Oh what shall I say concerning the people of the Land of my Nativity ; Oh my bowels , my bowels , are moved within me for her Inhabitants from the highest to the lowest , with all in these Northern Countries , and in the tender compassion I cannot be silent , but in the force of the Spirit of the Lord exhort all , who yet witness not redemption from their vain conversations , turn , turn , why will ye die , for the Lord God will not be mocked , he is of purer eyes then to behold Iniquity ; Oh reject not his Councel , neither kick at the reproofes of the Lord , for the day of his patience will not extend for ever , neither will his Spirit alwayes strive with man , for he is jealous of his Glory . Oh turn , turn , all people and diligently hearken to the Councel of God , the light of his own spirit that reproves you secretly in your hearts and consciences , and look up to the Lord with the eye of your minds , in true watchfulness and dependency upon the Lord , that he may save you from your iniquities , that you may find peace with God , what ever befall you in these days of great calamity , which is upon the Face of the Earth : Oh people if you reject God's Councel and harden your necks against the reproofes of the Spirit of the Lord . Oh what shall I say unto you , seeing there is no minding the fear of the Lord , but every one doth what seemeth good in your own eyes : Oh the pitty that 's to you from one that cannot help you , but in the sence of your misery that rejects Gods mercy saith in my secret mournings for you ; Oh that my eyes were as a fountain of tears , that I might water thy Alter oh Lord day and night , that if it were possible thou might be prevailed withal , and change thy purpose concerning this stiff-necked and hard hearted people , that reject thy Councel in the Land of our Nativity : But notwithstanding all this simpathizing bowels , as one who hath received favour at thy hands oh Lord , I leave all with thee ; spare thy people oh Lord , and inable them to go thorough the trial of the day , and sweeten their passage , and the cup they are to drink , who fear before thee , and tremble at the word of thy Holiness , even so be it with them oh Lord .

Once more I cannot but exhort all people , look about you , yea from the highest to the lowest , and who hath not desperately sold themselves to do wickedly , take a view of the Lords dealings with the people of the Land , how he hath shaked the rods of his many Judgments over the Nation , which did smite upon many , and they were mowen down as grass , which caused many that feared the Lord to wrestle with him with strong crys day and night , that he would stay the hand of the destroying Angel , and the Lord heard his poor people , and stayed his hand in a great measure , waiting to see if the people of the Land would mend their ways , and the Rulers therein would give over persecuting , imprisoning , spoiling and banishing his poor people , who fear before him , and serves him in uprightness of their hearts day and night , and dare not disobey him in what he makes known unto them , though they hazard their liberty and all enjoyments , yea life it self , so tender are they over the glory of the Lord , who hath given them victory over sin , and all selfishness , through the blood of the Lamb , and the word of their Testimony , no more to love their lives to death , &c.

But oh you Rulers , though God hath stayed his hand in a great measure , that the sound of mortality is not so loud in the ears as hath been , yet how do you answer the end of the Lord , seeing that few Prisons in the Nation but the Lords people are in them , because of the exercise of their pure Consciences towards the Lord , and other cruel proceedings in rending Husband from wife , and wife from husband , and Parents from Children , and Children from Parents , and inhumanely banishing them out of their Native Country : for these things , and other wicked proceedings , the hand of the Lord is stretched out still , and the pale horse is on his way , passing to and fro in the Nation , and he that rideth thereon is death , smiting and cuting down with the sword of Plague and Pestilence , and if so be you proceed as you have done in executing these cruel Lawes against the innocent , then will the commission of the rider of the pale Horse be enlarged , and what flesh can stand before the pale Horse , seeing the rider thereon is Death , as is recorded in the Scriptures of truth , Rev. 6.8 .

Oh my bowels is moved within me for the calamity that will come upon the Nation , if you Rulers continue your persecution , for the day of the Lord hastens , that they that do wickedly shall be as stubble , and the maker thereof shall be as a spark , and he will blow up the flame in the fierceness of his wrath , and who can stand in this terrible dreadful day , wherein Christ shall be revealed in flames , rendering vengeance on all them that know him not , and obey not the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ , &c.

Further this I exhort all mind what you say and do , who hath hardened their hearts in a boasting spirit , and said , we see no difference , but these People we cast in Prison God cuts off in a common Calamity as well as others ; the sence of their sufferings causeth many a cry and tear to be poured forth before the Lord , and the mighty God answered and said unto my soul , I have beholden the cruelty of Men , how they have stowed my People up in Prisons and in the Ship , where the infection was , and them that hath been taken away , their blood shall be required at their hands who cast them into Prison , and as to all in general that fell in the common Calamity that feared my name , it was to stain the pride of the glory of all flesh , as well among my people , as others , that my people might wait in my light to stand in a true preparation for the day of their dissolution , therefore I take away my people in my everlasting loving kindness from the evil to come , but the wicked I cut off in my fury , and they shall reap the fruit of their own doings , and this is the substance of what the Lord hath said in taking away his people in this common Calamity , therefore let the stout-hearted bend , and no more boast themselves in loftiness of their minds , to see the righteous taken away , for if the judgment begin at the house of God , and the righteous scarcely be saved , where shall the wicked and ungodly and sinners appear , for yet a little while , and the Lord will plead the cause of his people , with terrible vengeance he will manifest himself , and the Rod of the wicked shall not alwayes lye upon the backs of the righteous , but their long continued afflictions will be accomplished in time , therefore you meek , gentle , and peaceable quiet people , who abhor every appearance of evil , abide in the word of patience , & pray for them that persecute you , that if it be the will of God we may prevaile with the Lord , that their eyes may be opened , and their hearts softned , that they may break off from their evil doings , and so escape the terrible vengeance as is before written , wherein the Lord will break the Battle out of the Earth , and establish purity and peace amongst a people called by his name , that as they have sowen in sorrow and long-suffering , they shall reap with joy , in this great and terrible day of the coming of our Lord , which is nigh to be revealed , wherein he will say to the wicked that hath imprisoned , and afflicted his people , go ye cursed into everlasting fire , prepared for the Devil and his Angels ; and to his righteous blessed suffering seed , he will say , come you blessed of my Father , enter into the Kingdome prepared for you before the foundation of the Earth was laid , so shall every one reap the fruit of their doings , whether it be good or evil , according to their deeds , so shall be their reward from the Lord , who is over all blessed for ever .

Oh London , London , yea I say once more you Inhabitants of London , whose lives was given you for a prey , and you stand as Monuments of Gods mercy to this day , while many of your dear relations , neighbours , and acquaintance were cut down , with him that rid upon the pale Horse , oh that you would lay it to heart , who are yet living before the Lord , and all turn to the Councel of the Lord , the light and manifestation of his spirit in your own consciences , to guide you in all fear , and dread of the Eternal God to wait upon him to feel the opperation of his holy spirit , to guide you in all your words , and workes , that so you may be a good savor unto the Lord in your faithful obedience to the measure of his spirit , that so he may take delight in you , and take away the reproach that hath been cast upon you , the Inhabitants of the City of London , &c.

But if you people , in the City of London , do not prize the mercies of the Lord , but slight all his kindnesses , & harden your hearts and not regard the reproofes of his spirit , but delight your hearts in pride , pleasures , pomp , riches , and glory , in this present World , and with so doing provoke the eyes of the glory of the great God , oh then what shall I say unto you Inhabitants of London , who thus requite the Lord notwithstanding all his favours , and boundless mercies , which he hath manifested to you , in the sight of all people this day , oh if you do not speedily return to the Lord by repentance , and break off from all your ungodly wayes , in obeying the sin-reproving spirit of the Lord God in your own Consciences , I must take up a Lamentation for you , in the sence of the misery that I feel will come upon you , for the Lord hath determined to bring you down , and if you will not be intreated , to hearken to his Councel , the measure of his spirit in you , to guide you in his holy fear , that you may be heires of his living mercies , through your holy Conversations , then will he come upon you in the fearceness of his wrath , and break you to peeces , like potsherds , and get his glory over all your heads , in the revelation of his righteous judgments , wherein the rider of the pale Horse shall execute the pleasure of his own will , as he did the last year , upon thy Inhabitants oh thou City of London , so now art thou warned , through the Constrainments of the spirit of the Lord , through him that could have no rest till he signified unto thee , what is here given forth , what the determination of God is .

Therefore wo , wo , unto the wicked , for it shall go ill with them .

But oh blessed be the faithful Lambs , happy are you , dear , precious , and blessed Vessels , your faithfulness to God , in your watching , waiting , in the light of the Son of righteousness , for whom you have stood as Pillars in the strength of the Almighty , ah your tenderness and love to God , and one unto another in the dayes of great Calamity that hath been amongst you , is recorded in the Book of Eternal Remembrance of the living God , and in the hearts of his righteous Generation , never to be forgotten , oh take your Crown of everlasting blessings , you innocent Lambs , and Children of Light , in the City of London , oh be valiant , and keep your state with God , that his pure , saving , sanctifying spirit , may guide you all in purity of life , & conversation , and in the aboundings of the pure , holy , love to God , and one unto another , the mighty Jehovah will shew himself for you , in the day of great Tribulation you shall rejoyce , when the wicked shall howle , yea you shall tryumph in the pure Dominion of the Lord of glory , when the wicked shall be turned into Hell , and all that forget God the mouth of the Lord of Hosts hath spoken it ,