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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80254	The Companions of good consciences: or an appeal of moderation, justice, and equity, or righteousnesse, peace and love (unfolded in the law of God and nature) to the consciencs [sic] of all, both high and low, rich and poor, of all societies and opinions, amoung all nations. With their mournful lamentation over the unrighteousnesses of men. Wherein men may as in a looking-glasse behold themselves, whether they bear the image of God in their power, places, judgments and callings; or the image of the Divel; for his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of righteousness and obedience &c. to salvation: or of injustice, pride, envie and deceit, &c. to damnation. Herein the God of justice hath said, the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it, every one shall be recompenced according to his deeds done in the flesh, whether good or evil. Where then, Lord, shall the unjust, the oppressor, the proud, the covetous, the envious, and all manner of unrighteousness appear? Take it effectually to thy heart.		1653 (1653)	Wing C5582; Thomason E710_17; ESTC R207193	7,978	15

over and above all his works beholding both the evill and the good behold such men with the eye of wrath who in judgment respect the person of the mighty and powerful Note thereby doing wrong Verily therefore that man whether private person or publike Judge that shall indeavour to subvert a mans right or shall act to the destroying of a mans life or livelihood upon the ground of any private Interest grudge malice or discontent or through fear or affection shall act in or condescend to any such Act not being clearly and manifestly according to the Law of Righteousness published in the everlasting Gospel of truth such men are declared to be no other then theeves and murtherers who having not the Law of Equity in the fear of the Lord before their eyes Hear tremble yee unjust Judges of the earth lest in eternitie you remain guiltie of perishing from the presence of his face shutting the counsel and word of Eternal life out of their hearts have also no Inheritance in the righteous Kingdom of God nor part nor portion with Christ the Lord for no unrighteousness nor unrighteous person shall enter thereinto according to the Scripture against whom the Spirit of the Lord doth signifie that the ways Acts and Actions of all such unjust men are an abomination in his sight and that bloud shall be the portion of blood thirsty men For Vengeance is mine and I will repay saith the Lord. Wherefore O Mortal man if CHRIST be thy LORD embrace his Righteousness be not pufft up with an imagination of thine own Wisdom Prudence Judgment Note The Wisdom of men to circumvent and encrease a man in life or livelihood is it w th is enmity against God against the Love and simplicity of CHRIST or Understanding but know this that you are in the hands of the most high God even as clay in the hands of the Potter and if the hand of the LORD be but once stretched forth against you or his wrath never so little kindled may not your condition in a moment be as Nebuchadnezzars or may not that visible form of yours which hath but a short breathing in the common air be in the twinkling of an eye dissolved into dust and you become a worm and no more man Let then foresightfulness and Moderation be the forerunner of your Judgment Note or else your Judgment will end in Injustice therefore let heaven and earth bear Record and Witness before the Righteous God and just Judge of all his earth that the process of Christian Judgment in the true Evangelical administration of the Law of Right described by the LORD CHRIST is not obscured from your eyes If therefore you atract to your soul the guilt of innocent bloud by accusing or condemning unjustly then will the bloud of Innocence be upon you and your Posterity Note Cursed are they who seeing will not see and hearing will not hear but will blind the eyes of conscience if and stop its ears from the dictates thereof that Judgment may be perverted to their own wils and the holy Law of the Lord lye trod under foot Therefore O man set not thy Wit thy Wisdom thy Subtilty thy will nor thy Power thy Understanding nor thy Judgment in opposition to the reasonings of a good conscience whereby the hearts of men become hardned and their eyes blinded from the true light of the Christian life but let thy conscience free to the voice and dictates of Gods Spirit which will shew unto thee O man if thou wilt hearken thereunto and obey it the thing which is right and good acceptable and well pleasing in the sight of the Lord which thou shalt find comprehended in that golden Rule of Righteousness by the upright Judg of Truth and Equity even the perfect Lawgiver the LORD of Life for a Statute and Law to all Nations how much more to be observed by those who call themselves Christians That all men in the fear of the LORD should do to other men as they would that men should do to them and that they should so judge of other men as they themselves would be judged for saith the Just One with the same measure ye mete to others Note it shall be measured to you again verily the mouth of the Lord that created thee hath spoken it who beleeve it cannot lye this therefore is the way walk therein so may thy seed and childrens children after thee O Man have a right to the promised blessing made to the righteous through all the generations of the earth and thy soul shall be established in Peace at thy appearance before the judge of all flesh to give an account of thy Stewardship Remember that the wages of all manner of unrighteousness is death and that the reward of envy oppression violence Note He whose Conscience blinded perverted or hardned it is because of his lusts in whom the God of this would the Prince of unrighteousness and worker of revenge in him hath power and dominion pride bloud-thirstiness c. is attended with the severe wrath of a just and righteous God either in the hardned or in the awakened Consciences of men before whose presence all the Powers Princes Rulers or Nations are but as a drop in the bucket or as a dust in the balance which wrath of the almighty God every moment hangeth over and about the impious the unjust and unrighteous mans head where-ever he is or in whatever he acteth the same devouring wrath of the Almighty is always ready to execute the judgment and vengeance written and declared upon and against all unrighteousness and against the false and hypocritical righteousness and against all which with-hold Gods most pure Laws and everlasting Truth mind and will in unrighteousness Even so Come Lord Jesus come quickly for if thou delayest at thy appearing Lord shalt thou find Faith or Truth Peace or Love Righteousness or Justice Temperance or Long-suffering Mercy or Patience upon the Earth From a Well-wisher to the Peace and Tranquility of all the generation of mankind especially to the houshold of Faith and Love Create in Men O LORD a new HEART And renew a right Spirit within them To them who are not defiled with a blind deaf or hardened Conscience but that have an Eye to see and an Eare to hear and an heart to compassionate and bear each others burthens so fulfilling the Royal Law of Christ. O Ye Men of Good-will and Moderate minded ones that are Lovers of Righteousness Peace and Love that are in your selves Haters and Despisers of Injustice Arrogancy Hypocrisie Envy Deceit Variance Bloodshed and Covetousness Take ye up a Lamentation and cease not until Righteous bear the Rule in the seats of Judgment and Peace Mercy and Love obtain a Triumph and Victory in Mens hearts for who knoweth but that your sighs and tears may prevail before Heaven and among men and suddenly turn to your rejoycing that your generations

THE COMPANIONS OF GOOD CONSCIENCES OR AN Appeal of MODERATION JUSTICE and EQUITY OF RIGHTEOUSNESSE PEACE and LOVE Unfolded in the Law of God and Nature To the Consciences of all both High and Low Rich and Poor of all Societies and Opinions among all Nations With their Mournful Lamention over the unrighteousnesses of men WHEREIN Men may as in a looking-glasse behold themselves whether they bear the Image of God in their Power Places Judgments and Callings or the image of the Divel For his servants ye are whom ye obey whether of righteousness and obedience c. to salvation or of injustice pride envie and deceit c. to damnation Herein the God of Justice hath said the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it Every one shall be recompenced according to his deeds done in the flesh whether good or evil Where then Lord shall their Vnjust the Oppressor the Proud the Covetous the Envious and all manner of Vnrighteousness appear Take it effectually to thy heart London Printed for Giles Calvert 1653. May it not be said of a Truth Whosoever despiseth the least of these and acteth and teacheth men otherwise Note it were better that a milstone were hanged about his neck and that he were thrown into the midst of the Sea Wherefore O ye Companions of good Consciences consider and ye Messengers of glad Tidings to Men of good will Go ye into the Country Cities Towns Villages and Habitations of this Land appear ye if possible in the hearts and hands of the mighty and powerfull ones in the hearts and heads of the Judges Officers and Rulers thereof in the hearts and lives of Superiours and Inferiours of the rich and poor appear ye in and among all people of all sorts knowledges and opinions declare and publish the everlasting Gospel infolded in your blessed and upright nature of Righteousness Peace and Love recorded and testified in the sacred Scriptures of our Lord Christ the Prophets and Apostles whosoever heareth and obeyeth that soul shall live and his life shall be precious in the sight of the Lord but whosoever disobeyeth resisteth regardeth not the same or hardneth his heart his name shall be rooted out of the land of the living for the Creation of God doth mourn over every mans unrighteousness and the earth doth grone being burthened with the disobedient man whose body is a habitation for foul noysome and unclean spirits therefore verily verily it will be easier for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of Gods just judgment then for thee O England and thy off-spring If thou resist neglect despise or refuse the profered grace of the most high once spoken from heaven but now made manifest before thy heart and conscience the life of Righteousness Peace and Love Heaven and earth shall pass away but not one Iota or tittle of thy pure Word and upright Lawes O LORD GOD everlasting shall not pass away unfulfilled Be it O LORD from thy servants and handmaids according to thy Word and Will Saith the Scripture the Divels believe and tremble where then LORD shall that man appear or in what monstrous shape shall he stand in the presence of everlasting burnings whose life is not herewith reformed or whose conscience is not once moved or pricked at the Doctrine of thy Righteousness Let the earth which beareth him and the air wherein he doth breath bear witness against him before the seat of thy Judgment To him that hath power among men to plead and to do right or to him that is ordained a Ruler and a Judg for the punishment of Evil Doers and the praise of them that do Well Behold the words and counsels of the Lord by the mouth of his Prophet Samuel 2 Sam. 23.3 c The God of Israel said the God of Israel spake to me He that ruleth over men must be just ruling in the fear of God O Man honoured and in power among the sons of men raised up out of the dust of the earth by the power of the Almighty to be a living Creature that you might serve your Creator in this your generation not in Hyprocrisie but in Righteousness and true Holiness For thy sake O mortal man this hand-writing is ordained and published to thy view if possible to withdraw your mind with the cords of Gods unspotted Righteousness from the Acts of all Injustice and from the Guilt of Innocent blood or if it takes not places in thy soul that then in the day of Inquisition for works of Unrighteousness and for shedding innocent blood you may appear before the Pure and Just Majesty of God Angels and holy Saints without excuse Resist not resist not the voice of the Spirit of the Most High which forewarneth all people and Nations of the earth of their duty before the judgments and wrath intended be executed against them that they might obey saying To day even in this very moment if you will hear his voice harden not your hearts as many in power have done who have tempted the Lord of Life and Glory by Oppression Partiality Violence Cruelty Bloodshed c. on whom the Great and Righteous God hath recompenced as his enemies Indignation Blood and Destruction and hath given to many of them to taste the bitter cup which they in their unrighteousness have filled for others whereby many of them are and remain unto this day a scorn a contempt and a derision upon the face of Gods earth Wherefore O man uncloath thine Immortal soul from the corrupted Garments of all false Righteousness and appear in the Righteousness or Righteousness Life of JESUS CHRIST in the place of thy Judicature that the Truth and the Law of the LORD may proceed out of thy mouth hand in hand and not the Law of men Lusts in true and upright Judgment Disrobe thy self from Envy Malice Pride base Ends and Covetousness whereby in the Seat of Judgment the good Law of Justice is perverted and the true plain simple dealing and upright meaning therein circumvented and no further prosecuted then to serve the base self-Interest and corrupted wills of high and lofty spirited men Listen then O man with a right Christian mind to the secret voyce of the sacred Spirit of the most High and let it enter and pierce through and through thy most inward and hidden secret part untill it hath purified the living spark of thy immortall soul from all injustice and blood thirstiness Note which the water that washed the hands of Pilate could not do Remember then that the protection of the innocent from violence and oppression Note the distribution and ministration of Justice to Superiours and Inferiours ought in the sight of heaven to be executed without respect of persons Else O man remember thou art an unrighteous Judge in the seat of thy judgment Note which thou canst not hide from the through searching all-seeing eye of God therefore will be that formed thee and me even the preserver of men whose eyes are