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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27130	Iacob is become a flame and the house of Esav stubble, or, The battail betwixt Michael and the dragon in which the seed of the woman is bruising the serpents head, and Cain the first birth ... is found the vagabond, and Abel and Abraham ... the friends of God : being a true discovery of the two seeds or births between which the enmity is put, the time and day being come in which the elder must serve the younger : with a few words to the priests, Bishops, Episcopal-men, and professors of this last age, and a short warning to the rulars and inhabitants of the earth.	Bayly, William, d. 1675.	1662 (1662)	Wing B1530; ESTC R27128	18,671	21

and contend in the same nature that matters not while you are in the spirit of Pride and enmity which is of the Devil your Sacrifice is not accepted of the Righteous holy God but is unto him as an odious smoak of Brimstone in the Nostrills of a man and your Church so called is not the body of Christ Jesus the Lambs wife but of the great whore which hath drank the blood of the Saints living in pleasures wantonness pride scornfulness disdain flattery deceit and vanity with your tongues at Liberty out of Gods fear in wrath and envy lust and malitiousness swearing cursing and corrupt communication rioting and sporting and all manner of ungodliness these are not the fruits of Gods spirit in which he is only worshiped nor graces of Christs Church but the Whores night garments for the Christians were and are to abstain from all appearance of evil and to waite upon God through his power to be sanctified throughout in body soul and spirit hating even the garment spotted with the flesh against which work the Serpent and his seed in all Ages have set themselves and took counsel together and made Laws and decrees even to hinder the appearance growth and Dominion of the Righteous seed and Image of God which is Christ in his people in all generations the seed of the woman which is brusing the Serpents head Therefore All ye Rulers Priests Bishops Lip-professors and people who are gainsayers of the light the truth the way of God in his people and are persecutors opposers proud wanton disdainful wild scornful and rebellious against Gods witness that lets you see your evil deeds and vain conversation and all you swearers and drunkards lyers envious unbeleiving whoremongers hypocrites whores sorcerers fearful and abominable you are all without without are dogs the biters and every one that loveth and maketh a Lye Hear this you that oppose the power of the pure dreadful God and its mighty works amongst the children of men which he hath begun in his people called Quakers it is too weighty for you it shall break you to peices and confound you its Gods work you oppose and not mans and if you say in your hearts you will make us bow before you have done with us I tell you nay God hath raised a seed in us of his own life and Image can ye not understand which can never bow to unrighteousness Idolatry hypocricy and deceit but stand in the Royal power and Authority of the Living God bearing testimony against it and fear not him that can but kill the body and after that hath power to do no more but is in the pure fear dread and terrible power of the Almighty God who hath raised it up compassing it about as a wall of fire and you can never quench it for it is that love which is stronger then death that is shed abroad in our hearts blessed is the man that heareth beleiveth and receiveth it therefore it is imposible for you to prevaile against it unless you could prevaile against God or were stronger then him then might you hinder his handy works and mighty wonders which he hath determined to bring to pass in these last days for let me tell you the Kings Rulers Priests Bishops for to you now am I speaking and that from the eternal God of Heaven that you are at this day verily opposing the great weighty work of God which he will accomplish none shall be able to hinder verily you shall as easily pluck the Sun Moon and Stars out of the Firmament in which the living God hath set them by his power and orders them by his wisdome as stop hinder or fustrate the decree or purpose of God concerning his people and their Enemies in these last days For the day is come of which his former Prophets have prophesied and declared that in the last days he would poure out of his spirit upon his sons and daughters and they should prophecy But this is a strange work which you cannot understand as it is witten many shall be tryed purified and made white but the wicked will do wickedly and none of the wicked shall understand but the wise shall understand who are in that wisdom which the fear of the Lord is the beginning of And in the day when the proud were called happy them that tempted God were even delivered did some fear the Lord and met often together and thought upon his name for when a book of remembrance was written before the Lord and they shall be mine saith God I will spare them as a man spareth his son that serveth him though men will not spare them who are servants of the Devil and is not this the day ye this is the day even the notable day the great and dreadful day in which the mighty God will cut short his work in Righteousness and because of this Nations shall be distressed and in great perplexity the Sea shall roar and mens hearts shall faile them for fear and for looking after those things which are coming upon the Earth and men shall walk like blind men because of their Rebellion against God and God shall send his Plagues upon the Earth like showers of Hail even Sword and Famine and Pestilence and Earthquakes and dreadful Thunderings upon the head of the wicked and all flesh shall faile before him and the Mountains shall quake at his presence for the terible God shall roar out of Sion and utter his voice in Ierusalem and the earth shall tremble and pain shall take hold of the ungodly as a woman in travail and they shall not escape Therefore seek not to get ease and covering by your unrighteous decrees against the Saints of the most high God or by afflicting and abusing them for we whom you have thus dealt with are his chosen Generation his Royal preisthood his peculiar people zealous of good works whose cause he will plead with all flesh and there is not a man upon the face of the whole earth that God hath respect unto or his offering but in this seed of Abraham which is Christ in us which he hath raised to offer up living sacrifices acceptable in his sight for the sacrifice of the wicked is abomination to him and there are but two seeds roots or grounds as I have said from whence all good and evil springs the one is the seed of Gods own sowing which is now arising to spread over the whole earth even the Plant of Righteousness Truth and Equity and the other is the seed of Enmity against God his truth and people and this is the seed of evil doers which shall never be renowned And the son of God is come the seed of Renown and hath given us an understanding that we know him that is true and are in him that is true and we know him that is false and out of the truth and we know God only is to be worshiped and the Devil denyed

persecutions cruel mockings imprisonments and drawing before Judgement seats should like Abraham in obedience to the voice of the Lord God of our fathers go out of our own Countrys not knowing whether we went even we who are called Quakers that tremble at his word yet we are no Vagabonds but obedient children and servants of the most high God of power and compassions before whom all Nations shall bow and tremble Therefore be awakened all ye Rulers and Inhabitants of the Earth and consider these things and be not rash heady nor high minded nor hasty to give heed to false reports or to fulfil the lusts and wills of envious wrathful and ambitious men or to lay hands suddenly or violently on any without just cause but be meek patient and sober and search out the truth of causes and controversies and consider the Scriptures before written for the people of the living God are at this day strangers and Pilgrims in the Earth as all our fathers were Therefore fear God and be very careful heeding the light his witness in you which lets you see between good and evil for some have entertained Angles unawares Heb. 13.2 Be wise thererore now O ye Kings and Rulers and be instructed and learn Righteousness ye that be Juddges of the Earth and serve the God with fear and trembling least his anger be wholly kindled against you and then you perish from the way of everlasting peace and happyness I am a lover of the Holy God and good men of truth mercy and Righteousness and am w●y●ing in the spirit of Love and patience for the Resurrection of the dead that the Righteous and holy seed may arise and come into Rule and Dominon in and through the whole Creation called VVilliam Bayly THe decree of God the first Birth is to slay That all its fruits and Offspring might decay Which hath sild the Earth with Pride and Violence Even like the Plague and grevious Pestilence The zeal of God against it now doth burn Which will consum 't in Iacobs blest return For the first born of Egypt must be brought To death who hath the seconds mischeif sought Which now must rule the Nations with his Rod Though Cain may flee and build i' th Land of Nod Yet there his hand will finde him out again Then endless will be his punishment and pain And all that came from the first Birth must go In 't Condemnation and eternal woe Which caus'd the wrath of God on earth to come Therefore its great destruction is the Sun Of what the Prophets by past have declar'd That Babylon no longer should be spar'd But Vengeance on her head should poured be That all her Plagues and nakedness may see And by her Torments learn for to amend Least furious Plagues again on them he send For with his sword hee 'l cut down Ceadars tall And with great noyse Now Babylon must fall And all her Merchants they shall weep and wail For God will neither leave her head nor tail And hee 'l not spare his Arrows for to spend Till of her seed h' hath made a final end All flesh shall fail all knees shall feeble be The Joynts and Loyns of men now loos'd you 'l see The Earth shall reel the Mountains they shall quake Because God pleads with them for his Seeds sake These things are neer and hasten they do now The time is come that Nations all must bow To him that 's born who must the Scepter sway And bring to dust what stands against his way His Name is Light his burthen is so to Easy his Yoak to those who life for-goe And in his Name sake and in his will can rest These are the Souls that are for ever blest But as for them that will not he should Reign The time draws neer in which they must be slain Amen Ha le lu jah W. B Babylon the Great is fallen is fallen and become the habitation of Devils Revel 18. THE END

though he might rage storme and persecute or promise all the Glory Kingdoms and pleasures of this world to be bowed unto or worshiped yet the Royal seed cannot give glory to another therefore would the Devil like his son Haman have him destroyed out of the world in which he himself hath been worshiped as God blinding and vailing the minde of mankind from the true knowledge and understanding of the noble seed the heir whose right it is alone to Reigne and he must Reigne now till all his enemies are trampled under his feet the Lord hath spoken it to whom be all Honour Worship Glory Dominion Praise Thanks-giving and Eternal songs of deliverance and Redemptions over all Heaven and Earth Halelujah Amen ALL you Bishops Prelates Preists Episcopal men or any other that are professing God Christ and Scriptures and are offering Sacrifice in your own wills and time and places out of the fear and counsel and wisdome of God This is the word of the Lord God you and your Sacrifices are not accepted in his sight but are Abomination unto him even iniquity and Idolatry and all your prayers singings preachings fastings feastings and roarings enters not into the ears of the Lord God of Sabboths but is a smoak in his nostrils all the day long and all your Sacrifices and Sacraments as you call them are not better in the sight of the pure living God of Heaven then if you cut off a Dogs neck or offered Swines blood for it is so you offer Swines blood and not the blood of the Lamb without spot the acceptable seed and the broth of Abominable things which the Lord abhors is in your Vessels if you have ears to hear hear you offer Swines blood the life of the Swine the greedy devourer that lives in your dwellings in which the Devils is entered and you are running violently down the steep place and you will perish among the waters if you Repent not and turn speedily the Lord hath spoken it Therefore hear hear you that are offering Sacrifice and prayers called Common and are in your will Worships and feigned humility never commanded of God though you make a great noyse with your Organs and Sacraments and Surplices and Tippits and Girdles and tables and fingings and pipings and ringings and the like it s all but as the hidious howling of a Dog at midnight whilst you live in lusts envy pride coveteousness coveteousness and unrighteousness and no more accepted of the Righteous holy just God then Cains was the Vagabond who slew his brother being in the same nature and ground of malice and wickedness and God hath set a mark upon you as upon Cain which shall never be blotted out unless you turn and be converted from that root and sink down in your minds to the righteous suffering seed in you which never had fellowship in these things in which you are thus excercised but reproves you in secret for sin and lets you see the evil and vanity of your ways For while you do evil sin lyeth at your door and your prayers and Sacrifices do not enter into the acceptance of the holy God for God heareth not sinners but if any man be a Worshiper of God and doth his will him he heareth but none worships God but them 〈◊〉 worship him in spirit and in truth even in that spirit which you dayly greive and provoke with your abominations and Sacrifices and Oblations sinning and superstitions which he is weary to bear of which he will shortly ease himself and of you also if you proceed in these things which never came into his mind to commend or require at your hands Therefore hear and consider and fear and tremble before the just God of power who is arisen to plead with you about these things and will reprove you for your words worships and Sacrifices feigned imitations which are without the true knowledge darkening the Counsel of God in your own selves and others whereby his pure way of life and truth is not heeded but evil spoken of and his Eternal Counsel by you is not understood which is to stand still in the Light of Christ Jesus the Saviour and not will nor run but as led and guided by it which leads out of all unrighteousness into soberness goodness equity all truth it will let you see if you are quiet in your minds that the jealous God of holiness hath no fellowship nor delight in your ways of superstition and wickedness but secretly saith Returne returne this is not your rest for it is poluted but and if you will not hear and come into the still waters of Shiloah which run saftly but will still ride upon Horses even go on in the strength of your wills in your great noyse of false worships ways Sacrifices and ungodliness then they that persue you even the Judgements of God shall be very swift against you faith the Lord God of Hosts This is your warning and visitation as shall be witnessed whether you hear or forbear Some occasional Queries concerning a Vagabond 1. Qu. VVHether the ground of being a Vagabond be the want of an outward Inheritance Habitation or earthly riches or certain dwelling place in the Earth as some have said yea or nay if yea then how was Cain as a Vagabond seeing he was a Rich man and had an Inheritance and certain dwelling place in the Earth who builded a City and called it after the name of his son Gen. 4. 2. Qu. And if the want of an outward Inheritance or certain dwelling place in the Earth be the only ground of being a Vagabond then whether Abraham was a Vagabond when he went out of his own Country not knowing whether he went having not so much ground as to set his foot on of whom it is written he is called the freind of God Acts 7. Heb. 11. For there hath been a great noise in the World amongst the Rich and great men and professors thereof in these latter days saying if you cannot give an account of your certain dwelling place habitation or place of aboad in the earth we account you as Vagabonds and wanderers and Rogues and you must be prosecuted against as such by our Law Ordinace or Act of Parliament or the like which if they have such a Law that doth Iudge conclude such to be Vagabonds as have no certain dwelling place in the earth that this in their account is the ground of being a Vagabond then marke how far this Law will reach 3. Qu. Whether it will not reach as far in this case as did the Scribs and Pharisees the Jews Law to the son of God who said we have a Law and by our Law he ought to dye for said Christ the Foxes have holes such as Herod and the fowles of the Aire have nests of whome the Devil is Ruler but the son of man hath no where to lay his head Now this Law taks hold of him and of Abraham his freind