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A28896 A warning from the Lord God out of Sion who is mighty and terrible sounded forth unto the inhabitants of the city of Worcester and of the towns and villages round about them, and may serve to the nation in general ... / by a follower of the Lamb ... known among men by the name of Edw. Bourne. Bourne, Edward, d. 1708. 1660 (1660) Wing B3849; ESTC R30851 8,554 17

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A WARNING FROM THE LORD GOD out of SION who is Mighty and Terrible Sounded forth unto the INHABITANTS Of the City of VVORCESTER And of the TOWNS and VILLAGES round about them And may serve to the Nation in general that they may hear and fear and repent and turn to the Lord with their whole hearts Lest the overflowing Scourge come and sweep them into the Pit from whence there will be no Deliverance By a Follower of the Lamb who makes War with the Sword of his Mouth known amongst men by the Name of EDW. BOVRNE Revel 9.20 21. And the rest of the men which were not killed with these Plagues repented not of the works of their own hands that they should not worship Devils and Idols of gold and silver and brasse and stone and wood which neither can see nor hear Neither repented they of their Murders nor of their Sorceries nor of their Fornications nor of their Thefts LONDON Printed for Robert Wilson at the sign of the Black Spread-Eagle and Windmil in Martins Le Grand 1660. The Preface READER UNto whom this shall come Before thou determinest of any thing mentioned in this Warning as to the casting of it by or rejecting of it first of all reade or hear it read and then as the Light in thy own Conscicnce which is Gods faithful and true VVitness doth Answer thereunto receive it and own it and so believe it and no otherwise that so thou mayest reap the benefit thereof for by taking Warning before it be too late thou wilt know thy foul delivered from the evil to come And you who worship but not the true God who is a Spirit and must be worshipped in Spirit and Truth if any of the Servants of the Lord should come into your Assemblies to declare his Mind and Will unto you or to speak to any of you as he shall direct them see that you intreat them well hear them with patience and as Gods Witnesse in you answereth to what they say own it and receive it and suffer none to injure or persecute them but let them have liberty to return from you in peace after they have cleared their Consciences unto you lest by doing otherwise you kindle the Wrath and Indignation of the Lord God against your own souls for what you do unto them he takes it as done unto himself and though we are poor yet we desire not your riches but our trust is in the Lord whose care is over us And though the world hate us and scorn and reproach and persecute us yet herein can we rejoyce knowing that it was the portion of those which feared the Lord in Generations before us And although we are accounted Fools by some yet so long as it is for the sake of Christ we can rejoyce therein knowing that the Apostles and Servants of the Lord were accounted so before us So then if for the sake of Christ we suffer as Fools would God ye suffered so too that you might partake of our joy and rejoycing which we have in the Lord. But what if they who are wise to do evil shall speak thus of us what need we regard it for this is wisdom to us and strength to us to fear the Lord and to keep his Commandments and the Day of the Lord doth and will declare that who doth otherwise are foolish and unwise for Wisdom is and will be justified of her Children I am a lover of your Immortal Souls EDW. BOVRNE A VVARNING To the Inhabitants of Worcester c. O That you would consider ye Inhabitants of the City of Worcester and ye Towns and Villages round about you the long-suffering of the Lord and his forbearance towards you who hath waited long to be gracious unto you O that you would yet repent and turn unto the Lord with your whole hearts even while it is called to day while the Visitation of God is continued to you-wards and put from you whatsoever is evil and contrary to the Light of Jesus and do that which is right and wel-pleasing unto the Lord as the Light of Christ in your own Consciences doth shew you that so it may go well with you for ever For know this that God is just and righteous and holy in all his wayes and such as work Iniquity shall not go unpunished for every secret thing to Judgment must come and all idle words must be accounted for in that day Therefore in the fear of the Lord and in his dread and power I warn you as you will give Account to him and make your Answer to him when you shall receive a just Recompence according to your doings that while time is continued unto you you prize it and while the Light shines you walk in it that so we may have Fellowship together therein that so you may know the Blood of Christ to cleanse you from all sin for yet a little while and time shall be no more and the wicked and them which forget the Lord shall be turned into Hell from whence no redemption can be found O that you were wise that you would consider and lay to heart the long-suffering of the Lord and his goodness and gentleness towards you who desires not your ruine nor destruction but rather your Salvation that you may be saved from the wrath to come For which of you knows not but if the Lord had rewarded you according unto your doings but you had been cut off from being a People at this day but he hath spared you and given you a time to repent that you may bring forth fruits unto holiness the end of which will be life eternal and if you do it not but shall run on and harden your hearts against the Lord and rebel against him by adding sin unto sin and transgression unto transgression then Wo and Misery will be your portion and the Wrath and Indignation and sore Displeasure of the Lord will you feel upon your souls And to you this is the Word of the Lord which shall not go unfulfilled When it is considered what wickednesse did lately abound amongst you and in all parts of the Nation who cannot but say but God hath been long-suffering unto this Generation Where is the City or Town where Wickedness was not broken forth like a mighty Flood What tumultuous gatherings of people were there What Shoutings and Bonfires and Ringing of Bells were there What setting up of May-poles and Dancings and Revellings and Drunkenness did abound in the Nation And mighty disorderly and wickedly were they bent against those which feared the Lord as if they would have massacred in the Nation Do you believe that these things were well-pleasing to the Lord May Christians do such things as these before-mentioned Where was the fear of the Lord when these things were so let sober-minded people answer And do you believe that it is not just with the Lord to visit for these things Was there greater Wickednesse found in Sodom and Gomorrah
before the Lord destroyed them than the things before-mentioned if there were declare it These things considered with much more that might be mentioned who can but say but the Lord hath been long-suffering unto this Generation But after all this you have a little time given you and I dare not say but it is but little yet this I say and not I but the Lord whose Word it is unto you that if you make a right use thereof you will be happy for ever O that there were yet in you a heart to do the thing that it right and well-pleasing unto the Lord that it might go well with you and your posterity after you Well whatever you may judge of me yet I am your friend and a lover of your souls and my desires are for you that you may know in this your day the things that do belong unto your peace Surely the Lord hath been very good unto you and many Warnings have you had from him Time after time Warning after Warning and still the Lord waits to be gracious unto you and though he suffer long and bear long yet if you shall choose to follow your own wayes and not the way of the Lord it will go ill with you in the end In love I warn you of it for the Spirit of the Lord will not alwayes strive therefore take heed that you do not rebel against the Lord nor resist that manifest of him in you lest you be found fighters against the Lord as the Jews were who did alwayes resist the holy Ghost and though he had given them his good Spirit to lead them nevertheless they rebelled against him and after he had been long provoked by them he swore in his wrath that they should not enter into his rest And afterwards their posterity went a whoring after strange gods and did after all the abominations of the Heathen yet was not the Lords love straitned towards them but his compassion was great towards them and sent his Messengers amongst them rising betimes and sending them But notwithstanding his love and tender compassion towards them they ill requited him for his great kindness they mocked his Messengers and misused his Prophets and despised his Words and after the Lords long-suffering to them-wards his wrath was kindled against them and his displeasure waxed hot against them and then he gave them over into the hands of a merciless and cruel-hearted enemy 〈…〉 neither old nor young nor had regard to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but all became a prey unto the devouring sword And yet notwithstanding all this their posterity which succeeded them took not warning by these things but they sinned against the Lord also and provoked him by their great wickedness as their fathers had done and became very cruel in slaying the Prophets and stoning those which the Lord sent amongst them who would often have gathered them unto himself but they refused and would not but rebelled against the Lord and so run on in their wickedness until the things which did belong unto their peace was hid from their eyes and after all this their Wickedness abounded in putting Christ to death whom God hath exalted and given him a Name above every Name And what followed after all this Did not Destruction come uppon the whole Nation of the Jews for the shedding of his Innocent Blood O how did they rage against him and cryed out to Crucifie him When Pilate washed his hands to be clear from the Blood of the Innocent then said they His Blood be on us and on our Children Whose Blood stands charged upon them and who is ignorant of the great Misery and Destruction which came upon the whole Nation of the Jews afterwards And it is to be noted that the Chief Priests were the most forward in putting Christ to death Now to bring you to that which will profit you and tends unto your Everlasting Comfort and Benefit you have read in the Scriptures of Truth what Christ the Light hath said that Great Prophet whom God hath raised up whom all People ought to hear God is a Spirit said he and they which worship Him must worship him in Spirit and in Truth Which who comes to learn of him it will bring them to Truth within who comes to learn of Christ the Light by whom they be enlightned are taught thereby to owe nothing to any man but Love The Light teacheth to love Enemies the Light teacheth to blesse them that curse the Light will teach you to pray for them that despitefully use and intreat you And what good is there which the Light which makes Sin manifest which every man is enlightned withall will not lead them unto By the Light the Apostles were led to the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ by the Light they were led to enjoy the heavenly Treasure in the earthen Vessels which they had in them And as you take heed thereunto and obey it it will lead you to the same whereby you will know an Inheritance with the Saints in Life which doth not passe away but remains for ever And to you this is the Word of Truth Therefore ye Inhabitants of the City of Worcester and of the Towns and Villages round about you I have this to say to you in the fear of the Lord and in his counsel whole I am and whom I serve That you make this your choice to fear the Lord and to serve him with a perfect heart Oh do not that thing which you know by the Light of Christ in your own Consciences to be contrary to the Mind and Will of the Lord for now you cannot plead Ignorance in the Day of the Lord and say Lord if we had known thy Mind and if thy Will had been declared unto us we would not have done contrary thereunto but we would have obeyed thy Voice but we did not know it and therefore spare us O Lord we pray thee But then Gods Witnesse will answer for him My Mind you knew and my Will you were not ignorant of for you knew that you ought to have done justly and to have loved Mercy and to have walked humbly before me which was the Sacrifice which would have pleased me well and that unto which my Soul had and hath regard unto but seeing you chose to do the thing which you knew you ought not to have done and refused to do the thing which you knew you ought to have done therefore is this Evil come justly upon you and so hereby shall all mouthes be stopped in the Day of the Lord and every tongue shall confess unto his righteous Judgements And then shall such confess that die Lord was long-suffering towards them and gave them time to repent but they repented not And what shall I say more unto you What would you have the Lord to do for you more than he hath done For Life and Death hath he set before you and his desire is that you may