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A voice from heaven to th[e] common-wealth of England with additions.
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Evans, Arise, b. 1607.
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saith this is their policy they lost more and they concealed it and it is signified in these words there shall be many dead bodies in every place and they shall cast them forth with silence In ver. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. ye have the sins and cause why the judgment is come set down and that it is not for any fault found in the publique worship of God but for covetousnesse hardnesse of heart towards the poore and the deceit of the people and their neglect in the worship of God For the same cause there is a generall rising throughout the Land and the Kings party utterly overthrown In ver. 9. ye have the Kings untimely death signified by the Sun going down at Noon for the Sun signifies the King 2 Sam. 23. 3 4 5 6 7. Mal. 4. 2. Gen. 37. 9 10. In v. 10. ye have the great mourning for the Kings death and a wrathfull indignation declared by way of revenge upon the enemies at last In ver. 11 12. ye have the form or worship or Common-prayer book taken away so that the Elect cannot hear it read anywhere which book is called the words of the Lord and the word of the Lord and by this you may know that book to be the only true form appointed of God before hand the rule of the spirit of truth the which rule Jesus foresaw and promised to send the spirit to give it for he knew by this word that I do now open unto you that there was a rule to come forth and the forme of it in all things was a secret thing kown to none but the Father therefore Christ commits the directions of the Church in the true worship to the spirit so that untill this time the Church is tossed to and fro because there was no rule known till now Ioh. 16. 13. and now ye are come to a perfect rule given by a perfect man Eph. 4. 13 14. In ver. 13. ye have the constancy of the Kings party to their Religion and King Rev. 14. 4. and their thirsting for their Religion and King again In ver. 14. ye have the States party up signiby the sin of Samaria the God of Dan the manner of Bersheba all which were Idols But saith he they shall fall and never rise again implying thus much that the King and his party though now down shall rise again and stand for ever AMOS 9. In v. 1. the King is risen again and stands upon the altar that is the Scaffold where he suffered and offered himselfe there he triumpheth and commandeth to smite Lintell that is the Speaker of the House of Parliament and cut them all on the head and slay the last of them all this is said of the Parliament to shew that they shall not escape the hand of this mighty Lord In ver. 2 3 4. ye see there is no place in hell nor in heaven nor in the top of the mountains nor in the bottome of the Sea nor anywhere else for them to escape his hands but he pursueth them and takes them In ver. 5. ye have a generall rising caused by his hand throughout the whole land and the Parliaments party utterly overthrown In verse 6. ye have the glorious building of the King in the heavens above all the Kings of the earth and the power he obtained by his sufferings and his glorious name next to Jesus as being his most excellent servant of all others In the 7. verse ye have the wrath of God declared against the Parliament for their killing the King and destroying the Kingly power by which God delivered them from the bondage of Popery and he looks upon them as black children of Ethiopiaus for these ungratefull acts In verse 8 9 10. ye have Gods wrath upon the whole Kingdome he tells them that those who depend upon their power and think they can prevent the evill that it shall not overtake them saith he they shall surely perish but the rest he will save as wheat is winnowed and saved and taken from the chaff In verse 11 12. ye have the Kings Tabernacle or Court see up again and his Kingdome Inlarged over all the earth In verse 13. ye have the King and his party taking all again from the Parliament and their party signified in these words The plowman shall overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes him that draws forth that which is not his own For the King coms from the altar and gives commission to the treader of Grapes that is some one of his seed that shall reigne to cut down the Grapes that is the party now standing as you see both parties The Reapers first and the treader of Grapes after gets the victory Rev. 14. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20. In verse 14 15. ye have the King and his parties captivity ended c. Their building and planting and their enjoying of the fruits of their labour and the promise that they shall possesse their land without any molestation hereafter for ever and ever And now I beseech you look upon this Scripture and lay it to heart and consider how ye have seen before your eyes this 8. Chapter of of Amos fulfilled as I have interpreted it unto you and you see there the rule to worship God by all which is made plain for you to see as well as I that you may be saved I beseech you also to lay to heart and consider this nineth of Amos where you may see perfectly according to the promise of Christ the things to come Ioh. 16. 13. Never had people the like shewed them as ye have now so plain from these two Chapters O take heed that ye slight it not but make use of it for your salvation For if ye be cut down and cast into the winepresse of the fiercenesse of the wrath of God almighty ye are undone for ever and ye may see how to prevent it Rev. 14. 18 19. Rev. 19. 15. by what hath been spoken And this I say to the Parliament to the Army and to all others Do the work for it must be done Be ye valiant set up the King for if Forraigners do it ye are undone And you may see it will be done by a strong power I have also some things to shew you out of the first of Isaiah and it chiefly concernes this City of London which in regard of its action now is called Sodom and Egypt Isa. 1. 10. Rev. 11. 8. and that it was a faithfull loyall City in the time of Queen Elizabeth when she was received by the Citizens out of the Tower and with joy accompanied to Westminster and though now this City be an unfaithfull harlot yet she shall be restored againe to her former faithfulnesse Of this I shall in briefe shew you Isaiah 1. ver. 1. to ver. 10. ye have the King and his party signified with their condition that now they lye in brought upon themselves by their sins and this
give it him Now these three overturns in Rev. 8. 13. are called three woes that follow the voice of the 5. 6. and 7. Angels Rev. 9. 1. When the 5. Angel sounds you see Essex falls from the King and opens the way of rebellion as I foretold the said Earl he should do before this Parliament began And this woe ruinates the Protestant party till ye come to ver. 12. where he saith one woe is past And ver. 13. 14. the 6. Angel soundeth and four Angels that were bound were loosed This signifies the tolleration and liberty to all sorts to preach And now independency gets up and this second woe falls on the Presbyterian party untill you come to Rev. 11. 14. where he saith the second woe is past and behold the third woe cometh quickly Rev. 11. 15. the seventh Angel soundeth and then the King and Protestant party gets the power again gloriously And this third woe falls on the Independent party So that after 3. woes or 3. overturnes the Crown comes to him whose right it is by a decree of God Ezek. 21. 27. And the purpose of God shall stand according as he hath sworne Isa. 14. 24. And what is decreed against it shall not stand Isa. 28. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. Consider what I have said and the Lord give you understanding in all things 2 Tim. 2. 7. FINIS To His EXCELLENCY THE Lord Generall Cromwell AND His Honourable Councell of the Army at White-Hall The Petition of Arise Evans living in Black-Friers desireth in Gods glories behalf the Kingdoms behalf your Honors behalf and the whole Worlds behalf That you would with your Most serious thoughts consider these few lines following Humbly shewing THat the Petitioner having the knowledge of Gods secret Counsell being called thereto hath declared it freely to all these 19 years as you may see in his Book called A Voice from Heaven written in the yeare 1651. and directed to the Commonwealth of England And also further the preparation of God in him to the same purpose from his Nativity to this time And the effects thereof you have also in his Book called An Eecho to the Voice from Heaven written in 1652. In which Books is sufficiently shewed Gods determination by the actions God hath done in fulfilling the words of your Petioner from the date of the said Books to this time and you may conclude God wil fulfill the remainder thereof so that as sure as the Parliament is dissolved so sure shall the King come to his Throne as it is sufficiently proved in the aforesaid Books And indeed if your Honors look into your Petitioners Works and seriously read his Books you shall find that he would not turn water into bloud or smite the earth with a curse Rev. 11. 6. as it hath already been done by these unnaturall civill Wars but rather would turn bloud into water and water into wine to cherish the heart of the sorrowfull And that the waters and tears of repentance might wash away the guilt of blood and become wine of consolation to this Nation in their union with their KING without which conjunction to their native and right KING there is no hopes of peace certainty and safety to this Nation Most Noble Worthies whose actions are glorious though yet imperfect the great Mountain Parliament is become a plain before you Next in order the KING is to be exalted signified by the head-stone as you see Zach. 4. 7. Crown all your actions by setting him up and be glorious for ever For I am sure if you speedily proclaim him KING you will glorifie God thereby and save an Ocean of English bloud from being spilt and have such conditions of perfect peace from GOD and the KING that you and your seed may be his glorious Nobles for ever And therefore because time is short use your Jewell for the best advantage while you have it lest you lose it as the said Parliament did for want of using it aright according to the Petitioners instructions The Petitioner doth humbly desire your Honors to set up the KING upon his throne Charles Stewart by name Do this and live for ever 1 Joh. 2. 17. John 11. 26. He humbly desires you also to read these said Books May 16. 1653. present And your Petitioner shall ever pray c. I Did not think to put this Petition into print so suddainly but that I find the general spirit of the Nations and men of all sorts of judgements exceedingly disquieted as not knowing what to do at this time but crying to me as if they expected that God will do some great things by me for the settlement and peace of this Nation It is truth I dare not deny it and to Gods glory be it spoken that I have received Talents from him which I must not hide but shew to all how far God is pleased to proceed how far God is pleased to proceed in his work by me beseeching all men to look unto him who is the Man of Peace to them I meane King CHARLES Every one saith to me why do not you who have this wisdome of God go to the General and shew him the way and to the Councell to shew them these things Alas I am at too far a distance from them for to be heard by them Men in such places cannot hear such a low voice as mine is It must be a generall Petition of the whole Nation joyned together as one man that they will hear Therefore I could wish that the Souldiery did but hear a voice behind them saying Return to your first Principles You went out to fight for King and Parliament but now there 's none I know that God will bring in the King again and my hearts desire is that I might perswade men that the Kings coming to his Throne might be without bloud-shed and that no party should any longer retain a spirit of revenge And to set you in a way of composure I could wish that all both Souldiers and others would Petition our worthy Senatours to make their peace with the King and to receive him upon good and glorious terms for the King and subjects For if the King come in by the sword you will become Slaves and force him to use tyranny For Tyranny is a fit punishment for Rebels neither would I have any to Petition our Worthies with kisses or fine words as Judas came to our Saviour that had his band of men to second him or as at the beginning of these times the Scots Presbyters and Covenanters came with their Petition on their Pikes-points to our late King Let not men presume to do so now be their party never so great For though now they think that the Authority hath a dependency upon them and that there is no Authority left save that Yet there is a spark of fire remaining as it were under the ashes which is able at an instant to devour them all Therefore I beseech you Petition in simplicity