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A66862 This is written in plainnesse of heart, and bowels of everlasting love to my persecutors who have shot sore at me, and hated me without a cause. Both magistrates, priests and people in Stafford sheir, of elsewhere, that ye all may be turned from the darknesse to the light, and from anti-christ without, unto Chrust within, who is the light of the world, and hath lighted wvery man therein with his saving light. Some queres also, for such who call themselves ministers of Christ, but are altogether unlike him, or his ministers to answer. Together with a warning from the Lord God of life and power to repent, andleave persecuting, and striving against, or kicking against the Lord. Written from one who have been in the pit, death, grave, and Hell; but am come from far, and am sit down with Abraham, Isaack, and Jacob, in the heavenly places with them that are in Christ, but unknown to you, I am: but by the name I have received amongst you, Humphry Wollrich. Wollrich, Humphry, 1633?-1707. 1661 (1661) Wing W3299; ESTC R219472 14,792 23

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This is Written in PLAINNESSE OF HEART and Bowels of Everlasting love to my PERSECUTORS WHO HAVE Shot Sore at me and hated me without a cause Both Magistrates Priests and People in Stafford Sheir or elsewhere that ye all may be turned from the Darknesse to the Light and from Antichrist without unto Christ within who is the Light of the World and hath lighted every man therein with his saving Light Some Queres also for such who call themselves Ministers of Christ but are altogether unlike him or his Ministers to Answer Together with a Warning from the Lord God of Life and Power to Repent and leave Persecuting and striving against or kicking against the Lord. Written from one who have been in the Pit Death Grave and Hell But am come from Far and am sit down with Abraham Isaack and Jacob in the Heavenly places with them that are in Christ but unknown to you I am But by the Name I received amongst you HVMPHRY WOLLRICH 2 Cor. 3.6 God hath made us able Ministers or the New Testament not of the Letter which kills but of the Spirit which gives Life Printed for Robert Wilson at the signe of the Black-spread-Eagle and wind-Mill in Martins-lane near Aldersgate COme all ye Magistrates Rulers and Officers in Stafford which are sworn to do Justice and ex●e●●e Judgement and lay the sword upon the neck of the Wicked and to be a terrour to Evil doers and a strength and a praise to them that do Well Come all to the Light wherewith Christ who is the True Light hath enlightned you with 〈◊〉 and so you shall see the Evil doer deceiver and seducer which 〈…〉 to sinne iniquity and trangression nearer you than you were aware even he which reignes and rules in Stafford and leads the Inhabitants thereof into Swaring Lying and Drunkenesse so that your being Christians is onely in words ye being dead in your trespasses and sinnes and the God of the World having blinded the eye by which the Lord hath said he will guide and lead his people into all Truth out of all iniquity transgression and sinne which the Inhabitants of Stafford abounds withall and yet have covered themselves with a Profession and have got the Prophets words and Christs words but are inwardly ravened and cast the Law of the Lord behind them which is Light and have reiected the Word of the Lord which is nigh them in their hearts Rom. 10.8 And this is the Word that opens the blinde Eye and is immortal and unchangeable and is like a fire and like a hammer Sinke down and ye shall feel it so and this is it which was before the Bible was which your false Teacher tells you is the Word of the Lord and opens the blinde Eye and this is the Word which was before the World was whom the Jewes which had the Words Slew and Crucified and this is false Doctrine for David prayed the Lord that he would open his eyes Psalm 119.18 and Psal 146.8 The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down and looseth the bonds of the prisoner Isaiah 42.6 7. where you may read That it is onely the work of Christ to open the blinde Eyes and to bring out the Prisoners from the prison and them that sit in Darknesse out of the Prison house And this is he which commands the Consciences of men which love him and the Condemnation of all that hate him and rebell against him and not the Bible as your blinde Guide tells you And why will you be so blinde as to look upon me as an evil Doer who was moved of the Lord to question this Doctrine that poor ignorant people who are in their sinnes might be deceived no longer and the Lord God Almighty is my witnesse and the testimony of the Lord stands sure and shall witnesse for me in you all that I do not this wickedly or maliciously nor in stubbornnesse either against Magistrate or Minister but in obedience to the Lord and that people which lie in darknesse might be turned to the light from the power of Satan unto God and why will you call this delusion or a deluding Spirit that causeth Drunkards to leave off their drunkenesse and become sober and temperate and Swarers to leave their swaring and Lyars to speak the truth and in the power of the Lord God I warne you all to consider what is my transgression or sinne amongst you for which I have been imprisoned eight or nine times in Stafford Which of you have I caused that was sober to become a drunkard or what Countenancers have I been of lyars swearers and mockers there amongst you I say Is it for any of these things for which I have been so often imprisoned or have I not suffered for bearing a testimony against these things which Stafford doth abound with notwithstanding all their Profession And is not your Markets which I have been moved of the Lord to speak in and to cry out against these things yet abounding with Swearers and Drunkards which go reeling up and down the streets unpunished neither are they looked upon is deceivers or deceived neither are they counted a disturbance or troublers of your Israel And how doth your Steeple-houses abound and your Church made up of such as these which professe Christ in words but have lost the Life and are altogether unlike Christ or Christians and to every good word and work are reprobates and by such as these are we persecuted and abused who have lost both form and power of godlinesse and are enemies to the life of Christ which they in words professe therefore the Lord God Almighty hath raised up many witnesse and in his Life and Spirit and by the Power of the Lord are they led to bare a testimony against all your false Teachers which are run and God never sent them and have cryed the Lord saith it unto you when the Lord hath not spoken to them but are theeves and robbers and are climed up another way than by Christ the Door and so are become theeves and robbers and have stolne Christs words and the Apostles words and are condemning the Jewes for Crucifying Christ but themselves are Crucifying him again and imprisoning persecuting and stoning them in whom he is made manifest and so are you like the Jewes and your Priests have no other weapons nor no other sword to cut down Hereticks withall but prisons clubs and staffes which are Carnall as the High Priests weapons were and not Spiritual as Pauls was and the Jewes which had the Prophets words and thought to have Eternal Life therein were Condemning their Fathers for killing the Prophets but they would not come to Christ who the Light of the World that they might have Life who was the end of all the Prophets and the life of all the Prophets him they Crucified as a Deceiver and Blasphemer and prince of Devils Therefore in the fear of the Lord God I