyard I will take away the hedge thereof and it shall be Eaten up and break down the Wall thereof and it shall be troden down and I will lay it Wast it shall not be Pruned nor Digged but there shall come up Bryars and Thorns I will also command the Clouds that they Rain no Rain upon it For the Vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel and the Men of Judah his Pleasant Plant and he looked for Judgement and behold Oppression For Righteousness and behold a Cry And Ephraim is given to Idols let him alone And I will not Punish your Daughters when they commit Whoredom Nor your Spouses when they commit Adultery And Pray not thou for this People Neither lift up Cry or Prayer for them Neither make Intercession to me for I will not hear thee And I will even forsake you saith the Lord And yea also Wo unto them when I Depart from them Therefore He said Take heed to your selves lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with Suffeiting and Drunkennsss and the Cares of this Life and that Day come upon you Unawares For as a Snare shall it come on all them that Dwell on the Face of the Earth Watch therefore and Pray alwayes that ye may be Counted Worthy to Escape all these things and stand before the Son of Man Watch therefore for you know not what hour your Lord doth come But know this that if the Good Man of the house had known in what Watch the Thief would come he would have Watched and would not have suffered his house to have been broken up Therefore be also ready for in such an hour as ye think not of the Son of Man cometh Take ye heed Watch and Pray for ye know not when the time is For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far Journey who left his house and gave Authority to his Servants and to every Man his Work and commanded the Porter to watch watch ye therefore for ye know not when the Master of the House cometh at Even or at Midnight or at the Cock-crowing or in the Morning Least coming suddainly he find you sleeping And what I say unto you I say unto all watch Let your Loyns be girded about and your Lights burning and ye your selves like unto Men that wait for their Lord when he will return from the Wedding that when he knocketh they may open to him Immediately Blessed are those Servants whom the Lord when he cometh shall find Watching Verily I say unto you that he shall Gird himself and make them sit down to meat and will come forth and serve them And if he shall come in the second Watch Or come in the third Watch and find them so Blessed are those servants And this know that if the Good Man of the house had known what hour the Thief would come he would have watched and not have suffered his house to be broken through Be ye therefore ready also for the Son of Man cometh at an hour ye think not Who then is that Faithful and Wise Steward whom his Lord shall make Ruler over his houshold to give them their Portion of meat in due Season Blessed is that servant whom his Lord when he cometh shall find so doing of a Truth I say unto you he will make him Ruler over all that he hath But and if that servant say in his heart my Lord delayeth his coming and shall begin to beat the men servants and the Maidens and to Eat and Drink and to be Drunken The Lord of that servant will come in a Day when he looketh not for him and at an hour that he is not a ware and will cut him in sunder and will appoint him his Portion with the Unbelievers And that servant which knew his Lords will and prepared not himself Neither did according to his Will shall be beaten with many stripes But he that knew not and did commit things worthy of stripes shall be beaten with few stripes For to whom soever much is given of him shall much be required and to whom Men have committed much of him they will ask the more Thus said he who is Come in that Day of his Flesh to his Disciples of the Day and hour that now is come and this he now saith who is Come and Blessed are they who hear and make ready for his coming Who is Come the second time without Sin unto Salvation Dear Brethren and Friends I am Even melted in the Bowels of Compassion and Love unto you and am Weighed Even down with Tears and closed about with Tenderness That Every One may be found ready when he cometh from the Wedding and may Enter with the Bridegroom into the Bride Chamber For he said also to them in that Day and he saith it now Then shall the Kingdom of Heaven be likened unto Ten Virgins which took their Lamps and went forth to meet the Bridegroom and five of them were Wise and five were Foolish They that were Foolish took their Lamps and took no Oyl with them but the Wise took Oyl in their Vessels with their Lamps While the Bridegroom tarried they all slumbred and slept And at midnight there was a cry made Behold the Bridegroom cometh goe ye out to meet him Then all those Virgins arose and Trimmed their Lamps and the Foolish said unto the Wise Give Us of your Oyl for our Lamps are gone out But the Wise answered saying Not so least there be not enough for Us and you but go ye rather to them that Sell and Buy for your selves And while