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An exact collection of many wonderful prophecies relating to the government of England &c. since the first year of the reign of King James I to this present time all which have been truly fulfilled and accomplished : also ... foretelling what government is to succeed to make this kingdom happy : with the certain time of the downfal of Antichrist throughout the world / written and published ... by P.C.
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P. C.; Wither, George, 1588-1667.
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these back-sliding days wherein they see The Beast's late deadly Wound nigh cur'd to be They on a sudden are become as Jolly As if they thought it to be cured wholly And to impose their Mark will now begin To be more strict than ever they have been So that ere long few Men shall live in Peace Bear Office or a free Estate possess Where they have Power unless they marked are In Hand or Forehead with their Character But if that whereof some imperfect Views Far off appears accordingly ensues There will to thwart their hopes a new Star blaze Within the West which will the World amaze And Influences through the Universe So quickly and prodigiously disperse That aided by concurring Constellations It will have some effect upon most Nations And cause such Changes which will make a Stand In those Attempts which they have now in hand FINIS a M. Charles I. raised Money viz. Ship-money and Loan-money without a Parliament b The long Parliament whom the K. granted to fit until they should put a Period to their own Sitting c The Army d K. Charles's Death e Ol. Cromwel L. Protector f When Rich. Cromwel was deposed g The Committee of Safety where happen'd so great a Confusion between Lambert Fleetwood Hazelrig Lenthal Sir Hen. Vane c. that none knew who was uppermost all aiming to be chief h Our Government of King Lords and Commons i All to private men again k Five Commissioners or Generals were appointed by the Army for the Government thereof and Five by the Rump Parliament of which last Monk was chief who acting distinct from the other four carried the matter brought in K. Charles the Second l King Charles the Second his Reign m 10 Signs to forerun this happy State. n K. James the Second o An Apology follows for this Expression p This is now acting q The last Parliament at Oxford r This is now when the Peers decline the Kings Interest and joyn with the People Å¿ This has been under the late Governments t The King's Loss v The King's Army x This happened upon the Chamber of London being broke and the Charter seized c. y Improvements by Clover Seed in the West of England which was before very barren a Priests Parliaments 〈◊〉 Peers People Army c. b the King willingly to unking himself c King James the Second d Lord Chancellor Judges c. e i. e. of the King 's a This is effected since the Restauration b Popery in King James the Second's Reign c Several put to death both here and in the West about the Duke of Monmouth's Plot. d In time of the Popish Plot. e The Reign of these two last Kings f As Oxford Clarendon Bedford c. g As Jefferies c. h Ecclesiastical Commission i The Privy Council k Oxford Chester Durham c. l 〈◊〉 Fire of 〈◊〉 City of â—â—â—don m Mayors and â—â—â—riffs and â—â—â—tices in the â—â—â—ntry n â—udges o Popish Priests p 〈…〉 of London q The Devil bound a thousand Years in the Revelations r This Beast to Reign 666 Years Å¿ Prince of Orange's Army t Kings At the Restauration Popery came in a The Wound given by Luther and Calvin c. b The mark of the Forehead is by open Profession the mark in the hand is those who mercenarily will be bribed to be their Drudges c The blazing Star in the Year 1680 which is the only Star that ever appeared in the West
Much longer bear he will not such Reproach But to the Saints their Liberties restore And give those Kings their Portions with the Whore. D' ye startle at it as if I had spoke High Treason or as if what I now say Without a Warrant I had undertook To Publish as perhaps you think I may George Withers HIS PROPHESIE OF THE Downfall of ANTICHRIST Published Anno 1660. AND if by Storm they take my Life away Which I as little do regard as they It in their Souls may leave a Sting behind it Which will with Torment make them sometimes mind it But here I yet remain and for a Close In reference to our Antichristian Foes I 'le add this Corollary by the way Whilst on his Horns the Beast is tossing Hay For if deceiv'd I am not our Disease Chiefly proceedeth underhand from these And though a further-off removed Cause Pretending they bescratch us with the Paws Of other Beasts it plainly may be seen By whom our Troubles have contrived been I therefore make but a defensive War With such as mine own Adversaries are And to his Captains as th' Assyrian King Once gave Command intend no Dart to fling To be Destructive to Men Great or Small Whose Hate to me is only Personal But as those only whose Hate doth extend To him and his on whom I do depend To act their last Scene which precedes their Doom They now new vampt upon the Stage are come And thô that with the King as if his Friends They seem to side they come to other Ends Which he not yet discerning in his Grace Vouchsafes them a considerable place And of prevailing they already boast As if they saw the Lamb and all his Host Quite overthrown which me as confident Hath made that God their proud Hope will prevent And overthrow that Tyranny outright By what they think shall raise it to its height But many Tryals must the Saints abide And very much their Patience will be try'd Here and elsewhere before that Act is done Which with an Antimask is now begun Our Friends inhabiting beyond the Waters And who were of our Tragedies Spectators Now twenty Years though they perceive it not Or seem not to perceive it in that Lot Which these have cast for us designed are Or in what follows next to have a share For Haman's Pur's on foot not only here But likewise almost every other where And these think that to take them by his Gin With some speed is with us first to begin But there 's a Countermine which will be sprung Will blow up them and all their Mines e're long Six hundred sixty six draws on apace And not one day beyond that shall they pass It is the Number of that Man of Sin Whereto his Kingdom hath confined been By him that cannot lye and long ago To many that Epocha I did shew From whence his Reign begins and by a Light As I believe which shines without Deceit It numbers out his Reign as certainly As Women reckon the Nativity Of Children in their Wombs which hath Success Within a very few days more or less And of that Mystery what heretofore I have exprest I 'le here express once more Because those Notions which may much be needed Cannot be too oft told nor too well heeded To former times this Mystery was dark And lay a long while cover'd like a Spark In Ashes lest perhaps what at this time Will comfort us might have discourag'd them Who lived then For Men rejoyce to hear The day of their Deliverance is near But nothing save Discomfort could they gain By knowing Tyranny so long should Reign Herein I circumstantially perchance May somwhat Err through human Ignorance But as to that which was essentially To us intended by this Mystery I shall not fail of which is to presage That Babylon shall fall in this our Age. Seven Numerals the Roman Empire had By which of old they Computations made And in them was their Destiny foreshewn Thô to themselves perhaps it was unknown These placed singly as they valu'd are Do truly thô mysteriously declare How long that Empire with what sprung therefrom Should last when to the full height it was come For MDCLX with V and I Do number up in Chronogrammistry Years sixteen hundred sixty six and that Will be of Roman Tyrannies the Date No other Number either more or less If none of these you double or displace Can be by them exprest If you ask when This Number did begin I say ev'n then When Rome declin'd first from her height of Pride Which was when Jesus Christ was Crucifi'd For at that Time her Glory did abate This Number therefore you must Calculate From or about the known time of Christ's Passion Not from the first day of his Incarnation A Silence as it were seem'd to have been In Heaven during th' Interval between His Death and his Ascention as if caus'd By seeing that done which had much amaz'd The whole Creation when that they did see The Lord of Life hang dead upon a Tree The Devil probably at that time too Was at a stand and knew not what to do But soon perceiving That the Snare he wrought Was broke to make another straight he sought Which to prevent an Angel in a Chain His other Pow'rs him suffering to retain Did for a Thousand Years restrain the Devil From setting up the Mystery of Evil Which in Paul's time he was at work upon But when those Thousand Years were fully gone He rais'd it up and God permitted him To manage his own Engine for a time That Truth and Error might here for a space Make Tryals of their Strength and that each Grace And Virtue of the Saints by Exercise Improv'd might be to fit them for the Prize Prepar'd for those who shall engage with Christ To overcome the Dragon and the Beast A Thousand Years sharp Tryals they withstood Yet then they struggled but with Flesh and Blood And for the most part all their Combats then Were like S t Paul's at Ephesus with Men Resembling Beasts But since Iniquity Was set up vailed with a Mystery As in these later times with greater Evils The Saints do grasp for they contend with Devils In shape of Men in Temporal Confusion Made terrible by Spiritual Delusion And therefore God allotted unto him Who Tyrannizeth now a shorter time And to a certain day his Reign did six Which is Six hundred sixty Years and six And he who knows on what day it begun May know the day on which it will be done Which I believe will visibly appear In or about the Seventeen-hundredth Year And thus much therefore only to foreknow With how nigh to an end it seemeth now May make us hopeful and our Faith uphold As well as if Day Year and Hour were told Yea and it better serves to exercise Our Constancy than if 't were otherwise And if well heeded peradventure may Keep some upright who else might fall away In