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A52032	A tender visitation in the love of God unto all people everywhere particularly unto the inhabitants of Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Bristol, and to my neighbours in and about Tetherton, Calloways, and the adjacent towns and villages / by Charles Marshall.	Marshall, Charles, 1637-1698.	1684 (1684)	Wing M744; ESTC R28809	14,556	25

Christ Jesus and his Apostles so may ye safely conclude those that walk in the way of the true and brings forth the Fruits of the true Ministers of Christ Jesus to be now true and those false now that walk in the Way and Footsteps of the false Prophets and Ministers of Antichrist So search the Scriptures in the spirit of Truth that leads into all Truth and receive Christ Jesus's Precept Mat. 17.12 14. about the streight Gate and narrow Way of which I have in his Love treated before and in vers 15. following he saith Beware of false Prophets c. v. 16. Ye shall know them by their Fruits c. True Ministers Christ sent them forth to prench the Kingdom of God saying The Harvest truly is great but the Labourers are few pray ye therefore the Lord of the Harvest that he would send forth Labourers into his Harvest go your wayes behold I send you forth as Lambs among Wolves carry neither Purse nor Scrip nor Shoes and into whatsoever house ye enter first say Peace be to this house and if the son of peace be there your peace shall rest upon it if not it shall return to you again Luke 9.2 3. ch 10.2 3 4. The Elders which are among you I exhort to feed the flock of God which is among you not by constraint but willingly not for filthy Lucre but of a ready mind neither as being Lords over Gods Heritage but being Ensamples to the stock 1 Pet. 5.2 3. Read Mat. 10.7.14 Luke 3.4 5. ch 10.10 11. Acts 2.17 18. ch 20.33 34. Rom. 12.7 8. to 17. 1 Cor. 2.13 14. ch 4.9 10 11 12. ch 9.18 19. 2 Cor. 3.4 6. Col. 1.25 1 Thes 2.9 2 Thes 3.8 1 Tim. 6.10 11. 2 Iim 2.24 ch 4.2 1 Pet. 4.10 11. Jer. 7.25 False Ministers Thus saith the Lord concerning the Prophets that make my People err that bite with their Teeth and cry Peace and he that putteth not into their Mouths they even prepare War against him the heads thereof judge for Reward and the Priests thereof teach for Hire and the Prophets thereof divine for Money Mica 3.5 Wo be to the Shepherds of Israel that feed themselves should not the shepherds feed the flock Ye eat the fat and ye clothe you with the Wool ye kill them that are fed but ye feed not the flock c. Ezek. 34.2 3 4 5. Also read Psal 94.3 4. Isa 46.10 11. Jer. 2.8 chap. 5.25 to 31. ch 14.13 14 15. ch 23.11 13 14 15 16 21 25 26 30 31 32 33 34. ch 27.16 ch 29.8 ch 32.32 ch 37.19 Ezek. 13.2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 16 17. ch 34.2 3 4 5 6 7 8 c. Zeph. 3.4 Mat. 6.5 ch 7.15 16. ch 23.7 8 13 14. Mark 12.38 39 40. ch 13.22 Luke 6.26 John 10.12 13 2 Pet. 2.1 2 3 4. ch 2.3.4 1 John 4.1 1 Tim. 6.3 4 5. ch 4.12 Jude ver 11 16. POSTSCRIPT A Memorial of the Tender Mercies of the Lord unto Bristol's Inhabitants with an Invitation to and Lamentation over them OH Bristol Bristol a City savoured of the Lord and tenderly dealt with by him how good hath the Merciful Compassionate God been unto thy Inhabitants and to the Countries round about thee It s now many years since ye were exercised with the Sword and Pestilence since which how many Favours hast thou received and enjoyed in an abundant manner from the hand of a tender merciful God! Thou hast been in thy Buildings much enlarged and thy Inhabitants much in creased Corn Wine and Oyl with Riches and abundance of the good Creatures even all things necessary hath the Lord God Almighty given thy Inhabitants And in the season he stretched out his hand over the Metropolitan of this Nation and with the dreadful Stroke of the Pistilence took away Multitudes even many Thousands he shaked his Hand only over thee taking away a few of thy Inhabitants as a fatherly Threatning and then giving thy Inhabitants and many places in this Land an opportunity and season of wonderful Kindness and great Mercy to fear and dread his Great Glorious and Terrible Name and wonderful Power and by that terrible Judgment provoke thy Inhabitants with the Thousands of this Land every one to repent and turn from the Evil of his Doings and remove the stumbling Block of their Iniquities c. And not only these Mercies and Favours hath the Lord extended to thy Inhabitants O City of Bristol which surely ye cannot but confess unto but he hath shewn thy Inhabitants a Mercy exceeding all these namely he hath visited you Dwellers in that City with the Morning of his holy Day springing from on High and by his Coelestial Light hath shined in the Hearts of many to give an Understanding of their states in the Separation and Alienation from God and to beget tender Breathings and Soul Pantings after the knowledge of Christ Jesus the Saviour and Redeemer of Mankind for without the Knowledge of God and Christ Jesus whom he hath sent Eternal Life cannot be obtained And this Day of unexpressible tender Visitation from God Almighty reached unto many of thy Inhabitants and awakened them inwardly to seek after the Knowledge of Salvation and to walk in the narrow Way and experience the Work of God before mentioned in this little Treatise c. Oh! Prov. 1.20 21 22 23. how hath Wisdom uttered her Voice in the streets She cryeth in the chief places of Concourse in the opening of the Gates in the City she uttereth her words saying How long ye simple Ones will ye love simplicity and ye Scorners delight in scorning and Fools hate Knowledge Turn ye at my Reproof behold I will pour out my Spirit unto you I will make known my Words unto you Indeed the Lord God of Life and Glory hath through his Son Christ Jesus called unto and stretched out his divine Hand of Love and Arm of Salvation unto you and thus the Lord in unexpressible loving Kindness hath dealt with thee O Bristol sparing thy Inhabitants and lengthening out the Day of his Love stretching out his Hand and Arm all the day long and crying to you as he did by his Prophet to Israel Why will ye dye O House of Israel Ah! the Tenderness of a Long-suffering God! How hath he waited on you that his Long-suffering might lead to Repentance and your Turning Repenting and Forsaking your sin and Iniquities that have grieved his good spirit might have prevailed with the Lord to spare you Oh! what shall I say of the deep Love and wonderful Kindness of the Lord and his long waiting on you but in the sense and Admiration thereof say VVho is like to the Lord excellent in Majesty Almighty in Power Glorious in Strength and VVonderful in VVisdom and Mercy Well might the servant of the Lord cry out and say Prov. 1.24 25 26. Oh! the Height Length Breadth and Depth of the Love of God in Christ Jesus to the Sons and Daughters of

appears amongst men in sinplicity bringing forth the Fruits of the Spirit Love Joy Peace Long-suffering Gal. 5.20.25.22 23 24. Gentleness Goodness Faith Meekness Temperance Mercy and good Will to mankind And so persevering in the Way of the Lord thy Experience will increase in the knowledge of the Foot-steps of the Flock of Christ Jesus Cant. 1.8 seeing first how thou wast turned from Darkness unto the marvelous Light of God's Holy-Day Acts 26.18 with which thy Heart was searched and sin became exceeding sinful and unexpressibly burdensom And then thy Soul cryed out in distress unto the Lord God for Deliverance Psal 12.5 who hath heard the Cry of the poor in spirit and sighing of the needy and made bare his delivering Arm and in due time gave Remission of sin and a blotting out of Transgression Acts 3.19 And then Times of Refreshment came from the Presence of the Lord and from the Glory of his divine Power that hath wrought effectually for the cutting off from the Wild Olive and brought thee out of the Broad Way and planted thee into the heavenly Vine of Life that is the Way and made thee a Branch of the heavenly Vine daily receiving heavenly Sap and divine Virtue from this heavenly holy Root and then lets thee see thy daily spiritual incumbant Duty which is to abide in the Vine Christ Jesus Joh. 15.4 5. For as the Natural Branch cannot bring forth Fruit except it abide in the natural Vine no more can any bring forth Fruit to God acceptable except they abide in the heavenly Vine Christ Jesus So Neighbours and Country-men thus coming out of the Broad Way of Sin and Iniquity Mathew 7. and walking in the Narrow Way of Righteousness and Holiness following the Lamb of God Christ Jesus in the Regeneration ye are fitted for his glorious Kingdom and they are indeed blessed that are come to that state who can in truth say For them to live is Christ and to dye gain Phil. 1 2. Surely these have put off the sins of the flesh the old Man with his Deeds and have put on the New Man who is created after God in Righteousness and Holiness Ephes 4.24 For our Life here is very uncertain and momentary so that when we lie down in the Evening we are uncertain of rising in the Morning and when we rise in the Morning we are uncertain we shall live until the Evening so as the Servants of God said Our Life is like Water spilt on the Ground that cannot be gathered up again it is like unto a Weavers shuttle quickly displayed and cut off Job 7.6 and like the trace of a Bird through the Air. Well therefore since our Life is so uncertain and Death so certain dear Country-men and Neighbours in the tender Bowels of Christ Jesus I beseech you for your own poor Soul's sake whilst you have time a very little time so to number your days and remember your latter End Psal 90.12 as to apply your hearts to that heavenly Wisdom which teacheth and instructeth to walk in the Narrow Way of Self-Denyal which leads to Life Eternal that when the Messenger of Death comes the King of Terrors to all Evil Doers it may meet with you walking in the Way of Life that endures forever Job 18.14 Joh. 14.6 which will be the Comfort Joy and Satisfaction of all Men and Women that have prized their precious time that God Almighty hath given them in the Riches of his Infinite Love to obtain the heavenly Translation out of the Kingdom of Darkness Col. 1.13 into the Kingdom of his dear Son Christ Jesus and thereby is fitted for that Huor Psal 146.4 5 6. that when nothing but DEATH is expected every Moment thy Breath in thy Nostrils withdrawing and thy dear Relations Friends and Acquaintance are about thy Death-Bed Mourning and Lamenting thou canst comfort them with telling thy spiritual Experience that thou art passed from Death unto Life spiritually Joh. 5.24 and that thou art assured when this Earthly Tabernacle is dissolved thou hast an House from Heaven made without hands eternal in the Heavens 2 Cor. 5.1 2 3 4. an Eternal Immortal Mansion of Joy and Ever-blessedness that having fought the good Fight 2 Tim. 4.7 1 Pet. 18 19. thou hast overcome Sin Death Hell and the Grave through him that hath loved and redeemed thee with his precious Blood Christ Jesus the King of Eternal Glory and the Seal of God's Favour is upon thy Soul and the Joy of his Salvation on thy spirit Heb. 11.25 And callest thy Neighbours that are ignorant of this precious Work Oh Neighbours do not content your selves with the Pleasures of Sin which are but for a season Oh! a little season indeed and lose your own souls and be shut out of the Paradise of God Oh! but redeem your time spend no more of it in sin and Iniquity in vain and foolish Discourses but prize every hour Matthew 7. 1 Pet. 1.8 walking in the Narrow Way that ye may enter in at the strait Gate into the Kingdom of Joy and Immortal Glory where the Redeemed enjoy endless Blessings of Peace and unspeakable Consolations in the beholding the Amiable Coelestial Beauty of him who sits at the Immortal Table of divine ●ove saying Eat O Friends and drink O Friends Cant. 5. of the Bread of Life and let your souls be satisfied with the fatness of the House of God Oh! Here in this Kingdom is an end of all pains Sorrows Burdens Tears Rev. 2.10 Mat. 5.11 12. Conflicts Cruelties of Wicked Men an end of Inhuman Ungodly Imprisonments and here the Redeemed of the Lord are out of the reach of all cruel Hard-hearted men yea here the Weary are at Rest in an Immortal Sabbath beholding him who is a Fountain of Gardens Cant. 4 15. and Well of living Waters and divine streams And here the New Song is sung before the Throne of God in the springing up of endless encreasing Joy and divine Refreshments Rev. 7.12 in which ariseth Blessings and Glory Wisdom Thanksgivings Honour Power and Might be unto our God foreyer and evermore Amen Friends Neighbours and Country-men who may have any doubt which are true Prophets Ministers or Teachers of Christ Jesus and which are false Prophets Ministers and Teachers of Antichrist since there have been both through many Ages of the World unto all such I make this friendly reasonable and Christian Proposition namely to do like the noble Bereans who were desirous of Truth search the Scriptures from Genesis the first to Revelations the last and mark in what Way they walked and what Fruits they brought forth that were true Prophts Ministers or Teachers both under the Law and Prophets and on the other hand what Way they walked in and what Fruits they brought forth that manifestly were declared to be the false Prophets Ministers and Teachers by the true Prophets