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sin_n	dead_a	quicken_v	trespass_n	3,621	5	10.4863	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94802	For those that meet to worship at the steeplehouse, called John Evangelist, in London, or, any other in that nature upon whom the Scriptures are fulfilled, in evil intreating the servants of the Lord Iesus, whom he sends to deliver his message amongst you. Or for any other that are condemned for sin, and have thirstings after righteousness ...	R. T. (Rebecca Travers), 1609-1688.	1659 (1659)	Wing T2059; ESTC R185428	25,680	64

FOR ●●ose that meet to worship at the Steeplehouse called John Evangelist IN LONDON OR ●ny other in that nature upon whom ●●e Scriptures are fulfilled in evil intreat●●● by the servants of the Lord Iesus whom he lends to deliver his Message amongst you 〈◊〉 for any other that are condemned for sin and have thirstings after righteousness that from sin transgression they may be turned to the righteousness that is perfect and eternal without vvhich there is no sure salvation 〈◊〉 a Word of truth to rebuke the de●●●rer and him that pleads for him against the restoration of the Creation to ●he liberty of God 〈◊〉 your hearts condemn you God is greater and knoweth all things 1 Iohn 3. 20. Rebecca Travers LONDON Printed and are to be sold at the black spread Eagle near the west end of Pauls 1659. A Word of Reproof for those that meet at the Steeplehouse called John Evangelist in London O You foolish people and unwise How long will you love your folly How long will you resist our Maker Are you stronger then he ●●o is as truly striving with you as ever Gen. 6. 12. 〈◊〉 was with that generation in Noahs ●●yes who not receiving the warning the one Preacher of Righteousness 〈◊〉 overwhelmed in their wickedness 〈◊〉 having safety but they who were the Ark. And I and thousands yea 〈◊〉 thousands praises to the Lord who ●●come to the ends of the world do ●ow the world in which you live is 〈◊〉 unto destruction and are moved him that made the world to come into your meeting-places to declare unto you what must shortly come to pass and to shew you the blindness of your Teachers with their blasphemous 2 Tim 3. 6 7. 8. ●ph 2. 2. and idolatrous Doctrines whereby they deceive the simple lead captive silly women which are always learning but never come to the knowledge of the truth which makes free from the bonds of Death and Satan who hath captivated your minds and hath blinded the eye that gives the knowledge of God which rules in all you the children of disobedience being the god of the world a lyar and a murderer from the beginning and so as acted by him his fruits ye bring forth even in your most holy Assemblies Teacher and people as in your Steeplehouse called John Evangelists there the Teacher exhorted the people to read and study the Scripture for they were light and life speaking of the written Letter bringing a carnal comparison to maintain his idolatrous Doctrine saying A written piece of Paper to a sore would do no good but a little written Scripture to a wounded soul was of great force and tha● that was which quickened David and was a light 〈◊〉 a lanthorn unto his feet And I who ●as brought thither of the living God whom I serve in obedience to him and ●or the Seed's sake was moved to ask him a question when he had ended in moderarion and fear telling him it was not to disturb but for edification and not speaking any other words to my knowledge then these Doth the Scripture more plentifully declare of any one Isa 45. 16 thing then that for Idolatry God brings wrath and vengeance upon Nations Peoples Zech. 13 2 and Persons But he hasting away ●s hirelings use to do his people fell on me as so many devouring Wolfes railing tearing thrusting haling and pushing me down several times yet a hair of Ez●k 16. 38. my head they could not hurt but the murderer was strong and no hand to help the innocent nor tongue to plead for the harmless seen or heard in your Congregation though some were nea● related to me in the outward stood by said they thought I was a made woman in which I can rejoice being no other Acts 26. 24. Ioh. 15. 20 then what was done and said unto my Lord The servant is not greater then his Master and him I serve and he is my reward by whom David was quickned by whom Abraham Isaac and Jacob were saved before any of that was written vvhich you call the Scriptures the same quickning Word I witness who was once dead as well as you in Epb. 2. ● sins and trespasses but by the obedience of the spirit hath the soul been sanctified and I made a witness of the resurrection of Jesus and do as called of God thereto bear my testimony that he who was dead is alive and his Name Rev. 10. 9 13. is called the Word of God who hath been caught up to God and she that brought him forth hath been hid in Rev. 12 5 6. the Wilderness from the Dragon that hath made war with the remnant of her Rev. 17.1 15. Seed and the Beast hath prevailed and none hath been made able for ages to make war with him nor the Whore who sits in the Waters Mark the Waters are people nations and tougues on which the Beast that carries the Whore doth sit who hath made drunk with her fornications the Kings of the Earth and is drunk with the cup of abominations and the hour of her righteous judgement is come with her Rev 20. ● shall be tormented the beast the salfe prophet and all that love make a lye for evermore and blessed are they and they only that know these things which shall shortly come to pass but they that read Scriptures and have not heard the Word which gave forth the Iohn 5. 7. Scriptures to them the Scripture is as it was to them at Jerusalem that there crucified the Lord of life a parable and as it was said to them it may to you Search the Scriptures for in them you think to have eternal life and they tectifie of me but you will not come to me that you may have life saith Christ Jesus And so they who read the Scriptures killed him who gave them forth and came to fulfil the Scriptures even the holy One and the Just whom you now slay in the street of the great City spiritually called Rev. 11. ● Aegypt but the Witness shall arise whom you are yet making merry over and as a thief in the night shall he come upon you and then shall you know that this Visitation of mine though now despised shall be upon your heads the Lord shall be clear and a good savour am I unto him as well in them that perish as in them that are saved who am honoured of him whom I honour and know that in the doing of his Will there is great reward and though of you hated and scorned and despitefully used yet bear I the reproach and despise the shame following the Captain and Author of my salvation who was perfected Heb. 2. 10 11. 2 Tim. 2. 12. Matth. 10. 32. thtough the suffering and none shall reign with him but they that suffer with him nor will he confess any before his Father but they which confels him before men and all that have

to you all whatever your teachers tell you who cry vehemently against the light for they know if you harken to the light their trade will soon dovvn and therefore many lyes in their pulpits and else where do they publish to hold up the kingdom of darkness saying we deny the Scriptures and Christ which dyed at Jorusalem and the ministers with many more false accusations to which I answer for the truths sake no other Christ do we profess then he that made a good confession before Pilate who when crucified had over his head a writing set of Hebrew Greek and Lattin by his crucifiers as now he hath receive it if you can of whom Enoch Moses and all the rest of the Prophets prophesied and the Apostles bare witness to him do we believe in and call all to who is in us the hope of glory and the Scriptures of truth we believe and Deut. ●4 ●5 are come to the fulfilling of them and being witnesses that the Angel of the everlasting Gospel hath flown through heaven after this long night of Apos●asie Rev 14. 6. we know that the hour of righ●eous judgement is come in which Babylon and all her merchants must down and we cannot but warn them and you of their sure destruction for these are the ministers of Antichrist and not of Jesus Christ who set up any thing in his stead who is the eternal Son of God and this was they seen to be by some of them called puritans forty years ago to my own knowledge and some that had been breed at Schools and universities with them and had taken their orders though they were dark times have all along according to the light received witnessed against the evil of these times servers so much as that they were hated of the world suffered persecution some to death others banishment for his names sake who is Iohn 1. 6. the light and the ministery sent of God did and do bear witness to him that is the light and these we honour in the Lord who by his power have turned many thousands from darkness Act 16 14 to light and from the power of Satan to God and we try them by their works and their fruits are fruits Mat. 7. 16 ler. 23. 28. of unrighteousness but you cannot gather Figs of Thistles nor Grapes of Thorns what is the Chaff to the Wheat saith the Lord God who is gathering his Wheat into the Garner and the day of Harvest is at hand and the tares must be burned with unquenchable fire so be awakned for to that of God in every mans conscience I am manifested that you are warmed and called to repentance and from your dead worships and works Iohn 4 23. to the living God who is a quickning spirit and in spirit will he be worshiped and his first appearance is to destroy sin in the flesh and if this you despise which convinces of sin you offer despite unto the spirit of grace Heb. 10. 29 by which all the saved of God are sealed and have the witness in our selvs that he is true this is the mediator of the new Covenant written in the heart put in the inner parts which who are come to need not any Heb. 8 6 ler. 31. 33. to teach but are all taught of God from the least to the greatest knowing ●he pouring forth of the spirit upon ●ons and daughters whereby we pro●hesy and this is a lanthorn to our ●●et and a light unto our steps and ●●eeping to it he manifests himself un●o 1 Cor 13. 11 Iohn 4. 4. us whom we know and feel mani●ested in flesh to destroy the works of the Devil and as that which is perfect comes that which is unper●ect is put away for he that dwells in us is greater then he that rules in the world though it be denyed by ●ll those your teachers which preach against perfection to the weakning of the faith by which all the holy men of God were pefected and by which the world and death and he that hath the power of death the Devil are overcome and this is our victory O that you felt it it is under the blessing of eternal life and without you know this to arise which can remove the mountains what have you to do with promises for the promises are to the seed for ever and ever not unto Rom 4 16 seeds as unto many but unto on Christ Jesus this seed bruises the Serpents head and keeps him under who rules in all you that live in Sion and plead for it but we that believe know the casting out of Devils and the treading of the Serpent under foot and we speake with new tongues Mark 6. ●7 and the world cannot bear it and the ear is bored that hears the she pheards voyce and they can no more heare ● stranger and so the Scripture which you say is your Rule doth testifie against you secrets are made known to us that fear him more and more shall they be covered with darkness that striye against the light which now pricks many of you and it is hard for you to kick against it and though you have or may for a time get above it yet if not afore at your death-beds some of you shall confess that that speaking trouble none can speak peace and that condemning none can justifie for he that is a God pardoning sin iniquity and transgression will in no wise acquit the guilty are not you guilty whose hearts condemn you and there is no remission but by blood blood is lise and the life of 1 Iohn 3. 20 Heb 9 22 Jesus is the light of men but all that ●elieve not in the light are condem●ed already as saith the scripture M●●k ●6 ●6 ●nd know not the blood that clenses ●o more then they that peirced Jesus 〈◊〉 at Jurusalem and saw the blood ●nd water run out yet had neither ●ensing nor salvation by it then but ●ohn 1. 7. ●ll who are in the light as we are in ●he light have fellowship one with a●other and the blood of Jesus clenses ●s from all sins whereby we have bold●ess in the day of Judgement know●●g as he was we are in this present 1 Iohn 4. 17 ●orld hated mocked and despite●●lly used of you for whose soules ●●ke we have and can deny all that is dear unto us not loving our lives un●o the death that while it is day you ●ight hear his voice vvho svvears in ●is vvrath the unbeleiver shall never ●nter into his rest and vvithout you ●novv and feel that vvhich is pure ●nd perfect and eternal to beleive in Heb. 3. 1●●● ●our faith is in an Idol and your offerings will not he offer who lives for ever to make intercession for all that come to God by him vvho is a psal 16. 4 priest for ever made by the Law of an endless life and if ever you come to know