OCR Text |
Show ( 210) 'Jvhicb jhould come, if they tvok not Warning ; and hath made way for you, and hath done for you ~s it i4 at thi& Day, beyond what ye could ask or thmk; without your Sword, or Bow, or Spear, or your Habergcon, when your Hopes were afmoft gone, ana you ?vere Difappointed i11 your Stratagems,and Overthrown i11 your Power, a11d Even at a jland to confider, Whe ... tber ever a Return of your Captivity Jhould be; Which he hath turned again tH the Streams in the South ; and.rou are as it were in a Dream : Now, that the Lord hath turned again your Ctzptivitr, and as thofo who are fo filled with the Apprehenfion of tb~ Thing they have, and 'JVhich they long defired to enjoy, and 'JJJere long kept out of~ that they are in Doubt, Whe. ther it be a Dream, or the Thing? Thus bath the Lord done for .yot4. And he that bath done it, can undo it aq-ai11, and Overturn you, as he hath done them that' have gone before you, and that without Su;crd or Spear, even by the Spirit of the Lord; ')vho hath moved me to ?vrite to you, ttnd to Warn you of thefe Things ; .fo,., if you do (as fom the Mouth of the Lord I have faid) and meddle 'JJJitb Confcience {the Dominion of God) anJ impoje up· 01J It in Matters of Religion (the Worfoip of God, who wi!J be WtJYjhipped in Spirit an,d Truth, and the Father {eeketh fuch to Worjhip him, who i4 Lord of the Confcience) and fo intrench upon his Domi· aobn 4.23 nion, ,vbich i4 an Everlafiing Dominion, mtd his Kingdom iliall never ·have End ; his Hand will · . be ·againfl you, and his Fury will come upon you, anJ he 'Jvill Vifit yot~ ; and your Day he will turn into Night, and your Joy into Sorrow, and your Rejoycing into Heavinefs ; and you Jhtzll know that the Moft High Ruleth in the Kingdom of Men, and giveth it ro whomfoever he will. So, in Bo,vels of Love, and Tendernefs of Heart, as one that defires 1011r Profperity for ever, t~rul the Well· being of you, (WJ (. 2ji ) cmd J?"~ Po(/erity aft er you, I befeech you take heed of.flnk~ng agai?lj/ the Rock of Ages, or meddling 'Jmth ~M Kin~dom~ ?vhic~ .is tm ~verlafiing Kingdom , or wzth hts Domzmo1z, whzch is for Ever and Ever ; or Perfecuting his People; for if ye do', Know aJluredlr from the Lord, It will dafh you to Pieces • and by how much the more his Kinrlnefs hath exceed~ eel towards 7ou, will be your Judgment. Therefore, my dear Frunds, take heed what ye do ; be Advifed and Co~l; Refufe not the Counfel of one that is your Frtend, on whom the Senfe of tbefe Things lyes., who 'J~ould not have God your Enemy ; who would have It WelL with you; for here have fplitted All that have gone before .Jou, and here you will be fplit, the Lord kath {poke~ it. And fo I have Dijchargetl my Confc~ence of what the Lord hath laid ~n me ; and man_ifejled my Love and Good-wilt to. you: If ye tak~ ~t welt, it will be the better for you ; if otberwife, I am Clear. Briftol, the 11th Day of che 4th Month, 1661. George Bifllop. |