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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85469	The coming of God in mercy, in vengeance; beginning with fire, to convert, or consume, at this so sinful city London: oh! London, London.	Gostelo, Walter.	1658 (1658)	Wing G1319; Thomason E1612_3; Thomason E1833_1; ESTC R202235	30,426	80

The coming of GOD IN MERCY IN VENGEANCE Beginning With fire to Convert or Consume at this so sinful City London Oh! London London Amos the 3. verses 6 7 8. Shall a Trumpet be blown in the City and the people not be afraid Surely the Lord will do nothing but he revealeth his secrets to his servants the Prophets The Lion hath roared who will not be afraid the Lord hath spoken who can but prophesie this to you I must or perish Printed for the Authour WALTER GOSTELO dwelling in Broad-street London 1658. To OLIVER CROMWELL Lord PROTECTOR To this City LONDON To the People of these three NATIONS and CHRISTIAN WORLD is this matter of so high concernment Dedicated AFter how Miraculous a manner God is Coming in mercy to his in vengeance to Evil-doers this Book made up of truth and good affection as the Author ought to be for his Countries Good will tell you which being sent as an Herald to declare the Coming of God It doth not Crave but Command protection And though I may not dedicate it to any other then to whom God Almighty hath directed the matter of it Primarily to you of this so sinful City London subsequently to all the people of the three Nations and Christian World yet is it good manners fairly to intreat of you Oliver Cromwell Protector that it suffer not by any prohibition of yours in sale or otherwise Indeed I do not doubt of that from your Lordship which I beseech from all its good acceptance Especially if you did know or do remember those two so Considerable passages both which not long since fel out at White-Hall A person well known to your Lordship E. C. gives to one near you but purposely for your perusal A paper of which you were to take Cognisance That paper he or they Burnt Now to let you or them see clearly Gods dislike of that wicked act his Fire of displeasure not long after flamed out of the Chimney t was near you its rage frighted some it was visible to very many in vision was it said to the party that gave the Paper they have burnt thy Paper but go forth and thou shalt see their Chimney on Fire the party did so and saw it so on Fire At another time the same party endevours to set a Paper on the Chappel doors of White-Hall White-Hall still the matter of that was as much of this Book is what God would have speedily done for his injured King and despised Church of all which your self Chaplaines and others under that roof were to take special notice and conforme unto The Chappel Officer would needs hinder the setting up of that Paper for some time he did so in fine he boldly said if ever it was set up he would pull it down He was then forewarned and charged not to do so lest God took vengeance on him he slighted the counsel and when it was set up not fearing God but men he puls it down The next news heard and seen of him is that very right hand of his so misimployed as to pull it down is suddenly bound up becomes unuseful and withers a very few dayes after some 15. or 20. himself dyes These things are true I can prove them My Lord it is very seasonable here to remind you of what so sadly befall Mr. Whaley Mayor of North-hampton in the very year of his Majoralty on Tuesday Easter next it is but two since marke it well I beseech you for these things are clearly of God yea clearly so That Presbyter Whaley an Early Complyer with the worst times most falsly and shamefully belyes me he traduceth and Endeavours to suppress the so Miraculous proceedings of God Almighty afforded in that Town of Northampton on behalf of his own prophecy my unworthy self and what past the very night of my enlargement from prison there After I had wrote to him and followed him close to know his grounds or reasons of those his ugly practices but could never receive any from him at last I wrote to his fellow-Iugler and brother Presbyter Ball Minister in that Town Charged him that he should let Whaley know if I received not speedily from him in writing he should from me in print yea both of them should On Goodfriday I finished what I intended to print against them The Tuesday follovving God takes the business into his own hand Whaley sinks down and dyes suddenly in his Clothes Indeed I was unalterably resolved not to endure them or any to belye endeavour to suppress or oppose the proceedings of my God and his Prophecy for so this is if I could help it and because I could not God did it for me The Manuscript which your Lordship had of mine declaring their bad practises against Gods so wonderful proceedings in that place of Northampton because I could not get Printed I left it in the University Library of Oxford My Lord it is worthy your Remembrance for ever I shall one day get most of it Printed the world must know what 's in it For Ball his minister he is now become a Pulpit-defender in Print the World hath too many such not long known to be so but he sees early and comes round with the first I have desired him Ball by word of mouth that his repentance be sincere early and publick the rather because his aberrations were publick and with the first Oh Presbytery Presbytery Thou hast not hitherto done Gods Church and this kingdom many good offices mend for shame Presbytery Reader I must therefore Print these Precedents of truth that they may deter all Presbyters or others from belying or impeding the Revealed Decrees of Heaven in favour of Gods King and true Church which decrees he is pleased now to have made publick and by all are to be conformed unto But why complain I of ill offices done to me or others in these three Kingdoms seeing I know very well yea this Book tells you truly as much that to remedy all this and more God is coming Whose Almighty fire sent out up on the Eight of April is gone before him Commissioned to begin at this so sinful City London Converting or Consuming the Enemies of his King and Church Believe it Reader our appeal is heard in Heaven and we shall shortly have a Court on Earth to remedy what 's amiss For God hath revealed from between the Cherubins where he is said to dwell That the Restoration of our King is of God and then all those lesser devils waiting upon this Kingdom of darkness will suddenly become invisible To conclude why should I in a Preface tell thee what I have therefore made so very short in the book on purpose that it should be Read be Believed and practised by all all are infinitely concerned to do so Certainly happines will be had thereby Reader distrust me not there is a storm and change at hand a greater or any like it since our Saviors time I firmly and warrantably believe