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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60559	A trumpet sounded in the ears of persecutors with lowing of oxen and cows, bleating of sheep, neighing of horses, ratlings [sic] of pots, kettles, skillets, dishes and pans taken from innocent people for confessing Christ Jesus, Gods everlasting way out of evil ... / [by] Stephen Smith.	Smith, Stephen, 1623-1678.	1670 (1670)	Wing S4216; ESTC R30645	3,787	7

A TRUMPET Sounded in the Ears OF PERSECUTORS WITH Lowing of Oxen and Cows Bleating of Sheep Neighing of Horses Ratlings of Pots Kettles Skillets Dishes and Pans Taken from an Innocent People for Confessing Christ Jesus Gods Everlasting WAY out of Evil and for their Meeting together in his Name where Gods Presence is felt to Support and carry above the fear of Man To Awaken them out of their Security which whilst they have been a Sleep they have taken up in Malice and Envy Stephen Smith Isa 51.22.23 Thus saith the Lord God even God that pleadeth the Cause of his People Behold I have taken out of thine hand the Cup of Trembling even the Dreggs of the Cup of my Wrath thou shalt drink it no more But I will put it into their hand that spoil thee c. Printed in the Year 1670. A TRUMPET Sounding in the Ears of all Persecutors to awaken them out of their dead Sleep in which they have taken Prey from the Innocent who have made themselves Drunken with Malice and Envy and so Nabal like are saying What are these that we should regard them c. Come Persecutors Awake Awake hearken how the Cows and the Oxen Low in your Ears when you lie down to Sleep doth not their Lowing trouble you And when you rise are not you tormented at the Noise of their Lowing Sleep as secure as you can you will be awakened at last and then the Noise of the Lowing of Cows and Oxen will sound in your Ears In your Lying down in your Rising up in your Eating and Drinking in your going about your Business it will be a dreadful Noise when the Cause of the Innocent whom you have wronged comes to be laid before you Come Persecutors Awake Awake hearken Do you not hear the Bleating of Sheep which have been taken from an innocent People for keeping the Commands of Jesus Stop your Ears as hard as you can they will be opened at last and their Bleating will be so loud sounded in your Ears that you cannot avoid the terrible Noise thereof Come Persecutors Awake awake hearken what a dreadful Noise is amongst the Pots Kettles Skillets Frying-pans Dripping-pans Pewter-dishes Flagons Chamber-pots c. the which have been taken from an innocent People for keeping their Conscience void of Offence towards God and man that men take offence against the Innocent when no Proof can be made thereof that is the steps of the Wicked in all Ages But hearken Persecutors sure you are not so fast a sleep but that you may hear the Ratling of these things in your Ears well they will make a fearful Noise at last Come Persecutors Awake awake open your Eyes they will be opened at last and then the Beds Cloths Corn Hoggs Horses Butter Cheese Bacon all sorts of commodities taken from Tradsmen out of their Shops and working Instruments from poor people Shoe-Leather and abundance of other things too long to name all taken from an Innocent Harmless People who seek the good and well-being of all men At last all these things shall be laid before your Eyes you shall not be able to shut them against them nor to stop your Ears from the several dreadful Noises but they must sound in your Ears and you must know that all these doings proceed from a corrupt rotten heart and mind which is abhorred by the living God And now after all the Spoil that hath been made on the Goods and persons of an innocent People many of whose Bloods have been shed in your Streets witness Horslydown Meeting After all this the matter of Fact which the innocent People called Quakers have bin accused of it hath not at all bin prov'd against them neither hath there been any cause of a ground given to suspect their Meetings to be any wayes tending to Sedition c. they having been always peaceable on their parts and therein the Peace and Well-being of all hath been sought When you are awakened and the Book opened wherein your Wickedness is recorded then will the Meetings of the People of God called Quakers appear unto you to be as aforesaid And so all you who are wondering at a Peoples standing still in silence to wait upon the Living God to receive Counsel from him that by the same they may be guided in the Way and Path of Life Would it not be good if all would do the same And not run forward in Satans Counsels in Envy Hatred and Malice till you come to be bitten and devoured one of and by another What is it the near to have the Names of Christians when there is none of Christs Spirit or Nature in you Be not Deceived the Living God will not be Mocked though in his tender Mercy he hath yet spared many Vials of Wrath and hath not poured them forth but instead thereof he hath caused many to go out in his Dread and Fear to testifie of his Good-will upon repentance amendment of life but that Love having been slighted the contrary will come heavy at last and then your courage and valour which you have exercised against an innocent People that will fail you and Fear and Trembling and Amazement that will seize upon you Brambles and Thornes whose nature is to Tear and Rend cannot stand against a consuming Fire Come hearken all that have had a Finger in this Dish Have you not betrayed your Master are you not called Christians and should not Christians have all one Master Did not the name of Christian come by him who is Master of all and hath all Power in Heaven and Earth And was it not given to them who came out of the Heathenish nature who came under the Power which was manifest to destroy the works of the Devil and the nature of the Devils power which is to Rend Tear and Devour coming in Tr●op as he did upon Jobs Goods in Troops of Caldeans and Bands and Troops of Sabeans So have not you who are in the same works now as the Sabeans and Caldeans were then in spoiling the Goods of innocent men who love that which is Good and hate that which is Evil Have not you betrayed your Lord and Master having given your selves up to serve a wicked Ruler he that is prince of the power of Darkness who hath his rule in his Servants who are departed from their obedience to him who is Lord and Master of all and ought to be served and feared by all since there is no blessing nor any thing that is good but what is of him and from him who created all and upholds all who is Lord of all blessed for ever Come be awakened and hearken Where do you find by the Example or Doctrine of Christ Jesus who is Lord of all and hath all Power in Heaven and Earth or do you read of any such works aforementioned done by him or his Followers No no you have betrayed him who call him Lord and yet live in such works of malice and revenge

he taught and teaches quit contrary even to learn of him who is meek and lowly in heart admonishing all to love one another and to do good for evil and to love Enemies who dwels with them that are of a contrite and humble spirit who teaches the humble and meek and who washeth and clenseth his Followers from their filth as in dayes past so to day and for ever Oh you betrayers of him who have rendred him a hard Master in that you deny him for he is righteous just and true and gives power to them that receives him and obeys him patiently to bear the reproaches of the wicked and to undergo their cruel mockings scoffings and spoilings till his pleasure is to plead the cause of the Innocent who have no arm of Flesh nor carnal Weapon but their trust is in him who is Lord of all unto whom all Tongues must confess and every Knee must bow though for a while the Wicked with their Ruler the Devil may be loose he must be chained at last and cast into the Lake of Fire where their part and portion will be who continues serving him a sad Bargain So all you Betrayers of the just holy Principle of Light Life in your own hearts be awakened come see what a Dream you have been in and what Dreamers you have followed who are out of the Way of the Lord and yet for lucre sake by art and policy keeps people confessing they are out of the Way of the Lord perswading them its not to be found or as if there were no such thing Oh be awakened and see what a Dream you are in and what filly Dreamers these are who have put from them Christ the Way the Truth and the Life by which all that ever comes to God it must be by him whom many have found so cannot but confess him before men there being no other way out of Evil and which brings and leads to peace this is a perfect Way and tryed Way into which no Unclean Person nor Envious Person can come into he must forsake his Envy and Uncleanness and all the Devils works if ever he comes there Come don't stot your Ears and shut your Eyes it will all be in vain for he that is Lord Master and Creator of all sees and beholds all you can hide nothing from him and he will call you to an Account then what can the Betrayers say Oh you whose dayes are not quite over consider what you are a doing and what you are treasuring up Malice Envy and Hatred are from a corrupt root and ground which is for Cursing Come be awakened cease to do evil then learn to do well if happily you may obtain Mercy restore the Pledge and repent Keep nothing back that hath been taken by violence Be awakened and see how filthy your hands are through Malice and Cruelty which hath brought a filthy Smell and Curse upon your Estates a sad Portion for your Children for their Fathers to die with their Estates entailed in the Curse the which can never be removed from Father or Child till the cause of the Curse be repented of and done away and so the hands washed in innocency until which time every one shall bear his own Iniquity because of the accursed thing that is in their hands So out of love to Truth and good will to all is this written whatever construction you may make thereof into whose hands it may come yet in his sight who sees all things I am cleared that herein I wish the good of all The 10th of the 8th Month 1670. Stephen Smith THE END