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Show ( 2~6 ) High and Low, Bond and _Fre~, of what fon foever, Give Ear; be attentiVe to the W~r?s of my Mouth, which proceed from rhe Sp1~1t of the Lord, and from rhe Power of the Alm1ghty within me. d" . · I have ofren conlidered your Con tttons, and your Actings have ofien come inro my remembrance, which harh caufed me often ro Lamenr, b~caufe of rhe Hardne(<; of your Hean~, who do rhus flight rhe Almighty, an~ requue rhe Moll High; Oh Foolifh and Unwtfe! ye who do nor regard rhe Lord that Made you! who harh ofren fen£ ro you his Servants, to gtve you Warning of rhe Mighty Day of rhe Lord of. Hofis of the Terrible Day of the Lord God Almi~·hty which drawerh near, it haftens ap:: tee ~ th~ Lord hath faid ic fo~ his EleCls fa_ke, and for his own Names fake, Will the Lord anfe, and plead wirh all his Enemies, in. this the Day of his Eternal Power. Oh ye Children of Men, who are the Workmanfhip of his Hands,_ Will ye refill the Lord the Lord God Almighty, the Holy One of Ifrael, ~he Strong and Mig~ty God, who is arifing in his Sainrs, a_nd com~ng forth in his Strengrh, to Scatter hts Enemies, and to Dellroy Pharaoh, and all his Ho~s and Chariors, in the Red-Sea, afrer the Seed Js come out of Etypt, and ro wrn the Pride. and Hau~hrinefs of Men backwards, that nfes to wnhfiand the Lord ? Oh ! confider, ye Podherds, who are as Unfiable as the Waves of the Sea, and are as rhe Wind in his Hand, which he rurneth and cauferh to Blow which way ir p!eafeth him, who will Confound.and De~roy you in your Imaginations, rhat you have tma· gined againft him and his Saints. Oh Man! . What an rhou that fiandefi ro refill the Lord, the ( 2~7 ) the mighty God of .[acob? Did ever any of y~ur Fathers, the Perfecurors of old, profper ? D1d nor th~ Lord . Confume rhern wirh rhe B!eath of Ius Nofrnls, and with rhe Word of ~ts Mo!-uh ? W~o will.rear you ro piccec;, r-har !t(e up ~n Rebe1Jwn ~gamft him. · Confider, was n Jn vam tha one fajd in a cerrain place Th· R b n· . . , • ar e euzon u as. the Sm ~f !Vitchcrafi ? Confider, 0 ye rhat Inhabu the Eanh, whole dwelling-place IS b~nearh; Doth nor rhe Lord bd1old all your ActiOns, and all yonr unrighteous Doings ? Oh ye Rulers and Chi~f Priefis, Are yc combining rogerher? Are ye JOY ned rogether? Are you in Leag~e cogerher, as the Rulers and Chief Priells were tn former Ages? Confider their Ends and QOnuder whar you are doing : Are you fo blind ch~t you cannot fee you are Perfecuring the Samr~ of the Molt High ?. You who are feeking che Ltfe ?f th~ Righteous, and that nothing bur Bloo~ WJli fansfie, The Lol"d will give you Blood to Drmk; you that Thirft for it, you ihall have enough of ic ; you who fpill and drink the Blood of the Sainrs and Martyrs of Jefus, Are nor your Brerhren gone before you in wt- ofe See~ ye are treading ? And the F;uirs ofdrhe Devil you are bringino- ~orrh v-e rr · · r; d · o ' .1. 4 u nczrcumce- ;e m li(J(lrts ~nd Ears, who do thus rejift the Lord of L~fe: As your Fathers did fo do ye I ~ef~ _the Holy Ghof!, and the Spirit of' Trmh ~ 1~ H. 15h .qow appeared in che Sainrs of ch~ L 0 tg ; who are fent into your Borderli in ove ro your Souls, and in tender Mercy and Compaffion to the Captive that is wirhin your ~r~~e, and co the P1~ifoner. Oh! Why will you Wb e. any !ong~r wuh the Lord that made you? d nn o II commg m· Ten Thoufand o.r his Saims to ~ , er Vengeance m Flames of Fire, upon a!J the Un .. P ; 'godly : \ |