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Show ( 242 ) under you. The Lord God ?f Heaven and Eanh is now among fuch, whJch caufeth the Heathen to Rage, and the People of the Earth to Ima-g m. e a vam. Th ·n10' • for the Lords Prefence and 1 c. · fi h Power, in fame Meafure., was ever amon~ uc as Suffered and were Perfecmed for .Confctencefake, and Suffered wirh r}lem, and m them., by the Perfecurors of Old, m former ~ges.and ~e- 11erau. ons, as he doth at rhir·t Day, m hts Samts and Children, for the Overrhrow of th~ Powers of Darknefs, and Kingdom of the Devil ; who bath had his Seat in rhe S~>ns of Men f?r thefe many Ages and Gener~nons ; wheret?, and whereby, the Bea~ hath made War aga~~~ the Lamb and his Samts, for many Genera.uons. Buc the Day doth draw near, a~d haftens apace that the Lamb and the Samrs muft g~t rhe ViCtory : And the Beall and his.Followers, at that Day, mull be Co~fumed and Deftr?ye~, becau{e of the Prefence of the Lord God .tn hts Saims. . h r 0 r Oh, wharCruelry is acted now m t ete ays. That Men who Profefs God, and make fuch a Noife concerning Religion, rhar fuch fhould become fo Hard-hearted, to Imprifon a Child of ·Eleven or Twelve Years of Age! Was ever the like done among the greareft Tyrants, or blbo~yminded- Men that are mentioned in the Scnptures ? Did they ever Imprifon a Child t~at was fent unto them to Warn them of thetr Unrighteoufnefs? 'Oh what will bcome of you! Do you think., Oh you Heacls and Rulers ~f this Town of Boflon, who are becom~ fo Bruttiih and fo bark in your U nderftandmgs, and fo {mlike Men in your Atl:ions : YoU: that caft ~he Innocent into your Dens, Holes, Pr~fons, and Y-rill not fuffer theh Friends and Acquamrance ro ~, . · ~orne ( 24~ ) ,come to Vifit them, nor ro minifter unto them. Surely Bitter will your Cup be, and your Porrion will be Sad: Surely rhe Sober and Tenderhearted cannot bur Grieve and Lament, to hear of the Cruelty rhar is aCled by you, Oh ye Rulers and Chief Priefis1 who are rhe Beginners of Mifchief, and rhe Leaders of rhem who are the Chief Atl:ors of all chis Cruelry! For well was ir fpoken by ~he Propher, The Leaders of this People cau(e them to Err ; and they that are led py them •. are dej!royed for lack ~f True Knowledge. Well, a little further you fhall .proceed, to fill up rhe Meafure of your Iniquiries ; and then fhall you have your Reward with rhe reft of the Uncircumcifed : For, I know ir is Blood you Thirft after, 0 ye Rulers and Chief Priefis, Is it nor our Lives you Thirft for ? Come, teH us plainly. Or, Have you made this Law of yours, only ro fee if you can make rhe People, called ~akers, afraid of you? Well, however, being I am allowed of God, I fhall reii you ·plainly, that rhe Lord Go9 of Heaven anq Eanh is now drawing near, and coming upon you· fpeedily, to Try you, Whether you will exercife your Inhumane Laws U,pon us, who are now fenr among you, from .the Lord, for rhis very ·end and purpofe ; I fay, Will you pur us to Dearh, for only coming into your J urifditl:ion, or Parent (as you call ir ) afrer we have been once fent away, or commande~ qy you ro go out of ir ? Now, we fay, being rhe Lord God hath Commanded us ro rhe conrrary, Is ir meet to Obey God, or Man, judge re ? To Obey your Bloody law, or ro Obey" God's Righteous Law, which he hath writ in our Hearts, anq p~aced within us; which Judges and Condemns ro~r Unrighteou~ L~w, that you ·have mad£~ |