AN ALARM TO The Inhabitants of the Earth, That they all may be awakened and shake off their polluted garments, and meet the Lord with speedy repentance, before his wrath break out against them, and none be able to quench it.  
And here is a true declaration of the wrath and indignation of God, which shall certainly fall upon the Priests and all that join with them.  
And here is a warning to all Rulers, Magistrates, and men in Authority, that they all do that which is just and right, and that they all take heed how they join in persecution (with the Priests and Dragon) against the Lambs of Christ lest they perish together.  
Also a salutation to the children of Light, who are turned to the Lord especially to them in Dorcet shire.  By T.W. 
A Wake, awake, O inhabitants of the earth, (high and low, rich and poor, noble and ignoble) and prepare to meet the Lord, your maker, by speedy repentance, and cast off all those filthy garments wherewith you have long been covered, even with the robes of darkness, cain's robes, and Ishmaels' robes, and Hamon's clothing, have your hearts been covered with, for all you Priests, Rulers, and people of all degrees that live in envy, and wrath, and cruelty, and oppression; you in whom these things abound, you live in cain's nature, and with his robes you are covered, and even as he was a fugitive driven from God, so are you fugitives, and alienated from the pure innocent life of God: and all you that live in scoffing and scorning, and in light-mindedness, and in whom vanity and folly is found, you are of Ishmaels' stock, and in his nature you are standing, and in his race you are swiftly running, and your end will be destruction, woe and misery except you speedily repent and turn to the Lord, and forsake the evil of your do, for your sins have ascended upon high and the just is grieved with your wickedness! O how scorning, tearing, and reviling, and wickedness abounds, in all cities, towns, and streets in England, it is even grievous to behold! and the people both old and young delight in vanity, and their tongues talk of folly, and their lips and mouth utters forth perverse and foolish things, and their minds are grievously corrupted through wicked devises, and their hearts are gone a whoring (from the pure fear of the Lord) after evil inventions! O how pride, and hautiness, and high mindedness abounds, and superabounds through all parts of the Nation, in all cities and towns, steeplehouses, and through all parts of the Nation, in all cities and towns, steeplehouses, and markers, it is even woeful to behold, yea even as Lot's righteous so I was grieved with the Sodomites wicked conversation; even so is the souls of the children of the Lord grieved at this day, to see and behold the wicked conversation, of the people, who profess themselves to be Christians, but walk quite contrary to the life of a Christian; for they that are Christians they have received the spirit of Christ, and by it they are led and guided, and through the effectual working of the same spirit in them they are become new creatures. But with the Priests, and they that are under their discipline, and such as own the hirelings to be their Ministers it is not so, for among them the old sin of Sodom is found, yea all manner of uncleanness is found among the Priest's Congregations, in which they pray and sing: yea all people that are not bewitched and blinded with their sorceries may see the wickedness of the Priests, for their fruits do demonstrate what spirit they are of, and their covetous practices and their casting into prisons, and suing at the law, such as cannot put into their mouths, doth plainly manifest that they are not of God, nor sent by him, neither is the people come to the knowledge of the truth by hearing them; and therefore let all who have desires after God and his truth turn away from them, and not partake with them in their sins, lest you partake with them in their plagues, for certainly they have a terrible cup to drink, yea the cup of the sore vengeance and fiery indignation of the Almighty God of heaven and earth is prepared for them to drink, and drink it you must priests as sure as God is true, yea the rod of God you shall feel assuredly, for by you have the souls of many been starved, and their blood will the Lord God require at your hands, and your portion shall be in the lake that burns for ever and ever, and your sorrows shall greatly increase, and of your pain there shall be no end, and this shall surely come upon you, as surely as ever you were born into the world except you repent, and humble yourselves before the Lord God of heaven and earth, whose name is greatly dishonoured by you, (both Priests and people) that take the name of the Lord into your mouths, and live in wickedness, and in unrighteousness, in pride, and vanity, and in covetousness, envy, wrath, and bitterness, fraud and deceit, and all manner of wickedness; yea what sin was there in Sodom, but that there is the like in the Priests and their hearers? they are the spiritual Sodom and Egypt, in whom the Lord Jesus is crucified a fresh, and put to open shame, ye the  witness of God in them they trample upon, and when it ariseth at any time to judge or to condemn them for any of their wickedness they kick against it, and call it a temptation, and so put light for darkness, and darkness for light, and bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter; but now is the pure day dawned unto many, and the true light shines, (glory be to the Lord for ever) and with it you are seen (Priests) and comprehended from whence you sprung and what stock you are of, and you and your father the Pope must go down into the pit from whence you did arise, for I bear forth my testimony before all people, that the hand of the Lord is against you, (and my testimony is true and shall stand for ever) and all your prayers you offer up from your corrupted hearts are an abomination unto the Lord, and all your singing in your steeplehouses and assemblies is an odious thing unto the Lord, it is even like the yelling of Dragons in the desert, and the Lords soul is burdened with it: and he is now arisen, and arising to take vengeance upon his adversaries that oppress his seed, and he will power forth his wrath and indignation upon all them that will not have his son Christ (the light of the world) to reign over them, but do still go on in the frowardness of their ways, surely the Lord will be avenged on such a people as this.  
And therefore all people high and low, rich and poor, men of all degrees return unto the Lord with speedy repentance, lest he suddenly break forth upon you in his wrath and fiery indignation and none be able to quench it, for verily, verily a great and terrible controversy hath the Lord God determined against the inhabitants of the whole earth, and woe, woe, will be unto all them whose hearts are fixed in the earth and erathly things, and take delight therein, more that in the Lord that made them and gave all men life and being, and therefore consider all people, and see what your hearts are taking delight in, whether in the Creator or in the creatures, which will fade as the grass and perish in one day, for all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man is as the glory of the field, and suddenly vanisheth away even as the smoke before the wind, and all the proud and haughty ones, and all the careless ones, who are at ease in the flesh, whose hearts takes pleasure and delight in vanity, they shall all be as stubble ready dried before a mighty and unquenchable fire in that great and notable day which now draweth nigh, wherein the Lord God will reveal himself from heaven in flames of fire, rendering vengeance upon the head of his enemies and upon all them that slight and neglect the day of their visitation, wherein the Lord waits to be gracious, and hath mercy for all those that return unto him in the true integrity of their hearts, and do in meekness and in lowliness of mind, in the pure fear of the Lord wait upon him, them the Lord will deal graciously with, he will take care for them, he will feed them with pure food, and he will water them with sweet & pleasant does, he will fight their battles for them & he will subdue their enemies, both within & fight their battles for them & he will subdue their enemies, both within & without; he will break down the mountains, and he will make the rough ways plain before them, and they shall not be hungry, neither shall they be thirsty, neither shall the heat smite them, nor the sun make them faint, for the Lord who hath compassion on them, he will lead them to the springs of water, where they shall drink and be refreshed, and their souls satisfied: and this is already witnessed by thousands of them who are returned (out of the darkness vanity, and pollutions of the world) unto the Lord, and are joined unto him in the covenant of light, life, and peace, and are now become followers of the Lamb of God, (who is the light of the world) and do follow him through the suffering state, mockings and reproaches, and revile of wicked and ungodly men, yea moreover cruel whip, bonds and imprisonments, casting into dungeons and filthy noisome holes; and in all this we feel the word of patience, which carries us through all tribulations, and so are willing to suffer with him who is a man of sorrows, that with him we may also reign, and this I certainly know that none can reign with him but they that suffer with him, yet every one according to his own measure, and not all alike, but every one according to the proportion of the gift that God hath given unto them, so all (who are in the covenant of life joined unto God) do feel and witness the measure of the sufferings of Christ fulfilled in them, and as their sufferings do abound, so they feel the joy and the peace much more to abound, and the pure love of God they feel wherewith they are relieved, and comforted in the time of great adversity when wicked and ungodly men rage and fret, and the enemy makes his assault both within and without, than the Lord he reveals his pure power (into his children who trust in him) and with it they are made bold and valiant to the amazement and confounding of their enemies, and so it is not by their own strength that they get the victory but by the power of God only, by which the Lord God keeps and preserves his children and servants, that diligently in his fear do wait upon him, (who by the world are called Quakers) to receive of his wisdom, and to be filled with his power, which is the sword with which they make war in righteousness, and with it strong holds are broken down and principalities are spoilt, and with (this sword) the power of God they do prevail, and shall prevail, and no weapon form against them shall prosper, for they are the seed which God hath blessed, and all that do or shall rise up against them shall be broken, and snared and confounded, for of a truth the Lord is with them, and his arm compasseth them about, and though all the powers of darkness be stirred up against them, (in the Priests & ungodly Rulers) yet they shall never be overcome, nor the gates of hell shall never be able to prevail against them, for the Lord he is with them who is greater than all and hath-power over death and hell and woe will be to all them that seek to quench the appearance of the Lord in his people, and therefore all people take heed how you strive against the Lord and against his truth, which is now made manifest and declared by his children, who are hated & reviled and evil spoken of, & all take heed how you join any longer with the Priests, and seek to hold them up, for all that strive to build up them, they strive to build up that which the Lord will throw down, ye this will the Lord do whether you can hear it or not, the thing shall certainly come to pass, and their downfall hastens, and the day draweth on wherein they shall fall, and shall never be able to rise any more.  
And therefore all you rulers of the earth, and ye that are in the place of Magistrates, and men in authority, be you all warned that you all do that which is just & equal unto all men, even as you would that men should do unto you, for this is right, & this doth the Lord require of you all, & I warn you all in the fear of the Lord God, that you all take heed how you join yourselves (& your power) with the Prince of darkness, (& the Priests whom the wrath of God is against) to persecute these innocent people (called quakers) that hath done you no harm, neither have they done any violence or wrong to any man but for the testimony of a good conscience, and for witnessing and declaring against the ungodliness of the Priests and people, and for testifying against that great abomination (Tithes) which was first instituted by the Pope's authority, (among those called Christians) have we suffered all this grievous oppression and afflictions which have been inflicted upon many of us, by casting into prisons, and dungeons, and filthy places, not fit for good dogs (as the jailer of Evesham said to H. S. and I who were at that time in the dungeon, (which was not a fit place for a good dog he said) besides cruel whip, stockeing and stoning, in your streets, and many have had their goods spoilt, and in all this the Priests have had a hand, and the Rulers have been very ready and attentive to the Priests, to help them with their assistance, as your steeple-houses, stocks, and prisons, will manifest to all sober people, that are honest hearted: but this do you all know assuredly that the Lord God who is just and righteous in all his ways, (and will not suffer the oppressor to go unpunished) he will call you to an account for these things, and will give unto every one of you a just reward, according to your do, yea even as you have afflicted, and scourged the innocent lambs of Christ, so shall you be afflicted with a sore affliction, and shall be scourged with the rod of God's wrath yea even as you have thirsted after blood, blood shall you drink and even as you have cast the members of Christ into dungeons and filthy holes; so shall you that join with the Priests, and the old Dragon (their Master) against the Lord's people be cast into the lake that burneth for ever, except you repent and turn from your wicked ways, and own the light of Christ (in you) which reproves for sin and ungodliness, and will lead into soberness and meekness (if you obey it) and to do unto all men as you would they should do unto you, and to this pure light of Christ Jesus (in all your consciences) which judgeth and reproves you in secret, when you do that which is evil, unto this must you all bow and bend if ever you know peace with God, or salvation from sin: and in vain do any expect salvation who are not turned to the light of Christ (in them) which makes manifest sin in its first appearance, and it doth not only discover sin, but it also leads out of sin all them that love it and obey it; and now all them that are not yet turned to the light, they are in the darkness and in the alienation, and are strangers to the light of righteousness; and these are them that hate, and persecute those that do walk in the light (unto which they themselves are not joined) for darkness cannot have any communion with light, but they that walk in the light they have unity one with another, and they persecute none, neither envy they any man, for the children of light never persecuted any but they were always in all ages persecuted by cain's generation; and out of the same nature that was in Cain (in which he slew his brother) doth all the persecution arise from the foundation of the world even unto this day; for there is but two generations (to wit) the children of light and the children of darkness, and the children of darkness always persecuted the children of light, and therefore look back all ye persecutors, and see whose stock ye are of, and the witness of God in you, will tell you that you are of cain's generation, whose offspring you are; you are of Hamon's seed whose envy was almost as great against the poor scattered Jews, as yours is against the Quakers, yet the Lord he delivered them out of his hand, and brought destruction upon their enemies, and the Lord he is the same God as he was then, and as mighty in power as he was then, and he will deliver his people out of their enemy's hands, and will assuredly bring his plagues and judgements upon all them that seek their ruin, as ever he did upon Hammon, and the more you strive to overcome them, the more shall they increase and flourish, for as the persecution doth abound, so much the more their consolation with Christ doth abound, and the more abundantly is the power of the Lord made manifest in them, and in it, they lie down in rest and peace, in a quiet habitation, into which the unclean cannot come, for the power of the Lord compasseth them about, and in it they rest in safety and none can make them afraid.  
From him who is a● one of the lest of the Lords servants is this written and sent abroad among all people as a warning to them all, that they all repent and turn to the Lord with speed, before the wrath of God breaks forth upon them; for these things which are here declared, shall certainly fall upon all the unrepented ones. Thomas Woodrove.   

A Salutation to the Children of light who are turned to the Lord especially to them in .  
ALL you children of the light who are turned to the Lord, lift up your heads and rejoice and be you bold and valiant for the Lord and for his truth, and all walk wisely and circumspectly in all times and in all places, that the name of the Lord may be honoured by you all, and all keep down to the pure, meek and lowly principal in you all, and then shall you never want bread to feed upon, nor water to drink, but your bread shall be sure, and your springs shall never be dry, and your light shall always shine, and your sun shall never go down, and your moon shall never be eclipsed nor be hid, but the Lord will be your everlasting light, your rock and your strong fortress, and the Lord God Almighty, who is rich and large, and bountiful unto all his children that hunger and thirst after him, he will crown you with strength and honour, as you keep faithful unto him, and all the powers of darkness shall never prevail against you, for the Lord is with us, and he is greater than all, and his power rules over all, and he hath the hearts of all men in his own hand, and he can do with them as he pleases, and unto him all shall bow, and all the high Oaks, and all the tall Cedars shall bend themselves; before the Lords pure presence, who is now arisen for the redemption of his own seed: from under its grievous oppression and cruel bondage, and now must that which hath held (the Lord's seed) captive, go into captivity, and this is the mighty work that the Lord hath, and is bringing to pass, and therefore let all the living praise his name for ever and ever, and all walk worthy of your calling whereunto the Lord hath called you, and all prize the Lords rich love towards you, in that he hath visited you, and made known the way of life and salvation unto you, and hath in a great measure redeemed you from the pollutions of this world, and from under the chains of darkness, (under which you had long been bound) and hath pulled the feet of many out of the mire and clay, and hath set them upon a rock where they stand sure; O endless rich love! glory, glory, honour and praises be unto thy name Lord God Omnipotent, for thou art worthy.  
And all friends every where let not the gracious deal of the Lord towards you be forgotten, but let it be had, in a perpetual remembrance, and all walk worthy of the Lords rich love and mercy towards you, and let not the name of the Lord nor his truth be dishonoured by any disorderly walking, but all keep in the fear of God, and there the power of God you will feel, and in it be preserved, but out of the fear of God, out of the power of God, so all dwell in the fear of God, and here the power is known.  
From him who is a Babe in Christ, or as one of the lest of all that have believed, yet to the truth and all that live in it I know my love is not the . T. W. Written in the 3d. month 1659.   

London, Printed in the 3d. month, for M. W. 1659.