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A rule from heaven, or, VVholsom counsel to a distracted state wherein is discovered the onely way for settling the good old cause and removing the maladies incident thereunto : and Mr. Pugh his prophesies opened / by Arise Evans.
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Evans, Arise, b. 1607.
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Diese that is God they attributing the Godhead to him in regard of the light come from him to the world but we call him Samothea that is a man endued with wisdome or sapience above others who indeed at first laid the platform of true Knowledge among us by which Evangelical Divine Rules our Bards were guided to prophesie and specially having the mystery opened by the coming of Jesus Christ they were the more informed by his Spirit so that they became undoubtful and certain in what they said and delivered to the Britains And there is a Book of one Mr. Thomas Pugh called British and Outlandish Prophesies printed 1658 for Lodowick Lloyd at the Castle in Gornhil in London In which Book you shall finde much of our Welch Prophesies though mis-applyed by the Author to which Book I refer you for in that Book you are to look upon a thing done according to the pattern Heb. 8. 5. that is a thing in form like the old Testament and beginning the 540 year of Christ page 1. First of all you shall finde there a second Moses or an Angelical Child taken out of the water called Taliesin whom many our Nation much honour for the said Taliesin tells you many things that were in the beginning as Moses doth pronounceth woes against all sorts of sinners sheweth you his belief in Jesus Christ warns you of the Romish Faction and tells you a forehand of the Britain Captivity being overcome by the Saxons and of their Restoration in due time by the seed of the woman whom he calls by name Angharad many hundred years before she was born pag. 13. and pag. 20. and that out of the said woman should come a valiant Conquerour called Kar that is Karolus or Charles pag. 24. This Taliesin and the Prophets or wise men that followed do foretel you the death of King Charles the place of it the manner of it and shew you by whom it is done pag. 43. and who for a time shall enjoy his Territories pag. 37. Secondly you shall finde that Charles the King and Oliver that enjoys his Kingdoms are both the seed of the same Angharad as Jacob and Esau were Gen. 25. See for this pag. 151 and 252 and 168. Thirdly you shall find that these Prophets do agree and testifie that the said Charles called by them Koronog vaban in English the crowned son of Anne shall rise again and not onely conquer Britain or recover his own but also shall conquer the whole world that is the Line and Race of the said Charles shall do it for you must understand it in a reasonable way See for this pag. 37 38. and also pag. 47 48 49 50 51. Fourthly for a miraculous witness that that Race and Line of Koronog vaban shall be raised again to conquer as abovesaid you shall find pag. 104. Taliesin's Prophesie of great stones raised from a bottom and set on a hill which stones are so big that no creature can move them when the head of Koronog Faban was to be raised and that came to pass at the Coronation of King James in England who had been crowned many years afore in Scotland while he was in his Cradle which being in that regard a crowned baby is also upon that account Coronog Faban for Koronog Vaban in English is either the crowned baby or the crowned son of Anne both are included in the word And the Author confesseth it to be a word of a double signification 47. neither durst he put out such prophesies had he not seemed to be exceedingly for Oliver therefore he wresteth the prophesies to speak for him and it was GOD's Providence that brought them forth for Oliver was rather more angry then pleased with the Author for such a discovery Fifthly you shall find that after Taliesin had set forth Olivers deeds p. 22. he termineth and limiteth his time and then pag. 23. he saluteth Charles the second by name though mystically and there the Author is at a stand not daring to interpret it nor knowing what to say but pag. 149. he seemeth to shew the time of the beginning of the departing of Oliver and coming of Charles and of his deeds as followeth pag. 50. This is the whole substance of Pughs Book and it is agreeable to the Scripture it is agreeable to the Jews Expectation and agreeable to our Christian Religion And these prophesies did never fail hitherto as our Countrey-men know but at one time our Country-men and Bards were amazed and thought they had failed for in 1623. the golden number being 9. the Moon also changing on Lower Sunday-Eve there was a prophesie that pronounced a wo to Britain in that year and moreover bidding us beware of a fire upon the Land that year the second Thursday after Midsummer day and therefore they looked for that day to be the day of Judgement but finding nothing come to pass then they thought all their prophesies were lies and that no more credit was to be given to them But as I was informed upon that very Thursday in that very year Oliver Cromwel presented a Petition to King James touching the Fens in Lincolnshire and about Eli he being backt with abundance of Country-men on stilts and as soon as King James took the Petition his Nose fell a bleeding that he swore it was an ill Omen saying If he could tell how he would hang that fellow that had given him that paper But Oliver had a strong party with him so that the King was pacified and thought it best to be quiet Thus the King and Countrey began to jar about the Fens which the King had sold from the Countrey to some Dutchmen Oliver at the first began to gain the love of the people by this means for none durst head them then but he Now you see how the fire began between the King and Country on that very day so that the prophesie was fulfilled though our Country were ignorant of it which fire burned the King and his party to nothing so that as S. Clement saith They shall be renewed and rise as the Phoenix doth out of its own ashes and for this Nation I believe that the generality of the people of this Land are Britains or Welch as now we call them by descent for though they lost their Language by reason of their mixture with Romans Saxons Danes Normans and other Nations which came to this Land from time to time yet they did not lose their Consanguinity and you must conceive thus much that though this Land was many times conquered by forrainers yet none of the poor people and Husband-men nor any that did submit to the conquering party were removed and that it was always the chief Nobility being overcome fled to Wales or to any place where they could finde a Refuge Therefore we whose noble descent you see ought not to be divided truly Wales had never been brought under England but for its division and now what danger are we in being
generality or middle sort of men saith he James 2. 6. Ye have despised the poor Do not the rich men oppresse you and draw you before the judgement-seat As if he should say I appeal to your own knowledge whether it be not the rich ones that bring all evil upon you ye despise the poor harmlesse men which love God and not the world and ye would not have them which by Gods apointment should reign over you and ye have chosen the rich to reign over you that love the world and not God but what do you get by it do they not make war among you to maintain their humours draw you drive you yea consume you to nothing many times this you see is true And again these poor must not be such poor as make themselves voluntarily poor you know some of the Church of Rome do so and glory in it but alas it is a vain glory Neither are they such as become poor by prodigality and evil-husbandry but such poor as the Lord doth delight in and which follow him and have been industrious also yet through crosses and temptations have been kept alwayes under by the power of God so that they could not attain to any state in the world for they do not desire it much being content with what God sends them for they know riches is a tempting thing that doth cause many to forget God and be as strangers to him and that of this sort is the tempting love of riches to which most mens wills are inclinable and therefore it is a dangerous temptation 1 Timoth. 6. 9 10. buried in oblivion by them for the temptation they are acquainted with is their sufferings and their adversaries reproaching of them because of their godlinesse and low condition and to such poor our Saviour saith Luke 22. 28 29 30. Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations and I appoint unto you a kingdome as my Father hath appointed me That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdome and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel And as Saint James saith James 1. 12. Blessed is the man that indureth temptation for when he is tried he shall receive the crown of life which the Lord hath promised to them that love him for you must understand that these poor must be just and holy ones and that no wicked ones shall inherit this kingdome of God 1 Cor. 6. 9 10. Let this suffice to prove that Christs kingdome is that which I have shewed you in the foregoing passage Now I say unto you It is in vain for any to think of setting up any other Government as saith the Angel to Ezra 2 Esdras 10. 54. for in the place wherein the highest beginneth to shew his kingdome or citie there can no mans building be able to stand and God hath begun here to shew it this many years therefore your buildings fall Reasons why this kingdome should be set up among us 1. Because it is of Christ founded Therefore it is his kingdome which is most perfect though contrary to the kingdomes of men which shall stand for ever to his glory 2. Because we were taught by Christ to pray saying Thy kingdome come Therefore we ought to endeavour to fulfill our prayers in setting it up for our good 3. Because such a King being old and hath not long to live here and but a poor allowance of a hundred pound a year one that fears God and is chosen of God by lot one whose integrity is known to men before he is chosen so that he never was for the world I say such a one will do right and cannot do wrong for the fear of God his age weaknesse disability in money and the Law will bind him to it There is none else can do us right but such a one as Christ and his Apostles and I do shew you for our former Kings had mighty Revenues and power therefore they did what they listed against Law and Reason for which cause they came to destruction many times Our former Parliaments being up were worse then our Kings laying heavier burthens on us Therefore the Generall of our Army pulls them down and he sets up himself under the name of Protector but nothing is mended therefore the Army pulls him down and are in confusion not knowing what to do and nothing shall stand but this kingdome that I shew you because it is of God it is in vain for you to set up any other form of Government for it shall fall it shall be pull'd down by others 4. This Kingdom is not any way against the Kings of the earth but of much advantage to secure both great and smal in their just Rights for whereas now they through their corrupt and boundlesse resolution hazard souls bodies States to maintain their prodigall unjust deeds untill they lose all for it this kingdome and King will keep them in safety and sure possession for understanding that they are to give account every third year they will take heed what they do and not run in such extravagant unjust courses and ungodly wayes and have much more comfort by it then now they have for God the people will blesse them and there is no other way to establish and confirm every one in his just right but this for Christ is the Prince of peace and will not disinherit any line yet will punish offenders and preserve their seed that amend 5. It prevents all treason for to what end should any conspire against this King that hath but a hundred pound a year which they shall not enjoy if they kill him the Law goes on another is chosen and they are to suffer the most infamous and cruel death as can be devised and none can come that way to reign in this kingdome It shall not be here as formerly it was or as the saying is Treason never prospereth for if it prosper who dare call it treason They shall not advance themselves thereby all treason aims at some good advantage and preferment but here is nothing to be had if any do it death and damnation is their reward which none living can desire therefore this King needs no guard God and his innocency is sufficient for his guard and let not his Deputy have any guard to encourage him in wickednesse but let him have officers persons to keep order about him as the Lord Major of London hath now about him 6. Because in such a King Christ comes to reign upon earth for Christs coming must be as the coming of Eliah was in John Baptist for Eliah was taken up to heaven 2 Kings 2. 10 11. as Christ was Acts 1. 9 10 11. and it was as hard a thing to see him ascend as it was to see Eliah ascend and as there was a promise that Eliah should come on earth again Malachi 4. 5. So he came in John Baptist Luke 1. 17. and Christ saith that John was that