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A91825	The banner of Gods love, and ensign of righteousness spread over his people in these later dayes. Wherein the true light shineth, and the mysterie that hath been hid from ages and generations, is revealed to the saints, which is, Christ in us the hope of glory, as our forefathers witnessed, read Col. I. 26, 27, 28, 29. Also, a testimony against them who formerly hath tasted of the good word of God, and of the power of the world to come, who hath cast the law of God behind their backs, and hath trodden under foot the blood of the covenant. ... most especially, those that are called Anabaptists and Independents. Also, a few words in warning to the priests, professors, and people of the town and county of Southhampton. With a few quæries to the rulers and magistrates of England, to try their fruits whether they be according to the Christian magistrates recorded in the Scripture of truth, ... . Set forth most especially for the sake of the honest-hearted, who are not wholly given up to believe lyes, that they may come to know the way of life and peace. Written by me who are called Ambrose Rigge.	Rigge, Ambrose, 1635?-1705.	1657 (1657)	Wing R1475; Thomason E932_4; ESTC R22061	33,117	47

this end did he sow the good seed of the kingdom among us which the good ground hath received in us and Matth. 13. 8. hath brought forth first the Blade then the Ear then the full corn in the Ear to the everlasting praise and glory of him that sowed it so that the earth hath brought forth her increase by handfulls and abundance is gathered into the house of the Lord and God hath opened the Windows of Heaven and hath sent a blessing upon it that there is scarce Mall 3. 10. roome to hold it and he hath rebuked the devourer in hundreds according to his promise so that his children doth eat and drink with a discerning of his body and are become one bread and one body fitly joyned together unto Christ the head who is made unto them wisdome righteousnesse 1 Cor. 1 30 sanctification and redemption to the everlasting praise of his everlasting name for ever and ever And now is the Lord ariseing and arisen out of his holy Habitation and hath covered himselfe with Zeale as with Isa 59 7 a Cloake and for Zions sake hath he uttered his voice as a man of Warr whereby the tall Oakes hath been brought down and the Cedars of Lebanon hath been made to bend Ezek. 37 10 11 And he hath breathed upon the slain that they have stood up upon their feet and are become the whole house of Israel Isa 28 17 and for Zions sake hath he laid Judgement to the line and righteousnesse to the plummet and is sweeping a way the refuge of lyes so that there shall be no hideing place found in Heaven or in earth but his own righteousnesse which whosoever is found out of in the day of Gods fierce wrath shall be swept a way with the Beesom of destruction into the Lake that burns with fire and brimstone for ever where there is no redemption And therefore awake avvake all you carnal minded ones of what Sect or Faction soever you be of The everlasting day is come and dawned upon us which you hate vvhich hath discovered you to be out of Gods righteousnesse in the deeds of darkness following the Imaginations of your evil hearts whereby the seed of God is oppressed as a Cart is pressed with Amos 2 13 Sheaves and over you death hath great dominion and darknesse hath great power the way of peace you know not nor never can in that state therefore open your eyes Rev 22. 16 and behold the bright and morning Star that ariseth out of the East which is over-shadowing the whole earth that every mans work is now made manifest of what sort it is and no longer shall your deeds be hid for all things are naked and bare before him with whom we have to do Heb 4 13 1 Cor. 4 5 and he will suddenly bring to light the hidden things of darknesse so that every one shall appear as he is in truth and righteousnesse or in deceit and unrighteousnesse and all vailes will he rent and all covers will he rip off that his own flock only vvho are covered with his spirit of Isa 30. 1 life and power may be hid in the day of his fierce wrath which will come upon all mankind Awake awake all you who hath long lain upon your beds of ease and carnal security and hath eaten with the Gluttons Amos 6 3 4 5 Matt 24. 49. and drunken with the Drunkards and is now beating with the Fist of wickednesse and with a slanderous tongue backbiteing the innocent behold your Master is come hath found you asleep He stands now at the door and knocks and is desiring of you to awake and arise Ephe 5. 14. out of the filthy pollutions of the world that you are overwhelmed in that he may give you the light of life to follow him into the Land of the living where many now doth praise and magnifie his great Name for evermore who hath done marvellous things for them who are his Matt. 21. 42. flock who follows him whethersoever he goes unto whom He is a Priest a Prophet a King Awake awake all you filthy Dreamers who are in the defilements of the flesh and who hath made people brutish Ier. 27 9. Iude 8 by your false Dreams which you have called the word of God which hath been but a Divination of your own brain and hath not profited the people at all but their hungry souls is yet languishing after the bread of life you have fed your selves with the fatt till your flesh is become Ezek. 34. 3. Ezek. 23. 20. as the flesh of Horses your eyes stand out with fatnesse your words is as smooth as butter but in your heart doth the ravening Wolfe lye hid from the eyes of many as your fruits doth daily manifest the Lord will now feed Ezek. 34. 16. you with Judgement and make you drink the dreggs of the Cup of his sury powred out without mixture for you have caused many to erre by your lyes and lightness and none have you brought into the knowledge of the truth because you have departed from it your selves you have long ruled in this long night of Apostacy wherein the blind have walked which you have led who have Inter s●cos regnat strabus called you ministers of Christ and prophets of God And of such have you made a grievous prey and hath taken their money for that which was not bread but the Lord hath shaked his hand at your dishonest gain and hath caused Ezek. 22. 13. his everlasting day to spring upon his children which he hath appointed to gather from your mouths that they Ezek. 34. 22. 28. shall no longer be made a prey upon by you therefore be awakened and consider your state and condition in which you now stand if you be not wholly given up to make Merchandize of peoples souls through covetousnesse which is Idolatry for God will now no longer be mocked 2 Peter 2. 3. such as you sow such shall you reap your Vineyards are very unclean Bryers Thorns Weeds and Heb. 6. 8. Thistles grows up abundantly insteed of tender Vines you are sleepy and sloathful Vine-dressers you may blush to look into your Vineyards if you were not wholly given up to hardnesse of heart The day of the Lord will come upon you as a thief in the night wherein the Lord will 1 Thess 5. 2. require his sheep at your hands and then shall the book be opened wherein is written all your covetous practices Rev. 20. 12. and ungodly deeds and out of it shall you be judged accordingly and then shall you howle for pain of heart and weep for griefe of spirit when you consider how miserably you have deceived deluded many poore souls and how you have scattered the Lords flock upon the barren Mountaines which the Lord will surely require at your Ezek. 34. 10. hands behold now the time

THE BANNER OF GODS LOVE AND ENSIGN OF RIGHTEOVSNESS Spread over his people in these later dayes Wherein the true light shineth and the mysterie that hath been hid from Ages and Generations is revealed to the Saints which is Christ in us the hope of glory as our forefathers witnessed Read Col. 1. 26 27 28 29. ALSO A Testimony against them who formerly hath tasted of the good Word of God and of the Power of the world to come who hath cast the Law of God behind their backs and hath trodden under foot the blood of the Covenant and now doth labour with one shoulder to destroy the Man-child which is now brought forth to rule the Nations with an Iron Rod and these are most especially those that are called Anabaptists and Independents Also A few Words in warning to the Priests Professors and People of the Town and County of Southampton With a few Quaeries to the Rulers and Magistrates of England to try their fruits whether they be according to the Christian Magistrates recorded in the Scripture of truth or according to the heathenish Kings and Rulers in former Ages Set forth most especially for the sake of the honest-hearted who are not wholly given up to believe lyes that they may come to know the way of life and peace Written by me who am called Ambrose Rigge London Printed for Giles Calvert and are to be sold at his shop at the Black spread-Eagle neer the West end of Pauls 1657. To the sober Reader GReat and admirable is the Love and Mercy of the Lord God unto the sons of men that he hath not with-held his onely Son but hath sent him a Light into the world that all men through him might believe and be saved But there is a generation of men in these our dayes that cannot endure sound Doctrine and such will not receive him who is the good shepherd but heaps unto themselves Teachers having itching ears which hath never profited them nor never shall and the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the Prophet stands now where it ought not therefore I desire thee who readeth these ensuing lines to understand and weigh them in an equal Ballance and with a single eye look upon them and thou wilt clearly see that here is nothing written but what is just and true to every mans condition without flattering or daubing with untempered Morter as the false Prophets have done these many years which hath made the abomination so great in our Nation of ENGLAND And take heed of judging or censuring any thing hastily but try all things as he hath done who writ this unto thee and hold fast that which is good For to this end was this sent forth to publike view That every one may be knowne by their fruits From him who is a Friend to all that love the Truth as it is in JESUS called of men Ambrose Rigge THE BANNER OF GODS LOVE AND ENSIGNE OF RIGHTEOVSNESS c. FOrasmuch as many dear and precious Isa 8. 18. Joh. 17. 23. Servants and Children of the Lord God of Heaven and Earth whom he hath loved with an everlasting love and hath opened their eyes and ears to behold him whom they had pierced and hath armed them with Zach. 12. 10. power from on High to make war in righteousness against all the powers Rev. 20. 8 9. of darkness that stands up against the appearance of the Lamb of God who hath now cloathed them with his Armor of Light and Life and given them for an Helmet the Hope Rom. i3 12. Eph. 6. 13 17. of Salvation and hath put the Sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God into their mouths that with boldness they may declare abroad the Name of him who is now come a Light into the World and hath lighted every man that Joh. 12. 46. Joh. 17. 9. cometh into the World that all men through him might believe and come to the knowledge of the truth And for this end is he now made manifest To destroy the 1 Joh. 3. 8. Eccles 12. 3 Ezek. 32. 25 26 Ezek. 2i 28. Works that the devil hath wrought in man even to make the strong man bow before him and the Keepers of the House to tremble that the uncircumcised may fall by the stroke of his Sword which is now drawn in his hand and made ready for a mighty slaughter even to cut off the wicked from the Land of the living that their remembrance may Luk. i9 27 be blotted out from the earth which wlil not that he shall rule whose right it is and he hath made his children and servants living Witnesses of his eternal Truth to declare his eternal Name among the Gentiles and hath given them a 1 Joh. 5 20 Luk. 22 35 good understanding to know him that is true and hath sent them forth into the VVorld vvithout Bag or Scrip or tvvo Coats and hath given them his Word of Life and Light to declare to the Spirit in Prison and these have as they have been moved of the Lord run to and fro in the earth in true and tender love to peoples souls vvarning all men every Acts 17 30 31. Acts 20 33 vvhere to repent and seek the Lord vvhile he may be found vvithout coveting any mans Silver Gold or Apparel and for this have they been stocked stoned vvhipped imprisoned and shamefully intreated and not counted vvorthy to live upon the earth not onely by them that professed little or nothing of God Christ or the Scriptures but rather by the Scribes and Pharisees and chief Priests and zealous professors Mark 8 31 as the Jevvs vvas as may be vvitnessed at this day by hundreds in our Nation of England vvhose fruits shame their Profession and vvhose Works shevv to their faces they are of their Father the Devil And those vvhom the Lord Joh. 8 44 1 Cor. 4 2 hath called and chosen to commit his secrets unto and to place his eternal Name in as they have freely received of the Lord freely have they ministred unto all whereby many hath been turned from darknesse unto light and from the Matth. i0 8. Acts 26. 18. power of Satan unto God and God hath greatly blessed their labours within these few years so that many that was scattered as Sheep without a Shepherd in the cloudy and dark day by the Idol dumb Sepherds which had made a prey Ezek. 34 12. upon them their feet are now directed into the Way of life and peace wherein they are now walking up to Zion with Songs of Deliverance and are sitting down with Abraham Isa 35 10 Isaac and Jacob in the Kingdom of God and the children of the Kingdom shall be cast out into utter darkness where Matth. 8 11 is weeping and gnashing of teeth for ever And now quick and powerful hath the Word of the Lord Heb. 4 12 been in the mouth of his Messengers and Ministers in

their own eyes and they separated themselves in the outward from other men in Worship but it was self that separated them which was never yet denyed nor separated from by them as doth fully appear at this day in their whole course of life the Seed of the Kingdom was sown among them but they receiving Mark 4. 7. it into the thornie ground it was choaked ere it grew up with the cares of the World and deceitfulness of riches and abominable pride envy and wrath as Nathaniel Robbinson one of their great Sect-Masters of the Town and County of Southampton may bear me witness if his heart be not totally hardneed and he be given up to work all manner of wickedness with greediness and his conscience be seared with a hot Iron Wofully hath these sort of people betrayed their trust their latter end will be worse by double then was their beginning highly are they now exalted upon the Mountains of pride and deeply are they obliged in the bond of iniquity their Sacrifices are now an abomination to the Lord who is of purer eyes then to behold iniquity they have departed from the counsel of the Lord have greatly erred into the Way of Cain as will hereafter plainly Jude 11. appear in Nathaniel Robbinson and many of his Hearers 2 Tim. 3. 4. 2 3 4 5 6 7. in the Town of Hampton who are now become brutish and without natural affection incontinent fierce despisers of those that are good and not onely so but hath a great thirst after their blood without any just cause as hath manifestly appeared both in words and actions not long since all this they cover under a cover of profession and a feigned humility which is seen with the children of light to be double hypocrisie And a covering of a most curious colour Matth. 7. 15 16. have they put on to hide this ravening Wolf but now it is too narrow the ravenous Beast breaks forth in great rage and fury and musters up all his Forces against the Lambs appearance who is now come to torment him before his time And now doth he cast out floods of railings revilings lyes slanders false accusations after the Woman in whom the man-child is moving and this is because his sacrifice is not accepted But oh Cain why art thou wrath and why is thy countenance fallen Why doth thou so rage and swell foame and torment thy self and envy thy Brother If thou dost well thou shall be accepted if not sin lyeth at thy door Thou hast forgotten that Gen 4. 5 6. thou should first be reconciled to thy Brother before thou offer thy gift and this is the main reason why it is not accepted at thy hand which makes thee so envious and wrathful that even nothing will quench thy thirsty stomack but thy Brothers blood which daylie appears to all that are not wilfully blind by thy eager pursuance after it and threatning them that will not to the utmost answer thy cursed desires in persecuting the innocent Oh how art thou postng on in the Way of Cain the Murtherer Jude 11. and treading in the steps of thy Father Balaam Oh thou Nathaniel Robbinson Oh how is the right Wayes of the Lord evil spoken of and reviled daylie by thee and by thy seduced followers who makes lyes your refuge and mischief your dwelling place which is hatched in your deceitful Breasts Wil your high talking of God and Christ cover all this Or are you so given up to believe a lye as to believe it will There is an eye opened that sees you which you see not and a Judge that weighs your actions which you know not but when the Book of every one of your consciences shall be opened then out of that shall you all be judged without respect of persons and receive according to your deeds done in the body In that day shall not your crying Lord Lord and preaching in the Name of Christ in your Synagogues rescue you from that dreadful sentence Depart from me ye workers of iniquity I know you not for I was an hungry Matt. 7. 23. Matth. 25. 41 42 43 44. By Name VVilliam Pinhorn and ye fed me not I was thirsty and ye gave me no drink a stranger and ye took me not in but went with abominable lyes and false reports to the Magistrates to persecute me as a Wanderer and a Deluder and when they would not imprison me you caused them to do it and when there was no Witness against me you came in false Eliz. Horsent said it was a matter of conscience not to visit her Sister in Prison Witnesses your selves whereby to seek my ruine and destruction and when I was in prison some of you said it was a matter of conscience not to visite me and said it was just upon me All this and more have you acted and spoken against me because you neither knew the Father nor me for in as much as you have done this to one of the least Matth. 25. 45 46. Matth. 18. 6. that believe in me you have done it to me And therefore now wo unto you good had it been for you that a Milstone had been hanged about your necks and you cast into the midst of the Sea then to have offended one of them that believe in me Oh Matth. 23. 37 38. how often would I have gathered you as a Hen gathereth her Chickens under her Wings and ye would not but hated persecuted and shamefully intreated my servants and messengers that I sent in tend or love unto you to warn you while you had a day and time to turn unto me from all your abominations But oh how have you hated reproof Prov. 1. 21. Isa 55. 9. and turned your ear from the cry of Wisdom and hath chosen your own wayes which is corrupt before me and as far from mine as the Heaven is from the earth Oh how will you answer this ye stiff-necked and rebellious people that have eyes and see not ears and hear not and hearts and doth not understand Will the Lord be mocked with your vain oblations which you bring before Isa 1. 13. him day by day when your hands is full of blood and your hearts is after your Idols You have set your Nests on Isa 30. 1. high and hath covered your selves with a covering but not with the Spirit of the Lord as is daylie apparent to all whose eyes the Lord hath opened highly are you seated upon the Mountains of pride and exaltation the Scribes and Pharisees did far exceed you in zeal who made clean the outside which you are far from but you say pride is in the heart which is true enough by your garments you are bad patterns before them you call Heathens which can see nothing but the outside yea many of them outstrips you in life and conversation and would be ashamed of your practise You have built you a Tower whose top you