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Show ( 4)0) 4nother, [ome never received ~nr thing to this ~:th Dthers but little, it may be (ome .Apples, or that w .• JiJ but l;ttle good· a11d fome asked it fo of~m, zt s Jz.k e were af1 J ame d' to as k z·t any mo re ' o~" 'Jvh:oh lam 'J d one ~hat bath forborn, becaufe I fee norhi,tg bZt war/' no perjormancer 1vhicb Cry of the Poor, ~ e Lords Eye t.4 open ana'1 attentt·v e to, j o the Scrzptm·es e-cl( 1res, ?Vhich ,thou fr;yefl i4 t~y J ~tt~ ~a~~~ n;;::~ fince thou comeft to Bolton, an £J t ' h art beco.~ne much more Proud, that the Caufe qf t t Poor i4 defpifo l arul comemnetl b! the~ ; and . be that i4 ProHtl, and Scornful, and H~gh-mmdeJ, tJ trpproved of by thee, becaufe he puuerh off the. Hac, and honourerh thee, a1 thou c~llefl~ by b?~mg of rhe Body, and faith, Worfhiptu~ Str; th1.1 t4 pleafing to the Flefh in thee ; but .plalr .. ~efs ?f Speech, in \Vords and Aaions, 'JVhtcb the Scnptur~ commen; Js and commands, thar we tbould be wnh~ut Diffi~ularion, t.bat thou j'ay'ft is Unm~nnerly and .Inhumane, like brute Beafis ; yea, tt hath been ,hclared, her~ it; Salem-Pulpit, Tha~ ,[ Tho~ and Thee' Yea and Nay] is the Dev1l s Sacnfi~e : Tl•e Scripture-Language j'poken of all along, frcm Adam's time · fpoken by nil the Holy Prophet.t, and Chrift and h~ .Apoftles, anti to this Day the commrm L•nguage among other .Nations, no.w called the Devil's Sacrifice, i4 difo,vnmg the Scrz.ptur~s for a Rule of Life w be guided by, whzch m 'JJJo~ds ye r/W1J to be your Rule, bu~ in praliife re de~J. zt ; a1 it Jo'tb appear bJ your L'ves and Converj at tons, which ftrive fo much fo?' Honour, mor~ tha~ to reform the crying Sins of the times, whtcb crteJ continuaOy in the Ears of the Lo.rd for Vengeance to come upon you, but rather to/Jerate, as fhedding of Innocent Blood, the Cry in rhe Taverns~ abujing the Creatures of God in Drunkennefs, m Gluttony Excefs1 Singing anQ Roaring out wirh a , . Joug ( 4)1 ) Joud Voice in the limes of your publick Wor· ihip, on rour LeClure-Jays; and Pride, Uncleannefs, FHrhinef!i, Prophanenefs, Idlenefs in their Words and Actions, in th,eir common Difcourfe, to the Grief of the Spirit of God in any, where it i4; and Coveroufnefs, which io Idolatry ; and Extortion, Hard~hearrednefs, ')Vhich proceedJ an from Unbelief; thefe Sins not fo much lookerl after, fl4 tho{e bonefl People, which you call fcornfully, A curfed Sect of ~akers, which . fome here, in Saletn, have made it part of their Sabbath-day 'Jvork, ro hum up and down from Houfe to Houfe, Glorying a11d R~foycing in the fame, to difiurb them, who are mer peaceably and quiedy to wair upon God in his own way; heltl forth in the Scriptures, by the Apo(Jles and Servants of 1eftt5 Chri(l, which God 'commanded (houfd not be ; For on the fcvench Day God refied from all his \Vorks, it · i4 [aid ; and God nerer commancled any to break thr4 Rejf, by huming np and down atrer rhe Ser40 vanrs of God, co rake away their Lives by a cruel Death, thofe that do you no harm, neither in Thought, Word or Deed, rhar doth unw all Men, as they would have all Men do unto them ; that io, in their meafure; , yet thefo let alone, and upheld by a Law, contrary -co the Law of God, or the Law of Love, which is one, tho' they break the Ref/ 'Jvhich God commanded to be kept. Ob ! confider of thefe Things, before the 'Jt~jg-. ments of the- Lord come upon thee, a11d before it be too late; for of a Truth it will come in the Lord, s time, and wilt not tarry ;' and nothing can keep them fom thee,· ~ut Repen~ance,_ and forfaking thy evil way, rur~mg co htm wtth all thy Hearr, wirh ~II rhy Mt~d, and all thy Soul, and repelling of rhofe Unnghteous ·Laws which yec remains in fpe Cq)Jntry, and not ~o make more, a.r wtU petitioned |