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A66857	From the shepherd of Israel, to the Bishops in England with some queries and councell to all courtiers, and judges, &c, that they incense not King Charles against the Lords heritage : also, the breathings of the seed, and crie of his own elect, that his people may be preserved, which he cannot but hear, because of the incercession of his spirit, poured out upon his off-spring : this I believe, therefore I speak : also, the arise of the beast, false prophet, and anti-christ, and who they are, and what their work is, declared : and the everlasting gospell preached again to all nations, kindreds and people, and the beast and false prophet, which deceived them taken and destroyed, the accuser of the brethren cast out, and judged / given forth by Humphry Woolrich.	Wollrich, Humphry, 1633?-1707.	1661 (1661)	Wing W3292; ESTC R15081	14,691	16

FROM THE Shepherd of Israel TO THE BISHOPS In ENGLAND With some Queries and Councell to all Courtiers and Judges c. That they Incense not KING CHARLES against the Lords Heritage Also the Breathings of the Seed and Crie of his own Elect that his People may be preserved which he cannot but hear because of the Incercession of his Spirit poured out upon his Off-spring This I Believe therefore I speak Also the arise of the Beast False Prophet and Anti-christ and Who they are and What their works is declared And the Everlasting Gospell Preached again to all Nations Kindreds and People and the Beast and False Prophet which deceived them taken and destroyed the Accuser of the Brethren cast out and Judged given forth by Humphry Woolrich London Printed for Robert Wilson in Martins Le Grand A Bishop then must be Blameless the Husband of one Wife Vigilant Sober of good Behaviour given to Hospitallity apt to Teach not given to Wine no Striker nor greedy of Filthy Luker but Patient not a Brawler nor Coveteous one that Ruleth well his own House having his Children in Subjection with all Gravity 1 Tim. 3.2 3 4.5 For if a man know not how to Rule his own house How shall he take care of the Church of God naturally as Timothy that Bishop did Phillip 3.20 where Paul saith I have no man like minded who will naturally care for your State for all seek their one and not the things that are Jesus Christs But saith Paul Ye know the proof of him that as a Son with a Father he hath served with me in the Gospel And Read ye that have taken the Names of Bishops or Ministers of Christ great is your work which is to watch for the sotil as they that must give an account for it Heb. 12.17 I say Read 2 Cor. 6. ver 3. how Paul and Timothy served in the Gospel Giving no offence in any thing that the Ministry be not blamed but in all things approving our selves as the Ministers of God in much Patience in Afflictions in Necessities in Distresses in Stripes in Imprisonments in Tumults in Labours in Watchings in Fastings by Pureness by Knowledge by long Suffering by Kindness by the Holy-Ghost Mark by the Holy Ghost by love Vnfained by the Word of Truth the Faithful Word which Timothy held by the Power of God by the Armour of Righteousness on the Right Hand and on the Left by Honour and Dishonour by Evil Report and Good Report as Deceivers and yet True ver 8 9. As Vnknown yet well Known as Dying yet behold we Live as Chastened and not Killed as Sorrowful yet alway Rejoycing as Poor yet making many Rich as having Nothing yet Possessing all things Let these things be considered by you Bishops Doctors or Teachers whatsoever in Gods Love I mind you of your Duty and Work which is not to live at Ease Worldly Honour and Pleasures but to perfect the Saints as Paul Timothy Titus did Ephes 4.11 10 14. Neither as Lords over Gods Heritage or Masters over their Faith and Consciences but as good Stewards of the Mysteries of God who is the cheif Shepherd of the Sheep unto whom ye must all give an account how you have used your Talent Blessed is that Servant when his Lord commeth shall find him giving them meat in due season Mat. 24.26.25 26. And 1 Tim. 3.6 A Bishop must not be a Novice least being lifted up with pride he fall into the Condemnation of the Devil Verse 7. Moreover he must have a good Report of them which are without lest he fall into Reproach and the Snare of the Devil Chap. 4.1 Paul saith The Spirit speaketh expresly that in the last dayes some should depart from the Faith giving heed to Seducing Spirits and Dostrines of Devills Forbiding to Marry and commanding to abstain from Meats which God hath Created to be Received with Thanksgiving of them that do believe and know the Truth for every creature of God is good and nothing to be Refused if it be received with Thanksgiving for it is Sanctified by the Word of God and Prayer Mark Timothy was not to forbid the eating of meats upon any pretence whatsoever it being lawful for them that did believe and knew the Truth he might not say the Law of the Land forbids it and therefore it is unlawful but verse 6. He was to put the brethren in mind that this was a Doctrine of Devills and such as did forbid these things were departed from the Faith and knew not the Truth but were unbelievers and such as had taken heed to seducing Spirits Mark If thou put the Brethren in mind of these things then shalt thou be a good Minister of Jesus Christ nourished up in the words of Faith and good Doctrine Titus 1.7 For a Bishop must be blameless as the Steward of God not Self-willed nor soon Angry not given to Wine no Striker nor given to Filthy Luker but a lover of Hospitallity a lover of good Men Sober Just Holy and Temperate holding fast the faithful Word that he may be able by sound Doctrine Mark not by Prisons Whipping and Persecuting he doth not say But by Sound Doctrine both to Exhort and Convince the Gain-sayer Ver. 6. He must also be blameless the Husband of one Wife having faithful Children not accused of Riot or Vnruly Read also Tim. 2.2 The advice Paul gave to that Bishop ver 1. Thou therefore my Son be strong in the Grace that is in Christ Jesus and the things thou hast heard of me amongst many witnesses the same commit thou to faithful men who shall be able to teach others also thou therefore indure hardship as a good Souldier of Jesus Christ Mark No man that Warreth Intangleth himself with the things of this life that he may please him that chose him to be a Souldier ver 8. He bids Timothy remember Christ Jesus so say I to all you Bishops and Teachers Take Christ Jesus for your pattorn and his Light in you and take heed how you have any hand privately or openly in Persecuting any for Conscience sake but remember Christ Jesus the cheif Bishop and Shepherd of the Everlasting Covenant how he Persecuted none no not his Enemies but he that was Just and did no sin suffered by the unjust and sinners and Prayed for his Persecuters that knew not what they did O let Christ be your Example rather than the High Priests and those learned men that put Christ to death Would you purchase to your selves a good degree of Honour and Boldness in the day of the Lord then use the Offices ye are in well and not against Christ or the Flock he taketh care of but let the same minde be in you that was in Paul and in Timothy where Paul saith 2 Tim. 2.24 25 26. The Servant of the Lord must not strive but be gentle unto all men apt to Teach patient in Meeknesse Instructing them that do appose themselves if God peradventure

is under-neath in which the Shepherd of Israel doth carry his Lambs can be known or wrought with by you I say till this eye be opened and a new tongue be unloosed ye are but blind Watch-men and Leaders of the blind into the Ditch and horrible Pit and Dumb Shepherds that gather not the Sheep and out-cast of Israel but such as the Prophet speakes of That fed themselves with the fat and cloath with the finest of the wool and bewrayed him that wandereth ye gather not the out-cast but with force and cruelty scatter the flock which his own blood hath purchased The eye being blinded that should put a difference between the Precious and the Vile the Sheep and the Goates the Diseased and the Whole the Strong and the Weak This is a great work O Friends to watch for the soul The world by wisdom nor the learned by outward learning know not the soul of man nor what it is that the Anguish and pain is upon but he that made it knoweth the frame thereof and he that breathed into it the breath of Life his eye which is the Light seeth and knoweth it altogether such knowledge is too wonderful for me that when this eye is awakened I am satisfied therewith O blessed is that eye that seeth and is satisfied therewith O this is the eye that runs to and fro thorough the whole earth and seeth the secret thoughts of all your hearts in your bed-chambers your Councel against the Lords people is not hid from it in the darkest night that ever came he seeth our innocency and knoweth how we are wronged by being numbred with transgressors Is this the way to convert us to God as Whipping Persecuting and Imprisoning to the spoiling both of our bodies goods Well this is the way they took with Christ our Lord and Master I say thus was it in the Green tree and with the Master of the Family and generall Assembly but not to convert us were we unconverted but we are on the earth though not of it and our bodies in prison though our Spirits are at liberty and he that was dead now liveth and is ascended out of the reach of all Persecutors I say after he was who is ascended and all power in heaven and earth given unto him and he had received gifts for men having led Captivity that which did Captivate and he having spoiled Principalities and Powers by the power and virtue of his Resurrection he being ascended which first descended into the lowest parts of the earth he that was in the the pit death hell and the grave being made a little lower than the Angels I say when he was glorified with the same glory he had with the Father before the world of iniquity began then he gave some Apostles Bishops and Teachers Mark not Lord Bishops over the faith of Gods heritage but for the perfecting of the Saints and edifying the body of Christ untill they all came into the unity of the faith and knowledge of the Son of God unto a perfect man in Christ Mark untill he be formed unto the measure and Stature of the fulness of Christ that they should be no more Children tossed and carried about with every wind of doctrine to turn again into such beggarly Rudements as the observing of dayes new Moones or Sabboths or abstaining from meats the forbidding of which the Apostle calls a Doctrine of Devills which God hath created and commanded to be eaten and nothing to be refused by them that are come to Christ and in him believe who is the Body and End of all Shadows and the Word that Sanctifies the Meats who is the Everlasting day in which the Children of the Light do walk as it is written and witnessed in these latter dayes of the man of sin The Children of the Lord shall be taught of the Lord in whose Light the Nations of them that are saved shall walk and great shall be the Peace and Assurance of his children in that day it shall be unto them a good day and a Joyful day a day of Feasting and Gladness of Heart a Good day and a Holy day a day of Praise and Thanksgiving wherein the wicked shall cease from Troubling and where the weary shall be at Rest there the Prisoners rest together and hear not the voyce of the oppressor Consider ye that are Commanding to abstain from Meats which God hath commanded to be eaten and commanding to Swear and Observes dayes which God hath forbiden saying Six dayes shalt thou labour and do all thy work O will ye limit the Lords people that are in the Truth and such who stand in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made them free Will ye Judge them in Meats and condemn about Holy dayes of your own making as ye call them are ye wiser than God or must the Precepts of men be observed rather than the Commandements of God who saith by his Spirit that must not be limited All things are lawful to be eaten by them that know the Truth O what is your end that God must not be hearkened unto is not filthy luker your end that can for mony sell a Dispensation to do that which your Law condemneth as unlawful and what must the poor do that are sick and have scarce mony to buy meat much less to buy a licence to eat it let all these Laws be disanul'd and those Statutes that are contrary to the Statutes of God be established by you no longer upon any pretence whatsoever And for these things that are Righteous and Good and because we cannot break Christs Commands no other thing can be justly charged against us how are we drawn from our families Husbands from their Wices and Wives from their Children England never saw the like leaving them desolate without any helper in the earth as Sheep for the Slaughter so are we killed all the day long and counted as the off-Scowring of all things for Righteousness Sake because we follow him Who is the Lord our Righteousness obey his Righteous Commands rather than the Unrighteous Precepts and Commandements of men therefore are we Persecuted and Hated by them that know not our Innocency and judged not meet to live upon the earth And to hide themselves The Cry is as in all ages the Persecutors have done against the Lords People and Heritage They are Enemies to the King or no Friends to the present Government or else as the cry is now against the dispised Quakers Deceivers Deceivers such As destroy all good Laws and Government this was done in the green tree and this was done against the Apostles in Generations past and in this present age the cry is These are the false Christs and false Prophets that Christ said should come Mat. 24. v. 5 24. Now let all people consider the Scripture in the first Epistle of John chap. the 2. ver 18 19 26. chap. 4. ver 1 2 3 5. Read these Scriptures and you shall

find Christs Words were fulfilled sixteen hundred years ago and that the Quakers are not the false Prophets But such as Paul complaines of with weeping Phil. 3.18 They were such who were Enemies to the Cross of Christ whose God was their Belly and minded earthly things and such as Peter spake of in the second Epistle chap. 2. or like Demus who forsook Christ and the true Apostles and imbraced the present world because the love of the Father was not in them And if I say like the Ministers in England Which seek their Gaine from every quarter I lie not But consider what Christ saith Ye shall know them by their fruits Read Peter and John before mentioned v. 1. But there were also false Prophets among the people even as there shall be false Teachers among you who shall privily bring in damnable Heresies even denying the Lord that bought them and many shall follow there pernicious Wayes by Reason of which the way of truth shall be evill spoken of and through covetousness Mark is not this a Proverb in England who is more Proud and Covetous than our Ministers Shall they with fained words make merchandise of you v. 10. These are they that walk after the flesh in the lust which have the fained words who were Despisers of Government v. 15. Which have forsaken the Right Way whose hearts are exercised with covetous practises cursed Children being gone astray in the way of Balaam the Son of Bozer who loved the wages of unrighteousness these are Wells without water Clouds that are carried with a tempest to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever Read Johns Epistle which saw that fulfilled before his departure which Christ foretold in Matthew should come Joh. 4.1 2. Beloved believe not every Spirit but try the Spirits Mark what must they try the Spirits with With the Vnction and Annointing which was in them Were they to try the Spirits whether they were of God chap. 2.18 Little Children it is the last time and as ye have heard that Antichrist shall come even now are there many Antichrists whereby we know that it is the last times they went out from us Mark as I said before from the true Apostles who were in the light and had fellowship with the Father and the Son v. 20. But ye have an Vnction from the Holy One and ye know all things v. 24. Let that therefore abide in you mark in you which ye have heard from the beginning if that shall remain in you ye shall continue in the Son and in the Father v. 26. These things have I written to you concerning them that seduce you v. 27. But the annointing which ye have received of him abideth in you mark in you and ye need not that any man teach you but as the same annointing teacheth you of all things and is truth and is no lye And even as it hath taught you ye shall abide in it And now little Children abide in him for ye know he that doth Righteousness is born of him ch 4.3 This is that Spirit of Antichrist whereof ye have heard that it should come and even NOW already is come into the world little children ye have overcome them because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world they are of the world therefore speak they of the world and the world heareth them as you may read Rev. 13.3 8. and all the world wondered after the beast and worshiped the Dragon who was wrath with the Woman and made war with the Remnant of her seed which kept the Commandement of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ they worshiped the Dragon which gave power to the Beast and they worshiped the Beast saying Who is like unto the beast Who is able to make war with him Rev. 17. and 3 8. Let him that readeth understand v. 1. Come hither and I will shew thee the Judgement of the great Whore that sitteth upon many waters mark waters are Multitudes Nations Tongues and Peoples and the Woman which thou sawest the Mother of Harlots is Mistery Babilon which Reigneth over the Kings of the earth with whom they commit fornication and drink of her Cup of fornication ver 3. also the ver 2. So he carryed me away into the wilderness in the Spirit And I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast full of Names of Blasphemy and the Woman was arraied in Purple and Scarlet colour and decked with Gold and pretious Stones and Pearles Mark the out-side was very beautiful and desirable by the world whose Names are not written in the Lambs Book of Life before the foundation thereof but this Woman the false Church had in her hand a cup full of Abomination and filthyness of which the Nations drank were made drunk unstable as waters Let him that readeth know the misterie of the Beast and understand who is that false Prophet and Antichrist which carried the woman Read chap. 13.6 Is not this he that openeth his mouth in blasphemy against God to blaspheme his Name and Tabernacle and them that dwell in heaven This is that Antichrist which opposed Christ v. 7. And it was given unto him to make war with the Saints and to overcome them and Power was given him over all Kindreds Tongues and Nations v. 15. And he had power to give life to the image of the Beast that it should spake mark This is that compelling power which would cause all to worship the Image instead of the life and the likeness instead of the true God And he causeth all both Rich and Poor Small and Great Bond and Free to receive the mark in their Right Hand or in their Fore-Heads and that none might buy or sell that would not worship the Image of the Beast but should be killed Here is the patience of the Saints Here are they which keep the Commandements of God and the Faith of Jesus And I saw the Woman Drunk with the Blood of Saints Mark this is not the Woman that fled from the face of the Dragon which brought forth the Man-Child And with the blood of the Martyrs of Jesus and when I saw her I wondered with great admiration but the Angel said wherefore didst thou marvell Mark John was wondring also till the Angel spake to him saying I will tell thee the mistery of the Woman and of the Beast that carryed her the Beast that thou sawest was and is not and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit and go into perdition they that dwell on the earth shall wonder whose Names were not written in the book of Life from the foundation of the world when they behold the beast that was and is not and yet is these sayings are faithfull and true testified by his Spirit who is the faithfull and true witness That the everlasting Gospel shall be preached again unto every Nation Tongue and People and Babylon the Great the Mother of Harlots shall come in