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A37132 Mount Sion, or, A draught of that church which shall never be destroyed together with a map of that world which shall be broken to pieces and consumed / by William Dyer ... Dyer, William, d. 1696. 1689 (1689) Wing D2948; ESTC R18147 97,155 209

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Head perish Luke 21.18 3. The Word of Threatning The Adversaries of the Lord shall be broken in pieces Out of Heaven shall he thunder upon them The Lord shall judge the ends of the Earth and he shall give strength unto his King and exalt the Horn of his Anointed 1 Sam. 2.10 Associate your selves O ye people and ye shall be broken in pieces and give ear all ye of far Countreys Gird your selves and ye shall be broken in pieces gird your selves and ye shall be broken in pieces Take counsel together and it shall come to nought speak the word and it shall not stand For God is with us Isa 8.9 10. And I will make drunk her Princes and her Wise men her Captains and her Rulers and her Mighty men And they sh●ll sleep a perpetual sleep and not wak● saith the King whose name is the Lord o● Hos●s Jer. 51 5● Wo unto you that desire the day of t●e Lord To what end is it for you the day of the Lord is darkness and not light As if a man did flee from a Lion and a Bear met him or went into the House and leaned his Hand on the Wall and a Serpent bit him Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness and not light even very dark and no brightn●ss in it Amos 5.18 19 20. Though they d●● into Hell thence shall mine hand take them Though they climb up to Heaven thence will I bring them down And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel I will search and take them out thence And though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the Sea thence will I command the Serpent and he shall bite them And though they go into Captivity before their Enemies thence will I command the Sword and it shall slay them And I will set mine Eyes upon them for evil and not for good Amos 9.2 3 4. Therefore wait ye upon me saith the Lord until the day that I rise up to the prey for my determin●tion is to gather the Nations that I may assemble the Kingdoms to pour upon them mine indignation even all my fierce anger For all the Earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousie Zeph. 3.8 For behold tho●●y cometh that shall burn as an Oven and all t●e Proud yea and all that do wickedly shall be stubble and the day that cometh shall burn them up saith the Lord of Hosts that it shall not leave them neither root nor branch Mal. 4.1 These shall hate the Whore and shall make her desolate and naked and shall eat her Flesh and burn her with fire For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will and to agree and give their Kingdom unto the Peast until the words of God shall be fulfilled Rev. 17.16 17. Therefore sha●l her Plagues come in one da● Death and Mourning and Famine and she shall be utterly burnt with fire For strong is the Lord God who judgeth her Rev. 18 8. God hath given assurance to all men that his Church shall stand for ever Now he that runs may read and he that reads may see in these many Texts of Scripture I have set before you that the True Church shall stand for ever Secondly From the Providences of God. God brings forth Time. Time brings forth Providences Providence brings forth Things And things work together yea all things work together for good to them that love God to them who are the called according to his purpose Providence is that seal d Book sealed with seven Seals And I saw in the right Hand of him that sate on the Throne a Book written within and on the back side sealed with seven Seals Rev. 5.1 The Angels were to sound the seven Trumpets The Angels were to pour out the Vials of the wrath of God. But the Lamb was to open the seven Seals that had seal●d up the Book of Providence And as the Lamb opened the Seals Providence brought forth th● things that were to be as God had purposed and determined according to his own Counsel and Will and these things knoweth no man till Providence brings them forth But of that day and that hour knoweth no man no not the Angels which are in Heaven neither the Son but the Father Mark 13.32 And he said unto them It is not for you to know the Times and the Seasons which the Father hath put in his own power Acts 1.7 Surely the Angels that are in Heaven know more than men that are on the Earth and yet you see they did not know of that day nor hour nor the Son as he was man but the Father And after our Lord Jesus was risen from the dead the Apostles asked of him saying Lord wilt thou at this time restore again the Kingdom to Israel He then soon answered them It is not for you to know the Times or Seasons which the Father hath put in his own power No man knoweth what shall be on the morrow what a day may bring forth Jam. 4.14 No man can say This shall be or that shall be in this time or at that time He can go no further than conjectures and imaginations which have led men into error and confusion and into great mistakes This is very plain that men do not know what shall befal them and others the next hour And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the Seals I heard as it were the noise of thunder and I saw and behold a white Horse and he that sate on him had a Bow and a Crown was given unto him and he went forth Conquering and to Conquer And when he had opened the second Seal there went out another Horse that was red And power was given to him that sate thereon to take peace from the Earth and that they should kill one another And there was given unto him a great Sword. And when he had opened the third Seal I beheld and lo a black Horse and he that sate on him had a pair of Ballances in his Hand And I heard a voice in the midst of the four Beasts saying A measure of Wheat for a penny and three measures of Barley for a penny and see thou hurt not the Oyl and the Wine And when he had opened the fourth Seal I looked and behold a pale Horse and his name that sate on him was Death and Hell followed with him And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the Earth to kill with Sword and with Hunger and with Death and with the Beasts of the Earth c. Rev. 6.1 to 8. By this you may see things did not appear until the Seals were opened but as soon as the Lamb had opened any of the Seals Providence brought forth the things that did appear to the sight and view of men Then that came to be known which before was unknown When he had opened the first Seal I saw and behold a white Horse and he that sate on him had a Bow
and a Crown was given unto him and he went forth Conquering and to Conquer This was the Preaching of the Everlasting Gospel Christ Jesus in the Ministry of the Word conquering and overcoming rebellious Sinners working in them by his Word and Spirit Life and Light Love and Grace Holiness and Truth and filling them with all Spiritual Blessings and being changed into the same Image from Glory to Glory even as by the Spirit of the Lord The Preaching of this Gospel did then raise a great Tumult and made the World to Arm and put them into a great Rage and men were filled with Enmity and Prejudice against the Truth then they consulted and took counsel together how they might destroy Gods Faithful Servants which keep the Commandments of God and the Testimony of Jesus Christ and the Persecutors in that day did slay and destroy many thousands of Gods dear Children And when he had opened the fifth Seal I saw under the Altar the Souls of them that were slain for the Word of God and for the Testimony which they held And they cryed with a loud voice saying How long O Lord holy and true dost thou not judge and avenge our Blood on them that dwell on the Earth verse 9 10. Then the Lord punish'd the Inhabitants of the Earth by many heavy and sore Judgments War and Pestilence and Famine and Death as appears by the opening of the other Seals Thus it was then and so it hath been ever since Now all the things that Providence hath brought forth at any time hath not overthrown the Faith of the Gospel nor swallowed up the true Church neither hath it destroyed Gods truth from amongst men neither hath it thrown down that Spiritual worship which God hath set up but all the things that Providence hath brought forth at any time have all workt together for the good of Gods people Whatever things have happened have ●●ln out to the furtherance of the Gospel and to the increase of the Faithful The Mouth of the Lord hath spoken it Say ye to the righte●us 〈◊〉 it shall be well with them for they shall eat t●e fruit of their doings Wo to the wicked it sh●ll be ill with them for the reward of his hands sh●ll be given him Isa 3.10.11 Let the Reader consider well these three things 1. That Providence is a seal'd Book 2. That the Lord Jesus opens the Seals of this Book 3. That whatever things Providence shall bring forth in the World shall not hurt the Church but help it shall not destroy the Church but p●e●erve it shall not lay the Church waste but shall increase it and exalt it above the ●ills The thin●s that Providence brings forth may be known and understood by two things First The Voice of Providence Secondly The Signs of Providence First By the Voice of Providence There are it may be so many ●in●s of Voices in the World and ●ore of t●em are w thou● signifi ation 2 Cor. 14.10 Whose Voice t●en shook the Earth but now he hath promised saying Yet once more I shake not the Earth only but also Heaven And this word yet once more signifyeth the removing of those things that are sh●●en as of things that are made that those things which cannot be shaken may remain Hebrews 12.26 27. Secondly By the signs of Providence O ye Hypocrites ye can discern the Face of the Sky but ye cannot discern the Signs of the Times A Wicked and Adulterous Generation seeketh after a Sign and there shall no Sign be given unto it but the Sign of the Prophet Jonas And he left them and departed Mat. 16.3 4. By this you see Providence hath a Voice and a Sign the Voice of the Times and the Signs of the Times And both these shew Knowledge and give Understanding to Men that duly mind and observe them Every Providence is not a Trumpet but the mighty Things which Providence sometimes brings forth are as a Trumpet the sound thereof goes unto the ends of the Earth Whatsoever things Providence brings forth they shall work together for the good of the Church For the Eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole Earth to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose Heart is perfect towards him 2 Chron. 16.9 Thirdly From the people of God. They are all labourers together with God and workers together with him for the good of the Church 1 Cor. 3.9 By Faith by Prayer by Hope by Holy Desires and by all Good Endeavours that they may further the Churches Peace and Happiness and enlarge her Borders and for this end God hath given Gifts unto Men. But unto every one of us is given Grace according to the measure of the Gift of Christ Wherefore he saith when he ascended up on high he led Captivity Captive and gave Gifts unto Men. Now that he ascended what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the Earth He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all Heavens that he might fill all things And he gave some Apostles and some Prophets and some Evangelists and some Pastors and Teachers for the perfecting of the Saints for the work of the Ministry for the edifying of the Body of Christ till we all come in the unity of the Faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God unto a perfect Man unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ Eph. 4.7 to 13. Whether Paul or Apollo or Cephas or the World or Life or Death or things Present or things to Come all are yours and ye are Christs and Christ is Gods 1 Cor. 3.22 23. By this it appears that the Gifts and Parts and Abilities that Ministers have are given to them of God! not to gain filthy Lucre but to gain Souls that they might gather them unto Christ Jesus They are Builders but not to Build up themselves in worldly Wealth but to Build up the Church of God to perfect the Saints they have Talents given them but for what end For the work of the Ministry for the edifying the Body of Christ and for this end God gives grace unto men Unto me who am less than the least of all Saints is this grace given that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ Eph. 3.8 Christs Ministers have heavenly Treasures in them that they may make many rich Preaching to others the unsearchable riches of Christ and in this way will Christ Jesus be with his Church to the end of the World raising up faithful Witnesses in all Ages and filling them with his holy Spirit that rich Anointing which is from above that they may be able Ministers not only of the Letter but of the Spirit and this supply the Church will always have to the end of the World every Saint that is on the Earth is in Arms upon Duty and Exercise for the good of the Church every Saint is a Soldier