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A warning from the Lord God out of Sion who is mighty and terrible sounded forth unto the inhabitants of the city of Worcester and of the towns and villages round about them, and may serve to the nation in general ... / by a follower of the Lamb ... known among men by the name of Edw. Bourne.
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Bourne, Edward, d. 1708.
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choose Life that your Souls may live as he said of Israel of old Have I any pleasure in the death of a sinner Why will you die O house of Israel And therefore let none blame the Lord as though he was the cause of their ruine for the destruction of a People is of themselves but their help is in the Lord Wherefore forsake your own waves and every evil desire which proceeds from the corrupt heart and every deceitfull imagination which from thence doth arise and come to the Light of Christ which shews you whatsoever is evil and contrary to the Mind of the Lord that by it you may be led out of the same that Salvation you may know and Healing you may find from him who is come to seek and to save that which is lost that so you may come to witness Christ Jesus the Saviour of your souls made manifest within you to condemn Sin there to destroy the Devils works in you and so to save you from the wrath to come Something concerning Religion ANd further it is in my heart to write something as concerning Religion There is a great deal of Profession in the Nation about the Worship of God some would have it after one manner and some after another as they imagine and conceive in the dark being from that of God in them and one cryes Lo here and another cryes Lo there as Christ foretold but said he Believe them not The Kingdom of God is within you And said John The Anointing abideth in you By which we plainly perceive that they which draw people from the Light which shines in the heart and makes Sin manifest are the Deceivers and Seducers which are to be turned from And now the time is come that the true Worshippers do worship the Father in Spirit and in Truth who are come to that of God in them whereby they retain God in their knowledge and hold the Truth in Righteousness which those that profess the Truth and are from that of God in them do hold in the Unrighteousness being Strangers from the Life of God and Aliens to the Covenant of Promise and so though they profess the Words of Truth yet denying the Light of Christ who is the Truth and not believing therein that they might be saved In what do such differ from the Jews who professed God in words but in their works denyed him because their deeds were evil And though they had the Scriptures which testified of the Light which Christ the Light bid them search them but they would not come to Him that they might have Life their eyes were without from that of God in them and doubtless they expected he would come in some outward Glorious Appearance but he coming otherwise after a low degree and taking upon him the form of a Servant they despised him in their hearts and said Is not this the Carpenters son c. and so rejected him and would not have him to reign who was a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief and so they would build without the Light therefore said the Apostle This is the Stone set at nought by you builders c. Yet Him hath God exalted and given him a Name above every Name and this is Him whom all People ought to hear the Son of God by whom God hath spoken unto us in these last dayes that great Prophet which Moses prophesied of whom all People ought to hearken unto Therefore turn your minds inward unto the Light which shewes you Sin and hearken diligently unto the Word which is near in the Mouth and Heart to hear and obey it For if they who transgressed against the Word spoken by Angels received a just recompence of reward consider-how shall you escape and go unpunished if you neglect so great Salvation And this is that which would bring all to be of one heart and of one mind and of a found judgment and to dwell together in the love and fear of the Lord as every one comes to the Light of Christ in them which makes Sin manifest that thereby they may be led out of the same unto God and this will lead them to worship God in Spirit and in Truth and it is a sure and everlasting Rule for all People to take heed unto for by this can none be deceived And as every one comes here then Love and Peace and good-will will abound amongst them and they will seek the welfare one of another and watch over one another for good and not for evil And such as would persecute and destroy and stone and. stocks and imprison and whip and banish those which cannot worship as themselves they have not yet learned of Christ the Light who came not to destroy mens lives but to save them and so this is a true sign that those which persecute others about Religion are not led by the Spirit of Jesus for he did not cause any to be persecuted but was persecuted himself and put to death witnessing a good Confession before Pontius Pilate and the Chief Priests were the cause of it who said he was a blasphemer when he spoke the Truth Therefore you Priests who are in the persecuting nature read whose Children you are And his Apostles were persecuted but did not persecute nor used any carnal weapons in their own defence but the weapons of their warfare were spiritual and mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds casting down Imaginations and every high thing that exalted it self against the knowledg of God They did not wrestle with flesh and blood but warred against the Powers of Darknesse that so people might be brought from under the Power of Darkness into the Kingdom and Dominion of the dear Son of God and so they sought the Preservation and not the Destruction of any turning people from Darkness to Light mid from Satans power unto the Power of God that they might be saved by Christ the Light who is given for a Covenant of Light and for Salvation unto the Ends of the Earth these fought the good fight And it is manifest and clear that they which wrestle with flesh and blood persecuting and destroying others about Religion do fight the bad fight and are not followers of the Lamb of God who makes war with the Sword of his mouth And so now as to what hath been written concerning Religion this is the sum God is a Spirit and they who worship him must worship him in Spirit and in Truth which none can do but who comes to that of God in them even the measure of the Spirit of God which is given them to profit withall that thereby they may be led into all Truth You Inhabitants of the City of Worcester and of the Towns and Villages round about you God hath put it in my heart to warn you and to signifie unto you that he expects fruits from you which his Soul accepts and in which he delights and is well-pleased withall which is fruits of Righteousness the end of which will be unto you Life eternal Wherefore fear the Lord and serve him with a perfect heart speak every man truth unto his Neighbour and do to others as you would be done unto and come to Truth in the Inward parts for the Lord searcheth the Heart and tryes the Reins and who worketh Iniquity the Lord will find them out and justly reward them even according to the fruit of their doings Wheresore while you have time take warning and bring forth fruit unto God lest the overflowing scourge come and sweep you into the Pit from whence no Redemption will be found But if after all this you harden your hearts against the Lord and remain stiff-necked and rebellious against him by adding sin unto sin and so grieve the Spirit of the Lord which will not alwayes strive with you though he hath suffered long and born long with you and waited long to be gracious unto you yet the Day of the Lord will come upon you when you are not aware of it like a Thief in the night and when you cry Peace peace and think that you are safe then will sudden destruction be at the door therefore while you have a little time O that you would prize it and repent and turn to the Lord and seek him with your whole hearts that mercy you may find So now whether you hear or whether you forbear if you shall still go on to do wickedly then let your blood remain upon your own heads for hitherto I am clear herein and have the Answer of a good Conscience with the Lord in obedience unto whom I have thus far proceeded to warn you that you may be saved from the wrath to come And though I may meet with scoffs and reproaches and scornings from some yet my Reward is with the Lord and I have learned to passe by and forgive them the reproach of Christ 〈…〉 being greater riches than the treasures of thi◠world And thus my Light I have not hid under a Bushel but in the fear of God have I cleared my Conscience unto you and whoso takes not warning let their blood remain upon their own heads Therefore from the Highest to the Lowest without respect to the persons of any hear the Word of the Lord Repent and turn unto God with your whole hearts and let the time past suffice wherein you have lived in doing those things which you ought not to have done and for the time to come approve your hearts unto God by doing those things which are just and right and well-pleasing in his sight as the Light of Christ in your own Consiciences doth shew you that so your sins may be blotted out and times of refreshment you may know from the presence of the Lord Unto whom all Praises and Thanksgiving and Dominion belongs for evermore Amen Worcester the 20th of the 8th Month 1660. From a lover of Truth and Righteousness who waits to see it set up and exalted over all Deceit E. B. THE END
A WARNING FROM THE LORD GOD out of SION who is Mighty and Terrible Sounded forth unto the INHABITANTS Of the City of VVORCESTER And of the TOWNS and VILLAGES round about them And may serve to the Nation in general that they may hear and fear and repent and turn to the Lord with their whole hearts Lest the overflowing Scourge come and sweep them into the Pit from whence there will be no Deliverance By a Follower of the Lamb who makes War with the Sword of his Mouth known amongst men by the Name of EDW. BOVRNE Revel 9.20 21. And the rest of the men which were not killed with these Plagues repented not of the works of their own hands that they should not worship Devils and Idols of gold and silver and brasse and stone and wood which neither can see nor hear Neither repented they of their Murders nor of their Sorceries nor of their Fornications nor of their Thefts LONDON Printed for Robert Wilson at the sign of the Black Spread-Eagle and Windmil in Martins Le Grand 1660. The Preface READER UNto whom this shall come Before thou determinest of any thing mentioned in this Warning as to the casting of it by or rejecting of it first of all reade or hear it read and then as the Light in thy own Conscicnce which is Gods faithful and true VVitness doth Answer thereunto receive it and own it and so believe it and no otherwise that so thou mayest reap the benefit thereof for by taking Warning before it be too late thou wilt know thy foul delivered from the evil to come And you who worship but not the true God who is a Spirit and must be worshipped in Spirit and Truth if any of the Servants of the Lord should come into your Assemblies to declare his Mind and Will unto you or to speak to any of you as he shall direct them see that you intreat them well hear them with patience and as Gods Witnesse in you answereth to what they say own it and receive it and suffer none to injure or persecute them but let them have liberty to return from you in peace after they have cleared their Consciences unto you lest by doing otherwise you kindle the Wrath and Indignation of the Lord God against your own souls for what you do unto them he takes it as done unto himself and though we are poor yet we desire not your riches but our trust is in the Lord whose care is over us And though the world hate us and scorn and reproach and persecute us yet herein can we rejoyce knowing that it was the portion of those which feared the Lord in Generations before us And although we are accounted Fools by some yet so long as it is for the sake of Christ we can rejoyce therein knowing that the Apostles and Servants of the Lord were accounted so before us So then if for the sake of Christ we suffer as Fools would God ye suffered so too that you might partake of our joy and rejoycing which we have in the Lord. But what if they who are wise to do evil shall speak thus of us what need we regard it for this is wisdom to us and strength to us to fear the Lord and to keep his Commandments and the Day of the Lord doth and will declare that who doth otherwise are foolish and unwise for Wisdom is and will be justified of her Children I am a lover of your Immortal Souls EDW. BOVRNE A VVARNING To the Inhabitants of Worcester c. O That you would consider ye Inhabitants of the City of Worcester and ye Towns and Villages round about you the long-suffering of the Lord and his forbearance towards you who hath waited long to be gracious unto you O that you would yet repent and turn unto the Lord with your whole hearts even while it is called to day while the Visitation of God is continued to you-wards and put from you whatsoever is evil and contrary to the Light of Jesus and do that which is right and wel-pleasing unto the Lord as the Light of Christ in your own Consciences doth shew you that so it may go well with you for ever For know this that God is just and righteous and holy in all his wayes and such as work Iniquity shall not go unpunished for every secret thing to Judgment must come and all idle words must be accounted for in that day Therefore in the fear of the Lord and in his dread and power I warn you as you will give Account to him and make your Answer to him when you shall receive a just Recompence according to your doings that while time is continued unto you you prize it and while the Light shines you walk in it that so we may have Fellowship together therein that so you may know the Blood of Christ to cleanse you from all sin for yet a little while and time shall be no more and the wicked and them which forget the Lord shall be turned into Hell from whence no redemption can be found O that you were wise that you would consider and lay to heart the long-suffering of the Lord and his goodness and gentleness towards you who desires not your ruine nor destruction but rather your Salvation that you may be saved from the wrath to come For which of you knows not but if the Lord had rewarded you according unto your doings but you had been cut off from being a People at this day but he hath spared you and given you a time to repent that you may bring forth fruits unto holiness the end of which will be life eternal and if you do it not but shall run on and harden your hearts against the Lord and rebel against him by adding sin unto sin and transgression unto transgression then Wo and Misery will be your portion and the Wrath and Indignation and sore Displeasure of the Lord will you feel upon your souls And to you this is the Word of the Lord which shall not go unfulfilled When it is considered what wickednesse did lately abound amongst you and in all parts of the Nation who cannot but say but God hath been long-suffering unto this Generation Where is the City or Town where Wickedness was not broken forth like a mighty Flood What tumultuous gatherings of people were there What Shoutings and Bonfires and Ringing of Bells were there What setting up of May-poles and Dancings and Revellings and Drunkenness did abound in the Nation And mighty disorderly and wickedly were they bent against those which feared the Lord as if they would have massacred in the Nation Do you believe that these things were well-pleasing to the Lord May Christians do such things as these before-mentioned Where was the fear of the Lord when these things were so let sober-minded people answer And do you believe that it is not just with the Lord to visit for these things Was there greater Wickednesse found in Sodom and Gomorrah