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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59049	A true relation of the powerfull hand of God upon John Ingram At the reading of the booke called The leaves of the tree of life for the healing of the nations: lately written, by the light of God shining upon William Sedgwick.	Ingram, John, fl. 1648.; Sedgwick, William, 1609 or 10-1669?, attributed name.	1648 (1648)	Wing S2391A; ESTC R218673	2,115	7

A TRVE RELATION of the Powerfull HAND OF GOD UPON JOHN INGRAM At the reading of the Booke called The Leaves of the Tree of life for the healing of the Nations lately written by the light of God shining upon WILLIAM SEDGWICK The wrath of God is revealed from Heaven against all ungodlinesse and unrighteousnesse of men who hold the truth in unrighteousnesse because that which may be knowne of God is manifest in them for God hath shewed it unto them for the invisible things of him from the Creation are clearly seen being understood by the things that are made even his Eternall Power and God-head Fear God and give Glory to him for the hour of his judgement is come LONDON Printed and are to be sold at the black spread-Eagle at the West end of Pauls 1648. VPon the reading of the Book called THE LEAVES OF THE TREE OF LIFE For the healing of THE NATIONS Lately written by the light of GOD shining upon WILLIAM SEDGWICK I was smotte dead by the power of GOD and by the same power raised up againe his light shining on me wherein I saw the truth of the Book and that is was THE WORD OF GOD I was also at the same time constrained to write these following lines O Earth Earth Earth Heare the voice of thy Lord who was contented to dye for thee that thou mightest live and to bee slaine by thee that he might overcome thee with love Thou hast left him and followed after strangers thou hast murthered him and filled the Earth with cruelty Hee cannt shew thee his face of love vntil he hath slaine thee vntil he hath been within thee in that Garden where thou wentest to betray him and eaten up thy flesh there thy great Adversary that continually torments thee and will not let thee have any rest nor know where thy rest is that makes thee such a stranger vnto thy Brother that thou canst not see how evceedingly heloves thee he was contented to have served thee but thou hast rejected being Lord over him thou hast sold him into the hands of strangers who carried him into a farre Country and yet thine eye did not pitie him thou wast in distresse for want of those husks which the stranger tempted thee to follow him into Egypt for telling thee thou shouldest have thy fil thereof deluding thee And untill then it came not into thy thoughts that thou hadst a Father that would have fed thee with the finest wheat that put thee into a most pleasant Garden abounding with all varieties of excellencies If thirsty a spring to refresh thee that thou canst not draw dry a river for thee to swim in If thou wouldest please thy pallate there thou hast the choicest fruites if thy senses there thou hast the sweetest frankinsense If thou wouldest please thine eyes there thou maiest have a view of the most gloriousest Objects wouldest thou have Gold there thou maiest have the finest the Gold of Opher What art thou capable of desiring What canst thou mention but it may be found there Wouldest thou have rule and power All things there are subject to thee Wouldest thou be a servant There thou maist be imployed by the King of Kings who exceedingly rejoyceth in thy being made willing to do his will that would not that thou shouldest have gone ut of that Paradise that is exceedingly satisfied with thy being there to behold the riches of his treasure the glory of his Kingdome c. He hath no Queene to shew it to but thy self he hath none to inherite it but thy selfe and yet thou didest run from him and wouldest not believe him Hee called unto thee to to stay but thou wouldest not He sent thy Brother to intreat thee to returne but thu consentedst to his death and didst cast him into a Pit then came strangers by and they presented him with all manner of Spices and took him away and made him the chief Steward of all they had And when he was taken out of the Pit then didst thou fall into it thy self thou wentest to buy food and it was thine own Brother Joseph that sold it to thee but thou knewest him not he was pained untill he made himself known unto thee and in making known himself he weeps over thee crying alas alas my Brother AWAKE therefore stand up and thou shalt see none but thy brother Joseph himself whose Silver Cup wherein he drinks who will Judge thee is hid in the mouth of thy sack WITIN THEE there the BABE JESUS hath lain ever since thou wast and yet thou knewest it not Oh if thou feelest HIM stir there be not afraid it s thy dearly beloved RUN and meet him if he puts thy flesh to pain in comming forth out of thee be contented to endure it and remember that if thou dost in sorrow Conceive yet thou shalt have Joy when the MAN CHILD is born yea he will fill thee so with Joy that thou shalt be even broken with it though sorrow may endure for a Night yet Joy will come in the Morning The bright Morning Starre APPEARES and LOOKES THEE IN THE FACE The dawning of the day is past and the SUNNE is ready to shine in the strength of its Glory Awake therefore and let no voice be heard in the street of the NEW JERUSALEM within thee but the voice of Melodie c. and the next word that thou hearest him speak to thee will be this That he will take thee into his Banquetting-House he will carry thee up into his Heavenly Kingdom and give thee to drinke of his own new Wine eternally with himself and thou shalt thirst no more He will wipe away all tears from thine eies and cause sorrow and sighing to fly away from thee Yea he wil change thee into his own likenesse and thou shalt be even as he is Singing GLORY GLORY GLORY BE TO GOD ON HIGH for ever more FINIS