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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80254	The Companions of good consciences: or an appeal of moderation, justice, and equity, or righteousnesse, peace and love (unfolded in the law of God and nature) to the consciencs [sic] of all, both high and low, rich and poor, of all societies and opinions, amoung all nations. With their mournful lamentation over the unrighteousnesses of men. Wherein men may as in a looking-glasse behold themselves, whether they bear the image of God in their power, places, judgments and callings; or the image of the Divel; for his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of righteousness and obedience &c. to salvation: or of injustice, pride, envie and deceit, &c. to damnation. Herein the God of justice hath said, the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it, every one shall be recompenced according to his deeds done in the flesh, whether good or evil. Where then, Lord, shall the unjust, the oppressor, the proud, the covetous, the envious, and all manner of unrighteousness appear? Take it effectually to thy heart.		1653 (1653)	Wing C5582; Thomason E710_17; ESTC R207193	7,978	15

over and above all his works beholding both the evill and the good behold such men with the eye of wrath who in judgment respect the person of the mighty and powerful Note thereby doing wrong Verily therefore that man whether private person or publike Judge that shall indeavour to subvert a mans right or shall act to the destroying of a mans life or livelihood upon the ground of any private Interest grudge malice or discontent or through fear or affection shall act in or condescend to any such Act not being clearly and manifestly according to the Law of Righteousness published in the everlasting Gospel of truth such men are declared to be no other then theeves and murtherers who having not the Law of Equity in the fear of the Lord before their eyes Hear tremble yee unjust Judges of the earth lest in eternitie you remain guiltie of perishing from the presence of his face shutting the counsel and word of Eternal life out of their hearts have also no Inheritance in the righteous Kingdom of God nor part nor portion with Christ the Lord for no unrighteousness nor unrighteous person shall enter thereinto according to the Scripture against whom the Spirit of the Lord doth signifie that the ways Acts and Actions of all such unjust men are an abomination in his sight and that bloud shall be the portion of blood thirsty men For Vengeance is mine and I will repay saith the Lord. Wherefore O Mortal man if CHRIST be thy LORD embrace his Righteousness be not pufft up with an imagination of thine own Wisdom Prudence Judgment Note The Wisdom of men to circumvent and encrease a man in life or livelihood is it w th is enmity against God against the Love and simplicity of CHRIST or Understanding but know this that you are in the hands of the most high God even as clay in the hands of the Potter and if the hand of the LORD be but once stretched forth against you or his wrath never so little kindled may not your condition in a moment be as Nebuchadnezzars or may not that visible form of yours which hath but a short breathing in the common air be in the twinkling of an eye dissolved into dust and you become a worm and no more man Let then foresightfulness and Moderation be the forerunner of your Judgment Note or else your Judgment will end in Injustice therefore let heaven and earth bear Record and Witness before the Righteous God and just Judge of all his earth that the process of Christian Judgment in the true Evangelical administration of the Law of Right described by the LORD CHRIST is not obscured from your eyes If therefore you atract to your soul the guilt of innocent bloud by accusing or condemning unjustly then will the bloud of Innocence be upon you and your Posterity Note Cursed are they who seeing will not see and hearing will not hear but will blind the eyes of conscience if and stop its ears from the dictates thereof that Judgment may be perverted to their own wils and the holy Law of the Lord lye trod under foot Therefore O man set not thy Wit thy Wisdom thy Subtilty thy will nor thy Power thy Understanding nor thy Judgment in opposition to the reasonings of a good conscience whereby the hearts of men become hardned and their eyes blinded from the true light of the Christian life but let thy conscience free to the voice and dictates of Gods Spirit which will shew unto thee O man if thou wilt hearken thereunto and obey it the thing which is right and good acceptable and well pleasing in the sight of the Lord which thou shalt find comprehended in that golden Rule of Righteousness by the upright Judg of Truth and Equity even the perfect Lawgiver the LORD of Life for a Statute and Law to all Nations how much more to be observed by those who call themselves Christians That all men in the fear of the LORD should do to other men as they would that men should do to them and that they should so judge of other men as they themselves would be judged for saith the Just One with the same measure ye mete to others Note it shall be measured to you again verily the mouth of the Lord that created thee hath spoken it who beleeve it cannot lye this therefore is the way walk therein so may thy seed and childrens children after thee O Man have a right to the promised blessing made to the righteous through all the generations of the earth and thy soul shall be established in Peace at thy appearance before the judge of all flesh to give an account of thy Stewardship Remember that the wages of all manner of unrighteousness is death and that the reward of envy oppression violence Note He whose Conscience blinded perverted or hardned it is because of his lusts in whom the God of this would the Prince of unrighteousness and worker of revenge in him hath power and dominion pride bloud-thirstiness c. is attended with the severe wrath of a just and righteous God either in the hardned or in the awakened Consciences of men before whose presence all the Powers Princes Rulers or Nations are but as a drop in the bucket or as a dust in the balance which wrath of the almighty God every moment hangeth over and about the impious the unjust and unrighteous mans head where-ever he is or in whatever he acteth the same devouring wrath of the Almighty is always ready to execute the judgment and vengeance written and declared upon and against all unrighteousness and against the false and hypocritical righteousness and against all which with-hold Gods most pure Laws and everlasting Truth mind and will in unrighteousness Even so Come Lord Jesus come quickly for if thou delayest at thy appearing Lord shalt thou find Faith or Truth Peace or Love Righteousness or Justice Temperance or Long-suffering Mercy or Patience upon the Earth From a Well-wisher to the Peace and Tranquility of all the generation of mankind especially to the houshold of Faith and Love Create in Men O LORD a new HEART And renew a right Spirit within them To them who are not defiled with a blind deaf or hardened Conscience but that have an Eye to see and an Eare to hear and an heart to compassionate and bear each others burthens so fulfilling the Royal Law of Christ. O Ye Men of Good-will and Moderate minded ones that are Lovers of Righteousness Peace and Love that are in your selves Haters and Despisers of Injustice Arrogancy Hypocrisie Envy Deceit Variance Bloodshed and Covetousness Take ye up a Lamentation and cease not until Righteous bear the Rule in the seats of Judgment and Peace Mercy and Love obtain a Triumph and Victory in Mens hearts for who knoweth but that your sighs and tears may prevail before Heaven and among men and suddenly turn to your rejoycing that your generations

to come may reap the fruits of your supplications and who knoweth but that the blessed Age foretold by the holy Prophets declared in holy Scriptures may become fulfilled in our days Lament therefore saying LORD LORD God everlasting How long shall the voyce of thy holy Angel be heard in the Heavens read and testified in the sacred Scriptures giving Glory to God on high proclaiming Peace on the Earth Good-will towards Men and yet the joyful sound thereof not once enter nor pierce into the hearts of the Inhabitants therof to learn righteousness because the Honor Lordliness and Pride thereof hath stopped their ears and the deceitfulness of riches Luxury and Malice which worketh Revenge hath hardened their hearts that they will not nor cannot hear nor understand within themselves to glorifie the most high God by and in all their works nor understand they aright within themselves the publishing of the Gospel of a peaceable Life which is attended and preserved by Love and good will among men O thou immense Power that by thy unresistible Word gave a Being to all Being and broughtest all things into a creaturely form that hast called the generations of men out of the dust and hast ordained all things in their kind to declare thy Wonders and thy magnificent Power O thou omnipotent God and King of Saints how long shall this Earth which thou hast formed be without thy Government and the creatures which thou hast set therin to rule rebel against thee in that they will not suffer thee in thy righteous Laws Statutes Ordinances to reign over them How long LORD how long shall the beast like natured-men arrogate the Name of Christians or how long shall the Name of Christians be imputed unto men that ☞ trace not the upright paths of Christ that obey not his Commandments that reject the Law of Love which is of wonderful and large extent and herein are become the true Antichrists for whosoever is not with thee is against thee How long O thou Righteous One just and true in all thy Judgments shall the judgments of dust and ashes contradict thy Righteousness and the presence of thy Glory in the purity of thy Laws be obscured upon the Earth through the corrupted lusts of men How long O thou Lover of Righteousness among the Creatures shall the just Cause of the Needy ones and men of low degree perish out of the Earth and the Power of the Mighty ones destroy their right How long shall the rich man be respected in Judgment for his riches and the right of the poor and distressed not obtained nor considered though pursued with the cries of prayers and tears Hear O ye Heavens and send deliverance for the Injustice and Wickednesses of Men are great upon Earth O thou holy One of Israel how long shall the rich sit in thy Judgment seat because of his Riches who doubtless too too many of them have ☜ heaped up their Treasure meerly by the sweat oppressions and ruines of their fellow-members and by their study and subtil wits insnare the Innocent and the Ignorant O when shall Injustice be removed out of the Judgment seat that the wills of lofty and proud insulting spirits or of men ambitious of power may no more be a Law over the lives liberties and livelyhoods of them who in the right of Gods Creation are their fellow-members and Brethren O Lord when shall it once be that the Judges of this Earth shall cease the service of Injustice of Bribery of Coverousness and Revenge and of being men-servers or serving their lusts against the Equity Justice and Righteousness of God O when shall it once be that the Judges thereof shall cease to judg for hire or reward or for fear or affection but out of love to Gods Righteousness How long O thou God of long-suffering how long shall Justice and Equity complain in the Land and make her Lamentation in the Country in the Villages in the Towns in the Cities and streets thereof that she is bought and sold and that no man obtaineth her as his birthright How long O ye sons of Perdition and Cainish minded men will ye thirst after the blood and livelyhoods of others to advance your might and power not considering the reason why God hath created you viz. that all men should serve one another in the brotherly love How long Lord righteous and true shall the black clouds of darkness remain over the face of the Earth exemplified in the corrupted minds of men in and amongst all Societies by judging for their own Interest and Party whereby they bear witness against Gods Truth and Righteousness with whom there is no respect of persons whereby it is visibly manifest that the blessed and joyful appearance of the Sun of thy Righteousness which bringeth healing under his wings for all Nations is interposed and eclipsed whose upright Discipline Laws Statutes and Ordinances O England shall give thee Peace in thy Borders and in the midst of thy Enemies uniting the hearts of the Fathers uniting the hearts of the Rulers to the People and of the People to their Rulers uniting the hearts of Superiors to Inferiors and of Inferiors to Superiors uniting all societies and all degrees both high and low in one heart and in one mind to wish desire and endeavor the good the welfare and right of each other not as parties in partiality and hypocrisie but in righteousness and in love in submission and subjection to the good Law of the Lord teaching all men to deny Ungodliness Ambition Covetousness Envy Wrath and worldly lusts and to behave themselves obediently peaceably lowly and righteously in this present evil world Thus the blessed day of Restoration or Redemption shall be accomplished and the Creation of God which groan under mans oppression be delivered and the joyful time foretold by the holy Prophets fulfilled That the Lyon shal lie down with the Lamb and the Leopard with the Kid and the young Lyon and the Fatling together and a Child shall lead them c. and the Lord God Everlasting shall be One and his Laws Statutes and Ordinances observed in a holy and a righteous life be one in one heart and in one mind by all the Lovers of Truth and Righteousness throughout the Land Hasten O Lord hasten to accomplish this thy work and let thy power and long-suffering once overcome the pride of man that would resist thee that we the Inhabitants of this Land in this our generation may be the glory and the rejoycing of succeeding Ages that they in us were ordained and created to see thy Righteousness flourish and established upon the Earth to thy praise and honour among all Nations O thou Creator and Preserver of Men so shall we not resist in our deeds that which Christ hath taught and which with our lips we have prayed for saying Thy Kingdom come thy Will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven for the Kingdoms the Power the Glory and Dominions thereof are thine thou only of right O Lord art worthy to reign henceforth and for ever in the hearts of men Amen Hallelujah Amen Ordered That the pecuniary profit made by the Impression of this Manuscript bearing this superscription The Companions of a good Conscience be distributed to the relief of distressed people and that the propriety hereof be registred entered and amplified in all good Consciences as becometh the Rule of divine Order for a Pattern and a Memorial to future Generations Praise ye the Lord God omnipotent O ye Inhabitants of the Earth both high and low O praise him in works of Righteousness and magnifie him ☞ in deeds of Mercy Peace and Love Be ye silent before him O ye Hypocrites that draw neer with your lips only for your prayers and your praises are an abomination in his sight Praise ye him O all ye his Works for his Providence is continually over you O let every thing that hath breath in its kind yield up its life to the praise of the great Name of the most High for in him and through him by him and for him all things are and were created to him alone belongeth Honor Praise and Glory from all his Creatures Amen Amen Hallelujah Amen FINIS