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An invitation of love, to all who hunger and thirst after righteousness, to come and take of the water of life freely without money and without price with a word of advice to such as are asking the way to Sion (and are weeping) with their faces thither-ward : together with a faithful warning to the inhabitants of Babylon, to come out of her, lest (partaking of her sins) ye also come to partake of her plagues / by Isabel Yeamans.
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Yeamans, Isabel.
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which is the Way of Life as one well experienced and testified in his day The Commandment is a LAMP and the Law is LIGHT and the Reproofs of Instruction THE WAY OF LIFE Prov. 6.23 This is that Lamp and that Light of which David testified saying Thy Word is a Lamp unto my Feet and a Light unto my Paths Psalm 119.105 He also said The Law of the Lord is perfect converting the Soul and is that Word of which he said Wherewithal shall a Young Man cleanse his Wayes by taking heed thereto according to thy Word Which Word Light Law Lamp Grace Spirit c. with many other Names and Denominations are one and the same in nature and quality though proceeding from the holy Spirit and Power in the holy Men of God under several Names and Appellations according to the various Effects Dispensations Manifestations and Operations of it in their Hearts as when it manifesteth unto man the Evil of his Wayes it is properly called Light and as it judgeth and condemneth for Sin and Evil it may be called a Law-giver and a Judge c. this is able to deliver and set free from the Power of Sin and Death and to bring lost man to God again It was sufficient under every Dispensation for the Recovery and Salvation of Mankind as it was obeyed and believed in by which the Righteous Seed and Holy Men of God found Acceptance with the Lord and knew that they pleased him and walked with him as Enoch did and were made perfect as Abraham was to whom the Lord said Walk thou before me and be thou perfect Gen. 17.1 But is now manifested in these latter days in a more Glorious and Evangelical Appearance wherein the Lord has fulfilled his Promise of old and is pouring forth of his Spirit upon all Flesh and is causing his Sons and his Daughters to prophesie and to declare of his wondrous Works and now Christ Jesus is manifesting himself in his inward and spiritual Appearance of Light in the Hearts and Consciences of all men who is come a Light into the World that whosoever believes on him might not perish but have Everlasting Life and in this Manifestation of his Spirit he is calling and inviting the Sons and Daughters of men Behold says he I stand at the Door and knock if any man hear any Voice and open unto me I will come in and sup with him and he with me Rev. 3.20 It is the Voice of my Beloved that knocks saying Open unto me for my Head is filled with Dew and my Locks with the Drops of the Night Song of Sol. 5.2 The Disobedient and Rebellious will not entertain him in their Hearts but he is pierced by their Iniquities and as a Lamb slain without their Door and as killed all the day long as to them though in himself he lives to judge them He made his Grave with the Wicked and with the Rich in his Death Isa 53.9 But the Lord beholds the Proud afar off who think they know enough and are fat and full and want nothing when they are miserable and naked and bare and want all things but the Humble he teacheth and dwells with the Contrite in Heart for it is in the Heart and Consciences of Men and Women where he ought to dwell and it is his Prerogative to sway the Scepter there although the old Usurper of Authority called the Devil and Satan by his Stratagems and Insinuations has gotten a large Room and open Entertainment in the Hearts of the Children of Disobedience so that the Inn is taken up with other Guests the vain Delights and Pleasures of the World and no room is left to entertain the Lord of Glory but he is as laid in the Manger and turned out of Doors and his small Appearance sleighted and rejected by the Ungodly But now is the Prince of Peace come and is arising in his gloryous Power to dis-throne the grand Enemy of man's Happiness and to discover his many Snares Baits and Temptations which he has laid suitable to the Propensity and Inclination of the Creature to betray the Simple-minded and to draw forth the Heart and Affections after his Inventions thereby to enslave and imbondage the Creature in Sin and Iniquity and to plunge it therein until the Custom of it comes to take away the sense of the Evil of it and then perswades the poor Captive There is no Freedom from it nor no Perfection to be attained on this side the Grave and here he labours to keep them under his Power whilst in this Life knowing that after Death Judgment comes and as the Tree falls so it lies and that there is no Repentance in the Grave and here he obtains his End which is the Eternal Destruction of Men and Womens Souls for he laid the Foundation of his Kingdom in the Heart of Man and Woman by a Lye through which Sin entred and by which he upholds his Kingdom to this day in all the Disobedient and Rebellious But in the Light of Christ Jesus which discovers all the Deeds of Darkness is he clearly seen and his rotten Foundation which was grounded upon a Lye begins now to shake and reel and the Down-fall of his Kingdom is now seen to approach by them whose Eyes the Lord has opened But as for those who despise this Inward and Evangelical Appearance of Light and Grace and call it Natural or the Check of a Natural Conscience and a thing Insufficient though obeyed to Salvation nay many will not stick to call it Dia bolical whoever they be that are in this state I am bold to affirm and testifie That the same Power call it what they will that secretly checks and reproves for Sin and Evil in the Cansciences of Men and Women the same in the Day of Account shall set the Sins of the Wicked and Disobedient in order before their Eyes and shall be their Judge in that Day and as a Stone that shall grind them to Powder and on the contrary to those that love it and obey it will be the Joy Comfort and Everlasting Salvation of their Immortal Souls Now the Reason why people hate the Light is very evident from Christ's own words who saith This is the Condemnation that Light is come into the World and men love Darkness rather than Light because their Deeds are Evil for every one that doth Evil hateth the Light neither cometh to the Light lest his Deeds should be repreved John 3.19 20. But he that doth Truth loves the Light and brings his Deeds to it that they may be proved and tryed that they are wrought in God Now the Serpent in his Subtilty is the same at this day that he was in the Beginning who in direct Opposition to the Command of God told Adam and Eve That in the day they did eat of the Forbidden Fruit they should Not surely dye but should be as Gods knowing Good and Evil and here was the Temptation laid under the presentation
Observations Dayes and Times and who shall have the greatest Wages as did those whom Christ called into the Vineyard who gives Liberally without upbraiding a Reward answerable to every ones Desert he is just and righteous in giving true Measure and full Weight and will reckon truly with every one and will bring all thy Deeds and Actions into thy Remembrance If his Witness in thy Conscience justifie thee then may'st thou with Courage Boldness and Joy appear before him but if it condemn thee then God is greater who will in no wise hold thee guiltless in his sight And the sluggish idle and negligent Servants shall be clothed with the Rags of old Adam and their Nakedness and Poverty will appear unto all For when Adam and Eve had sinned they saw their Nakedness and not before for then they were naked and strip'd of that Garment and Covering of Innocency wherewith the Lord had clothed them at the first and then they went to work and made for themselves Coverings of Fig-leaves which was but a mean Covering instead of the Garments of Innocency and Holiness which the Lord had put upon them And how insident is it unto fallen Man and Woman to make Unrighteous Coverings for Sin and as Adam after Transgression did to hide themselves under the Thickets and Shades of Excuses and Pretences But the Lord will rip off all such Coverings and Pretences and We from him is pronounced against such as are covered and not with his Spirit that they may add Sin unto Sin Isa 30.1 But now is the Everlasting Comforter come the Spirit of Truth which leads the Believers and the Obedient into all Truth of whom it is written on this wise as a signal Token and to give full Assurance that it is he who was promised When he is come he will reprove the World of Sin of Righteousness and of Judgment of Sin because they believe not in me of Righteousness because I go to my Father and ye see me no more of Judgment because the Prince of this World is judged John 16.8 9 10 11. Therefore arise stand up and make haste you who have been idle and come into the Vineyard and Work of the Lord who gives Light unto all whereby they may see what is the Work of the Day and what is required of them for when the Night comes no man can work for God Therefore follow Christ the Anointed of God who is given for a Leader and a Commander unto the People who is Jesus the Peaceable Saviour who leads his People out of and saves them from their Sins he has been sleighted despised and set at nought by the Wise Master Builders but unto a Remnant is he become the Head Stone of the Corner Chosen of God Elect and Precious unto all those who have received him and believed on him He is that Stone which Daniel saw cut out of the Mountain without Hands and is now growing great and shall fill the whole Earth and is striking at the Feet of the great Image and Images and the power of the Dragon Beast False Prophet is coming down apace and Mystery Bobylon the Great Whore and Mother of Harlots is now discovered who has ridden upon the Beast which by his power has defended her and has made the Nations drunk with the Wine of her Fornication which she had hold forth in her Golden Cup who hath this Inscription written in her Fore-head Mystery Babylon the Great the Mother of Harlots and Abominations of the Earth Rev. 17.5 This Whore the False Church has gone a Whoring from the Life and Power of God and from Christ Jesus the Ground the Apostles and primitive Church of God was built And this false Church is that great Whore which John saw sit upon the Waters which are Nations Multitudes Tongues and People who are not mis-parallel'd to Waters because through the drinking of the Whore's Cup they are become unstable and wavering in their Minds and Judgments and hence did arise Confusion like a troubled Sea and great Combustions which ended in Bloodshed and Murder and the Beast upon which John saw the Woman sit became Scarlet coloured and he saw the Woman drunk with the Blood of the Saints and with the Blood of the Martyrs of Jesus that has been shed from Age to Age and cryes in the Ears of the Lord for Vengeance who will judge and avenge the Righteous Cause of the Faithful Followers of the Lamb with whom the Dragon Beast and False Prophet have made War because they have kept the Commandments of God and have the Testimony of Jesus But they overcame by the Blood of the Lamb and by the Word of their Testimony and they loved not their Lives unto Death These are they who are not defiled with Women but have come through great Tribulation and have made white their Garments in the Blood of Jesus And we know the Lamb shall have the Victory And he will overturn overturn until he come to reign whose Right it is whose Kingdom is an Everlasting Kingdom and whose Dominion endures throughout all Generations and the Kingdoms of this World shall become the Kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ and he shall Reign forever and ever Rev. 11.15 And Desolation and sudden Destruction is coming upon Babylon the great City of Confusion and all her Inhabitants and Merchants who have enriched themselves by trading in her Wares and with her Costliness shall weep and wail because no man buyeth them any more and they shall stand afar off for fear of her Torment and east Dust on their Heads and say Alas alas the Great City wherein were made Rich all that had Ships on the Sea by her Costliness for in one Hour she is made desolate Rev. 18.15 19. And the Lord will dry up the Tongue of the Aegyptian Sea and all the goodly Buildings and pleasant Pictures which men in their fallen Wisdom and sensual Inventions have been erecting and setting up must now be broken down and demolished by those Weapons which are not Carnal but Spiritual and mighty through God to the bringing down the strong Holds of Satan the Prince of Darkness And those whom the Lord has deliver'd out of this spiritual bondage and from under the Aegyptian Task-masters and has open'd their Eyes to behold their miserable Estate and the great Desolation that is coming upon them who are yet in this City whose rotten Foundation is tottering and ready to fall They cannot but call unto them and cry Haste haste and escape for your Lives out of Babylon and flee to the City of Refuge as just Lot did at the Warning and Call of the Angel of the Lord to haste out of Sodom and flee to the little City Zoar and how soon after was Sodom destroyed with Fire and Brimstone and how eminently was the Arm and Power of the Lord manifested in preserving his People to wit Lot and his Family in that day who smote the Sodomites which pursued his