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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	day_n	lord_n	sabbath_n	1,964	5	9.6405	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58412	A tender visitation of love to professors and profane, but especially to the inhabitants of the town of Waymouth. With some directions how they may try themselves, whether they are yet in their sins, or whether they are come to him that makes an end of sin. Also a warning to all sorts of people, that they may repent of the evil of their wayes whilest the day of mercy lasteth, least repentance be hid from their eyes. Howl ye inhabitants of the earth, for the day of vengeance is at hand, the Lord will stain the glory of all flesh. Being written from the breathings of life, by a hand-maid of the Lord, S. R.	S. R.	1661 (1661)	Wing R77; ESTC R219656	10,437	16

A Tender Visitation of Love TO PROFESSORS and PROFANE But especially to the Inhabitants of the Town of WAYMOVTH With some directions how they may try themselves whether they are yet in their sins or whether they are come to him that makes an end of sin Also a Warning to all sorts of people that they may repent of the evil of their wayes whilest the day of Mercy lasteth least Repentance be hid from their eyes Howl ye Inhabitants of the Earth for the day of vengeance is at hand the Lord will stain the glory of all flesh Being written from the breathings of Life by a hand-maid of the Lord S. R. London Printed for Thomas Simmons 1661. I have a long time kept silence now will I write that I may be eased I will declare that I may be unburthened O You professors the Lord God in measure hath shewed me your states and conditions which is very bad and dangerous for you to go on in O you are all of you poasting the very way to Destructon a black day hangs over your heads you are all of you as people in the dark you are seeking the way of the Lord where it is not to be found O your wayes and doings are not good they are not according to the Truth of the Living God you have ayrie light vain spirits you speak of the things you know not you are like people who are dreaming of things and when the sleep is over behold it was not so you have gotten the shew or shadow of truth but the Substance you know not you are in the many wayes where no true peace is to be found but Rents and Divisions you have chosen lying vanities and you go on in the imaginations of your own hearts chusing that which the Lord hath no pleasure in but his Righteous Soul is vexed even from day to day O you barren Trees you cumber the ground leaves are found on you but no fruits at all The Lord God will shake off your Leaves and your Branches shall wither you shall have nothing left to cover your selves withal the very foundation shall be shaken whereon you stand then may you wish that the Mountains or Hills could hide you from the Wrath of the Lord God he will speedily avenge himself upon all the workers of Iniquity Therefore you stout-hearted men and women leave off doing that which is evil and repent make no delay for the time is short the day of the Lord God is at hand wherein all your wayes words works and actions are to be tryed of what profession so ever you are of the Lord will visit you he will prove all your wayes by Fire and there is nothing shall be able to stand in that day but that which is pure of God which hath known the day of burning and purifying by fire of such the second death shall have no power but all Professions which are out of the life and power of the truth of the living God such I say shall perish and die the Lord hath no pleasure in them they are as a loathsome thing which hath an ill savour in his nostrils O you Professors your many long prayers the Lord hath no regard unto your holy Sabbath Daies and your solemn feast-Feast-daies are as an Abominable thing the Lord hath no pleasure in them they are no more to him then if you offered Swines flesh or did cut off a Doggs neck the Lord is even wearied with your Sacrifices your hearts are unclean before him read Cain the Murderer which slew his Brother the just Abel who was born after the Spirit I say Cain which slew the just he brought also a Sacrifice and offered it unto the Lord even as Abel did whom the Lord had regard unto but unto Cain and to his off ring the Lord had no regard for the same Nature which slew the just one I say that same Nature can offer Sacrifices the same Nature which went out into the Transgression which was the first Nature I say the same Nature can Pray and sing and speak many great swelling Words but this the Lord hath no regard unto O why will you die why will you die Why will you stand out any longer Why will you put the day afar off Are you resolved through wilfulness to die in your sins hath not the Lord set good and evil before your eyes and will you still chuse the evil and despise the good O you Professors of the Town of Waymouth the Lord hath had a tender pitty towards you O your warnings hath been many by the Lords Servants and hand-maids but you have made it as a leight thing and you have called the Lords Messengers and Servants the Devils and some have said that the Devil sent them but the day will come when many of you shall say be made to confess that many of you have been warned from the Lord out of their mouths and many shall stand as witnesses in the day of God when his wrath shall be revealed against the unrighteousnesse of every man and woman I say in that day many shall stand as living witnesses against you because the Lord hath warned many of you out of their mouths although you have despised the reproof of the Lord and cast his Law and his Counsel behind your backs O may it not justly be said to you as the Lord said to a people in the daies of old because you would not receive my Counsel nor regard my repoof therefore the Lord said to that people he would laugh at their calamities and mock when fear cometh upon them Awake awake you who are asleep in security I say awake and come forth out of your graves the Lord our God is risen he hath sounded his Alarm to the Nations he hath uttered his voice to the ends of the Earth the remote Islands hath heared his sound the graves are opened and many dead bodies are raised to sing prayses to the Lord for ever and ever And now is the Lords own chosen remnant to be gathered in and now is he making up of his Jewels with whom he will dwell and he is chusing of a Peculiar people who shall worship him in spirit out of all Shews and Shadows Forms Customes and Traditions of men And all Forms and Customes and Shadows of things shall be laid wast I say it shall be laid wast the Lord God will do it his own mouth hath spoken it the day is at hand wherein our God will work Wonders I say the day is at hand wherein our God will work Wonders amongst the Children of men and amongst all that dwell on the Earth will he make known his Arm of strength and his Power shall be seen and his Miracles shall be made manifest to the view of all the Inhabitants of the Earth Babylons Merchants shall trade no more in that day their lying devinations shall cease the Lord will raise up Pastors and Teachers after his own heart such as

from your sins whilest you are here then I say to you all as I have received it from the Lord you shall never be made free from your sins at all but if you die in your sins you shall perish eternally in them For after death comes Judgement and in the Grave there is no Repentance and in the Pit remission of sins is not to be found Therefore I say it upon you in the fear of God all people what ever you are Professors or Prophance prize your time whilest you have it least repentance be hid from your eyes and darkness come upon you unawares for in the night none can work Man was made after the Image of God Created was he in purity and holinesse but when man disobeyed the Commandements of the Lord he lost his pure Image and so man became lyable to the wrath and curse of God and because man went out into the disobedience he was driven out from the presence of the Lord God now man is in the alienated estate in the separation gone from his Maker driven out from the presence of the Lord God man hath lost his dominion over the Creatures by breaking Gods holy Commandements and for mans Transgressions was the flaming sword placed in the midst of the Garden which turned every way to keep the way of the tree of Life the tree of Knowledge was the forbidden fruit mark all man-kind hath fallen in Adam the first man they have lost their Image they are in the Separation in the Alienated Estate gone from the Lord God quite driven out from his pure presence they have all fed upon the tree forbidden the tree of Knowledge which makes wise the Serpents meat is fed upon for which cause the ground was curst man is in the curst ground whilest he stands in the Alienation from God the curst nature stands in him it bears rule in him and hath dominion over him so that it leadeth him into Captivity to the law of sin and death Now all men and women who hath been in the fallen estate can never come to God again but as they posse through the flaming sword which God hath placed in the Garden to keep the way of the tree of life I speak near to the understandings of people that so if any are willing to be undeceived they may know and read what I say mark there is none I say can ever come to God again but as they come through the flaming sword the first forward nature which hath led all men and women into the separation from God must be slain by sire and sword the wrath of God must be known to passe upon the head of that Nature which led out into the Transgression there is nothing which is unclean or unholy that leads into the Separation must be kept alive that which is for the sword must be cut down by the sword and that which is for the fire must be destroyed by the fire of Gods wrath and vengeance and this I say whosoever comes to God again to have their Image renewed in the Kingdome of God must passe thorow great Troubles Tryals and Tribulations such as hath not been known since the World began till the old Nature which is the Image of the old man I say till that Nature is destroyed true peace is not to be known for saith Christ I came not to bring peace on the Farth but a sword first and sudden destruction and this sword maketh an end of sin and cuts down and destroyes the Devils Nature in men and women which hath long bore rule in their hearts and had the Dominion over them Now all you who are in the fallen estate try your deeds by the Light that your dark understandings may be opened come forth to the Lords Battel all you who are at ease in the flesh the battell is begun and the wo of the Lord is against all such who are at ease All upon your guard stand every man to his watch diligence is required of all people prove and see if any of you have known a day of slaughter upon the man of sin and if you have not known a day of slaughter upon the man of sin then I say to you all in Gods fear it is not safety for any of you to sit down satisfied or to give ease to your flesh till you know your iniquities forgiven you and your sins blotted out and removed and done away as a thick Cloud And this is to be done in man felt and witnest in man and woman the Marriage day is come wherein many are espoused to one Husband Christ Jesus the Lamb of life which taketh away the sins of the World he is become the Teacher of his people so that they need not another to teach them and here the woman is known to learn wisdome of her Husband at home and not to aske it of others the woman is to learn in silence of her Husband Christ the Husband and head of Male and Female he who was from everlasting to everlasting whose dayes are without beginning or ending and this is he which guides and rules all the Children of the day the babes begotten of God they cannot say the written word is their guide and rule but they know and witnesse him to guide and rule them which maketh an end of sin and destroyes the Devils works Wo to the false Teachers which teach lies and lead the people in an unknown path which the Lord God hath no pleasure in a bed of torments is prepared for them endlesse misery must come upon them unlesse they cease from deceiving the Lords people For truth sake I cannot rest and for the Seeds sake I cannot hold my tongue the Lord God hath spoken in me how can I keep silence He hath uttered his voice in me like a King going to the Battel the Instruments for war is already prepared the battel day is come the batte over all the whole earth that the Nations may know him come to reign whose right it is he that hath long been kept in bondage in a strange Land under a strange King the Lamb of life is he called the bright morning Star of David which giveth light to those that sat in darkness the Lamb of life shall reign as a King in Israel and all dark powers in Nations and Kingdoms shall bow and bend before him Nobles shall faint to see his Authority Kings shall be afraid when he appeareth to make known his power a day of shaking must come that many may see his Power Sions redemption draweth nigh let the little ones rejoyce deliverance must be known to the captives let the Babes sing for joy O land of Oppressors you which lie in wait for blood take heed to your wayes look to it the Lord God hath said it and it will assuredly come to passe I say the Lord God hath spoken it that he will sweep the land of oppressors the besom of destuction is in his hand he will make men know that there is a God in Israel he hath power to throw down root up scatter and destroy all that is not of his own building planting gathering or begetting the strength of man shall not hinder it the powers of darknesse death and hell nor the Grave shall not hinder it I will make my Miracles known saith the Lord God Almighty the Viols of my indignation will I swiftly pour out upon all that doth evil I will make my Miracles known amongst thousands I the Lord will stain the glory of man I the Lord will stain mans Glory I will dash the Pot sheards of the earth together one against another and they shall be broken to pieces and Bryars and Thorns must be burnt up who are standing together in battel against the Lord God of the whole earth Wo to the Inhabitants of the Earth and of the Sea for the Devil is come down in a rage and hath but a short time to Reign THE END