A WARNING for all People.
ALl People Repent and turn to the Lord from the evil of your doings, for the day of the Lord is at hand wherein the Lord will judge the world, and give to every one according to their deeds, whether they be good orJude [...] 1. 5 evil, yea he is coming with ten thousand of his Angels to be avenged of the heathen, and them that know him not; now all that lives in sin and filthiness it appears you know him not, for if you did, you durst not live in your Lusts, heaping up wrath against the day of wrath, wherein the Lord will appear as a consuming fire against all ungodliness, Rom. 1. 18.
God is against you dissembling Professors, who adorn the outside, serve God in notions, words and out-side forms, but the heart is not upright with God, you are in the earth, in your covetousnesse which is Idolatry, and the Lord abhors the out-side worship, when the heart is not answerable, and calls such whited walls, and painted sepulchres, hypocrites, serpents, generation of vipers, and the wo is to such, how can you escape the damnation of hell? Mat. 23.
God is against you proud lustful ones, who makes it your greatest care to deck your selves in proud attire, inventing new wayes and fashions to make your selves glorious in the sight of men, that they may worship you and honour you, but consider not that you are but dust, and God will lay your honour in the dust, for he is Risen to whom all worship and honour is due, and he will bring down your haughtinesse and your pride, andEzek 3 [...] 16, will exalt the humble and meek, and will seek that which was lost, but will destroy the fat with judgement.
Repent ye lofty ones and turn to the Lord, and humble your selves before him, that you may be hid in the day of his fierce wrath, least he take you away and there be none to deliver, for [Page 2] the day of the Lord will burn as an oven, and they that are proud and they that do wickedly will be as stubble, & it will leave them neither root nor branch, Mal. 4. 1.
God is against you, drunkards, who make it your trade to pour in strong drink, abusing the creature which God hath given to be used moderately, for the health and not for the Lust, therein you shew your selves worse then beasts, you should be reasonable Creatures, but your horses may teach you, who will not drink but when they are dry, nor more then satisfies their thirst; wo unto [...]. 5. 22. [...]. 5. 11. you that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink; wo unto you that rise up early that you may follow strong drink, and continue until night till you be enflamed, the wo is upon you that puts the cup to your neighbours mouth to make him drink, that his nakednesse may appear, and shameful spewing cover him, and this is your glory, which is your shame, and you tell it to others, you shew your selves to be of the generation of Ham, the Father [...]n. 2. 23. [...]. of Canaan, who was accursed for such practises, and the curse is upon you while you live here; Therefore Repent and live no longer in these abominations and filthinesse, your healths are abomination unto the Lord, you are ignorant of his saving health, the wants of the poor cries out against your wilful practises which is your condemnation.
God is against you swearers, who makes it your practise to take the Name of God in vain, and lives in open breach of Gods commandments, who are not ashamed to prophane the Name of God in open streets and houses where you come, yea because ofJer. 23. [...]0. this the Land mourns; Repent, repent, the Curse is towards you prophane ones, you that regards not the Commands of Christ, who saith swear not at all, but let your yea be yea, and your nay be nay, for whatsoever is more cometh of evil, how will you standMat. 5. 34. [...] 37. before him at the day of judgement whom you now so openly contemn; Oh Repent betime, the day is at hand when it will be too late, wherein you will wish you had never been born.
God is against you Liars, who makes a trade and gain of Lying and dissembling for earthly profit to make your selves rich, and to cover over your deceit with Lying and dissembling, andJer. 5. 26, [...]7. so your houses are full of deceit, and you sell your birth-right for a messe of pottage, as Esau did who was hated of God, and here you live in the fall, Cursed from God in the first nature, in Lying, and cheating and dissembling, striving to ensnare and [Page 3] oppresse one another in bargaining by your lying and dissembling, but the Invisible God who knows the secrets of your hearts, whom you think not of is coming to reward every one of you according to his deeds, every one shall be judged out of hisRev. 2. 1 [...] Rom. 2. [...] own mouth, and God found a just God; Therefore Repent while it is called to day, and to the Light of God in your Consciences turn your mindes, by it to be guided, and it will lead your hearts out of the earth and earthly things, from coveting the earth, and will lead you to deal justly and honestly in singlenesse of heart to speak the Truth one to another, and to let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay, and to do as ye would be done by, and this is honest and godly, according to the Light of God in every mans Conscience; now prize your time while you have1 Thes. 5. [...] J [...]h. 3. 19. 20. Pro. 21. 8. it, for the day of the Lord is as a thief in the night to all the children of darknesse, to the Light of God in your Consciences I speak, which if you love it will be your Teacher, but your condemnation it is if you act contrary to it; for he that loves and makes a l ye is for the Lake that burneth.
God is against you scorners who takes delight in scorning your brethren, you shew your folly to all men, you that sits in the seat of the scornful, you that raises false reports against the simple, and tells them to make your selves and your companionsLuke 6. 2 [...] Isa. [...]8. 2 [...] Pro. 1. 22. to laugh, your laughter shall be turned into mourning, yea wo to them that laugh now, for they shall mourn, ye forget your selves what you are, take heed, be not mockers, least your bands be made strong, and when you cry there be none to deliver; Repent, how long will yee scorners take delight in scorning, and fools hate knowledge? Cease from sports and pastime ye wanton ones, making your selves merry in your sin, your Idle talking and foolish jesting, your unclean filthy words are abomination to the Lord; and every idle word must be accounted for, your revelling, and Rioting, Carding and dicing, and all your invented sports,1 Cor. [...] sitting down to eat and drink, and rising up to play, whichCol. 3. 6. Pro. 16. is Idolatry, and the wrath of God is against such practises, for man was not made to fulfill his own lusts, but to serve the living God, who made all things for himselfe, and the wicked for the day of judgement; Repent and take heed, and search the Scriptures,Gal. 5. 2 [...] Rom. 8. Hab. 1. 1 [...] and see if the Saints used any such practices, or spent their time after that manner, but had the flesh crucified with the affections and lusts thereof, for he who lives after the flesh, cannot [Page 4] please God, for God is of purer eyes then to behold iniquity, and nothing that defiles must enter into his Kingdom, Rev. 21. 27.
God is against you blind guides, you Priests of England, who are the Teachers and leaders of this People, who live in this filthiness and ungodly practices, without the fear of God, going on the way of the Heathen who know not God, and yet you professe your selves the Ministers of Christ, and works no better reformation in them, yet are maintained by them, and are their leaders and examples in all this filthiness, flattering of them, and leading them in blindness, crying peace to them, because they put into your mouthes, and so daubs them up with untempered morter, telling them they are Christians, and of the flock [...]h. 3. 5. Ezek. 22. [...]. [...] Pet. 2. 3. of Christ, and so through covetousness, with fained words makes marchandise of them; but your judgement of a longtime lingereth not, nor your damnation slumbereth not; all you blind guides who lead the People in blindness, in their sins and corruptions, every one their hearts adulterated from God, committing fornication with other lovers, and this you see and doth not regard, but seeks for the fleece, and feeds with the fat, and clothes with the wooll, and maks a prey on the sheep, andEzek. 34. Jer. 23. 32 Jer. 6, 15. causeth them to erre by your lies and lightness, and calleth your selves the Ministers of Christ, and are not ashamed, neither do you blush, Therefore you shall fall amongst them that fall in the day that I visit you saith the Lord.
LONDON, Printed for Thomas Simmons at the signe of the Bull and Mouth near Aldersgate, 1660.