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Against Babylon and her merchants in England one groan more breathed forth from the grief of the spirit, for the sufferings of the saints ... / written by one that travels in spirit for Sions deliverance, John Anderdon.
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Anderdon, John, 1624?-1685.
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Enemies are subdued and who shall withstand his Spirit or resist his Power that he should not ride on Conquering and to Conquer until he hath accomplished Gods great work of Salvation in the Earth In which Reformation Liberty and Freedom to the Sons and Daughters of Sion is known and perfect Peace and Establishment in Gods Covenant of Light and Life witnessed against which the Gates of Death and Hell shall not prevail Though the people rage and the Heathen imagine mischief in their hearts Yet the Lords work shall go on and prosper in the Land to the shame and confusion of all the opposers thereof who take not warning by the downfal of others that have gone before them But here is our Rock that splits all the Powers of the Earth even that Rock of Ages of which Israel drank in the VVildernesse out of which flows the VVaters of Life for ever But ye have hewen out unto your selves broken Cysterns that will hold no water and will not come to the Lord the Leader of Israel and Fountain of Living VVaters that Your Souls might live So that Your Rock is not as Our Rock The Lord hath often Declared and Proclaimed Repentance to the Rulers Priests and People of this Nation from time to time by his Servants the Prophets that have been sent forth in the Power of his Spirit and that he expects a Worship in Spirit and Truth and a Government in Righteousnesse in this Nation to be established in his own way No longer in the oldnesse of the Letter but in the newness of the Spirit and that he requires such to worship him and that he will no longer be served with the abominations of the AEgyptians which sit in Darkness under the Power of Death and come not to the Light of Life in which God is well pleased but this Seed of the Kingdom that 's likened to a Grain of Mustard-seed is that which all the wise Builders in the worlds wisdom have stumbled at and rejected as a thing Common and Unclean and too mean and foolish for them to take Counsel of and so all their wisdom hath been confounded and turned into foolishness because they would not become fools that they might be wise in the way of Gods Salvation for it is a Righteous thing with the Lord to stain the Glory of all flesh that hath been exalted above his Fear in the Earth and that that which hath boasted and gloried above the Cross of Christ should now be abased and ashamed yea and shame shall cover the Faces of the Wicked and all Vizards shall be taken off from all Faces and every man shall appear to be as he is in the Day of the Lords Search in the Land and all the deceitful Coverings of Antichrist stollen from the words of the Prophets of Christ and the Apostles without the Life and Power of God in Christ Jesus shall be stript off and found too narrow to hide from Gods wrath as these that have gone before you and exceeded you therein finds true by sad experience that it s not Words and Pretences but Truth and Righteousnesse the Coverings of Gods Spirit that saves and delivers 〈◊〉 People in the time of Straits and Distresse of Nations And though you or others could now after so many Years experience beget a Reformation and Worship of which there is little Hopes and less appearance that you could make your Image speak even with the Tongue of Men and Angels and come not into the right Spirit to know the Voice of the True Shepheard Christ in you all your Labours Services and Performances of VVorship as you may call it would be no better than the cutting off a Dogs Neck or offering of Swines Blood which is altogether abominable in the sight of the Lord For men have so long talked in words of Religion Righteous Laws and Just Government to be set up and established that the Lords Spirit hath been long grieved therewith and he hath cast them out as unprofitable Servants because they came not to the Light to Gods Righteous VVitnesse and Principle in themselves which teacheth men to do Iustly to love Mercy and to walk Humbly with their God for Gods Government is a Righteous Government and its said on Christ And can men reasonably expect that Ministers of unrighteousness and Servants of sin and Satan should set up a Righteous Government for God as they stand in that Ground and Nature which is condemned by Gods Righteous Laws for ever Can he that is not Born of God do the Will or VVork of God to his Praise Or can any evil Tree bring forth good Fruit no not one It 's high time for men if ever they will come to the Light to the Root and Ground of things in themselves that is good that they may know of what Spirit they are of for most men in this Nation will confess I believe that there is a Spirit of Truth which doth the VVill of God and there is a Spirit of error which is of the Devil and against God in the VVorld Now that Spirit as the Scriptures testifie that confesseth that Christ is come in the flesh is true which is the Power of God that destroys the works of the Devil in the Creature in the Root and Ground that is evil from whence all wickednesse proceeds even out of the heart of man where Satans seat hath been And so this same Spirit that reproves the world of sin and condemns sin in the flesh leads us and those that follow it out of sin and transgression and mortifies lust in the Root and leads us into all Truth and teacheth us to deny ungodlinesse and Worldly Lusts and to walk Righteously Soberly and Godly in this present World no longer in the oldnesse of the Letter but in the newnesse of the Spirit according to the Rule of the new Creature Christ in us the hope of Glory which changeth and reviveth us in the Spirits of our Minds whereby we are inabled unto every good word and work according to the measure of his eternal Spirit working in us in which we are taught to deny our own wills and to do Gods will in Earth as it is in Heaven the enmity in the carnal Mind being destroyed by the Crosse of Christ which is the Power of God unto Salvation unto all them that believe From which all people and Nations that turn away they crucifie Christ and do but cast lots about his Vestment and retain at the utmost but a form of godlinesse without the Power and so worship a God in their imaginations ignorantly and come not to witness and feel the VVord of Life in themselves which begets the Creature again into the likeness of Gods Image by destroying and casting out that which is begotten in man by the Seed of the Serpent which is Gods and the Creatures enemy And so as the enmity is destroyed in the Root and Ground and the cause of Seperation from God done away
your hearts that God sees you not and that the Lord hath forsaken the Earth because his Judgements are not speedily executed upon such evil-doers as these are that sit down to eat and drink and rise up to play and commit Whoredoms and say to morrow shall be as this day and much more abundant as if your Return and all the strange Arts and Works of Wonder which the Lord hath wrought and brought to pass in this Nation were even to this very end that you might live at ease in the flesh in your pleasures pride and vanities and in cruelties and oppressions to triumph over the just on your old dregs and lees of corruption settled as if ye could not be moved But blindness and security in judgement is happened unto you that ye having eyes might not see and hearts and might not perceive that the Lord God Omnipotent ruleth and reigneth in the Kingdoms of men and giveth them unto whomsoever he will that in the Clouds he is come to judgement Yea and he will arise and plead the cause of the innocent and by no means acquit the guilty He will make Inquisition for the blood of the slain and certainly avenge the blood of the Righteous which cries loud from the Earth for vengeance upon Cain that hath slain his Brother and his cruelty shall not passe unpunished but he that hath done this wickednesse in the Land with Gods Mark is he Marked and shall become a Fugitive and Vagabond in the Earth and shall seek to hide himself from the avenger of blood but sin shall lie at his door and Gods Righteous Judgements shall overtake him wheresoever he flies because of his Brothers innocent blood that ceaseth not to cry Day Night for Justice to be done upon the Murderer that hath slain the Just Yea and God shall multiply his Plagues and Judgements upon them that have shed Innocent Blood in the Land and no Coverings shall hide them from the fiercenesse of Gods wrath neither shall the City that Cain hath built with Blood nor the Towers of Babel though never so lofty be able to shelter the wicked from the terrible stroak of Gods anger and just Judgements which hasten to be accomplished in this Nation for they are a Rebellious and Gain-saying people with whom the Love and Mercies the Patience and Long-Suffering of our God prevails not But ye have hardned your Hearts and stiffned your Necks even for a Day of Slaughter that the Lord is weary to bear Your Iniquities and to suffer with your sins any longer And therefore hath determined to cut short the work in Righteousnesse for the Elects sake who are made as the dung of the Earth and off-scouring of all things but the meek of the Earth the Lood will exalt and the High and Lofty ones he will bring down from their Seats the wicked will he scatter in their imaginations And all your Carnal confidences shall fail you in the day of great distress perplexity and anguish that 's coming upon every soul that obeys not the Light the Gospel of God by which ye might have been gathered and so have been honourable by doing the Lord service in the day of his love to you if ye had known and considered the things that belongs to your Peace and the Kingdoms happinesse But now the Day is gone over Yourheads Your Time is past Your Glory shall be turned into shame Your Sun shall let at noon day and the Night is come upon You that Ye shall not see to work any more for the Lord but shall grope in the dark to fulfill the measures of Your Iniquities Treasure up wrath against the Day of wrath and Revelation of Gods just Judgments until the overflowing Scourge of Destruction come upon You for the Abominations that are gone forth into all the Land And who is there amongst all the Lords Servants in the Land that shall say Lord spare them against whom Gods wrath is kindled and upon whom he purposeth to pour out the Vials of his sore displeasure because they have rejected his Son from being their King and Lawgiver in these Nations unto whom all Principalities and Powers must bow whose Scepter is a Scepter of Righteousnesse in which the establishment of Gods Government is for ever And whither think ye to fly and what think ye to do in the day of Your Calamity who are covered over with the tents of the wicked with sin and iniquity as with a Garment in that day when the Lord shall strip off all false coverings and search and try you to the uttermost of his Judgements That as Gods Patience and Long-Suffering hath appeared more abundant to you than others so shall his judgements and execution of his fierce wrath be more swift and sudden upon you And as your Return hath been more wonderful in the eyes of the Nations than those Noble Acts the Lord hath done before in the Land by so much the greater astonishment and Iudgements Terrour and Amazement shall you be smitten Yea and the nearer Israels deliverance out of Bondage is at hand so shall the Plagues of AEgypt increase upon Pharaoh and his Host who will not let Israel go to serve the Living God And the Nations shall know that our God is the God of Abraham the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob which worketh Wonders in the deep and maketh war with Amaleck from Generation to Generation and who shall prosper that is against the Lord and his annointed ones the chosen Generation that are blessed with Gods presence And who is there amongst all the mighty Host of the Uncircumcised that shall lift a hand against the Sword of the Lord and of Gideon and prosper for its Gods determination that Christs Government in Righteousnesse and Truth shall be established in this Nation And blessed are that remnant that know it and are made subjects thereof though all the World band against them yet the Faithful followers of the Lamb shall prevail and raign with him on Mount Sion for ever and ever for God hath blest them and who shall curse them And they that have been the envy of Nations in Gods work shall be the Glory of Kingdoms and they that have been as it were not a People shall become a great and mighty Nation as they are Chosen Faithful and True in the Lambs War of Righteousnesse in which Victory and Dominion over all shall stand for ever without Sword or Spear for the Lord God will work wonders in the Earth and accomplish his great work in this the day of his Power the which ye will not believe though a man declare it unto you Behold therefore ye Despisers and wonder when the day of Your misery cometh upon You as a Thief in the Night when there shall be none to deliver You though You then cry to the Rocks and to the Mountains to fall upon You and cover You from the wrath of the Lamb who must reign until all his