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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29619	A single and general voice lifted up like a trumpet, sounding forth the Lords controversie concerning London, with her governors, priests, and citizens that walk in the manners, customs, and way of the heathen, that know not the dreadful God who is Light among them, neither like to retain God ... with somewhat directed to the ear of Thomas Atkin, called alderman of the said city : a reproof to his perverse and ungodly proceedings, message, and two letters ... also a letter from a servant of God in the said prison to Thomas Allen, Mayor of the city ... / by Daniel Baker.	D. B. (Daniel Baker), fl. 1650-1660.	1659 (1659)	Wing B485; ESTC R32851	25,174	40

A Single and general Voice Lifted up like a TRUMPET Sounding forth the Lords Controversie concerning London with her Governors Priests and Citizens that walk in the Manners Customs and Way of the Heathen that know not the dreadful God who is Light among them neither like to retain God or that which may be known of God within in their knowledge like the Sinners of the Gentiles that sacrifice to Devils and not unto God Rom. 1. With somewhat directed to the ear of Thomas Atkin called Alderman of the said City A Reproof to his perverse and ungodly Proceedings Message and Two Letters from his Hand Answered with a lamentable Cry of the Innocent in and through a Servant of the Church of the First Born in the Inner-Prison called The Hole in the Poultery Counter in London Also a Letter from a Servant of God in the said Prison to Thomas Allen Mayor of the City The sound may be heard in other parts and become serviceable in the Nation though it may be as it is Rejected by them that forget Mercy Truth Equity Justice and sound Judgment the Law and the Prophets the Lord and his Work and rather chuse to set their hearts on and follow after lying Vanities and so forsake their own Mercies who rebel against the Light of Christ in the Conscience of Male and Female that are saying in their hearts as in Ages past to the most High that sheweth to man what is his thought Depart from us for we desire not the knowledge of thy wayes By DANIEL BAKER Lam. 2.6 The Lord hath caused the solemn Feasts and Sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion Rev. 10. And I saw the Beast and the Kings of the Earth and their Armies gathered together to make War against him who is called Faithful True London Printed for Thomas Simmons neer Aldersgate 16●● A single and general Voice c. SUrely the Light of Life even the desire and health of the Nations is come in the middest of a foolish people in these latter dayes how many are they that love not their lives unto the death to publish and proclaim the joyful sound hereof to the ends of the Earth by which the Nations Kindreds Tongues and People are provoked to jealousie and wrath but why do the Heathen Rage and the people imagine vain things seeing he the everlasting light of the house of Jacob of Israels life and glory the sure Foundation the Rock the Hiding-place the strong Tower whose Name is called the Word of God by whom the world was made even he is come in the middst of us the true light that all men through him might believe and be saved from the wrath to come by him the light the Lord of the Sabbath the substance the rest that ends the signs and lighteth every man that cometh into the world even he is the same yesterday to day and for ever whose day Abraham saw before Abraham was I am Lo he is come who is the I am the Light the Author of eternal Salvation the Resurrection and the Life that is risen behold with boldness I Testifie in his Name that is faithful and true in the midst of us and this is he whose righteous Scepter shall sway over the Nations whose dominion shall be from Sea to Sea who shall Rule the Nations with his Iron Rod with the Rod of his mouth will he smite the Earth and with the breath of his Lips will he slay the wicked be wise now therefore O ye Kings be instructed O ye Judges of the Earth serve the Lord with fear and rejoyce with trembling kiss the Son lest he be angry and you perish in the way when his wrath is kindled but a little blessed are all they that put their trust in him O London How art thou defiled and poluted and filled with violence vanity deceit hypocrisie wickedness and works of darkness Surely thy Governors and Pastors have greatly erred from the way everlasting that such an unwholsome ill savour ascends from thee thy Pastors thy Priests and thy Heads have erred and gone astray a whoring ravening from the Spirit of Truth corrupted the way of Holiness or that which may be known of God within and have greatly multiplyed thine iniquities and crying abominations and so have perverted all equity and are estranged from the Life of Truth so that the Word of Holiness is become a Reproach a taunt and by word in the midst of thee thy loud crying sins are exceedingly increased far exceeding thy Sister Sodom that suffered the vengeance of eternal fire and according to the number of thine Inhabitants have been thy Dumb IDOLS or gods that cannot save from the power of the SWORD that 's to passe through the Streets of thy defiled wicked Inhabitants O! who shall bewail thee in the day and hour of thy calamity and distress when bitter howling and wayling shall be heard when no eye shall pity or weep over thee when thy Lovers shall forsake thee because of the multitude of thy Whordoms greatness of pride and haughtiness and fornications and would in no wise be cleansed purged or purified by the Word of the highest which has been sounded forth and proclaimed-even in and through thy streets O London is not thy Land full of Horses or is there any end of their wilde Chariots and Idols Alas alas wo and alas for the little ones that lies wounded and oppressed under all thy filthy Abominations the multitude of thy unclean Beasts in the midst of thee are waxed fat and wanton greedily hastening and running into the abundance excess and so greedily devouring eating up and was●●ng and spoyling the goodl● 〈…〉 sidue under their feet so that their hearts are waxed grosse with fatness fitted for the day of slaughter feeding themselves without fear or amazement over the Worm or despised Seed of the Covenant in the midst of thee notwithstanding the Lion hath roared a top of the mountains O London London thy stink and ill savour hath ascended up into the nostrils of the most holy highest Lord of Lords King of Kings when as thy scent or smell should have been as Lebanon or as the Ancient Garden of Eden had the precious life of thy long feigned profession of the holy Prophets Christ and the Apostles good words freely and clearly ascended up and spread over thy Walls and Towers and Borders that the Nations round about might have scented tasted and savoured the good and precious fruit of the Life of thy seigned Profession and to have come with joy and rejoycing submitting and bending unto thee because of thy perfect beauty had it been brought forth at all in its season and comliness and brightness as the light that ariseth in the East and giveth light unto the ends of the Earth lo such a thing hath not been brought forth by thy Heads Pastors Priests and Wise-men of thy Inhabitants but out of the North the precious Lilly sprung up the ground is blessed that bare

that Worship him in Spirit and in Truth and deny the Pope and his Adherents Doctrines heathenish Traditions Customs and vain Fashions of the World that lieth in wickedness the Lord will judge thee for these things while thou have time Repent and prize it Thou tell me of my Friends Opening Shops on the Lords Day but which day of the Week is not the Lords that made them The Apostles Doctrine i● One man esteemeth one day above another another esteemeth every day alike but what shall be done to such he doth not say Away to Prison with them beat them spoil their goods persecute them or we can no wayes allow of it as thou say Nay but thus it s written Let every man be fully perswaded in his own mind See Rom. 14.5 Remember thou art sufficiently warned from this day forward seeing the Lord hath given thee and many more a day of visitation of salvation whether it be received or rejected that thou have not a hand in persecuting any for conscience sake or for reproving sin in the gate in the Mass-house or open street least the Lord with a quick and mighty stroak as in a moment smite thee and take away the desire of thine eyes who art yet false accusing me and my Friends saying Cannot you and them of your gang with such reproachfull and unsavoury words be quiet but disturb us in our Congregations and act in the open streets in a most uncivil manner liker distracted men then sober persons drawing tumults about you to the disturbance of our peace Know thou that if the King of darknesse of Babylon of Confusion did or may send greetings of peace as in another case to all that did or doth dwell in the earth Dan. 6.25 yet the Prince of Life King of Righteousness Christ the Light of the World comes not to send peace on the Earth but a Sword see Luke 10.34 35. and the Angel cries wo wo wo to the Inhabitants of the Earth Therefore think it not strange that your peace is broken or disturbed for no peace to wicked but fear God Repent and bring forth fruits meet for repentance unto life least thou die in thy sins for this is of truth that I write whether thou hear or forbear From the Hole of the inner Prison in the Poultry Counter this 24 of the 9 mo 1659. From thy Souls Friend that writes his name Daniel Baker Here followeth a Coppy of a Letter sent from a Friend of Gods Truth to Thomas Allen Mayor of the City London THomas Allen Ah Friend what is this that thou hast done in this thy proceeding against me and to separate me from my family where there is so much need of me which thou little regardest but exerciseth cruelty on that day the first day which thou calls the Sabbath or Lords day even without mercy Yet thou knows or should know that he or they that rule over men should be just men men of truth ruling in the fear of God Friend I was the last first day of the week save one in my shop in Gods fear exercing my Conscience void of offence towards God and man doing no evil in word or deed to Man Woman or Child for my Religion which is Pure is to keep unspoted of the World and so cannot joyn one with the World in observing one day above another but esteem every day alike and am fully perswaded in mine own mind and know that the Kingdom of Heaven comes not with outward observation and that to the Lord all dayes are alike good and that it is the will of God our Sanctification to be Holy as God is Holy every day in all manner of conversation to do Justly to love Mercy and to walk humbly with or before the Lord God who searcheth the Heart And who have learned and are taught this by the Grace of God which brings Salvation which hath appeared unto all men even to deny ungodlinesse and worldly lusts and to live Righteously Soberly and Godly in this present World to such all daies are alike who are God-like for the Lord God made every day good and every Child of God that is born of God who is Light walks in the Light Christ the good day that Abraham saw and was glad which is the true Rest which the Sabbath that was given to the Jewes for a Sign was a shadow of even of the Substance Christ the Light the good day of God the rest which remaines in whom all the Shadows Signes and dayes end And who now are rooted in him and built up in him Christ the Light and walk in the Light which through believing in are become Children of and are joyned and united to the Body Christ the substance that ends the shadows they dwelling in God who is light are freed from the begarly Rudiments and cannot be in any wise brought into bondage to them again to observe days or esteem one day above another and they now whose life is in observing of dayes which were appointed given as shadows and signs of the substance their life is not yet in the substance Christ the Light but in the Signs shadows and so as yet know not Christ the Light manifest in their flesh to redeem out of the bondage of corruption but still remain children of the Bond-woman under the bondage of sin an Satan and so are not holy any day of the week and then cannot keep or walk holily on the first day of the week or on any day else But prethee consider if thou have a Law for what thou doth against me and wouldest have me and all men account thee a just man as thou ought to be and art called a Justice for I and all men may judge of thee to be a Justice and a just man if thou do justice impartially without respect of persons Now how hast thou so dealt with me to send me to prison for opening my windows and because I will not shut them at the Marshal thy servants pleasure I being a Free man of the City in equity ought to have as much freedom in opening my windows and to keep them open as thou to command thy Servant and horses to labour on the first day of the week therefore if thou wilt do justice without partiality command the Marshal thy servant to carry thee to Prison and if thou be not willing to go so at his word in the Name of the Keepers of the liberties of England if the Marshals servant thrust thee violently out of thy doors as he did me why let it be so and if another of his servants take hold on thee and kick thee very wickedly and violently as he did me why bear it and if he take thee by the Collar of thy doublet and band on both sides thy neck and shake thee as a Dog would worry a Sheep as one of the Marshals Servants did me and the other carrying a stick under my back lifted it up quick on purpose to