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spirit_n	holy_a	scripture_n	speak_v	14,888	5	5.2608	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63080	This is for all or any of those (by what name or title soever they be distinguished) that resist the Spirit and despise the grace that brings salvation that favour them which work wickedness and condemn the righteous, upon such must be fulfilled the judgments prophesied : also, things to come are here declared, but blind men cannot see, but as the world draws to an end, some shall remember me / [by] R.T.	R. T. (Rebecca Travers), 1609-1688.	1664 (1664)	Wing T2063; ESTC R32889	9,665	14

THIS IS For all or any of those by what name or title soever they be distinguished that resist the Spirit and despise the Grace that brings Salvation that favour them which work wickedness and condemn the Righteous upon such must be fulfilled the Judgments Prophesied ALSO Things to come are here declared but blind men cannot see But as the World draws to an end some shall remember me R. T. Prov. 10.25 As the whirlewind passeth so is the Wicked no more but the Righteous is an Everlasting Foundation LONDON Printed in the Year 1664. This is for all or any of those by what name or title soever they be distinguished that resist the Spirit and despise the Grace that brings Salvation that favour them which work Wickedness and condemn the Righteous upon such must be fulfilled the Judgements prophesied HEar a little though you be mighty and be intreated to weigh with seriousness what one fearing the Lord says unto you who are executing the Act made against such as meet to worship contrary to the Lyturgy of the Church of England which we have heard is according to the Scriptures for and in the Scriptures we have been trained up many of us from our childhood and exercised therein and we have heard some of your Teachers and Worshippers say that it is your Rule and that all things are to be tryed by it and that you that deal thus hardly with us are called Christians and would be so owned by us if so you be let Christ's Words be of authority with you for we do believe even with that you are going about to exile that God will one day judge the World by that Man Christ Jesus and therefore we fear to transgress his Commands whom we know hath declared What profit would it be to gain the whole World and lose our own Souls And we do believe and have found it so that he which pleaseth Man cannot please God This is Scripture Friends and that out of the mouth of Christ So he is no Christian that believes not Christ And for the keeping of this Commandment have the holy Martyrs suffered in all Generations from righteous Abel unto this day because they could not conform to Mens Wills Pleasures and Laws We have a Law say the Jews by which he ought to die and Pilate to please them though the Witness of God shewed him he was just yet hearkened to them that said He was not Caesars friend if he let this man go so to please Man he delivered Christ to be crucified and it was not any outward Washing that could ever take away his guilt Stephen that holy Martyr though he believed the Scriptures and knew them well as you may read yet because he denyed their Worship or Temple telling them that they resisted the holy Ghost which he knew that all who have nor learned of Christ do and that in the Spirit God will be worshipped and that such Worshippers he did and doth seek Surely all Christians may then see that they which go about to condemn banish and bring to an end Spiritual Worshippers do walk contrary to God the Father for he seeks them saith the Scriptures to worship him in Spirit and Men would loose them O Men are you stronger than God I have found that the Quakers are of Pauls Religion who testifie that God is a consuming Fire and that it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God so we have chosen to suffer as just Stephen did stoning prisoning or banishing rather than to cease worshipping in the Spirit or speaking of his Name who requires Truth in the Inner Parts and is to be worshipped every where in Truth and in Spirit and if God says every where and Men say not in this place nor in this for if you meet here we will have you to prison and banish you judge you Christians Whether it be better that we obey God or Man Many instances do the Scriptures give you of this Truth which you ought to seek into and who are noble among you will do so Remember Moses he feared not the Wrath of a King remember Daniel and the three Children and many more might be instanced both of holy Men Women who followed the Lord fully to the Obedience of his Commands disobeying any that commanded contrary whatever they suffered for it and upon this account the holy Martyrs suffered formerly and now much in these latter dayes even some to Hanging cruel Whippings and Imprisonments and spoiling of Goods and Estates and upon no other Account nor for no other Cause but because in our obeying God we have disobeyed man But it may be you will say that The Scripture sayes that Rebellion is sin and Disobedience is sin and requires us to be subject unto Kings and Rulers and Parents and Masters c. And to this I answer We are so to all those not for fear but for Conscience sake and in all things are subject to the Higher Power which I hope none of you will deny to be Christ for he is the Power of God and in Him did the Apostle Paul command Wives Children Servants and Subjects to obey in the Lord for whose sake all these were also to be denyed and forsaken if the Lord called to it as Moses Daniel Paul could obey those very Kings and Rulers in some things which in other things pertaining to God and their Conscience they could not and though it were Rebellion and Gain-saying for the People to resist Moses and Aaron that wished they had been all Prophets yet it was not Rebellion nor Evil that Christ and his Apostles did resist the High Priests and Rulers of Israel when they commanded them to speak no more in his Name then they waxed more bold knowing it was better to please God than Man so they suffered imprisoning whipping stocking and stoning chusing rather to please God than Man But it may be you 'l say I wrong you to compare you to the persecuting Rulers of Jerusalem and you would have me and others to believe that you are like David and Solomon Moses and Aaron but I 'le tell you why we cannot so believe because we believe the Scriptures and all that Christ saith and he saith we shall know the tree by its fruit and that ravenous Wolves would creep in in sheeps cloathing and devour the flock Now we find that the Priests and Fathers of the Church of England are so unlike Moses and Aaron that wished that all the Lord's People were Prophets if they hear of any that witness the New Covenant in the heart that the Scriptures speak of and the pouring forth of the Spirit on Sons and Daughters that they prophesie these they account Hereticks and instead of casting them out in the Spirit of Christ as Paul did who said indeed that the evil doers should be given up to the Devil for the saving of the Souls in the Day of the Lord they give us up

on in which this will not save I tell you men that are so wise you then such fools will be Whose minds and eyes were in the Earth and did not Heaven see Nor he that in the Clouds descends to set the Oppressed free For their Redemption hastens on a dreadful day to you will be For as the Spoilers have you been and made it your delight So suddenly will mischief come as a thief at mid-night And then your hopes and treasures both in which you had your trust With your rewarder and reward goes down unto the dust For our avenger is at hand to plead our righteous Cause For we have born your Cruelty and kept his holy Laws He shall you judge whom we do fear for all your works of Night Who to his Light and People have offered such great despight Your haughty Looks and swelling Waves will stand in little stead Your gorgeous Robes and tendance great will not supply your need It 's not your Gold nor Riches great nor ought in Earth you have Can bribe this Judge or blind his Eye or for you mercy crave As you have done so must you have according to your deed Who have not heard the Justs complaint of Mercy now have need And shall not find for it 's from you departed That in your scorn have made forlorn the poor and upright-hearted You trusted so in Vanity that Mercy you forsook And we that met the same to find alone to him did look And he to us hath great regard who did the Devil deny With all his works and followers with pomp and dignity We have not said but done the thing in which he doth delight Therefore he 'l plead our Cause with you even in the Nations sight And he will differ by his Power the Doer from the Sayer And quite defame the Hypocrite that seem'd to be so fair For those are they whom God doth hate who seem and are not so For Hypocrites is Hell prepar'd and to it must they go But on the Rock they surely build whom tempest cannot shake Nor blustring storms them once disturb that of his Life partake Who by the Spirit is reveal'd the Son of God to be But all that do resist the Spirit the Truth can never see So from the Rock they all are erred gainst which Hell can't prevail But we that in it have our strength shall never fade nor fail Therefore you Holy Ones be glad and make a cheerful noise In heart and soul speak forth his praise and with pleasant verce Who hath not left our souls i'th'grave nor us a prey to be To hungry Beasts who have pursued our ruine for to see Thou Lord hast fil'd our hearts with praise thy presence we have had In Prisons and in tryals great in which we have been glad And thou wilt never us forsake but be our great reward Who have not fear'd what man could do but to thee gave regard Who in the Spirit doth thee serve the fruits shall all men see In Patience Mercy Love and Truth and these draw near to thee From whom they flow and have increas'd the Fountain of our Life Prepar'd for all thy Holy Ones to shelter from all strife A hyding place and Rock of trust to us thou hast been made And soon to nought will bring our fees that snares for us have laid Then they shal mourn when we rejoyce our praise shal make them soul Our Songs of Joy in thee our strength shall make them weak mad Who doth in pride and vi'lence grow shall find this sentence true They shall not miss to have the same yea every one his due You that have plow'd sow'd the Seed and nearly brought to pass The glory of your work shall fade as doth the new-mow'd grass A Storm shall rise and blast your crop and disappoint your hope And backward turn your purposes and bring to nought your scope For all your thoughts have proved but vain against the Innocent Their help 's in that you do not see nor never can prevent Upon your backs their strength will fall to it you must be bow'd That hate the Light and scorn the poor and would exalt the proud He laughs at you that see him not that on the winds doth ride And over all your Hills doth skip and as a mighty Tyde Shall over-whelm your Mountains great wherein you put your trust And by the rising of his Power shall grind you all to dust He hath it spoke who can prevent he will exalt the Just Then down must all both great and small that in a lye do trust Then will you reap as you have sow'd according to your deed Ruine and Loss great Pain and Shame will fill with fear and dread You 'l howl and run you know not where when that shall you pursue That you have oft refused to hear must now give you your due I have it learn'd and must declare that God is good and just Happy are they that Him do fear and have no other trust They shall not fall when ill besets and sorrow doth surround For he 'l appear their Cause to plead and all their foes confound And bring to pass with wonders great from harm to set them free And work deliverance by his Power that to his Praise shall be He soon can make the Hills to quake and move the Mountains high And make a plain for them to walk that on his strength rely And set them up above the proud that swell like raging Sea And cried We will suppress them all they shall no longer be Away they cryed with Holiness and worship in the Spirit For we 'l enjoy our lust in flesh what else would we inherit Your choice is vain and short's your time and soon will ended be But those whom you have wrought against do know Eternitie That wil wear out your vain Decrees and prove your Acts but vaine Our Peace will last and Joy abound when you shall be in pain R. T. THE END