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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70008	A few words to all who professe themselves to be of the Protestant religion whereby they may understand by what spirit they were led, that persecuted the people of God in former ages, for the exercise of their religion, and their tenderness of conscience in matters relating to the worship of God : with a few words of comfort to the suffering lambes / written by him that would have the greatest of persecutors to repent, and cease to do evil, and learn to do well, that so they might escape the judgments of the Lord, F.E.	F. E. (Francis Ellington)	1665 (1665)	Wing E542; ESTC R15982	13,725	20

Lord 〈◊〉 will smoke against that man or men whoever they be 〈◊〉 curse that is written in the Scriptures shall light upon 〈◊〉 man and the Lord shall put out his Name from under He●●●● And now all you that call your selves or would be called Christian Magestrates or Rulers can you read that ever 〈◊〉 Christians or any that feared the Lord ever were found 〈◊〉 such a work as you are doing at this day to Ban●●● innocent harmless peaceable laborious people that 〈◊〉 living God from their dear Wives and tender Infants 〈◊〉 from their dear and near Relations into Forreign Lands 〈◊〉 to expose them to greater misery and hardship then Death it self Will ever those you call Heathens and Infidels 〈◊〉 well of the Christian Religion or ever have any love 〈◊〉 be converted unto it when they shall hear of such cruel●● acted by you and that against your own Brethren as to ●●●ish them for their Consciences towards their God and ●hen they shall hear what large promises of liberty concering Conscience you have made unto us and yet regard it 〈◊〉 but banish us as aforesaid Math. 5.16 can they ever give credit ●●to your words should not your Light so shine before ●en that they might see your good works and so come to ●●orifie God Now good workes are Fruits of the spirit as Love joy peace long suffering gentleness goodness Gal. 5.22 〈◊〉 ●eekness temperance against such there is no Law to im●●● fine and to banish those that fears the Lord is not a 〈◊〉 of the spirit but a work of the flesh for the workes of the flesh are manifest Adultery fornication uncleanness ●●●onness Idolatry Witchcraft hatred debate amulations ●●●th contentions seditions heresies envy murders drunken●●ss gluttony and such like and the Apostle said That they 〈…〉 such things shall not inherit the Kingdom of God Now let 〈◊〉 deceive themselves so much as to call themselves Chri●●● Magestrates and Rulers while they are found doing such things as are clear contrary to Christs Doctrines and the Holy Scriptures Now those that are found imprisoning ●●ing beating and banishing of those that feares the Lord 〈◊〉 would not have others do so unto them such are out of Christs Doctrine and such as fine imprison and banish those 〈◊〉 for Conscience towards God cannot sware Math 5.34 35 36. because Christ and his Apostle forbids it such are out of Christs Doctrine and such as are parting Man and Wife whom God ●●th joyned together and for meeting together to worship the true God in spirit and in truth these men are out of Christs Doctrine and are contrary to Scripture and such as will not let peaceable people labour with their hands and so to provide for their Families but shut them up in Prisons and there keep them during their pleasures 〈…〉 by the Scriptures counted worse then Inside●s 〈…〉 the Faith And wicked men in all ages have counted the people 〈◊〉 the Lord that have lived amongst them to be T●●● read M●th 3. 〈◊〉 themselves to be the Wheat and such have in all 〈◊〉 deavoured to act contrary to Christ 's doctrine and 〈◊〉 mands and they by no means will let them grow or 〈◊〉 by them but they will be plucking out the Tares as the●selves call them but Christ bids such men let them able and let them grow together untill the harvest and 〈◊〉 harvest he saith is the end of the World but 〈…〉 who will not believe Christ 's doctrine are none of his 〈◊〉 are the Tares which the Devill hath sown amongst the W●●● and such men for want of true judgment have ever in all 〈◊〉 mistook the Tares and endeavour to pluck up the 〈◊〉 for never in any age neither in this age durst such 〈◊〉 ever go about to prove such to be Tares that they 〈◊〉 gon about to pluck up which if they could prove the● 〈◊〉 be Tares yet according to Christ 's doctrine they are 〈◊〉 let them alone and to let them grow together untill 〈◊〉 harvest Now this I say unto you who ever at this day are 〈◊〉 persecuting plucking up and rooting up Gods people 〈◊〉 no evill don by them James 4.12 but only for their conscience to 〈◊〉 God knowing him to be The alone Law-giver that is 〈…〉 save and to destroy and no mortall Man whatsoever 〈◊〉 power to give laws to bind the conscience to the wor●●●● 〈◊〉 God because it is Gods throne which is the Kingdo●● 〈◊〉 Heaven within us where God fits chief Judge and ●●●giver I say unto all you that the Lord hath by hi● 〈◊〉 spirit given you the holy scriptures for to instruct 〈◊〉 and reprove you that so Kings aswell as their Sub●●● might live answerable unto them and all their souls be●●● subject to the higher powers which power is God 〈…〉 you will not be subject unto this higher power but 〈◊〉 your selves over Gods throne the conscience and 〈◊〉 will make laws over it contrary to Gods laws and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Scripture the Lords hand will be stretched out a●●● you for be never spared any that would by force 〈◊〉 his ●hrone but as you may read how he hath done to 〈◊〉 so he will do unto you therefore fear our God and 〈◊〉 and cease doing wickedly against his people before the evill day which is near come upon you A few words to the suffering Lambs of Christs that lye in his Fould of Rest DEar suffering Lambs who are gather'd into the fould of Rest be not afraid though the hungry Foxes you hear run barking about the Fould 〈◊〉 Shepherd is watchful he hath and will seed you agreen Pasture and at his pleasure he can take the ●●●le Foxes stray not forth of your Fould of Rest 〈◊〉 be still and quiet be not troubled at the howling 〈◊〉 the Foxes for your Shepherd will not give you to be a prey for them it is the Lamb that the wild hungry 〈◊〉 of prey would devour but our God will sud●●●ly rebuke the devourer for he hath gathered you by his own power into his own Fould and he hath ●●●lerved you ever since he gathered you You ●●y remember how your Shepherd preserved you 〈◊〉 those that sought to devour you in days past and 〈◊〉 be reb●ked those devourers in O C's days and 〈◊〉 he brought his judgments upon them for touch●● of his Anointed and for doing of his Prophets 〈◊〉 and fear not though now you are incompassed 〈◊〉 ●very side with those that would devour you It 〈◊〉 for a little time for the tryal of your Faith and patience you have the Holy Writings of Christ the Prophets and Apostles and you have received them to learn you and to instruct you and you are those who are come to fulfill Scriptures and they are fulfilled in you having received the same Spirit that gave them forth and you are those that the Scripture speaks of that have broke your Swords into Sithes and your Sphears into pruning books and that have learned to war no more with Carnal weapons and you are the seed that the Lord hath raised in this Northern Island as Jeremiah foretold and the 〈◊〉 cut out without hands that must brake the Image to po●der and grow and fill the whole Earth And you are the ●oble company of Warriors that follows the Lamb who is your Captain to sight with the Dragon the Beast and false Prophets and that shall be sure to have the Victory Revel 19. and you are those that are coming out of great tribulation having washed your long white Robes in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore I say to you all trust in the Lord and wait upon him keep to the Fould for though you are now designed to be rooted out yet remember and believe that there is no pow●● but what is in our Gods hand and he never for●ook any that were designed by a Law to be rooted out for their obedience to the Lord as you are at this day And though he tryed his people and did not deliver untill in the Furnace nor untill Daniel was in the De● yet then his power appeared for their deliverance and also for the destruction of their Enemies so all ●e●● Lambs be faithful unto the Lord and trust in hi● for your deliverance will assuredly come as those three deliverances came to the Lords people who were by a Law made by envious men to be destroyed and to be rooted out and no more we read of in Scripture that were by a Law thus sentenced as we are at this day and for our deliverance our God hath appeared and doth appear though our Enemies shut their eyes and will not take notice of it but still go on to provoke the Lord who hath done so great things for them and now that which the Lord spoke through his Servant the Prophet Esdras is now a fulfilling as all may read For there shall be in every place and in the next Cities a great Insurrection upon those that fear the Lord. 71. Ver. They shall be like made men sparing none 1 Esdras 16.70 71. but still spoyling and destroying those that fears the Lord. 72. For they shall wast and take away their Goods and cast them out of their Houses 73. Then shall they be known who are my Chosen and they shall be tryed as the Gold in the fire 74. Hear O ye my beloved saith the Lord behold the dayes of trouble are at hand but I will deliver you from the same 75. Be ye not afraid neither doubt for God is your guide 76. And the guide of them that keep my Commandements and Precepts F. E. The End

A FEW WORDS TO ALL Who Professe Themselves to be OF THE Protestant Religion WHEREBY They may understand by what Spirit they were led that Persecuted the People of God in former Ages for the Exercise of their Religion and their Tenderness of Conscience in matters Relateing to the Worship of God With a few Words of Comfort to the Suffering Lambes Written by him that would have the greatest of Persecutors to Repent and cease to do Evil and learn to do Well that so they might escape the Judgments of the Lord. F. E. We unto them that decree unrighteous decrees and that write grievousness which they have-prescribed To turn aside the needy from judgment and to take away the right from the poor of my people that Widows may be their prey c. Isai 10.1 2. Surely there is no inchantment against Jacob neither is there any 〈◊〉 against Israel nor weapon formed that can prosper 〈◊〉 23.23 Printed in the Year 1665. A few Words to all c. THe people of the Lord who you in scorn call Quakers may in this day truly say as David said that you and other Plowers have plowed a long time upon our backs and made deep Furrowes but now is the time coming that the righteous God will hew your snares asunder therefore fear and dread our God for he is come in ten thousands of his Saints to judge the World of ungodly Men and to rebuke all the ungodly amongst them for all their ungodly deeds and hard speeches against him and for this cause and no other have you in this day as well as those Rulers that our God cast out before you risen up against us in persecuting imprisoning beating with Armed Souldiers stocking stoning fining and shamefully abusing an innocent harmless people who have in patience suffered under you and them ever since the Lord came to raign in us but now you have got to the heighth of your persecution and not much higher our God will suffer you to goe nor he never did any when they grew to that heighth of wickedness and cruelty that now you are come unto for the Lord hath suffered Persecuters to plow long upon his peoples backs that so he might try and exercise his peoples faith and patience as he hath suffered those before you and now hath suffered you but when plowing upon their backs would not satisfie them as beating fining and imprisoning of them but they would get a law or Decree made to root out banish or to kill and destroy the whole Seed of righteous Israel and to boast as Pharaoh and his Hoast did * Exod. 15.9 I will pursue I will overtake them I will divide the spoyle my lust shall be satisfied upon them I will draw my sword my hand shall destroy them or I will banish them out of my Land except they will worship according as I shall command them I say when ever Persecutors came to this stature in wickedness then their time was near an end and deliverance near to the persecuted The first that came to this stature in wickednesse was Cain who was the elder Brother of all Persecuters his punishment for killing his righteous brother about Religion was greater then he was able to bear as himself confessed Genesis the 4. Read the sin of the old World Genesis 6. 11. The Earth also or the old World was corrupt before God for the Earth was filled with violence or cruelty Persecution is cruelty and for this the Lord swept away the World of ungodly and they perished in the Waters but saved righteous Noah the persecuted alive in the Ark with his Family And read Exodus how wicked Pharaoh oppressed Israel a long time Exod. 5.6 7 8 9 10 11 12. but when the Lord sent his servant Moses to be their Conducter and Leader out of his house of bondage then Pharaoh oppressed them more when they desired to goe sacrifice to the Lord their God then he said the peopleare idle let them have no more Straw given them but let then goe and gather it where they can find it yet said he to the Officers let them diminish nothing of their dayes works but let them make their whole Taile of Brick as formetly so the Officers came and beat them and threatned them and they cryed unto the Lord and the Lord heard the cry of the afflicted and he delivered them and sent his plagues upon Pharaoh and upon his Land and People so that at length he let Israel goe but as soon as they were gone out from him Pharaoh came to that stature of wickedness both he and his people as the Persecuters in England are at this day and they consented to pursue and to destroy them at once they would rid the Land of them but the Lord delivered Israel and that which delivered them was the destruction of Pharaoh and all his Host Exodus 14. Now Moses wrote afterwards that the Lord would raise his people up a Prophet like unto him Deut. 18.15 from amongst their brethren and him they should hear in all things and according to his prophesie the Lord hath raised up this Prophet is the midst of us the Light Christ Jesus and he hath enlightned us and the Lord hath sent him to be our guide and Conducter out of spiritual Egipt where formerly he was crucifyed And now we may call to remembrance the dayes that are passed as the Apostle wrote Heb. 10.32 33. that after Christ Jesus the light came unto us and we received the Light how we have indured a great fight in affliction and as it were in Egipe after Moses was sent of the Lord to lead his people forth so it hath been with us ever since we received the Light the Prophet Moses wrote of how have our Persecutors oppressed us and in no wife they will yield that we shall sacrifice to the Lord our God as Christ Jesus the Light in us shall direct us and they have far exceeded Pharaoh and his Task-masters in cruelty towards us though we are free-born and Israel were strangers as instance Pharaohs bondage to Israel was chiefly to the outward man in oppressing of them with hard labour now if our Task-masters would but doe so to us and not oppresse our consciences we should look upon them to be merciful men if they would let us labour for our livelyhood for our Wives and little Infants in the Land of our Nativity but they will not but cast us and some of our Wives and Children into nasty stinking holes and dungeons and there for their pleasure keep us from labouring either for our selves or for to get Bred for our Families and lay great penalties upon the cruel Goalers that we may have no liberty to goe abroad not so much as to breath in the Ayre neither allow any of us one farthing of Allowance to keep us alive within their stone walls and yet as Pharaoh lay heavier Taxes upon us to pay then ever and