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spirit_n	bless_a	lord_n	soul_n	6,252	5	5.0695	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77959	The testimony of the Lord concerning London. Witnessed in truth and faithfulnesse, to the consciences of all people in it, that they may returne to the Lord, and repent. Also, the great abominations discovered of this people, who draws near God with their mouths, and professes self-separation, when as their hearts be far from the Lord. With a warning to all sorts of people in it, what the Lord requires of them. By a lover of all your soules, E.B.	Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662.	1657 (1657)	Wing B6033; Thomason E925_9; ESTC R207563	12,904	19

the wrath Fear ye the Lord and doe not offend him in any thing stand in awe and transgresse not love righteousnes and truth touch no unclean thing and the Lord will receive you meddle not with their worships nor bow not to their Images nor sacrifice not to their Idoll gods have no fellowship with them in their prophanesse nor yet in their hypocrisie but hearken ye to the voyce of the Lord that you may know his judgements in your hearts and his Law and Covenant established with you depart from all iniquity and cast away all your Idolls and forsake all your lovers Give not your selves to the wayes and pleasures of this world but give your selves to chastity to sobernesse and meeknesse and above all things be upright in heart towards God and towards man speak the truth one to another and let no guile dwell in your lips nor a deceitfull tongue in your mouth And cease from all vaine glory and vaine customes and fashions of the world which are evill And cease from all Men-teachers which deceives the People by flattering words who cries peace when the Lord hath not spoken peace and daubes with untempered Morter such hath not profited you at all but your soules are starved under your Ministry and leannesse is upon you though you ever learne of them yet you cannot come to the knowledge of the truth by them Cease from them all and from all your gathered and selfe-separate Congregations and waite upon the Lord that you may know him to be your Teacher who is the Teacher of all his people and he teacheth in the perfect way of peace and truth and gives peace unto all that waite upon him and causeth the heart of the upright to rejoyce he taketh away sin and removes it from his people and he forgiveth all their iniquities and healeth all their back-slidings and blessed are all they that put their trust in him for he is a God near at hand for he dwells in his people and he is worshipped onely in the Spirit and in the truth He dwells not in Temples made with hands neither is he worshipped in outward observations his soule hath no pleasure among any selfe-separate People who cryes I am holier then another neither is he well pleased with a Sacrafice of the proud all their Baptismes and Fellowships and Meetings is but a wearinesse to the Lords soule and he hath no pleasure in any of their works who follows their own spirit and are not led with the pure Spirit of God alone but unto every one of such will he look who is poor in spirit and of a contrite heart and of a single and upright mind he gives regard unto every one that feares his Name who thirsts and hungers after him in truth and righteousnesse and this is of exceeding great prize in the sight of the Lord yea more then all offerings and oblations whatsoever even more then thousands of rames and ten thousands of river of Oyle Therefore hearken diligently to the voyce of the Lord and seek him with an upright heart and thirst for him as for your daily food I ose not your precious time but call upon his name while he is near for he is come near unto many he stands at the door if any will open he will come in and will dwell with them for evermore All sorts of People be awakened be awakened how doth the Lord wait to be gracious unto you he even tarries for you till you returne to him that his soule may have pleasure in you who hath long been grieved by you Therefore search your own hearts and see how you stand prepared to meet the Lord by following of his Counsell who hath so loved you and all man kind that he hath given his Son into the world to be a light unto you all and every one of you is lightned by him and with the light you will know your evill deeds and are convinced of them and reproved for them and with this Light Jesus Christ calls you sinners to Repentance to turne from your evills that you may be restored If you love this Light you love Christ who will save you from all your sins and from condemnation If you hate this Light you hate Christ and you remaine in your sins to be everlastingly condemned And thus is the way of life and the way of death set before you all if you follow the light of Christ Jesus it will teach you to deny this world and all the vanities of it it will teach you to deny your own wills and the counsells of your own hearts and whatsoever is contrary to God in thought word or action and in all things it will teach to follow Jesus Christ that you may be justified by him But if you follow not the light then you chuse your own wayes to follow your own wills and your own lusts and all temptations and you deny Christ and the way of truth and so the wrath of God abides upon you for you continue in unbeliefe and in hardnesse of heart and are the servants of sin unto death if you follow not the light which Christ hath enlightned you withall who lighteth every man that comes into the world that they may believe and be saved Therefore take heed to the light if you be guided by it you shall not transgresse against God but you will receive the power of God to overcome all evill all sin and iniquity will be condemned in you and your hearts will be made clean for the Lord to dwell in whose dwelling is in his people and you must all cease from professing of what you doe not posesse and from talking of what you doe not enjoy for that is hypocrisie and to be judged So all ye Professours be awakened Christ without you will not justifie you except yee know Christ within you the Profession of him will not take away sin nor justifie in the sight of God except you come to witnesse the operation of his Spirit in you and to teach you from all evill and into all good Therefore come to the feeling of the Spirit of Jesus in you and the working of it which changeth reneweth and sanctifieth and brings to witnesse the same truth to be manifest in the heart which the Scripture speaks of without and as you receive the same Spirit which gave forth the Scriptures so you will understand the Scriptures and by no other means For all your Preaching and talking of the Scriptures without the Spirit is but vaine babling and that mouth is to be stopt for God is not known where the operation of his Spirit is not felt in the heart nor he cannot be worshipped in truth but where his Spirit leads and guides Much vaine Profession ther 's in thee O City in which the Lord hath no delight And this is the Testimony of the Lord which I give concerning thee and doe yet once more call unto thee as often I have done and doe

THE TESTIMONY OF THE LORD CONCERNING LONDON WITNESSED In truth and faithfulnesse to the consciences of all People in it that they may returne to the Lord and repent ALSO The great Abominations discovered of this People who draws near God with their mouths and professes self-separation when as their hearts be far from the Lord WITH A WARNING to all sorts of People in it what the Lord requires of them By a Lover of all your soules E. B. LONDON Printed for Giles Calvert at the Black-spread-Eagle near the West end of Pauls 1657. THE Testimony of the Lord concerning LONDON Witnessed forth in truth and faithfulnesse to the Consciences of all people in it that they may returne to the Lord and repent OLONDON thou art weighed in an even ballance and found too light thou art measured by an equall line and found too short and too narrow and thy People cannot stand in Judgement for aboundance of iniquity lodgeth within thee and thou abounds in all unrighteousnesse thy sins are grown over thy head and with transgression thou art covered as with a garment from the head to the foot thou art corrupted and there is much unsoundnesse in thee O how doth pride abound lightnesse and wantonnesse and the lust of the eye and all the works of the flesh is increased to a large sum Aboundance of Idolatry and vanity springs out of thee vaine fashions foolish customes and all manner of evill hath its abiding in thee yea the very Seat of Satan is established within thy walls and works of unrighteousnesse doth proceed out of thee into other Nations Aboundance of deceitfull Merchandize and of oppressing Merchants who grind the face of the poor doth inhabit thy borders thy wayes are evill in the sight of the Lord and his spirit is grieved and his soule is vexed from day to day every moment of time Aboundance of treachery flattery and hypocrisie dissimulation and double heartednesse posesseth thine Inhabitants from Teachers to People high and low rich and poor you are fulfilling your own wills and seeking your own pleasures and following the Counsells of your own hearts and doing that which is right in the sight of your own eyes and your hearts are corrupted before the Lord and the very best of your works are evill and the purest of your wayes are filthy And all your Observations your dayes of Humiliation and Thanksgivings and all your worships and sacrafices are abomination in the sight of the Lord For no good fruit can spring forth for your root is not the vine Christ Jesus who cannot own the light with which you are enlightned and that makes all your Profession vile and not accepted but it is wholly unfruitfull in the sight of the Lord Much Profession there is in thee of righteousnesse and Religion and many formes and gatherings of people which are but as so many images and likenesses of divers sorts which must be overturned and overthrown by the roots You are all measured with the line of true judgement and your buildings cannot stand when the Lord comes to try you and search and try you for your life for though you professe much yet you performe little your knowledge puffs you up and you are not sincere hearted but loose and unsavoury are you in your wayes and words There 's much wisdome in thee and many wise men whose wisdome is devi●lish and it doth not lead to God it must be confounded and trodden down for it profits you not in the sight of the Lord but in it you are wise to doe evill but to doe good you have no knowledge And the Lord God is forgotten and his judgements are not known vanity vanity hath so stollen away your hearts and after Idolls are you run worshipping strange Gods and following strange lovers Aboundance of subtilty and craft lodges in thee vaine glory excells above measure pride idlenesse and fulnesse of bread abounds in thee even as in Sodom unto whom thou art become equall in transgression Whoredome drunkennesse wrath and envy gluttony and excesse spending the creation upon the lust and all the works of the flesh which are evill hath their full grouth in thee and in evill art thou fully ripe O London Consider and be awakened ye Inhabitants thereof for the Lord is grieved day by day and his soule is vexed every moment the weight of thy transgression is upon him thou even makest him to serve with thy sins hath there been any evill committed by any Nation which is not in thee hath there been any abomination brought forth which is not in this day to be found in thee Oh what haughtinesse and stretched out necks oh what pride and vaine glory appears in thee even thy Infants are nourished up in vanity and thy old men are over-grown with craft and deceit Thy young men gives their strength to folly and thy Maidens are trimd in wantonnesse all sorts of People are prophane in their way old and young rich and poor are abounding in evill all seeking their own things and few the things of Gods Kingdome the way of truth is even despised and they that depart from iniquity are become a prey to the mouths of the ungodly who are grievously prophane as though the Lord took no notice or as though no day of account were to come so great is the iniquity committed in thee words reaches not to manifest it what lying what swearing what vaine talking and what scorning and what double dealing appears in thee at every corner what pride what wantonnesse and wickednesse is manifest in all thy streets Teachers and People are out of the way given to deceit and to deceiving oppressors and oppressing one another such is the Devills power amongst you ruling it cannot easily be overcome and so deep is wickednesse seated in thee that it cannot easily be plucked up so strong is the lust of the flesh grown in thee that it cannot easily be removed How is the glorious name of the Lord continually dishonoured and polluted through thy wickednesse which is grown into a numberlesse sum But the Lord will be avenged on all you his enemies and will meet you with judgements plagues and vengeance and the wicked shall not escape And as concerning all thy profession of God and the Scriptures in a blind zeale it is but abomination to the Lord and all thy severall Sects and gatherings of people and separate Congregations who is not separated by the Spirit of the Lord they are but like so many molten and carved Images which the Lord will overthrow All thy offerings and oblations preaching praying and performances Gods soule hath no pleasure in them but they are a burden and wearinesse to him and though thou wash thee never so clean and make thy selfe never so faire through thine own labour yet cannot thy iniquities be washed away nor thy sin covered for thy iniquities are marked before the Lord and thy sin is written as with a pen of iron and as with the point