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A78632 Cains off-spring demonstrated, as by their works they are discovered in a bitter persecution against the Lords people at Newark Upon Trent, in the county of Nottingham: being here truly related as it was suffered and executed at two several meetings. / Published for the truths sake, by those whom the proud in heart calls Quakers. 1659 (1659) Wing C209; ESTC R229339 6,498 8

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live Therefore turn ye turn ye Why will you die seeing God would not have you perish Why will you destroy your selves and run headlong to the pit of destruction in this day of the breakings forth of Gods tender mercy O consider it before it be too late and let the time past of your lives suffice that you have spent in your uncleannesse and abhominable wickedness for an end will come and an account must be given for every idle word And what then will be the end of Murtherers Persecutors Drunkards Swearers Lyars Proud Covetous Envious Persons Whoremongers and all prophane people Will it not be the Lake that burneth where there will be weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth yea know it from the Lord God that this will be the portion of all the ungodly and into this pit will you fall without speedy repentance and do not count us your enemies because we tell you the Truth for it is the bowels of pitty that moveth towards you that you may see the Love that God hath unto you in that he doth not speedily execute judgement upon you but forbears and is patient towards you that his goodnesse might lead you to repentance And this is the love that God hath to you who delighteth not in the death of any of you but hath freely given unto every one of you a manifestation of the Spirit that doth reprove you in your own consciences for all your transgressions So all come into the patience and let your moderation appear to all men and hearken to that of God in you whose voice reproves you and will be the condemnation of you if you go on in your wickednesse for your wickednesse exceeds the Sodomites they suffered just Lot to dwell amongst them but you would not suffer us to abide amongst you but in the fierceness of your wrath exercised cruelty upon us for which you must give account to the living God the Athenians who worshiped an unknown God were not like unto you but when Paul preached unto them Jesus and the Resurrection they were sober and said unto him we would know what these things mean so they heard him declare the Truth of God and were patient and suffered him to depart in peace Acts 17. but you without an enquiry after what was declared fell into rudenesse and would neither hear your selves nor suffer others to hear but laid violent hands on us and with much cruelty did drive us away and caused us to depart out of your Town and the dust of our feet we shake off against you for a witnesse except you repent it will be more easie for Sodom in the day of judgement then for you And we have learned contentedness and do bear these things in patience looking unto him who is gone before us who endured the Crosse and despised the shame and through sufferings was made perfect and neither cryed nor lift up his voice but as a Lamb was he led to the slaughter and in patience drank the Cup which the Father gave him to drink and all that have followed him in Ages and Generations past have suffered the like things by the like Generation being persecuted tormented and afflicted and yet over all rejoyced and this is not a new thing which you have done to us but hath from Cain descended and amongst you is found alive in Cains root whose off-spring you are and though we have suffered much by you yet we do not threaten you but commits our Cause unto him that judgeth righteously who by the Arm of his Power delivered us out of your wicked hands and gives us peace in our patient sufferings to his everlasting praise And so the words of Truth declared in Matth. 5.10 11 12. are sealed unto us in the eternal Spirit Blessed are they saith Christ who suffer persecution for Righteousness sake for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven Blessed are ye when men revile you and persecute you and say all manner of evil against you falsly for my sake Rejoyce and be glad for great is your reward in Heaven for so persecuted they the Prophets which were before you It is the Spirit that beareth witness for the Spirit is Truth THE END LONDON Printed for Thomas Simmons at the Sign of the Bull and Mouth near Aldersgate 1659.