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A letter from a friend to a loyal subject where ever he is in England, Scotland, France or Ireland that is wise and faithful, valorous and couragious, for the great honour of God and our royal sovereign, Charles the Second, King of Great Britain / by J.V.
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J. V., 17th cent.
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1680
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Wing V8; ESTC R23593
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all Persons in all Nations in all Generations he is an implacable Enemy to the Sons and the Daughters of Men he sets the Church against the State and the State against the Church that so there may be neither Church nor State among them but the Devil shall be deceived of his expectation to his great shame and condemnation for I shall set all Wise Strong Rich and Learned Men against him yea all People in all Nations that do love the Peace and the Prosperity of their Souls and the Comfort of their Lives therefore I shall set the Turk and the Pope and the French King against him and all that do assist him and them because he has deceived them with a Religion that tends to their shame and will be to their ruin if they do not leave it in due time Therefore all that have a Soul to save I hope will leave that Religion which makes them the Devils Slaves He that winneth Souls from the love of the things of this World and from the service of the Devil the God of this World that Man is Wise and Stronger than the Devil he is Wise for himself and he is Wise for others that the Sons and the Daughters of Men may enjoy the greatest freedom the freedom of the Mind the greatest Liberty the Liberty of the Will and the greatest Power Power against Sin and the greatest Victory Victory over the World I am at War for them with the Devil who is the God of this World who doth do what he can with the things of this World to deceive the Sons and the Daughters of Men to win their Souls from them but before the Devil shall have his will over the Sons of Men he shall be chained and confined to his Den and there will I make him shake and quake by the Power of Faith and the Word of God which is an Iron Rod and a sharp Sword by which I shall smite him and wound him home I shall not fear him nor spare him but play and display upon him Hail-stones and Coles of Fire by the power of Faith and the Word of Gods Power Sir It was long before I did begin to make War with the Devil but having begun to make War with him in my own Person for the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of all Nations I shall not leave him but will vex and perplex him wound and confound him till all Strife Contention and Wars throughout the whole World doth cease and among all People in all Nations there be a free Trade great Joy and a lasting Peace that the Sons of Men may live Conquerors in the World and die Conquerors over Sin Death Hell and the Devil They must hate what is Evil what is Evil in themselves for it is weakness and foolishness to speak gainst Evil in others and to love and approve of it in themselves but they that hate what is Evil in themselves will begin to loath it and then to leave it and then to be weary of it and then the Devil will be weary of them This is the way for the Workers of Evil to leave the Devil and the Devil to leave them This is my great Design and the labour and travel of my Mind for the Devil to leave the Sons of Men and the Sons of Men to leave him that so he may take up his rest in his Den and not for to have any lodging among them but in his Den there let him roar rage and swell but no more cause the Sons of Men for to rebel They that do hate what is Evil in themselves and do love what is Good in others will labour to be good in their own Persons and to do much good in their Generation for the great honour of God the King and the Nation They that would overcome the Devil who is the author and cause of all Evil they must not slight and undervalue the Publick Prayers of the Church of England because they be suitable and seasonable profitable and comfortable for all Persons in all Nations for to inform them and to reform them if they be not wanting to themselves they be such Prayers that will teach Men to know how to Pray in their Families and between God and their own Souls from whom they may have what they can desire as truth of Grace strength of Grace and increase of Grace The Prayer of the Upright it is Gods Delight and tends to Mans great Peace Profit and Comfort it is Faith Prayer and Meditation that will drive the Devil from Mens Habitations so that they will enjoy great Consolation and be free from Condemnation and everlasting Damnation Prayer without Faith it is heartless and Faith without Prayer it is fruitless Faith and Prayer will purifie the foulest heart that the Devil cannot lodge there in any part they will strengthen the weakest Memory and comfort the saddest Spirit Faith and Prayer will make a weak Man strong in the Power of God as bold as a Lion for the great Honour of God and the King and Wiser than the Devil and all the workers of Evil who are Enemies unto him Therefore what Victory or Conquest any of the Sons of Men do get by the Power of Faith over Sin Death Hell and the Devil and over the workers of Evil the Glory of it is to be given to the God of Heaven and the Honour and the Profit of it to the King of that Nation who is over that Person Well might I declare in due time for the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of Mankind that our Royal Sovereign Charles the Second King of Great Britain would be the Chiefest and most Renowned Emperor in the World and over the World because I have been at War for him with the Devil who is the God of this World but I have not been at War with him with an Army of Men but by the Power of Faith I have him under my feet and shall triumph over him for the Glory and the great Glory of the most High and the great Honour and Exaltation of Englands Royal Majesty among the Sons of Men and above any of them above all Heathen and Popish Kings Priests Princes and Emperors in the World for the Honour and Renown of the Protestant Religion and the Government of the Church of England and and for the Peace and Prosperity of all Kingdoms Sir it has been a Sin and a great Sin of too many both in Church and State both Learned and Unlearned Men that they have not proved and improved their Wisdom their Knowledge their Power and their Courage for the Honour of our Royal Sovereign Charles the Second King of England Scotland France and Ireland as they might have done but they have too much improved it against him and his Royal Father our late Royal and Gracious Soveraign a King too wise mild and too good for a proud stubborn and rebellious Generation but the right hand of the Lord will find out all