A Certain WARNING from a naked Heart before the Lord, to the earthly, wise, great, and honourable Men, and Inhabitants of the Earth, and to all among them, without respect of Persons, that know not the rock of Ages, the light, the higher pow●r, the sure foundation, the truth, the way, the life, which is the grace that brings salvation that appears to all Men, as saith the Scripture, Titus 2.11. 
 With a quick loud thundering alarm sounded in the holy Mountain, of the Lords House of holiness that the Inhabitants and great Men of the Earth might be awakened, and tremble, and cease from Idollitry, and prepare to meet the mighty God, the everlasting light and life of Men, who showeth to Man what is his secret thoughts, Amos 4.12, 13. 
 Given forth from the hand of a friend to the whole Creation, and of precious soul's [of the Sons and Daughters of Men without respect of Persons] that lieth under the bondage of corruption, a friend and servant to him that's arising to smite the Earth with the Rod of his mouth.  Daniel Baker. 
Harken and hear O ye Men that shall die, and let the sp●rit in Prison in you, answer me: whether every soul is not to be subject to t●e higher power, the light, wh●ch is higher than self, or the power of darkness: which is not to be exalted above the light of Christ, (the gift of God in man) wh●ch is the higher power, and whether your souls be excluded, (by the good spirit of God) that spoke forth these words from such a good subjection, and whether the everlasting light of Jesus, or word, or spirit of truth (that reproves the world for sin,) and is not the world in man's heart, see Eccles 3.) evil doing or speaking, (be not the higher power,) that is of God in man, as also is the soul in man: to which the soul is to subj ct in all things.  
And whether a measure of this power, or l●ght of Christ, or grac, gift, or good spirit of God, that brings salvation with it, hath not appeared to, and in you: and to all men, to the end that your souls, even as others, without respect of persons, may become subject to it: when received, and no● rejected, seeing the scripture saith it hath appeared to all men: see, Titus 2.11.  
And whether you think you can prosper, or do any thing that may be acceptable or well pleasing to the invisible everlasting pure spirit of the L●●d God (that is oppressed in you yet) till your first rebellious self-exalting deceitful nature is changed: and so your precious souls become subject to th●s gift or grace, or power: t●at's able (not only to change the first nature; but to save to the utmost) of the everlasting God in you, which in any wise, (behold I testify) to you never could, nor can, neither ever will consent to, or approve of, the very appearance, or ground of any evil thought, idle, evil words, evil way or action: or any thing of self, and whether he that resist●th the power, doth not resist the ordinance of God: and whether such shall not receive to themselves damnation.  
And whether it may not be very good, and profitable, and very whelsome, and exceeding precious, and wholesome, to yield and subject to such a pure good power, (the one thing needful,) which I say and testify is in you, though yet oppressed, (oh that it might arise, and shine forth: when shall it once be, O ye men that oppress, grieve, and vex the good spirit of the most high, in yourselves and others, that never changeth its nature, or property, though the transgressing nature be near, that's to be overturned, and removed, which rebels and hath gone a whoring, or departed from this one good thing needful, days and times without number, & this is the good spirit, or light, or word, or power of the Lord God, the God of the spirits of all fl●sh, that will not always strive with, or in man.  
Wherefore be ye warned to cease to do evil (and to abstain even from the appearance of it,) and so learn to do well, with and by subjecting to th●s good, (one thing needful) that will surely try and prove all things, (the many things) that offend (within and without you:) and this is the equal balance of the true sanctuary lest ye be devoured with, or by this sword, which is the spirit or word of the everlasting God.  
And know of a truth that the children of light (of the day) that believe in it, do not expect the abolishing, throwing down, or breaking to pieces, all idols within, and without you: and graven Images, and the dissanulling and making void all unrighteous decrees, and Popish Laws, root, and branches, and all oppressions, wicked covenants, and oppressors, Popish Priests, and their successors, that are yet fed fat, with gifts, and rewards, together, with the Pope's maintenance, Tithes, Pigs, Eggs, and handfuls, and shocks of Corn, and goods taken by force, like or rather far worse than the sons of Bel●all. 1 Sam. 2. Chap. 12.16. verses, oh, for shame let these things be taken away: and let not the cry of the innocent come before any of you to be turned aside from judgement any more, lest the Lords fury break forth speedily in the midst of you, and destroy you, and confound and overturn your counsels, and bring forth deliverance some other way: which then shall be hid from your eyes to your perpetual shame, and reproach, for the Lord our God is proceeding to do his marvelous and quick work in the earth: and who knoweth whether you may become serviceable in it, if so, it will be your honour, which is not of man, neither of this world, that lies in wickedness.  
Therefore, let your hands be strong, when ye, as on man every particular of you bow down and subject to the meek, low, just, equal noble principle, or gift or grace of God, yet oppressed in you: and so with it your hands shall be strong & prosper, in throwing down all idols, & idols temples, and bells to come down after the organs, which the transgressor set up, when they forgot the Lord, and so did Israel see, Hos. 8, 14.  
And these things you may know hath fed and strengthened people's wicked vain minds out of God's fear, and from God's witness in them and so it feeds them, as the Tithes do the greedy covetous Priesthood of England's dominions, I say we do no●, neither cannot expect in any wise that these things can be swept away by you till you come down to this, and the noble, just, equal, pure spirit of the Lord God (yet oppressed in you) by it to be guided to speak and act for God which only can make you truly honourable, or break you to pieces and reward you according to your works, which if they be good than shall the work of the Lord (the most h●gh God) prosper in your hands.  
Wherefore lay aside all flattering Titles, and self-exalting spirits, and take heed ye let not in (after ye have w●th the good single spirit cast out) the Priests and Lawyers flattering fawning viperous spirits, that was and is the same that did, and will betray and murder the just, wherefore do not forget but remember that ye have not been only once warned of the things that now I writ to you, and come to the witness in you, and then with it to the Lords work within and without you, and seek the honour of God only, and away with giving and receiving honour with flattering titles one to another, for such are not fit vessels to do the Lords work in, or by in this mighty day [of battle between the two seeds] or such are in the unbelief, they believe not in the light that's arising in his power and greatness of his strength who receives not honour of Man.  
What have you not been here long enough and yet alive on this side the grave, and have you not yet perceived the mighty invisible eternal hand of the Lord, and his overturnings from time to time, and how he hath smote you as in a tempest or storm one against another as potter's vessels, and who knows but you are yet come to seats of government to do the Lords work with all your might and strength, in his fear and dread to be ordered to do, or be instrumental in the way (as I have said) to do and accomplish what the Lord hath determined shall be throughly affected throughout the Land, or to be swept all away in his fury and wrath and fires fiery indignation, if ye fail herein, doing or accomplishing the work of the Lord our God negligently.  
Wherefore come down to the eternal true and faithful witness in every of your consciences, and let your soul's subject to this which is the higher power in you [least with it ye be broken to pieces and ground to powder by this sure foundation the rock, and so your names perish and stink and rot, and so become a hissing and byword to the present and futer generations] who have and do yet pretend so much for the Lord God who is trying you, (O ye tall Seda s) and ye shall be as truly weighed in the equal balance, even as them that went before you, who all of you shall most assuredly give an account before the throne of the Lamb (slain since the foundation of the world) when the book of every of your consciences shall be opened, and an eye then will be opened in you which the God of the world w●ich his ministers of unrighteousness hath so long blinded and you shall not hid from, but read yourselves, for a great cup is preparing for you, and ye shall be sure to drink it up, even the dregs of it, & tremble & be astonished, and vomit and be confounded, and wish (together with the covetous hireling Priests) that ye had never been born to have seen this age, if you quit not yourselves like men of truth of God, in being faithful to what the eternal eye of the Lord makes manifest what is to be thrown down and overturned, and what is to b● nourished and set up within and without you, and the faithful witness in you will also show you this, as to it ye subject, and this eye being kept open in you as it is in th● honest hearted that hold fast their integrity and walk in it in and over these Nations, it will behold its enemies afar off as well as nigh, and I say this eternal eye hath seen you, and what you from time to time have declared and yet pretend to prosecute,  
Now therefore say I again, to the higher powe● (the eternal eye the light in you) b● faithful and I say that will show you deceit in self with its righteousness, friendships, honour, glory, worship, faith, rel gion, separation that's without or out of the spirit, as is self and all that branches forth of it, which is all to be denied and thrown down (within and without) by the hand (the Cross) or higher power, to which the soul is to subject, in whic● the father is and is to be worshipped in spirit and in truth as do the children of light who dwell and walk in i●, and so shall you prosper, and the ●and of the God of heaven will most assuredly then be with you, and this shall be honour enough for you, and you will consent and seal to my testimony, when as you become single hearted and faithful, and love nor your lives to the death, than you may happily feel a Crown of life, Moses reward.  
And friends break of your mighty sins by righteousness, if happily the poor man's counsel or words may not fall to the ground, and yet bear with me if I advise you to take heed (viz.) if you [who are in present authority, to you is my voice] singly and faithfully do or act or become instrumental to do any thing as you are guided, by the good, meek, noble, equal right spirit of God which is the higher power, and aught to be so, in every of you and in every man, male and female, although in its own most pure being it is so where ever it is, but in reference to this, viz when the power of darkness gets over it, and oppresseth its virtue and operation, and so stops and hinders its working [which is long suffering, so is its nature] so the wicked powers of (hasty self) darkness coming over and usurping, oppress and exercising Lordship over the just power, then that is got up and is falsely called (by the unwis●) the higher power, because it's usurped and got into the place of the just power that's oppressed under it, whose right is not to reign in God's Temples where he and his dark power (that was above the light) is thrown down, and they that witness this cannot honour the devil, of whom proud Haman was a figure.  
I say again take heed of a flattering self (love) exalting spirits, and this is to be cast out from among you, and I say if any of you singly do any thing of the Lords work, look not so back, as formerly ye know many with you have done, but let it go so as if it had not been done by you, that the Lord God who only is to have a●l the glory [which he in no wise will give to another or to self] may have all the glory, and be strong and go on, and be a terror to all slothful unprofitable servants (that have gone before you) and to all Idols Idolaters false worships and to every evil doer (that's hurtful and destructive to the Creation) and a praise to every well doer whose consciences the light even the light of the Lord Jesus exercised, and this same gift or grace of God or light in you, as to it you subject will faithfully show you who such are, for with no other eye but this (by which they are guided) can they be seen, and the Lord in the midst of his Jewels, hath said I will guide them with mine eye, so saith the scripture, and this eye the higher power gives to the faithful (the willing and obedient) a true discerning between the precious and the vile within and without, blessed are and shall they be that do and shall witness such a true separation.  
And friends, it will redown more to your honour, and will become more noble, then [that which scorners and fools count honour and nobility] to ride upon prancing fatted horses, a figure of them that forget the Lord and his work, or Pharaoh and his host that was and is to be overturned and swallowed up (because of the oppression of the poor suffering seed) I say a figure of them who as fatted horses are fatted for the day of slaughter the horses and their riders, the Armour (the gorgeous apparel) and Chariots in wicked vain glory, prancing and glittering proudly, trampling through the streets of the wicked City filled with hypocrisy and deceit and unfaithfulness, and so to be laughed at by scorners, wicked men and fools, even those ye count your enemies, and so admired by fools, and this I am certain is not the honour that comes from the Lord of hosts, and the Lords wrath and vengeance will meet with and overtake you and all that go on in this way greedily satisfying their ungodly lusts, and this with somewhat else from my hand is and may be a sure and certain warning to you O ye Mountains before honour is humility in the light of the holy City, and the Kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it, Rev. 21 2●, 24.  
The time is come and coming that all the Sons and Daughters of fallen Adam is to be turned to the light (from the darkness) to God's spirit within them, from which they have erred that's given even to the rebellious to instruct them, then of necessity they must be turned to that from which they have erred which they are to believe in, in which they are to worship the father in truth and in spirit, and away with all false worship and idols and hypocrisy, and speak every man the truth from the heart to his neighbour, and c●me to know your rebellious nature changed, that ye may become just men of truth, meek and merciful, f●aring God and hating covetousness and every evil way, word and action where ever it appears or is brought forth.  
And down with all cursed abominations, that's acted in and through the open streets of this great wicked City (London) and all other Cities and Market-towns in and throughout this Nation, and her Dominions by the cursed power of darkness.  
The shows, the Lord Mayor shows (so called) and such like crying abominations as is acted in Cities, Fairs, Towns, and Markets, in and throughout England's Dominions, and behold I tell ye, that the Lord even the everlasting God abhors these things (and the power by which they are acted) which feeds the light, vain, rebellious, defiled, wicked minds of people both of young and old, and the Lords vengeance is pouring forth upon the heads of the Priesthood of England for lewdness (as in the days of old) is gone and goeth out from th●m into all the earth.  
Oh what a crying open shame is't for such who are called Magistrates, which should be just men of truth, a terror to every evil doer, and for them to give up their strength and means and precious time to uphold, exalt and keep up in their course and time these heinous and most abominable, crying, horrible, wicked abominations stuffed with pride hypocrisy and vain glory by which the creatures are devoured and consumed upon the ungodly lusts (that war against your souls) for which end they were not created, and the whole creation is burdened and groans under all this filth.  
And the terrible dreadful everlasting God will plead with vengeance and fury poured forth in his fires wrath because of these things, (and many of your dillicate beds of ease will be a place of torment when the skilful physicians shall be of no value) and ye would not receive warning nor instruction of life, notwithstanding the Lord God the powerful God sent his servants and faithful messengers to cry aloud the sound, and signs hereof from time to time, hath been heard and seen in and through the streets, and entered into the secret chambers of your immagary, and so you have made light of the visitation of the most high, and rather choose the ways, practices and customs of the heathen, to which end a petition from the wise men of London to the late Parliament (whom the hand of the Lord overturned and shattered to pieces) that their heathenish ancient customs might be continued, or kept up.  
Wherefore O London this is the cry that is to pass through the streets of and in thy lewd light vain filthy polluted inhabitants of the Land, behold a sword, a sword, a glittering sword, a bright sharp sword, it's drawn, it's furbushed that it m●ght glitter, pierce and be bathed into the bowels of the unstable double-minded hypocrites and scornful, much flesh most assuredly by it with fire shall be devoured as in the ancient days, for behold a mighty & strong hand is lifted up with this bright sharp sword, which will slay and spare neither on the right hand nor on the left, till the fiery zeal of the eternal God, hath performed what in his heart he hath determined.  
Wherefore woe, woe, woe to the earth with her inhabitants, horror and amazement, astonishment, terrors, with destruction upon destruction is coming over the heads of the priesthood of England, the Lord God with his dreadful hand will make you a fierce terror to yourselves, O ye greedy devouring wolves that have made the herritage of the most high your prey, but behold the hammer is put into the hand that will smite and break and shatter the rocks to pieces, and race the h●gh mountains, so as there shall be none to hid or cover you, O ye brutish pastors, and ravennous beasts of the Forest where the briars and thorns are so plentifully brought forth, strong and terrible is the everlasting powerful God the holy one of Israel, the eternal light and life of the house of Jacob that will by his hand in his chosen perform these things.  
Wherefore tremble ye Mountains, and shake terribly ye lofty Hills, turn aside ye strong Oaks, get ye hence into darkness ye devouring Wolvish unprofitable Servants, O ye Priests and grievous oppressing Lawyers of England, and bow down O ye heads, gather together ye fatted Bulls and Haifers, and come up to the Battle ye prancing fatted Horses with your haughty, proud and scornful R●ders, for a loud, quick and terrible Alarm is sounded in the holy Mountain of the everlasting holy hill of Zion, a fire, a consuming fire shall be kindled in the bowels of the Earth, which will scorch w●th burning heat all hypocrites unstable double-minded workers of iniquity, together with all children of errogansy and pride the seed of falsehood of the whore, that well favoured harlot with her brats, the unclean unprofitable talkers, Babylon's Merchants, and they shall know with anguish and perplexity of heart and minds which are defiled, that the everlasting light of Israel's life is a rising in the greatness of his strength (as in the days of o●d) to sta n the pride of all glory, and bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth, and to bow down the haughty under the prisoners of hope, for a great & large slaughter shall be throughout the land of darkness where the unrighteous decrees and laws have been founded, built up, brought forth and executed upon the innocent, ye a grea● affusion of blood, fire, vapour and smoke shall increase up in the dark habitation of cruelty, howling and great wailing shall be on every hand, in all streets, the strong prancing fatted horses shall wax faint (with wallowing with their riders) and fall in the great affusion of blood in the night of darkness where there shall be no light but an horrible dreadful fierce dark  tempest, and furious and violent storms, in so much that the gallant ships shall not be able with all their force and tacklin, strong and skilful Mariners to encounter, who shall not in any wise hid their heads, for fear and dread and horror and amazement with astonishment of heart shall suddenly surprise them, even at the fi●st appearance of the dark thick clouds of this horrible and mighty temp●st at which men's hearts shall fail on every hand, but the Lambs in the low valleys shall be at rest hid.  
Terrible thunders from the everlasting powerful God will be thundered forth with bright and quick fiery lightnings from the highest heavens which will rend, break to pieces, tear and split the ragged Rocks and sturdy Oaks, and race the lofty Mountains, so that no hiding places shall be found to hid the fruitless trees Briars and Thorns and deceitful rotten weatherbeaten vessels of dishonour that hath long been trading with their deceitful Merchandise from Sea to S●a, even from one proud Sea to another, notwithstanding many have suffered shipwreck, and been overwhelmed and swallowed up of the mighty proud merciless waves of the troubled Sea that cannot rest and the eternal eye of the Lord the everlasting light of life hath seen these things, and with his pure breath of life are they spoken, and with his everlasting and strotched out hand will he accomplish and perform what is in his heart, so shall it be.  
Daniel Baker.  
Two of the original Copies of this was delivered, the one into John Ireten's hand late Mayor, and another to the present Mayor that evening before the heathenish idolaters with their idolatry, and cursed abominations from the power of darkness which was too highly exalted and upheld and acted by the great Men of the earth; oh foolish people when will you be wise, how long will you thus tempt the eternal God.  
Newgate this 26 of the 8th month 59  
This is chief intended for those in present authority of the chiefest seats of England, and for Mayors and Aldermen and Citizens of London, and all the earthly Rulers in & throughout the Nations to read themselves & be ashamed, and to lay aside their heathenish idolatrous customs, and to learn the fear of the Lord which is to departed from evil, and not hate and persecute such that so fear the Lord (the living God) and with his spirit reprove sin in the gate, and therefore are become a pray (as in former days) to those that rebel against the light, and turn aside the needy from judgement.  
The Lord God of wisdom whom I serve in and with my spirit of truth knoweth and is my witness that of his pure spirit was I moved not only to write to the 2 Mayors of the City of London, the next days work (being the 29th of the 8th month) to stop them of their folly and vanity, but in no wise would they receive warning, to the vexing and oppressing of the most pure spirit of God) manifested, and many shall feel the weight of his hand that can span the heavens, and fathom over, and comprehend the height and depth of darkness, I say, I also was moved to go, and bear a testimony for the Lord at the Mayor's gate to the face of many of the Aldermen (who should be more wise) the words which I speak as the Lord moved, were these at several times, as the horses and their riders entered within the Mayor's gate, where I stood saying.  
The Lord God will slain the pride and glory of all flesh, the Lord God will slain the pride of all glory as in the days of old, the Lord will smite the great men of the earth with astonishment of heart, who forget justice and judgement. And the Lord God hath a controversy with all that forget the Lo●d & his work.  
The Lord will be avenged on the great men of the earth, that destroy and devour the creatures, and the Creation upon their ungodly lusts, and forget to do justice and judgement.  
For which say I was buffeted and abused at the Mayor's gate by the brutish people, and violently dragged and carried away by Porters, and thrown into the Poultry Counter (in the inner prison called the hole) without Mittimus, throw h●m in (said the Mayor's officer or Marshal, and let him lie like a Rogue, and he was numbered with transgressors, and he made intercession for the transgressors, lo he was taken from prison, and from judgement, and who shall declare his generation, Isa. 53.8.  
D. B. London, from the hole in the Poultry Counter this 30th of the 8●h month ●nd first day of the week. 59