A DILIGENT SEARCH amongst Rulers, Priests, Professors, and People; and a warning to all sorts high and low, that are out of the doctrine of Christ, and fear not God. Put forth by Dorothy White living in Waymouth.  Woe unto him that offendeth one of these little ones that believeth in me, saith Christ, it were better for him that he had a Millstone hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the Sea; it is better for that man he had never been born. 
UPon the 25th day of the second month, 59 as I was passing along the street, I heard a cry in me; again on the 26th day of the same Month, the same cry was in me; again on the 27th day, the same cry was in me, And as I was waiting upon the Lord in silence, the word of the Lord came unto we, saying, writ, and again I say write, (As I have said it shall come to pass) and this was the cry, I will confound, I will confound, the devices of this people, I will make their devices to be of none Effect, I will cast out the council of their Princes; O Earth, Earth, Earth hear the word of the Lord, and be warned before the cup of indignation of the Lords fierce anger is poured out upon you.  
And though you stir never so much against the Lord and against his anointed, you do but kindle a fire, and at last you will fall into it yourselves; Yea you shall run into the Caves, and dens of the Earth to hid yourselves from the Lord, and from the glory of his Majesty, when he shall appear to shake terribly the Earth, then shall your nakedness be laid open before you, then shall you see What you have been working in this dark night that is over you, a night of thick darkness hath over clouded you.  
O you bloodthirsty Rulers of England, you Rule by the powers of Darkness, you have joined with the strength of Hell to ensnare the innocent, and to destroy the Lamb of God; where he doth rule, you crucify the Lord of Glory, you are of Sodom and Egypt (spiritually so called) for in the streets of spiritual Sodom and Egypt is our Lord slain, For the cry of blood is found amongst you, and the cry of your sins is exceeding great, it hath ascended to the ears of the Lord God of heaven and Earth, And all the sacrifices that you offer up to the Lord is but a corrupted thing, the Lord is wearied with your abominations.  
Therefore a warning from the Lord God unto you, Priests, Rulers, people & professors, while there is a call to repentance, for now hath the Lord called all to repentance, and hath once more warned you whiles the day of mercy lasteth, for Sodom and Ghomorah of old were warned to repent of the Judgements that should come upon them, and they repent not, and were destroyed. And you hath the Lord warned to repent, and once more hath he warned you, before the day of desolation come, wherein there will be no place for repentance found; for now is the Lord God working his mighty work in the Earth, he is subduing Kingdoms, and ruling the Nations as with a rod of Iron, he is bringing down the mighty from their sears, he is throwing down Kings from their Thrones; And all you high and loughty ones, you fruitless branches, you will the Lord cut down with the sword of his power; and all you briers and brambles of the Earth that are now fight against the Lamb of God, you shall be as fuel prepared for the fire in the day of the Lords fierce indignation, for a day of sorrow, anguish and pain and great tribulation shall come upon all flesh, and upon all that are out of Covenant with God, for great is the God of Abraham of Isaac and of Jacob, and who shall be able to withstand his power: For now is he come to establish his Throne in righteousness, upon the top of all Thrones, yea, he will sit as King upon his holy hill of Zion, for jacob's God hath appeared, and his light now shineth, and hath broken through darkness, and hath broken the bonds of iniquity, and is arising with healing in his wings, on them that do believe.  
None knoweth the Father but the Son, and him to whom the Son revealeth him, and him that hath the Son, hath the Father also, And the Son is the light and life of men, that all through him might believe, and have everlasting life. For now is God appearing in power and in Majesty, and through his Son is he drawing all men unto him, that would come in unto him, who is the light that enlighteneth every man that cometh into the world, this is him, whom the Prophets prophesied of, and the same which john bare witness to, and said that he was not that light, but was sent to bear witness of that light. This is the true light, and he doth enlighten every man that cometh into the world. The same do we bear witness to now. The world was made by him, and the world knew him not, he came to his own, and his own received him not, But to as many as did, to them he gave power to become the sons of God.  
Now to you that are seeking abroad, for that you have lost at home in your own houses, (within you) you must turn in again to the light of Christ, the way to the Father, and Covenant of God. All that are out of the light, are out of Covenant with God, For he is given for a covenant of ●ight unto the Gentiles, and for salvation to the ends of the Earth: This is my well-beloved Son, hear ye him in all things, saith God. This is the true Prprophet, and all that will not hear this prophet, are to be cut off from the Earth. And all other prophets do we deny, that do run and never were sent of God, these shall not profit the people at all, they are the wolves, they have gotten the sheep's clothing but inwardly they are ravening wolves by their fruits you may know them; These are the deceivers of the Nation, upon these will the Lord God power out the cup of his fierce indignation, for the fire of his jealousy is kindled against them, and he will take vengeance on them, for they are murderers of the Son of God, for the day of terrible judgement is drawn near unto them, a day of howling and of bitter lamentation, a cup of vengeance will the Lord God power out upon them; woe, woe, woe, from the Lord God unto them, they shall down into the depth of Hell without speedy repentance; a warning from the Lord God unto you Priests of England, hear, hear, and consider before the fiery wrath of the Lord God fall upon you; fear, fear, & tremble for fear of the Lord God of Hosts, for you hath the Lord God a great & mighty controversy with, against you, for now is the Lord coming, to try the sons of men, and to purify the sons of Levi, and to purify them as fine gold that hath been tried seven times in the fire, And he is purifying of his temple that he may dwell therein, as he hath said, I will walk in them, I will dwell in them, I will be their God, and they shall be my people, and it shall come to pass saith the Lord, that I will raise up the righteous branch of David, and a King shall rule and prosper, and of his Dominion there shall be no end. And this is the name they shall call him (the Lord our righteousness) For many shall come from the East, and from the West, and shall sit down with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob, that are the seed of Abraham borne after the spirit. In Isaac shall the seed be blessed, That is, not the seed of Abraham that is born after the flesh, for that is the persecuting birth, he that is born after the flesh, persecuteth him that is born after the spirit, Cain was a murderer from the beginning, Cain offered up sacrifice, yet he slew his brother Abel, the just one, born after the spirit, but Cain's sacrifice was not accepted with the Lord, but the blood of righteous Abel cried from the Earth for vengeance to the Lord, although you offer many sacrifices, yet doth not the Lord regard them, you are of cain's stock, you persecute the just one born after the spirit, you murder your brother, but the blood of him cryeth from the Earth for vengeance to me saith the Lord, to be taken on you, Woe unto the drunkards of Ephraim, that are not drunk with wine, nor strong bear, but with the blood of Saints, you must drink the cup of wrath, you heap up wrath upon yourselves, you heap up destruction upon destruction, for the all seeing eye of God beholds you and your secret intents, let them be never so secretly acted, he doth see your ways, and he will reward you openly, a just recompense according to your deeds of darkness, for the powers of heaven shall move, and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, the powers of heaven doth move, the Earth doth tremble before the Lord, the mountains melts at his presence, he doth not shake the Earth only, but the heavens also: Like as the lightning cometh out of the East and shineth into the West, so shall the coming of the Son of man be; And we have seen his coming and we are built upon the Rock, and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against us. Although many are saying, there are a people risen up now that go about to turn the world upside down, if we let them go on; But I tell you it is not the people, but it is the power of God, for he is come to turn the World upside down. That that, which hath ruled, over may be brought down under, and that which hath been of low degree, may be raised up by the power of God, to rule and have the dominion; for God is coming to throw down the kingdom of Anti christ that hath had the dominion, and hath ruled in the hearts of men, the prince of the powers of darkness, that rules in the hearts of the children of disobedience that obey not the Gospel of Christ.  
For kingdom shall rise against Kingdom, and nation shall rise against Nation, for there shall be wars and rumours of wars on the Earth, and when you see those things coming to pass, then is the end near, behold the time cometh saith the Lord, that I will draw near unto judgement, I will be a swift witness against the double minded, and all that are covered with an unrighteous covering; for all cover shall be too narrow, for Zion shall be ploughed as a field, the follow-ground turned up, & the frutless branches burned, for now is the Lord coming to require fruit of his vine-yard, Behold I will tell you of my be loved concerning his vine-yard, my beloved hath a vineyard upon a very fruitful mountain, & he looked for fruit and it brought forth wild grapes, I will tell you what I will do with my vine-yard, I will take away the hedge about it, I will also forbid the clouds of heaven that it should not rain. Now man in the beginning was created in the Image of God, & he was the vine-yard of God, placed in a very fruitful mountain, as long as he stood there he was in union with God, but when he went our into transgression, he lost the union with God, than he brought forth the wild grapes, he became the degenerated plant, degenerated from his maker, this is the state of fallen man, so long as he is in transgression, let him profess what he will, yet he is naked and ashamed to appear before the Lord, when the Lord calleth to him to return, because he is not covered with that righteous covering that he was in, in the beginning, but he hath sown to himself figg-leaves to cover his nakedness, that is a self-righteousness.  
God that made Heaven and Earth, and created all things hath looked down from heaven, and is beholding the children of men, and is calling to them to return from the evil of their ways, by his Son Christ the light and life of men, and doth enlighten every man that cometh into the world, he is not come to destroy life but to save life, but he is not come to destroy sin in the flesh; for this very end and purpose, was the Son of God made manifest in the flesh, that he might destroy the works of the devil, & by the light is his work manifested, for whatsoever manifesteth, the same is light, and as it is received and believed in, and followed, and obeyed; it will lead out of sin, and out of transgression, and it will lead, unto the Father of lights, from whence it came: as he said I came out from the Father, and I testify of the Father to the world; Again I shall leave the world, and go to the Father; So all that come unto him that is the light, he leadeth out of the world, and leadeth to the Father again, for he was given for a leader to the people, and for a light unto the Gentiles, and for salvation to the ends of the earth, unto the people that sat in darkness hath the light shined, and a glorious light hath appeared to them that sat in the shadow of death, and hath given them the knowledge of the Father, in the face of the Son, he hath given us the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ, the light that John bear witness too, John said he was not that light, but was sent to bear witness of that light, and said, that was the true light, that lighteth every man that cometh, into the world, Yet John was a burning and a shining light, John was in prison when Christ came, for hearing witness to the light, and for preaching repentance, and for crying in the wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord, and make his paths strait in the desert; for they that are not come to the light of Christ within them, are yet in the wilderness: They have not heard the cry of John, nor made strait the way of the Lord, nor regarded his cry that calleth to repentance, but he is kept in prison by them that deny the light, but now is the light come, and doth rule in the hearts of the children of light, and the day hath dawned, and the daystar is risen in our hearts, that leadeth to the Lamb of God, and the Lamb shall get the victory; and the Lamb shall have the dominion, for he is come to rule in the earth, and all shall throw down their Crowns at his feet, for now is God exalting him, over all the Kingdoms of the world, and he shall sit in Majesty, and rule the Nations with the word of his power; for now is the Gospel of peace to be preached unto all Nations, and peoples, kindreds, and tongues, to all that dwell on the face of the whole earth; for now hath the trumpet of the Lord sounded, and an Alarm is gone forth of his holy mountain to all that dwell on the earth, to worship him in the spirit and in the truth, for such is the Lord calling to worship him, For behold now is the day wherein the Lord will not be worshipped at Jerusalem, nor in this mountain, nor at Samaria, but he will be worshipped in the spirit and in the truth: for when the woman of Samaria was drawing water at the well of Samaria, Christ said unto her, if thou hadst asked of me, I would have given thee living water, that whosoever drinketh thereof should never thirst again; then she left her waterpot and went into the City, & said, behold a man that told me all that ever I did: is not this the Christ? Then she left the water of Samaria when the living water was come, and when she had tasted of the water of life, she left Samaria, and worshipped there no longer.  
Behold now is the Lord coming to make a separation between those that worship him in the spirit and in truth, from them that worship him not in the spirit and in the truth, for that is the false worship that is out of the truth, & there the deceivers worship, the deceivers went out from the truth; they do lead people into error, and deceive them for dishonest gain. O Israel, thy leaders hath deceived thee, they have corrupted thy footstepts before the Lord, therefore is the Lord coming to scatter them with the whirlwind of his wrath, They shall be as chaff that is to be burned with unquenchable fire, in the day of the Lords fierce indignation.  
Therefore a warning from the Lord unto you Rulers, Professors, and people in the Town of Waymouth, a warning from the Lord God unto you that are out of the light of the Son of God, that are yet in rebellion against the Son of God the light of the world.  
To you that are seeking the living among the dead, in vain do you seek there, for the living God you do not serve, whiles you live in sin, and say you must live in sin whiles you are upon earth, this is contrary to the doctrine of Christ that the Apostles Preached, and said they were sent to turn people from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God; and they preached the Gospel freely, as they had received freely, for they Preached the Gospel of Christ to be the power of God, and they spoke as they were moved by the holy Ghost, and from the Revelation of Christ in them; These be the true Ministers of Christ, that Preach Christ revealed in them, they are sent of God, and this is the difference between the Ministers of Christ, and if Antichrist, that run and are not sent of God, they tell the people of a Christ that they must believe in, that died for their sins, when they themselves do not believe in him, nor know the light of Christ in them, he died to save his people from their sins, not that they should live in their sins, & they that know him so far, knows him to be their Saviour, and they to be saved by him, and redeemed from all iniquity; They can say their Redeemer liveth in them, and they are translated from death unto life, and set free by the Son; As many as are set free by the Son, are free indeed, they are no more under the Law, but under grace, The Law came by Moses, But grace and truth came by Jesus Christ; had it not been for the law we bade not known sin; The law is light, and this is the law of God written in our hearts, as he said, I will write my law in their hearts, and will put my spirit in their inward parts, and they shall not departed from me, I will give them a heart of flesh, I will take away their stony heart and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.  
Behold now is the Lord gathering in his chosen seed, chosen before the foundation of the world, that shall serve him in truth, and in righteousness; for righteousness shall flow down as a stream, and justice shall Rule in the earth, and judgement shall be set up in the earth, that the inhabitants thereof may learn righteousness, for judgement is he come who is the light, that those that do not see, may see, and those that do see, may be made blind; and he is come not to bring peace on the earth, but a sword, to cut down and destroy the man of sin; and this is the work he is doing, to destroy sin in the flesh: In them where sin yet remaineth, there Christ is not known to destroy the works of the devil, for that end was he manifested in the flesh, for this is the mystery of godliness, Christ manifested in the flesh, for he that revealeth the Father is the Son, and the Son is the light, and by him are the secrets of God revealed to them that fear him; But them that are out of the light, they know not the secrets of God, they are out of the fear of God: For he that believeth, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water, springing up to eternal life, the everlasting fountain shall be opened unto him, and the springs of life unstopped, that all may come and drink freely: for Christ came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance, and to unstop the ears of the deaf, and to open the eyes of the blind, and to raise the dead to life; I am the resurrection and the life said Christ, he that believeth in me shall never see death; and I will raise him up at the last day; But he that walketh in darkness and fayes he hath fellowship with God, he is a liar and does not the truth, but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, then have we fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin.  
This to you that are mocking at the light and scoffing at the spirit of the Lord, a woeful day is coming upon you, a day of terrible vengeance upon all that are found striving against the Lord, and resisting his spirit, a day of desolation, and of swift destruction, a cup of endless wrath will the Lord pour out upon you, unless you speedily repent; for the day of vengeance is drawing near you, for God will not be mocked; for the Lord that created all things upon the whole earth, at several times moved me to go into your steeple ho●se, in the time of your worship, foreseeing the great misery and desolation that is coming upon you, shown to me by the Lord; But before I could deliver what the Lord sent me to deliver, they set hands on me, and put me forth, and carried me to the prison, and told me they would put me in, but did not; It did not lie in their power to do it; but when I came up again, the Lord led me in again, and many strove against me, and put me out again before I had done delivering the message of the Lord; Again the word of the Lord came unto me, Go and say the Lord of hosts hath sent thee to bear witness against the Idol shepherds; But many strove against me, but woe from the Lord God unto them that strive to hinder the messenger of the Lord: Again the word of the Lord came unto me: Go cry against the foolish Prophets that Preacheth lies in my name, by the power of the Lord I was brought thither, to fulfil his will, and to deliver his word faithfully, which word is like a fire, and like a hammer, that breaketh the rocks in pieces that cannot be staved: But two fierce spirited men stirred up with much wrath came and haled me forth, and said it was the Devil's work, and that I looked like the Devil; but they are his servants that doth his work, and they fight for their master, as the high priests servants did of old: But woe unto all them that are found fight against their maker, woe from the Lord God unto you, that have strived to hinder the messenger of the Lord, you shall know in the day of the Lord, when he shall appear to take a count of your actions in this thing than shall you know that I was sent of God; then shall the light in your consciences be awakened and then shall you see what you have been doing; And then shall you witness for me before the just judge of heaven, that I was sent by him, and that I cleared my conscience to you, whether you will hear it or no, it will stand a witness against you in the day of wrath, when wrath shall be poured out without mercy upon the ungodly, and upon the rebellious, and such as have rejected the council of the Lords for woe and misery is coming upon such, that are yet rebelling against the Son of God, the light of the world, a warning from the Lord God unto such, whilst the day of repentance lasts, before the time come that repentance be hid from their eyes, and that they go down to the grave in sorrow, and perish in the pit. For judgement is begun at the house of God and it must go through all, and end in the destruction of the wicked: For the wicked shall be turned into Hell, and all that forget God: For upon the ungodly shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, storms and tempest, this shall be their portion to drink, for the righteous Lord loveth righteousness, and his countenance will behold that which is just; for God is in the congregation of the righteous, and they shall abide with him for ever.  
The servant of the Lord fore-writ of certain men were craftily crept into houses, leading silly women captive, laden with sin, & with divers lusts having the form of godliness, but denying the power thereof, ever learning, but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth: These are the men he fore-writ of, that are craftily crept into houses, (and calls them churches) but they are Wells without water, and clouds without rain carried about with a tempest; And these are the deceivers that calls houses Churches, and these are the silly women led by them captive (mark) captive into sin: Divers lusts is divers sins, & they that are led in them, are led into captivity, (mark) they are ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth, whilst they are led into sin, they are ever learning, and never able to know the truth, They have the form of godliness, but they want the power; and the power is the truth, and the truth is the way and they that want the power are out of the way (mark) and the way is the Son, and the Son sets free. And as many as are led by the spirit of God, are the Sons of God, and them that the Son sets free, are free indeed.  
This is to be sent abroad amongst the inhabitants of Waymouth as a warning from the Lord God unto them, before the day of desolation come; that is drawing near to them 〈◊〉 are out of the fear of God, and are yet gainsaying the tr●●● for a just and lawful trial whereby they might come to the light of Christ within them, and try their way, to see how it differs from the way of God and to return from the evil of it, and return into the truth, and feel after God, and find him.  
given forth by Dorothy White. Written in the third Month, 1659.  
The End.