Going naked a signe Simpson, William, 1627?-1671. 1666 Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2008-09 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A93281 Wing S3847 ESTC R184182 43078140 ocm 43078140 151718 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A93281) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 151718) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2273:15) Going naked a signe Simpson, William, 1627?-1671. 1 sheet ([1] p.). 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Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Church of England -- Controversial literature. Dissenters, Religious -- England. 2007-09 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-11 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-12 Emma (Leeson) Huber Sampled and proofread 2007-12 Emma (Leeson) Huber Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion GOING NAKED , A SIGNE . OH Church of England ! This is unto thee , who livest in oppression and cruelty , pride and covetousnesse , a day of misery is coming upon thee , thy nakednesse and shame is coming upon thee as an armed Man , from which no Man can hide thee , neither Hills nor Mountaines shall be able to hide thee in this the Day of the Lord , neither shall the Clefts of the Rocks preserve thee from the Day of the Lords Controversy with thee ; Thy nakednesse and thy shame is near to come upon thee , from it thou shalt not fly : Oppression and cruelty hath been as a Staff for thee , but the Lord is risen to break thy Staff of oppression , and thou shalt be left naked though thou hast seemed to be the glory of the Nations with thy deceitful Covers , but now thou shalt be left naked , and Nations shall be ashamed of thee : Howl and weep ye Teachers , for the Lord is gathering his people from you , and ye shall devour his flock no more ; The Day is coming upon you that none shall buy your Wares any more , ye Merchants of Babylon : All your scarlet colours the Lord our God is coming to take off : Then your nakednesse shall appear to many Nations , and you shall sit as a widdow , and there shall be none to comfort you ; Distresse and anguish shall take hold upon you , and pain as a Woman in travel , and is not able to bring forth , so shall your misery come upon you : The Decree of the Lord is gone out against all unrighteousness , he will surely reward every one according to their works ; for as a Troop of Robbers lye in wait for a Man , so a company of Priests by consent lye in wait to murther the Innocent Lambs of God , and for their sakes the Lord is risen in his mighty power to break the bonds of wickednesse , and to set the oppressed free , for the Lord hath heard the groaning of his seed , and he is risen to deliver to bring it out of Captivity , and from under the Taskmasters , where his seed hath been long oppressed by unreasonable Men : But the Lord will spare no longer , but he will reward the Oppressors double into their bosoms , and his seed he will deliver . Oh howl and weep , your day is far spent , Night is coming upon you that you shall not have a Vision , and nothing shall be left to cover you : As naked shall you be spiritually , as my body hath been temporally naked in many places in England , as a signe of the nakednesse and shame that is coming upon the Church of England , who liveth in Oppression and cruelty , and all who lift up a weapon for her shall fall in the shame with her , which will surely come to passe , So all sober people consider your wayes , and turn to the light which comes from Jesus , that with it you may be gathered unto the Lord from the false Teachers to the teaching of the Lord , from the false worships to the worship of the Lord in spirit and in truth ; For a necessity was laid upon me from the Lord God of life to be a signe : But before I was given up to the thing it was as death unto me , and I had rather , if it had been the Lords will , have dyed then gone on in this service ; But when the Word of the Lord came unto me , saying , Go on and prosper , It was sweet unto me , as the honey and the honey Comb. And blessed saith Christ are those that heares my Word and keeps it . William Simpson . LONDON , Printed for Robert Wilson , at the Black-Spread-Eagle , in Martins near Aldersgate , 1666.