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<HEAD>VISITATION Of Love unto the Inhabitants of LONDON, Or any other place where it may come.</HEAD>
<P>IT being a warning more unto the many which they have had, now in this their day, by many of the true and faithful &s;ervants of the Lord with whole&s;ome advice unto her Rulers from the highe&s;t to the lowe&s;t, to forewarn them that they no longer with&s;tand the day of their vi&s;itation, but to turn unto the Lord before his fierce indignation break forth again&s;t them, and the day of their vi&s;itation pa&s;s over their heads which cannot be again recalled. <HI>W.G.</HI></P>
<P>Many have been the te&s;timonies which have been borne by the &s;ervants of the Lord, from the one &s;pirit of truth unto thine inhabitants, of the things that pertain and belong unto the &s;ouls everla&s;ting happine&s;s, and many times have ye been warned and be&s;eeched to turn from &s;in, and all uncleane&s;s, unto the Lord, and large hath been the day of your vi&s;itation in which the &s;ervants of the Lord have run from time to time, and from day to day, to invite you to that principle of God in you, that beats witne&s;s for God again&s;t all that is contrary unto his &s;piritual appearing in the light of his Son Chri&s;t Je&s;us, which is broken forth in this our day, for to de&s;troy the works of darkne&s;s and brings into the marvelous light all tho&s;e that obeys and followeth its leadings, Oh therefore in the bowels of tender love unto the &s;eed of God in you, do I warn and call unto you all to come and meet the Lord in the way of his judge|ments, and give up all that unto the righteous judgements of the Lord God of heaven and earth, Oh what a lamentation &s;hall I take up for you who yet with&s;tand the day of your vi&s;i|tation, Oh no longer with&s;tand the Lord nor his me&s;&s;engers which he hath &s;ent with their lives freely given up unto God to proclaim liberty to the &s;eed thats held in captivity by the Divel the Prince of the power of darkne&s;s, that ruleth in the hearts of the wicked, which &s;eed judgeth and condemneth for all manner of &s;in and iniquity which by it is greived and oppre&s;&s;ed exceedingly; Ah if you for&s;ake not this oppre&s;&s;ing of this noble &s;eed which God hath rai&s;ed up in many to bear witne&s;s for him again&s;t all ungodline&s;s what&s;oever, which rea|cheth unto the &s;eed in you, but ye through &s;tubbornne&s;s gaine&s;ay it, becau&s;e its mean and contemptible in your own e&s;teem, and certainly if you abide in gain&s;aying and &s;miteing the &s;ervants of the Lord, the hand of God will turn again&s;t you, and he will bring you down to the earth with &s;hame, and you &s;hall peri&s;h in your gain&s;aying, as <HI>Korah, Dathan</HI> and <HI>Abiram</HI> did who gain&s;ayed <HI>Mo&s;es</HI> and <HI>Aron,</HI> yea without mercy &s;hall ye be rooted out never again to be planted, therefore ye that are in Authority to do ju&s;tice, con&s;ider the grievous oppre&s;&s;i|ons of the innocent and harmele&s;s, who for con&s;cience &s;ake &s;uffer &s;ore beatings and &s;toneings, and blood &s;hed for the exerci&s;e of their con&s;cience to Godward only, and for waiting upon, and wor&s;hiping of him in &s;pirit and truth: Oh lay this to heart all ye in Authority be ye ad|vi&s;ed, and take heed unto your &s;elves, for of a truth the Lord is with this people which are called in &s;corn Quakers, and in his life and power he appears among&s;t them, and this a&s;&s;ured|ly know that if ye fight again&s;t the appearance of God in them, ye mu&s;t never expect to pro&s;|per, but bla&s;ting will come upon you, and ye will be a hi&s;&s;ing and by-word to Generations to come. Therefore con&s;ider and be wi&s;e and merciful if ye expect mercy of the Lord, and let his people alone in the exerci&s;e of their con&s;ciences towards the Lord, and take off the burthen of oppre&s;&s;ion, and then it may be well with you, but if not then the Lord will cea&s;e to &s;trive with you, and the day of your vi&s;itation will pa&s;s from you, and then &s;hall &s;orrow of heart come upon you &amp; leanene&s;s of &s;oul which now wallow in your fatne&s;s, and great &s;hall be the cry among&s;t you when the day of your vi&s;itation is gone over you which cannot be again recalled. By one that fears the Lord and not man who oppo&s;eth him in his &s;piritual appea|ring, who is a witne&s;s for God again&s;t all manner of wickedne&s;s, and &s;ingly gives my te&s;timo|ny again&s;t all oppre&s;&s;ion, with the re&s;t of my brethren, which te&s;timony for God if thereun|to called I can &s;eal with my blood, who is called <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> <HI>William Green.</HI></P>
<P>Thus in obedience unto the Lord and my con&s;cience unto you all have I cleared, &s;o whe|ther you will hear or forbear, my peace is with the Lord, for he laid it upon me to warn you, &s;ignifying by his &s;pirit unto me, that he with his pre&s;ence and power would attend me and &s;upport me in bearing of my te&s;timony for his name &s;ake (and that nothing &s;hall come unto me but what &s;hould make for his glory, and the remainer he would re&s;train, and innocently do I lie down in the will of the Lord, having peace with him, and unity with all that fear his name.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>London</HI> <DATE><HI>the</HI> 12 <HI>of the</HI> 10th. <HI>month.</HI> 1663.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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