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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28227	A book of warnings, or, The visitation of the Lord's love to the King and his Parliament, the nobility and gentry, the arch-bishops and bishops &c., the presbytery, the Independents and Baptists, the people of these nations thorough [sic] his servant George Bishope.	Bishop, George, d. 1668.	1661 (1661)	Wing B2988; ESTC R18647	27,063	34

A Book of Warnings OR THE VISITATION OF THE LORD'S Love To The KING and his PARLIAMENT The NOBILITY and GENTRY The ARCH-BISHOPS and BISHOPS c. The PRESBYTERY The INDEPENDENTS and BAPTISTS The PEOPLE of these Nations Thorough His Servant GEORGE BISHOPE But the end of all things is at hand be ye therefore sober and watch unto Prayer 1 Pet. 4. 7. LONDON Printed for Robert Wilson and are to be sold at the Black-spread Eagle and Wind-Mill in Martins Le Grand 1661. To the KING and both Houses of PARLIAMENT Friends YOU have time to Work and it is not long The Lord hath been very Gracious unto you and Done for you above What ye were able to Ask or Think as it is at this Day He hath Replenished Your Sorrows and Troubles with Joy and Peace and made Your Dominion larger than Ye could Wish What is there that Your hearts can reasonably ask that You have not Was ever Such a Day seen by a People as by You Was ever such a Wonder wrought to make You so Did the Earth ever know the like Or can the Records of Ages parallel it Was it not as much beyond Your thoughts and that not long since as You are above Your Enemies Could Ye have thought that Ye should be Rulers over these Nations and so as at this Day some few years since Was it not Done in a Moment as it were without Blood or Price of War which brought and long kept Ye under How calm How still How in subjection are these Nations at this Day Have Ye an Enemy Can Ye think of one that can hurt You The Hearts the Persons the Purses of the Generalitie of the Nations are Under You. A large Dominion a goodly Heritage England the fairest and best of Nations England the most secure and safe of Nations England the fattest and most fertile of the Nations Men prompt and ready and bold and active A Seed Plot of Understanding An Academy of Learning A Nation of Men A Warlike Nation A People whom the Lord hath owned above any people A People whom the Lord hath appeared to save more than any people A people whom He hath sought to gather whom He hath gathered many of them into his Rest and who know the Lord. This is your state this your Condition and thus hath the Lord done for you that ye may observe his Statutes and keep his Judgments that ye may live and it may be well with you and your posterity after you and that ye may know his Rest which is Eternal as he hath given you here a Rest temporal And now what doth the Lord require of you but that you Do Justly and love Mercy and walk humbly with God that you break every yoke and unbind every burden and let the Oppressed go free That you love Justice and Judgement that you rule for God who hath brought you into Rule and hitherto preserved you That you take not upon you to Rule over his Kingdom or to prescribe to his Dominion Whose Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom and his Dominion that which shall never have end that of him in the Conscience That ye make not his innocent people to suffer who suffered with you and by and under your Enemies who have good will towards you and all men though they war with the Spirit of iniquity which holds Mens souls in Captivity with Weapons that are not Carnal but Spiritual who desire your everlasting welfare and that it may be well with you and yours for ever who are innocent as to you neither hath there been any ill-will found in them against you in thought or in deed who are peaceable in the Land and seated in it by Natural Right who consist of Many Thousands of Families Men Women Children and Servants Natural English who wrong no man who resist not Evil who are good Examples of Holiness of Virtue of Temperance and Testimonies against Evil which causeth the Wrath of God to come upon Nations and to afflict and destroy them Whose Desire is that none may perish but that all might come to the knowledge of the truth The Lord God hath called them the Lord God is with them the Lord God hath kept and will keep them as they abide with him The Lord God hath made them to stand and will make them He hath made them a People and they shall be so He hath observed all that hath been done for and against them and he hath recompenced and will recompence it they fear before him they dare not displease him they may not set up Man above him they must obey him before man they obey man in him He cannot see them wronged and not require it they are his Jewels his People are and as the Apple of his eye He that toucheth you toucheth the Apple of mine eye saith the Lord they tremble before him and of him stand in awe who is Lord of Heaven and Earth they fear not man whose breath is in his Nostrils because they may not Their fear towards him is not taught by the precepts of men because it ought not Christ Jesus saith so Matt 15. 7 8 9. Ye Hypocrites saith he to the Pharisees well did Esaias prophesie of you saying This people draw nigh unto me with their mouth and honoreth me with their lips but their heart is far from me But in vain do they worship me teaching for Doctrine the Traditions of men And the Lord by his Prophet Isa 29 13 14. Wherefore the Lord said Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth and with their lips do honor me but have removed their heart far from me and their fear towards me is taught by the Precepts of men Therefore behold I will proceed to do a marvellous Work amongst this people and a wonder for the Wisdom of their wise men shall perish and the Understanding of their Prudent shall be hid They worship God in spirit and in truth neither in this Mountain nor yet at Jerusalem because the Father seeketh such to worship him whom the Son saith will be so worshipped God is a Spirit saith he and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth Woman believe me the hour cometh when ye shall neither in this Mountain nor yet at Jerusalem worship the Father Ye worship ye know not what we know what we Worship for salvation is of the Jews But the hour cometh and now is when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth for the Father seeketh such to worship him John 4. 21 22 23 24. They cannot bow to any thing but what 's of the Lord in his Worship because the Lord hath sworn As I live saith the Lord every knee shall bow to me and every tongue shall confess to God Rom. 14. 11. They cannot owe their Consciences to any but to God because He is Lord of Conscience They cannot but meet together to Worship God and to wait upon him

bless being persecuted we suffer it being defamed we entreat We are made as the filth of the world and are the off-scouring of all things unto this day 1 Cor. 4. 11 12 13. And they wandered about in sheep-skins and goat-skins being destitute afflicted and tormented of whom the world was not worthy They wandered in Deserts and in Mountains and in Dens and in Caves of the Earth Heb. 11. 37 38 And how the Apostles went about from Nation to Nation from City to City preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom their Epistles and Acts manifest unto which I refer And Paul saith A Bishop then must be blameless the Husband of one Wife vigilant sober of good behaviour given to Hospitality apt to teach not given to Wine no striker nor given to filthy Lucre but patient not a Brawler not Covetous One that ruleth well his Own house having his Children in subjection with all gravity For if a man know not how to rule his Own house how shall he take Care of the Church of God Not a Novice least being lifted up with Pride hee fall into the condemnation of the Devil Moreover he must have a good Report of them that are without least he fall into Reproach and the snare of the Devil These things write I unto Thee saith he to Timothy hoping to come unto thee shortly but if I tarry long that thou mayst know how thou oughtest to behave thy self in the House of God which is the Church of the living God the Pillar Ground of Truth which no Temples made with hands are but the Church which is in God 1 Thes 1. 1. Lively stones built upon that spiritual house an holy Priesthood to offer up spiritual Sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 2. 5. 1 Tim. 3. 2. to the 8. 14 15. And the same Apostle saith to Titus For this Cause left I thee in Creet that thou shouldst set in order the things that are wanting and ordain Elders in every City as I had appointed thee If any be blameless the husband of one wife having faithful Children not accused of Riot or unruly For a Bishop must be blameless as the Steward of God not self-willed not soon angrie not given to wine no striker not given to filthy lucre but a lover of hospitality a lover of good men Sober just holy temperate holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught that he may be able by sound doctrine both to Exhort and to Convince the gain-sayers Tit. 1. 5. to the 10. And this Paul was an Apostle not of men neither by man but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the Dead So he saith himself Gal. 1. 1. And Timothy had the Gift by the laying on of the hands of the Presbytery 1 Tim. 4. 14. And the Apostles laid their hands on them that believed and they received the Holy Ghost Act. 8. 17. which Simon the Sorcerer would have bought with mony For when Simon saw that through laying on of the Apostles hands the Holy Ghost was given he offered them mony saying Give me also this Power that on whomsoever I lay hands he may receive the Holy Ghost But Peter said unto him Thy Money perish with thee because thou hast thought the Gift of God can be purchased with Money Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter For thy heart is not right in the sight of God Repent therefore of this thy wickedness and pray God if perhaps the thoughs of thine heart may be forgiven thee for I perceive thou art in the gall of bitterness and the bond of iniquity ver 18. to the 24 And Paul said to Timothy Lay hands suddenly on no ma● neither be partakers of other mens sins Keep thy self pure 1 Tim. 5. 22. And that Ministration had an End with them and Antichrist was then entring and the Apostles prophesied of the Apostasie and Jude speaking of what was already entred which the Prophets and the Apostles of the Lord Jesus had foretold should come which was then already come But Beloved saith he ver 17. Remember ye the words that were spoken by the Apostles of the Lord Jesus Christ how that they told you there should be mockers in the last time which should walk after their ungodly lusts These be they who seperate themselves sensual having not the Spirit ver 18 19. And John saith expresly That it was then the last time Little Children saith he it is the last time and as ye have heard that Antichrist shall come even Now there are many Antichrists whereby we know it is the last time 1 John 2 18 And in the Revelations he saw the Court which was without the Temple to be given to the Gentiles and that they should tread the holy City under foot fourty and two Months Rev. 2. 21. And in the Overthrow of Babylon and the Return from the Apostasie and after it he speaks not of the Return again of that Ministration but of a More glorious a City wherein the Lamb was the light thereof And I saw saith he No Temple therein for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the Temple of it And the City had no need of the Sun neither of the Moon to shine in it for the glory of God did lighten it and the Lamb is the light thereof And the Nations of them that are saved shall walk in the light of it and the Kings of the Earth do bring their glory and honor unto it Rev. 21. 22 23 24. And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day for there shall be no night there And they shall bring the glory and the honor of the Nations unto it And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth neither whatsoever worketh an abomination or maketh a lye but they that are written ia the Lambs book of life ver 25 26 27. And all sorrows here are wiped away and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes and there shall be no more death neither sorrow nor crying neither shall there be any more pain for the former things are passed away And he that sate on the Throne said Behold I make all things new And he said unto me Write for these things are true and faithful Rev. 21. 4 5. And to the Lambs Wife was granted that she should be arrayed in fine Linnen clean and white for the fine Linnen is the righteousness of Saints Rev. 19. 8. And behold the Tabernacle of God is with men and he will dwell with them and they shall be his people and God himself shall be with them and be their God Rev. 21. 3. And he saw the holy City the New Jerusalem coming down from God out of Heaven prepared as a Bride adorned for her Husband ver 2. And the Angel that flew through the midst of Heaven having the everlasting Gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the Earth and to every Nation and