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Show ' ( 454 ) tor~ ; but, feeiti!, .Y~U are gone (rdm thit, .tba~ leaJeth into Tendernefs, Love and Meeknds, and to do unto all, as you would be done unro; therifote ye "1·e given up to a Spirit of Error, and hardnefs of Hearr, and blindnefs of Mind, the Eye of your Minds being blinded by the God of this , VJ'orld, fo that you cannot [e1 our. Life, which i; hid wirh Chrift in God, who ts become our Light and Life, and Hope of Glory, and our exceeding great Reward, in whom we do rejoyce. Yea, furely the God of Jacob is 'llJitb ta, whatever you may be able to fay ag a info tM ; for, be ... hold, the Lord our God is ri(ing t14 a mighty terrible One, w plead rhe Caufe of his People, and co clear the Caufe of £he Innocent ; but, Jurely, he 1vill in no 7Pi[e acquit the Guilry, who have fh~d rhe Blood of the Inno.cenr ; and you Jhall ajfuredly (eel his Judgmmt, who have 'vilfully put forth your Hands againft hit Chofen ; y,e have cut off the Righceous from among{! you, and ate jlill taking Cvunfel againft the Lord, to proceed againft more of' his People; but this k1JoW, The Lord our God will confound your Counfd, and lay your Glory in rhe Duft ; U1~to 'JJJhom writ ye fly f or Help ? A11d whither ')})ill 1e go to hide your /elves? l'or verily the Lord 'UJi/l [lrip off aU rour Coverin~s; . for y« are not covered wirh the Spirir of the Lord, therefore the Wo is gone out again/l you ; for you'f place of Defence is a Refuge of Lyes, and under· · FaHhood ye have hid your felves. Wo, Wo, unto y0u, for you have forfakcn the Lord, rhe Foumain of Living Waters, and are greedily fwallowihg the polluted Waters, · char corr.e through the fiinking Channel of your Hireling Mafters, unclean Spirits, whom Chrift cries Wo againfi, and who cannor ceafe from Sin, having Heans· extrcifed with covecous PraCtifes. Wa unt-o: ( 4)) ) umo them, {aith the Scripture, for they have tun greedily afrer rhe Error of Balaam, who loved the Wages of Unrighteoufnefs, and are feeking Enchammenrs againll the Seed of 1acob ; their Divinations againft Ifrael the Lord will confound, and all your wicked Counfel bring w nought. Wo umo you chat decree unrighteous Decrees, and write Grievoufnefs, which you have prefcribed, co turn away the Poor and Needy from their Righr ; have you nor fold your f<~Ivcs ro work Wickednefs, and are firengrhning your felves in your Abominacion, rill rhe Meafure of your Iniquiry be f~ll? Surely the overflowing Scourge will pafs over to you, and fweep away your Refuge of Lycs, and your Covenant wirh Hell fhall be difannulled : For lo, Defiru8ion and Mifery is in your way, and rhe way of Peace you do not know ; for you are gone from rhe good Old Way, afcer your own Way, therefore rhe Way of Holinefs is hid from your Eyes. Oh .' that ye bad owned tbe Day of your Vifirarion before it harl been too late, and had he ark- , ned to the Voice of his Servams, whom he fent unto you agairJ anJ agai1J, in Love and Tendernefs to your Souls ; bt4t 'Je would not hearken to r.he Lord, when he callc'd; therefore when ye cry and caU be. will not hear you ; aft ho' you may call. unto him, ret he will not anfiver ; he will Laugh ar your Calamity 'Jvhen it cometh, for you have J'et at nought all his Cownfel, and have choj'on rather to 'ualk in your own Counfel : But tbis kno1v, That if · ye had hearkned to the Counfel of rhe Lord the Light, which i4 now your Condemnation, and bad 'JJlaited there to kno1v bit Wilt, then you Jhould have knmvn it, and thm thefe wicked Laws had never bun made not' profecuted by rou, 'JJJbich you have made in your O'JJJ1i Wills, dontrary to the Law of God, |