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Show 'An A p p EN<]) I g io Yo'L, 1. . .r. I . · b 1 eign tberein t1;e Lufts, Pleafures-; AbominationsDnnd kgro;sfl ~~~::~;:S Oaths, Blafphemies, Euvy, Treach· W:mtonnefs~ t:I" efnc s,J ft. but fo; fome Trme 1 have bad a deep_ Senft ery and Peticcuuo.n o S the u f God"s Wrath and Indignation was juftreJdy tbottbe Overfl.owmg copgey C rfirfi .Ama .. e!f:ent and .Mifery! Tbe to ~reak ofut h~p:h t~e e~~ ~e :: :r;o~,ithin ;y felf, Who jbaUj{tve 111? Wught o ~ '' ~t cau e one 10 q0 the Srrol:t? To Mmr the Edge? Who jbaU. del}:tr rn · ~~e rbe~eJ for rife People and mediate for this poor To flop £he b n('Q0~ D,~::;'nor 111urly Jeparr,' and td.tlfis Glory _and Hi, L:nd, j:. at ~r t and make it a Dtfolation for tbt Wiltl Beofls of the Fu!d,ond ~oa::~ o.?:b: Air; 0 Lznd of J11dgment, and not of Promife; of C11rfe.r, and not.Mf ::ffn:~~·Wbilflthe SeRfe of thi! Diflrej.r, that· i.r (oming tU a DreaJ.. 'l. · ~ be }i,.d of the dif}leajtd God, upon thJS ungodly Lmd, f~t/SJ IJ!t~110(lr~m b~tng down its Pride, and Punifh irs Forgetfulnefs of the toorda'~~~s Hli~~;ny Deliverances, lay fo heavy upon my .Spi~it, the Lcr~ Lr~Je'nu:d before me alit be Truly Confcie!ftiom, .and WeU·mclmed People ~~~ ~befe Nations; and more ej}eciaUy You, H1s Defp1fed, kut Chofe~ Generatt~ on, for whofe ~ake He t~Ollld yet have A1er..y. An:, m //e :;;d~//{ ~d Judgments, ThiS I recciVtd for you ftom t"f Lor , ttl 11 'J Lf. ~unfel; and it often jprung in my Heart, wub a very frejh and flrong ~r, TO THY TENTS, 0 ISRAEL I TO THY TENTS, 0 ISRAEL I C5 0 D is thy TENT: To tby G 0 D, 0 lfw/1 pep e 0 Friends to jlond in this Day before tht Lord (tbat ;, in tbt Jirjl /Jac:) {or ;e jhtdl ~lfo have your Exerti[e: Tea, Great H tbat W(J~~ toh1cb we have to do for the Lord, by hir powerful but v_ery peaceable Spmt; for 6-od will by aU thefe Hurrier, Confujiom and. Vcxrrtums thM are at the Door, drive People fom their Falfe God.r, and br~flg ~hem Home to HIM~ELF. He will throw dotM Wicludnefs, and e/lablifh R1ghreo~fnefs ~ He wrO wajle Sin but Trurh· }hall trorJJ. He will debaje the Moummn of Emp!y Profeffion, 6 /the Mountain ot His Holinefs fhJll be ex:Ilted. He h11th deurmmed to r:ife up, and reRown the Seed of Ligh~, Life and Truth. in the ~e:lrtS of People; Holy Patience, Meeknefs, W1fdom, Love, Fatth, Pu~n~, and Perfeverance ( fo milch waming in.tbe W~rld} jhnll be fren to dweO m ;r, and only to come from it. .And "'1 fVztnif~ u, that ye 11re tbe People, through whom this Heovcnly Seed of ]{ighteoufnefs mujl dtorly ond;1edfajlly Jo jbmt unto orbers, in tbefe Vnevtlf and Rough _Tmus tbot ore come, 011d tommg, ttl that your Heavenly Father may be 6lon6ed by Y?l!· Wherefore, in the N11me of the Lord, be ye all difcumbred of the World, a,ul Jijcharted of the Cares of it ; Fly 41 for yo11r Ltves from the Snares there; in, and get you imo your Watcb-Toruer, the NAME o.f ~he L<?~D · Which is not a Dettd Name, or a meer Literal Name; but a. Lz.vur_g, S~mtual, and vu_y Powerful NiJme; a Sr~on$ 'I ower indeed, yea, rrn mv~ncr,bl~ Fortrefs, where du;eU ye wirh God, and tn h;m w.ho fpealt.et!J P~ace to lm Cbrldr~n, and ort!ains ~uietnef~ f11r them that tru.fl m hue, He wdl m.a_ke you to- he do«'n jaftly, even then wben Dllrknef~ ?nd Conj11jion jhaU be th1ck about you; )'ed"., ye jhall Live in the Fire, that wz/1 c011j11me tbe Stubble oft be World, ~tnd yo11r Garme11t t ]hall not be fo much tU finged ; for the Son of God, whom the Flames, as well as Winds and St:as, obt:y, will be in the Midft of you. }.:ext Friends this k11oro We are the People above · all otbers, tbat mujl Jland in, the Gap 1 and pray ?'orr he puttiNg ar.oayof the Wrath, fo as tblltlln.r Land be not m;de mt uutr Defolation; and God expe8s it at our Hands. Prepare ye therefore to meet and fanUifie the Lord in hi.r Coming and ]udt· menu! Why fland any of you gazing? Let none $n~e or look our, I.h~J~ei:b you, that is rhe Enemy'~ Work to n•ea/le'! you follb;n; but be ye re.ure1, .bt ye centered in tbt Eternal One, and mcdllate upon rbe Lord, ond hu L1p;:;.~ The AuT H on's LIFE: 1!11re Law, that ye mrry be TVife in Hear.t, and Travel in Spirit for tTJis poor No. XXI~ Land and tbtlf for Enemie.r at weD as Prien Jr. Tbe Lord it ready to bear, ~ yo;J /or rbi.r People, ~hew. ye are read' to interceed .' And ltejlijie, Abraham is (fmongjl you, God 5 Fnend, and Hi.r ]ufl Loc roc; yea, Jacob that pre· voiled; and One that is Grearer than AU, J E.s us, the Lamb of God~ whofe Blood fpeakerh better Thi'!8s than that at .Abel, in whom is the Mediation :wd AtOnement. Be therefore encouraged to wait Ufbn the Lcrd, and to bow before him, and humbly to meditate intbe Life of JESUS with him: I know be wiU put it in yo11r Hearts fo to do, if ye wait upon bmt; for he wiU not (njl off tbi~ Land, a~ he did Sod om ; be bath a Right Seed, a 1\"0ble People in it, that bo.hath and yet ~ill gather: Many Sheep there be, not yet of our Fold~ fiJbom be wiD bring in, rrnd the [o11l TVeatber nnd the Storms wiD but help If! drive them Ho111e to JESUS, the Living and True Witnefs, and Li.tbt with .. in, thai he whom God bath Or.dained to Reign, may he Grear in them. .lind lajlly, My Dear Friends and Brethren, By how much tbi.r Day draws fligb, by jo m11ch_rhe more do ye fl.and loofe in your .A.ffe8ions to the Wor/J, b111 fajl m tbe Faub: and ajfemble }QUr jelve.r together, and let God arife ·in yo11, and his Power and Spirit of Life ttmong you, that ye !nay not only wrejlk, Ina in the End prevail, that it may he fun thflt Salvation is of the Jews, the Jews inward, in Spiric and in Truth : And truly the Time hlljlem, that Ten ]boO talit bold of tbt Skirt offucb a Jew, and they jbaO he Javed. Bui Wo to the Hypocrite in thac D:~y, the Formali!t, the Jew Outward, the Circumcifion in ~he Fl~lh. and Flelhly Chrifiian, that cannot rcfiH: che Temp. tations of this World, the Temporizer, One chat Runs with the Tide, he will be divided : J<Or there will be more Tides, more lnterefl~ on Foot at snce, than One; wher:efore Perplexity wiU take bald on him, bis Policy will be confnunded; be w1U 110t tbzow whtlt to do to he fnfe, nor what to join with; .tbi.t Oouhle-Minded Man will be unflnble in his Counfds nnd in hit ABiom, bi.t S~ndy Foundation wi!J be jhakcn. Therefore~ as I f~id, 1Vo. to the Hypocme, and to the Covetous Man too, for hu God wJ!J / ad hrm; the Thief, the Moth and Ruft, will invade bi.r Bngt, and furpri.ze hit Treafure: Ht.t i!ng11ifh will be great in thi.r Day; but my De:~r Brethren, as the Power and Spirit of our Lord God will preferve and t:flablijh w, if we jincerely and en· tirely confide therein, and that above our Solicitation, qr Nud o/Carnal Con .. fuhations ur Q>ntrivances, tohicb we have rheitfore laid ojide; fo jhall it vindicate min due Time, in the Eye~ of aU Natiom, and prifent;g a Peopl~ owned, beloved. and prote8ed of God, in whom we bove firmly believed. ]\/tJr it this Prefumption, ar fome mny thinR, who being 1101 fo well acquaitued with that Entire Refign:uion, and Supreme Faith, (of uhith JESUS i.r iht' .tiurhor, that rcmove.r.Mountains imo the Sea) conclude jrQtn meer Natural and Human Conjideratitms again flu;; yet we /mow bim in whrim we have be· lieved; and tbe f nme that bath C11red 11~ of 011r Di{eafo.r, the fame J(,lid un ... to 111, Arife, and walk in this Way of ~aith; trufl in m·e, :1nd nor in a no· th~r. .A•d tmly, this is m11ch of that Wonder, which Men ./hall have in their lrlmdsand Mouthr about 11.1 in thofe Latter Days, in Troubles not to be de. jetled, and in Jeopardies not to be concerned to m:1kc to our felves De~ fences! as tbe Lillie.r that neither Toil nor Spin, yet feed and grow, Jo JDe may. both be preferved, and become Villoriort~, . roithout Worldly Force or Pro-l~ fltons ; for w~ mu./1 fh..ew aur felves to be that Little City and Hdl of God, rhat barb only bu SalvatiOn far o11r Wal/.r nnd B11lwarRr · by whom be will renown hi.r .Jlrm, and magni/ie bit Powrr above the Art.r' and Contrivancu of !1tn: 011r f1!enf!ons, anJ o'!r .Jlrmo!'r i~ ~piritual; it bath prevailed, and •1\r.orllprevoll, if we hep In the Faah which was firft delivered to us: ..d. B!ejftd Shield, by wbich tht Juft Live. ..d.nd therefore, My Dear Friends, let 111 be care[11/ not to mingl~ with rEe Crowd, lefl their Spirit enter us, in/l~ad of our Spiric enrring them, and w~ th~rehy CDme to fall imo the fame Temptation/ they are liable to, of Fear, :md ~1ng to the Hills ani:l Mountains to proteCt them lonfiding in the ..drm of _le{h to d~liver them No, no; tl•ey ntlljl come to,;.~, we mufl not go to thelfl. 1et can we no1 be .. u~]enfikle of their btfirmities, a.r well at we jhtz!lnot be fl'te from fome of tbttr Suffrrmg.r; we 11111ft maRe their Cf/(e ar our OWN1 and tra~ G g vd |
