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and by us exalt his name, truth, and falvation unta the ends of the earth.

Therefore let the winds of imagination blow, the storms of perfecution beat, and the fea of raging malice foam yea, "though the fig-tree fhall not blof"fom, neither fruit be in the vine; though the la"bour of the olive fail, and the fields yield not their "meat; though the flock be cut off from the fold, " and there be no herd in the stalls';" though nations. should combine against us, and multitudes affemble themselves to our overthrow ;-yet, be it reported to the nations, and let it be told unto the people, that we shall still confide and rejoice in that everlafting holy God Almighty, Lord of hofts, and King of faints, who hath gathered us, and therefore is by us, over all things in heaven, and things on earth, bleffed and renowned for ever!

A cautionary POSTSCRIPT to the People of England. FRIENDS,

WH

HILST you have a day, prize it, and whilft you have the light, believe in it; for this is the word of the Lord God, that made heaven and earth, to you all; the time is at hand, that he that is unrighteous, must be unrighteous ftill. Be not deceived, put not the day far from you; neither cry, the Lord is on our fide; for his indignation is ready to be revealed, and destruction is at the door.

Calamity, pining, and distress, is coming upon you, yea, a confumption is decreed, and trouble, perplexity, and terrible defolation; and what hand shall stop it? for the Lord God of hofts is arifing, to avenge himfelf of his enemies, and to ease himself of the cruel oppreffor of his righteous feed; yea, the mighty he will humble, and the proud fhall be laid low. He

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will fmite the wanton with palenefs, and the defpifer fhall perish off the earth; and all the inftruments of wickedness and oppreffion will he dash in pieces; and you fhall know, that the Majefty which dwells on high is on our fide, and that the nations of them who are faved shall walk in obedience to the light.

But unto fuch as believe in the light, and live in the daily cross, who have forfaken either father, mother, fifter, brother, house, land, husband or wife, for this bleffed teftimony; and that through the good report and bad report are journeying on, towards an everlasting inheritance: bleffings, honour, immortality, and eternal life, from God the Father, and the Lord Jefus Christ, Amen.

I am not of this world, but feek a country eternal in the heavens.

Newgate in London,

the 7th of the zd

month, 1671.

WILLIAM PEN N.

THE

OR,

Those fo generally believed and applauded

Of

DOCTRINES,

One God, fubfifting in three distinct and
separate Perfons,

The Impoffibility of God's pardoning Refuted,
Sinners, a plenary Satisfaction,

The Juftification of impure Perfons, by

an imputative Righteousness,

From the Authority of Scripture Teftimonies, and right Reafon.

By WILLIAM PEN N,

A Builder on that Foundation which cannot be moved.

But to us there is but one God the Father, of whom are all

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To the Unprejudiced READER.

T was the fault of fome in ancient times, that they made void God's law by mens traditions, and certainly I may now affume the fame complaint; for whilft I take a ferious profpect of the fpiritual nature and tendency of the fecond covenant, which God Almighty, in the fulness of time, by his prophets, prophefied to make and perfect; and alfo the accomplishment thereof by Jefus Chrift, and what was brought to pass amongst the primitive believers; methinks I do not only fee an utter abolishment of ceremonial worships, but the infcribing that fpiritual law on the heart, and infusion of holy fear to the inward parts, whereby each perfon became capacitated to know fo much of God, as fuited with his prefent state, from an infallible demonstration in himself, and not on the flender grounds of mens lo-here interpretations, or lo-there; for the kingdom of God is within, where himself must be the teacher of his people: but on the other hand, when from the noife of every party's pretenfions to and contentions for their own way, as most infallible, I am induced to an impartial examination of them, alas! how have all adulterated from the purity both of fcripture record, and primitive example! receiving for unquestionable doctrines, the fallible apprehenfions, and uncertain determinations of fuch councils, whofe faction, prejudice, and cruelty, foon parallelled the foregoing heathenifh perfecutions; and yet that the refults of perfons fo incompetently qualified, fhould at this day in their authority remain unqueftioned by the nations, is matter both of aftonishment and pity; but an implicit faith has ex een the confequence of ignorance,

idlenefs,

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