strong holds invisible let me tell you one thing more the shaking of heaven and of earth is so great that the Sion of God for whose sake all this is are but as when a standard-bearer fainteth and for their sakes these dayes shall be shortned Isa 10. 17 18. Oh what fear and trembling is there seised upon the spirits of all the Israel of God who is able to behold his cloudy presence Zeph. 3. 16. When I heard my belly trembled my lips quivered at the voyce rottennesse entered into my bones I trembled in my self I that I might rest in the day of trouble when he cometh up unto the people he will invade them with his troops The Lord in this our day is invading all lands and his coming is with clouds chuse whether ye will believe it or no and this his cloudy power hath and will all fall upon powers let them be powers Kingly or powers Parliamentary or power by Sword ye must all fall but the power of the sword shal be the last that shal be destroyed I mean the last visible power this cloudy power of the Lord is falne upon all your Idols temporall and spirituall and high time it is for all lands are full of Idols and every man boweth to them Esay 2. 8. 9. The lofty look of man shall be humbled and the Lord alone shall be exalted and ye shall cast away your Idols of silver and gold and hide your selves if you could tell where for fear of the Lord and for the glory of his Majesty This day is the day of the Lord and yet alas ye are all so blinde that ye look for peace and what have you for to do with peace are not ye all of the earth have ye not all a wicked earthly minde and an evil idolatrous heart and an earthly god called the god of this world which god of this world hath blinded your eyes that ye cannot tell what the Lord is doing ye look for peace and that is taken from the earth Rev. 6. 4. And there went out another horse that was red and power was given to him that sate thereon to take peace from the earth and that they should kill one another and there was given unto him a great sword England what saist thou to this and now therefore behold trouble and trouble is most fittest for you all O world thou hast been a troubler of the Lords heritage and O Israel thou hast been a troubler of thy Father and that made him return to his own place thou O world hast been a wonder unto death the fathers beloved in stead of pleading their cause and now the Lord is come to plead the cause of his heritage himself and for thee O Israel thy life hath been so wicked and so grieving to the Spirit of God so that thy long continuance in this thy spirit-grieving way hath wounded thy King to death in thee and the life which thou now livest is a dead life wounded I say thou hast thy dear Lord Zach. 13. 6. What are these wounds in thy hand these are the wounds which were given me in the house of my friend Zach. 12. 10. The world hath wounded Christ and his members have wounded him and behold now the Lord is risen and come down for to wound and never heal and yet for to wound and to heal that is for to pull down and to build to pull down and to destroy all both Kings Priests People and thee O Israel and to take away from us that which we are very loath for to lose but lose it we must being got into the cloudy day of God and if Noah Daniel and Iob were in these our dayes they should save but their own souls Ezek. 14. 17. and 21. vers Behold the Lord is come do not ye hear his sound yet how long shall the Trumpet blow O sleepers ere ye will awake the Lord is come down and walks up and down the earth and not a man heareth him or seeth him this is a mystery ye are certainly asleep O souls Kings Priests People yea and Israel too and that lulled asleep by the Devill into a heart-sleep and when the heart is once asleep the cloudy appearing of Jesus Christ cannot awaken it and a heart-sleep is within one step of the sleep of eternall death and if ye lie a little longer O all ye people of the world Lord have mercy upon you may be written upon all your doors for my King will pass by and enter into his Fathers kingdom with all his Princes and then for to awake will be too late what not yet cannot ye behold my King nor see him why you shall for the clouds shall be taken away and therefore the words run with every eye shall see him And every eye shall see him The second appearing of my King will be a spirituall appearing and so a spirituall destruction shall attend this spirituall appearing that is a destruction attended with much light therefore the word Every eye is brought in when this cloudy appearing of Jesus Christ is finished then comes this spiritual appearing of the Lord for to destroy that the cloudy appearing of my King could not do which spirituall appearing will cause all flesh for to tremble doubly and out of trembling fear and out of fear flie to the mountains hills and great rocks for to hide themselves from the presence of the Lord Rev. 6. 16 17. But let me tell you there will not be a mountain nor a hill left in all the world to hide thee from the presence of the Lord for that is the reason why the Lord comes first with clouds and darkness to remove every mountain and hill and every hiding place that you shall have no where to go for shelter for the Lord will make bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the Nations Isa 52. 10. Oh what an exceeding light and glorious appearing of Jesus Christ will there be ere long for all eyes shall see and light shall burn and God will search all the world and all hearts too and cause them for to see and know what they are Isa 9. 5. Every battle of the Warrier is with a confused noise and garments rouled in blood This shall be with burning and fury of fire And Zeph. 1. 12. at that time I will search Jerusalem with candles and punish the men that are setled upon their lees and say in their heart the Lord will not do good neither will he do evill but you shall know ere long what the Lord will do when he cometh for to give you eyes to see withall that you never saw there are divers eyes the eyes of the body the eye of Reason the eye of Faith and the eye of the Understanding for the eye of the body you know it is a dim-sighted thing and cannot behold the Sun it is good for nothing but for to give light unto the body but this eye here spoken of by
mouth thou shalt be judged either for salvation or damnation and therefore Christ saith The words that I have spoken and you have rejected shall judge you at the last day John 12. 48. You are got into the last dayes yea unto the last dayes of the last dayes that is into the half time Daniel spake of and that half time is almost out too Oh world and therefore a spirituall judgment is near to be revealed to us all And the words that Christ hath spoken shall judge us all that is God will open the eye of the understanding of all by his spirituall light by the which light you shall know and see what you did reject and what you have done in rejecting and also what Christ said and how you all have answered him again and also how you have lived and you shall need no other Judge then the light of God which shall shine upon your understanding and consciences for that shall give you light into all your wayes in the which ye have walked and this your enlightned understanding and convinced consciences shall condemne you all that is all flesh There is a mysterie John 8. 9. And they that heard it being convinced in their consciences went out one by one their consciences bearing witness again Romans 2. 15. Their consciences also bearing witness and their thoughts the meane while either accusing or excusing and a convinced conscience either of good or bad lyeth in the understanding being enlightned your understanding and consciences oh Saints and worldlings is all the book that God needs to use in the day of his spirituall judging of you and behold he is coming to Judgment and every eye shall see by this light of God every one shall be saved that have part in the first resurrection and by the same light every one shall be destroyed that have not part in him so that this light of God will bring salvation and destruction both at one time unto the two hoasts that stand at the right and left hand of God Isa 33. 4 5. The sinners in Sion are afraid fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites and who among us shall dwell with devouring fire reade one of the next verses and it tels you who shall and who shall not the Lord is come and coming still for to destroy and yet to save and that 's the reason why all flesh doth so fear Ezek. 39. 21. I will set my glory among the heathen and all the heathen shall see my Judgments that I have executed and my hand that I have laid upon them Isa 66. 14. The hand of the Lord shall be known towards his servants and his judgments towards his enemies ye shall not only have judgment but see the judgment of the Lord upon you yea eat your own flesh and drink your own blood and the Lord will come for to open your eyes for to see it And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together Isa 40. 5. And again that they may see know and understand together that the hand of the Lord hath done this you shall see the Lord oh ye nations ere long in his Saints with great power for to consume thee oh world and all that is in it that will be the next dispensation of God after the cloudy Sion stand up now and rejoyce for thou hast almost received double for all thy sins Isaiah 40. 2. Therefore comfort thy self in thy God for my King is very near bringing double joy double peace double rest and double glory with a double spirituall power Isaiah 61. 7. And all shall be thine and therefore gather to thee And the reason is because the Lord will glorifie the house of his glory and all shall call thee the City of the Lord the Sion of the holy one of Israel for the Lord will give thee such a spirituall power that by that power thou shalt consume all the wicked in thee so that no oppressor shall passe through thee any more Zach. 9. 8. And I will encamp about my house because of the Army and because of him that passeth by and because of him that returneth and no oppressor shall pass through thee any more for now have I seen with my eyes this is a mystery the light of God is a consuming and a destroying light Isaiah 11. 4. Hear oh world your fall is begun for your Prince that is your leader is wounded by the light of God and so wounded that he bleeds all the way he goes and so he will untill he hath bled himself to death for the wound that is given him is an uncurable wound for it is given him by a mighty Prince called the Lion of the Tribe of Judah Sions King and your terrible Judge and from this arises all your fear and you know it not Oh who shall stand before this great Judge when he cometh out of Clouds into light to judge with light and glory why this the Lord is coming near withall and the day of the Lords light will be the day of the Lords dividing Joel 3. 14. Or the day of the Lords great separating not only a dividing or separating the powers of evill men far from you oh Saints or you from them but a dividing or separating two ancient warriers flesh and Spirit so that you shall never learn war more Why oh soul thou shalt never learn war more for the Lord who is thy King will conquer all thy inside enemies as well as thy outside enemies and there shall be a great valley between ye both and that is the reason why he comes with his glorious light for to destroy all and then for to make known all to you Israel thou hast been a long time under a vaile the which vaile so covered thy fathers glory that ye could not see nor yet discern him but now ye shall very suddenly for it is neer taking away Isaiah 25. 7. And he will destroy in this Mountain the face of the covering cast over all people and the vaile that is spread over all Nations A spirituall light brings a spirituall discerning along with it Malachi 3. 18. Then shall ye return and discern and Isaiah 14. 16. And they that see shall narrowly look upon thee and consider thee saying Is this the man Thy eyes shall be opened too oh world and thou shalt see and know what Israel is thou shalt know the Lords Sion but with another manner of knowledge then ever yet thou knewest them withall and by that sight thou shalt confess this is the seed which God hath blessed Isa 69. 1. And as the light of the Lord in thee causes thee to know his Israel so the light of the Lord in them shall destroy thee as well as that in them that bears not his image and therefore is but stubble and not fit for any thing but to to be destroyed by the light of God Isa 10. 17. 18. And the light of Israel shall be
for a fire and his holy one for a flame and it shall burne and devoure his thornes and briars in one day And as the Lord hath wounded the Prince of evill powers so he hath wounded you all and is revenging the blood of his Saints Land the Lord is come for to make a full end of all things but first with Clouds and by and by with light for all shall be destroyed by the light of God and I cannot but out of pure love give you warning of it look therefore oh world about you cannot ye see him yet is Israels cloud between you and the Lord that ye cannot behold the Lord why the light of God will cause the clouds to remove and then woe to be you And they also which pierced him Hear ye despisers and piercers of the Lords Sion I will tell you what you have done you have pierced the most precious Jewels the Lord hath and pierced them so deep that the wound is gone through the very side of God And he is now coming for to open thy eyes to cause thee to see the many wounds that thou hast given him and them and when that is represented you shall see your selves wounded with a deadly and eternall wound even unto death and yet never for to die in dying thou shalt dye and yet not dy Revel 9. 6. And in those dayes men shall seek death and shall not finde it for the light of God will keep them alive for ever and ever thy fall will be very great Oh worldling although you be as the Sunne of the morning how art thou cutting down to the ground which didst once weaken the Nations and thou art in casting out of the grave of security where thou hast lived and layen in peace for many an Age. Therefore hear ye sufferers for the Lord he hath recorded thy sufferings in his book and them that pierced thee hath he in remembrance and behold he is coming to reward upon them the evill of their own wayes and will plead with them here for thee I he will plead with all thy enemies temporall and spirituall inside and outside ones he remembers them all and all shall fall and never rise more I and that quickly for the great day of the Lord is coming on amain cannot yee see hear nor take notice of the Lords goings which proclaims to all the world that he is coming ye are angry and ye cannot tell with what ye are displeased and ye cannot tell with whom and the Lord is now coming to tell you it is with himself that you are offended There is a generation that must be offended being out of the holy number and therefore not honoured with that princely name Israel so having no lot in the holy land and therefore no entrance into the princely and heavenly Court into which Christ is coming for to gather all his up into by the light of his father Great will be thy joy oh soul who art boloved of God when this light of God hath not only purified thee but carried thee into the Court and mansion of heaven and set thee down there with thy father and thy King Jesus who is now come with Clouds and by and by with light watch ye therefore all ye sons of Sion And all kindreds of the Earth shall waile because of him even so Amen Oh the unspeakable walling and crying out there will be ere long I even tremble to think how the earth will ring with the cries of enlightned soules which have the light of God given them for no other end then to be an eternall plague unto them great crying because of great wrath and this great wrath will cause great anger to ceaze upon your spirits And your anger will arise from two causes first from the Lords coming to judge thee by the light of himself in thee Secondly by the Lords coming for to give rewards unto his Saints and to them that fear his name First from the Lords appearing for to judge you by the light of God in you The day of the Lords appearing will be a day of great trouble because it will be an eternall appearing an appearing that shall bring along with it eternall light eternall darkness with an eternall death too Isa 8. 22. And they shall look unto the Earth and behold trouble and darkness and dimness of an anguish and they shall be driven into darkness As eternall light eternall darkness with eternall death makes up but an eternall plagues so eternall light eternall life eternall joy eternall peace and an eternall glory with an eternall knowing of God as he is in himself makes up an eternall salvation to the saved ones of God Worldlings where are you what are you doing are ye filling up the measures of your fathers wrath fuller yet why make hast for my King cannot come with a light called the light of an eye untill you have finished the works of darkness and if I be not mistaken you have almost if not altogether finished your work for Sions King and your terrible Judge makes hast to come away and me thinks I hear you begin to waile but if not waile you are filled with much trouble fear and anger which is within one step of wailing the next sight of my King will make you waile then farewell all your honors rich treasures and worldly enjoyments for all are condemned to dye already and then they leave thee and thou must leave them I say trouble fear and anger ye have in your hearts and your hearts full of it but ye cannot tell what is the cause of it nor from whence it ariseth I will tell thee First from the Lords coming to judge thee and thy Judgment is begun but it is a cloudy judgment that is an unseen and an unknown judgment if it were made known to thee by the light of the Lord what the Lord is adoing and going still about for to do to thee and what hast he makes untill he hath done thou wouldest not only fear but waile and let me tell thee one thing over again all thy glory wisdom riches honor and delight with all thy other injoyments are condemned by the Lord of the whole Earth for to dy the death nay they are dead and that is the reason thou hast so little comfort in the world in this thy age There is a great change made instead of a sweet smell there is a stinke and instead of a girdle a rent instead of well-set haire baldness and instead of a stomacher a girding with sackcloth and burning instead of beauty so that all is out of order by reason of the cloudy day of God and when once the Lord appeareth with light then will thy wailing begin but never end because the light that God will give thee will be a light that will never goe out Rev. 14. 11. And the smoak of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever and they have no rest day nor night