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A71198 For England's information, reformation, great joy, peace, and consolation; and for her great honour, and exaltation, and for the great shame, contempt and terror of the Turk, the Pope, and the Devil, and all the workers of evil Varney, John. 1679 (1679) Wing V114B; ESTC R203878 63,496 118

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of a good Matter and their Tongue to be as the Pen of a ready Writer that that so they may declare the thing that they have framed for the great Honour and Renown of the King our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain and the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of his Kingdoms How welcom should because how Beautiful are the Feet of him that bringeth good Tidings that publisheth Peace that bringeth good Tidings of good that saith unto Sion the Church of England Thy God Raigneth Awake awake put on thy Strength O Zion put on thy Beautiful Garments O Church of England shake thy self from the Dust from the Reproaches that thy Enemies have cast upon thee Loose thy self from the bands of thy Neck for thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left and thy Seed shall inherit the Gentiles and make the desolate Cities to be inhabited in Righteousness shalt thou be established thou shalt be far from Oppression for thou shalt not fear and from terror for it shall not come near thee so as to hurt thee the Sons of them that have afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee and all that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the Soles of thy Feet And thy Enemies shall call thee O Church of England the City of the Lord the Zion of the Holy One of Israel Sing O Barren thou that didst not bear break forth into Singing and cry aloud thou that didst not travel with Child for more are the Children of the Desolate than the Children of the Married Wife saith the Lord Rejoyce ye with Jerusalem with the City of London and be glad with her all ye that love her Rejoyce for Joy with her all ye that have mourned for her for the Lord will extend Peace to her like a River and the Glory of the Gentiles like a slowing Stream then shall ye suck and be satisfied with the Breasts of her Consolations with the Means of Grace which God has appointed for he will give unto thee O Church of England more and more Teachers after his own heart which shall feed his people with Knowledge and Understanding so that they shall milk out and be delighted with the abundance of thy Glory And when you see this you that are full of Fears and Doubts what will become of Zion What will become of the Church of England Your Hearts shall rejoyce and your Bones shall flourish like an Herb for the Hand of the Lord the Power of the Lord will be known towards his Servants and his Indignation towards his Enemies The Nations that know not thy God O Church of England who is the true and the ever-living God will be ashamed and confounded for all their Wisdom their Power and Strength they shall lay their hand upon their Mouth their Ears will be deaf they shall lick the Dust like a Serpent they shall move out of their holes like Worms of the Earth they shall be afraid of the Lord our God and shall fear because of thee O Church of England The Lord will be terrible unto thy Enemies he will famish all the Gods of the Earth that men may worship him every one in his place even all the Isles of the Heathen then the rejoycing City that dwelt carelesly that said in her Heart I am and there is none beside me how will she become a Desolation a place for Beasts to lie down in every one that passeth by her shall hiss and wag his head for the Pope of Rome who is the Whore of Babylon and the Man of Sin will become the Man of Sorrow for the Lord will pour Contempt upon them that have poured Contempt upon his Word and Sacraments as all unbelieving Jews bruitish Atheists wicked bloody and deceitful Papists proud Dissentors and rebellious Sectaries have done But if that they will not learn in these days of the Gospel to be humbled and reformed they will be ashamed and confounded Fear not O Land but be glad and rejoyce for the Lord who is most wise and most strong will do great things for thee O England for thee O London above other Nations for as thou hast had great sorrow and misery so thou wilt have great honour and prosperity The time is come in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain that for thy shame the Lord will give thee double Honour and for Confusion thou shalt greatly Rejoyce everlasting Joy shall be unto thee Thou hast drunken deep of the Cup of Gods Anger but thy Enemies they that hate thee O Church of England will drink the Dregs of it Be glad then ye Children of Zion and rejoyce in the Lord your God for thou shalt be no more tearmed Forsaken for thou shalt forget the shame of thy Youth and shalt not remember the Reproach of thy Widow-hood any more for thy Maker is thine Husband the Lord of Hosts is his Name The Lord thy God in the midst of thee O Church of England is mighty he will save he will rejoyce over thee with Joy he will rest in his Love he will joy over thee with Singing and the Gentiles shall see thy Righteousness and all Kings thy Glory for thou wilt be as a Crown of Glory in the hand of the Lord and as a Royal Diadem in the hand of thy God For as a young man marrieth a Virgin so will thy Sons marry thee and as the Bridegroom rejoyceth over the Bride so will thy God rejoyce over thee Therefore ye that make mention of the Lord keep not silence and give him no rest till he establish and till he make Jerusalem the City of London a Praise in the Earth Praise the Lord O Jerusalem praise thy God O Zion for he hath strengthned the Bars of thy Gates he hath blessed thy Children within thee he maketh peace in thy Borders and filleth thee with the sinest of the Wheat He sheweth his Word unto Jacob his Statutes and his Judgments unto Israel He hath not dealt so with other Nations and as for his Judgments they have not known them Praise ye the Lord that be wise for it is good to sing Praises unto our God for it is pleasant and praise is comely For great is our Lord and of great Power his Understanding is insinite he lifteth up the meek with much ease when they be brought low he casteth the wicked down to the ground when they be so proud as not to know him and so high as not to fear him O that all the Sons and the Daughters of Men in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain would learn to be wise and to know those things that do concern their Everlasting Peace before they go hence and be seen no more for Time flies and Man daily dies there is not an Hour in a Day but many have their Breath taken away All flesh is grass
all for all or against all when and by whom he please for as his Wisdom is unsearchable so his Power it is unresistable though the Instrument he may use among wise strong rich and learned men may be mean and contemptible But ever since that I have been precious in the Eyes of the most great and glorious God I have been honourable therefore I have not coveted after Silver or Gold Houses or Lands Offices or great Places but I have laboured and coveted to get and to keep to prove and to improve Rich Graces that so my Fruit may be better than Gold and may do more good for the Honour and Renown of the Protestant Religion for the great Exaltation of His Majesty of Great Britain and the great Peace and Prosperity of many Kingdoms than an Army of Men or thousands or ten thousands of Gold or Silver has done I have no grace but what I have received so I have none to be proud of I have not received any but what I have laboured to improve so I have not any to be prodigal with the least grace which I have received from the God of all grace I do esteem it above all the Honours and Riches in the World because that true Grace it is abiding satisfying lasting and everlasting but for the Honours the Riches and Pleasures of this World they be short they be not abiding satisfying nor long-lasting therefore they that would have Grace which is Heavenly Treasure to thrive in their Soul they must value and esteem it above Silver and Gold To be made Partaker of the Divine Nature it is high Honour and great Favour The Righteous shall be glad in the Lord because they trust in him and all the upright in heart will glory Salvation comes not from the Mountains nor from the Hills not from wise strong rich and learned men but from the Lord who made the Earth and the Heavens and that when and by whom he will that all the Glory may redound to him for his right Hand and holy Arm hath the preheminence over all persons in all Nations Let them shout for joy and be glad that favour my Righteous Cause yea let them say continually Let the Lord be magnified which hath pleasure in the Prosperity of his Servants and my Tongue shall speak of his Righteousness and of his Praise all the day long for he hath done marvellous things All the Ends of the Earth that have not seen will see the Salvation of God He maketh Wars to cease unto the End of the Earth He breaketh the Bow and cutteth the Spear asunder and burneth the Chariots in the fire when he pleaseth and by whom he please in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain They that trust to their Chariots and Horses will fail but they that trust in the Lord Jehovah in the use of Means and above Means will prevail There is a River the Streams thereof will make glad the City of God which is the Church of God throughout the whole World For one fair Flood doth send abroad such pleasant Streams apace to refresh the City of our God and to wash his Holy Place Is not the Mighty God in Sion Go walk about and go round about her tell the Towers thereof mark ye well her Bulwarks consider her Palaces that ye may tell it to the Generation following for God who is most wise and most strong is with her and is known in her Palaces for a Refuge She is Beautiful for Situation the Joy of the whole Earth is Mount Sion and the City of the great King The Kings of the Earth in these days of the Gospel and in the Raign of our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain they will admire her Wisdom Power and Strength her Honours Riches and great Glory Shall Deliverance be at hand and the Church of England at a stand Shall there be a Well of Water near Hagar and she weep and be in distress Who hath heard such a thing who hath seen such things Shall the Earth be made to bring forth in one day Or shall a Nation be born at once For as soon as Sion travelled she brought forth before her pain came she was delivered of a Man-child Shall the Lord who is most Wise and most Strong bring to the Birth and not cause to bring forth or cause to bring forth and shut the Womb saith thy God No it will not be for in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain the God of Heaven has many Sons and Daughters that are grown up and many to be brought up and more to be brought forth in the use of the Means of Grace which he has appointed and the Church of England has ordained but all the Children of the Most High that are brought up and grown up and to be brought forth all is to be in opposition to the Turk the Pope and the Devil and all the Workers of Evil which will tend very much for the Glory of the Great and Mighty God for the Credit of his holy Gospel for the great Honour and Renown of the Protestant Religion the great Joy and Triumph of the Church of England the great Exaltation of His Majesty of Great Britain and the great Peace and Prosperity of many Kingdoms O that the Sons and the Daughters of Men were wise for to make an Improvement of the Wisdom and Power of the God of Heaven which is better than Strength or Weapons of War or Silver or Gold As for the Wisdom that is in the World among unbelieving Jews bruitish Atheists wicked and bloody Papists and rebellious Dissentors and Sectaries it is foolishness and doth many times end in madness for where Envy Strife and Contention is it brings forth too often Sedition and Rebellion But the Wisdom that is from above it is pure and peaceable gentle and easie to be intreated full of mercy and good fruits without partiality and without hypocrisie but where Pride Envy Strife and Contention is there is Confusion and every evil Work Now a good man and a bad man will be known by their Fruits for of Thorns men do not gather Figs nor of a Bramble-bush gather they Grapes but every Tree will be known by his own Fruit. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good that which is suitable and seasonable prositable comfortable and advantageous to many Persons and Families in a City and in a Kingdom But an evil man who is a wicked man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil to the great hurt and undoing of too many Persons and Families in a City and in a Kingdom It is commendable for the Sons of Men the wisest the strongest the richest and the most learnedst among them for to have always their heart to be Inditing