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world_n	darkness_n	light_n	shine_v	11,650	5	9.6082	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76475	A lamentation for the deceived people of the world. But in particular to them of Alesbury, and those small villages round about her; who are carried away captive by her priests and teachers, laden with sins, ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth, nor never will, but by the owning the light which comes from the Son of God, the Saviour of all them that believe in the light, and the condemnation of all that hate it.	Bettris, Jeane.	1657 (1657)	Wing B2085; Thomason E931_4; ESTC R207690	5,184	8

A LAMENTATION FOR THE Deceived People of the WORLD But in particular To them of Alesbury and those small Villages round about her who are carried away captive by her Priests and Teachers laden with sins ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the Truth nor never will but by owning the Light which comes from the Son of God the Saviour of all them that believe in the Light and the Condemnation of all that hate it The Leaders of my People causeth them to erre and my People perish for lack of knowledge saith the Lord. HEARKEN and Hear O Inhabitants of Alesbury And to the small Villages round about thee for thus saith the Lord Take up a Lamentation for her and lament her in this the day of my power saith the Lord For I have measured thee as I measured Sodome in the day of her highnesse and the same sin that I found in her is found in thee saith the Lord pride haughtinesse and fulnesse of bread so that thou loathest the honey and the honey comb so that the voice of the Lord is not heard in thee through the greatnesse of thy pride and thy Idolatry Oh how the Just is oppressed as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves through the abominations and the witch craft which is committed in thee therefore the flight shall perish from the swift and the strong shall not strengthen his force neither shall the mighty deliver himselfe neither shall he stand which handleth the Bow and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himselfe neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himselfe and he that is couragious among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day saith the Lord They that have an eare to hear let them hear Therefore Repent Repent oh Inhabitants for the Vialls of the fierce wrath of the Lord God is to be powred out upon you except you speedily Repent The dayes of Visitation are come the dayes of recompence are come Israel shall know it the Prophet is a fool the spirituall man is mad for the multitude of thine iniquity and thy great hatred Therefore I warn you all in the presence of the dreadfull God of heaven and earth that ye repent and return unto the Lord in this the day of his power for dreadfull and terrible will he be to all the workers of iniquity And now consider and be thou warned and bring forth fruits meet for repentance for the kingdome of heaven is at hand it is nigh you it s even at the door Therefore repent repent for the crooked way shall be made strait and the rough way shall be made smooth and every valley shall be filled and every mountaine and hill shall be brought low that all flesh may see the salvation of God But this salvation and this cry hath not entred into your ears who have refused the servants of the mosthigh God which hath been sent often times unto you with this cry in their mouths but you have not regarded nor hearkned to the voice of the Lord which hath often times been declared amongst you and you have despised them that have been sent unto you some of them have been kept in your prison and some have you smitten in your Market and others have bin stoned for reproving sin in your streets and some you have said had a Devill when they have reproved you of sin and now is this Scripture fulfilled in your eares this day where Christ said They shall persecute you and shall say all manner of evill falsly against you for my names sake And here thou art found guilty in this the day of the Lord and of his power which day makes thee manifest and naked and bare before the Lord who searcheth the heart and tries the reines And none of thy coverings will now cover thee in this the day of the Lord if a profession would have served there is no lack of that in thee but that will not stand in the dreadfull day of God when thou must give an account for every idle word and for every vaine thought Then what will become of thy Profession That is not that which will stand when the Lord shall appear they are all too narrow they will not cover thee but ye are all seen and comprehended by the children of light in this the day of his everlasting power for you deny the light Christ Jesus that lighteth every man that cometh into the world and he that denies the light wherewith he is lighted which shines in darknesse though the darknesse comprehends it not which light checks and condemns all the deeds of darknesse and all they which denies this denies the way which leads unto life This is the strait and narrow way and few there be that findes it And herein is the Scripture fulfilled as it is written There is none righteous no not one there is none that understandeth there is none that seeketh after God they are all gone out of the way they are altogether become unprofitable there is none that doth good no not one their throat is an open Sepulchre with their Tongues they have used deceit the poison of Asps is under their lips whose mouth is full of cursing and bitternesse they are swift to shed blood destruction and misery is in their wayes and the way of peace they have not known there is no fear of God before their eyes Hear ye sinners and ye that live in pride and coveteousnesse in the fashions and customes of the world in the Traditions of men having mens persons in admiration for advantage And here you are all seen to be gone out of the way Priest and People for the way of peace you cannot witnesse but some of you declared you have not peace and others of you complain of a body of sin and you have no refuge to flie to and so you are found naked and your sin is not covered Who is wise and he shall understand these things prudent and he shall know them for the wayes of the Lord are right and the just shall walk in them but the transgressors shall fall therein And the Prophet describeth Blessed are they whose iniquiti●s are forgiven and whose sins are covered but your sins are not covered therefore you appear naked and this blessednesse is not known unto you Therefore consider are you not out of the way which is pure and undefiled which no vulterous eye hath ever seen nor no venomous beast hath ever trodden in this path but it is for the ransomed and the redeemed of the Lord to walk therein but redemption you will not own nor the path which is pure you know not therefore you are found in the way of Balacke who offered sacrafices and burnt offerings to curse Israel whom God had blessed and Jesabell when she had a purpose to destroy Naboth she caused a Fast that her intention might be brought to passe neverthelesse she had a day and did not repent