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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39244	Christian information concerning these last times wherein all people may clearly see what prophesies the Holy Prophets prophesied of should come to pass, which of them is fulfilling and which is fulfilled, and how the lowest part of the great image that Daniel shewed to the King is now a breaking to pouder, and by whom, whereby people may see how very-near Antichrist or the great whore of Babylon is to her end : also some prophetical passages gathered out of Jacob Behme's works, who prophesied and gave them forth in the year 1623, concerning what should come to pass in these northern islands ... / wrinten [sic] in the fifth month by F.E.	F. E. (Francis Ellington)	1664 (1664)	Wing E541; ESTC R27165	13,188	17

and is a Murtherer for when there were but only Cain and Abel born in the Earth yet he that was the Persecutor would have an uniformity in Religion and because his Brother would not offer sacrifice as he did he was wrath with him and slew his brother and the reason was because the one Sacrifice was accepted with the Lord and the Persecutors was not And there is no other reason or cause at this day that men are so mad to persecute to banish kill imprison their brethren because they cannot worship as those do who teach for Doctrine Mens Precepts and by their so doing they find no acceptance with the Lord and this makes their countenance change and they grow in wrath and make cruel Laws against their Brethren who worship God in Spirit in Truth and whose worship is accepted of the Lord but as it was with their first father Cain who was the first persecutor he became a fugitive and a vagabond upon the earth and the Lord set a mark upon him So let all Persecutors in this age take notice of this one thing That God hath in all Ages and Generations punished this Sin of Persecution with one and the same Judgement let it be found in whom it will as Scripture at large do shew and Histories make mention and the punishment was this Their houses was left unto them desolate See Mat. 23.37 38. O Jerusalem Jerusalem thou that killest the Prophets and stonest them that were sent unto thee how often would I have gathered thee but ye would not viz. Behold saith Christ your habitation shall be left unto you desolate And if Persecutors in this Age were not blind they might reade the Judgement of the Lord that have followed Persecutors in this particular upon those that are gone before them for as man lets Envy into his heart which is the ground of Murther and Persecution it eats out all good in him and makes his heart desolate of all good Motions of the Spirit of the Lord so it is without Pesecutors by that sin disposes themselves at last and the Lord drives them from their habitation without for all Persecutors are all unreasonable men and ever were for if I should ask a King Parliament or Council that make Laws to force all other People to worship in that Manner Form Time and Place as they shall prescribe and if I be not convinced in my own Conscience that their way is right and agreeable to the true Worship of God which is in Spirit in Truth and if I should worship in their way I should sin against God and against mine own Conscience then if I ask that King Parliament or Council if they will undertake at the last day in my behalf when God shall judge the Secrets of all hearts by Jesus Christ and will then keep me from the Eternal Punishment that must be fulfilled upon all those that worship God after mens Precepts and contrary to that measure of Light he hath given me to profit and worship withal dare any King Parliament or Council give me any assurance that they will do it for me If they should say they would yet I could not believe them that they were able or that they can save their own souls neither can I believe that there is any respect of persons with God but Kings as well as others must appear naked and bare before the Lord and every one shall receive according to the things done in the body whether good or evil and also I read that Tophet is prepared for the King as well as for the Beggar Therefore seeing the King cannot save my soul is it not an unreasonable thing that he should force me to destroy my own Soul Besides the King is not that great Prophet that we are to hear in all things but should be servant to that great Prophet for Daniel and the three Children could not worship according to the Law of the King and were justified in their so doing as we may read Dan. 3.18 Now seeing it is so let all that fear the Lord endeavour to keep their Conscience clean and void of offence both towards God and towards man what ever we suffer under the hands of wicked and unreasonable men for the time is near that God will lift up his hand for his People to deliver them after the manner of Egypt And if the Lord should suffer any of us to be banished for his Truth sake from the Land of our Nativity I know the Lord would give us favour in the sight of the People first as he hath done already and we should get much of their love with us which is their best Jewels and though it be midnight now yet but few Dogs bark at us as they have done formerly for the Lord's Truth doth begin to be of good report in this Nation and few are the number of Persecutors now as hath been formerly and as God set a mark upon Cain for persecuting his Brother so all men now that are God-like minded and all that God hath given a spirit of moderation unto they mark all that are Persecutors now and whoever he be that now is a Persecutor he is as much marked as he that is a thief and steals from his neighbour the one being led by the spirit of covetousness and the other by a murtherous spirit of envy and both of the Devil And the greatest part of men are much moderated as to those called Quakers whereby I see that Babylon falls apace for where moderation is the Lord is near at hand and the Devil hath now but a short time which makes him rage the more for we live in these dayes wherein Scripture-Prophesies are fulfilled and the Antient Visions do now speak and we know what times we live in and our God hath given us of his Light Life and Power and hath called us to be of the First Fruits unto the Lamb and to be of that Number that must break in pieces the great Image and now at last to ingage with the Lamb to fight with the Dragon and his Followers which will be the last battel for as the Lord hath been pleased to raise his Seed according as his Servants have foretold and Scriptures have declared in this Northren Island first and from hence hath sent his faithful Servants in these late years to the outmost parts of the Earth to preach his Everlasting Gospel to the sons of men and the Lord's Work hath prospered in their hands so certainly as he hath begun his great work in this Island so the Lord will finish it in this Island and Antichrist shall have his mortal blow in this Island first whereby all Nations that hear of it their hearts shall be struck with fear to hear what the mighty God hath done for his poor afflicted People in England And the Servant of the Lord J. S. hath declared there shall be such a day of deliverance as the like was never before it nor never any shall be after it and all Friends are to stand still for there is our strength to stand still and to wait upon our God out of our thoughts reasonings and consultations and all keep in the Faith for by that we shall conquer all our Enemies both within and without Heb. 11.1 for that 's our ground of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen And Friends this I declare that I perceive such a Faith that the Lord hath begotten in his despised People called Quakers in England that fear not Banishment no nor death it self and this I find is begotten in thousands that cannot speak much for Truth but they have Faith to suffer for Truth if the Lord calls them to it whereby it is evident they shall have at last the victory and shall be saved in the Ark the Light which that was but a figure of that saved Noah and his family from drowning in the waters and as the old world mocked Noah and would not believe that the Ark would save him so hath this Age mocked the People of the Lord for believing in so low a thing as the Light they say is But the Lord hath suffered a Flood to arise in this Nation that hath well-nigh fetched off all the highest Professions in England though they have flown from Mountain to Hill yet the Flood hath arisen and will arise to fetch them all off but all those that abide in the Ark the Light shall flote upon the top of the Waters and shall be safe until the Waters are abated wherein a New Earth shall appear in which shall dwell Righteousness So all Friends who believe in the Ark and dwell in it keep to the Word of his Patience and then your belief will not cause you to make haste for the Lord in his good time will perform what is here written to the renown of you his suffering Seed for evermore Written on the 11. day of the 5th Month 1664. F. E. THE END