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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78110	Gods prerogative povver made known divers wayes in the Old and New Testament. Also the prerogative power of the Lord Christ. And what he will do in the dayes of his kingly office, in destroying his enemies, and exalting his saints. Very usefull for these times. / By him that loveth both truth and peace, Noah Banks.	Banks, Noah.	1650 (1650)	Wing B670; Thomason E615_17; ESTC R206703	20,729	31

Kingdomes of the Lord and his Christ and he shall reign for ever and ever therefore let us fall down on our faces saying we give thee thanks O Lord God almighty Rev. 11. 16. 17. because thou hast taken to thee thy great power and hast reigned But now give me leave to give you a few Reasons to shew you why I doe beleeve God is about such a glorious work in this Iland First because I do not know nor have read of any Iland in the Christian world that hath opposed the Lord Christ but this that hath a people that the Lord will save at this time that the Lord is destroying Antichrist you may see in that forenamed Isa 12. 14. place Secondly in this Iland there hath bin many famous Martyrs that have suffered for Christ Thirdly God hath had as many Iacobs that have wrestled with God by prayer against Antichrist as any Nation in the world ever had and I can speak it for above this twenty years they have sowen in tears and were like unto Israel groning under our burdens and bondage therefore I doe beleeve he is now bringing us out of bondage Fourthly I doe beleeve God is going on with this his glorious work here in this Iland because God hath raysed up choice Instruments in pulling down Antichrist powers that have opposed Christ Fifthly God hath given many of his choice servants a great measure of faith to beleeve that the work is begun in this Iland and that it shall not end till Antichrist be destroyed Sixtly I am sure of it God hath as many pretious and choyce servants such as doe love the Lord Jesus in sincerity after the inward man as any Nation in the world Seventhly and lastly because I doe find by the promises of Christ that his work in destroying Antichrist shall begin in the Ilands as the Scripture saith The Iles shall wayt for his Glory So if you read the 97. Psalm the whol Psalm is a glorious Prophecy of these Times it begins The Lord reigneth let the Earth rejoyce let the multitude of the Iles bee glad thereof I do beleeve God has made good this whol Prophecy by his acts of Providence in this Iland also that glorious prophecy in the 42 of Isa from verse 12. to the 21. which I do believe is now fulfiling in these Ilands and therefore we have no reason to murmur against the Instruments of our good nor to complain but to say with the Prophet in the 12. ver let them give glory to the Lord and declare his prayses in the Ilands hath not the Lord Christ gone out like a mighty man hath not hee cryed and roared against his enemies hath not he made wast mountains and hills hath not he brought the blind by away that they knew not and led them in paths that they have not known and made dark things light before them and crooked things straight these things hath he done unto them and not forsaken them and may it not be said at such a time as this who is blind but my servant or deafe but my messinger as I have sent who is blind as he that is perfect blind as the Lords servant seeing many things but observing it not this prophecy I beleeve is fulfilled in our days Sir this little Treatise was written some two years since then being dark times and therefore what you find of weaknesse in it let it be attributed to the author but what you find to be according to the mind of God let him only have the glory this Treatise was put forth by the desire of many godly frinds and beleeving you are one that is precious in the sight of the Lord therefore you will have a favorable construction of what is written I leave you in the Lord Your servant in the Lord Christ NOAH BANKS To the Christian Reader IN these last Ages of the world there hath been much ado about the Prerogative Power of Kings and great men in all Nations so of late years more then formerly in this Island as may appear by all those wayes that great men took in oppressing the poor in imposing taxes on almost all wares and in coat and conduct money and Ship-money which made the poor people to groan under their burthens and to cry unto the Lord for vengeance against the oppressors So also our Bishops they lorded it over mens consciences in bringing in Superstitions and Idolatry and seting up their Prerogative Power that godly men must doe what their Wils will have instead of Gods Word so racking the consciences of godly men till many times they crackt again making some fly to New-England others were imprisoned branding some and cuting off their ears Oh how sad was our condition then some would by their Prerogative Power rule over the Estates of men and others over the consciences it was worse then Egyptian bondage for they onely opprest the bodies but these did seek to destroy both souls and bodies of men and no visible help could be found because they that had the Prerogative Power called Parliaments and broke them up again when they would not serve their wills also over ruling Iustices and Iudges they must bow the strait Lawes to serve their corrupt lusts and like Issacar we begun to stoop under the burthen but when men will abuse their power God will make them know that he hath a power over them be they never so great the want of the knowledge of that Almighty power that there is in God and how he hath made known his Prerogative Power in all ages is the cause men are so troubled in these times but if men would search the word of God they would see how Gods wayes are in the deeps and his footsteps are in the mighty waters Isa 43. 16. Touching the Almighty we cannot finde him out he is excellent in power he can throw down the walls of Iericho by the blowing of Rams horns and open the eyes of one born blind with clay and spettle he can make little David strong enough to cut off the head of Goliah and the Lord Christ chose out poor Fishermen to be his Disciples and left the learned Scribes and Pharisees Gods Prerogative Power made known divers wayes in the Old Testament IN these knowing times most men will acknowledg that all Prerogative Power is in God but when God is making known his Power in some great acts of Providence in the world oh how are most men offended at it and will not beleeve farther then they can see by their dark light of naturall Reason thus we read that good men failed much as Jeremiah Job and David till they went and searched into the word of God So it will bee our wisdomes in these troublesom times dark various acts of Providence to search the Scriptures how God hath formerly made known his Prerogative Power by most unlikely wayes and Instruments First when God brought the Children of Israel out of Egypt