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Show 1" k. U 1 H Exalted, :!4-f 668 ture and Spirit is it 0 Princes, Priefl.r, and People, you hold and profefs 1 · R llgwn and Worfh;p towards God> Is it the D1vine :tnd Heavenly One, ~ w~ich is'Pureand Perfe8:? Are you Baptized by the HolyGhoft. lf!d wnh .All:s •9· 2. l• Fue. Crucified through the Dally Crofs ro the World ; ~orn agam, and 4• ~· y 'Affefhons fet on Things Above> But alas Poor Souls . Are you not at, Col. 3•2' Ha~e ft1euy upon us Miferablc_Si'!ners, tbere uno llealtb m 1u, from Seve~ to Se\•enty > And as in Trurh 1t IS to the Shame of Rehg10n, an~ De~ru8: ion of Humane Society, How do you abound in Evil) Equal.lztng, tf n?t oudl:ripping Papifls and Heathens (againft whom you proteft tn Words) tn ra 11 12• all Kinds of Impiety: Thetefore, Wo unto yo11 Proreflanu, that are 1fll&hty ~;,~ 6. j, 4, to Jrmk j1rU1fg Drtnk, that 11ve yo11r Ne1ghbours Drmk, nnd put the Botrle 1• 6. to them that rbey 11111y be Drunlq that put far away the Evzl Day, and caufe the Seat f1[Vloknce to come near; tbat be upon BeJr of Ivory, and ~reub r feJvu upon 'jOUr Couches ; that &t tbt Fat of tbe Flock, 1111 Dn11k. ~b: Sweet of rbe Vine; that anoint your fcivu wuh tbe Chuf Omtmenu; thttt OJant to the Sou11d of the Viol, and rnvent to yo11r fe!ves lnflrument• of Mujick, but co,zfi.Jer not. the AffiiOtonJ of Jofeph_. How fport you away our Precipus Time, as if ye were born not to dte, at leait never to, be }udged? 0 what Sweari~g, what Un~le:tnnefs, what Drunkennefs, w_hat Prophanation, what Vamty,. what Pr_Ide, what Ex pence, what fatclung, what Painting, what Lafcivtous Intngues, what Wanton Appomtments, what Publick Unclean Houfes, what Merry Mafks, what Luftfu~ Infinua .. ting Tre:Jts at your Plays, Parks, Mulberry and Spring~Gardens, wtt~ whatfoe\' er el(e may pleafe the L_ufiful Eye, and gratifie the Wanton ~md ~ Is not this your Cafe and Pra£\-tce, ye Gallants, Young and Old, Nien and Women? And by thefe Courfes, have not Debts fu~priz.ed your Efr~t~, Poverty Plenty, Difeafes Health, Debauchery Chaftay? Whole Fam1ltes ruin'd both in Soul and Body ; yea, fu(:h a Deluge oi lntemperan~e h3s fo overwhelmed the Nations, that hard it is to light upon Sobnety and ViW~l, My Friend1, when I ruminate on thefe Things, my Heart affeas mine Eye and Grief overcomes my Soul for your S:~kes : Repent therefore, 0 Te Prot~fl•ms, or elfe know, Thnt f or all thef t Thjngr <;To(/. Almighty.f1Ji0 bring you to Judgment; and in the Day that h1s IndignatiOn fhall be k~nd- Mat.7.21, led, your Religion of 'Yords fhall fl.y away, and your ~~rd, Lord, Crytnt~ {ball be rejc8:ed, becauie you were Strangers to the Spmtu3l Nature (tho l!ablers of the Name) of True Cbrijlianity, and therefore !hall ye petilb by thN50':,0~~·for you Separatij11 of divers Names, although I fhall not difallow the Zeal that once you had, yet muft I on God's Behalf beat my Tcftimony concerning yo!l ; Th~refore be it k_n~wn unto a11, tha~- you are T:afh-lfa. ~o. u. ing and receiving for Do8rmer the Tradrt!Onr_of Men, runntng and ftnv~ng in your own Spirits, compttffin~ your fe!ves wllh the_Sparlu of )'OUr own F~re, being not yet come to ftand ft1ll and know that Will done on Earth which is done in Hea~en: You telL People, Chrift Jefus has fuffered and fatisfied for Sins 'Pafr, prefent, and to come, and that though they are never fo ~or· rupt, vile, and polluted in themfi:lves, yet are they reconciled to, and JUftific: d in rbe Sight of God, by his perfonal Righteoufnefs imputed unto them, and not from a Work of Grace or Regeneration in the Cre:uure; therefore no wonder at your vehement Cries againft a State of perfeEl: Sepa· ration ftom Sin, as being a dangerous DoE\:rine, who preach Acceptance with the Holy God. whilft in an unholy State: You generally fcoff at Revt! atiU1f as being cc:aft:; molt of you alfo abetting God to have ord3ioc:d a Remnant abfolutely to Salvation, and confequentl}r making Sin as well as Torment un3voidably neceff3ry to the major Part; whereby the Glorious God of Mercy is reprefented more infamoutly unjuft than the worft of Men ; DoE\:rines of Devils indeed, and Grounds of all Loofenefs and Ran· terifm; ~md the Ple:1ders, and Fighters for Liberty of Confcience when o~ prelt, :Jte the Rjateft Oppreffors, when in Power, not minding the End of God's Loving nlr.cfs: llecaufc of your w•nton Neglect, is Yd,',..fn:J. 'i R U T H Exalted, dar_kn~, and your Sun fer, :md grovelling you are · i~ beggarly Elements~ 1668. lplltauons, and Shldows of the Heavenly Good Thmgs rebting to the ~ Difpenf:Jtion of the Second Cof~nanr, hoping by your m~ny Duties to be be3rd, and find Acceptance, ~htlfi very ftr:mgers to the CoVering of God's Spiri~, and ig~orant of Hi~. (whom to kn~w is Li fe. Eternal) from the Re-- velauon of his. ~ternal Spmt, and Operauon of His Mighty Power but from the ConceiVmgs and Apprehenfiona of other Men, and Books wen re-puted,_ whereby God1s Grace a·nd Light have loft their Office of Leading and Teachmg; ana thus T~ue <;:ounfel becomes darkned, the Fount3in fhut, the Book fealed, and you m thts State Strangers unto God, f~ that you perifh for want of Sound Knowledge.; for I declare and teftifie on the Behalf of God·,s Ev:r~~fting_ Way to Life, and, agai_n1t you a_ll, that you are yet in the Mans Spult, wh1c~ works ~ot Gods WIB and Rtghteoufnefs, being found H.elpets of the Mt~hty. agamft that pure a~d unchangeable Plinciple of Ltgh_r, Gra~e and Ltfe, tn whtch God only dtd, does, and' will Reveal and Mantfeft Himfelf unto the Sons and Daughters of Men, for which Caufe you are yet m your ·ups ~nd downs, toffed ro and fro, not knowing the Rode of .Ag~r, nnd Fo~ndatton of ma11y Ge,erntionr, which is that only Holy Gen. 12.3i Seed, wherem the Dutres and Performance~ of all Nations only can be bleffed, Gal. 3· 8. and fro_m whence proceeds that Pur_e, R1ghreous, and Imnlortal Birth, to whom ts the Promtfe of an Everlaftmg Inheritance bur are flicking in your own. Imaginations, and patching ou_t a. Peace unt~ your felves from your Dunes, Performances, and the Imnauons of weak Times and Seafons in fo~~ perifhing Obfervat~ons, that no Way relate ro the Na·rurc of the P11r~, Spzrlllld! and Internal KzngJom of Penc~. Rigbuoufnefs and Joy in the Holy Rom. 14. t.9f Gboft: ':fherefore well may I fay, as was ~aid ofO~d, Wo unto thee Cape rna~ Mat. 11.'2;, urn, f:Ohub art exalted unto He11ven ~for if the Mrghty Work.r that ht~ve been 24·· done m_thu, had been done inTyre, Sidon, or Sodom, they wo11/d have Re-pented 111 Dufl and Ajhu, nnd trJould have remained unto thit Day. . \¥herefore 0 ye zealous Profeffors, ·who in the Spirit of a M3n, are ftri .. vmg t~ comprehend the Myitery of God, unlefs ye repent and believe id tb~t Lzgbt, where:»ith r:;brifl hntb enl~g~tned every .Man; that you may ob· John J, 91 tam t? the true difcernmg of the Splt!t and Nature, in Which you live and worfhtp, th3t fo you may con1~ to wnnefs the \V'ork and Will of God, It fha/1 be more tolernbie [or them, 1~ the Day tbnt God jbaU judge the Secrn1 R.et. 3, 9; of Mtn, by ]r{TK_ ~bnfl ; Go~ uuU make rhem of the SynalogJte of Saran, who fay, tbey are Cbrijhans, and are not. Therefore unto you Princer, Priejh, and People, whether Papiflr or ProttPttnts, or ~ny oth.ei fepar~ted W3y,, that are in yo_ur Idolatry, Superftition, C'arnal Ordmances, and Wtll-Worfhlp; whofe Fatth in, and fear towards God, 3Te grounded on o~her Men's fpprehenfions, Pcrrwafions and PreceptS", and no~ from the Teachtng of Gods _holy Spirit or Grace; to you all ami co~ftramed to found forth and proclatm, ~h_at unto us, the moft defpifcd, affiJfled and fotfaken, by all the Fam1ltes of the Earth is a Child bo!n• unto us a Son is given, we ca.B him Wonderful• CounfeUer, the Jfa, 9· 6. 1· .Af1ghty God, the Ever!afling F4ther, the Prince of Ptn(t; of the lncreafe Cap. 49• 6. of t»~ofe Government, _thtre jhaU be no End : this is He, the Prophet !tiles, .d Lzght unto the Gtnu!eJ, an :I for Salvtttion unto the Endt of the Earth· John r. 7 !, u~to who_m Jo~n Baptifl bore this certain Record, That he w,u the tru; 9· '· 9; :2. Lrgbt w_huh e~hghtenet~ eve,-,y Man rhnr cometh into the World; who alfo 1, John 1, 7• g~ve _th1s Teftimony of h1mfelf, That whofoever followed him jhou!d not n- • Cot. •5• h1dttn Darkntfr,but hav<tbe Light of Life, and tbe Blood of Jefrn, (faith 47• the B_el~ved Difctple) clennfeth tiJ from aU Sin. john 6. ~~. Thu u tbe Stcond Adam, the quid.ning Spirit the Lord from HeiiVen ~2, S3• tbt New and SpiritutJ[ Man, the Ht"avenjy Bread 'the true Vine. 1b~ F!e;h Ira. 42• 6. ""bd Blood th~t _T.Dat given for the Lif~ oj the Wo;!tl; the Second 'covrnanr; i;~· ;:: 3,, t e_Law wrrt '" the Heart and Spmt, put in the inf1Jard Pnrtt; the Way in John 14- 6. ~h1ch tbe Fool c~nnot err; the Truth, before Deceit was, tbc Life thut'.t hid t Cor. •! mGo~, etern.slm the Henvens, glorified be/ore the World began; the Pof1Jer, 20. the Wifdom, the RigbuoRf»efr of God; the Plant of Rrnouit; the Royal ,/ Se'd |