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<P>A FEW WORDS IN SEASON: OR, A <HI>WARNING</HI> from the <HI>LORD</HI> to <HI>Friends</HI> of
<HI>Truth.</HI></P>
<P>THAT <HI>They</HI> take heed of <HI>Security,</HI> becau&s;e of the <HI>Pre&s;ent</HI> Calme on the <HI>One</HI> hand, and of <HI>Fearing,</HI> becau&s;e of the <HI>Fury</HI> of the
<HI>Oppre&s;&s;or</HI> that <HI>may</HI> ari&s;e On the <HI>Other.</HI></P>
<P>WITH Some <HI>other</HI> words of <HI>Weight</HI> to <HI>Friends</HI> in this <HI>Hour,</HI> where|in the <HI>Lord</HI> is drawing <HI>nigh</HI> to <HI>Judgement,</HI> to <HI>&s;ave all the Meek of the Earth.</HI></P>
<P>AS <HI>They</HI> were wrote upon the <HI>Occa&s;ions</HI> afore&s;aid to a <HI>Friend</HI> in
<HI>London,</HI> at the <HI>Movings</HI> of the <HI>Lord,</HI> in which <HI>They</HI> are
<HI>now</HI> Publi&s;hed.</P>
<P>By <HI>Geo. Bi&s;hope.</HI></P>
<Q><P>Behold! I have told ye before</P>
<P>Take heed to your &s;elves, lea&s;t at any time your hearts be Overcharged with &s;urfeit|ing, and Drunkenne&s;s, and Cares of this Life; and &s;o that day come upon you unawares.</P>
<P>Except Thou Watch, behold! I come as a Theif in the Night.</P>
<P>For as in the days that were before the Flood, they were Eating and Drinking, Marrying, and giving in Marriage, untill the day that <HI>Noah</HI> entred into the <HI>Ark,</HI> and knew not untill the Flood came, and took them all away; &s;o &s;hall al&s;o the Coming of the &s;on of man be.</P>
<P>For, When they &s;hall &s;ay Peace, and Safety, then &s;udden De&s;truction cometh upon Them, as Travail upon a woman with Child, and they &s;hall not e&s;cape.</P>
<P>For the time is Come, That Judgement mu&s;t begin at the Hou&s;e of God, and if it fir&s;t begin at &V;s, What &s;hall the End be of them that Obey not the Go&s;pel of God? And if the Righteous &s;carcely be &s;aved, where &s;hall the &V;ngodly, and Sinners Appear?</P></Q>
<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed for <HI>Rob. Wil&s;on,</HI> at the Signe of the
<HI>Black-&s;pread-Eagle</HI> and <HI>Winde-mill</HI> in <HI>Martins le Grand,</HI> 1660</P>
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<HEAD>A <HI>Few</HI> Words in <HI>Sea&s;on,</HI> &amp;c.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Dear Friend,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>I Have <HI>thy</HI> Letter; and as for <HI>tho&s;e</HI> who put the <HI>Day</HI> of the <HI>Lord a far off,</HI> Let <HI>them</HI> take heed lea&s;t <HI>it</HI> come upon <HI>them unawares,</HI> as a <HI>Theif</HI> in the <HI>Night.</HI> For, <HI>this I</HI> know, <HI>It is even Come,</HI> and the <HI>Things I</HI> have &s;poken <HI>will</HI> come to pa&s;&s;e, and be fulfilled in
<HI>their</HI> &s;ea&s;on; and <HI>Ble&s;&s;ed</HI> is <HI>he</HI> that <HI>Watcheth,</HI> and
<HI>keepeth his</HI> Garments, lea&s;t <HI>his</HI> nakedne&s;s be &s;een, and <HI>his</HI> &s;hame Di&s;covered: But <HI>this I</HI> &s;ee, that the <HI>End</HI> of the <HI>Lord</HI> in
<HI>this</HI> pre&s;ent Calmne&s;&s;e, wherein, by the <HI>Pre&s;ervation</HI> of <HI>his</HI> People in the <HI>mid&s;t</HI> of <HI>their</HI> Enemies, when the <HI>Flood thought</HI> to have.
<HI>Over|whelm'd them,</HI> and <HI>they</HI> were <HI>betrayed</HI> for <HI>that</HI> purpo&s;e; and by <HI>his Turning</HI> again for a <HI>little</HI> time the <HI>Flood</HI> into the
<HI>Deep,</HI> and &s;aying, <HI>Hitherto &s;hall Thy Proud Waves go, and no further; He</HI> hath made <HI>it</HI> Appear that <HI>his</HI> Kingdom <HI>is Come,</HI> and that <HI>he</HI> hath a
<HI>People</HI> whom <HI>he</HI> can <HI>pre&s;erve,</HI> to the <HI>A&s;toni&s;hment</HI> of
<HI>all; I</HI> &s;ay, the <HI>End</HI> of the <HI>Lord</HI> in <HI>all</HI> this, which is, That
<HI>Friends</HI> may mind <HI>their</HI> being in <HI>him</HI> who <HI>&s;itteth on the Floods,</HI> before the <HI>next</HI> &s;torm ari&s;e, which <HI>may</HI> be &s;udden, that
<HI>&s;o</HI> the <HI>Extremity</HI> of <HI>both, within,</HI> and <HI>without,</HI> come not upon
<HI>Them at Once,</HI> is <HI>much</HI> un|an&s;wered by <HI>&s;ome,</HI> and the <HI>Enemy</HI> hath the <HI>Day</HI> to <HI>put</HI> the <HI>Day</HI> of the <HI>Lord afar off,</HI> and
<HI>&s;teal them a&s;ide</HI> to <HI>Eat,</HI> and to <HI>Drink,</HI> and to <HI>ri&s;e</HI> up to
<HI>Play,</HI> that <HI>&s;o it</HI> may be with <HI>them</HI> as in the <HI>Dayes</HI> of
<HI>Noah;</HI> and <HI>know not till the Flood come, and &s;weep them away.</HI> This <HI>I</HI> feel, and for <HI>this I</HI> &s;uffer; and the <HI>Nights</HI> of <HI>my</HI> plea&s;ure are
<HI>turned</HI> into <HI>heavine&s;s</HI> for <HI>this,</HI> and <HI>I</HI> go <HI>bowed</HI> down
<HI>all</HI> the day long, that <HI>&s;o</HI> in <HI>their</HI> day <HI>Every</HI> One <HI>may</HI> know the <HI>Things</HI> that
<PB REF="2"><HI>belong</HI> to <HI>their</HI> Peace. And <HI>this Perverting</HI> of the <HI>End</HI> of the <HI>Lord,</HI> may bring <HI>Another</HI> day before
<HI>they</HI> are <HI>aware;</HI> For, let not <HI>any</HI> be mi&s;taken, <HI>their</HI> hour is not <HI>yet</HI> pa&s;t thorough, which <HI>will</HI> try <HI>them to the uttermo&s;t, within,</HI> and <HI>without;</HI> Nor the <HI>Day</HI> the <HI>like</HI> was <HI>never,</HI> nor <HI>&s;hall be</HI> after <HI>it,</HI> wherein the <HI>things that are</HI> &s;hall <HI>pa&s;&s;e</HI> away, and the <HI>Earth</HI> be <HI>removed</HI> as a <HI>Cottage,</HI> and <HI>&s;tagger</HI> as a
<HI>Drunken</HI> man, and <HI>this</HI> mu&s;t be <HI>pa&s;&s;ed thorough;</HI> and the
<HI>Bitter</HI> Cup <HI>Drunk,</HI> and the <HI>Brook</HI> in the <HI>Way,</HI> and the
<HI>Bapti&s;me,</HI> Ere the <HI>Seed Reign Over all,</HI> and <HI>time</HI> be <HI>no</HI> more, and the <HI>Kingdomes</HI> of the <HI>Earth become</HI> the <HI>Lords,</HI> and <HI>his Chri&s;ts,</HI> and <HI>God</HI> be <HI>known,</HI> and <HI>Glorified</HI> in the <HI>Earth;</HI> and <HI>Old</HI> Satan, the <HI>Deceiver</HI> be <HI>ca&s;t</HI> into the <HI>Pit;</HI> and
<HI>Hallelujah's, Prai&s;e,</HI> and <HI>Glory,</HI> and <HI>Honour</HI> be <HI>&s;ung</HI> by the
<HI>Redeemed</HI> from the <HI>Earth</HI> to the <HI>Lamb</HI> for <HI>Ever.</HI> And in <HI>this Hour</HI> of <HI>Darkne&s;&s;e, All</HI> deceiveablene&s;s of unrighteou&s;ne&s;&s;e; <HI>all</HI> Artifices and Workings, Tryalls and Temptations <HI>imaginable will be,</HI> and <HI>more</HI> than
<HI>can</HI> be <HI>thought</HI> of, to <HI>de|ceive, if it were po&s;&s;ible the very Elect; Behold, I have told you before.</HI> And &s;o <HI>my</HI> Dear Friend, and <HI>all</HI> that
<HI>Dwell</HI> in the <HI>&s;ence</HI> of <HI>God,</HI> and the <HI>feeling</HI> of <HI>his</HI> Pre&s;ence; and of <HI>your</HI> Enemy, know <HI>a&s;&s;uredly</HI> the <HI>hour is Come,</HI> wherein <HI>You mu&s;t</HI> be <HI>tryed</HI> to the <HI>uttermo&s;t;</HI> yea, the <HI>Seed</HI> of <HI>God</HI> in <HI>ye</HI> to the <HI>uttermo&s;t;</HI> Yea, <HI>before</HI> the <HI>World</HI> too; for <HI>before</HI> the <HI>World</HI> will <HI>he</HI> Crown <HI>It</HI> in the
<HI>&s;ight</HI> of <HI>his</HI> Ene|mies, and &s;o <HI>before</HI> the <HI>World It</HI> mu&s;t be
<HI>Tryed</HI> to <HI>get</HI> him&s;elf a <HI>Name,</HI> and a <HI>Prai&s;e,</HI> &s;uch as
<HI>Never</HI> hath been, nor <HI>&s;hall</HI> be, the <HI>Lord hath &s;poken it. Ble&s;&s;ed</HI> is <HI>he</HI> that <HI>Endures</HI> to the <HI>End,</HI> the <HI>&s;ame &s;hall be &s;aved.</HI> And <HI>&s;o</HI> in <HI>Dearne&s;s</HI> of <HI>Love I</HI> &s;alute <HI>Thee;</HI> and
<HI>all</HI> that <HI>wait</HI> for <HI>Our</HI> Lord Je&s;us, and <HI>his</HI> Comming, to
<HI>whom</HI> be <HI>Glory,</HI> and <HI>Honour,</HI> and <HI>Domi|nion</HI> for <HI>Ever:</HI></P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Bri&s;tol</HI>
<DATE>23. 4th. <HI>Mouth,</HI> 1660.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Geo. Bi&s;hope.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>Dear Friend,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>IT will be <HI>well</HI> if <HI>no</HI> Papers come forth but <HI>&s;uch</HI> as
<HI>&s;tand</HI> in the <HI>Au|thority</HI> of <HI>God, his</HI> Wi&s;dome, and Councell, that &s;o
<HI>no</HI> offence may be by <HI>rea&s;on</HI> of the <HI>Contrary,</HI> nor <HI>Ocea&s;ion</HI> of <HI>&s;tumbling</HI> given; Nor <HI>Truth brought</HI> Under. For <HI>onely</HI> it is the
<HI>Eternall</HI> dominion which gives <HI>this</HI> Liberty, and <HI>&s;top's</HI> the
<HI>Overflowings</HI> of the <HI>Flood:</HI> In <HI>his</HI> Councell, and Wi&s;dome, there <HI>is onely</HI> Safety, and <HI>all</HI> other things <HI>are</HI> to be <HI>forborn:</HI> For,
<HI>We</HI> bear the <HI>Name</HI> of the <HI>Lord,</HI> and <HI>his</HI> Truth, and <HI>he</HI> will be <HI>glorified in &V;s.</HI> According to, and in, and through <HI>him</HI> let <HI>Our</HI> Actings be, that <HI>he</HI> in <HI>all</HI> things may be <HI>glorified by &V;s.</HI> For it is not <HI>Every</HI> Thing that in <HI>Simplicity may be;</HI> Nor what <HI>may</HI> be <HI>felt</HI> in the <HI>living,</HI> but <HI>What</HI> the <HI>Lord</HI> moves unto, and <HI>his</HI> Wi&s;dome directs to be <HI>Wrot,</HI> or <HI>&s;aid,</HI> that <HI>beares</HI> the <HI>Authority,</HI> and
<HI>gives</HI> the <HI>Dominion: I</HI> Write <HI>this</HI> becau&s;e <HI>I</HI> am &s;en&s;ible of an <HI>Aptne&s;&s;e</HI> in <HI>many</HI> to <HI>bring forth</HI> the <HI>Simplicity without</HI> the <HI>Wi&s;dome</HI> of <HI>God,</HI> which <HI>betrayes</HI> Truth, <HI>onely</HI> the
<HI>Lord</HI> hath regard to <HI>his</HI> Truth, and the condition of <HI>&s;uch</HI> friends
<HI>oft</HI> times, and help's <HI>it</HI> Out.</P>
<P>And if <HI>any</HI> thing be <HI>done, Wrot,</HI> or <HI>Printed</HI> in the <HI>Name</HI> of
<HI>Friends,</HI> let <HI>them fir&s;t</HI> &s;ee it, <HI>as is Right,</HI> and be
<HI>&s;ati&s;fied,</HI> For <HI>there</HI> is a <HI>Great</HI> Body of <HI>Friends,</HI> and
<HI>many</HI> &s;ee and Perceive, and the <HI>Seed is come;</HI> and the <HI>Sea&s;on</HI> is
<HI>not</HI> &s;light, and <HI>all things &s;hould bear</HI> the <HI>Authority</HI> of <HI>God</HI> which comes forth in <HI>his,</HI> or the <HI>Name</HI> of <HI>his People;</HI> On whom
<HI>all</HI> Eyes are fixt, and in <HI>who&s;e</HI> Very Authority is <HI>Our</HI> &s;tanding who makes <HI>all Subjects</HI> Unto <HI>It;</HI> and <HI>who&s;e Kingdom is come</HI> which is an
<HI>E|verla&s;ting</HI> Kingdom, and <HI>his</HI> Dominion <HI>that which</HI> &s;hall
<HI>never</HI> have end.</P>
<P>And it is not that the <HI>Powers of Darkne&s;&s;e</HI> have <HI>not,</HI> nor <HI>do</HI> Work; Or that the <HI>Flood</HI> did not <HI>come</HI> to <HI>Overflow</HI> all; Or that it
<HI>lifted</HI> not <HI>&V;p its</HI> Voice; Or that <HI>It</HI> hath <HI>not</HI> been, nor
<HI>is</HI> felt, and <HI>turned back</HI> into the <HI>Deep;</HI> and <HI>there</HI> kept that
<HI>this</HI> Calme <HI>is,</HI> and <HI>hath</HI> been <HI>hitherto,</HI> but through
<HI>&V;n&s;peakble</HI> Sufferings is <HI>it</HI> come to pa&s;s that a <HI>Standard</HI> hath been, and <HI>is</HI> lifted up <HI>again&s;t it;</HI> Therefore, <HI>take heed of bringing Truth under,</HI> through <HI>fear</HI> of the <HI>Fury</HI> of the <HI>Oppre&s;&s;or;</HI> Or
<HI>Stooping it</HI> to the <HI>Dread</HI> of <HI>Times;</HI> Or <HI>bowing It</HI> to <HI>Man, who&s;e breath is in his No&s;trils,</HI> but in the <HI>Dominion which is Eter|nal, the alone Sanctuary</HI> of <HI>Truth, &s;tand over</HI> them <HI>all;</HI> And if any <HI>Warne,</HI> Let
<HI>it</HI> be in the <HI>Authority</HI> of <HI>God,</HI> and if <HI>any Write,</HI> Let
<HI>it</HI> be in the <HI>very</HI> Wi&s;dom that <HI>God</HI> giveth; For <HI>this</HI> Generation
<HI>mu&s;t</HI> be <HI>touched,</HI> and <HI>will</HI> fill up <HI>their</HI> Mea&s;ure; and
<HI>have their</HI> End, <HI>after</HI> the <HI>Lord</HI> hath accompli&s;hed <HI>his</HI> Work by
<HI>them</HI> which is <HI>Very</HI> great, and <HI>drawn</HI> forth <HI>tho&s;e</HI> who are
<HI>Appointed</HI> to <HI>life;</HI> and <HI>the time ha&s;tens,</HI> In <HI>Tenderne&s;s</HI> to
<HI>Truth,</HI> &amp; <HI>regard</HI> to <HI>It's</HI> Maje&s;ty, which is <HI>Dea|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">er</HI> to <HI>me then</HI> All; and a <HI>Deep</HI> Sence that is <HI>&V;pon me,</HI> do <HI>I thus write.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Bri&s;tol</HI><DATE>the 2d 5 Month, 1660.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED><HI>Geo. Bi&s;h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">pe.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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