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An awakening warning to the wofull world by a voyce in three nations uttered in a brief dissertation concerning that fatal and to be admired conjunction of all the planets in one and the same sign, Sagittarius ... to come to pass the 1/11 day of December, anno 1662 : in which it is clearly evinced, as well by S. Scriptures ... that the glorious coming of Jesus Christ is at hand ... / autore Petro Serario.
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last daies viz. All things so continue as they were from the Creation That which now happens the same likewise hath formerly happened and therefore to conclude hence any certainty are toys and phantasms of mans own imagination Which being so that we are now fallen into those times when among all peoples especially Christians who in times past were very hasty in their hope of setting up the Kingdom of Christ in all Churches Cloysters and Houses all places are full of Scoffers why do we any longer doubt but that now those daies are near in which the Heavens shall pass away with a great noise the Elements shall melt with fervent heat to destroy the ungodly with all their works that there may succeed in the room thereof a new Heaven and a new Earth in which may dwell righteousness 2 Pet. 3.13 Wherefore it ought not to seem a wonder to any man that we so diligently attend to these Signes of his coming and do so interpret them But perhaps some body will say Obj. Peter doth not here speak of those things which are aforementioned viz. concerning the Conversion of the Jews and the total destruction of the 4th Monarchy and the setting up of the Kingdom of Christ on earth but of the time wherein the Heavens shall pass away and the Elements shall be dissolved i.e. of the end of the world Answ We answer what Peter affirmes touching the Heavens Earth and Elements are not properly to be understood according to the Letter as the collation of Scriptures doth shew For Christ will not by his coming destroy the works of his Father Heaven and Earth but the works of the ungodly and whatsoever curse for mans sake came upon Heaven and Earth all this he will burn up with fire and utterly purge out as a prudent Goldsmith that labours to burn not the Gold and Silver but the Dross and Dregs which adhere to the Gold and Silver But as for the substance it self of heaven earth all that God hath created all those things shall not be burnt by the coming of Christ but shall only be renewed and purged that where before unrighteousness took place now righteousness there dwelleth And where before the violent possessed the Kingdoms of the world there now the meek shall inherit Those heavens which the ungodly feign to themselves as their hope and expectation shall perish and those Elements or Rudiments of divine worship even as the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 * that is Rudiments is taken in this sense wherein some foolishly stick all their life time shall be dissolved and burnt yea the works of all men shall be consumed that a new heaven and a new earth may come forth wherein may be beheld by all men all things in the glory of their perfection as a pure workmanship of God the honour whereof may redound to him himself as the Kingdom and City of God the house and habitation of God and men and a certain manifestation of the Righteousness Majesty and Love of God c. And if indeed all these things ought to be so and if it be true that with Peter according to the promise maâ—e Isa 65. we expect a now Heaven and a new Earth wherein dwels righteousness 2 Pet. 3.13 it ought not to seem strange to us if before that be done a fiery Judgment preceds on earth to which these Signes in Heaven and earth have relation A judgment I say to deliver both Jews and Christians hitherto oppressed and to destroy all the destroyers and to restore all things on earth and to destroy them that have destroyed the earth Rev. 11.18 Behold now we see what signes the Ap. Peter hath set touching the coming of the Lord and how they have been fulfilled long since in an high degree so that in regard thereof nothing now remaines to be expected but the thing it self signified by those signes Now let us see moreover what the Ap. Paul that chosen vessel discourseth concerning the last times and how he limbs out in lively colours the men that shall live in that time They shall be saith he 2 Tim. 3.2 Lovers of their own selves covetous boastâ—rs proud blasphemers disobedient to parents unthank ful unholy without naâ—ural affection truce breakers false accusers incontiâ—ent fierce desp sers of them that are good traitors heady high-minded lovers of pleasures more then lovers of God Having a form of Godliness but denying the power thereof What seemeth to thee Reader Are our times described or is it longer yet to be expected till this kind of men come upon the Stage If thou wilt acknowledge that we are indeed devolved upon or into those times wherein every where men are found to be Lovers of their own selves Covetous Boasters Proud c. And that they also who carry a form of Godliness and would be reputed for godly do possess more of its external form than of the internal truth of it denying the very power of Godliness which consisteth in spirit and truth what wonder if we accompt the aforesaid signes in Heaven for fore Messengers and fore-runners of the consummation of those daies wherein the madness of all those men shall be made manifest to all men 2 Tim. 3.9 that some when ' at length true right cousness love of God and the sincere power of Godliness may come in their room But that it may more clearly appear that those things which we have mentioned concerning the restitution of the Jews and the end of the last Monarchy and have by this Conjunction of the Princely or chief Stars inferred that they are at the door are not meer Astrological Prognosticks but matters founded in the Word of God Let us go also to the Apostle John that beloved Apostle who was wont to lie in Christs bosom and see what he saith of this matter in the Book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ which Christ himself by his Angel dictated to him and commanded him to write it to the Churches 1. It is there read that the time shall come wherein the Saints of God shall be made Kings and Priests to God that as Kings they may reign on earth ch 1. v. 6. ch 5. v. 10. which thing because it cannot be done without the Jews nor before the Kingdom of the Beast and of the false Prophet be overthrown it necessarily followes that if ever that time ought to come to pass wherein the Saints shall reign on earth those former things ought first to precede or go before and if they now precede and we are come to these last times the consequence is necessary that thing to be at the door 2. In Chap. 11. of this Book of Revel which is as a kind of Compendium of the whole History of the Church or Temple of God beginning from the treading of it underfoot on earth and ending in the opening of it in heaven we read that the treading of the holy City underfoot the prophesying of the two Witnesses
after a sort in the punishment of their sins hoping in this that the measure of their punishments and chastisements will at length be fulfilled that God may again have mercy upon them And whereas formerly they were so averse from the Christians that not in their greatest necessity would they receive of us any support or almes now it is come to this pass that they not only gratefully accept of a morsel of bread giving God thankes for it but also come and desire the same of us Which indeed is no obscure sign on earth that their conversion and redemption draweth nigh Even as of old in Egypt then was the time at hand that Joseph would make known himself to his Brethren and receive all his Fathers Family into his protection when it fell out that his Brethren thinking no such thing came to receive from the hand of Joseph whom long since they had sold and delivered him into the hand of strange Nations bread and succours for the support of life And if now the Mercy for the Jewes is at hand to wit the Revelation of the true Joseph among them it necessarily followes that the judgment of Babylon is at hand and of necessity the destruction of the last Bestial Monarchy as afore we have often advised is before the doores For hear how Jeremiah chap. 51. knits these two together namely the Conversion of the Jewes and the Subversion of Babylon For he saith v. 5. Israel and Judah shall not alwaies be left of God the Lord of Hosts in widdowhood because their Land was filled with transgression because of the holy one of Israel c. And immediately in v. 6. Fly ye out of the midst of Babylon and deliver every man his soul be not cut off in her iniquity for this is the time of Gods vengeance he will render to her a recompense Behold so soon as God shall have mercy on his people presently he will gird himself to render vengeance on Babylon for her injustice Pride and all Oppression towards the miserable dispersed sheep of Israel As in the former Chap. the Lord complained saying The sheeps my people are destroyed their shepwards made them to go astray they went from Mountain to Hill forgetting the place of their lying down all that found them devoured them and their adversaries said we offend not because they have sinned against the Lord the habitation of Justice even the Lord the hope of their Fathers Jer. 50.6 7. Hear also how Joel joynes these two together viz. the Conversion of the Jews and the Judgment of the Heathen which oppressed them as mutual consequents chap. 3.1 where he saith Behold in those daies and in that time when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem I will also gather all Nations and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel whom they have scattered among the Nations and parted my Land and they have cast Lots for my people and have given a Boy for a harlot and sold a Girle for wine that they might drink Note here how swiftly the one shall follow the other Even so soon as the Cup of indignation is removed from Sion so soon shall it be drunk to the Daughter of Edom. The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished O Daughter of Zion He will no more carry thee away into captivity he will visit thine iniquity O Daughter of Edom. He will discover thy sins Lam. 4.22 As if the Lord had said Thou hast seen how I have visited and discovered the iniquity of my people how I have led them captive among all Nations that these being admonished by their example might be wiser and might more diligently observe my Commandments than they have done But because thou hast done no better but worse than they and in stead of the Mercy with which thou shouldest have been enclined towards my people and the righteousness with which thou oughtest to have convinced them of unrighteousness thou hast done altogether the contrary thou hast used no mercy towards my people and by thy unrighteousness hast hardned them in their iniquity and whilst thou diâ—st these things thou wouldest justifie thy self fixing thine eyes not upon thy self but upon them thou sawest not the Beam in thine own eye but didst the More that was in thy Neighbours eye meditating in thine heart This people suffereth condigne punishment for their facts because they rejected the Lord Jesus who was the hope of their Forefathers and that in raging against them we cannot sin Yea thou hast perswaded thy self that in thy afflicting crucifying and killing of my people thou hast done my work and rendered my revenge Joel 3.4 But I assoon as the iniquity of my people shall be finished even as I have done to them so will I do to thee I will visit thee and discover thy abominations And as thou hast exercised no mercy towards my people so no body shall pity thee As thou hast done so shall it be required to thee in the Cup thou hast drunk to others shall it be drunk to thee Yea the double thereof Rev. 18.6 As to the Time of the Conversion of the Jews and the restoring of the Kingdom of Israel of which all the Prophets are full and by consequence the end of the terrible 4th Beast of Daniel that it is at hand that also may be sufficiently demonstrated by those Signes which are prescribed in the Old and New Testament some at least of which I will touch And 1. out of 4 * otherwise the 2 of Esdram 5.1 2 c. of Esdr 5.1 2 3 c. V. 1. Nevertheless as concerning the tokens behold he daies shall come that they which shall dwell on the earth shall be â—aken in a great number and the way of truth shall be hidden and the Land shall be barren of Faith 2. But iniquity shall be encreased aâ—â—ve that which thou now seest or that thou hast heard long ago 3. And he Land that thou now seest to have root shalt thou see wasted suddenâ—y 4. But if the most High grant thee to live thou shalt see after the THIRD TRUMPET that the Sun shall shine suddenly again in the night and the Moon thrice in the day 5. And Blond shall drop out of the wood and the stone shall give his voyce and the people shall be troubled 6. And even he shall rule whom they looked not for that dwell upon the earth and the fowles shall take their flight away together 7. And the Sodomitish Sea shall cast out fish and make a noise in the night which many have not known but they shall all hear the voyce thereof 8. There shall be a Confusion also in many places and the fire shall be oft sent out * Margin Sâ—aked again and the wild Beasts shall change their places and Menstruous women shall bring forth Monsters 9. And salt waters shall be found in