A Lamenting vvord shewing how there is a desertion come upon us, and what are the evils, and with whom they are found that have procured it unto us / delivered by way of testimony unto the present work of God and against the defection of these times in the drawing back of many from it.

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A Lamenting vvord shewing how there is a desertion come upon us, and what are the evils, and with whom they are found that have procured it unto us / delivered by way of testimony unto the present work of God and against the defection of these times in the drawing back of many from it.

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London :: Printed for Thomas Brewster,

1657.

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Contents

• title page
• To all the Pretious Saints, who stand upon their Watch in this hour of Temptation.
• A lamenting Word.
  • The light we had in the late War and changes, what it was.
  • The faith we had in the late Changes, what it was.
  • The Testimony God gave to us in the late Changes, what it was.
  • The desertion that is now upon us, what it is.
  • The first symtome of the desertion that is upon us.
  • A second Signe.
  • A third Signe.
  • A fourth Signe.
  • A fifth sign that the Lord is departed.
  • The sixth Signe.
  • The sins that have brought this desertion upon us, what they are, and with whom they are found.
  • The sin of the Army, what.
  • The Sin of the Powers that have been, and are.
  • The Sin of our Teachers.
  • The Sin of the Churches.
  • The sin of those Christians who are not in Churches.
  • What Dispensation that is, that can bring Healing to us.
  • This Principle being laid for a Foundation, these Conclusions do with clearness follow: