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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44640	A warning from the Lord unto the rulers of Dover And so to all men which stand guilty of the like practises, that all may know a day of repentance before it be too late; for the night will come when as no man can work, in which the son of man will come as a thief unto all such the workers of iniquity, and give to every man according to his deeds done in their body in their life-time. Then wo to the eveil-doer, for it will go ill with him. Also, the Christian man's plea for his liberty, as he is so indeed and in truth: and also, as he is a free-born English-man, he lays claim to his birth-right, by way of expostulation with the rulers of Dover, who rob him and many others of it, refusing to shew us any order for their so doing. Together with a true testimony born to the Light of Jesus, the power of God, yea the power of the endless life, from everlasting to everlasting: by Luke Howard.	Howard, Luke, 1621-1699.	1661 (1661)	Wing H2988; ESTC R215380	18,231	25

strength to deny the evil and so he feels the body of sin to weaken and this is true purifying of the heart by faith and these experiences come to be witnessed of God's power the hope is confirmed which makes not ashamed but the shame of the daily cross begins now to flee away and here is strength in God known now to take up the Cross and despise the shame and now the Cross is known and felt to be the power of God which crucifies to the world and the affections that have been in it and after it they now are felt to be wounded d Here the Scripture comes to be fulfilled and the hope stand fast still as the Anchor of the soul unto God that in due time the body of death shall be slain and now comes the watching to the light against fainting to be known for still the enemy will seek to perswade the mind against overcoming e VVhich is the doctrine of the Devil and his Ministers saying in the heart The time is long and the work is tedi●us and thy streights are many and strength is small and how shalt thou get through will he in the heart be ready to say when the watch to the light is neglected for then is his time to work f The Lord sows the good seed of his word in the field of the world which is in mans heart as saith the Scripture and whilest man sleeps the evil ●●●sons ta●es in the darkness or night whilst man neglects to watch and so sleeps Therefore I say watch ye to the light and when temptations comes in yea great and many look not at all at them but look to the light which makes them manifest and watch to the power to withstand them and so the Seed which at the first loved the light will now feel its strength encrease and its power abound over the temptation and here is the Victory even that which overcomes felt and witnessed and now the pleasant fruits of Righteousness comes to be brought forth and the fruits of the obedience of the Spirit which are joy and peace and now a measure of conquering comes to be witnessed through Jesus Christ the Light of men and the Power of God by whose Blood and Life Victory is witnessed and now all self-righteousness self-strength or power is denied and the righteousness of Jesus Christ the Power of God g The Lord is the strength of the righteous it s he which worketh all our works for us and in us alone given glory unto and honor and everlasting thanksgiving for ever and evermore for he is worthy who is the Light that was the beginning of the work and is the Life and Power of God to bring to the end and accomplish the work over the power of Hell and the Body of Death and so to give entrance into the Rest which remains for the people of God through believing in him that is the Light and Power of God to save from all which by his Light he condemns and now comes the peace to be felt which passeth the understanding of all which rebel against the Light which shines in the heart to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ the which all know and feel which live in the faith which gives the Victory and keeps in the same and serves the Lord in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the Letter which the first Nature can make a profession of in the enmity as Cain the first-born could do yea offer outward Sacrifices with that heart and mind which he could murder his Brother in which many can do now even profess God and Christ and Scripture and yet live Enemies to the life of God and Christ and Scripture and Cross and so in Cain's nature h And must have Cains reward a Vagabond from God and so marked until repentance be witnessed are seldom but angry with such as live in the faith by which Abel offered a more acceptable Sacrifice then Cain did And when the power of their anger moves in them then are ready to murder as he he did and even desire in their envious hearts for a Law to do it by being ashamed and also afraid of their own lives to do it without But let all such know and that from the living God that they stand as Murderers in the account of God i For he which in his heart envies is a mans slayer and that this is true of that Spirit which cannot live but in sin and yet will cover it over with a profession in the oldness of the Letter You may take a view of New-England which have drunk very much of the Blood of the Faithful of late days and in Old-England too many thirst after it and are in the plain steps for it to cast the faithful into Holes and Prisons as they do boasting in the Evil and Pride of their hearts of a Law before it be made of Banishment after much other cruelty is used and cast into Prisons before-hand as if it were to be ready for it but this is our Joy and Confidence that we know in whom we have believed even in him by whom Kings reign and Princes decree Justice and for such as will decree unjustice and cruelty by Law we fear k Christ Iesus our Saviour our Example our Captain our Fore-runner our elder Brother was put to death by a Law leaving us an example that we should follow his steps saying if they did so to the green tree what will they do unto the dry But remember what befel them and also whether such can escape which do it to his Members and Body the Church which is in God the Father whereof Christ the Light is the Head So in this be ye all warned them not but shall commit our Righteous Cause to the God of our Life the God of Justice and let him plead it for us which I am assured of will be too strong for his and his people Enemies in the end and this is the Counsel he hath given us and wee have taken it blessed be his Name for ever not to fear man whose breath is in his Nostrils but to fear the Lord alone and to sanctifie him in our hearts and to make him our fear and our dread for evermore Even so be it saith the hearts of all the faithful ones the Heritage of God and sheep of his Pasture and Lambs of his Fold and Labourers in his Vinyard and Garden into which he is come to ear his pleasant fruits and to walk amongst his Lillyes Praises Praises be unto him for evermore yea everlasting glory be unto the ancient of dayes our God and our Father from everlasting to everlasting even so Amen saith all the upright in heart for ever and for ever And thus have I cleared my Conscience in faithfulness to God and man as the Lord put it

you are counted worthy to suffer and to have your Trades spoiled and your Families exposed to hardship for Christ's sake so can I. Can you give your backs to the smiter and your cheeks to him which plucketh off the hairs for a good Conscience-sake so can I. Can you dwel in a Prison all dayes of your lives rather then sin against the God of Righteousness so can I Are you true Christians in Nature and not in Name onely which can do good against evil and seek to overcome evil therewith so can I. Can you bless them that curse you and pray for them that despitefully use you to the fulfilling of the words of Christ and so render not evil for evil so can I. Can you in such a case of Conscience commit your cause to the righteous God so can I. Can you as true Christians bear your Testimony against persecution for Conscience-sake so can I. Can you use all lawful means to keep such out of Prison who for Conscience sake cannot follow the multitude to do wickedly against God so can I. Can you deny your selves so far as to visit them that are cast in for Conscience-sake so can I. Can you read and believe that Scripture which saith The Devil shall cast some of you into prison to wit the followers of Jesus and you shall have tribulations ten days so can I. Can you besieve the Scripture which saith Forasmuch as you did it to the least of those which believe in my Name you did it unto me so can I. Can you believe that the everlasting righteousness of God is his Name that it is known in his Light which shineth in mans heart to give him the light of the knowledg of God in the face of Jesus Christ according to the Scriptures so can I. Can you believe that they which rebel against the Light of God nor the conscience never know the way of true peace in the path thereof so can I. Can you believe that he which walketh in the Light as he is in the Light hath fellowship with God and one with another so can I. Can you believe that he which hateth the Light bringeth not his deeds unto it lest it should reprove him so can I. Can you believe that he which loveth the Light bringeth his deeds to it willingly that he may know they are wrought in God so can I. Can you believe that he which deviseth an evil device in his heart against his Neighbor hates the Light which shines therein and sins against God and is in danger of his curse so can I. Can you believe that for every idle word that man shall speak he must give an account in the day of God's righteous Judgements and for every vain thought and all his deeds done in his body whether they be good or whether they be evil so can I. Can you believe that no Drunkard nor Lyar nor Fornicator nor Adulterer nor Idolater nor abusers of themselves with mankind and such like shall never inherit the Kingdom of God so can I. Can you believe that man ought to deny himself of all these things and to obey the Spirit of Light which shews and reproves for these things in secret or else he is no Christian in nature but in name onely so can I. Can you believe that he which doth not fear God and hate covetousness and so in God's fear knows how to rule his own body and Family is not fit to rule amongst men so can I. Can you believe that he which doth not love the Light which shines in his heart nor yeilds obedience to it so that he may know the power of the endless life that such a man who is a Ruler hates the Light may turn the Sword of Power upon the back of the righteous and so sin against God so can I. Can you believe that he which is not first ruled himself by the power of God in his own heart can never rule aright for God so can I Can you believe that every man which in that state takes the staff of Justice to sway withall hath cause to take shame to himself and give over and so repent so can I. Can you believe that he which rules amongst men should be just and judge every one's cause without respect of persons and upbraid none so can I. Can you believe that he that sets upon the seat of Justice and upbraideth any man or passeth Judgement with respect of persons to any man that such a man doth greatly sin against God whose place as amongst men he sitteth in and that his evil is exceeding great so can I. Can you believe that the Rulers of Towns and Cities have a great weight and burthen to bear as from God when they join with the rude people which hate in their heart a righteous government and so set themselves to suppress such as love Righteousness and its government against the evil-doers so can I. Can you believe that the Law was not made for the righteous man to wit that Law which is holy just and good but for the lawless and disobedient to wit for Murderers Swearers Drunkards Lyars Revellers and such like so can I. Can you believe that if any man suffer as a Christirn for well-doing he hath cause to glorifie God on that behalf so can I. Can you believe that he which believeth all these things and walketh in his duty to the Lord is a true Christian and a true Christian Magistrate that so rules over men and no otherwise So can I u All this reasoning is according to truth and to the witness of God in every man's Conscience to which I do make my appeal and let that answer as I know it will in secret when the mind is still and quiet And then if these things be by me consented to and believed and practised as well in my place then you do in your places then come and let my friend in your own bosomes the living Witness of the Lord speak if I have not as much right both by the Law of God and Nature to enjoy my Liberty of Body and Conscience as your selves and if you do stand and abide in this Faith of a true Christians life then whether such as can persecute for conscience-sake are not altogether out of a Christians life and so enemies to the cross of Jesus as I and you have been in the dayes past and for you which have had a hand in it to wit in persecution to deny your selves and to take shame to your selves even before the Lord and all men is but your duty unto the Lord and confess and give glory to God and say the time past may suffice you to have wrought the will of the Gentiles or Heathens in persecuting the Seed of God in the Christians and now will I repent and abhor as just cause there is my self in dust and ashes and make it my business so far as I can to redeem the time and