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Show ( 248 ) you in Obedience ro the Lm· d G od ofo uH e0av eyne and Eanh, for thi.s ver~ .[n~~;~~~~1[ro Death, Children of Men · An 1 } Commandment, becaufe we cannot Obey yo~ c mmandment but choofe rather tO ~be~ r. ~ ~ill you put of the Lord ; and for 0 . orndw and, Be it us to Death ? Well, Tr~ 1 and Inhabitants known unto the Sons 0 et d elfewhere with-within this ~o~n. of Bfh:~ ~~e Commandments in your Junfdt~tOn, ft we Obey, and your of the Moll Htgh mu 0 .[1 be and Oifannul Commandme~c fe ~~~ea 0be{;ufe it is againfi, ic, and make It o no ' in all Mens Conand contrary ~o t~ar ff ~~dNature, ·and accordfciences; wh~ch IS 0 t d Royal Law of God; ing to the Rlghreous an the Command of ; he therefore we t~u~ Obeyd_ ro the Righteous Lord, becaufe H 1 ( ~c~r ~~ch is according to and Royal L~w o . o ;n~s Confcience, which that of God tn e_very M 0 Obe..y God than faith, It is mor~ JUft and meetl:w that you have Man. So, .bemg that dour t'rary to the Law of made, is unequal, han ~o!ln our Hearts, which God, which he hat wnr I our Law that is Equal, Jufi a~d Rig~t~u~~e fo{n~ocenr P~ople you have rna ~ ag~mft and Unrighteous, and called 0fakers, IS U nJU 'd . 11 Men~s Confci-contrary ro that of G~he ~~i~hteous and Royal ences, and contrary toe fay . we cannor Law of God :. Thererore we 'ree whh the Obey fuch a Law' that dot n~~ a~all we Obey . Royal Law of God ; but eret ffi what you the Lord, chufing drarher to S~h~~ to fulfil the thall be fuffered to 0 un~o us, Law of Un- Commandment and U milghteous Command · fly·· ng at your ' righteous Men, 10 C1 ded us to ftay ; wh~n the Lord harh omman whereby ' ( 249. ) whereby, that he may thew his Power in us, that his Command, and his Righteous and Royal Law i5 of more Power, Venue and Force in' us, and wich us, than your Unrighreous ·Laws and Commands can be againft us. So, this l~now, If you put us to Dearh, when we return, Thar ypu will bring Innocent Blood upon you,. by fo doing, whiCh fhall not depart from your Houfes, nor from that Seed rhat is guilty thereof. So~ thefe Things We fpeak, rhar you may no more be Guilry of Innocent Blood ; for, affuredly know, That ·norhing flfall fail of what the Lord harh fpoken by us, ~nd through us, concerning you, if you go on Hill in Rebellion and Srilf-neckednefs, and refufe ro hearken co the Voice and Counfel of the Lord God : And this know, That you have been Warned from the Lord of rhefe Things, before they came co pafs: For this We know, if we difobey the Command of the Lord, ro fly from you, bee caufe .YOU have made a Law ro .put UI to Death, if we difobey the Lord in this Thing, he can Cur us off, and rake our Lives from us irt his Anger and Fury; Therefore be it knoWn unto you, Thar the Lord hath made us willing co lay down our Lives among you, if you be fuffercd ro rake them from us ; and in this Thing we know we /ball have Peace, when you fhall have Sorrow and Torment Night and Day ~ And this fhall you certainly know one Day, That the Lord God of Heaven and Earth, whom we Serve, fent us among you, if you fee our Faces again, afcer We have been Banifhed from you ; and thac which we have fpoken, you fhall know ro be Truth, whether you will hear or forbear. Well, if }'bu fay, We are Tranfgref-fors of a. Law, in not obeying your Unrigh- <t ~ teou$ |