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A strange prophecie presented to the Kings most Excellent Majesty, by a woman-Quaker (all in white) called Ahivah. With her petition and proposals for the saints liberties, to our gracious Lord and Sovereign King Charles; and a declaration of the Quakers, touching His Royal Majesties reign within those his realms and dominions
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Wing A797A; ESTC R214829
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A STRANGE PROPHECIE PRESENTED To the Kings most Excellent Majesty BY A Woman-Quaker all in white called Ahivah WITH Her Petition and Proposals for the Saints Liberties TO Our Gracious Lord and Sovereign King CHARLES AND A Declaration of the Quakers touching His Royal Majesties Reign within these His Realms and Dominions London Printed for Aaron Banaster 1660. The Quakers Message and Propositions to Our Gracious Lord and Soveraign King CHARLES Presented on Tuesday last c. ON the 8th of this instant came a person to White-hall arrayed in white garments desiring to speak with his Majesty for that she had a Work of great importance to communicate Upon which his Majesty having notice thereof she had admittance to his Royal Presence where she delivered this following Paper to his Sacred Majesty KING I Was your Messenger impostened in Gods will concerning your return to this place so soon again I was laid harbourless that same year that I saw the Vision of your return to England again I do defire some liberty for my own practice of my own Houshold Ordinances as I was chosen Messenger of your return again and saw it Justice that you should have this Land again so you do not oppress the weak Spirit of Gods Majesty in his Saints but let them have recourse in whatsoever fashion God shall be pleased to raise himself in his Ministers So I my self shall stand a mother in Gods house in these cases I shall also intreat some liberty concerning my labour on your Sabbath I do utterly defie all Jewish Forms of Religion or keeping any one day above another for in so doing you keep out the profession of Christs natures practice May not such be left damned Souls as the Jewish People was which was always requiring a Saviour and yet at last themselves left Vagabonds for want of the true Spirit to serve them with Wisdom and the supply of Gods will in his Christ which God had sent to be their Teacher and Saviour both in his Sonne and Apostles So you will be left in the same fashion as your standing is now in these Nations being divided in service and all confusion which will breed Us a speedy destruction except you will adhere to let the Saints make themselves a body in Christs fashion and you your self must stand Protector of these occasions So your Countrey will be blessed with this presence more then any parts of the Dominions of the World besides you So the Saints will have their Prerogatives and your Souls will have salvation by their presence and your blessings will abound more then othâ—r Nations as you shall consent to these Propositions So I rest Christ's Minister in this present hour AMEN I shall also intreat that whensoever God shall be pleased to manifest any of his fore-speaking words and thâ—y be brought forth to cry it in the open street or any place of City or Countrey that you will grant some protection by Constables or some other means that they be not abused in such conditions as I my self have been as being cast into Bedlam for a mad-body for prophecying the return of your Majesty some years since to your Native Kingdome And if my Father God Almighty had not made a way in my self to get me out of their hands I had bin destroyed for a mad body For these conditions of God's action are strange to your worlds understanding in the time of God's action in Us. So I rest Your Minister if you please to accept of my Office in Christ's Name AHIVAH A Petitioner for the Saints Liberties The Quakers Declaration tâ—uching his Majesties coming into power again c. GReat is the hand of the Lord O King in thy coming so far into Power again and consider the cause of it in the fear of the Lord and thou wilt find that it is because they unto whom God gave such power over thee were not faithfull unto God but grieved the Spirit of the Lord with their hypocrisie from day to day talking for Liberty but behold they brought forth oppression and so became worser then those that went before them who did not profess so much for liberty in their words but performed better things in their actions Therefore let no man deceive thee by perswading thee that these things are thus brought to pass because the Kingdom was thy own proper right and because it was with-held from thee contrary to all right or because those called Royalists are much more righteous than those who are now fallen under thee For I plainly declare unto thee that this Kingdom and all the Kingdoms of the Earth are properly the Lords that he may and doth give them unto whomsoever he pleaseth and whensoever he pleaseth he may take them away again and give them unto others As to thy Government I do declare in the truth and presence of the Lord many thousands being of the same mind with me that it is not for the name that may be put upon a Government that we either stand for or against but it is a righteous Government according to the higher power which is according to that of God in every mans conscience which we stand for and earnestly desire after both in things appertaining to God and Man And we for our selves desire no greater liberty either in things religious or in things civil betwixt man and man than we desire all others might enjoy and if such a Government as this be set up we shall willingly submit unto Righteousness from the Supream Governour as our duty and yield all due lawfull obedience unto him and his Commands by labouring in the power of the Lord to bring down and to keep under the evil lust in people which is the cause of all Wars and Rebellions and transgression And as much as in us lies we shall endeavour to live peaceably with all men and perswade others unto the same and so by a godly conversation we shall be patterns unto others and this will be an adorning of good Government and good Governours and a help unto them and this we resolve in the strength of the Lord to do FINIS