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Show ( 258 ) bv the Light of Jefus Chrifi, ~hich lea~s inro Union with God, you cannot Judge anght .of the Things of,, God. So, rake heed. how you do; for rhe Lme of rrue Judgment IS firetched over you all, with whi~h you are meafured, weiahed and tried in t11e JUtl Ballance of Trmh, andbaccording co rrue Judgmenr, yo~ are found wanring, and are found, rried _and JUdged by the Spirit of Trmh, to be roo light: Therefore .be awakened, all you Rulers and Inhabicanrs of Bojlon, and elfewhere, wirhin your ~ urifdi. ction, and give over perfecuting the Samrs of the Mofr High God. This is a Warning ro you all in New-England, who have had a Hand in perfecuting the Sainrs and Children of the Lord ( who are by you, in Scorn and Conrempr, called ~akers) Give over your Cruelry, and ceafe from Oppreiling the Innocent; for the Lord God hath regard unco their Sufferings, and the Lord God is Rifen, and Arifing, ro plead their Caufe againfl: all their Enemies, and all their Adverfaries mufi fall before rhem; for the Lord is wirh rhem, and rhe Shout of a Mighty Prince is among the Innocent People,called f2!!akers ; and this is the Day pf their Suffering, and the Day of your Cruelties and Perfecution upon them, within this Ne'Jv-Eng! mul: Bur the Day of their Deliverance draweth near, and the Day wherein they fball Rejoyce in the Lord, the God of rheir Salvation, who is mighty w Save, and able to Deliver them out of the Hands, and out of r he Mouths of Devourers, and from the Jaws of the Ungodly and Cruel Men ; who will take Vengeance at that Day upon all bloody-minded Men and blind Perfecutors: And at th~t Day you ·fhall · ·· find, ( 2$9 ) .find,' that the Lord will be too hard for you, tho you now Boafi in your Wickednefs. And rh.us far I am Clear, and have cleared my ConfcJcnce to you at this rime: And whether you will hear, or forbear, I am clear of your Blood : I who am now a Sufferer under you, wirh my Brother .and Companion, whofe Lives are not dear unto us, co lay rhem down as a Witnefs agai~~ fuch ~Bloody, and Unrig~1teous, and HypoctHICal ~enerariOn : And rhts we are ready w Seal WlCh our Blood, for the breaking of your 15Iootlp JLaw. I From us, who are in Scorn called f!...uah: rs, who are Su frcrers under z.ions ,Oppreffors. The 6rh Month, r6s 9• In the Common Gaol, in the 15Ioobp '{[own of' Bofron. l¥i0iam Robinfon, Marmatluke Stevenfon. William |