A few words to the people of England, who have had a day of visitation, not to slight time but prize it, lest ye perish.  
O England, England, many precious days of visitation hath the Lord thy God let thee see, Oh that thou hadst but known it: the Lord thy God hath been very gracious unto thee, O England, above many Nations of a long time, he that created the Heavens and form the Earth, hath made manifest his love unto thee; to that in the conscience of thee (thou people of England) I speak, who am also a witness of the Lords deal with thee. I am the light of the world, said Jesus Christ, which hath lightened every one that comes into the world: with which light O people of England, thou hast seen the deceits that people in thee and other Nations have lived in, and by that in thy conscience (O people of England who was of late but little in thy own eyes) hast thou seen the deceits of them that were in Authority before thee, both the Bishops and their Prelates, and their Prelatical Authority, and the persecutions they used over the people of God, and their usurped Authority they used over tender consciences, that then were living in thee; thou wast not ignorant, nor it was not unknown to thee, O thou people of England, how the Bishops with their Prelatical Authority and usurped power did fine imprison banish and lay waste thy people O England, who for conscience sake could not bow down to his Idolatrous worships, as thou then rightly called'st it: And O people of England, it was not hid from thine eyes, neither was thou ignorant, how others who were called civil Governors, and had the Authority of Majestracy in thee O England, did usurp Authority over men's persons estates and consciences; And to thee O people of England it was discovered, what corruptions those and all other in Authority lived in, that then were heads of the Nation; and then thou couldst have cried, The Judge's judge for reward, the Prophets Prophesy falsely, the Priests bear rule by their means, and my people love to have it so, but what will ye do in the end thereof; was not this thy cry in that day when thou wast in distress O people of England? to that in thy conscience I speak; Was it not a grief to thee when thou wast kept low? yea the grief of thine heart to see people persecuted, mocked, and imprisoned, or banished under names and titles given them by their enemies, wherewith to cover their bloody enterprises? and I call that in thy conscience to witness, if thou didst not languish under their tyranny in those days? and how many prayers and tears hath it cost some, and how much imprisonment others, and how much banishment others; and in these thy languishing days of sorrow hast thou with tears and prayers, and with hands lifted up entreated the Lord that he would be pleased to pull down that Authority which did then usurp and bear rule over tender consciences in this Nation, and them that did uphold it? and how many vows promises and engagements didst thou make in thy lownes and distress, if ever the Lord would give thee power and strength to overthrow the Tyrants that then bare rule, and if ever the Lord would bring those Tyrants and their laws into thy hands, thou wouldst utterly destroy persecution out of England for ever, and make England a free Nation; was not this thy engagement and promise O people of England, when thou wast under, and in distress? to that in thy conscience I speak, O that thou wouldst give it leave to answer me, that thou mightest come to see where thou hast been and repent, for here thou wast that in thy conscience will witness for ever.  
And now O people of England, the Lord God by whose hands the Heaven and the Earth was made hath granted thy request to the full, the Lord hath not been slack but hath given thee what in tenderness thou didst desire; What darest thou charge the Lord with, that he hath withholden from thee, which in freeness in thy days of sorrow thou did desire? the Lord hath brought under thy feet the necks of them that did oppress thee, and the Lord hath brought into thy power their Authority and their Laws, and subdued them all under thee, to the full request of that which then breathed under did desire; to that which condemns the d sobedient do I speak, which is an eternal witness to thy face before the Lord, how thou hast performed thy Covenant, which thou madest with the Lord in the day of thy calamity: Consider, take heed to that in thy conscience, return, the living witness for God will not be mocked with words nor shows, to the light of Christ in thy conscience look, and it will let thee see, that the same Laws which thou in thy adversity and lowness didst promise to pull down are standing still; are not oppressive Laws to compel men to pay Tithes, to the maintaining of covetous hirelings and tithe-mongers, standing in as great force as ever? and many of their outward estates spoilt by these oppressive Laws which thou promised to take away? and this is not done by an enemy of thine, but even by thee who didst profess to be faithful in performing thy Vows to the Lord: Thou fair professing people of England who hast made so many fair promises to take away oppressions, to the light of Christ in thee I speak which will witness me and condemn thee, for holding up these things which thou promised to the Lord thou wouldst pull down, except thou repent with speed, and let the light in thy conscience judge if these persecuting Laws under names and titles be not standing yet in as great force and power as ever they were in thy forefather's days, which the Lord by thy hand hath destroyed, and thou dost now exceed thy forefathers in persecuting the innocent under names and brands which thou dost put upon them, that the truth may appear odious, and that persecutions done by thee may be supposed to be punishing of errors, as thy forefathers ever did, as at this day is plainly made manifest in many places of thy Land, O fair promising people of England; and many people tender and dear to the Lord in in many a Town and City of thy Nation is imprisoned without any Law or cause at all, nay not so much as Queen Mary, the Papists Law to allege against them; was there ever such things done by thy forefathers which I have destroyed before thee? hast thou already forgotten that the Lord pleaded the cause of the innocent with thy forefathers and overthrew them? O call to remembrance what the Lord hath done to thy Predecessors in former time (who persecuted the innocent and tender hearted ones) who hardened their necks and would not regard the counsel of the Lord, which was and is the light in all consciences, which light once shone in thy conscience, by which thou sawest them which lived in persecuting and oppressing the seed of the Lord in its arising and appearance; and people that in thy conscience is witness against thee, that thou art left without excuse, and also that in thy conscience the light is witness against thee, that thou hast built the Sepulchers of the Prophets, and garnished the Sepulchers of the righteous and whited them over with fair words and promises, and thou sayest if I had been in the days of my fathers, I would not have been partaker in the blood of the Prophets, and yet thou art filling the measure of thy father's iniquities, and the same wrath, curse, and judgements of God waits to be poured upon thee, except thou repent, and be warned in time; many warnings hast thou had from the Lord (that in thy conscience can witness) by the hand of them that are and have been persecuted by thee and imprisoned by thee, but thou hast cast them behind thy back, as all the persecutors in all ages have done before thee, who by the power of the Lord were destroyed; and now O fair saying people of England, by the same power thy destruction comes for truce breaking with the Lord, and let that in thy conscience judge, if thy judgement from the Lord be not just upon thee, which will appear in the day of thy misery and overthrow, though thou for a while tread above it; but if thou have not totally put out the light, and if any spark of light be in thee thou mayest see thyself going the way of all bloody persecutors into perdition, for ever and ever, except thou repent, and remember that thou art once more warned, and no more warning can I promise thee, whether thou wilt choose or refuse. And again hear the word of the Lord thou people of England, if thou wilt not be warned nor repent, but wilt harden thy neck against the tender Lambs of my pasture: Thus saith the Lord, because of the Cry of the oppressed, and the many prisoners which contrary to my Law thou hast imprisoned for no other 'Cause but because they cannot worship thy Idol Gods which thou hast set up, and the Idol Gods which thou hast set up are many, for thou hast promised many fair promises to take away Idolatry, Superstition and Oppression, and all Laws over the Consciences of men, that I the Lord might be worshipped according to my own will, which I have made manifest in my children's Consciences, and that my Gospel, even the word of eternal life, might have free passage through thy Land o England, but now I see the sins of Jeroboam which caused Israel to sin, are held up by thee, Yea the high places which are in thee o people of England, and the Priests of thy high places bear witness before my face against thee, which thou hast set up contrary to my Will, which I have made manifest in every man's Conscience; and for what end did Jeroboam set up these high places, and those Priests, was it for this end that he was afraid that the people of Israel should return to the Temple at Jerusalem to worship, which then was Commanded of God for his people to worship at.  
And now O people of England, thus saith the Lord, who pitied thee when thou little in thy own eyes, and put a sword in thy hands to cut down Idulatry, high places, usurping Priests made of the basest of the people, and corrupt Laws, wherewith they did tyrannize over the Consciences of my people, and pride and respect of persons, which then I let thee see to be before destruction, and thou wast bearing, but now hast turned thy sword against them who are brought out of those things, and witness against them; and now I the Lord thy God in visitting thee, and thy work, have found unfaithfulness, in what thou promised to me in the day of thy Calamity, and unfaithfulness in thee in what I looked for at thy hand, for now I see that thou O people lifted up, dost hold up the very same high places, and as bad a generation of Priests as thy forefathers did, and the same usurped Law over men's Consciences, and the same persecuting Laws, even the Laws of Papists, wherewith to imprison my servants, yea not respecting persons is made a Law for thee to imprison many of my servants, and many of my servants are imprisoned by thee, because they cannot break the Commands of Christ, and many of my dear Children are imprisoned by thee, because they cannot pay Fees for being imprisoned and kept many months without any just Law broken, as at this day there are many Witnesses of my dear servants, whose witness thou dost refuse, because they abide in my Doctrine, and dare not swear at all, but their witness have I received against thee, because I know their sufferings, and their Cry is come before me, and this is the Cause why thou holdest up these things, even the sins of thy forefathers, which made England sin, for which I will plague thee with all my storms; Thou people of England art afraid, that if liberty be granted to worship me according to my Will which I have made manifest in my children's Consciences, that then the hearts of people which thou wouldst have to serve thee, and feed thy lusts, will be turned unto me, and then thy covetous hireling Priesthood which in all ages I have cried against, will fall down, and thy pride will famish, and whither, and thy oppressions will cease, whereby a great part of thy wickedness is upheld, and thy honour will departed from thee, and return to me, and thy respect of persons which thou art so mad on, which I have and for ever forbidden and deny, and for fear that those and the like things should come to pass upon thee (to that in thy Conscience which is of me which thou hatest do I speak, which will witness me and condemn thee for thy stiffe-neckednesse) that this is the cause that thou dost so torment my tender Lambs, and because thou dost these things, and will not be warned, but wilt still provoke me to jealousy by thy Idols, I even I which plagued thy forefathers, will proceed against thee by my sword, I will plead with thee by and with the fire of my jealousy, till thou that wouldst not obey my Council which I did give in thy Conscience be utterly laid waist and desolate, and I will blot out thy name, as I have blotted out the name of thy forefathers who held up the same thing that thou dost, and I will get me honour in destroying thee, as I got me honour in destroying thy fathers before thee, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord God, whose hand is not shortened but is strongly stretched out to destroy and slay all that will not that I should reign over them; therefore expect my plague, for it is near at hand to come upon thee, and my hand will I hold no longer, for because of the Cry of the oppressed and the many prisoners who unjustly suffers, my heart is moved with pity towards them, that I can hold my hand no longer, but suddenly pour forth my hit displeasure upon thee, for I will not always strive with thee but will come quickly; the Cup of thy fornication is full, and the Cup of my wrath is full also; and now expect fullness for fullness, this is thy portion, wrath for pleasure thou shalt receive, I the Lord have spoken it, whose word is without repentance; and now people thy time is short and draweth very nigh, except thou wilt be warned.  
This was I moved of the Lord to write in the name and power of the Lord, to be a warning to all who love to see Jesus Christ's reign, that either have done, or countenanced the hardhearted Generation of persecutors; Now I have cleared my Conscience to thee in the sight of the Almighty, not desiring the death of any, but rather that thou wouldst turn and be saved, in love I rest a Friend to that which the proud and selfe-exalted Lords over, and for my love to them, by them in scorn am I called a Quaker, whose earthly name is Christopher Fell.   

A warning to all the Rulers in these Nations.  
ANd now o Judges, Rulers, and Heads of the people in these Nations, you may read your Cloud of Witnesses who are your example, who persecute the Innocent, and turn aside the needy for a thing of naught; You may read in the Scripture what they were, and what manner of Princes, Kings, and Rulers they were, who were persecutors in all Generations, and do not you say in your hearts you are Christians, and walk in the same footsteps of them who persecuted the Prophets and them that were sent early and late to forewarn them, and stood in the gate and declared in their Towns and Cities against the abominations that were committed; and Jeremy they put in the Dungeon that his feet sticked in the mire, and put his feet fast in the stocks; and Micha in prison, and Daniel in the Den of Lions, and Herod and Pilate were made Friends in the persecuting of Christ, and they set him at naught, and the Priests and the Rulers conspired against him, and sought to entrap him in his words; and the Apostles they put in prison, in the stocks, and whipped them and scourged them, and commanded them to departed out of their towns and villages and Cities, and called them seditious, and pestilent fellows, and said they bred tumults in the Cities, when as they were tumultuous themselves, and persecuted, and mocked, and shamefully entreated: And now you that are found acting in those practices are found acting the same, you may read your Cloud of Witnesses and your example, and be ashamed o England, England, and Ireland, is this the fruit of the great profession you have made so many years, and now when you are proved the best of you is as a brier, and the most upright sharper than a thorne-hedge. What is become of the promises you made in the day of your Calamity, when sorrow and fear and oppression compassed you about on every side? Hath the Lord broken the yoke from all your necks, and is your finger becoming heavier than their loins? Was there so great oppression and cruelty acted among the Bishops and Prelates? Was prisons so filled, was there such begins and traps laid for the Innocent when their High Commission Court was up?  
O shame shame! that ever it should come in the ears, or be reported in other Nations, that ever you should requite the Lord thus for all his love and mercies; that he should break the yoke from off your necks, and scatter your enemies on every side, and cut them off in his wrath, and hath given you their habitations to dwell in, and the power into your hands. Shall the axe boast itself against him that hews therewith? and will ye requite the Lord thus for his love? Surely these things are come before the Lord, and a book of remembrance is written; and all these things shall stand as witness against you when the book of Conscience is laid open: But you, may be, will say, you know no such that suffers for Conscience sake; Turn but your ear and listen but to every Goal and prison in every County, and there may you see many of your poor Brethren stopped up in holes among murderers, and thiefs, and transgressors, even they who have borne a part with you, in the sufferings with the Nations in the heat of the day, and if you say they have transgressed any Law, why do you not execute it upon them, but some kept in prison two or three years, and never called to know what is the matter. But friends know this, many suffers now for the transgression of no known Law, but may be have cried out in your Towns against iniquity, or have declared against the blindness and ignorance of some who go in the way of the false Prophets, and in the error of Balaam; O the Land is full of such Deceivers as have flattered the people and her Princes, till the Lord bathed his sword in their blood, and now they are flattering you, and sowing pillows under your armholes; If you say as the Pharisees said, We have a Law, and by our Law he ought to die, if you execute those Laws and stand to those Laws which were made by them that oppressed you, the same shall come upon you, as came upon them, and God will break the yoke from off the necks of the oppressed, and the yoke shall be laid upon yours who makes a man an Offender for a word, and therefore consider, a warning to you all, and be you warned from the Lord God, to cease from oppressing the Innocent, nay you are left all without excuse, for I know you are not ignorant of these things; and further I say unto you, uphold not them by your power who are flattering the Nations, and crying peace, and daubing the people with untempered mortar, and telling them they are Christians when they are Heathens, and live in that nature that puts Christ to open shame, for the hand of the Lord is against them, and profanes hath gone from them, those Teachers that use their tongues and say, he saith, when the Lord hath never spoken to them, and therefore the people are lost for lack of knowledge, and there is not one among them that is able to turn any from his Iniquity; and therefore I say unto you, stint not nor limit not the Lord by your wills, nor your Laws made in your wills, for if you do he which rends the heavens, and makes the earth reel as a Cottage, will break you and your Laws together, and there shall be none that shall be able to deliver you out of his hand who is pure and holy just and true, and will not give his glory to another, for he alone works and who shall let, and will bring his own work to pass, and none shall hinder; and therefore take heed you strive not against the Lord, and so be broken upon the stumbling Stone to pieces. A lover of righteousness and a Friend to all just power.  
Francis howgil.   

A warning to all the World.  
Woo woe unto all the Inhabitants, for the Lord God of power is coming in Power and great glory with ten thousand of his Saints to judge the Earth, and to make a desolation, and an utter overthrow, and a Consumption shall come upon all flesh, and its glory shall be stained, for all flesh hath corrupted its way and gone a whoring after other Gods, and hath committed fornication with strangers, and whoredoms with the uncircumcised, and the Land is filled with monsters, and the living God is departed from, the Lord is grieved, the Lord is weary with forbearing, and will no longer forbear; Now is he arising to execute his Judgement in the Earth, and to sift the Nations, and all shall now be put into an even balance, and the wicked shall be as dust and as chaff which the wind blows away, and shall be scattered and never more gathered, for a fire is come out of Zion, it's before the Lord of Hosts, and its tempestuous round about him; Coals of fire are kindled by the breath of his nostrils, to burn up all the stubble and chaff, even by the breath of his mouth the Lord hath uttered his voice before his Army, for his Camp is great, as a Lion and is greedy of his prey as a young Lion, he will not spare but devour and destroy all the uncircumcised, and cut off from the Earth even all the abominable: Tremble, tremble, O Earth before the Lord, and all ye careless Sons and Daughters that live at ease in the flesh, in wantonness and in mirth, a day of howling is coming upon you, a day of sorrow and lamentation; Howle howl and weep ye that spend your days in vanity, in lust and pleasure, killing the Just; ye Drunkards your throats are as an open Sepulchre, your throats shall be dried up and parched with the flame of the Lords indignation, the Lion shall be famished; Dives end is your portion you covetous greedy Deceivers, oppressors, liars, swearers, proud, envious, contentious quarrellers, ye vain airy light minds, ye are as dust, and will have your portion in the lake that burns; Tophet is prepared, Hell hath enlarged herself, the grave stands open to receive you, the Pitt hath opened her mouth, the Deep shall swallow you up, ye rebellious and stiffnecked Generation, who fears not the Lord, but adds sin unto sin, behold the day is coming, ye shall wish the Mountains to fall upon you, and the rocks to cover you, and shall seek death, but shall not find it, the Arm of the Lord is stretched out, the band of the most High is against you, you fruitless trees that cumber the ground, you shall be cut up by the roots and cast into the fire, ye liars, swearers, cursed speakers, ye proud and covetous, double dealers and hypocrites, which say in word what you are not in deed, and make a profession of the name of God, but departs not from iniquity; the trumpet of the Lord is blown out of Zion, the Alarm is sounded out of the holy Mountain, let all the Inhabitants of the Earth tremble, a noise of war and rumour of war is heard, his sword is furbished and brandished to make a great slaughter, and the slain of the Lord shall be many; O ye potsherds of the Earth, will ye strive against the Lord, will ye set briers and thorns in battle against him, who shakes the Heavens, and makes the Earth reel as a Cottage, which dries up the face of the deep, and cuts off all the fresh Springs, and makes the Cedars fall, and powers down snares upon the wicked, fire and hail, storm and tempest, and pillars of smoke, this shall be your portion to drink, the mouth of the Lord of Hosts hath spoken it; O foolish people and unwise, when will you seek after Wisdom, Wisdom hath lift up her voice in the streets, but you have stopped your ears as deaf Adders, and say in your hearts, we will not have righteousness to rule over us, but we will walk as our Fathers, and worship as other Nations do, and as them whom the Lord hath cut off out of these Nations as untimely fruit, and are perished with the uncircumcised: Fear fear, tremble tremble, ye Careless ones, ye hard hearts, ye rocks shall be broken, ye Cedars shall fall, ye strong Oaks shall be cut up by the roots your root shall perish, ye Mountains shall melt, ye wild savage Creatures, that are as wild Asses upon the mountains, a month is coming wherein you will be found, And a day is at hand wherein you shall see him whom you have pierced, yea, behold the Judge of all the World stands at the door, even of the quick and the dead, and he comes in the Clouds with power & great glory, and every eye shall see him, and every heart shall melt, and all faces shall gather palnes, and all knees shall smite together, and every tongue shall confess his Judgement just, when he shall execute his wrath upon you, and sweep you into the pit, and blow you away with the whirlwind of his wrath, and then you shall be judged out of the book of your Consciences, therefore fear fear & repent, repent and prise your time while you have it, and mind the light of Christ Jesus that shows you your Iniquities and sins, and it love and it will turn you from sin and unrighteousness to Christ Jesus, from whence the light comes, and it love and it will judge all your vain actions, and bring condemnation upon all the deceit, and lead you to true confession and forsaking, and to know the Lord is pure and holy, and nothing that is evil can dwell in his sight; and so remember you are all warned in your life time, lest you be swept away into the pit, and perish for ever and ever, and there be none to deliver you, and unto you this is the word of the living God, whether you hear or forbear.  
F. H.   

A Lamentation over all England, who are yet under the curse, & are yet in their first nature, and shut out from the presence of the Lord.  
THere was a time when Christ wept over Jerusalem, so do I even lament over thee O England, for the same nature bears rule in thee now as was in Jerusalem then, for thou art persecuting them now, 
Mat. 23.37, 38. Luke 13.34.  who are sent to forewarn thee of the evil of thy do O England, how would the Lord have gathered thee together as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings and ye would not, but hast gone on contrary to the light in the conscience, therefore your habitations shall be left unto you desolate; Woe be unto you Scribes and Pharises hypocrites, for you build the Tombs of the Prophets and garnish the Sepulchers of the righteous, and you are saying, 
Mat. 23.29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34.  if we had been in the days of our fathers we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the Prophets, and so you are witnessing that you are the children of them that murdered the Prophets, and ye are fulfilling the measure of your fathers, O serpents the generation of vipers how shall ye escape the damnation of hell? behold I send unto you Prophets and wise men, and of them shall you kill and crucify, and of them shall you scourge in your Synagogues and persecute from City to City; and in thee oh England is this Scripture now fulfilling, O England, England, that thou didst but know the judgements that hang over thy head because of thy disobedience, and because of thy going on still contrary to the light in thy conscience; O England be obedient unto the Lord in this day of thy visitation, O that thou hadst an eye to see where thou standest, for thou standest upon a slippery standing, 
Rom. 15.2.  as a Sea of glass with fire, ready to fall into destruction thou art for thy disobedience unto the Lord thy God. O return, return all you that are in the first nature, going on in your sins, in lying, swearing, scoffing, jeering, pride, covetousness, backbiting, envying, cozening, cheating, and all manner of wickedness, 
Gen. 3.24.  O you are shut out from the presence of the Lord, and the flaming sword is turning every way to cut you down, 
Rev. 12.12.  so that you cannot come to the tree of life; Woe be unto the inhabitants of the Earth and of the Sea, for the Devil is come down unto you having great wrath, knowing that he hath but a short time; therefore return unto the Lord, and seek him whilst he may be found, for this is the day of the Lords love unto your souls, now while you have time prise it, lest ye be cast into utter darkness, there shall be weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth, and there sinners that die in their sins shall be tormented for ever.  

Mat. 25.30.  I cannot choose but lament for thee O England, O that mine head were full of water and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep for thine inhabitants O England, who proceed from evil to worse, and they have not known me, saith the Lord, But let every one take heed of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother, for every brother will use deceit, and every friend will deal deceitfully, and every one will deceive his friend and will not speak the truth, 
Jer. 9.1.  for they have brought their tongue to speak lies, and take great pains to do wickedly, their feet are swift to shed blood, their throat is an open Sepulchre, under their tongues is the poison of Asps, their habitation is in the midst of Deceivers, because of their deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord; Therefore thus saith the Lord of Hosts, Behold I will melt them and try them, for what shall I else do? for the daughters of my people their tongues shoot out and speaketh deceit, one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him: O I lament for you to see the miseries that are coming upon you without ye repent; therefore, return, return, O England, unto the Lord and he will heal thy backslidings and love thee freely; Return, saith the Lord, and I will not let my wrath fall upon you, but thou hast rebelled against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways unto strange Gods under every green tree, but ye would not obey my voice, saith the Lord; 
Jer. 13.6.  O ye disobedient children return again, for I am your God, and I will take you one of a City and two of a Tribe and will bring you to Zion if you be willing and obedient: Therefore O England yield up obedience unto the Lord and he will make three the glory of the Nations; wash thine heart clean from wickedness, and hate the evil, and love the good, and establish righteous judgements in thy Gates, and the Lord will be merciful unto the Remnant that hath escaped the dark and cloudy day, for the long night of Apostasy is over and gone, and the bright morning Star is risen in the hearts of the Sons and daughters of the most high, praised be the Lord that it was his good will and pleasure to leave a seed in thee O Englnnd: O return, return, repent, repent, why will ye die O house of Israel; Now there are many that desire the day of the Lord as they call it, the laying down of their flesh in the earth, and they are yet in their sins, and they think they shall be purified after death, but there is no remembrance of thee in the pit, 
Eccles. 11.3.  there is no calling on thee in the grave, for if the tree fall towards the South, or towards the North, in the place the tree falleth it shall lie: Therefore woe to such that desire the day of the Lord, what have ye to do with it? 
Amos 5.18, 19  the day of the Lord is darkness and not light, as if a man did flee from a Lion and a Bear met him or went into the house and leaned his hand upon the wall and a Serpent bitten him: O therefore you that intent that your souls may live or enjoy the presence of the Lord, yield up obedience to the pure light of Christ in the conscience, and return with speedy repentance, for the day of the Lord it is ne'er hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the Lord the strong man shall there cry bitterly, that day is a day of wrath, and a day of trouble, and a day of heaviness, and a day of destruction, and a day of desolation, and a day of obscurity and darkness, 
Ephes. 1.14.  a day of clouds and darkness, a day of the Trumpet and alaram against the strong Cities and the high towers, against those that are strong in their fleshly wisdom, and high in their earthly imaginations; 
Jer. 30.7.  for the world by wisdom knows not God, neither indeed can it because it is spiritually discerned. O England thou hast long been led by thy blind guides, 
Joel 2.11.  which have told thee that the steeple house is the Church, but they are l arse, the Church is in God; O turn you, turn you; turn your minds within to the pure light of Christ in your consciences, that so you may come to witness a separation between the precious and the vile in you, 
Cor. 2.14.  so you may come to have the old heart taken away and a new heart given you that may bring forth the righteous, then shall you come to say with David, thou hast made me wiser than my teachers; there you will come to see the inhabitants of the Earth howl, 
Thes. 11.  and low places of the Earth roar, for the company of Merchants are destroyed, all they that bear Silver are cut off, so with the light of Christ within you you may come to witness your Jerusalem searched with his light within you, 
Thes. 1.11.  so you may come to see your barren ground to be broken up which hath long lain fallow, in steed of Grapes hath brought forth wild Grapes; O England thou hast long lost thy key of knowledge; O now repent and do thy first works, thou wast created holy but through thy disobedience to the light in thy conscience thou hast been shut out from the presence of the Lord, because thou hast not walked humbly before him: O break up thy fallow ground & sow not amongst thorns, be circumcised unto the Lord, and take away the foreskin of your hearts, for of man as he is in his first nature is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked, & who can find it out? Therefore now return your minds within & seek no more the kingdom of Heaven in outward observations, prove yourselves whether you are in the faith, examine your own selves; know ye not that Jesus Christ is in you except ye be reprobates; therefore now see by that light that is within you, see who it is rules within you, and come to see whether that small seed be not buried within you, which lieth low, even in the dust; for the kingdom of Heaven is compared to a small thing, even to a grain of musterdseed, which is said in the Scripture to be the least of all seeds; now be ye obedient to this small seed which lieth low within you, & therein it will grow to be the strongest of all seeds, so keeping your minds stayed upon it, to wait upon the Lord to be guided by his counsel.  
From the Dungeon of Easham, by a lover of your souls and a prisoner of Jesus Christ, Tho: Wooddrove.  
FINIS.