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A76237	A seasonable warning and word of advice to all papists, but most especially to those of the kingdome of France; for them to turn from their idolatry, and gross superstition, and speedily to repent, and hast to meet the Lord by amendment of life, least he come on them, and smite them unawares ... / Charles Baily.	Bayley, Charles, 17th century.	1663 (1663)	Wing B1473A; ESTC R170471	59,588	68

A Seasonable Warning AND WORD OF Advice to all Papists BUT Most especially to those of the Kingdome OF FRANCE FOR Them to turn from their Idolatry and gross Superstition and speedily to Repent and hast to meet the Lord by amendment of Life least he come on them and smite them unawares Which is good Counsel from a Friend to your souls and a Lover of that which would make for your eternal welfare CHARLES BAILY LONDON Printed in the Year 1663. A Seasonable Word IN Love to all PAPISTS who are scattered on the face of the Earth and especially to those of the Kingdom of FRANCE OH ye Priests of the Nation my controversie is against you saith the Lord God of Heaven and Earth my fury is kindled against you which you shall never be able to quench saith the Allmighty your Idolatry is a noisomness unto me and your prayers are an abomination in my ears your Crosses and your Crucifixes shall not be able to hide you from my terrible irresistable Judgements which is nigh to be powred forth upon you except you repent Repent before the Decree be sealed against you ye make the people drunk with your abominable Idolatry saith the Lord God therefore will I make you drunk with my fury which shall be powred forth upon you which you shall in no wise escape weeping and howling shall be heard amongst you because you have made the Innocent to weep saith the Lord Your strong security shall become as rotten sticks before me And while ye shall cry peace peace suddain destruction shall come upon you the fire of my jealousie is already kindled in your borders which shall never be put out untill it hath consumed you root and branch saith God Allmighty whose power hath set bounds to the Sea and saith to the proud waves thereof Hitherto shall ye go and no further who will also bind and limit your power so that it shall not passe the determined counsel of my God Though you kick against him and say in your hearts Who is the Lord that we should obey him Know ye he is the same as ever he was in Might in Power in Glory in Majesty in Dominion and in Dread who will make all Nations to tremble before him and will render to every man according to his works an hypocrite shall have a hypocrites portion for he shall not be able to hide from his dreadfull presence nor a false god shall not be a cover for them saith the Lord who will roar out of his holy habitation and for his own names sake will he arise yea like a man of war and none shall be able to stand before him in Judgement an Idolater shall have an Idolaters portion money nor favour shall not be able to plead the cause of any saith the Lord but nakedly shall every one be judged and receive according to the deeds done in the body whether they are good or evil an Hireling Priest shall have an hirelings portion an unbeliever an unbelievers portion and a deceiver a deceivers portion the lyar a lyars portion they shall all be cast into the Lake saith the Lord God where there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth for ever The mighty and terrible day of Gods vengeance is come Therefore Awake Awake ye people awake and consider what you are a doing will an Idol save you or an Image deliver you saith the Lord surely nay the Image and the Image-maker shall perish the Idol and the Idolater shall have their reward together In vain shall ye cry when ye would be heard seeing ye refuse to hear when I call upon you saith the Allmighty Your prayers to Mary John and James and to the rest of your imagined Saints shall stand you in no stead at all but on the contrary shall adde to your condemnation seeing you have chosen to your selves other Advocates and Mediators then my Son whom I have given for a Covenant of Light to all Nations that he might be your Salvation to the ends of the Earth Hear and give ear ye dull and uncircumcised in heart and ears Is there any other name given under Heaven for Salvation but His He is the Light of the world and he enlightneth every one that cometh into the world which Light shineth into every one of your Consciences checking and reproving every one of you for sin and evill though never so secret or private can any forgive when by this Light you are condemned Surely nay seeing it is my true and Faithfull Witnesse in every one of you which judgeth righteously between me and you without respect of persons saith the Lord drunkard it condemns thee for thy drunkennesse lyar it condems thee for thy lying swearer for thy swearing glutton for thy gluttony and whatsoever is sin or evil it condemneth in you whether pride presumption hypocrisie or covetousnesse which is idolatry it condemns the evil and justifies the good therefore shall ye be left without excuse in the day of Judgement though ye may buy pardons of men yet will not I pardon you saith the Lord God Except you repent This from the Lord is a Warning to you all therefore while you have time prize it least the day of your visitation passe over your heads unawares and you be left to perish for ever Mark the Word ever and lay it to heart before it be too late therefore be you warned whilest love and mercy is stretched out towards you Priest and People Kings Potentates and Rulers from the least to the greatest for if you refuse and reject this tender visitation of love the dreadful sword of Judgement shall bring you down saith the Lord for the Lord is risen to rule and reign over all Nations and none shall be able to stand before him though the Priest preach for hire and the Judges judge for reward and both take counsel against the innocent and so between Head and Tail the whole Body is bound down under oppression yet a day of restoration is coming and the yoak of oppression and the burden thereof shall be taken off from the necks of the poor and needy that they may look towards me saith the Lord who will assuredly plead the cause of the afflicted and deliver him from the hands of him which is too strong for him These things will the Lord do for his own names sake that he might be known amongst the sons of men for he hath been more a stranger amongst them though he hath created them then the Ox is to the Owner or the Asse to his Masters Crib many have professed him in name but in nature are wholly degenerated from him there is more than cause enough in this unrighteous generation for the righteous to be grieved and his soul dayly vexed to behold the wicked conversation of the Inhabitants of the Earth and none more than they who go under the name of Christians from the head to the foot of them and all this chiefly happens from that cursed

by their cruel usage they be made to conform to their Wills this is evident amongst them insomuch that many of them have been kept many years and not been told the cause why for if they have but a Jealousie of a man he shall hardly escape their hands And now what they have to be spoken against let the moderate Reader seriously consider if there be any thing else but abominable Idolatry in all their Worship even such Idolatry as all the Heathen of old never exceeded As for Example in Rome which is the Fountain from whence all this abomination springs they pourtray the likeness of an Old Man upon a Wall and they call him the Image of God the Father with a Cross before him with the Portraicture of a dead man upon it and the likeness of a Pigeon on the top of it and this in their Imaginations they call the Father Son and Spirit And this being openly tollerated in Rome the bordering Nations are made stark drunk with the same abominations and Idolatry So that if one in love and in pity to their souls speak to reclaim them from their gross darkness they are ready to tear them in pieces though it be plainly manifest that they are of those who have changed the Glory of the Incorruptible God into Images made like unto Corruptible men wherefore God hath given them up to uncleannesse through their lost and corrupt hearts who have changed the Truth of God into a lie and do worship the Image which themselves have made more than the Creator who is God blessed for ever This is such gross darkness as was in Egypt even such as might be felt And in God there is no ancientness of dayes who is a Spirit infinite and eternal who created all things by the Word of his power and upholdeth all things thereby unto this day To whom will ye liken me saith the Lord Heaven is my Throne and the Earth is my Footstool hath not my hand made all these things all things being created in and by the Word of his Power which is Christ Jesus for so is his Name who was glorified by his Father before the World began and is the express Image of his Father whose likeness cannot be made by the hands of men therefore it is horrible Idolatry for you to make the Image of a dead man and say it is the Image of Christ and so bewitch the minds of people with those false conceptions and imaginations woe be to them by whom these things are wrought and upheld for the Vengeance and Indignation of the Lord God is kindled against them for they are the unreasonable Task-Masters of Egypt who keep the Seed in bondage and slavery so that the people cannot come to the knowledge of the true God that him only they might serve honour and obey in all things who is the only King Judg and Lawgiver of his people who sheweth mercy unto all who come unto him in his Sons Name for there is no other Name given under Heaven for Salvation but his And all who are in the praying to Saints are in the wicked Idolatry and do forsake the Fountain of living mercy and have hewed to your selves Cisterns which will hold no Water For the true Voyce saith Come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest And saith the Prophet All you which are a thirst come and you which have no money come buy and eat yea come buy Wine and Milk without money and without price Why do ye lay out your money for that which is not bread and your labour for that which satisfieth not Heare and eat that which is good and let your souls delight themselves in fatness Incline your ear and come unto me hear and your souls shall live And I will establish with you my everlasting Covenant even the sure mercies of David Behold I have given him for a Witnesse to the people This is all free even the free gift of God Who hath so loved the World that he hath given his only begotten Son into the World that all through him might believe for whosoever believes in him shall not abide in darkness but shall have the Light of life who is the Way the Truth and the Life who hath enlightned every one who cometh into the World with his true Light and they which turn to the Light wherewith Christ hath enlightned them they come to Christ who is the free Gift of God This likes not the Pope and his Ministers for they make the people pay tenths of all their increase besides Money for Beads Crosses and Crucifixes and Money for pardon for sins and for Masses to be said for them while they are alive and after they are dead and Money for Christening of Children as they call it and Money for Marrying and all that they doe which thing sheweth plainly that his Ministers are not like the Ministers of the Gospel for that was and is a free Ministry and the Ministers thereof ministreth forth freely as they have received and are moved of God freely thereunto So the Pope is not with Christ but against him in all his actions for Tithes were only due to Levi and that from his Brethren yet they were not Levi's but the Lords and was to be put into the store-houses for to relieve the widow the fatherless and the stranger but how the Pope and his Adherents doth this let the wise in heart judge who devour the Tenths and much more upon their lusts as the Nations may witness against them which plainly shews they are neither of the Tribe of Levi nor of the Flock of Christ And the Apostle who was a Minister of the Gospel speaking of Levi said That Priesthood being changed there is made of necessity a change of the Law for the Priesthood being changed it is evident that the Law is disanulled which took them so that this paying of Tithes is but a usurpation of those which crope in in this dark night of Apostacy which Christ foretold us of saying The Night would come wherein no man could work And Paul saw this coming in For I know this saith he that after my departure shall grievous Wolves enter in among you not sparing the Flock And such did come in who taught things they ought not for filthy lucres sake The Pope and his Adherents will plainly appear to be of that stock and spring from that cursed Root and Spirit as his and their fruits will plainly manifest for they who forsook the right way did run on in the way of Balaam for gifts and rewards but they have far exceeded all their Ancestors and will not be content with a gift and reward but rob and take by force where they cannot have it otherwise so far as their power reacheth And this running out of the way and commandement of God is the cause why they profit not the people at all though they creep into houses and lead silly

sins ye remit they are remitted they received also a Commission from God to preach the Gospel which none can do without the gift of the Holy Ghost which is only able to forgive save and destroy for though it was said to Peter Thou art Peter and upon this Rock will I build my Church this was not spoken unto him as he was a fleshly man but as he had the revelation of the Holy pure Spirit of God upon which the Church is built for the Church is in God who is the only ground and pillar of truth against which the Gates of Hell can never prevail though they prevailed against Peter after them words were spoken unto him so far as that he denyed his Master so here you that are not stark drunk and poysoned with this conception that the Incorruptible Church of God which is only built with living stones elect and precious Christ Jesus being the chief corner stone is built upon a man which is corrupt for it is evident Peter is dead and some of you say you have his bones amongst you which shews their foundation to be decayed had it been upon his person which never could be but upon his spirit by which he made that good confession That Christ was the Son of God which none can truly do without nor call him Lord. Therefore Pope Cardinals Monks Jesuites and Fryers of all sorts come forth and vindicate your selves and shew your Commission for what you do and from whom you had it for from Peter nor from Christ you are never able to shew you had it neither are you able to vindicate your Doctrine and Practice no further then your Inquisition Law and Prison will reach all which weapons will fail you in the terrible day of vengeance which is coming upon your heads for as you have made the Inhabitants of the earth drink deep of the Cup of Mistery Babylons Harlots you likewise shall be made to drink deep of the Cup of Gods vengeance even the dregs thereof shall be wrung out to you and your nakednesse shall be laid open for every eye to behold it And this is the word of the Lord God to you all which can never be recalled nor passe away unfulfilled upon your heads Therefore Oh ye Inhabitants of the Earth hast hast and repent least ye partake of her plagues for if ye endeavour and strive to uphold her ye shall of a truth partake of her Judgements Again I say be ye warned before it be too late and turn to the Lord by true repentance by forsaking and fasting from sin which if you do there is rich mercy in store for you and plenteous redemption in Christ Jesus who is the Light of the world who hath enlightned every one that cometh into the world with his true Light which reproves for sin and evill in the inward parts and if you believe in it and follow it and give up wholly to be guided by it you will become children of the Light and have an Inheritance with the Saints in the Light for the same which condemns you for sin would also purifie and cleanse you from all sin for it is the blood of the Covenant which is plentifully shed for lost and undone man and untill this be witnessed even a purifying washing and cleansing from sin there is no forgiveness for because of transgression the Law was added this is the truth of God unto you all sent amongst you to no other end but that you might be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth which would make you free and lead you out of the deceit of the deceiver as to be no longer deceived by him For seriously consider what have you from them whom you spend your time and substance about but the sight of a company of Images which they make you make Idols of by prostrating your selves before them which is absolutely against the righteous Law of God the Creator of Heaven and Earth see the Scripture Exodus 20. And thus you are fed as long as you feed them and put in their mouths but if you ever come to cease from feeding their inordinate desires they will soon prepare war against you though they have given you the name of Christians by sprinkling a little water upon you when you were children and knew not what they did and this for filthy lucres sake they fed you with the name of Christians but are wholly out of the nature themselves for the true nature and life of a Christian is pure peaceable and easie to be intreated not rendring evill for evill but alwayes overcoming evil with good doing unto all men as they would all men should do unto them which nature they manifestly shew they are out of By their fruits which is the Mark Christ said ye shall know them For it is very evident that none of them will be put into Prison for any thing pertaining to Religion but they will cause others to be imprisoned which thing Christians never did for their weapons were not carnal but spiritual and mighty through God to the pulling down of the strong holds of the kingdome of the man of sin neither did they wrestle with flesh and blood but with Principalities and Powers and spiritual wickednesse in High places which captivate the creature This was the Christians warfare which the Pope and all his Adherents are out of who swear men to destroy Creatures as long as they live contrary to Christ who came not to destroy mens lives but to save them who saith Swear not at all but the Pope as I said contrary to this swears men to destroy creatures as long as they live and to make away with flesh and blood with carnal weapons But they who smite with the sword shall be smitten with the sword and as they have loved blood blood shall they have to drink and so much the more because they have done it under the pretence of Religion and of the defending of the true Church and Faith which needeth not a carnal weapon to defend it for the true Church is in God therefore the gates of Hell cannot prevail against it let them be open never so wide and likewise the true Faith of Gods Elect gives victory over Sin Hell Death and the Grave and needeth not a Defendor but is able to defend it self and conquer all the powers of darknesse which ariseth up against it so it plainly appeareth they have not the true Faith and Church which must have a carnal weapon to defend it and it being so is the cause they cannot defend themselves without an outward power to uphold them and if once that fail them their kingdome would soon have an end and the true Christians kingdome shall flourish and prosper for their kingdome and dominion is invisible and without end being redeemed out of Kingdomes Tongues and Nations to follow the Lamb through many tribulations to enter into the everlasting Kingdome of their Father which is without end

for if you will wilfully continue to follow your blind guides who dare not appear openly to vindicate their own way as manifestly appeareth ye will utterly fall into the pit of utter darknesse both you and them together out of which there is no recovery I my self have been a Prisoner in Bourg de Ault for speaking to a couple of Priests desiring them that I might have the liberty either in publick Market place or some other convenient place where the people might hear and I should prove what I said to them to be the truth of God but seeing they denyed me that Christian liberty this I publish amongst you the truth of what here is written I proffer'd to seal with my life for I did proffer them my body to do with it what they had power the same I desired of the Judg which had me in examination yet it would not be granted me yea the two said Priests did take two oaths against me yet would not stay for to hear me speak but hasted away though desired and some of the people did expect it and this proves their works to be the works of darknesse and not of the light for he which doth good cometh to the light that his works might be made manifest that they are wrought in God but they whose works are wrought in the dark hate the light neither will they come to the light because their deeds are evill So that by their fruits we know them as Christ said who is the bread of life which is invisible and nourisheth the invisible Soul this is the true bread which came down from Heaven and whosoever feedeth thereon shall never dye and except you come to eat of this his flesh and drink of his blood ye have no life in you for it is incorruptible And though he took bread and brake it to his disciples the night before he was offered up and said Take eat this is my body he did not really give them his body though he bid them break bread in remembrance of him untill he came Mark they were but to doe it untill he came which shewed plainly the natural bread was not him even whilst it was in his own hand but a figure of him for as it was distributed amongst them so was his life and that they were to do in remembrance untill his holy life descended upon them again which they did witnesse not many dayes after at Jerusalem and they had not need of any thing to put them in mind of him for he lived and reigned really in them and the Apostle Paul said it shewed the Lords death until he came which saying was a glorious truth of God for it brought them out of all visibles shewing that the invisible light was to reign in them for he reproved many of them who had gotten so into the breaking of bread that they eat and drank until they were drunk 1 Cor. which the Lords body would not have done yet their bread and wine had as much vertue in it as yours can have But of these things we who are called Quakers we would bring your teachers to open trial to see whether it hath more vertue in it after consecration as ye call it then before the Priest hath spoken some of the words of Christ over the bread for it is not unknown that the Devil did take the words of Scripture to tempt the Son of God with therefore his children may in like manner speak them deceive the sons of men with them So that if they have any vertue in them let them come forth in like manner as hath been proposed unto them to wit if their bread after consecration hath more vertue in it then other bread hath let them shew it by the tryal of it by putting it with other bread and we and they shall see to the keeping of it and if the one doe not corrupt as well as the other then it will appear there is more vertue in it but on the contrary if they both corrupt then may ye see your teachers to be Deceivers and that ye are fed with a lye for the body of Christ cannot corrupt neither did it ever see corruption in that nature for it is incorruptible and spiritual Truly people this concerns you much to look into seeing you are thus taught and deluded for the Soul which sinneth shall dye and it will be a folly for any one of you for to say in the dreadful day of account Our Fathers have eaten sowre grapes and our teeth are set on edge pleading antiquity will not serve your turns though I know God hath forborn you in these abominable abominations and Idolatry even worshipping of pieces of Bread Stocks and Stones the one you say is the very body of Christ and the other his likenesse and all a lye and hath and will be reproved and made manifest and will get further to the utter overthrow of it all for the likenesse of Christ can no more be made by any no more then bread naturall can be converted into his body by any seeing he is the expresse Image of his Father and never bare any other But say you generally it puts us in mind which plainly shews that ye are of those who forget God David said The wicked should be turned into Hell and all who forget God Consider you who say you must have a dead Image to put you in mind of the living Christ and also this sheweth that ye have not the mind of Christ as the Christians had Friends in this the day of tryal you are found bare naked and miserable therefore be warned that you may all come to the Light which is the dore the way the truth and the life and no man can come to the Father but by him even Christ Jesus who is the Light of the world which enlightneth every man that cometh into the world who is the only dore and way to God and whosoever goeth about to enter any other way but by the Light the same is a thief and a robber as saith Christ who is the Covenant of God to all mankind upon the face of the whole earth and to this end came he into the world that through him all might believe and whosoever doth out of his belly shall flow a River of living water which is beyond all Naturals which can alone be seen handled and tasted by the Spiritual and whosoever comes to be sensible of its pure streams will for ever delight to drink thereof there being satisfaction therein only which my soul knoweth right well therefore am I drawn forth in the same wherewith the Lord hath loved me to invite many that they may eat and drink that which my Father hath provided for many even for those who are strangers and straglers in the high-wayes and hedges for a banquet hath my God prepared and hath and is sending out his Servants to invite and bid many but many already have made their excuses