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Show ( 24G ) Oh ! l am full of the Spirit of the Lord, and of the Power of him that made me, who ~ar_h .fJid unro me, Fear not Man, whole Breath u m his No(lrils; ?~or the Son of Man, that muft _Dye : 'For rhe Lord hath faid unco me, For thro e_nd bave I called thee, and for this caufe. I have ordam: ed thee; Fear them not, neither be dt{~ayed at thezr Looks, nor be afraid of their thre~tnzng Wor~s; I the Lord, that ~t'eated. thee, am w:th thee ; ]herefore fear not what Man jhall do unto thee : For I have made thee aJ a Wall of Brafs, whereat the bloody--tnimled Men Jhall Jhoot their Arrows, but /hall not touch thee, as to Offend t~ie : Therefore ~he Lord hath faid unco me,' Let not thy Heart famt, becaufe of 'JJJhat I jhalt Ju,Jfer them to do unto thee ; but let thy Hands be j!rong"in the Lord thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Jfrael; for thy Adverj'aries fhall be Confounded, and the E14emiu of the Lord JhaU be de~ ft.royed zn that Day. . ' Oh ye Hypocrites ! How .can yo.u _Smg, and keep fuch a Noife concermng ReltgiOfl; when 'JOH1' Hands are ft;ll of Bloorl, and your Hearts fuU of Iniquity ? WaflJ yo~, make you clean,. put away the Evil of your Doings, cea{e to do ~vzl, learn to do Good; cleanfe your Hands, you Smners ; and your Ilearts, 'fOU Hypocrites; for your Prarers are 1bominatiofJ to me, [aitb the Lord of Hofls: Your Smg· ing is as the Howling of a Dog in· the Streets, fu.ch are the Songs yoe1 [ing i'~ yoM Te~nple un!o me, fazth the Lortl; my Spirit iJ 'JPeary With bearmg, .an~ my Soul i4 ve"ted,Day after Day, with your Abommattons. ill!lO, mllO to thee, t~OU blootlp '([Ob.Jtl .of 1l)ollon, ··and the refi that are Confederate wtth 'QI JJt.~ ; an~ it rhou canft not efcape : Thou, who hall fhed the Blood of rht; Innocent ~eopie called f!3aleers, and Imprifoned and Fmed ~hem ~nd taken away their G0ods, and they · ' have ! I ( 241 ) ha~e become a Prey unto rhee, for thee to ex ... ~rc1fc thy Cruelry upon them· and thou boafiS m rhy Wickednefs, and thinks 'thou doft God good Serv1ce, to Han~ and .P~t to Death the Peeple called Q9akers : Verlly this ts the Thoughts and Intenrs of the Hearts of many of you in this NewEngland; but efpecially wichin thee and wichin !hy Jurifdiction that belongs un;o thee, Oh ~hou Town of Bofton: For rhefe words followmg .did one f~y (in the Governour s Houfe) .whof~ Nai?Je IS Ed·JVard Rawfon, called Se~reta~ ry, .who dtd Threaten me wich rhefe words fo1- Jowm_g ( on rhe 18th of the 4th Momh, 16 59·) Tha~ zf I came. ag11in after I was {ent away, or Banijhed, he fatd, He 'vould write a Warrant with his own Hand, to fend me to the Gallows to be H'fnge~. Are rhefe your Fruics, your corrupt Spec;~h~9, .to Threaren the Innocent wirh your Gallows; ro Hang them the;eon ? Oh char ever fuch words fhouid proceed out of a Man's Mouch! co fay that he would write a Warrant with his own Hand, to fend an Innocent Perfon to the GaOows to be flanged. We,l, aiJ this we can ~ear; ~he LorcJ bach brought fonh his Suffermg ~~e~, .and through Suffering p1uft t~e ·Lamb and hts Sa~ncs ~bttCOUtt and get rhe mlfctoip and tqe Wicked muft be defiroyed, and fuch "Yhq have been Guilry of lBIOob. · Was ever the hke heard before, That Men P.rofeffing to have fo PllfCh of rhe Knowledge of God, and Profeffing to Fear God, that fuch fhould become fo l5looJ:Jp ! and become fo great Perfecurors of a People who are ~efpifed of rhe World, bur lo .. ve.d of God ; and the Prefence of the Lord i~ Wtth them, whom ye Perfecme, and you muG fall before rhem, for the Lord God is wirh ~h~m, and among them that are the Sufferers ' ' . under |