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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A90400) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163595) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 247:669f22[12]) To the Army Penington, Isaac, 1616-1679. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1659] Signed at end: Isaac Penington, the younger. Imprint from Wing. An exhortation to humility. Annotation on Thomason copy: "xber. [i.e. December] 1. 1659". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng England and Wales. -- Army -- Early works to 1800. Soldiers -- Religious life -- England -- Early works to 1800. A90400 R211348 (Thomason 669.f.22[12]). civilwar no To the Army. Penington, Isaac 1659 1 404 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-07 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-08 Sampled and proofread 2007-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
To the ARMY . Friends ,

DO ye not see how often ye have been betrayed ? The Lord hath done great things for you , and by you , and put great opportunities into your hands ; but still they have been lost , his work fallen to the ground , and his name become a reproach over all the earth , through your means . O be abased before the Lord , and lie very low , and consider how justly he may lay you aside from being his instruments , in that great and glorious work he hath to bring to pass . If ye desire to stand , look up to the Lord to keep your Spirits very low , and poor , and meek , and ready to hear . O wait to know what hath betrayed you hitherto ! for assuredly that lies in wait to betray you again : and if the Lord mightily preserve you not from it , will make you forget him , and cause you to mind and seek your selves afresh , so soon as ever your fears are over . Therefore in the day of your prosperity the Lord watch over you , and keep you close to the stirrings and honest movings for publick good , that have sprung up in your hearts in the dayes of your adversity : and take heed , lest the subtilty in the wise fleshly-reasoning part deceive you . But fear the Lord in your reasonings , and beg earnestly of him to keep the simplicity alive in you , that the fleshly wisdome get not mastery over it . For the evil counsellour is neer you , even in your own bosomes , and he lies lurking in plausible , & fair-seeming reasonings . Therefore keep close to the simplicity , and let your reasonings be servants to it , and not Masters over it . Ah remember how often ye have started aside like a warping bow : become now at lengtht uprigh to the Lord , carrying faithfully to the mark those his arrows , which he is shooting at the Regions of Babylon .

This is from one who waits for what the Lord will effect , and hopes at length to see an instrument in his hand , wherein his Soul will delight . Isaac Penington , the Younger .