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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A74138	To his excellencie 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.	Evans, Arise, b. 1607.	1653 (1653)	Thomason 669.f.17[9]; ESTC R211367	2,710	1

To his EXCELLENCIE the LORD GENERAL CROMWELL and his Honourable Councel of the Army at WHITE-HALL The Petition of ARISE EVANS living in Black friers desireth in Gods glories behalf the Kingdoms behalf your Honours behalf and on 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 Counsel being called thereto hath declared it freely to all these 19. years as you may see in his book called AVoice from Heaven Written in the year 1651. and directed to the Common-wealth of England And also further the preparation of God in him to the same purpose from his Nativitie to this time And the effects thereof you have also in his book called An Eccho to the voice from Heaven Written in 1652 In which books is sufficiently shewed Gods determination by the actions God hath done in fullfilling the words of your Petitioner from the date of the said books to this time you may conclude God will 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 Honours look into your Petitioners works and seriously read his books you shall finde 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 unnatural Civil 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 bloud 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 Zachar. 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 glorifle 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 Jewel for the best advantage while you have it least you loose it as the said Parliament did for want of using it aright according to the Petitioners instructions The Petitioner doth humbly desire your Honours 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 reade these said books May 16.1653 presented And your Petitioner shall ever pray c. I Did not think to put this Petition into print so suddenly but that I finde 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 glorie 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 in his work by me beseeching all men to look unto him who is the Man of Peace to them I mean King CHARLES Every one saith to me why do not you who have this wisdom of God go to the General and shew him the way and to the Councel 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 general Petition of the whole Nation joyned together as one Man that they will hear Therefore I could wish that the Soldiery did but hear a voice behinde 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 it 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 Neithor 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 and singleness of heart to desire the General and his Councel to make their addresses to the King for peace and ye that do this look for life eternal And I beseech you again Most noble Worthies receive all alike and doe not countenance or discountenance any for this notion or for that notion or think that Religion is onely words but rather deeds of common charity and let not any be prided or exalted above their Brethren with a conceit of conquest but know that such a minde shall be abased and that according to our Christian rule he that suffered most is the greatest Conquerour For a subject cannot Conquer his King but by suffering meekly and a King suffering meekly by the hand of his people according to the minde of his King was appointed to be Heir of the World Revel. 21.7 I have a bloudy Vision to shew but I look upon it as Gods threatning hand being perswaded that if we repent and shed tears for our Rebellion and evil deeds against God and the King we shall not bleed nor shed bloud For why may not God bring the King to his Throne and maintain our peace as well in that time as he did when the Parliament was dissolved And to men I say he that is valiant and hath an innocent intention may do much And the Lord bless all such Amen May 20.1653 ARISE EVANS THe bloudy Vision I speak of was seen January 21.1652 by one Mr. Farly who lived in Drury-Lane at the upper end thereof at the sign of the Hors-shooe but being terrified thereby he immediatly after went to Virginia I have it as it was written by his own hand who after he had seen the Vision could not rest but went from place to place to seek an Interpreter of it until by the providence of God at last he came to me and after he told me the Vision and that I gave him to understand what God did signifie to us by it he wrote it and left it to my disposal as by Gods providence I should be perswaded directed and permitted to publish it