A COLLECTION OF Some Passages (Touching those called QƲAKERS) Which were Writ by several that were, or still are, amongst that People: WHEREBY The Reader may plainly see and perceive what Spirit it is that Acts their Preachers and Leaders; and how they have been foretold and faithfully Warned of the Day of Perplexity, Reproach, and Ignominy, that is come and coming upon Them.
The Second Edition. To which is added, a Preface, Postscriptand Appendix, &c. by J. P.
O thou Sword of the LORD, how long will it be e're thou be quiet? Put up thy self into thy Scabbard, rest, and be still. How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a Charge?
I cannot hold my Peace, because thou hast heard, O my Soul, the Sound of the Trumpet, the Alarum of War.
London, Sold by A. Baldwin. 1700.
PREFACE.
OH People! my Bowels yearn, my Bowels yearn towards you, whose desires in any measure are after the LORD: O that you would now (I say, that you would now) Return with all your Hearts unto HIM, and obey the Voice of HIS Power in you; then should you be made able to stand and endure the Fiery Tryal which is come and coming. Oh! the Day hastens wherein all Profession, that is not grounded in the Life and Power of the LORD JESUS CHRIST (whatever the shew of it be) will be so Shaken, that an utter (I say, an utter) Blasting and Withering shall come upon it; and for that cause the LORD doth, and will yet Suffer great Tryals (yea, I say, great Tryals) to come, both upon the Professors and Possessors of HIS Name; that so HIS Children [the Possessors] may be manifested unto all, and discerned from all that are but Professors, though never so fair and seemingly Covered; for all Coverings, but what is of the Power and Spirit it self, shall be too Narrow; and all that are not covered with the Spirit and Power of Emmanuel, their Shame and Nakedness shall Appear more and more.
THIS is the Testimony which the Spirit and Word of Truth giveth; therefore he that hath an Ear to hear, let him hear, before the Day of his Visitation be wholly past, and the things belonging to his Peace be hid from his Eyes.
READ this who can; and he that can Receive it, let him; for the Time draweth nigh that these Sayings must be Fulfilled.
Printed 1670, 1671, and 1696.
A Collection, &c.
‘I HAVE long seen (saith R. R.) the Abomination that maketh Desolate, standing amongst the Quakers: Wherefore hear the Word of the LORD, ye Rulers of Sodom, and People of Gomorrah, 'tis this Spirit that hath encompassed your Jerusalem about, as with Armies, by which we know the Destruction thereof draweth nigh. Finally, 'tis that Spirit of Wickedness in the form of Righteousness, that hath already torn your Crown from off your Head, and discovered your Secret Parts; so that the Scab of Contention and Strife is seen, that will never leave nor cease to Divide you, till the Name of Quaker become an Hiss and a Scorn amongst the Nations.’ This Witness is true.
‘AND You that, for the vast number of your Tribes, have seemed to magnifie your selves in your increase of Children; Wo be to You that now give Suck, (and take so much pains to add to your Sect) for behold in one Day, loss of Children and Widowhood shall come upon you.’ This Witness is true.
‘OF this I am most certain, that a Bitter, Lying, and Persecuting, Proud Spirit inhabits your Tents; which Babylonish Garment hath long [Page 4]been seen to lye hid amongst that Tribe, called the Ministry, the Teachers and Leaders of the Quakers; even such Spiritual Wickedness, which if practised amongst Presbyterians, Independents, or others, (whom ye disown, and can see nothing in them that is good) they would abhor themselves therein; which You, as with a Whore's Forehead, boldly maintain and defend. You are, in truth, those that justifie your selves before Men, but GOD knoweth your Hearts; and the Day is at Hand, even at your very Door, which will Discover, Reveal, and Preach as upon the House-tops, many and great Abominations which yet lye hid amongst You, that so you may be judged according to your Deeds.’ This Witness is true, as St. Paul said, Tit. 1.12, 13.
‘I am constrained (contrary to my Nature) to plead like a Man of Contention against this Proud, Pharisaical and Perverse Generation; this Leviathan and Crooked Serpent, in whose Nostrils (unless a Hook be put) would swallow not only the Rivers, but also the very Sea into himself, viz. Receive all (tho' never so unclean in Heart and Spirit, if outwardly they will but own him, receive his Mark Of Thee, and Thou, and the Hat. and walk in outward Observation and Shew conformable to Them; who while they profess themselves free from Sin, and being the [only] Children of GOD, are notwithstanding found bitter Persecutors of the Truth, and Enemies to the Unction the Anointed One, in whomsoever HE doth appear; thereby rendring themselves guilty of all the Innocent Blood which hath been spilt, from the Blood of Righteous Abel, even to this Day: [Page 5]All which Blood cryeth aloud for Vengeance upon the well-favoured Harlot (Mystery Babylon) who in the Golden Cups, and goodly Shew of an outward Profession, hath inwardly (with a bitter, ravening and devouring Spirit) made her self Drunk with the Blood of the Saints and Martyrs of JESUS.’ This Witness is true.
‘I have observed, that those that forsake Father and Mother, (the Sect that nourish'd and brought them forth) to follow the Lord fully and wholly (as did Caleb, Joshua, and JESUS, &c.) not minding their own Reputations, or Fame, nor loving their Lives to the Death; such, I say, have been accounted, as in all Ages, so by this Hypocritical, Proud, Self-righteous Generation, as the worst of Men; calling them Ranters, Atheists, Blasphemers, Devils, any thing, even all manner of Evil, so they may wound the Truth, and slay the Innocent Defenders thereof; whose harmless Souls I see lying under the Altar of Truth, sorely oppressed for their Testimony thereunto; and crying out, How long, LORD GOD, Holy and True, (will it be) e're thou dost Judge and Revenge our Blood? For whose Elect sake, the GOD of my Salvation will suddenly arise, and behold Enmity, Lies, and Falshood, &c. (even all that Spirit of Wickedness) will surely fly, hide it self, and sink again into the bottomless Pit from whence it came.’
‘THEY care not whom they slander, or what Lies they tell, so they may Advance, Strengthen, and Increase their Party and Sect. By all which it evidently appears, that the Spirit of Deceit and Falshood is crept in, and doth inhabit amongst this People.’
[Page 6] ‘YOU are now like that Evil Spirit cast out, running to and fro, walking in the dry places of your Elders Traditions, those You call good Old Friends; seeking rest, but never shall find any, so long as Balack and Balaam, that bitter Spirit, leads to Curse whom GOD will surely Bless, and bring over You; for YE MUST FALL and (with Haman, Saul, and Herod) be insnared and taken, even in the same Pit of cruel Deceit, which you have digged for your Innocent Brethren; and herein (for some time) will the Faith and Patience of the Saints be exercised.’
‘THUS am I clear from the Blood of all Men, in that I have not ceased, both by Words and Writing, to forewarn of the coming of this Antichrist among the Quakers, who for more than Ten Years last past, have been that poor Ass, speaking as with Man's Voice, reproving and withstanding the Madness of this Lying, Wrathful, Bitter, Persecuting Spirit, knowing right well when it entred, and You thereby came to reject the LORD, that He should not Reign over You by His Spirit of Light and Love; but rather chose to your selves a King for to Judge and Rule You, who was not the Unction nor the Anointed of the LORD; nor yet the Olive, Fig, nor Vine, that could heal, rejoice, or bind you up; but the Bramble, and King of the bottomless Pit, that shall so Rend, Tear and Devour you, till not one Stone shall be left upon another, which thing tell G.F. that Fox, your King.’
‘BY what is written, you may see how this high and Luciferian People the Quakers, who for their Shew and Numbers have been as the Stars of Heaven, and who for their Pride and [Page 7]Enmity are to be cast down, WHOSE FALL IS THE RICHES OF THE WORLD. So that the first in Profession, are now become the last in Possession of the Kingdom, which standeth, not in Words, nor yet in Outward Appearances, but in Humility, and Love unfeigned, yea, in Righteousness, Peace, and Joy, &c.’
The foregoing Passages are taken out of Robert Riche's Letters, which were Printed 1669, and Reprinted 1676. He was a Merchant, and was one of the Eminentest and Ancientest Quaker that Lived in London.
I know (says R. R.) George Fox is raised up of GOD for this very end, to Try, Refine, and Purifie many, as Pharaoh was; and tho' many fall in the Tryal under his Power, yet many will be delivered into the Glorious Liberty of the Sons of GOD.
I likewise see, that daily more and more will fall off from that BODY, and that some that separate from them, will with Daniel stand in their Lot, and follow the LORD in the Spirit of the LAMB more fully than they have done.
These two last Paragraphs was Printed in 1680. in Abstracts of R. R 's Let. &c. P. 19.
II. ‘HOW low and humble were they (i.e. Quakers) in their Spirits (in the beginning)? How few were they in Words? Their Yea, was Yea, and their Nay, Nay. Ah! let me take up a Lamentation! How are the Mighty fallen? How have the Stars ceased to give their Light? How are the Poor distressed, and the Young Ones bruised, by the high Mountains and lofty Cedars, whose Habitations were once in Heaven, but now upon the high Places of the [Page 8]Earth, to impose upon the Conscience, and to establish an Arbitrary Power by a Law: These are the Armed Beasts, and the many Antichrists, which break the Unity in Spirit, and the Bond of Peace.’ P. 10.
‘THE Foxonian-Unity is to yield Subjection to the Order of the BODY (so called) though no manifestation within. And this Unity they glory in, by this is their Kingdom upheld, from this they are able to boast, Who is able to make War with us? Who can stand before us? Do not all fall that are risen up against us? Are not these the high-swelling words of Proud Babel, whose tow'ring Thoughts must be abased? Whose practice hath been to crush the tender Ones in their Bodies, Souls and Spirits. This Language hath mine Ears heard, this Practice hath mine Eyes seen, to the grief and wounding of my Soul.’ P. 11, 12.
‘THIS Spirit of Antichrist in G. Fox, &c. would wrest from me what I am not willing to part withal, to wit, my Conscience, under no less Penalty than Excommunication, &c.’ P. 16.
‘THESE ill Ministers (i. e. G. Fox, &c.) conjoin together to subvert our Laws and Liberties given by the Great JEHOVAH— And assuredly, though they are lifted up as it were into Heaven, in their Proud Imaginations, the Righteous GOD will Blast all their Exalted Expectations, and they shall Die and Perish in the General Dissolution, because they have not regarded the Fatherless, nor pitied the poor in Spirit, nor compassionated the tender Conscience which feared to Sin against the LORD, but Crushed, Spoiled, and Oppressed (without Bowels [Page 9]of Mercy) those that had little strength to help themselves; invaded their Rights, violated their Liberties, and endeavoured to take the Meat from the Children, and give it unto Dogs.’ P. 26. This Witness is true.
‘AND although they daily exercise the Oppressions before-mentioned, yet by their deceitful Flatteries they make People believe that they are a Harmless, Innocent, and Peaceable People, suffering and bearing wrong, but not doing any: Or if any Persons write or speak their Grief, that the Publick take notice of, they will represent them under such terms as may render them Odious; and the more effectually to weaken their Testimonies, they will fix upon them scurrilous and contemptible Appellations, as Scotch-men, Welch-men, Tinker, Taylor, &c. some of them utterly untrue; and to prevent an Inquisition into the Truth of the matter, they would make People believe that they are Envious, Malicious, and Discomposed Spirits, Bad, Dirty, Factious, and Ranting Spirits, who are gone from Truth, and are out of Truth.’ This Witness is true.
‘SUCH is the Portion of those that appear in the least against their Imperious, Tyrannical, and Lascivious Actions: And whatever Man detected the Fallacies and destructive Cheats of Imperious and Disdainful Men, but was thus reproached? Must it be Justice in Them to complain of their Oppressions, and Envy, and Malice, &c. in Us to complain of Ours? Their Years are but few, yet verily they have been exceeding expert in learning the Papists Subtilties,’ P. 36, 37. This Witness is true.
‘IT appears plainly unto the Just and Righteous Man, that G. Fox, and the rest of his Counsel, have endeavoured to subvert the Royal Law of Liberty, and to introduce an Arbitrary and Tyrannical Government over the Consciences of the Flock of GOD.’
‘THESE are the Ravening Wolves which Prey upon the little Ones in a Lordly Spirit. This is that envenomed Spirit which hath tainted their Judgments, poysoned their Hearts, and blinded their Eyes.’ P. 38.
‘AND I affirm the LORD did not raise them up to bring us off from the Barren Mountains, to feed upon them who are now become a Desart; nor from under our Oppressors, to turn Oppressors themselves. Let them remember the Army, it is their Figure ☞; And if the LORD's Anger waxed hot against them for their Unfaithfulness, what will be the Portion of These who have so deeply Apostatized from clearer Manifestations?’ P. 41.
‘ DEAR Friend, It hath pleased the LORD to raise thee up, to bear a Testimony against an Adulterous, Tyrannical, and an Hypocritical Generation, &c.’ P. 44.
W. Mucklowe, (an Eminent and Ingenious Quaker) in a large Letter (with much more to the same effect) Printed 1673. Intituled, The Spirit of the Hat, &c. and is Reprinted this Year 1700. Titled, A Bemoaning Letter, &c.
III. ‘HE (i. e. S. Cater, a great Preacher) has written more than is true concerning me, —he is very Bold, and the most Confident Liar that ever I met with; I laid the Record against J. Ainsloe before him, —also G. Whitebead's False Certificate about the (said) Record, [Page 11](in his Book, Judgment Fixed, &c.) it is an abuseful Forgery; for some of those whose Names are to the Certificate, absolutely disowns it, and say, they set their Hands to none; it is very sad (said she) that Men should be so Bold in their Wickedness.’ A. Docwra 's Letter to Mr. Crisp, March 25. 1684.
‘I know it is common (says she) with some of them in their Books of Controversie, to put the Names of such Persons as they account their Vassals, both to Certificates and Books, sometimes without the Consent of the Parties whose Names are inserted, and sometimes with their Consent, through slavish Fear of having their Trades obstructed, and thereby Ruined.’ ( See A. D 's Printed Broadside, i. e. The New Projecting Formalist Characteriz'd, &c.) This Witness is true.
WHICH Impious Practice of Theirs is confirmed in their shameful Forgery in R. S's Book, Righteous Judgment, &c. at at large in a Letter of his to me, printed in my Modest Defence, &c. p. 20. may be seen.
IV. ‘THE Day is come, that as They have laid open the Deceit, Wickedness and Hypocrisie of other Professors that went before Them, so must their Deceit, Wickedness and Hypocrisie be also laid open; for the LORD whom I serve is no respecter of Persons.’ This Witness is true.
Printed 1671. in a Letter to G.F. by J. P.
V. ‘YOUR Day into Darkness is turn'd, the Sun is gone down over You: You have had a large Day and Power given You to have done the Will of GOD, but you have abused the Power, and slighted your Day, and have refused to do the LORD's Work, and have sought your selves, and not the LORD; Therefore in Justice and Righteousness is the Day wherein you might have wrought for GOD taken from You, and the thick Dark Night of Confusion is come upon You, wherein You are groping, and stumbling, and cannot Work: The Decree is gone out and sealed against You, and it cannot be recalled; You are not the Men (as ye stand) in whom GOD will appear to work deliverance for HIS People; (and yet deliverance shall come) but as for You, Ye have rejected the Counsel of the LORD, and grieved HIS Spirit; and HE hath long born You; yea, You are departed from the LORD, and HIS presence is departed from You: Indeed HE hath Hewed with You, (and if You had been faithful to the End, HE would have honoured and prospered You, and have been your sufficient Reward) Ye were HIS Ax, but Ye have boasted Your selves against HIM; therefore as You have Hewed and Broken others, even so must You be Hewed and Broken.’
This was Printed 1673. and Reprinted 1677, 1692, and 1696. directed for the Preachers and Leaders of the People called Quakers. By J. P.
VI. ‘WHAT will you do? You Scribes, Pharisees, Hypocrites; you that have been long making clean the outside of the Cup and Platter, but inwardly are as Ravening [Page 13]Wolves; your Fruits will make you manifest: You Hypocrites, your Name will be a stink among the Heathen, for the LORD will find you out, whose Glory HE will not give to any other, nor HIS Honour to any of your Graven Images; my Soul loaths all your false Covers, I cannot but declare against all your false Ways.’
M.D. an Ancient Quaker, and is Printed in a Letter to G. F. 1682.
VII. ‘I Being ingaged as well as some others to manifest and lay open deceitful Workers and Hypocrites, I am farther to appear to manifest Thee to be one of the greatest Hypocrites and Deceivers in this Nation; and until Thou own Thy Condemnation, and leave off Deceiving the People, assuredly the Sword that's now drawn, is not to be, nor must not be sheath'd, till Thou, and such Deceivers as Thou art, be brought down.’ This Witness is true.
In a large Letter to G. F. by J. P. 1674, and Printed 1682, 1691, and 1696.
VIII. ‘THE Day is come, and now is, that the hidden things of Esau's Nature are to be, and must be brought to Light.’
See Quakers Unmask'd, &c. Title Page, writ to G. Fox, G. Whitehead, &c. 1677. and Printed 1682, and 1691.
IX. ‘AND let G. Fox, and Those that uphold him, remember that it was Jeroboam the Son of Nebat that caused Israel to Sin; and as his Name was Branded to Posterity, so shall Theirs be.’ This Witness is true.
Printed 1678. in the Book, A Sensible Cry, &c. p. 6. A. M.
X. ‘BEHOLD, you Great Goliahs! Your strength is in an Arm of Flesh, but mine is only in the Living GOD; before whom all Your deceitful covers are manifest, which will stand You in little stead in the Day of Distress that is coming upon You: For HE will certainly plead with You for all Your Abominations: You are full of Designs to keep up Your Esteem among the People, but the LORD (by whose POWER I am raised up against You) will bring You low, and utter Disgrace will come upon You, because You have not sought HIS Glory so much as Your own.’
Quakers Unmasked, &c. Preface by J. P. Printed 1682, and 1691.
XI. ‘A Day of Trouble, Anguish, and Disappointment, is come and coming upon You, which you can neither escape, nor prevent: You must reap the Fruit of your own doings; for as you have sowed the Wind, you must expect to reap the Whirlwind, wherein is nothing but Confusion, Darkness, Blackness, and Tempest: And this is the Portion of all the Builders of Babel, or Babylonish Builders. And tho' You may think that you have built the highest and fairest Structure of any, yet know, and that for a truth, that not one Stone thereof shall be left upon another; and all your Buildings, your Inventions, your Imaginations, and Conceivings about your Forms, your Proud Self-conceited Modes, your Impositions, your Prescriptions, Laws, and Comely Orders, (as you in your fallen Wisdom call them) must all be thrown down, laid Waste, and become as a By-word or Proverb [Page 15]of Reproach to the very Heathen, and not only to Them, but also to Those whom you have defamed and stigmatized with the blackest of Names; and for no other Cause, but only for their Faithfulness in Discharging a good Conscience towards their GOD, towards You, and towards all Men. These are faithful and true Sayings, if thou canst receive them thou mayest.’
Printed 1680, in a Letter to George Fox, by J. P. who is a Person well known, and of an unspotted Reputation.
BEHOLD that which You have Built must be Broken down, and that which You have Planted must be Plucked up.
IT may be They will present their Supplications before the LORD, and will turn every one from his Evil Way: For great is the Anger and Fury that the LORD hath pronounced against THIS PEOPLE.
POSTSCRIPT.
HE that reads the Books of Controversie against G. Fox, G. Whitehead, and that Party, writ by several that had been (some 20, 30, or 40 Years) of the Society of the Quakers Viz. F. Bugg, T. Crisp, W. Rogers, Jo. Hog, N. Coleman, J. Rance, G. Keith, D. Leeds, W. Mather, and no less than 67 Writ against them at one time, with divers others that might be named, besides the Author of the Snake, &c., will plainly see much of the foregoing Collections already fulfill'd, and so must the rest be in the appointed Season; and [Page 16]then 'twill more fully and evidently appear, that the same Infallible and Unerring SPIRIT, by which the Holy Men of Old were Guided, some have been made living and true Witnesses of in this our Age and Generation: Tho' 'tis sad to consider how the Quakers [vain Boasts and false Pretences thereto] have caused the very Name of the LORD and His Inspirations to be Derided and Blasphemed, yea, and that in a greater and higher degree, than any other Sect whatsoever; this is Matter of Sorrow, and ought to be laid to Heart by every one concern'd.
O THOU Great and Infinite BEING, before Whom all Nations are but as the drop of a Bucket in comparison of THEE, Bless, Preserve, and Keep me, and all that truly fear THEE, from all, and all manner of Evil, [whether of Flesh or Spirit] from henceforth and for ever, is the Desire, Humble and Hearty Prayer of one of the Unlearnedst, Weakest and Unworthiest of all THY Servants, yet am one that have been made willing (and that with gladness of Heart) to follow THY Leadings, whether into Good or Evil Report; Praised and Glorified be THY Name for evermore, saith THY Servant; and let all the Upright-hearted say, Amen.
An APPENDIX.
‘IT is impossible (says W. Mather) that the Pens now in Controversie, against Us Quakers, should be put a stop to, before there is a Reformation of our numerous Preachers. And also a Retractation of all the Errors of our Friends Books, be published.’ P. 1.
‘CONSIDER this, you fierce Despisers of all Those who desire Your Reformation in Doctrine and Practice. You know where this cursed thing is, that causeth all this Disturbance; you still hide it, but out it must come, and be beaten to Powder.’ P. 9.
The above is taken out of W. Mather's Book, printed this Year 1700. He has been a Quaker these 40 Years.
‘WHEREIN you have erred, be not asham'd to confess and return; for however you are filled with Confidence of your selves, you are [fully] seen to others.’
‘FRET not at Instruments, neither look so much at Them, as at that Righteous HAND that is turned against You.’
‘YOU have lost your Glory, it cannot be hid; the Substance is departed, tho' the Shadows remain; Therefore let Humility and unfeigned Repentance be found amongst You; that Glory may be given to HIM, who is the Searcher of all Hearts.’
This was Printed 1675, and 1696.
‘BEHOLD, They— say, The Vision that he seeth isfor many days to come, and he prophesieth of the Times that are afar off.’
‘THEREFORE say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, There shall none of my Words be prolonged any more, but the Word which I have spoken, shall be done, saith the LORD GOD.’
These following Words were spoken at several of the Quakers Meetings, 1699.
‘WHERE any Form, without the POWER; and where an Image, without LIFE, is set up and exalted; There, and by such a People, the Worshippers in Spirit and in Truth, are Despised and Rejected. This is a most Certain and True Testimony; He or She that can receive it, let 'em.’
‘AND tho' the Words of the Prophets were Read every Sabbath Day in the Jews Synagogues; vet their Rulers neither knew the True SHEPHERDS Voice, nor the Voices of the Prophets; as saith the Scriptures of Truth Acts 13.27.. And tho' the Words of the Prophets, and also of the Apostles, are frequently Declared, and Spoken in Your Assemblies; yet, most that pretend themselves to be Ministers of CHRIST, neither know HIS Voice, nor the Voices of the Prophets, nor of the Apostles.’
‘BEHOLD, ye Despisers, and Wonder, and Perish; for I will work a Work in this Your Day (I say, in this Your Day) which You will not Believe, altho' it should be Declared unto You.’
‘AND thus having Faithfully Performed what is Required of Me, at this Time, I am to leave You, and to Depart in Peace.’
The Conclusion.
AND now I shall Conclude with a few words of Counsel and Advice (not only to my nearest and dearest Relations, (of what kind soever) but also to Those who have been more particularly concerned and ingaged, in Discovering and laying open the Immoralities and Miscarriages of the highest pretenders to Religion), viz.
OH! that every one of You, who have seen the Evils and Miscarriages of others, might make a deep search into your own Hearts; and see if you are not guilty [before the Invisible and All-seeing EYE] of some Iniquity or other, that offends His Divine MAJESTY; which, if (upon a diligent search) you find your selves Guilty, my Desire, my Request, yea, my Hearty Prayer both for you, and my self, is; That we may never let HIM rest, till HE hath Cleansed, Purged and Purified us from all Secret and Hidden Sins; and from all Filthiness of Flesh and Spirit: And this I beg, in the Name, and for the alone and only sake of our for Ever Blessed LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, who gave himself [Page 20]for us [who truly Love, Fear, and Obey HIM] that HE might Redeem us from all Iniquity, and Purifie into Himself a Peculiar People Zealous of good Works. This is that happy State, and blessed Condition, which my self, with some others, for these many Years have been labouring and pressing after, and which (through the Infinite Mercy of the great GOD) after much Waiting, Stilness, and Retir'dness, we have, in some measure attained; And therefore cannot but in true Love advise you all, my Dear Friends, to be like minded, in labouring for, and pressing after the Same; that so you may reap the Benefit, and I the Comfort, of all the Desires and Prayers, which have been made, either for you, or my self.
BEHOLD the Goodness, and Severity of GOD: On THEM which are fallen,Severity; but towards ƲS, Goodness, if we continue in HIS Goodness; otherwise WE also shall be cut off.
And THEY also, if THEY abide not still in Ʋnbelief, shall be Grafted in: for GOD is able to Graft THEM in again.
[Page 21] BLESSED, and Happy, yea, for Ever Happy, will they be, who hears the Word of GOD near or in their Hearts, that keeps it, and is in all saithfulness obedient to it; such will stand as fixed and unmoveable [in the midst of all the Concussions, Dividings, and Shakings, that at present are, or are to be; in Church, or State] as a firm Rock, in the midst of a rough and tempestuous Sea. This is a certain, sure, and true Testimony; he that can receive it, let 'em.
HE shall not be afraid of Evil Tydings: His Heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.