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A warning piece to England, or, The wrath of God revealed against sinners his judgments being already entered upon the nation / by S.T.G.
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S. T. G., Lover of truth and peace.
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bewail his loss but when thou losest the presence of God and the enjoyment of communion with himself thou makest no matter of that which is the cheifest good and surely this is a clear demonstration that thou lovest these creatures more than the Creator blessed for ever 2ly That which thou art so much cast down in the absence and so exceedingly lifted up and rejoycing in the presence of and in the enjoyment must needs be thy chiefest delight and so closest with thy Idol instead of the true God and in this thou art certainly to blame 2ly Oppression when men oppress the poor and needy Psa 12. 5. For the oppression of the Poor for the sighing of the needy now will I arise saith the Lord I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him The rich oppress the poor as Masters oppress their servants and prentices and Magistrates oppress their subjects Then Masters oppress their servants when they do not that which is equal to them they break the Royal Rule do as you wou'd bedon by For Masters to detein their servants wages and not to give that which is necessary and convenient for them this is a great oppression See Job 35. 9. By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry they cry out by reason of the arme of the Mighty Eccles 4. 1. So I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the Sun and behold the tears of such as are oppressed and they had no comforter and on the side of their oppressors there was power but they had no comforter Is 33. 15. So when Governors of Nations lay any heavy burthens upon the people contrary to the rule of Gods word and contrary to the Law of the Nation this is great oppression as Pharaoh made the people make Brick without straw See Exod. 5. from the 7. to the 19. vers 15. Then the Officers of the Children of Israel cryed unto Pharaoh saying wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants there is no straw given unto thy servants and they say unto us make Brick and behold thy servants are beaten but the fault is in thy own people vers 17. But he said ye are idle ye are idle therefore ye say let us go and do sacrifice unto the Lord. ver 18. Go therefore now and worke for there shall no straw be given you yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks Job 15. 20. With many other places I might alledge So that you may see how oppressors have been formerly so are to this day and how the holy Scriptures condemn that sin and it brings judgments upon the guilty on them and their posterity Therefore repent of this great unlovely uncharitable self-destroying sin for else it will bring the swift judgments of God upon all those that practise this abominable evil both upon them and their posterity See Job 57. from the 13 to the end of the chapt This is the portion of wicked men with God and the heritage which they shall receive of the Almighty if his children be multiplied it is for the sword and his off-spring shall not be satisfied vers the 15. Those that remain of him shall be buried in death and his widdows shall not weep vers the 20. Terrors take hold on him as waters a tempest stealeth him away in the night 21. The East-wind carrieth him away and he departeth and as a storm hurleth him out of his place 22. For God shall cast upon him and not spare he wou'd fain flee out of his hands 23. Men shall clap their hands at him and shall hiss him out of his place And this is the portion of wicked men from the Lord. I beseech you let every one examine himself whether he be not guilty of this sin Prov. 3. 31. and 28. 16. Jer. 21. 12. and 22. 3. And see the danger of and avoid it and turn to the Lord from every evil way that so iniquity may not be your ruin 11. Sin is the sin of Professors that profess Religion and do not practise what you profess Surely when we make a scrutiny into our own hearts and behold the practise of other Professors it is evidently to be demonstrated that there is so little love to God and Jesus Christ that have deserved all our love that we may be ashamed See what little love there is to Saints that bear the Image of Christ Surely we are fallen into the latter days that our Lord Jesus speaks of Math. 24. 12. And because iniquity abounds the love of many shall wax cold The great reason that Christ gives why the love of many waxeth cold is because iniquity abounds Therefore now it must needs wax cold because there was never greater abounding of iniquity in all sorts as at this day There is no man that loves God aright but he must love his Image where ever he see it 1 Joh. 2. from the 9. to the 12. Loving our Brethren is made a certain character of a Christian 1 Joh. 3. 10. and 4. 20. that Epistle is spent in treating of Faith and Love And therefore I desire all Christians seriously to read and weigh those five chapt of 1. of John it doth very much reprehend our defects in this thing especially and exhorts all to believe Oh examine thy heart and be earnest at the throne of grace that God wou'd make thee sincere that thou mayst avoid the evils of the day thou livest in and do the duties of the day which is especially 1 Love to God and Jesus Christ 2 Love to the Saints 3 Watchfulness and keeping thy garments clean lest thou be found naked I shall end with this Scripture which is our Lord Jesus's reprehension of and counsel to the Church of Ephesus Rev. 2. 4 5. Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee because thou hast left thy first love Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen and repent and do thy first works or else I will come against thee and remove thy Candlestick out of his place except thou repent Oh let us every one consider what is said and the Lord give a right understanding in all things Oh the lukewarmness and want of love to God and Christ and Saints Oh the carnality of Professors a Laodicean frame is the worst frame in professors Mark what the spirit of God saith in the 3 of the Re. 3. And unto the Angel of the Church of Laodicea write these things saith the Amen the faithful and true witness the Beginning of the Creation of God vers 15. I know thy works that thou art neither hot nor cold so because thou art lukewarm and neither cold nor hot I will spue thee out of my mouth Are not your expectations very great the accomplishing of all those faithful promises which God hath made in these latter days and therefore Christians should be diligent and be up and doing and be servent in the spirit serving the Lord with much vigilancy and sincerity preparing for the day of the Lord which draweth nigh And blessed are all those servants whom their Lord shall find doing their Masters will he will make them sit down and he will serve them Take heed of spiritual pride for that poysons Angelical perfections Take heed of a carnal formal frame of spirit for that will make thee unfit for doing or suffering Oh awake thou that sleepest and rise from the dead and Christ shall give thee life for thou hast a great work to do and a very little time to do it and therefore up and be doing and the Lord be with thee Labour to exercise faith and patience faith in God and love to God and very much longing and ardent desire after God 2. A patient wayting for God For he that shall come will come and will not tarry but the Just shall live by faith but if any man draw back my soul shall have no pleasure in him Heb. 10. 35 36 37 38. Now with my earnest prayers at the Throne of grace for you desiring the God of all grace and rich mercy to preserve us blameless and to keep us by his mighty power through faith to salvation that we overcome to the death and so enjoy a Crown of life which the righteous Lord will assuredly give to all those that love and long for his appearance FINIS
presence of the Lord and the glory of his Majesty and for ever to be cast into that lake that burneth with fire and brimstone in those easeless endless remediless torments where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth Math. 25. 41. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels Isa 66. 24. And they shall go forth and look upon the carkases of those that transgress'd against me for their worm shall not die neither shall their sire be quench'd and they shall be an abhorring to all flesh 1. Vain Swearing when men so commonly swear that they cannot ordinarily discourse but they must swear nay it is the fashion to swear and if a man cannot swear he is not fit company for some Gentlemen Oh poor miserable man is it thy common practice delight to blaspheme and take the great and dreadful name of God in vain Oh what wilt thou do when thou shalt appear before him at the last Day as thou certainly must surely thou wilt tremble desire mountains and rocks to fall upon thee to hide thee from him that sitteth upon the throne and from the Lamb Revel 6. 16. See those Scriptures that prohibit vain Swearing James 5. 12. But above all things my brethren swear not neither by Heaven neither by the Earth neither by any other Oath but let your yea be yea and your nay nay lest ye fall into condemnation Mat. 5. from the 33 to the 38 verses Surely such words are nothing but the speakings of the Devil in thee 2 Sort of swearing is for-swearing thy self when thou art call'd before a Magistrate this is a great sin that brings judgments upon the Nation for oaths the Land mourns How many poor creatures are hired to for-swear themselves and how many do it to pleasure great men and others wickedly for-swear themselves for to get their Neighbours goods and to defraud their neighbour of his right Levit. 6. 3 4 5. chap. 5. 1. Jere. 23. 10. For the land is full of Adulterers for because of swearing the land mourneth the pleasant places of the wilderness are driedup and their course is evil and their force is not right Hose 4. 1 2. Hear ye the word of the Lord ye children of Israel tel for the Lord hath a controversie with the inhabitants of the land because there is no truth nor mercy nor knowledg of God in the land By swearing and lying and killing and stealing and committing Adultery they break out and blood toucheth blood Chap. 10. vers 4. They have spoken words swearing falsly in making a covenant Zach. 5. 3 4. Mal. 3. 5. And I will come near to you in judgment and will be a swift witness against the Sorcerers and against the Adulterers and against the false Swearers Doubtless this is a very great sin that brings judgment upon the nations families and persons 3. That wicked sin of Cursing parents cursing their children servants some children curse their parents servants curse their Masters Nay I have heard wicked men curse themselves their cattel Oh how common is it for men to bid the pox take them Foolish ignorant persons they cry out with pain and anguish several of them yeild up the ghost and if they do not repent go quick down to hell they that curse themselves and their cattel at last bring a curse upon all they have Math. 15. 4 For God commanded saying honour thy Father and Mother and he that curseth Father or Mother let him die the death Rom. 3. 14 15 16 Whose mouth is full of cursing destruction and misery are in their ways and the way of peace have they not known vers the 18 There is no fear of God before their eyes Jame 3. 10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing my brethren these things ought not so to be Several other places of Scripture I might produce but these may suffice Oh what mad blindness is this that rational men and those that have lived under the sound of the Gospel so long shou'd be so ignorant and wicked as to desire the plagues of God to be poured upon them and theirs Oh that my head was water and my eyes a fountain of tears that I might weep night and day for the sins and sorrows of poor distressed sin-sinking England 7. Sin is Adultery and had I time and a heart I might be very large to enumerate the multitude of transgressions of this nature surely this sin is grown so common that it is open before the Sun and men plead for it and very much extrenuate it Nay I question whether some are not so notoriously wicked to urge Scripture for their abominable uncleanness Know O thou prophane Atheist the Scriptures give thee no liberty but will judg thee for thy sins at the last and great day of account when you shall certainly give an account for all your actions done in the body and how will you answer the taking your neighbours wife from him it may be thou wilt instance David's adultery but consider if thou wilt commit David's sin then thou must expect David's punishment which was very severe See Psal the 32 from the 1 to the 6 vers vers the 3 When I kept silence my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long vers the 4 For day night thy hand was heavy upon me my moisture is turned into the drought of summer vers the 5. I acknowledg my sin unto thee and mine iniquity have I not hid I said I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin Psal 51. from 1 to the 13. vers Have mercy upon me O God according to thy loving kindness according to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out all my transgressions vers the 2. wash me throughly from mine iniquity and cleanse me from my sin for I acknowledge my transgressions and my sin is ever before me vers the 4. Against thee only have I sinned and done this evil in thy sight that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest and clear when thou judgest vers 5. Behold I am shapen in iniquity and in sin did my Mother conceive me vers the 7. Purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean wash me and I shall be whiter than snow Make me to hear joy and gladness that the bones that thou hast broken may rejoice vers the 9. Hide thy face from my sins and blot out all mine iniquities vers 10. Create in me a clean heart O God and renew a right spirit within me vers 11. Cast me not out of thy presence and take not thy holy Spirit from me vers 12. Restore to me the joy of thy salvation and uphold me with thy free Spirit See what misery this sin of Adultery brought upon King David that made him cry out in the bitterness of his soul and allmost