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spirit_n	heart_n	lord_n	word_n	16,070	5	4.2011	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79529	This was the word of the Lord which Iohn Camm, and Francis Howgill was moved to declare and write to Oliver Cromwell, who is named Lord-Protector: shewing the cause why they came to speak to him: and shewing that they came not to petition him for any thing, but for the welfare of Sion, and for the righteous seeds sake; and that those laws which were given forth by the will of man, may be taken away; that the law may go forth of Sion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem; and so the kingdoms of the world may become the kingdom of Christ.	Camm, John, 1604?-1656.; Howgill, Francis, 1618-1669.	1654 (1654)	Wing C392; Thomason E732_22; ESTC R206888	4,606	8

THIS Was the word of the Lord which Iohn Camm AND Francis Howgill Was moved to declare and write TO OLIVER CROMWELL Who is named Lord-Protector Shewing the cause why they came to speak to him and shewing that they came not to petition him for any thing but for the welfare of Sion and for the righteous seeds sake and that those Laws which were given forth by the will of man may be taken away that the Law may go forth of Sion and the Word of the Lord from Jerusalem and so the Kingdoms of the world may become the Kingdom of Christ He that hath an ear let him hear Rev. 3. 13. LONDON Printed Anno Dom. 1654. OF the last day of the first moneth called March about two of the clock in the morning I was moved of the Lord to write these ensuing lines and to lay before thee the cause of our coming hither to London Friend we came not to thee to petition any thing from thee in the outwad but in the tender bowels of love to exhort thee to minde thy own condition how thou standest in relation to the Lord God of heaven and earth who is Powerful and Pure and Holy who will not acquit the wicked but will wound the hairie scalp of him who goes on in iniquity before whose presence all stands naked and bare who knows and sees all the secrets of thy heart thy outgoings and incomings to whom thou must give account of all things done in the body whether they be good or evil therefore in love to thy Soul were we moved to come to exhort thee to stand in the fear of the Lord and in his Counsel and to minde the light in thy conscience which is pure and of God to guide thee in the great affairs of the Nations for to keep in his fear is safe for dreadful and terrible will the day of the Lord be to all who are found out of his fear and acting in their own wills and bounding and limiting the Spirit of the Lord and walking contrary to the pure Law of God the light in their consciences and we knowing the terrors of the Lord were moved to exhort thee in love to thy soul for the righteous seeds sake which lyes in bondage every where under the oppressing nature that thou mightst be an Instrument in the Lords hand to take off oppression from off the necks of the people and to remove their Yoke which hath been promised long and now the power is in thy hand and thou must give an account to the Lord how thou hast ruled for him for the mighty day of the Lord is come and is coming wherein all faces shall gather blackness it is a day of darkness of bitter lamentation and woe at whose presence the mountains shall melt and the hills shall tumble down before him and all the tall Cedars shall bow and the strong Okes shall be broken down and the roofs rent and the earth shall remove out of its place it s a day wherein the Lord will plead with all flesh with his sword and with fire in which day the lofty shall be brought down and the Lord alone exalted which day we witness fulfilled in us in measure praises praises to the Lord God for evermore and therefore Friend we having this testimony made manifest in us by the eternal Spirit of God We declare this unto thee that thou mayest not be found acting against the truth for they who are guided by the Spirit of God will do nothing against the truth but for the truth by which Spirit we are gathered out of the world up to God and have escaped the pollutions of the world and by it we are brought in obedience to the pure Law of God which is written in our hearts and his Spirit within us is our teacher and so we deny all the teachings of men who have not this Law and Spirit to guide them and for so doing we suffer by them who are not guided by that Spirit for my sheep know my voice saith Christ and they follow me and will not follow a stranger and we know the voice of Christ and the voice of a stranger and by the Spirit of the living God are we gathered up together up to God to worship him in spirit and in truth and are of one heart and of one minde and of one soul and have all one teacher and speak all one thing And we being all taught of the Lord are far from oppression though we be oppressed and for the truth sake was I moved of the Lord to lay this before thee that our Conditions may be known that the truth may not suffer under the reproach of the heathen who live after the flesh and persecute them who live after the Spirit A word more to clear thy mistake when we spoke unto thee that the Lord would make thee an Instrument in his hand to establish the Gospel wherein thou apprehendedst us that should be established by an outward Law that was not our desire nor we spoke no such thing but we witness the coming of Christ in his Kingdom is not by might nor power nor pomp nor glory from without nor by any Law which is in the will of man but our desires were that there should be no Law upon Religion for it need no Law to defend it for pure religion and undefiled is this to loose the bands of wickedness and set the oppressed free and take off every yoke and where pure Religion is exercised this is the fruits and if thou be guided by the pure light of God shining in thy conscience and the righteous Law set up in thy heart and the Spirit of God thy teacher then there need none to desire thee to take away those Laws that ensnare tender consciences and so they who pretend conscience and are not guided by the pure Law of God will be seen by those who dwell in the Spirit to have erronious consciences and so this Law will take hold of them and the righteous Law is upon the transgressor and limits the carnal minde and fleshly will but doth not limit the Spirit but is at unity with it and therefore friend to thy conscience I speak and witness this to be true in the presence of God that as thou art guided by this pure light in thy conscience and this Law of the Spirit set up in thy heart thou canst not deny us for we are none of those which despise Government and defile the flesh who pull down others to set up themselves but all unfruitful works of darkness we deny and seek to advance the Government of Jesus Christ alone and love all and have unity with all who are here and honor all men in the Lord and have fellowship with those whose conversation is as becomes the Gospel of Christ and they who rule and live here cannot suffer any outward Law to take hold on us who stand in obedience to the commands of Christ for

there is no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus who walk not after the flesh but after the spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord sets free and commands obedience take heed how thou suffer any Law to limit that Spirit for they who are brought into the obedience of the Spirit are dear unto him as the apple of his eye and his care is over them and the Lord will free them from their oppressors and thus were we pressed in Spirit to lay before thee our conditions and the conditions of our brethren who are gathered into the eternal unity where there is no rent nor schism that thou might not be ignorant of those things and to shew thee that our desire is not for any outward thing or self-advancing for all self we deny for we came contrary to our own will and we declare this unto thee contrary to our own will and if thou stand not in thy own will thou wilt hear us and own us in advancing the Lord Jesus Christ upon the holy-Hill of Sion that the Law might go out of Sion and the word of the Lord from Hierusalem and this we wait to see accomplished and his promise fulfilled in those who govern the Nations that the Kingdoms of the world may become the Kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ And thus we have laid our selves naked before thee in the presence of God and cleared our consciences to thee and leave it to that which is pure in thy conscience to judge Take heed for he that is in high place is subject to many tentations This was I moved of the Lord to write unto thee who is a servant of the Lord and a lover of thy Soul called John Camm The word of the Lord came to me the 31. day of the first moneth about the ninth hour as I was waiting upon the Lord and waiting in Jamses Park at London FRiend I was moved of the Lord to come to thee to declare the Word of the Lord as I was moved of the Lord and deal plainly with thee as I was commanded and not to petition thee for any thing but to declare what the Lord had revealed to me concerning thee and when I had delivered what I was commanded thou questionedst it whether it was the word of the Lord or not and soughtest by thy reason to put it off and we have waited some dayes since but cannot speak to thee therefore I was moved to write to thee and clear my conscience and to leave thee Therefore hear the word of the Lord thus saith the Lord I chose thee out of all the Nation when thou wast little in thy own eyes and threwest down the mountains and the powers of the earth before thee which had established wickedness by a Law and I cut them down and broke the yokes and bonds of the oppressor and made them stoop before thee and I made them as a Plain before thee that thou passedst over them and trode upon their necks but thus saith the Lord now thy heart is not upright before me but thou takest counsel and not at me and thou art establishing peace and not by me and thou art setting up Laws and not by me and my Name is not feared nor I am not sought after but thy own wisdom thou establishest what saith the Lord have I thrown down all the oppressors and broken their Laws and art thou now going about to establish them again and art going to build again that which I have destroyed wherefore thus saith the Lord wilt thou limit me and set bounds to me when and where and how and by whom I shall declare my self and publish my name then will I break thy Cord and remove thy Stake and exalt my self in thy overthrow therefore this is the word of the Lord to thee whether thou wilt hear or forbear if thou take not away all those laws which are made concerning Religion whereby the people which are dear in mine eyes are oppressed thou shalt not be established but as thou hast troden down mine enemies by my power so shalt thou be trodden down by my power and thou shalt know that I am the Lord for my Gospel shall not be established by thy sword nor by thy law but by my might and by my power and by my Spirit unto thee this is the word of the Lord Stint not the eternal Spirit by which I will publish my name when and where and how I will for if thou do thou shalt be as dust before the winde the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it and he will perform his Promise for this is that I look for at thy hands saith the Lord that thou shouldst undo the heavy burdens and let the oppressed go free are not many shut up in prison and some staked some stoned some shamefully intreated and some are judged blasphemers by those who know not the Lord and by those laws which have been made by the will of man and stand not in the will of God and some suffer now because they cannot hold up the types and so deny Christ come in the flesh and some have been shut up in prison because they could not swear and because they abide in the Doctrine of Christ and some for declaring against sin openly in Markets have suffered as evil doers and now if thou let them suffer in this nature by those laws and count it just I will visit for those things saith the Lord and I will break the yoke from off their necks and I will bring deliverance another way and thou shalt know that I am the Lord. Moved of the Lord to declare and write this by a Servant of the truth for Jesus sake and a lover of thy Soul called Francis Howgill FINIS