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A49257	The strange and wonderful predictions of Mr. Christopher Love, minister of the Gospel at Laurence Jury, London who was beheaded on Tower-hill, in the time of Oliver Cromwell's government of England. Giving an account of Babylon's fall, and in that glorious event, a general reformation over all the world. With a most extraordinary prophecy, of the late revolution in France, and the downfall of the antichristian kingdom, in that country. By M. Peter Jurieu. Also, Nixon's Chesire prophecy.	Love, Christopher, 1618-1651.; Jurieu, Pierre, 1637-1713.; Ussher, James, 1581-1656.; Grey, Jane, Lady, 1537-1554.; Wallace, Lady, fl. 1651.; Nixon, Robert, fl. 1620? Nixon's Cheshire prophecy at large.	1651 (1651)	Wing L3177A; ESTC R217305	41,319	88

enti●led A short work of the Lord 's in the latter age of the world Great earthquakes and commotions by sea and land shall come in the year of God 1779. Great wars in Germany and America in 1780. The destruction of popery or Babylon's fall in the year 1790. God will be known by many in the year 1795. This will produce a great man The stars will wander and the moon turn as blood in 1800. Africa Asia and America will tremble in 1803. A great earthquake over all the world in 1805. God will be universally known by all Then a general reformation and peace for ever when the people shall learn war no more Happy is the man that liveth to see this day PROPHECY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION FROM A PUBLICATION BY THE LATE MR. PETER JURIEU IN 1687. Rev. xi 13. And the same hour was there a great earthquake and the tenth part of the City fell and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand and the remnant were affrighted and gave glory to God NOW what is this tenth part of this city which shall fall we cannot doubt that 't is France This kingdom is the most considerable part or piece of the ten horns or states which once made up the great Babylonian city it fell this does not signify that the French Monarchy shall be ruined it may be humbled but in all appearance Providence does design a great elevation for her afterward 'T is highly probable that God will not let go unpunished the horrible outrages which it acts at this day Afterward it must build its greatness upon the ruins of the papal empire and enrich itself with the spoils of those who shall take part with the papacy They who at this day persecute the protestants know not whither God is leading them this is not the way by which he will lead France to the height of glory If she comes thither 'tis because she shall shortly change her road Her greatening will be no damage to protestant states on the contrary the protestant states shall be enriched with the spoils of others and be strengthened by the fall of Antichrist's empire This tenth part of the city shall fall with respect to the papacy it shall break with Rome and the Roman religion One thing is certain that the Babylonian empire shall perish through the refusal of obedience by the ten Kings who had given their power to the beast The thing is already come to pass in part The kingdoms of Sweden Denmark England and several sovereign states of Germany have withdrawn themselves from the Iurisdiction of the Pope They have spoiled the h●rlot of her riches They have eaten her flesh ie seized her benefices and revenues which she had in their countries This must go on and be finished as it began The Kings who yet remain under the empire of Rome must break with her leave her solitary and desolate But who must begin this last revolt 'T is most probable that France shall Not Spain which as yet is plunged in superstition and is as much under the tyranny of the clergy as ever Not the Emperor who in temporals is subject to the Pope and permits the Archbishop of Strigonium in his states to teach that the Pope can take away the Imperial crown from him It cannot be any country but France which a long time ago hath begun to shake off the yoke of Rome 'T is well known how solemnly and openly war hath been declared against the Pope by declaration of the King ratified in all the parliaments by the decisions of the assembly of the French clergy by a disputation against the authority of the Pope managed in the Sorbon solemnly and by order of the Court. And to heighten the affront the theses were posted up even upon the gates of his Nuncio Nothing of this kind had h●●herto happened at least in a time of peace and unless the Pope had given occasion by his infolencies Besides this superstition and idolatry lose their credit much in France There is a secret party though well enough known which greatly despiseth the popular devotions images worship of Saints and is convinced that these are human inventions God is before-hand preparing for this great work To this it may be objected that for the last fifty years the Pope's empire hath not been made up of ten Kings because England Sweden Denmark c. have thrown off his government and consequently France is not at this day the tenth part of the Babylonian empire for 't is more than a tenth part of it But this is no difficulty for we must know that things retain the names which they bore in their original without regarding the alterations which time does bring along Though at this day there are not ten kingdoms under the Babylonian empire 't is notwithstanding certain that each Kingdom was called and ought to be called in 〈◊〉 prophecy the tenth part because the prophet having described this empire in its beginning by its ten horns or ten Kings 't is necessary for our clear understanding that every one of these ten Kings and kingdoms should be called one of the ten Kings or of the ten kingdoms with respect to the constitution of the Antichristian empire Seeing the tenth part of the city that must fall is France this gives me some hopes that the death of the two witnesses hath a particular relation to this kingdom 'T is the street or place of this city i. e. the most fair and eminent part of it The witnesses must remain dead upon this street and upon it they must be raised again And as the death of the witnesses and their resurrection have a relation to the kingdom of France it may well fall out that we may not be far distant from the time of the resurrection of the witnesses seeing the three years and a half of their death are either begun or will begin shortly And in the earthquake were slain seven thousand in the Greek it is seven thousand names of men and not seven thousand men I consess that this seems somewhat mystericus in other places we find not this phrase names of men put simply for men Perhaps there is here a figure of grammar called hypallage casus so that names of men are put for men of name i. e. of raised and considerable quality be it on account of riches or of dignity or of learning But I am more inclined to say that here these words names of men must be taken in their natural signification and do intimate that the total Reformation of France shall not be made without bloodshed nothing shall be destroyed but names such as are the names of Monks of Carmelites of Augustines of Dominicans of Iacobins of Franciscans Capuchins Iesuites Minimes and an infinite company of others whose number 't is not easy to define and which the Holy Ghost denotes by the number seven which is the number of perfection to signify the number of monks and

easy to say Another of his prophecies is as follows In seventeen hundred ninety and five Whoever will be at that period alive Will see plenty revisit this fortunate land And Ireland emerg'd from her slavish command Ere the period arrives will a torrent of blood Discolour'd be forc'd from it's primitive flood The verdure of Spring will be shaded with red And the fruits of the earth oppress'd with the dead It should be seriously remarked that the year 1795 has been pointed out particularly by different Prophets as a year of greater destruction and human slaughter than any year previous even Mrs. Shipton prophecied a century or two back that E 's ruin would begin in 1792 and terminate in 1795. The wicked in all nations and ages ridicule prophecies never acknowledging the ordained will of an angry Providence yet they are always more fearful than such as believe and though it appears in holy writ that revolutions happen from the foundation of the world and will to the end of time yet the Almighty always and without exception gives some people the gift of foretelling such changes in human affairs and expressly declares he will not do any such things but he will first impart to his servants the Prophets And as often as he threatens his creatures with any dreadful change it is to convince them it proceeds from his wrath and indignation originating from their intolerable wickedness and changing his love into hatred yet always and at all times promises to withhold the scourge or persecution if the threatened nations of people will cry out for mercy and call in fervency upon his holy name to come to their a●●istance and avert his dreadful wrath and vengeance from them but they seldom or never do though he quotes examples to every succeeding generation in vain viz. Noah's flood the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah with many others when the people laughed at predictions and timely advice as they do still In the whole course of human affairs holy writ proves his threats and promises are all conditional calculated to stimulate people to call always on him for mercy and to execute his easy commands particularly his doctrines in the new Testament be their accursed hearts are hardened and the shut the gates of their understanding again●● him and in the blind career of their lives have insensibly bid defiance to him and his laws that the text of scripture in the book of Esdras may be fulfilled to their eternal condemnation wherein the Lord God desires Esdras not mind who shall be damned but seek after them who shall be saved for Hell was created for the multitude and Heaven for the few Let all who read this book strive to be of that few and mind the rules mentioned therein and also in the new Testament and if they do not they will be outcasts in Hell and all their finery and ●rippery here will be their open and everlasting shame there If the bible was universally ●●ad and fulfilled to the utmost of human power the mighty God would not have so great cause against his creatures or to warn them to turn to him the merciful and loving Father by the voice of Prophets and other warnings than that blessed book Is he not constantly looking down from his holy mountain the variety of the glories and pleasures of which never yet entered the heart of mankind to conceive the least idea of on the wicked universe with grief and sorrow saying O my people my people how often would I have gathered ye together as a hen gathers her chickens but ye would not Hear now Readers you have a loving God a weeping God and a God who tells you in the bible his nature and his name is Love with out-stretched arms open to receive ●very one that will turn unto him but ye will not therefore if you do not when you die a●ter performing faithfully all the works of the Devil by greedily desiring and pursuing with your wicked hearts and inclinations the alluring ways of this world in which all your thoughts are enveloped expect the dreadful sentence from him who will then he says appear to ye as a roaring Lion and say I know ye not go ye accursed into everlasting torments prepared for the Devil and his servants Let none be alarmed at the revolution in France such revolutions must happen in all idolatrous nations they corroborate with the holy bible a nation shall be converted in a day that is emerging from idolatry and idolatrous persecution at destined periods in the fulness of the time of the Most High and so on previous to the coming of the great Judge idolatrous Monarchs must be all cut off But if mighty men should plan and scheme for centuries to reduce things to their own human weak and wicked wishes their labour is in vain they are mocked by God they cannot see into the great causes they are greedy for dominion and filthy lucre they are cruel and unjust and all their ways are an abomination before the face of the great One they are poor blind naked miserable foolish and wicked Give attention now ●ll who never go● the gift of repentance from above read the new Testament and the most imaginary innocent among ye will find yourselves fitted for Hell's torments rouse to immediate repentance call on the Most High for mercy cease from Hell-born wickedness such as gambling night parties revelling balls assembli●s drums hellish masquerades drunkenness glu●tony dress and pride which Christ says is of your father the Devil cease from superfluous dress be a Quaker entirely in dress and a very plain one for your soul's sake to obey Christ and fulfill the holy scriptures cry aloud to the Most High with the true baptismal tears of repentance which is the real water baptism of salvation previous to the operation of the Holy Ghost and externally described in the third chapter of St. John in the new Testament Beware of hypocrisy ostentation and falsehood banish these hydras from the inmost recesses of your hearts make room there for the Holy Ghost to dwell in for with them hydras he cannot dwell and without him do not trouble yourselves to look forward to salvation do not strive to please human creatures or you cannot please God talk no more of fashions or of the circle of your acquaintances such conversation is abominable to God boast no more of your acquaintances Lord such a one or Lady such a one they are earth and dirt titles are sacrilegeous and blasphemous which is always the consequence of accursed wealth for wealth is a curse from God because it never was and never will be applied as God commanded it therefore he declares it is harder for a wealthy person to enter the kingdom of Heaven than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle when a person gets wealth he gets pride and contempt for all who do not possess the same curse wealth and in consequence of that wealth and