A WARNING To all the world.  
BY Anne Gargill.  
LONDON, Printed for Giles Calvert, at the black Spread-Eagle, near the West end of Paul's. 1656.   

A WARNING TO ALL THE WORLD, BY ANNE GARGEL.  
A Warning to all Priests & People; the Lord is burdened with your iniquities, the Lord God will overthrow your table of Idols, and the imagination of your hearts shall be confounded; the Lord God will call to an account your Abomination, and the workers of iniquity shall be confounded; the Lord is going about to search all hearts; the Dominion of the ungodly, shall be overthrown, and the wisdom of God revealed to the simple, & the prudence of the Serpent brought to nought; the subtle shall be confounded in their own snares, and the wisdom of the eternal God shall stand for ever; the pure in heart shall see God and live for ever, and the Adulterous Woman shall be confounded: Long hath the Heritage of the Lord lain wast, through the abomination of the Harlot; but now shall the innocent judge the Whore, her reward shall be doubled and her pride brought to nought, and the Merchants of the earth shall howl over her, their profession shall be taken away; the abominations of all hearts is known to the Lord, their wisdom is accursed: The bitter Root shall be removed, and the Plant of the innocent shall stand, and the wisdom of God shall guide the pure; the eternal Plant of the Lord shall live for ever. Mind the wisdom of God to guide your minds; the Light of Christ that showeth sin and evil, by it to be guided, till the imaginations of your hearts be destroyed, and subtlety cease, and the dead shall rise, and wisdom set up. In stead of the Lord you have obeyed subtlety, and the Lamb lain slain under the abomination of your hearts: Now shall the Lord arise and call to an account the heathen, and the innocent that hath been slain shall judge the Whore, and reward her double. The Righteous soul of Lot was grieved at the abomination of Sodom; the Lord alone delivered him, by the wisdom of God he was preserved, and the whole world was overthrown. Abide in the wisdom of God, O ye simple, that the innocent may be preserved, and the power of God known to confound all your enemies, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life; that the bands of iniquity may be loosed, and the Prisoner set free, and the Lamb upon his Throne. The Heritage of the Lord hath long lain wast, the seditious seed of the devil hath ruled. No longer will the Lord bear with your abomination, he will confound your wisdom, and bring to nought your pride, the simple shall confound your wisdom, and your shame shall be made manifest to all that dwell in the light of the Lamb; your deceit is known to the pure God; he shall confound your wisdom and bring to nought your pride, the workers of iniquities shall be blasted, and their paths consumed; and the Throned in the hearts of the innocent; he that denies God shall be ashamed in the day of his power, when he comes to reckon with all flesh; the Potentates of the earth shall be confounded, and their glory brought to nought. In the presence of the Lamb can they not stand, for the Lord alone shall be exalted; O ye bubbles: why do ye rebel against God? why is your hearts exalted against the innocent that calls for purity? the light of the Lamb discovers the deceits of your hearts, and will judge you in secret when you rebel against God the pure God sees you all, nothing is hid from the lamb's presence; his presence is pure and holy, and no unclean thing can stand before him; wherefore return to the Lord, dwell in that which discovers sin; then shall the wisdom of God be made manifest, & his power known to cleanse your hearts, and to make manifest the works of the devil to be the enemy of your souls, that long hath been exalted above the innocent, and the pure God hath not been known; your wisdom hath been exalted, & the innocent burdened, and the lamb's Power not known; Pure is God, and will bear your iniquities no longer, your Tables of Idols shall be overwhelmed, and the righteous shall reign: In the Day of the Lord's Power shall his enemies be made his footstool, and the worker, of iniquity shall be confounded; and over all shall the Lamb reign; he shall bring to confusion the counsel of your hearts, and the builders of Babel shall be destroyed. Blessed is that man that fears the LORD, by his wisdom shall he be guided. Dwell in wisdom all ye simple of the Lord, till Purity is Throned, and the glory of the Lord is seen to confound your wisdom, that hath been exalted against God, that the Lamb may judge and bring to nought the haughtiness of man: And all that hath been exalted against the innocent; The 〈◊〉 God hath born your iniquities, long and patient hath the Lord been, but now the innocent shall reign, the whole earth shall witness his Power, and the wisdom of God shall be made manifest, the haughtiness of man shall be confounded; the Lord shall guide the hearts of the simple, and dwell with them of low degree; the Ceaders shall be cut down, and the plant of the Lord shall stand, and his wisdom shall guide the heart of the innocent, who dwells in the Light of the Lamb, by it to be guided; the exceeding wisdom of God will dwell with the poor, and the rich shall be sent empty away; he that is abased shall be exalted, he dwells in the hearts of the lowly, and the lofty to him is not known; he that waits on God for wisdom, shall renew his strength, and the pure in spirit shall see God and live; the proud he beholdeth a far off, therefore shall your haughtiness be judged of the Lord, and innocency shall overspread the Nation, and the Lamb shall be Throned for ever in the hearts of the obedient: Obey God all ye Ceaders, let the imaginations of your hearts be confounded; your shame shall appear to all men; the Lord shall establish the heart of the innocent, who by him is guided; the eternal God is wisdom, and his Peace is end loss; and Purity shall possess the hearts of those that fear him; his glory shall never decay, his Plant of renown shall stand for ever: The Root of the Devil shall be abased, that proceedeth from the lust and concupiscence of man that was by Adam's fall, the fall of Adam maketh desolate: The resurrection of the Lord is pure, and purity possesseth the light of the Lamb; the lambs purity is peace, and the world's glory is shame; therefore be ashamed you ungodly beasts, and mind the light of the lamb you to guide, that your bodies may be cleansed from dead works, to serve the living God, and cease from vanity, and obey the living God, who hath given every one a talon; the Lord shall be clear of your blood at the latter day, when a reckoning shall be made with all flesh, to consume his enemies who hath trodden on the innocent, and lent his ear to the wicked, by it to be guided, while the Heritage of the Lord hath lain wast; therefore shall the Lord consume his enemies, and bring to nought their wisdom, and the Lamb shall be throned in the hearts of the simple for ever & ever. Blessed is the man that fears the Lord, he shall be as a lantern to his paths.  
A. G.  
FINIS.