To all you TAILORS AND BROKERS, Who lies in Wickedness: And to all you TRADESMEN Of what Trade, Employment or Office soever.  
This is to you all from the Lord, that you may return from all your evil ways, words and works; that you may be hid in the day of his fierce wrath.  
KNOWING 
 Also assuredly, that all your Prayers, Tears and Sacrifices are not available, while you regard iniquity in your hearts; your Meeting together, and best performances are but sin, and an ill savour in the Nostrils of the Lord: Therefore from them all return and repent, and leave off your sins; that you may find rest for your Souls.  
London, Printed for Robert Wilson, at the Sign of the Black-spread-Eagle and Windmill in martin's, 1660.   

To all you Tailors and Brokers, who lies in Wickedness; and to all you Tradesmen, of what Trade, Employment, or Office soever.  
FRiends and People, The Lord God of Heaven and Earth, is appearing in the hearts and consciences of the children of men, to search out the hidden works and deeds of darkness, and to show all men their Iniquities, Transgressions, and Sins, though never so secretly committed; the Lord is come to manifest it, and to rip it open, though never so secret, the day of the Lord declares it; and the appearance of Christ, which is light, makes it known to all men, of what degree or sort soever they may be, or in what place, trade or calling, (they are) or office they be of; you all are to mind the light of Christ in your own consciences, and to it be obedient, that with it you may be led out of all the evil of your ways, trades, and callings, of what sort soever; the light in your consciences will make known the evil in them all, and redeem you out of it; if to it you be obedient, you will find it sufficient to lead you out of sin, and from under the power of the enemy of your souls, by which you have long been held in bondage, to many sins lusts and whereby the soul hath been long oppressed, and the spirit of the Lord grieved in you, which hath many times groaned for deliverance, and doth still groan and travel, that it may be delivered from under the burden of sin, which so heavily oppresseth, that it cries in many of you for deliverance, from under the burden of your transgressions, which so heavily oppresses your souls, and it doth still cry that it may be delivered and eased, for it hath long borne in many of you, and the cry of it is entered into the ears of the Lord, and he hath heard its groan, and will also plead its cause against its oppressors, by which it hath been long held in bondage, by your cruel sins and grievous transgressions, which you wilfully have committed, and daily have resisted; though it hath secretly smitten you in your inward parts; you have not returned but have grieved it more and more, by your open rebellion, and perverse walking; whereby many of you have and do still grieve it, yet more and more; and though it still cries in many of you, you will not regard it; but vex it still more and more, for which the Lord God is grieved and greatly offended, for these your heinous transgressions, which you have daily committed and done against the witness of God in your own consciences, which cries for deliverance in many of you, that it may be delivered from under the burden of your corruptions; and from under the power of sin, which lies upon your Souls, that he may heal you of your backslidings, and cure your deadly wounds, which by your sins you have made, and do make; for which the Lord God is greatly offended, that when he called, you did not hear, but still profaned his holy name, by your sins, while you mention him with your mouths, and lie in open profaneness, for which the Lord our God is grieved, with these your heinous sins, and hipocritical profession; which you pour out before him, while your hearts are not upright, but lie in all manner of profaneness against my holy name saith the Lord God, I will have none of your sacrifices, nor yet of your offerings, therefore come no more with them before me, for they are grief unto me, I have no pleasure in them at all, take from me the Ringing of Bells for I cannot away with them, they are an abomination unto me; I will not smell in your solemn Assemblies, neither hath my soul pleasure therein, they are all an abomination to me, and to my taste, they are even as an unsavoury smell which comes in my Nostrils, I have no pleasure therein, they are even all polluted, and your hands are full of blood, wherefore come before me no more, for I have no pleasure in your Assembling, nor coming together; wherefore come so no more for your paths are unclean, and your ways are polluted; and your hands even full of blood, your sins are very high, and your abominations very great; wherefore I will reckon with you; and for all the transgressions, which you have done since you rebelled against my witness, which I have placed in your Consciences which bears record of all your sins, and of all the evil of your do, even for these many years, which you have heaped up as wrath against the day of wrath, that you may be confounded by a sudden destruction, and swift overthrow; which is coming upon you, even this City and Nation, if it speedily Repent not; and this is as 〈◊〉 warning unto you all, that you speedily return and repent, before the swift hand of the Lord break out against you, and there be none to deliver you, nor to appease my wrath saith the Lord of Hosts, who hath spoken it; who shall perform this, and much more is he coming to do.  
Wherefore fear the Lord God, all ye the Inhabitants of London, and elsewhere; And in it men of all sorts, Offices, Trades, and Callings of what sort, Trade, Office, or Employment soever you are of; leave off the evil in them all, and from it all depart, for the Lord is wearied with it, and therefore leave it off, that your Consciences may be cleared, and the spirit of the Lord eased, which is oppressed in any of you, by the evil used in your employments, which you daily are exercised in, and led to by the Enemy of your souls; so that you cannot truly serve the Lord God, nor be obedient to his holy Spirit, which calls for Deliverance from under the burden of your sins, that it may serve the living God, and be redeemed from all your evil ways, both in Trades and Callings, and from the evil in them all, that all deceit may be denied, and evil judged by the witness of God in you all, which he hath placed in your hearts and Consciences, a witness against your sins, which so greatly oppresses your souls, that it cries to the Lord for Deliverance, that he may avenge his cause upon his deadly enemies, by which it's held in bondage, and long hath been oppressed by these cruel enemies, which are many sins and lusts, for which you all must come to judgement that lies in such things and know a Notable Terrible day, which is appearing against transgressions, and disobedience to God's witness, which shows the secrets of the heart in every man; and therefore take heed how you, or any of you do evil, or deceive, cousin, or cheat any one, for the Lord beholds it in you all: And where will all you Tailors, and Brokers, who lies in wickedness appear, that make a trade of sin, to deceive, and take that which is not your own, and sell it to an other, who knows you came not justly by it, and furnish yourselves with that which is stolen, and dishonestly come by, and keep it in your shops in whole bundles of remnants and pieces? and such like things as are unjustly gotten, which the Children of the Lord cannot buy, who are redeemed out of such things, as you are in bondage to; with your many vain fashions which you invent, and beget people into, that it is even a grief to see how you are servants of sin, and inventors for people's lusts, and Instruments of Satan's will, whereby his work is done: Therefore do so no more, but rather seek how to suppress them, and learn to beget people into true moderation, and out of pride, which you have been a leader into, and a preparer of the way for pride, and vanity; and delight in it, when you can most do it, than you are most esteemed; and the more foolish, the more you pleasure their vain fancies, and your own; when people looks like Apes and Fools, that it is even a shame to see them, how they are gone out of true moderation into foolish toys and fancies, not like to sober men and women, that the very Creation even groans under your pride and abomination, which you live in; and deck yourselves and servants Liveryes foolishly withal, that it's even a shame to see them how foolish they are decked; and their Masters are not wise in these things, who by their foolish Habit are known to serve such or such a man; and these things are amongst the Rulers and Wise men of this generation, whose wisdom the Lord will confound and lay waste, together with all their profession that yields no better fruits; but grieves the Lord by their vanities day by day, and seek not to amend it: So here men of all sorts, and men of all degrees and employments grieves the Lord by their sins and transgressions which they commit, whilst they reject God's Wittness, by which they should learn to amend their ways, and return from the evil of them to the Lord, that they might find mercy, and be hid in the day of his fierce wrath which is coming on the wicked, for their wicwickedness; and therefore all ye Tradesmen in City, Town and Country, learn to amend your ways; for the Lord is coming near to Judgement, even to Judge all men for the evil of their ways, who have rebelled against God's faithful Witness, which hath cried in you many days; Therefore hear what it speaks to you concerning your sins, that it may redeem you out of them all, to serve the living God in newness of life, the remainder of your days, that you may walk before the Lord with a pure and perfect heart, to his praise and glory for ever; as you own the light of Christ which you are enligtned withal, you will in it find power against the enemy of your Souls, and strength against your sins, when you are tempted to any evil; the light will let you see it, and preserve you out of it, as you come to believe in it, and blot out that which is past, and make up the breach betwixt God and you, that your sins have made while you denied his light, which should have saved you; and that is it which shows you should not swear, lie nor steal; and if you have sworn, lied or stolen, do so no more; but repent, and return from it, and leave it of, and follow Christ Jesus the light, which is placed in your Consciences to condemn your sins, as they do appear before they are acted, and give you power to resist the temptation, and preserve you from condemnation due for transgression, and give you peace and rest for your Souls;  
Which is the desire of a Friend to all your Souls, whose Name is, GILBERT LATYE.  
THE END.