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Show ( 246 ) "f. doth not appear plainly, by Def/roy. ~o, fee t d ~ our Corrupt Fruirs, th~t your Athons,. an Y Y ainfi Chrifi, and hts you are makmg War ag efho from off the Saints, whom you feek ~0 D ou/ ACtions tha£ face of rbe Earrh ; as er. Yfi God a~d hisSer .. you have atl:ed already .a~am u that you are vanrs, bear Wirn~fs a gam d ~or~ Hard- hearred, become more J?lo~dy,San and fearch the Scripthan Pharaoh ofo;n·d c~~fider whofe Chil~ren tures of Truth, h fe Works you are a I?omg, you are, an? ~ 0 Serving. for, h1s Serand wt1om tr ts you are ob Did ever God vants ye are, to .,vhom ye. ey.a Councry or Na! end any of his Servants mkto ll...'p the Crea-d ft h's Wor manwt , . tion, to e roy I . . manv People mro ture ? Is this yo~ gat~;l~onverting of others? your Church? Is t ts yo dd" many to your Is this your hWayb o~~m;~ITing of People to Church ? W at, .Y ~ Whar b Fining Peacome ro your. Meenngs .heir G~ods ? Whar, by pie, ~nd _Takmg .aw~y t and Srocking, and burn· Impnfomng, Whlpptn!'c . g off rhe Ears of ing in the Hand, an bea:t~irnefs againft your th~fe ltthar c~m..iil~Iattp? Is this your ~ay of ~tue p an ~~ [; ~ Whar by makmg a Convincing Gam- ayers· . 'Death l Have Law ro Banijh fucb upon pazFn.gohft withai againlt her Weapons ro 1 you no ot other Means nor Way, the Truth ? Have you fi0 the Mouths of them ye Idol-S~epherds, to op rifonin ' Whipping, ye call Gamf~Jyers, thdan FI~p g andgTaking away B · · the Han , 111111 ' ': h 2· ur.mng tn d Banijhment upon pttin of De~t . thetr Goods, anh. or word ro Convmce H ou no oc er way n b ave y lJ Hereticks and Deceivers, ur ro thofe you ca .. L" ? Surely this was not the rake away theu tves p wer which the ApoWay, nor Means, nor o , ftks ( 247 ) files ufed to Convince the Gentilu and Jmn, unro whom they were fenr. This Power which you make ufe of, is nor lhe Power, neirher dorh it proceed from the Power which ruled in rhe Saincs, Prophets, Apofiles, and People of God, whereby ~heir Souls were Converted ro God, which turned them from Darknefs to Light: But the Power that Rules you, and rhar you ACl: by, is of another Nature, rhan the Power rhe Apofiles were in ; for rheir Power was, and is given ro Save, bur yours is to Dellroy Mens Lives, which the Power of God was given for w Save; which mufi: be fet a top of all Unrighteous Powers, from whom all Bloody and U nrighceous Laws do proceed. So, behold what Power it is that leads you, and what Power ye are under, ye Mercilefs Men, rhat many of you are become paft feeling, whofe Confciences .are feared fM witb a hot Iron ; who have given your felves over to work Wickednefs, and are become as great Perfecurors, as any that Worjhip the Bea(f, who have given their Power unto the Dragon, who Thirfh aftu the Blood of the ln14ocent, tU the Lion doth after hi; Prey ; fo ~reedy and ha(fy are you to fpilJ the BlooJ of the Saints, and to take awa_y the L1(e of tbe Upright from the Face of the Earth. Well, ye Rulers and Magiftrates (fo called) take Heed, and take Warning, I lay ic upon you, while you h,ave time, and a Day given unro you, to confider thefe Things ; fo before rhe Thing come 50 pafs, and before you do it, weigh the Marter. Come, let us farther reafon togtther : Can you Convince us of rhe Tranfgreffion of any Law of God? And if you cannot {-which we know you cannor ) nor have rhe Ieaft Tranfgreffion of rhe Righteous Law of God ro Jay to our Charge, who are now coming among you • |