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<HEAD>A VVARNING FROM THE LORD TO THE City of Oxford.</HEAD>
<P>_TRemble, tremble, tremble, all &s;orts of people, who in prophanene&s;s lives: A day of <HI>howling</HI> and <HI>bitter lamentation</HI> is comming upon you; your wicked pra|cti&s;es are in remembrance, before the living God of life and power brought, who is dreadful and terrible to the workers of iniquity, and the day ha&s;tens, wherein thou an account mu&s;t give for all your filthy practi&s;es, and rewarded thou mu&s;t be according to thy deeds: Thou <HI>Oxford</HI> who with <HI>Corazin</HI> art exalted above all other, becau&s;e of thy hu|mane wi&s;dome; but down the dreadful God of Heaven and Earth wil bring thee, all thy Sorcerie wil not &s;ave thee in the day of the Lords fierce wrath, which is comming upon thee; all thy profe&s;&s;ion wil not cover thee, who art an enemy to the life of what thou in words profe&s;&s;e&s;t; now all thy coverings wil not hide thee in this the day of the Lord, who wil reward thee according to thy actions; and thy &s;toln expre&s;&s;ions, which thou ha&s;t &s;toln out of the Saints conditions, wil not avail thee in the day of thy calamity, for out of the Saints life thou art found, who giveth thy meanings to the Saints conditions, and &s;o wre&s;t their words, to make them &s;utable to thy carnall ends; but this Cloak is al&s;o too narrow, it wil not hide thee, for found thou
<PB N="2" REF="2" MS="y">art, covered with a covering, but not with the Spirit of the Lord; therefore upon thee wo and mi&s;ery is comming, for now is the Angels of the Lords pre&s;ence ready to execute judgment upon thee for thy pride and haughtine&s;s, and all thy filthy a|bominations, and account thou mu&s;t give; the dreadful day of the Lord draweth nigh, and in this terrible day, all thy natural Languages, &amp; thy Logick, as <HI>Hebrew, Greek,</HI> and <HI>Latine,</HI> which thou calls the Originall Language, vvill not &s;ave thee from the judgment that is to come upon thee for the fierce Wrath of the living <HI>God</HI> is kindled again&s;t thee, the <HI>Vialls</HI> are &s;et open, and are ready to be powred down upon thee, who art found filling up the mea&s;ure of thy <HI>Fathers iniquity,</HI> the <HI>cry</HI> of the <HI>innocent</HI> is heard again&s;t thee, whom the <HI>Lord God</HI> of <HI>Heaven</HI> and <HI>Earth</HI> &s;ent to forewarn thee of the <HI>evil</HI> which is to come upon thee, whom thou whipped and per&s;ecuted, for calling people to <HI>repentance,</HI> and exhorting them to fear the <HI>Lord,</HI> and the Lord hath &s;ince &s;ent diver of his faithfull <HI>Servants</HI> to forewarn you of this <HI>wrath</HI> w^c^h is to come upon you, and yet you have &s;hut your ears again&s;t them, and have them per&s;ecuted and impri&s;oned, and gro&s;ly a|bu&s;ed, and &s;o hath added to your <HI>tran&s;gre&s;sion,</HI> which wil add to your <HI>Torment;</HI> you have drunk deep draughts of the <HI>Whores Cup,</HI> you are ful of <HI>filthine&s;s</HI> and <HI>abominations;</HI> and you mu&s;t now ta&s;t of the <HI>Wrath</HI> which is due unto you, you cannot fly from it, nor e&s;cape it; and the <HI>Witne&s;s</HI> for <HI>God</HI> in you (which is the <HI>Light</HI> of <HI>Ie&s;us Christ</HI>) wil te&s;tifie again&s;t you, when the <HI>Plagues</HI> and <HI>Judgements</HI> of <HI>God,</HI> is powred forth upon you, that his <HI>Iudge|ments</HI> are ju&s;t; therefore now take <HI>Warning,</HI> and prize your time while you have it, and &s;light not this your <HI>day of vi&s;itation,</HI> you <HI>Inhabitants</HI> of this <HI>Town</HI> of <HI>Cambridge,</HI> for the Lord will not al|waies &s;trive with you, &s;it down in the <HI>du&s;t,</HI> and repent, and with &s;peed for&s;ake the evil of your doings, le&s;t the <HI>Dore</HI> of <HI>Mercy</HI> be for ever &s;hut again&s;t you: Remember your <HI>Father E&s;au,</HI> who lived in prophanene&s;s, who would have repented, but he &s;lipt his time and there was no place of <HI>repentance</HI> for him found. And <HI>Judas</HI>
<PB N="3" REF="2" MS="y">who betrayed the innocent; remember who <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> <HI>compence</HI> of <HI>reward</HI> according to his <HI>Works,</HI> and do not you think to e&s;cape the ju&s;t <HI>iudgements</HI> of <HI>God,</HI> who are found acting the &s;ame things, for be a&s;&s;ured it wil come heavie upon you, for the <HI>Lord</HI> is <HI>righteous,</HI> and with <HI>equity</HI> judgeth, and he wil reward you for you <HI>unrighteou&s;ne&s;s;</HI> yea <HI>Vengeance</HI> in <HI>Flames</HI> of <HI>Fire</HI> &s;hall be revealed upon the <HI>ungodly,</HI> the <HI>Mouth</HI> of the <HI>Lord</HI> hath &s;poken it, and his <HI>words</HI> &s;hall not go forth in vain. Therefore howle you <HI>proud, &s;tiff-necked, rebellious</HI> ones, who wa&s;ts and devours the <HI>crea|tures</HI> of <HI>God</HI> upon your <HI>lu&s;ts,</HI> now an <HI>Account</HI> you mu&s;t give to the <HI>Creator,</HI> who heareth the cry of the <HI>oppre&s;&s;ed,</HI> which lyeth groa|ning under the <HI>bondage</HI> of <HI>Corruption;</HI> and the <HI>Lord</HI> wil no longer wink at the <HI>Oppre&s;&s;or,</HI> for he is now comming to cut down the <HI>op|pre&s;&s;or,</HI> and &s;et his <HI>Creatures</HI> free, which hath been kept long in <HI>Bondage</HI> by you who live in <HI>lu&s;t</HI> and <HI>plea&s;ures, fulne&s;s;</HI> and <HI>glutton|ne&s;s;</HI> yea, the <HI>Sword</HI> of the <HI>Lord God</HI> is drawn again&s;t you, you <HI>Belly-Gods,</HI> who feeds your &s;elves withouthe fear of <HI>God;</HI> for the &s;laughter ye are; the edge of the &s;word you cannot e&s;cape, you bloody per&s;ecutors, haters and enviers of the <HI>righteous &s;eed;</HI> again&s;t you the edge of the &s;word is turned, and you cannot e&s;cape; for the Lord wil cut you down; the <HI>Lord</HI> &s;ees your plotting, and &s;e|cret actings again&s;t his <HI>dear &s;ervants and children,</HI> you deceitful <HI>Prie&s;ts,</HI> and corrupt <HI>Magi&s;trates,</HI> who combine together to mur|ther the <HI>innocent;</HI> &s;o far as your Power extends; but prai&s;ed be our <HI>Lord God</HI> for ever, who hath your Power limited, &s;o that you cannot go beyond your bounds; your &s;nares the Lord wil break in pieces, which you make to catch the innocent; and the Pits you dig for others you into them mu&s;t fall; no weapons which you form again&s;t the harmle&s;s &s;hal pro&s;per, the Lord hath &s;po|ken it, who is our Deliverer, who wil be your De&s;troyer; yea, your day of De&s;truction draws nigh; and the God of the world whom you pray unto, which &s;o long hath blinded your eyes, &s;hall not be able to deliver you in the day of the Lords fierce wrath, who wil plead with you by fire, and by his &s;word, which
<PB REF="3" MS="y">are already kindled, and drawn again&s;t you; and the enemies of the <HI>Lord</HI> and his &s;ervants, &s;hal be con&s;umed and utterly de&s;troy|ed for ever: for the <HI>Bea&s;t</HI> and the <HI>fal&s;e Prophet,</HI> which now bend their forces together to make war with the <HI>Lamb,</HI> &s;hal be taken, and into the Lake mu&s;t be ca&s;t, that burneth with fire and brim|&s;tone, and the Lamb &s;hal have victory over you, you bloody per|&s;ecutors. And you Schollars, who come hither to learn naturall languages, who &s;pend and wa&s;t your time in idlene&s;s and pro|phanene&s;s, many of you living in plea&s;ures and wantonne&s;s; &s;por|ting your &s;elves in the day-time: Con&s;ider what you are doing, doth not the <HI>Lord</HI> &s;ee and know the&s;e things? And wil not he vi|&s;it you for your vanities and fooleries? Do you think to e&s;cape the ju&s;t judgmenns of God? Nay, your <HI>Logick</HI> and your vain <HI>Philo&s;o|phy</HI> wil not cover you; the Lord wil find you out, and you &s;hall not e&s;cape unpuni&s;hed; you according to your actions &s;hall be re|warded: Therefore to you (I &s;ay) repent, le&s;t the Evill Day come upon you at unawares, and there bee none to deliver you.</P>
<P>And you that keep Taverns and Alehou&s;es, who keeps Cards Dice and Shovel boords in your Hou&s;es for to &s;atisfie the lu&s;ts of vaine mindes, which delights in gaming and foolerie, and fills wine and &s;trong drink to men till they be inflamed, and &s;o are the Upholders of that filthie Thing Drunkenne&s;s, which is one of the horrible, filthie&s;t &s;ins in the Nation.</P>
<P>Therefore, to You, (I &s;ay,) repent, and &s;uffer &s;uch things no more to bee u&s;ed in your Hou&s;es, (as is before mentioned,) lea&s;t you partaking of their &s;inns, bee made partakers of their Judgements and Plagues, which ts neerer you, then yet you are aware of; for, You cannot e&s;cape the Edge of the Sword, being found TREES which cumbers the ground.</P>
<P>And You TRADES-MEN, of what &s;ort &s;oever, who u&s;es Lying and Di&s;&s;embling for Gaine, and are in the m<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk"> Words, out of the Doctrine of CRIST, who <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="8 words"> Na<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> bee Nay in
<PB N="7" REF="3" MS="y">all things; for what&s;oever commeth of more is Evill: What will your cheating and cozening availe You? Con&s;ider, though you may through deceitful waits and mea&s;ures, &amp; your crafty enluring &s;peeches, heap up much of the worlds trea&s;ure, what wil it all profit you, in the day wherein you mu&s;t give an account for all your di&s;hone&s;t gain? then the &s;ame Mea&s;ure you meet withall, the &s;ame to you &s;hall be mea&s;ured again: To you I &s;ay repent, and for&s;ake the evil of your waies, and provoke the Lord no longer, for the Lord God of Life and power &s;ees and knows the&s;e things, and his judgments are nigh you, and his fury and indignation you cannot e&s;cape: therefore now I warn you in the name and fear of the Lord; Trades men, give over deceit and cozening, and deal plainlie and hone&s;tlie with your Brethren in your buying and &s;elling, and give ju&s;t weight and mea&s;ure, and let your yea, be yea, and your nay, be nay, and u&s;e not &s;o many vain words in your bargaining, for to the Lord an account you mu&s;t give, for everie idle word; therefore now you are warned, take heed of adding to your condemnati|on, for this is the free love of God to your &s;ouls to give you warning, therefore prize it now while you have time, le&s;t &s;wift de&s;truction come upon you, for now hath the Lord left you without excu&s;e, you cannot plead ignorance, and the Light in your own Con&s;ciences (which is the Light of Je&s;us Chri&s;t, wherewith he hath enlightned you) &s;hall bear true te&s;timony again&s;t you, and witne&s;s for the Lord, that his judgements are ju&s;t, when they come to be executed upon you. And you Magi|&s;trates who are &s;word-bearers, &s;ee that you bear the &s;word no more in vain, but let the edge of the &s;word be turned again&s;t the &s;eed of evil doers, that by it all manner of Sin and wicked|ne&s;s may be cut down, and the RIGHTEOUS SEED pre&s;erved, that the TOWN may be &s;et free from evil doers, that RIGHTEOUSNESSE may run down your Streets, &amp;c.</P>
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<P>But fir&s;t, &s;in and wickedne&s;s &s;ee in your own &s;elves, cut down by the &s;word of the <HI>Lord</HI> (which is his righteous judgements) that the righteous &s;eed in you may be rai&s;ed up to rule and reign, that true judgement and ju&s;tice may be executed by you, for he that ruleth over men mu&s;t be ju&s;t, for he is righteous that judgeth, and according to your judgement &s;o &s;hall you be jud|ged. And to the <HI>Vice-Chanc&egrave;llor</HI> (&s;o called) and to you who are the chiefe in <HI>Colledges</HI> (as you call them) who &s;tudy, and teach others natural <HI>Languages</HI> (as <HI>Hebrew, Greek,</HI> and <HI>Latine</HI>) and the Arts of <HI>Lodgick</HI> and <HI>Phylo&s;ophy,</HI> which is all for the fire, for the knowledge of the&s;e things puffs up your minds, and keepes you from the true knowledge of the living God, who can be known no other way but through his Son, for none &s;hal ever know God by &s;tudying old Authors, and learning naturall Languages (as <HI>Hebrew, Greek,</HI> and <HI>Latine,</HI> which you call the Original) for na|tural men cannot receive the things of the Spirit of God, God is a My&s;terie &s;ealed to that nature, which &s;tudieth the&s;e things before mentioned, for proud, high-minded, &s;elfewilled men, &s;tudie and teach the&s;e Languages, but the &s;ecrets of God are kept from &s;uch, God to his Son reveales him&s;elf, who is meek and lowlie, and tho&s;e who knows God, keeps his commands, and knows him by the revelation of his Son; and we, whom the <HI>Lord</HI> hath made him&s;elf known unto, through his Son, deny, and bear witne&s;s again&s;t all &s;uch as comes not in by the dore, but climbs up another way in their own humane inventions, there|fore to you, I &s;ay cea&s;e from your own imaginations, &s;tudies, and naturall Languages; for all you<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> Heatheni&s;h Authors, which your Liberaries and &s;tudies are &s;o <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">urni&s;hed withall, are for the Fire, read <HI>Acts</HI> 19.19, many who u&s;ed curious Arts (as you do) brought their Books, and burned them, when they came to own the everla&s;ting truth, which by the Apo&s;tles was preached; and as you come to own the truth (which by the de&s;pi&s;ed and per|&s;ecuted ones is preached) your books then wil be of little value, which is now by you &s;o highly prized, when your minds comes
<PB N="7" REF="4" MS="y">to be turned out of your vain imaginations, to the Light of Je&s;us Chri&s;t in you, which Je&s;us Chri&s;t hath lightned you with, you need not to &s;tudy in old authors to know what mea|nings they gave, with their heatheni&s;h inventions upon the Saints conditions, who &s;poke forth the Scriptures, as they were moved by the Holy Gho&s;t; nay, their meanings and their imaginations upon them are accur&s;ed, &amp; your meanings which you give upon the Scriptures, and your imaginations upon them are accur&s;ed; for the Scripture which was &s;poke from the life of the Saints, are of no private interpretations, and til you come to own the Light of Je&s;us Chri&s;t, which he hath enlight|ned you with, and live in it, and receive it to be your Teachers, and even as it teach you to abide in it, that with it you may be led into the holie life, which life gave forth the Scripture; you cannot know the my&s;terie of the Scripture, for it is &s;ealed to all the Worlds Wi&s;dome, and one of the &s;eaven Seals you cannot open, with which the Book of life is &s;ealed, with all your rot|ten &s;tuff, nay you are not found worthie, your Lodgick and Phylo&s;ophie, and all your naturall rea&s;on, and natural Langu|ages, is &s;hut out of the Life of the Scriptures, you have the let|ter vvhich is the out&s;ide, the husk, and vvith that you feed people, therefore they profit nothing by you; for both you who are Teachers, and take upon you to teach others, you and they who are taught by you, are with the Prodigal feeding a|mong Swine upon the husk, and your &s;ouls are &s;tarved for want of living food, for the Bread of Life you are &s;trangers to, which if you once come to ta&s;t on, you wil then Witne&s;s with me, that upon the husk you have been feeding; but this is chil|drens food, this is not to be ca&s;t unto Dogs; you who are ful of envie and bitterne&s;s, and feeds upon the Tree of Knowledge, you cannot feed with children who hungers and thir&s;ts continu|allie after living food; nay it is the hungrie that the Lord feeds with good things; you who are ful and rich &s;hal emptie be &s;ent awaie, you are they which are to be fed vvith judgement, and
<PB N="8" REF="5" MS="y">judgement you &s;hall finde before <HI>Mercy;</HI> therefore to you I &s;ay <HI>repent</HI> in <HI>du&s;t</HI> and <HI>a&s;hes,</HI> le&s;t the <HI>dore</HI> of <HI>Mercy</HI> for ever be &s;hut again&s;t you <HI>Vice-Chanc&eacute;llor,</HI> and you who are chiefe in <HI>Colledges,</HI> and <HI>Chiefe Priests,</HI> who above <HI>mea&s;ure</HI> are exalted; you have builded your <HI>Ne&s;ts</HI> on high, but the <HI>Lord God</HI> of <HI>life</HI> and <HI>power</HI> wil you pul down, though your <HI>building</HI> be as high as <HI>Babel,</HI> yet the <HI>Lord</HI> wil bring you down; he that can receive it let him: This to you is a warning from the Lord,</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Oxford <DATE>14. day of the 5. month. 1655.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>By one of his Servants who is de&s;pi&s;ed of the world, known by the name of <HI>John Harrwood.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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