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Show An A p p E N 'D I X to VoL I. t90 . . ou are not yet Redeemed, yE>u are f!Ot yet No. xvn. an d~~'G!::~·~c:~ is ~h~C\~foei·State, J%;3,~, arM~~to}a~o'JJ,;Wb,~~: ~ ~~be/a~ainft1 it; how then are you. tr~e o~hom !~mortality is brought to Men of Deliverance and Redefpko~~ !nd receive the bleffed Gofpe!) that L' ght (as it is to all, that tru y ;. ) How can you fing the Song of. the . ::u1e y;t Subjeas and S~rvants to tniamh. but by your vain Converfattons L mb that are not dehvered bt ~he he' Spirit of Grace, and. that every cr~cifie the Lamb, and do de pt~e ~~!t receive the Angel's Meffage, who Day? Th'etrue GofpeUershar£~e~l~1Hng Gofptl, viz. Fear God, give G/~is the great Preacher of H. c f b. Judgment is come ; and no more u:orjhtp ry to his ]\'ame, for the (/d. o. Truth and in Sincerity ? Then are you the Beaft. Do you fear o m der of God's Glory; then are your fearful of offending the Lord, ~~~~[;to Salvation ; and fo you can &lori~e Hearts kept clean, t~en are y p aud Praifes are not Ewngeltcal m God indeed; otherwife your rayers God's Sight. . h Hour of his Judgment come to you> But tell me,· 0 ye GofpeOcrs, ~~tHew do you feel it~ Hath it broke lsit begun at your Houfes.yet o S. its) Have ycknown the Godly your Hearts) Hath it contntef l:Lorll~rrd Kebukes of the Amighty) Sorrow) The Chafhfe;nt~ J td d yet b'etwixt your Soul and Spirit, the Hath his pure Eternal H or IVZ e r been weary and beflvy laden with Sin ; Joynts and Marrowd} ave yo~ Did you ever cry out, in the Agony of your Hath it been a Bur en to you jh lJ ue Jo to be Javed 2 0! who Spirits yet, Afc" and Bretbren w?:ther: and the Wrath to come! (The fhall deliver us from the Body) of s, t yo; are yet llrangers to Cbrij/ and his Travel of the dhoifly Ancd~n\~; t~a~S:ate where be ts gone, you jhaU ncvcd. Kmgdom : An you ' te.' ft be ;edeemcd through Judgments, an come. FotSton, Gods~t~y, ~uefs Yea the Houfe OfGodcannotefcape her Convertsthr~ugh RJgf ti~u Jf J~dgment begin at the Houf~ of~oJ, it. wherefore, fatd one o 0 , d e r > 0 Wo to them that hve With· wl~erefoall tbe Stnnef auhd IJ:Ed,l~v;apfo ~hem thatcaft his' Reproofs behind out the Judgments o .t e o~l· Pl~afures f~tting up themfelves in their their Backs, and hve mla r~ >Day of Sla~ghter, and treaiuring up Wrath Lufts and Pleafures, as or t e he ..A1tCient Sfltnts lived not thus; they againft the Dah i!~:t::t·ionOwi~h Fear and Trembbng; ye.a, they gda,re all wr~ught out t eake their Calling and ElealOn fute. \Vhtch way o you Dthgence, tom> Hllhalikuk, that holy Prophet, bls Ltps qulVered, ~nd btt ~~:: ~~~!oll~d:s t bat bts ~:JJ:a~h~~t rJ!rfo~p;~~ s ~f tte re:;;~ :thi~5 ~~~; /£~ State> r, are you n I volu tuous Life walking in the Lufts of the vers of the r or}d~, {1~~· ~nd PXde of Life'; Like Rebellious ![roe/ of Eolyde,, ;he Lu s oG t_] e Davs ~ttboJJt Number? But this know, that all tbat J orgctttng o2, .., d H 11 forg~ 1G:'bafi:~~~~;:en~f :~!° Fa:h;rly Vijitatitm made to your rrogc~ito~~ !~f~cf;d~~er~~~~~~~~~d:e/snofe[{:du~h:r~i:h~dlH~Jiv;?;~o;d~a~Pd:0u!i~~ r f R bte ufnefs ) Are you become an o Y au on, an a ~ ay 1 t tgGod Zealous of good Works> But have you not betaken you~ fei~~setoothe Wifdom and Learning of this Worl~ to mak~ ~~~~ijl:r~f:~19 deferted the Sptrtt of the Lord, and fled to the o;ver an o JC d which w ld to defend and _proteCI: you, and not to the 1\ame of the Lor , d" ha~h a'lways been the ftrong Tower of the Rtghteous 2 Nay, are you no;~vided one againU another. and turned Perfecutors fo; R1 c!tgtonA[~uW~~r~ ~ denying that Lzberty to others, you took for your 1e ves) · the Royal Law of Domg '"you would he done, unto. Car~ Thus have you decayed and degenerated into a Worldly_ Clergy, andf~rmed nal People, holding and mamtat~t~g Reformed Words,1 m an uYnre Blood· Spmt Yea are not the fame Evtls. Przde, Pa.ffion, jJ- alice, ars, Awd. fhtd, Perfe;utton, Deutt, F/efoly Lujis, WantonneJs, vam Pleajur~;oru, VoL. I. 'The AuT a o R 's LIFE. Sporu, yea, all _Manner of Worldly·rnindednefs to ~ found. in you, that No. XVII' were jn the Perlecutors of your Fore-f~thers, ~nd aga1nfi: wh1ch your rnoft ~ ferious and heft Anceftors faithfully teihfied ? So that the DHference now ts about Words and Scnte!l~es, and not about the Life, Nature and Spirit of PJJre ,znd Undefiled Rebg10n: And Men are to be known now by their De· nominadons and Subfcdptions to certaio Human Creeds, Man-made Faiths and Forms, and not by the Spirit and Image of Chrift Jefus, by the Nature of the True Sheep, and by that Holy UnCtion,· that w~s the Bond of the Heavenly Fellowfhip of the Saints of Old. And you, thar are ca11ed Reformed, with the refr of the Subdivided Sed.r, What better are you for your Names? Are ye Regenerated yet? Are you Reformed from the Lulls of the Eye, the Lulls of the Flefh, and the Pride of Life; from the Dev1l and all hts Works? Are you born of the incorruptible Seed, that liveth and abiderh for ever? And are you come out of the Corruptible Things, and doth Chrift lead you? Is rhe Government of your Souls upon His Shoulders~ Tell me) is it the l\'ew Birth, that which is born of God through many Tribulations, the }1/ew Man Created in Chrift Jefus, that callcth God Father in your Prayers, and that maketh Mention of him in your Preachings? Or is it the Firfl Birth of the Earth, Earthlj·, the old Man, the corrupt and unregeneratcd Nature, that which is born of the F1elh, that is to fay, of the Seed of the Evil One, the Farber of all the Fldhly L_ufts, Inv.enrions,.Imaginations and Traditions of Men, that taketh Ple:Jfure m the vatn and wtc~ed Spons_:lnd Pleafures of this Apoftare-World, that forget God, and turn hts Grace Into Wal)tonnefs; reproaching, nicknaming,- and perfecuting the Children ofRegeneradon, with fcornful Names :md cruet-Punilhments, calling Gnd Father as the Jews did; and Crucify .. ing Cbrifl afrefh by a vain <;:o.nverfation at the fame Time. 0 you degenerated Chrijlums of all Sons, yea, all t.he feveral Sefl.t in Cbriflendom, that ha\•e deferred your firft Love, and degenerated from the Life and Power of Primitive Godlinef.r, with the Light of Chrift Jefus in your Hearts examin~ your felves. God bath lighted your Candle, fearch :J:nd try your fel ves; fee how it ftandeth with you as to your Etern.:~:l Condition, before you go hence, and be no more in this World. Confider, Are you in the True Faith of Chrift or no? For without True Faith none calt pleafe God ; and without pleafing Him no Man can be faved. The Devils believe, yea, and tremble too; that is more than Thoufands, called Chriftians, do, and fo far they are fhon of the very De\·ils. Have you Faith I Let's try it in the Name of God. Whnt is ir /or Fnith? Doth it ovtr~limt the World? Doth it live, and depend upon God! Cm it forflll•e CoJJntry •nd Kindred ? TJJrn out Ifhmae';L? Offer up Ifaac? Live a Pilgrim, a Stranger in the World? Doth it work by that Love, which cnn for Jake all for Chrifl,.r Namt'.r·Snke? Doth it fight againfl the Devil? Rtfifi hi.r fiery Dart.r? Over. come Ns .A.ffnulu and Temptations ? And /i-n filly, purifie the Soul to Go4'.t Vfe? ls this your Faith, 0 you c;~:rnal, outfide Chriilians? No fuch Mu .. ter; for you live in the Flel'h, fulfilling the Lufis thereof; and you.c C:ue is, what you l'hall e:n, drink, and put on, and how you fhall get the Mammon, Friendfhip and Glory of this World. Examine your felves, and prepare, _for the Day of the Lord hafteneth upon you. And have a Care, left you parrake of the Plagues thar God hath prepJicd for Baby/On; f!ie t_hat. calleth herfclf the La'!;b's Bride, and is an Harlot, committing fom.tcauon throughout all Nat1ons :Jnd Seas, that i•, thofe that by a Lying St;irll, have had their Hearts feduced from God and His Holy Fear yer in Words profefs'd to he his People; who call themfelves Jew.t but a're nor; Chrifl.i,ws, ~nd ~re n~t! but of the Syn~sogue of.Sat~n ; bei~g Str:1n9ers to the Ctrcumcijion m Spmt, and the Btiprijm that u wuh Fire nnd with the Holy Gbofl : With Fire, to confume the Flerhly Nature; ;nd with the Holy Ghofl, 10 beget the Heavenly Nature in Man. 0 the Downfal of this Great Ciry, and the Defolation of this Falfe Church rhrough :~II the Sefu in {::briflendom, is come and coming ! Yea, in one DaJ fhall ir be accOm-plilh'd, even in the Day of the Appearance of ChiiU, who it the Secontl .ddtrl!l., |