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A65943 To Queen Mary: the humble salutation, and faithful greeting of the widow Whitrowe With a vvarning to the rulers of the earth, before the Day of the Lord breaks forth, that shall burn as an oven, and all the wicked, and all the ungodly shall be as stubble: the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. Whitrowe, Joan. 1690 (1690) Wing W2037; ESTC R220184 12,082 20

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TO Queen Mary THE Humble Salutation AND FAITHFUL GREETING OF THE Widow Whitrowe WITH A WARNING TO THE RULERS of the Earth BEFORE The Day of the LORD breaks forth that shall burn as an Oven and all the Wicked and all the Ungodly shall be as Stubble The Mouth of the LORD hath spoken it Printed in the Year 1690. TO Queen MARY THE Humble Salutation AND FAITHFUL GREETING OF THE Widow Whitrowe c. LET QVEEN MARY Live for ever which is the desire of my Soul to GOD for Thee That the Crown of Righteousness Thou mayst Wear and be Adorned with the rich Jewels of Eternal Life which are the Heavenly Vertues of GOD in Christ and in Order thereunto my Humble Request to the Queen is That She may live in the Fear of the LORD that She may be Rich in Good Works that She may take the Apostles Advice to the Primitive Christians after they were called from their Heathenish Ways into that Honourable Pro●ession of the Christian Life Not fashioning your selves saith he as you did in the former Vanities in the days of your Ignorance but as He that hath called you is holy so be ye holy in all manner of your Life and Conversation as it is written Be ye holy for I am holy And take the holy Women in former Ages for your Example Whose Adorning was not that of costly Jewels or rich Attire but the Hidden Man of the Heart that is Christ in you the Hope of Glory And surther saith the Apostle Paul Tim. Chap. 2. Let Men pray every where lifting up pure hands without wrath or doubting Likewise also the Women that they array themselves in comely Apparel with shame-fac'dness and Modesty not with broidred Hair or Gold or Pearls or costly Apparel but as becometh Women that professes the Fear of GOD with Good Works This is more O Queen than a pretended out-side Holiness of Bodily Worship and voluntary Humility and those that come no further than to follow the Precepts and Commandments of Men may be vainly puft up in Pride and high-mindedness and then in that Spirit they are no more but as the Apostle saith Silly Women ever learning but never come to the Knowledge of the Truth and this is but the out-ward Court where the worst of Men and Women may come as that Pious Man Bishop Vsher Charged saying Look you be not found in the Out-ward Court but a Worshipper within the Temple before the Altar for saith he Christ will measure all those that profess his Name and call themselves his People and the out-ward Worshippers He will leave out The Out-ward Court saith he is the formal Christian whose Religion lyes in performing the out-side Duty of Christianity c. Let the Queen be pleased to hear this Good Mans humble Confession which he made a little before his Death tho' a Preacher 40 Years before the Rebellion in Ireland to one of his Friends that challeng'd a Promise made by him He Replyed That he had not writ and yet could not charge himself with any Breach of Promise for said he I did begin to write but when I came to write of Sanctification that is of the New Creature which GOD formeth by his Spirit in every Soul which He doth truly regenerate I found so little of it wrought in my self that I could speak of it only as Parrots by Rote and without the Knowledge and Understanding of what I might have express'd and therefore I durst not presume to proceed any further upon it And Added I must tell you we do not well understand what Sanctification and the New Creature is it is no less than for a Man to be brought to an intire Resignation of his Will to the Will of GOD and to live in the Offering up of his Soul continually in the Flames of Love as a whole burnt Offering to Christ And how little says he are many of those who profess Christianity experimentally acquainted with this Work in their Souls A Man worthy of Honour I question not but HE that gave him that sight brought him into a good Measure of the Life thereof before he departed this Life and I heartily wish yea with all my Heart and with all my Soul that the Church of England together with all the rest of the Churches of what sort soever that bears the Name of Christians were in the Life of what this humble Man had the sight of then shall Wars cease when HE comes to Reign whose Right it is GOD over all Blessed for ever Amen Therefore O Queen Live for ever in this Life which this Humble Man had the sight of that is the New Creature born again not of that which is corruptible but of the incorruptible Life of Jesus who said to Nichodemus A Man must be born again before he can enter into the Kingdom of GOD. But this was a Mystery to him For said he How can this be Can a Man enter again into his Mothers Womb So ignorant was he of the Heavenly Life tho' a Ruler in Israel And I wish too too many that are wise in their own eyes be not covered with this Cloud of Ignorance and Errour that whilst they Govern and Teach others they themselves have need to be taught But O Queen live thou for ever in the holy humble and self-denying Life of Christ that a holy Pattern thou mayst be that thy Light may so shine that all may see thy good Works and give Glory to GOD that ever the Queen came into this Nation In Order to this I humbly intreat the Queen That She believe not every Spirit that shall come to her and say It belongs to the Queens Dignity to take State upon her and to go in Rich and Gorgious Attire Know this O Queen That there can be no more said to the Ignorant Heathen that knows not GOD But I hope the Queen will have more of the Wisdom of GOD than to suffer her innocent Spirit to be betrayed or captivated into such Trumpery and foolish Fopperies for She being a Christian Christ is to be her Teacher and Christ to be her Pattern And where was His State and His Gorgious Apparel He wore a plain Garment without a Seam It 's true whilst they were a Crucifying Him they put on a purple Garment to scoff and deride His humble self-denying Life And doth not the Christians of our Times do the same And where was His State for He often sate on the Ground and who His Companions Poor Fisher men who left all and followed Him the Lame and the Blind poor Publicans which were heavy laden their Sins being a Burden too heavy for them to bear and so were glad of a Physitian to Cure them of their Maladies but indeed the proud high-minded Pharisees were offended with Him for this humility But the Queen keeping in the humility of Christ She will place her Affections upon more high and sublime things for the Spirit of the LORD is a noble Spirit High