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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66861	The rock of ages known, and foundation of many generations discovered after this long and dark night of apostacy, which shall never cover us again, because of the anointing, and though darkness may cover the nation, and gross darkness the people a little season, yet the Lord shall be unto his people and everlasting light, and their God their glory : also a prayer that the Lords people may be preserved to the end : also a few words to the King, and his council from the everlasting counsellor and Prince of Peace : also the Lords testimony against all persecutors of the innocent lambs of Christ, in whose light the nations of them that are saved must walk, and against all forms of worship whatsoever, taught by the precepts and commandments of men, which themselves are not led and guided by the spirit of the Lord : also a few words in answer to the last book of common-prayer / this is written in the fear of the Lord, and in the counsel of the everlasting counsellor, whose name is the Lord of Hosts, in Humphry Wolrich.	Wollrich, Humphry, 1633?-1707.	1661 (1661)	Wing W3298; ESTC R15328	12,166	18

THE Rock of Ages known AND FOUNDATION Of many Generations discovered After this long and dark Night of Apostacy which shall never cover us again because of the Anointing And though Darkness may cover the Nation and gross Darkness the People a little season yet the Lord shall be unto his People an Everlasting Light and their God their Glory Also a Prayer that the Lords People may be preserved to the end Also a few Words to the KING and his Council from the Everlasting Counsellor and Prince of Peace Also the Lords Testimony against all Persecutors of the Innocent Lambs of Christ in whose Light the Nations of them that are saved must walk And against all Forms of Worship whatsoever taught by the Precepts and Commandments of men which themselves are not led and guided by the Spirit of the Lord. Also a few Words in Answer to the last Book of Common-Prayer Psal 53.4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge who cat up my People as bread Vers 6. When the Lord bringeth back the captivity of his People Jacob shall rejoyce and Israel shall be glad This is written in the Fear of the Lord and in the Counsel of the Everlasting Counsellor whose Name is the Lord of Hosts In HUMPHRY WOLRICH London Printed for Robert Wilson in Martins Le Grand 1661. The Rock of Ages Known and Foundation of many Generations Discovered after this long and dark night of Apostacy which shall never cover us again because of the Anointing c. IN Patience Meekness and Quietness do we suffer in Joy and Peace and in the everlasting Love of the Lord Jesus do we lie down and rest in him notwithstanding all the rage of the wicked and their many wayes of cruelty towards us yet in all this do we in patience passesse our souls and a hiding place we feel in him who is the Lord our Righteousness in him onely do we trust and hope and of our hope shall we never be ashamed we know for in us we feel it as an Anchor to our souls in this stormy day that is rising as a mighty Tempest to sever the Chaff from the Wheat that the finest of the Wheat may be eaten and the Honey out of the Rock O Lord what shall become of London O London with thy Magistrates and Rulers why should ye be called a persecuting people after all your Fighting and Engagements for Liberty of Conscience to serve the Lord as moved by his Pure Eternal Spirit and after the Tradition and Precepts of men no longer O London Repent go not on in this cruel way of persecuting an innocent people return to the Lord lest thou be hardned as Pharaoh was to his own destruction O why should ye be called a Bloody City Why should ye be reckoned with the Persecutors in Queen Maries dayes in the Generations to come why should ye be ranked with Jerusalem and her Rulers out of which a Prophet could not perish O London I pitty Thee I pitty Thee great is the misery that upon thee and thy Rulers is coming thy day is dark and gloomy that is dawned and come up to cover thee as a Garment O London Do not go on to thy own ruine the people whom thou fightest against are blessed of the Lord that made Heaven and Earth the Lord is their Strength and their Shield and when he hath humbled them and brought them low in Spirit and purified them made them more pure in heart more perfect through sufferings then will he arise for their Salvation yea he will arise the Mouth of the Lord hath spoken it it is good that we trust in the Lord even in the Name of the Lord all the day long he that stood by us and in us and hath delivered us out of many Tryals and divers Tribulations good is it for us to trust in him to the end of our Pilgrimage for we are strangers to them that persecute us and they that hate us without a cause know not our dwelling plac● O England with thy Rulers why should ye be as Cain Vagrants in the Earth Why should ye be droven out from the Presence of the Lord into the Land of Nod Why wilt thou lay a burthen on thy own Conscience and gather Vexation and Anguish on thy own soul The way ye take will not destroy us the greater our burthens are the more will the Palm Tree grow and the Root shall spread it sell abundantly and the Branches shall break forth as a Morning without Clouds in due season in his own time that is our Root and bears up our heads under all our sufferings that we undergoe for his own Names sake in Patience we bear giving our Backs to the Smiter and our Cheek to them that pull off the Hair because of the Testimony to the Truth which we bear and the VVord of his Patience which we keep Therefore in this day of darkness doth the Light shine forth and in this time of temptation are we kept preserved who have believed in the Light Christ Jesus and whose hearts are fixed trusting in the Lord they are not afraid of evil tidings nor of sudden destruction when it cometh O let the House of Aaron trust in the Lord He is their Hope and their Shield O let all that know Him trust in Him at all times and fear the Lord and his Goodness for evermore him that hath withdrawn the Face of his Covering and caused the Light of his Countenance to shine forth in our Tabernacles He is unto his that which Eye cannot see nor Tongue expresse and for declaring it but for the sakes of others it is no matter if hand should be still alwayes and Tongue dumb for evermore so that the Peace and Love of the everlasting God and Father of all consolation be but possessed felt and enjoyned in the Heart and in the Soul It is pure Liberty to the Captive and that my Soul doth feel and witness it is bread of life to the hungry and water of life to the thirsty soul it warmes and refreshes in the coldest night that ever came it doth strengthen the weak hands and confirm the feeble knees it makes the desolate to rejoyce and break forth into singing and the womb that hath been barren a joyful mother of many children what shall I say to all that fear the Lord be where ye will he is company and in the middest of wars famine and want he is peac● life and fulness of every good thing And though I am but of yesterday in companion yet I set to my seal that the God of the despised Quakers is the living and the true God and their Worship which is in Spirit and Truth is only acceptable to the Lord And further for the Lord in this day of darkness that over thee O England is coming and thou layest it not to thy heart I say in the Light of the eternal God of Heaven and Earth that plucks up Nations and plants