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Show • I ( 486 j . . iilinable Profeffion, and a true Token of God's O,ifpleafure againft them ; according to .t~e. Word of the Lord fpoken ro them by the Molllh of his Servanrs whom they put ro o ·eath. . Then the Lord poured out a fore Plagu'e in +Which bloody Bofton, even a Rent between Rulers, Prietl~· C.M. con- and People t, fo rhat in the bitternefs of theii feffc:s in envious Hearrs, they have rifen up one againft ~ large. another, co' rhe endangering of the Dafhi'ng hfsg~fft:n their Babel co pieces; aqd this was forerold by "Book vir. Word and SignS; to and amdngft rhem, by the cap. 1. Lord's Servants, in rhe Spirit of Truth, that IIi a potters VejjcJ, jo j11ou!J they be broke~, never to be joJneJ together aHy more t. Thefe Things were,. t This is wrirren, 110c in Malice or Prejudice to any of fu~lledat rhe fore-mentioned Perfecutors; bur in tender ~~~o~~~ir Love to aH Rulers, Priells and People, that they Govern- in the Fear of the Lotd may be warned by them, me!lt . to rake heed how rhey open their Mouths, or ~ht~h 15 lift up their Hands againfi the Innocent, fot a~~ ~nj0 God is on their fide: And altho· fome, to their not find own Dellruelion, have been fuffered lO Perfe..; }1 c. M's cure and put fome of the Bddies of the Children h 1ft. that of the living God to Death ; yet againft the et veeyr laikree L.tf ce an d Po wer o f th e Lor d ·tn t h em· , t h ey nor to be their Weapnns ihall never prof per, the Mouth joyned to- of the Lord hath fpoken ir. And as for ·them get~er. that remain of the dark perfecudng Priefts. Ru-agam, m I d . ' . h r · t ha t and ers an People tn New-England, w 01e handS' other re- have been dyed in the Blood and Lives of the fptCls. Innocent : Oh ! that there were in rhem an ~~ the_ Heart truly fcnfible of their grea.r Wickcdnefs bo,~J; i~. againft the Lord, and againfr his People, that fa· rhey might be truly humbled before the Lord, ~nd fo come to be delivered from the Wrath ro· come, which wiH moll a!furedly overcome and rlelhoy all chem fhat fight againft the Lord. Ohf . Oh ! New-EnglanJ, New-Engl~ZnJ, how can' the teader-hearred (whom thou haft moll crudly perfecuced and defp'ighrfully ufed.) in rhe fenfe of rh y fad Srate, forbear to rake up a La- This is inentaric~m for thee, who feemed beauri~u l ~n ~~n~.r~.e~ rhy begmmng, and lovely wall thou whllft m hisBooli: of thy Inregriry, which was but for a Moment, Witches, or as the early Dew, for thy Day was eclipfed P· 6. as in the Atlorning, and thou foon went a Whoring h~r~aft~r from the Guide of thy Youth, and fo thou be- ~~~efeffes ~ cameft as a monfirous Woman in hJs fight, and That t/Jej now thou art unto him as Sodom, and thy Off- Ate mi[cra ·fpring as Gomorr•h, who periihed in the Morn- bl.J ddeg::_ne· 1• ng ; •1:O r l h y wJ·C ke d netrs. l•S as S. car l et, an d t h y rthaete ftiJf~t om Iniquities as Crimfon, before the Lord. Let the Love of Ears of Kindred, Nafions and People, that hear their Preof thy horrible Apollacy, tingle ; for thou foon dc ce.ffors ; grew 1r 0 great, an d 1r.a 1" dft m· t h y H eart, I am a1 arhned H ttth ait-fJ. yeen of all Nations ; and fo in the greatnefs of of Ne~rhy Pride, as thou attempcedfi to climb up high, England even into the Throne of God ; How an rhou wM hl~t fallen, oh rhou untimely Daughter of Babylon ! for a t;m~ .. Let all People: and Profeffors, who hear of thy deadly faiJ, Fear and Tremble, and Dread the living God, and with fpeed come our of their ~mpry Forr~s, the Chambers of De:uh, and come mto the mtghty Power of the endlefs Life of God, that in it you may efcape rhe Wrath of the Almighty, which is coming upon the World, · which lies in Wickednefs. W o unto you, ye Rulers and ·Hirc:Jing-Priefis of New-England, for the Lord hath found you in the way of CairJ, w~o have d~unk r~e ~Iood of Marryrs and ~amts, and mmgled 1t wuh your Sacrifices, and ~~ ~he filthy Error of Bt~laam, perfecuring and kdlmg the }ufr. Wounto you Rulers and Prielts of New- England, who have taken Counfel ro ddlroy |