though you may swell in your pride and Glorÿ in your shame and Make a Mock of gods
Messengers that is become your prey (that reproues sinne in the gates) for atime, you will feele
the heauÿ hand of god and his Judgments att Last/

/

ffrom a louer of the truth (and of your soules) and Righteousness but a wittness agt
all such as make a trade of the prophetts words christ and the Appostles words, and -

are

founde in ye stepts of them that persecuted the prophetts christ and ye appostles life who
will persecute them yt will not hould you vp and put into your moueths and giue you meanes
for tithes was before ye law and tith is in the law and tithes since the dayes of the appostles
haue binn all since the falle now christ who comes to End the law and End the warr redeemes

R)

men out of the ninthes againe (they shall Rayne vpon the Earth and knowe the Election wch
was before the worle began,) and tithes now since the dayes of the appostles haue binn
sett vp by the papists by them yt went forth from ye appostles into the worlde soe sett vp by
the falce church that made marchandize of people since the true church went into the -
wilderness but now is the Judgment of the Greate whoare come and ye beast and falce -
prophett ye old Draggon taken and cast into ye fire and the lambe and saintes shall haue
the victorÿ and now is christ come who will make war in Righteousness and Disstroy -
with ye swoard of his Mouth all these Inventers and Inventions yt haue binn sett vp -

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since the Dayes of the appostles and ye true church went into the wilderness and ye
Euerlasting gospell shall bee preached againe wch is the power of god to all nations -
and Kindr<i>eds and toungs in this the lambes daÿ wch you shall Appeere before to Judgmt
and you haue noe way to Escape the first and last the bigining and the Ending the
Alpha and Omega hee yt was Dead is aliue againe and liues for Euermore - /
hath appeared/

(7)
G ff: paper to ye: Justices
at Carlile: yt G: ff:
in prison & persecuted ffrends
1653

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