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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96291	A declaration to Great Britain and Ireland, shewing the downfall of their princes, and wherefore it is come upon them: because Christ is riding on his white horse, conquering his enemies till he have destroyed Antichrist, who hath made the nations drunk with the cup of her fornications: and till he have destroyed Mahomet, that great deceiver of the people. / Written and directed to Great Britain, and all other nations; by me Robert Wharton, wel-wisher to my countrymen, and to all the faithfull in Christ Jesus throughout the world. With an humble advice to the Army. This treatise is approved and commended, and thought worthy to be printed, by Master Hugh Peters.	Wharton, Robert, fl. 1649.	1649 (1649)	Wing W1575; Thomason E555_35; ESTC R204066	18,927	28

A DECLARATION To Great Britain and Ireland shewing the downfall of their Princes and wherefore it is come upon them Because CHRIST is riding on his white horse conquering his Enemies till he have destroyed Antichrist who hath made the Nations drunk with the Cup of her fornications and till he have destroyed Mahomet that great deceiver of the people REVEL 6.2 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 overcome Written and directed to Great Britain and all other Nations By me Robert Wharton wel-wisher to my Countrymen and to all the faithfull in Christ Jesus throughout the World With an humble advice to the Army This Treatise is approved and commended and thought worthy to be Printed by Master Hugh Peters LONDON Printed for R. L. 1649. TO THE READER Courteous Reader WHy should it seem strange to any that the Lord Christ is going forth like a mighty Conquerour to overcome his Enemies and to overturn those that stand in his way I pray consider how much the Church of Christ hath been in the Wilderness of the World like the Ark upon the Floud when the World was drowned and for sixteen hundred yeers hath that great Dragon cast out a floud of persecutions to devoure her by his wicked instruments whom he hath set at work yet hath the Lord mightily preserved it in all ages to this time and now the Lord is bringing her forth of her affliction and to make her a praise upon earth now are her enemies mad despising her and seeking to turn her back again but their surviving will be to their own destruction consider how have all those sped that have strove against her or but lent an hand against her since Queen Maries days both Kings Princes and the meaner sort of people and how have they been crost in all their designes and it hath been their confusion which hath fulfilled the words of our Saviour Christ Matth. 21.44 And whomsoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken to pieces but on whomsoever it shall fall it shall grind him to powder ye and he saith he will bruize them with an iron rod and break them in pieces like a potters vessell Psal 2.9 If this be his doing already in these latter years then is it high time for us to consider what we have to do and to be seeking for the right way not pleasing our own fancies but be like unto David he saith My soul is ravished with desire and never is at rest but seeks to know thy judgements high and what may please thee best so our Saviour Christ saith Ask and it shall be given you seek and ye shall finde knock and it shall be opened unto saith our Saviour every one that asketh receiveth and he that secketh findeth and to him that knocketh it shall be opened I pray see what glorious promises we have to build upon it is not upon a sandy foundation but upon that firme rock Christ himself who spake the words with his own mouth who never cast off any that came to him by faith as Saint Paul Heb. 11. Without faith it is impossible to please God For he that commeth to him must believe that God is and that he is a rewarder of all those that seek him diligently If it be so let us be earnest with the Lord that he will be pleased to enlighten our souls with strength from Heaven as Paul was who said Through Christ I can do all things but without Christ he can do nothing Philip. 4. if it be so that Christ must be our supporter while we live in this life of our pilgrimage and that all true holiness must proceed from him in whō dwels all the fulnes of the Godhead bodily that without him we can neverattain to heaven then let us seeke every moment of our lives for holinesse in this life and that will bring us to that haven of happinesse which will make us happy to all Eternity that never shall have end which if otherwise our mindes be set to crosse the Lords designes he hath in hand and turn enemies to him and his friends that live the lives of holinesse be you sure that your account at the last will be miserable as saith the Lord in the Proverbs 1.24 Because I have called and you have refused I have stretched out my hand and no man regarded but you have set all my Counsels at naught therefore will I laugh at your destruction and mock when the thing you feare commeth on you Then shall you call but I will not hear they shall seeke me early but shall not finde me because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord Then shall the Kings of the earth with the mighty men Captains bond and free hide themselves in the dens rocks and holes of the earth but all will not serve for if they cannot hide themselves from death who is the Lords messenger when the Lord comes himselfe they shall not be able to hide themselves from his fury if this be so that the Lords comming will be so terrible when he comes to revenge the cause of his beloved who hath been so long and many years in bondage and captivity nothing but fury and revenge will serve his turn upon them that stand in his way then let all those who are of such violent spirits be affraid and stand out no longer against this great work the Lord hath going on in the world but let them become friends rather then enemies Least they be torne in pieces and there be none to deliver Psal 50.22 Now let us consider since the Lord hath begun to shew the power of his comming in England since the last persecution in Queen Maries dayes how have they sped that lent a hand to Antichrist have they not been brought to the Block or to the Halter so when the Bishops with their wicked Counsell began to persecute how strangely were they defeated in all their purposes then the King and his Nobles they would revenge the Bishops cause and their own designes and how strongly were they overthrown and lost their lives for as most know their power was so strong that at euery field fight the King had he got the better at the beginning but before the battel was ended he lost all which did appear he had power and strength enough to overcome all had his cause been good But he being weighed in the Ballance and found too light could not stand against the work the Lord Christ had in hand Now consider the Lora is not shaking and pulling down the great pillars of this Land onely but he is shaking other Kingdoms as well as doth appear in France and other Kingdoms and thus will he doe among all Nations till he hath taken possession of all the Kingdoms of the World that they may become the Kingdoms of the Lord and his Christ