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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

choose Life that your Souls may live as he said of Israel of old Have I any pleasure in the death of a sinner Why will you die O house of Israel And therefore let none blame the Lord as though he was the cause of their ruine for the destruction of a People is of themselves but their help is in the Lord Wherefore forsake your own waves and every evil desire which proceeds from the corrupt heart and every deceitfull imagination which from thence doth arise and come to the Light of Christ which shews you whatsoever is evil and contrary to the Mind of the Lord that by it you may be led out of the same that Salvation you may know and Healing you may find from him who is come to seek and to save that which is lost that so you may come to witness Christ Jesus the Saviour of your souls made manifest within you to condemn Sin there to destroy the Devils works in you and so to save you from the wrath to come Something concerning Religion ANd further it is in my heart to write something as concerning Religion There is a great deal of Profession in the Nation about the Worship of God some would have it after one manner and some after another as they imagine and conceive in the dark being from that of God in them and one cryes Lo here and another cryes Lo there as Christ foretold but said he Believe them not The Kingdom of God is within you And said John The Anointing abideth in you By which we plainly perceive that they which draw people from the Light which shines in the heart and makes Sin manifest are the Deceivers and Seducers which are to be turned from And now the time is come that the true Worshippers do worship the Father in Spirit and in Truth who are come to that of God in them whereby they retain God in their knowledge and hold the Truth in Righteousness which those that profess the Truth and are from that of God in them do hold in the Unrighteousness being Strangers from the Life of God and Aliens to the Covenant of Promise and so though they profess the Words of Truth yet denying the Light of Christ who is the Truth and not believing therein that they might be saved In what do such differ from the Jews who professed God in words but in their works denyed him because their deeds were evil And though they had the Scriptures which testified of the Light which Christ the Light bid them search them but they would not come to Him that they might have Life their eyes were without from that of God in them and doubtless they expected he would come in some outward Glorious Appearance but he coming otherwise after a low degree and taking upon him the form of a Servant they despised him in their hearts and said Is not this the Carpenters son c. and so rejected him and would not have him to reign who was a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief and so they would build without the Light therefore said the Apostle This is the Stone set at nought by you builders c. Yet Him hath God exalted and given him a Name above every Name and this is Him whom all People ought to hear the Son of God by whom God hath spoken unto us in these last dayes that great Prophet which Moses prophesied of whom all People ought to hearken unto Therefore turn your minds inward unto the Light which shewes you Sin and hearken diligently unto the Word which is near in the Mouth and Heart to hear and obey it For if they who transgressed against the Word spoken by Angels received a just recompence of reward consider-how shall you escape and go unpunished if you neglect so great Salvation And this is that which would bring all to be of one heart and of one mind and of a found judgment and to dwell together in the love and fear of the Lord as every one comes to the Light of Christ in them which makes Sin manifest that thereby they may be led out of the same unto God and this will lead them to worship God in Spirit and in Truth and it is a sure and everlasting Rule for all People to take heed unto for by this can none be deceived And as every one comes here then Love and Peace and good-will will abound amongst them and they will seek the welfare one of another and watch over one another for good and not for evil And such as would persecute and destroy and stone and. stocks and imprison and whip and banish those which cannot worship as themselves they have not yet learned of Christ the Light who came not to destroy mens lives but to save them and so this is a true sign that those which persecute others about Religion are not led by the Spirit of Jesus for he did not cause any to be persecuted but was persecuted himself and put to death witnessing a good Confession before Pontius Pilate and the Chief Priests were the cause of it who said he was a blasphemer when he spoke the Truth Therefore you Priests who are in the persecuting nature read whose Children you are And his Apostles were persecuted but did not persecute nor used any carnal weapons in their own defence but the weapons of their warfare were spiritual and mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds casting down Imaginations and every high thing that exalted it self against the knowledg of God They did not wrestle with flesh and blood but warred against the Powers of Darknesse that so people might be brought from under the Power of Darkness into the Kingdom and Dominion of the dear Son of God and so they sought the Preservation and not the Destruction of any turning people from Darkness to Light mid from Satans power unto the Power of God that they might be saved by Christ the Light who is given for a Covenant of Light and for Salvation unto the Ends of the Earth these fought the good fight And it is manifest and clear that they which wrestle with flesh and blood persecuting and destroying others about Religion do fight the bad fight and are not followers of the Lamb of God who makes war with the Sword of his mouth And so now as to what hath been written concerning Religion this is the sum God is a Spirit and they who worship him must worship him in Spirit and in Truth which none can do but who comes to that of God in them even the measure of the Spirit of God which is given them to profit withall that thereby they may be led into all Truth You Inhabitants of the City of Worcester and of the Towns and Villages round about you God hath put it in my heart to warn you and to signifie unto you that he expects fruits from you which his Soul accepts and in which he delights and is well-pleased withall which is fruits of Righteousness the end of which will be unto you Life eternal Wherefore fear the Lord and serve him with a perfect heart speak every man truth unto his Neighbour and do to others as you would be done unto and come to Truth in the Inward parts for the Lord searcheth the Heart and tryes the Reins and who worketh Iniquity the Lord will find them out and justly reward them even according to the fruit of their doings Wheresore while you have time take warning and bring forth fruit unto God lest the overflowing scourge come and sweep you into the Pit from whence no Redemption will be found But if after all this you harden your hearts against the Lord and remain stiff-necked and rebellious against him by adding sin unto sin and so grieve the Spirit of the Lord which will not alwayes strive with you though he hath suffered long and born long with you and waited long to be gracious unto you yet the Day of the Lord will come upon you when you are not aware of it like a Thief in the night and when you cry Peace peace and think that you are safe then will sudden destruction be at the door therefore while you have a little time O that you would prize it and repent and turn to the Lord and seek him with your whole hearts that mercy you may find So now whether you hear or whether you forbear if you shall still go on to do wickedly then let your blood remain upon your own heads for hitherto I am clear herein and have the Answer of a good Conscience with the Lord in obedience unto whom I have thus far proceeded to warn you that you may be saved from the wrath to come And though I may meet with scoffs and reproaches and scornings from some yet my Reward is with the Lord and I have learned to passe by and forgive them the reproach of Christ 〈…〉 being greater riches than the treasures of thi● world And thus my Light I have not hid under a Bushel but in the fear of God have I cleared my Conscience unto you and whoso takes not warning let their blood remain upon their own heads Therefore from the Highest to the Lowest without respect to the persons of any hear the Word of the Lord Repent and turn unto God with your whole hearts and let the time past suffice wherein you have lived in doing those things which you ought not to have done and for the time to come approve your hearts unto God by doing those things which are just and right and well-pleasing in his sight as the Light of Christ in your own Consiciences doth shew you that so your sins may be blotted out and times of refreshment you may know from the presence of the Lord Unto whom all Praises and Thanksgiving and Dominion belongs for evermore Amen Worcester the 20th of the 8th Month 1660. From a lover of Truth and Righteousness who waits to see it set up and exalted over all Deceit E. B. THE END

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