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Show ( 192 ) ' Judgments are made manifefi: : The Mouth of ' the Lord of Hofrs hath fpoken it, who will do ' it, and the time is near. P Nich. Vp·fl.al/ declared unto you, 'l~hat the · II )· ' Profecutio'Jn" of that Law ( vi:r... o f Ba m fh ment ) ' would be a Fore-runner of a Judgment on the ' Country (as it_ proved) but ye would not hear him but Banifhed him alfo. _. · d. Bijhop, (having told them, how they tho~tld P. 17S, bear the lndignation of the Lord, he fay~). 'Which 179. 'will on you certainly faiJ, ~nd d1v1d_e you ' your Portion with the Hypocntes and Stnners, ' and avenge the Blood and Sufferings of his ' Servants and plead their Caufe, and execme 'Judgmedt for them upon you, an4 that in the 'fight of the Heathen.-( Having fpoken of the f. 227· the C11p he hath filled to yozt, (in recounting the Sufferings) whic·h ye have filled 1mto them) 'And ' have doubled it upon you, (fays he.) in the ' Word of the Lord, who will fulfil it upon ' you, that you fhall not go haughtily, for this ' time is evil. .P . 337· Wenlock Chrijf•l i'lJ("m , 'Be not prond, neither Jet ' your Spirits be lifted up, qod_ doth but wait, ' ~ill the meafure of your Imqmty be filled up, 'and that you have run your Ungodly Race; 'then will the Wrath of God come upon you ' to the uttermoft. p George Wilfon's Warning, 'That the Lord "Yas · 3)0. 'coming with Fire and Sword to plead With f: uf~tl-' B .n. . ;r.n'd p .19c. o1.on. J 1 ' • } G. B. 'The Day of Evil is coming upon P. 37°· ' you, and you 1hal~ re~eive according to yo~1r 'Works, ' and the tune 1s near.--But you will r. 4 J 2 ' ' be rrtet yvith, and the Cup you have filled to ' others, · w.ill be filled to you ; and you. ih~ll , ' know, that God is th~ Lord, and that lum m ' his People it i~, yo~ have fo oppofed "nd .r.er~ (, fecuted. · ~~~~~111 ,... .... .. , ; ,. w;· . ( 19J ) d ~n~a~ Hathprne, (before he was a Magill: rate p , an er ecutor) 'Th~u if an Act (as they were · 429• ;h~n a.~out to refrram Preaching) 'Ihould take Is Saul al(o P /ce In Nero-England, he looked upon i~ as one amone the : o the moft horrid'fr Acts as ever was done in Pr~phets~ ' New-En?land, an~~ would be as great: a l;oken I Sam. 10. of Gods Forfaktng New-England as any. II· ' Edw. ~Vharton,-' Surely the Lord will vifit . , you ~or th~ Blood of the Innocent; and your P. 438. ' Day Is commg, as it is ~orne upon many, who but as ye!terday were lugher In Power than ' ever you were, or are like to be bu~ now 'are made the lowell: of many; and truly my ~ Soul laments for you. , 'God will give you a Cup of Trembling, that Poftfcr.tQ yo~ 1hall be a By-word and a Hilling to all your t~e firft E 'Neighbours~ d1t.p.147 Many more I ~auld mention to the fame purpofe, as fore-t~llmg the Judgments and Miferics that were _coming up~n them, for their Injuftice and Cruelties ; all wh1ch C. M. nmfl: needs confers are fulfil1'd in a large man ner, as I could eafil.Y Ihew by Letters of Reference to the followmg Confeffions; but that I leave itt to the Reader to Compare, and make his own Remarks uponand now I lhall proceed-with this Scripture-' God hath prepared f~r the . Wicked the lnftru ... rmnts of Death, he ordameth h1s .Arrows again.Jt the Perfecutors, Pfal. 7· 13. . Firft.. Prieft Higginfon, after he has confefs'd Atteltp.2 t~ t~1e1r Degen,erac_y, as aforefaid, in the be- !",.."te,Th'is gm~aiJg, f.1ys, Neither was New·Engl4nd ever lS ~hat Pr. : Without f~me Father!~ Chaftizements from ~~Wfct ~~~ , Go~,_1hewmg thatt J1e IS not fond of the For- Light of , malmes pf any People upon Earth, but expects Chrift, a the Realities of Practical Godlinefs according ftinkint t ;~ o~r ~rofefiio~ and Engagement u~t~ him.- j;f!J: {:so:_ .. Lam~nt fore.p.3Sq |