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Show An A P 'P E N·<.D I X to VoL. I. Adahr the Lord from Heaven, who by the Brightnefs of his Coming, and by th~ Breath of his Mouth in _the Hearts ~f ~arions, {hall reveal, a~d de· !troy this Great Antichrifi thlS Man of Sm; m ftlttn, thlt fitteth 1n the Place of God, yea, exalted above all that is called ~od, r~quiri~g Confor~ mity to all his Inventions and lnjunaions upon Pam of Ltfe, Ltberry and Eftate: Nor are any fuft'ered to Buy or Sell in this Great City, but fuch as wiWll Ro etcoe iyvoeu h aisl l Mina trhke. Name of t~e Lord, that call God your Father, and are not Born of him· thlt name Hts Name, and hate to be Reformed: That call Jef11s Lord -and not by the Holy GboH; who take His Pure Name into your Mouth;, and depart not from Iniquity. I fay to you on 9od's Be-half as God faid to the Jews of old; your Prayers, your Sacnfices, and you; Solemn Aifemblies, fj',. in an unconverted Srate, are Abomination to the Lord. No Mauer for your N:1mes, your PretenceS, your Creeds, if you li\•e without God. i~1 the World; th~t is, witho?t His Holy Awe in your Hearts, without a Dlvme Senfe of H1s Prefence m your Souls, and know not that Godly Sorrow, that worketh unfeigned Repentance, the only Way to Eternal Life. Your Wor!hip God loathcth: A Dog's Neck, Swines· Blood, Yea, to blefs an Idol, ot kiU a Man, is a I together as acceptable with the Lord. 0! God is wroth with the feigned Worfh\ ps, as welt as common Ungodliners of the World : Come to Chrilt's Spirit, be led of it, and do not your own Wills, but rhe '¥ill of Chrift Jcfus ; and then you {hall know the True Worfhip. For the True·Minifl:ry and Worfhip of God fiand not in the Will, lVifdom, or Appoimmenr of Men, nor can they be performed by unregenerated Men; but in rhe Leadings of His Eternal Spi· tit, by whom all the Faithful offer up themfelves, an acceptable Sacrifice to God, not to live unto themfetves, but to him that hath purchafed them. 'Tis true, Cbrift Jefus di.ed for the Ungodly, but not that they fhould con· tinue Ungodly, but take up His Daily Crojs and foUoPl Him. CbriU (faith Peter) fuffered for tiS, leaving 111. an Example, tbtll we jhNJid foUow His S.rtps: As He was in this World, fo we lbould be, not cvnf<.,rmable to the Rudiments, Fafhions, and Cufioms of this World, that pats away ; bvt transformed and renew'd in our Minds by the Grace that he hath given us: Which Grace bringetb Salvation to all that obey it, tec&hing 1uch to deny all Ungodlinefs, and Worldly Lufls, and to live Soberly, Rigbtto>Jjly, and Godly in rhis prefent Evil U'orld; Becaufe v:irbout Holinefs, nonejball ever fee the Lord: That is God's Decree. Wherefore be you not deceived, 0 you Formal and Titular Chrifiians; God wiU not be mo&kd: Su&b Ill y(Ju Sow, Jucb jhall you Reap at rbe H1md of 1he Lord; Yea, for epery idle Word foal/ )Oil give an .Account in the Day OJ JuJgment. Think not with your felves, you have Chrifi to your Saviour, and you are reconciled to God, through Cbrifl, and that God looketh not upon you, a~ you are in your felves, but as in Cbrijl ; whilft you walk not after the Spmt, but after the Flrjh: For the Woget of Sin is Deatb; bur the Gift of God is Eternd/ Life, through Jefus Cbrifl our Lord: To whom? Not to them that defpife His Light in rbdr Hearts, that grieve His Spirit, and ~y a Worl.dly Co~verfa~ion go on to Cru~ifle him; and who follow not Jefus w the Way ofTnbubuon and Regeneranon. God is of P1~rer Eyes than u b&bo/J. Iniquity ; and he looketh upon Men and Women to be what they ;re:~lly are, and not what they imagine themfelves to be : Rehdld he com· eth, and hi~ Reward i.s with him, and he will re~ard all according to their Works •. ~tmrer~, whtk fuc.b, .c~n no mort c~me mto Chri[f, rban into Gol; for God u tn Chrr{l, and Chrijl u 1n God: Cbrifl is Holy, llarmlefs Pure a!ld Undefiled, and feparate from Sinnus. And if ever you would 'h:n'e God look upon you to be;: in CQrifi, you mufi: come into Chrifi: And you can never come into ~hrifi, t~e New and Heavenly Man, that is undefiled and fepa!ated from Smners, trll you &ome our of Sin, and the .liutbor of it, 1be Devtl, the Old Man of Sin, and leave your Wicked Duds of Darkn(fs. Therefore be ye feparate from every evil Way : Chrift, the llllmacu/dlt Lamb of God, came not only to rave Men from Wrath, but from Sin, whic~ IS VoL. I. The AuTHOR's LIFE. isthe Caufe ofWtlth. Behold the Lamb of God fi · . oway.!be Sin of the World: Not their Sin that ~nl'th lofn, w_Tm~ tali.etb the Sms of thofe that au weary and beav I. 3 not ~ teve ltl h1m, but and ':Y for bu Salvation; whom God bath') i~:nfithat w~rt, bung.cr, thirfl, Gentiles, and jt,r His Salvation 10 rbe Enl fn lor£. Lbght to ltghun the called by his Sacred Name Repent Repe :,0 p,: 'Je ar~ • 0 you that are Lord, who is coming in th~ Way ~f his j11j :/part, ':{£are to meet the of the Earth; and put away the Evil Ofy gD e~tts to VI tt the Inhabirancs he may receive you. our omgs, and turn co him, that But Wo in the Name of the Lo d ll h Cbrijl Je[rn, who ferve another M~ft~ a t at Rebel againft the Light of obey the Pzince of the PoWer of the Air • and f?llow another Captain, and ~hildren of Difobedience. Yea, Wo u;towa~o rehgneth in the H~arts of the tng, and nor of my Spirit . that taRe C .r. / t.Odo are covered wuh a Cover ... Who gather Sticks, and' kindle a Fi~:Je' mt. nor of me, faith the Lord : felves about in the Sparks, which they hof tt~'dlwn, and co~pafs them .. hJVe at my Hand, The{ jhaO lye Jor»n in s:ve In ed ; for thiS fhall they Wl1 hom God to al the WiU·Worfo . rrow. . Spirit and in the Truth . their Til; :fh. rppers, who. TVor}hfp, bttt not in the God aright is turned to' the S iriO: tpd ~s not available. He that Worjhip.t fuch as have received the Spir~r oj Ch -~~taught and led by t~e Spirit. And nor hJ tht Spirits of this Wor/J no rifl;{"are not led by tberr own Spirits, Dnsof .A1en: .Neither do they Confir aa'{ :}5 to rbe Inventions and Traditi· of thts r~orld! nor will they bOw too;;;(;~= eo~es b~o fbe Cujlo~!l.r and Fafoio'!.t But havmg feen Him whom the h . Y :J 1 fS Vorld, OJ the God of 11• in Times pafi, they r:,ourn and ya aye pierced ~Hh their vain Converf:nion done Defpite to His Holy Spirit /Gm grea~ Bftternefs, becaufe they have their Redemption. And bein c~llecl"'"• ~ at . r~:we fo lon~ with them for to come ou~ o~ BobyiM, the g~eat City~ rv:u.~trfhlt~al Cal.~m their Hearts, nefs, that IS In the Earth do be {lll ,r. or 1p, Con; u./ion and Dark~ Narrow Way o/SeifDeniol 'asH~ j£/' b;;e.,~rgn j£ all tofollow him in the learned by good Expcrien~e thau w:~~ '.J"P(t.r id of Ol . And fuch have in thefe Days fcarcely any fhingt is 1~ 0111 0~1-rbey can do nothing: Tho' tefificd in his SpiritutJI Appearance· one Wit . tm, or by him. For he is l'rofeffion of him with their M ~~hthe C~nfctences of thofe, that make a mighty Works in them: YeJ ~u .s. a~ there~ore he doth nor many Thorns, pierc'd and crucified of al{f: ~~ fCht~efr~' fptth upon, crown'd with and Wickednefs. . a e n lans, t rough their Rebellion 0 Wo from the Great and ]ujl G a h all. People, that work I niquity an~ fd at ~a~e' Hfaven :lnd Ear~h, upon Pnnces, that have Crucified thd Lord :.fi;r. 0 d go to you Kmgs and Crucified him in your felves d h 1 ° t;e an lory:; ye3, you have lyeth fiain at this Day in you: S~reetse Pf to Cru~ifie him in others: He :ts you ought to have done but fo · or you ave not Ruled for God ~nd have not fought the Giory oft~~o~r relves, to pleafe Y?ur own Lufts ~ In the Earth, fo much as the Great ef of, nor the Profpentyof his Work your Worldly Dcminions often o n r sffio your own Names, and to enlarge fcientiOJIS Di.Jfenrers . bu: fufFeri pp le ''(f we Poor, and perfecuting Con· go unpunifh'd. HoV.: doth the L~ft aof~h aE man;erLoffrVice and Vanity to the Pride of Life reign in our T . . e ye. t e u of the Flefh, and Schools of Vanity, and Jurferieesrr~fones? Are not your Courts the very War againfr the Soul, and lead to Eter~l~dlr ra.fts and Pleafures, which to anfwer for before the Great God a e ru I on?. 0 ! Y ?U have much who ha\'e Power in your Hands to' ch t fithe DaWy ?f hts Ternble Tribunal, the World. Ic is written .Ax· a e ~way Ickednefs, and to reform aU.Evil with his _Eye: 0 1• that ~~g 11{{~11 bu Tbron.e of Judgment fcattererh thts ThJone of True Jud m 1 ~ mgs and Pnnces of the World knew they would purge their Ea:dt · f ~lt/~ey had this Godlike Alujejly, that might efcape the Wrath a d Vs 0 vr • foers, that they and their People fonh upon them 1 n engeance o God, that is ready to be poured C c Ani l93 No. XVII. ~ |