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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B09926	An epistle written (dated the 30th of the 11th month 1659,) and sent from London into the countrey. By a friend to the glorious (though at this day despised) cause of Christ, in answer to a letter sent up to him (dated the 16th of the same month) wherein the following things are treated of, (viz.) 1. The fifth kingdom it self, which the God of Heaven sets up in the latter dayes. 2. The kingdom of the beast which is to be destroyed. 3. The instruments that are to be used in destroying the one and erecting the other; with the way or manner how they are to be used. 4. The time of the beginning of this work. [bracket] First, before Christs personal comming. Secondly, before the call of the Jewes. Thirdly, that it is already begun, and hath taken place in this nation and that Cromwel with the army, hath apostatized from it, and that all the powers, or governments that have been set up since that time, have been, and still are upon the foundation of the apostacy. As also, severall of the particular evills which the army, and others abetting the apostacy are guilty of. Together with, some considerations tendered to the favourers of Christ's righteous cause, wherein is laid down, their duty of separation from Babylon, and from all the parts and branches (both in church and state) of the forementioned apostacy.	N. S.	1660 (1660)	Wing S119B; ESTC R183121	59,145	52

and Imprisoned and deep Designes and Plots laid to take away their lives the Great Apostates having even been thirsting for their Blood but such hath been the Wisdome and Over-ruleing hand of God that to this day all their Plots have been disappointed and not one of the Remnant hath suffered to the loss of Life by them and though those now in Power or some that may Succeed them may be permitted to come so high as to take away the Lives of many of Gods people as a judgment from the Lord upon them for their turning aside from the Cause of Christ and joyning in affinity with and pertaking of the Sins of Babylon yet surely the Lord that hath hitherto will still preserve the lives of his Faithfull Remnant whom he shall please to keep for his Son in this evil day In former days the lives of Gods faithfull ones were taken away by the Enemies when according to their own Laws they could not lay so much to their Charge as may be Charged upon the Remnant at this day who according to the VVicked Lawes may be adjudged guilty of the Highest Treason in VVitnessing for and Proclaiming Christ the King in opposition to the Usurpers and yet their lives have been and still are preserved and the reason I understand is not that these Usurpers are better then the Cruell Persecutors in former days but they being in that day when Babylon was filling up her measure and making her self Drunk with the Blood of the Saints and these comming upon an Apostacy after Babylons Cup was full and the Vengance of the Lord by the pouring out of his Vialls being begun upon her though the former were permitted to persecute the Faithfull People of God to death yet these are not suffered so to do because the Dispensation is altered and this Work having taken place though great Tryalls and Deaths are come upon it and a great Apostacy from it yet the Lord suffers not the Work to be so farr turned back as that Babylon should drink any more of Zions Blood the streame being now turned upon Babylon but if Gods people abide in and share of Babylons sins let them not think that because they are the People of God they shall escape her Plagues Rev. 18.4 And though Zion must reward Babylon and the Vialls must come forth of the Temple yet the Lord for wise ends and best known to himself may permit the most VVicked and grosser part of Babylon to execute that part of the Vengance that is to come upon such of his Own People who remaine in and pertake of Babylons sins thereby prevent his Own People from doing that part of the VVork which might be unpleasant to them There are many Objections made against this Truth to wit That the Work of the Fifth Kingdome is begun some of them I have already occasionally spoken to in the forementioned Grounds But the great Stumbling Block that lyeth in the way of many is the Apostacy from and so the Death that is come upon this VVork which makes them ready to say with the Disciples Luke 24.21 VVe trusted it had been he c. When this Cause was publickly own'd by the Lord in the High places of the Field there were many that would cry Hosanna to the Son of David and with much rejoyceing imbrace his Cause but since a Death is come upon it the Number of the true Favourers that publickly own it is become very Small When Christ was upon the Earth in the Days of His Flesh shewing and doing great Signes and VVonders there were many own'd and follow'd him but when he comes to the Judgment Cross and Sepulcher very few continued with him severall eminent Disciples were stumbled not understanding the Scriptures till Christ being risen comes and opens them Luk. 24 25 26 27.45 46 and as the Disciples in that so many of the Professing Generation in this day are through ignorance surprised not understanding or at least not so considering that after the Fifth Kingdome hath taken place in the world there must be such an Apostacy from and Death upon it Now if there be an Apostacy from a VVork the VVork must needs take place before the Apostacy without which there could be no such Apostacy That there must be such a Revolting from and Death upon the Work of this Fifth Kingdome Consider First The several Types thereof contained in the Old Testament as Israels coming out of Egypt to Canaan in which were many Revoltings Turnings back and Deaths upon the Work yea Forty Years was the Tryal upon them before they came to Canaan and for ought we can find from the Scriptures the Lord had not before given them warning or told them of this Death in the Wildernes though he had told them exactly how long they should be in Egypt and given them great grounds for sence to say Is the Lord among us and many might cry out as at this day What Scripture ground is there to believe that such a Death should come upon the Work of the Kingdom and if we had no more ground then we find Israel had to expect such a Death yet as it was theirs so it would be our sin after such wonderful Works of God as he hath wrought among us to say as in Exod. 17.7 Is the Lord amongst us or hath the Lord begun to bring us to the promised glory though God had wrought many wonderful VVorks in the sight of Israel of old yet they understood not his wonders no doubt but they knew that such things were done but they understood not the great Design of God in them Psal 106.7 The Second Typical example is from Davids Kingdom which did clearly Type out this Fifth Kingdom according to Luk. 1.32 If we read 1 Sam. 16. to 2 Sam. 6. we may find many Deaths upon the Work of Davids Kingdom after it was begun First whilst he was pursued by Saul and then after Sauls death he obtains but one Tribe to follow him for Seven years and six Moneths 2 Sam. 2.11 There was War betwixt him and the House of Saul long after Sauls death 2 Sam. 3.1 and in most of the time of that Seven years War his Kingdom was under a great Death also there came a great Death upon his Kingdom when his son Absalom conspired against him and all Israel from Dan to Beersheba followed Absalom and David fled from Jerusalem which was the Kings Seat 2 Sam. 15.16.17 Chapters The Third Typical example is Israels return from the 70. years captivity in Babylon to Jerusalem and their building of the Temple great Deaths and Interruptions did attend that Work both from the enemies of Judah who endeavoured to block up the way and from Gods own People who cryed the time is not yet come though they thought it a time for themselves to dwell in their cieled houses and this may be observed by the way that though the enemies of Judah by force did cause the Work to cease