THE TESTIMONY OF THE LORD CONCERNING LONDON.  
WITNESSED In truth and faithfulness, to the consciences of all People in it, that they may return to the Lord, and repent.  
ALSO, The great Abominations discovered of this People, who draws near God with their mouths, and professes self-separation, when as their hearts be far from the Lord.  
WITH A WARNING to all sorts of People in it, what the Lord requires of them.  
By a Lover of all your souls, E. B.  
LONDON: Printed for Giles Calvert, at the Black-spread-Eagle, near the West end of Paul's, 1657.   

THE Testimony of the Lord concerning LONDON. Witnessed forth in truth and faithfulness, to the Consciences of all people in it, that they may return to the Lord and repent.  
OLONDON, thou art weighed in an even balance, and found too light; thou art measured by an equal line, and found too short, and too narrow, and thy People cannot stand in Judgement; for abundance of iniquity lodgeth within thee, and thou abounds in all unrighteousness, thy sins are grown over thy head, and with transgression thou art covered as with a garment, from the head to the foot thou art corrupted, and there is much unsoundness in thee. O how doth pride abound, lightness and wantonness, and the lust of the eye, and all the works of the flesh is increased to a large sum; abundance of Idolatry and vanity springs out of thee, vain fashions, foolish customs, and all manner of evil hath its abiding in thee; yea the very Seat of Satan is established within thy walls, and works of unrighteousness doth proceed out of thee into other Nations. Abundance of deceitful merchandise, and of oppressing Merchants, who grind the face of the poor, doth inhabit thy borders, thy ways are evil in the sight of the Lord, and his spirit is grieved and his soul is vexed from day to day, every moment of time.  
Abundance of treachery, flattery and hypocrisy, dissimulation, and double heartedness, possesseth thine Inhabitants, from Teachers to People, high and low, rich and poor, you are fulfilling your own wills, and seeking your own pleasures, and following the counsels of your own hearts, and doing that which is right in the sight of your own eyes; and your hearts are corrupted before the Lord, and the very best of your works are evil, and the purest of your ways are filthy. And all your Observations, your days of Humiliation, and Thanksgivings, and all your worships and sacrafices, are abomination in the sight of the Lord: For no good fruit can spring forth, for your root is not the vine Christ Jesus, who cannot own the light, with which you are enlightened, and that makes all your Profession vile, and not accepted, but it is wholly unfruitful in the sight of the Lord. Much Profession there is in thee of righteousness, and Religion, and many forms, and gatherings of people, which are but as so many images, and likenesses of divers sorts, which must be overturned, and overthrown by the roots.  
You are all measured with the line of true judgement, and your buildings cannot stand, when the Lord comes to try you, and search, and try you for your life, for though you profess much, yet you perform little, your knowledge puffs you up, and you are not sincere hearted, but loose, and unsavoury are you in your ways and words. There's much wisdom in thee, and many wise men whose wisdom is devi●lish, and it doth not lead to God, it must be confounded and trodden down, for it profits you not in the sight of the Lord, but in it you are wise to do evil, but to do good you have no knowledge; And the Lord God is forgotten, and his judgements are not known, vanity, vanity, hath so stolen away your hearts, and after idols are you run, worshipping strange Gods, and following strange lovers: abundance of subtlety and craft lodges in thee, vain glory excels above measure, pride, idleness; and fullness of bread abounds in thee, even as in Sodom, unto whom thou art become equal in transgression. Whoredom, drunkenness, wrath and envy, gluttony and excess, spending the creation upon the lust, and all the works of the flesh which are evil, hath their full growth in thee, and in evil art thou fully ripe.  
O London! Consider, and be awakened ye Inhabitants thereof, for the Lord is grieved day by day, and his soul is vexed every moment, the weight of thy transgression is upon him, thou even makest him to serve with thy sins; hath there been any evil committed by any Nation which is not in thee? hath there been any abomination brought forth, which is not in this day to be found in thee? Oh what haughtiness, and stretched out necks! oh what pride, and vain glory appears in thee, even thy Infants are nourished up in vanity, and thy old men are overgrown with craft, and deceit; Thy young men gives their strength to folly, and thy Maidens are trimmed in wantonness: all sorts of People are profane in their way, old and young, rich and poor, are abounding in evil, all seeking their own things, and few the things of God's kingdom, the way of truth is even despised, and they that depart from iniquity are become a prey to the mouths of the ungodly, who are grievously profane, as though the Lord took no notice, or as though no day of account were to come, so great is the iniquity committed in thee, words reaches not to manifest it, what lying, what swearing, what vain talking, and what scorning, and what double dealing appears in thee at every corner, what pride, what wantonness, and wickedness is manifest in all thy streets. Teachers and persons are out of the way, given to deceit, and to deceiving, oppressors, and oppressing one another, such is the devil's power amongst you ruling, it cannot easily be overcome; and so deep is wickedness seated in thee, that it cannot easily be plucked up; so strong is the lust of the flesh grown in thee, that it cannot easily be removed: How is the glorious name of the Lord continually dishonoured, and polluted, through thy wickedness, which is grown into a numberless sum. But the Lord will be avenged on all you his enemies, and will meet you with judgements, plagues, and vengeance, and the wicked shall not escape.  
And as concerning all thy profession of God, and the Scriptures in a blind zeal, it is but abomination to the Lord, and all thy several Sects, and gatherings of people, and separate Congregations, who is not separated by the Spirit of the Lord, they are but like so many molten and carved Images, which the Lord will overthrow. All thy offerings and oblations, preaching praying, and performances, God's soul hath no pleasure in them, but they are a burden and weariness to him; and though thou wash thee never so clean, and make thyself never so fair through thine own labour, yet cannot thy iniquities be washed away, nor thy sin covered, for thy iniquities are marked before the Lord, and thy sin is written as with a pen of iron, and as with the point of a Diamond, all thy steeplehouse worship is nought but vanity before the Lord, all thy public exercises, all thy Sabbath keeping, all thy set days of humiliation, and all thy private duties, and all that ever thou performest unto God, is not regarded of him, while the hearts of thy people is not aright in his sight, and upright before him. So the best of thy Sacrafices are but as the cutting off of a dog's neck, and the offering of swine's blood, for in thee is found the great abomination, open profaneness abounds, and secret hypocrisy superabounds, and thou art as abominable in the eyes of the Lord in thy hypocritical profession of righteousness, as thou art in thy open sins.  
In thee is found the abomination of Israel, mercy and truth, justice and true judgement is neglected: do not thy Heads judge for reward? and do not thy Priests preach for hire? and do not thy Prophets prophesy falsely? and do not they divine for money? and do not thy People love to have these things so? Oh how art thou deceived by thy Teachers, and led blind by the blind leaders, even they that lead thee cause thee to err, and they that should instruct thee teaches thee vain things. Woe unto them, the Lord's wrath is against them? how do they make a prey upon the people? how do they feed themselves, and clothe themselves, each one of them having a quarter from which they seek their gain, and through covetousness making merchandise of souls; the false Prophets of Israel was their example, and they follow in the path of unrighteousness, having run and was never sent of God, and therefore the people are not profited at all, nor turned to God, but from year to year, and time to time, ever learning, but cannot come to the knowledge of the truth.  
Ignorance abounds in thy old men, and rudeness, and wildness in thy youths, and thy people are without the knowledge of God, and perishes for lack of knowledge; thou art even as a wild untilled garden, which bringeth forth no pleasant fruit, thy vines are as the vines of Sodem, and thy fruit is loathsome to the Lords taste, wild grapes, and sour grapes is brought forth in thee, which the Lord hath no pleasure in, ye bring forth fruit unto yourselves, and not unto the Lord, ye kindle a fire, and warms yourselves with your own sparks, ye sacrifice to your own net, and ye think to be heard for your much babbling, and your many performances: Abundance of the first man's wisdom is among you, it leads you, and guides you, and not the Spirit of God, and through your own wisdom which is devilish you conform to the Saints words, and to their practices in outward appearance, and makes yourselves like the Saints, and bows unto your own Images, and likenesses which ye make, and are grown wise and full of knowledge, but it is not the wisdom of God, nor the knowledge that will endure for ever, For you neglect the one thing which only needful to eternal life. Your buildings are high, but they are not upon the true foundation, for many of you stumbles at the corner stone; your sprinkling of Infants is a very cheat, and all that believe therein are deceived; and your singing of David's experiences in rhyme and meeter, is a very lie unto you; your worship is but Idolatry, and it will not cover you in the day of the Lord, though none be like unto thee O London in profession, nor any City hardly can compare with thee, in respect of the Multitude of thy gathered assemblies, and self-separates, yet all this will not avail thee, when the Lord searcheth thy heart, which is found not perfect before the Lord, but full of vain glory, and lust, and pleasures of the flesh, and dissimulation, and guile, with the wrath of God will be revealed against; a single and an upright heart, is of greater price with the Lord, than all the performances of self-righteousness that is done in thee, while your hearts are given to vanity, and continue therein.  
Wherefore O London, this is a Warning to thee, Let thy Inhabitants repent, the dreadful day of the Lord is coming, I have heard the voice of war against thee, and not of peace, the cry of howling, and bitter Lamentation, and not of gladness, nor joy of heart, what wilt thou do in the day of thy visitation, when the the Lord stretcheth forth his hand to smite thee, to whom wilt thou flee, and where wilt thou be hid when the Lord shows himself thy Enemy, and appears to take an account of thee, what will become of all thy treasures, how will thy vain glory become a stink, how will the days of thy mirth be turned into grievous sorrow, in stead of thy pleasures, and delicacies, and mirth, and wantonness, shall be sighing, and mourning, and woeful Lamentation, all thy Gods shall not be able to deliver thee, nor all thy profession shall not justify thee, nor all thy selfe-separating people shall not be able to stand in the gap to stay the hand of the destroyer, none of thy carved Images shall stay his fury, nor none of thy several Sects shall be a mountain to hide thee, when the Lord strips thee naked, and lays thee bare, and gives thee to know what is in thy heart, which will come upon thee in a day not looked for.  
Wherefore repent all sorts of people, and turn to the Lord if there may be mercy found. Cease your wickedness ye wicked, and learn to live righteously. Woe unto you drunkards. Woe unto you whoremongers. Woe unto you covetous. Woe unto you liars, Swearers, and Scorners. Woe unto you dissemblers, and deceitful dealers. Woe unto you proud, and vain glorious. Woe unto you lustful people. The Lord will plead with you all, and give unto you the fruit of doings, and reward according to your works; his hand shall not spare, nor his eye shall not pity in the day that he comes to Judgement, when he takes vengeance upon all the seed of evil doers, and to pluck up the wild branches, and to cast them into the fire. Sackcloth shall be put on instead of gay apparel, and all thy idols shall vanish away; as for all thy profession, where is it? all thy many Sermons, and long Prayers, what is become of them? and all thy public and private duties, where are they? shall it be said, Ye shall all know that there is a God that will execute judgement and justice, and that will plead with all flesh, and in his sight shall no flesh be justified.  
And all ye who thirsteth for the Lord, and desireth after the knowledge of his ways, unto whom iniquity is a burden, by you desired to be freed from, who have long sought the Lord, and have not yet found him, who have prayed, and had no answer, and have been weary, and heavy laden, and found no rest: I say unto you, Save yourselves from this untoward generation, come ye out of these abominations, that you may be delivered from the wrath; Fear ye the Lord, and do not offend him in any thing, stand in awe, and transgress not, love righteousness and truth, touch no unclean thing, and the Lord will receive you, meddle not with their worships, nor bow not to their Images, nor sacrifice not to their idol gods, have no fellowship with them in their profaneness, nor yet in their hypocrisy, but harken ye to the voice of the Lord, that you may know his judgements in your hearts, and his Law and Covenant established with you; depart from all iniquity, and cast away all your idols, and forsake all your lovers. Give not yourselves to the ways and pleasures of this world, but give yourselves to chastity, to soberness, and meekness, and above all things be upright in heart towards God, and towards man, speak the truth one to another, and let no guile dwell in your lips, nor a deceitful tongue in your mouth. And cease from all vain glory, and vain customs, and fashions of the world, which are evil.  
And cease from all Men-teachers, which deceives the People by flattering words, who cries peace when the Lord hath not spoken peace, and daubs with untempered mortar, such hath not profited you at all, but your souls are starved under your Ministry, and leanness is upon you, though you ever learn of them, yet you cannot come to the knowledge of the truth by them. Cease from them all, and from all your gathered and self-separate Congregations, and wait upon the Lord that you may know him to be your Teacher, who is the Teacher of all his people, and he teacheth in the perfect way of peace and truth, and gives peace unto all that wait upon him, and causeth the heart of the upright to rejoice, he taketh away sin, and removes it from his people, and he forgiveth all their iniquities, and healeth all their backslidings, and blessed are all they that put their trust in him, for he is a God near at hand, for he dwells in his people, and he is worshipped only in the Spirit, and in the truth. He dwells not in Temples made with hands, neither is he worshipped in outward observations, his soul hath no pleasure among any self-separate People, who cries I am holier than another, neither is he well pleased with a sacrifice of the proud; all their baptisms, and Fellowships, and Meetings, is but a weariness to the Lord's soul, and he hath no pleasure in any of their works, who follows their own spirit, and are not led with the pure Spirit of God alone, but unto every one of such will he look, who is poor in spirit, and of a contrite heart, and of a single and upright mind, he gives regard unto every one that fears his Name, who thirsts and hungers after him in truth and righteousness, and this is of exceeding great prize in the sight of the Lord, yea more than all offerings and oblations whatsoever, even more than thousands of rames, and ten thousands of river of oil. Therefore harken diligently to the voice of the Lord, and seek him with an upright heart, and thirst for him as for your daily food, I ose not your precious time, but call upon his name while he is near, for he is come near unto many; he stands at the door, if any will open, he will come in, and will dwell with them for evermore.  
All sorts of People be awakened, be awakened, how doth the Lord wait to be gracious unto you, he even tarries for you till you return to him, that his soul may have pleasure in you, who hath long been grieved by you. Therefore search your own hearts, and see how you stand prepared to meet the Lord by following of his counsel, who hath so loved you, and all man kind, that he hath given his Son into the world to be a light unto you all, and every one of you is lightened by him, and with the light you will know your evil deeds, and are convinced of them, and reproved for them, and with this Light Jesus Christ calls you sinners to Repentance, to turn from your evils that you may be restored.  
If you love this Light, you love Christ, who will save you from all your sins, and from condemnation: If you hate this Light you hate Christ, and you remain in your sins to be everlastingly condemned. And thus is the way of life, and the way of death set before you all: if you follow the light of Christ Jesus, it will teach you to deny this world, and all the vanities of it, it will teach you to deny your own wills, and the counsels of your own hearts, and whatsoever is contrary to God in thought, word, or action, and in all things it will teach to follow Jesus Christ, that you may be justified by him; But if you follow not the light, than you choose your own ways to follow your own wills, and your own lusts, and all temptations, and you deny Christ and the way of truth, and so the wrath of God abides upon you, for you continue in unbelief, and in hardness of heart, and are the servants of sin unto death, if you follow not the light which Christ hath enlightened you withal, who lighteth every man that comes into the world, that they may believe and be saved. Therefore take heed to the light, if you be guided by it, you shall not transgress against God, but you will receive the power of God to overcome all evil; all sin and iniquity will be condemned in you, and your hearts will be made clean for the Lord to dwell in, whose dwelling is in his people, and you must all cease from professing of what you do not posesse, and from talking of what you do not enjoy, for that is hypocrisy, and to be judged. So all ye professors be awakened, Christ without you will not justify you, except ye know Christ within you, the Profession of him will not take away sin, nor justify in the sight of God, except you come to witness the operation of his Spirit in you, and to teach you, from all evil, and into all good.  
Therefore come to the feeling of the Spirit of Jesus in you, and the working of it, which changeth, reneweth, and sanctifieth, and brings to witness the same truth to be manifest in the heart, which the Scripture speaks of without; and as you receive the same Spirit which gave forth the Scriptures, so you will understand the Scriptures, and by no other means; For all your Preaching, and talking of the Scriptures without the Spirit is but vain babbling, and that mouth is to be stopped, for God is not known where the operation of his Spirit is not felt in the heart, nor he cannot be worshipped in truth, but where his Spirit leads and guides. Much vain Profession there's in thee O City, in which the Lord hath no delight: And this is the Testimony of the Lord which I give concerning thee, and do yet once more call unto thee, as often I have done, and do seal the Lord's Testimony against thee, even against all thy righteousness, and against all thy sin, which are both alike unto God, and both to be condemned. Thou hast been warned, and thy people, and the day of a glorious Visitation hath passed over thee, the Lord hath reached unto many, and striked many who have not grieved, but carelessly walked, and slighted the day of their visitation, and have not harkened to the Lord's call, unto thousands hath the word of the Lord been declared, and the kingdom of God preached nigh at hand, and the very way of life and death hath been set before you, for the Lord hath sent unto thee to warn thee, and to show unto thee what the counsel of the Lord is; and thousands have been reached with the power of God, and convinced of the way of life & peace, who yet continues in hardness of heart, and disobedience, following the counsel of their own heart, and the desire of their own minds, which are wholly evil continually, and the condemnation of such will be just in the day of the Lord, and greater than theirs to whom the way of the Lord hath not been known. And yet amongst thy thousands who are in the way to destruction, the Lord hath a remnant, a few among so many, which are precious unto him, and whom his soul delighteth in, who are despised in thee, and set at nought, and cast out of the favour of all men; yet is the Lord's presence amongst them, and his fear in their hearts, and his increase is unto them, and his power with them, till all their enemies be vanished as a cloud, for they are of the true seed, and of the true birth, which the Lord will bless, though they be accounted as thy slaves, and bondmen, yet are they free in the Lord; and this is the very fulfilling of thy wickedness, and the height of the transgression of thy Rulers, Teachers and People, in that some of them that fears the Lord, and walks with him are persecuted in thee, even they are made a prey unto the wicked, to the slanderers, to the drunkards, to the scorners, to unjust and cruel men, the people of the Lord are become a very prey in thee, even as meat for the devourers. Oh what wilt thou do in the day of thy visitation, when the righteous Judge numbers up these things against thee? thystaffe shall fail thee, thy physicians shall be of no value, and all thy comforters shall be miserable at that day. I have truly considered thy condition, and measured thy state, and I have often seriously weighed thy wickedness, and pondered what would be the end thereof, and there is no vision of peace unto thee, but even the day of desperate sorrow, a recompense for all thy works from the hand of the Lord. I have often truly lamented thee, and seriously hath thy condition entered into my heart, thy iniquities have often pressed my soul, and my Spirit hath been grieved within me, when I have viewed thy great abominations, and how thousands in thee wholly perish for lack of knowledge, and even resists, and will not be instructed, despitefully using such as doth warn them, even loving and delighting in their abominations; These things have often made my heart sad, who have walked in thee as a stranger, and measured thee with the line of true judgement, and this is thy height, and length, and depth, Iniquity lodgeth in thee, and Iniquity covers thee, and Iniquity compasseth thee about.  
And this is a Warning to thee, from the Lord in faithfulness declared unto thee, whether thou resist, or receive, and thus far I am clear of the Blood of all men in thee, who seeketh not any thing in thee for myself, but seeketh, and hath often, to the Lord for thee, that thy people might know him, and worship him alone, who gives unto them all good things, and hath caused the fullness of all good Creatures to abound, and hath given plenty of all things, abundance of which is spent vainly upon the lust, to the dishonour of God who gives it; how much is vainly spent upon vanity in meats, and drinks, and apparel? It's hard to be declared what abundance of the good creatures of God is vainly destroyed in thee upon the lust in the excess, more than what satisfies pure nature, your gluttony and high minds devoureth in abundance the good creatures which God gives, and he is thereby grieved with you, who hath taken notice of this your sin, which is not the least of your transgressions, and he will plead with you for it, even in all things great is your wickedness, and the Lord hath numbered it. And above all things that is done in thee, thy deceitful profession and pretence of worship of God, is the Lord most grieved with, who hates all your Meetings of gathered assemblies, which is not gathered by his Spirit, he will confound your wisdom, and overthrow all your buildings; Wherefore repent ye, and cease from idols, and all Idolatry, and cease for ever to warm yourselves at your own sparks, for this shall you have at the Lord's hands, Ye shall lie down in sorrow.  

A WARNING to you all sorts of People.  
YE Merchants, and traders, and trafiquers, and all ye that buy and sell, be plain and upright hearted, and lie not, swear not, dissemble not for gain unto yourselves, for that is cursed of the Lord, and the gain that is thereby received; but speak the truth every man to his neighbour, flatter not such with whom you deal by feigned words of guile, whilst secret overreaching lodgeth in your hearts, to make a prey upon your neighbour or brother, for this is evil in the sight of the Lord, but speak the truth in all things, and let your yea be yea, and your nay nay, in all your common occasions, for whatsoever is more is evil, and what is advantaged unto you through deceit, or lying, or multitude of vain words, it shall be a curse unto you, and not a blessing unto you, or to your children; let the truth guide you in all your dealings one with another, and let the fear of God be in your hearts in all your erterprises at Sea and Land. I warn you all, seek not by any evil means to enrich yourselves, neither oppress one another in any thing wherein you deal, for you know not how long your time shall be upon earth, nor how soon the day of account will come, wherein every word and every work shall be brought to Judgement, yea for every idle word shall ye give an account, and all those words are idle which are not spoken in the fear of the Lord, therefore live and act in the fear of God, that you may be blessed in all that you do. And all ye whom the Lord hath blessed with riches and increase, see that you abuse not that which God hath blessed you withal, but in all things that it be used to the glory of the Lord, and not wasted in excess upon the lust of your own minds, for the creation is the Lords, and all things are given by him, and taken away at his pleasure, and he maketh rich, and he maketh poor whomsoever he will. Therefore every man be content with his own, and covet not one another's, nor defraud not one another to enrich yourselves, for it is cursed of the Lord.  
And all ye handicrafts people, and labouring people, fear ye the Lord continually, and use no deceit, nor craft, nor policy in what you do in labour, seek not to blind men's eyes by fair outsides, neither to cozen and cheat the simple by slighty work, but let the truth guide you, and that will teach you to do for all men as you would they should do for you, and this is acceptable in the sight of God; let your commodities be just and right, and let all your labour be with a single heart, and do all things as in the sight of the Lord, and then you cannot do evil if the fear of God be before your eyes, and the evil in all things will be denied, and the corruption that is entered into all callings and trades, will be judged out, and be examples one to another of truth and righteousness and cozen not nor cheat not one another, nor use not many words, nor vain gestures, but own the Lord to be your Teacher, which will teach you truth to do it, and to speak it in all things.  
And all ye young men, and prentices, Learn ye the fear of the Lord, and take heed of temptations, lest ye be destroyed both soul and body by them; learn not to dissemble, nor to defraud, nor take not instructions how to cozen and cheat, but first seek the kingdom of God and its righteousness, and then all outwards things shall be added unto you. Give not yourselves to any evil, beware of Wine and Women, which steals away the hearts of many, give not yourselves to vanity, nor fulfil not the desire of your own minds in any thing, covet not after riches, neither study how to be proud and vain glorious, give not yourselves to craft and human policies, nor to deceive any people, but fear God and keep his Commandments, and be subject to your Masters, and obey them in all things that is good, and be dutiful to them in that which is just and righteous, but deny them in whatsoever is evil: Learn not craft and policy from them, neither whoredom, nor vice, nor drunkenness, nor cozenning, nor any other thing which is evil, but rather reprove those things, then in the least to follow them; and if you do the truth, and speak the truth in all things, and keep yourselves from whatsoever is evil, then will the Lord bless you outwardly, and inwardly, and the knowledge of God will be your crown in old age; and cease from all gamings, and vain sportings, and from all wantonness, and vain pleasures, and from all the works of the flesh, for they that follow such things shall neither prosper in this world, nor be blessed in the world to come. Wherefore take heed unto yourselves all ye that are young in the world, be not overcome of evil, nor follow not evil devices, but stand in awe continually, and offend not God, who gives you life, and health, and all good things.  
And all ye Masters and heads of Families, this is a Warning to you, be examples of all good in your Families unto your children and servants, rule in Authority in the fear of God, but not in tyranny, nor a rigorous mind, teach and instruct in fear, and not in cruelty, give no bad example in pride, vain glory, drunkenness, whoredom, dissimulation, nor any other thing, but stand as a terror over all evil, and as encouragers of all good, bind not the conscience of any under your power, curb sin only, and reprove not righteousness; seek ye to be taught of God, and then may you instruct all under you in his way; be pitiful towards your children, and servants, and pass by offences rather than punish them with cruelty, and make not a prey upon your Servants to serve your own ends only, seeking your own good only and not theirs, for such things are evil in the sight of God, and it is to be condemned: Let no excess, neither let want, be in your Families, but that which is honest and right, love that in all things, and follow it; let not your anger and passion exceed when offence is given you, and do not correct in cruelty, but in a good understanding, and walk in the truth, and fulfil the will of God, and not your own, and this is of great prize and acceptable in the sight of the Lord.  
And all ye Tavern keepers, and innkeepers, fear the Lord God, and oppress not your guests neither feed the lust of any till they be drunk, for that is cursed of God both in you & them, and that which he will be avenged of. Oh great is that abomination among you, much of the good creatures is vainly and wickedly spent, and abused in your dwellings, and your advantage stands in the abuse of the creatures by excess, and the Lord is grieved with you because of that.  
And all sorts of People, rich and poor, high and low, Masters and Servants, Parents and children, buyers and sellers, Trades men and labourers, harken to the counsel of God, and seek to know his will to you in all things that you may do it, in following all that which is good, and denying all that which is evil, that your souls may live; Let not the devil lead you, nor his temptations overcome you in any thing, but resist him in whatsoever he would lead you into which is against God and contrary to him.  
Repent of all evil that ever you have acted, & let the Lord be your guide that you may not utterly perish, and your City be destroyed for your sakes, the Lord's love is towards you, and he waits to be gracious unto you, and desireth your return, rather than your destruction, and would heal you if ye did wait upon him, and would bless your City, and make you happy in it, if you do his will, and deny your own.  
I am a friend unto all your souls, and a publisher of peace, and of glad tidings to all that thirst for the Lord, and he hath given me to warn you of all your Iniquities, and abominations to deny them, and of all that which is good to follow it. And oh that ye knew in this your day the things which belongs to your peace, which now ye may know, before they be totally hid from your eyes, and there be no place for Repentance, nor time of returning, and this day will come upon many, and they cannot escape it, who now hardens their hearts against the way of your own peace, and even scorns to be reproved for their transgression, and such my soul pities who are going in the way of destruction, and runs hastily into perdition; I have many times been made sad by reason of such, when I have measured the condition of all people; upon my bed, I have pondered what abomination was in thee, and what would be the end thereof, and I have desired nothing so much, as that I might faithfully warn thee, and free myself, and the Lord from the blood of all men; deep thoughts have been upon me concerning what the counsel of the Lord is unto you all, that I might manifest the truth, and discover the abominations, and I have not spared to cry repentance unto sinners, that sinners might be converted, and turn unto the Lord, and thus far I am clear of the blood of all men, and the Lord is clear, and if the wicked perish, it is because of their unbelief, and gainsaying of the Lord, and this is the Testimony that I give unto thee, and unto all thy people, O London harken, and consider this is the only day of your visitation, and there is not another way to life, nor to escape everlasting death, and destruction then that which the Lord hath showed you, Blessed is he that can receive it, and they that deny it doth utterly perish without mercy.  
London the 15 of the 6 month, 1657. I am as a stranger among you, yet well known to the Lord, and the Testimony of God concerning you shall stand for ever; for it is true, and shall not be confounded, though the wicked reject it to their own destruction.  
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