shall do another injury And then that very great antipathy That now between the creatures is shall dy For then the Wolf shall lie down with the Lamb And dwell together sure of this I am The Leopard then shall lie down with the Kid The Calf and Lion young are also rid The one of 's preying nature and the other Can now confide in him as in a brother Nay though the Lion be a Fatling by He 'l not him harm they 'l down together lye So gentle and so tame they will be then A little Child may lead them both and when This time is come the Cow then with the Bear Shall feed their young together lye and there The Lion shall like to an Ox eat straw To prey on flesh he now shall have no maw The deadly great and most destructive nature The Venom which is found now in the creature Their deadly sting shal then be took away When once a sucking-Child shall dare to play On the Asps hole the weaned Child may then Not fear to put his hand upon the den Of that so deadly Cockatrice for there They shal not hurt destroy none shal them fear In Gods most holy Mountain and the Earth Shal filled be with knowledge and with mirth Cover'd with knowledge shal the Earth then be As now we see the Waters do the Sea There 's such a glorious time as this to come Or else the Prophets are mistook not some But all for all of them of this time spoke Foreseeing that there was a heavy yoke That Rome should keep the faithful People in And afterward that cursed Man of Sin Until there come a Rod out of the Stem Of Jesse and a branch spring out of him Out of his Root shall spring that holy Prince That King of kings and Lord of lords from hence It comes that Christ our Lord is said to be Of Davids Off-spring notwithstanding he Is Davids Root and shal possess his Throne In the appointed time as hath been shown But that I might this Truth yet clearer make Then this that follows likewise from me take That Christ shal rule and reign on Earth as King To prove I further do this Reason bring Because the Earth and all that therein is Are by Creation-right all of them his They were made by him and not only so But for him too and then his Right we know It is that one day he should them possess Which were made for him to enjoy and bless With Righteousness with which he 'l judge the poor Reprove the meek with Equity more He with the Rod of 's Wrath wil smite the Earth And slay the wicked also with his breath For Righteousness the girdle of his loins And Faithfulness the girdle of his reins Shall be and then will come that blessed day That he the Root of Jesse will display The Glory of his Rest as on a hill Stand for an Ensign and the Gentiles will Unto it seek his Rest shal glorious be Thrice happy they that shall this Glory see When this is come to pass that Prophecie Spoke by Isaiah will fulfilled be Behold in Righteousness a King shall reign And Princes rule in Judgment shall again As from the wind and tempest which we see A hiding-place a covert there shall be As in a dry and thirsty place and as The shadow of a mighty great Rock is A man shall be as Water Rivers and As such a Rock is in a weary Land The eyes of them that see shall not be dim The ears of them that hear shall hearken then The rash of heart shall knowledge understand Their passions then they shall so well command The tongue of stammerers shall ready be To utter words to talk to speak plainly The Glory of that day shall be so great My pen's too weak that Glory to repeat So great it is my thoughts it doth so fill That here another Reason follow will That Christ shal come the Earth to rule will be Apparant made as 't wil appear for he By right of purchase is become the Lord Of all the Earth and all it doth afford He therefore dy'd reviv'd and rose again That he might this Prerogative obtain To be the Lord both of the quick and dead This may in Pauls Epistle soon be read By his obedience to his Father he Obtained such a glorious dignitie By dying on the Cross that cursed death For which his Father him exalted hath And such a Name hath given unto him Above all names that 's given into them That are in Heav'n in Earth or underneath The Earth to him all which have life and breath At his most glorious Name their knees must bow There 's few but will for truth this sure allow And ev'ry tongue confess that Christ is Lord This Glory they must unto God afford When God the Father rais'd Christ from the grave He then to him this Princely honour gave To sit at his right hand in heav'nly places In recompence of all those foul disgraces That he sustain'd while he was on the Earth Although he was the King thereof by birth So far above all Principalitie All Power Might Dominion Dignity And ev'ry Name that 's nam'd not only whom Is in this world but in that world to come And hath put all things underneath his feet Though all things be'nt subjected to him yet He bore the great iniquities of many Of all indeed he did not leave out any Then with the great a portion he 'l divide And with the strong divide the spoil beside Because he did his soul pour out to death This glory God to Christ now given hath That as the Earth he bought and paid the score That it stood charged with so he 'l restore All things again when he from Heav'n descends To take away what ever in 't offends And then all living shall enjoy and see How glorious Christ's Government will be That which already hinted is well may Give satisfaction unto all if they Be so unbyass'd and be so intent In searching out what all the Prophets meant And Christ and his Apostles for all they Did prophesie and speak of this good day By these and such like sayings as I bring Of which there is a multitude that sing The self-same song as I above have done For sure I am they all with me are one But ne'retheless it still is my intent One Reason more to contribute or hint That Christ shall rule and reign here on the earth Is true because it is his right by birth He Christ the first born is of ev'ry creature And he of all things also is the Maker The first-born is mongst many brethren too The first begotten Son of God and who The brightness of his Fathers glory is The express Image of his person his Gods only Son whom he appointed Heir Of all things that hath been shall be or are In Heav'n above or in the Earth beneath They all are his by birth there 's none that
gave And did become his flesh then sure they have Eat up his Body and his Blood did drink If so 't were hard to understand or think How Judas with a kiss could him betray And afterward him carry so away With Swords and Staves before the Judgement-sent Of Pilate after his Disciples eat His body and his blood the night before He was betray'd And also furthermore How could the Jews accuse him if so be They eat him up then could it not be he Besides they did not only him accuse But they did buffet him the wicked Jews With one consent did all against him cry Deliver Barrabas but crucifie This man for we have often heard him speak Against the Temple and against God eke For whosoever speaketh blasphemy We have a Law by which Law he must dy 'T is very strange and wonderful to me How they could hang his body on a Tree And pierce his precious side so with a Spear If he was eat his body was not there Nor could his precious blood be ever shed Upon the Cross if his Disciples did Drink up his Blood when they drank of the Cup 'T was not there shed if they had drunk it up 'T would make one smile to think if this were so How Pilate was deceiv'd he did not know That his disciples did his body eat If Rome say true this was a pretty cheat And then the Jews were also much mistaken When they believ'd for certain they had taken And brought the Man before the Judgement-seat And had the life of that Deceiver great As they him call'd it seems 't was not the same For his disciples eat him ere they came By this it may be seen Rome doth deny That Christ upon the Cross for us did dy Though she enjoins her subjects to adore The wooden Cross such impudence this Whore Hath got that she may make the world believe That when she looks thereon she doth so grieve None like to her to think that ere the Jews Should be so wicked Jesus to abuse And put to death that was so good a man And yet if Rome say true she doth and can Eat up his flesh this makes me wonder more Because she saith his flesh was eat before By what is said one may already spye This Errand Whore can tell an errand lye But further if our Lords Disciples have His body eat their bellyes were his Grave If so no doubt the women likewise much Deceived were when they so early such Great hast did make to see where they had laid His body unto whom the Angels said He is not here but risen from the dead Go tell to his Disciples what is sed And let them know the Grave could not him hold As he before had often them foretold Away they went and told this to the rest But their report they did not in the least Give credit to their words did rather seem To be a tale or some such idle dream But after this as two of them did go To Emmaus but they did not him know Christ on the way they went drew near to them But as I said they did not know 't was him He takes occasion to begin some talk As they together on the way did walk And doth enquire why they were so sad What that communication was they had They answer him Art thou a stranger here That thou this weighty matter dost not hear Concerning Jesus whom they crucifi'd Who was condemn'd and for the people dy'd We trusted that it had been he that should Have now redeemed Israel and would Vpon the third day rise up from the dead And there some women are that have it sed That he is risen and again doth live Which doth astonish us but we can give No credit to them for they have not seen His person though to day they 've early been To look for him where they his body laid Then Christ to this them answered and said Oh fools and slow of heart for to believe What all the Prophets spake won't you receive And from the Prophets he did show that he Accordingly must crucified be And rise again the third day from the dead As all the holy Prophets witnessed But when they drew near to the Village where They were to go Christ made as though he were Not minded farther with these two to go But they constrained him with Reasons so That he went in to tarry there that night He sate at meat and vanish'd out of sight He blest and broke the bread and then they knew That it was he and what he said was true We then conclude his Schollars did not eat His body corp'rally that is a cheat That Rome invented to deceive the blind A thing in Scripture never man did find For this is clear that Jesus Christ was slain Laid in his Grave the third day rose again His real body that was crucifi'd The same was rais'd again as Thomas try'd For he was doubtful of the matter still Would not believe that Christ was risen till To satisfie his doubt Christ condescends So graciously that he his doubt soon ends By saying Thomas feel my sides and hands Which Thomas doth and then amazed stands And saith My Lord my God I now do see 'T is thou thy self no other man but thee Then afterward Christ in the sight of all His 'leven Disciples whom he did forth-call And led them forth as far as Bethany He blessed them and from them straight did fly He did ascend to Heav'n out of their sight Into that glory and transcendant light Where he before with God his Father dwelt And where he ne're such bitter usage felt As here on earth he did from such as those Who for his love became his cruel foes Where now in heav'n his body doth remain And shall until he doth descend again From heav'n to earth to recompence all men As their deeds be done in the body then How can the bread be transubstantiated When by a sottish Priest 't is consecrated His body being now in heav'n above And from that throne will never more remove Until the time appointed by the Father Which will be dreadful unto Rome the rather Because she doth those murder and devour That wil not her adore nor own her power The flesh of Christ she eats she drinks his blood Not that in heav'n ti'nt to be understood But that on earth his members that are here That serve the Lord in spirit faith and fear His body that 's in Haven she cannot eat Although she lyes and faith it is her meat But that she cannot reach that 's one good turn For if she could she would him eat or burn And yet this Whore is still so impudent That of her Whorish trade she won't repent Nor doth she blush but boldly will attest That she 's the Church of Christ I think 't is best For her to say so prov 't she cannot do Unless she prove and that I know is true That she the Synagogue
hath Nor can deprive him of his right it 's sure To him and shall for evermore enoure Saith David in his Psalms The Heathen rage Vain things imagine what doth this presage God sits in Heav'n and hath them in derision And will at length himself make the decision Though they do set against him and 's Anointed And counsel take they shall be disappointed Vnto them all he 'l speak then in his wrath Though he forbears and seems to be so loth Yet will he vex them in his sore displeasure When he shall set his King his only Treasure Upon his holy Hill then the Decree Concerning him will soon declared be Thou art my Son I have begotten thee Then ask my Son ask thou I say of me And I will give thee thine Inheritance Thou shalt upon my Holy Hill advance The Heathen shall be to thee for a portion The Earth I give to thee for thy possession The utmost parts thereof I give and thou Shalt break them with a Rod of Iron now In pieces shalt thou dash them as a Vessel That 's broken a in Morter with a Pestle Again saith David in another place Such is the Majesty of Christ the Grace Of this most mighty Prince and Lord of all That Kings shall stoop and down before him fall And they that in the Wilderness do live Shall bow before him and him honor give His Enemies who will they nill they must Fall down before him and shall lick the dust The Kings of Tarshish and them of the Isles Shall presents bring to him to have his smiles The Kings of Sheba and of Seba too Shall offer gifts to him if that would do Yea all the Nations under Heav'n that are Shall him obey all Kings then shall him fear And David in another Psalm doth say That God his Enemies will drive this day Before him God will then his foes down beat And plague all men he will that do him hate My faithfulness saith God with him shall be My mercy also and his Name I 'le see Shall be exalted I will set his hand Upon the Sea so in the Rivers and He 'l cry Thou art my God my Father then And say the Rock of my Salvation when My first-born I will make whose so by birth Far higher than the Kings are of the Earth But some it may be here will now object And say These Scriptures all have no respect To Christ but Solomon by them is meant And David penn'd these Psalms to that intent To shew he should be set on such a throne That like to him there should be never none So great so rich so mighty as was he If so then all these things fulfilled be I answer That these Scriptures can't be so Receiv'd nor understood for this I know That Solomon was never God's first-born Nor never did God so exalt his Horn To give to him such great and large Dominion To reach from sea to sea in my opinion Nebuchadnezzar was a greater man Then ever was the great King Solomon For Daniel said to him O King it 's thou Art grown so mighty strong and great that now Thy potent greatness reacheth unto Heav'n Such is thy boundless and thy large Dominion It doth extend unto the ends of th' earth God unto thee such glory given hath Though Solomon his glory was so much That in his day there was no King had such Yet consid'ring Nebusshadnezzar he Was great Commander universallie O're all the world it clearly follow will Those Prophesies God did not then fulfil In Solomon because it 's plain that he Had never such a glorious Monarchie I then conclude they meant and rather may The King of Babylon which none will say So universal as the others was Nor yet so great nor universal as Our Lords shall be when he doth come to reign As those fore-cited Scriptures speaketh plain Besides what I before did shew indeed That Christ must be that King of Davids seed These reasons then I end though many more I might produce in Scripture there 's such store But I with these shall well contented be Such satisfaction are they unto me But yet I matter not for th' sake of those That may more doubtful be before I close Bring forth such Scriptures which do more conduce To satisfaction then I here produce That prophesie of Balaam who when He hired was to curse Gods Israel then He prophesi'd and said My eyes shall him Behold but shall not now they are too dim I shall behold him but it won't be nigh Though I the knowledge have of the most High There shall a Star come out of Jacob and A Scepter out of Israel the Land Of Moab shall he smite the corners all The sons of Seth shall be destroy'd and fall And Edom shall because of their transgression So Seir likewise shall be a possession Unto his Enemies but Israel he Shall in those days do then most valiantlie Then out of Jacob will he come that shall Possess and have dominion o'ne them all Balaam then took up his Parable Beheld and saw that day was terrible And said Alas though 't is a day of bliss To Jacob who shall live when God doth this Again good Hannah when the Lord her Womb Had opened that she conceiv'd to whom He gave a Son which when she had brought forth She lent unto the Lord a son of worth He was to her yet for the Lord she 'l spare Her child her only son that was so dear And then to pray and praise the Lord goes she And thus she saith by way of prophesie The Adversaries of the Lord shall be All broke to pieces out of Heaven shall he Thunder upon them then the Lord will judge The Earth and ends thereof this priviledge The Lord shall have and strength he 'l give his King And will the Horn of his Anointed bring To be exalted and he 'l help the feet Of all his Saints though men them ill entreat As for the wicked they shall silent be In darkness when that they this day do see To do these wondrous things God will not fail For know by strength no man shall then prevail Oh what a glorious time this then will be When Saints shal reign with Christ triumphantlie That most transcendent glory and the state Christ shall be in which he 'l participate To them their lot their portion and a shares Because they 're sons they likewise are Joint-heirs With him and in his throne they shall sit down And shall receive a Kingdom and a Crown Not such a corrupt Crown that fades away But such a Crown of Life that won't decay Then fear not little Flock for 't is the pleasure Of God your Father to give you the treasure That 's in a Crown by Grace he will you save And hath thought meet the Kingdom you should have He that is Prince of Kings Kings of the earth Who you so lov'd that you he washed hath From all your sins in his
of Satan is If Rome be that then so no Church it is Of Christ I 'm sure But for to prov 't she pleads Antiquity and that the Pope succeeds Th' Apostle Peter in his sacred Chair And saith that he by Christ is placed there And that he hath receiv'd the sacred Keys And power hath to do what ere he please To bind or loose and what he doth on earth Is ratifi'd in heav'n nay more she saith That she hath such Authority receiv'd If you do think this Whore may be believ'd So great that he doth give but his command And strait the gates of Heaven will open stand To let in who he pleaseth to admit And any one if he shall think it fit He 'l canonize and make a Saint of him Provided he be paid for 't well but them That can't or don't shall never be a Saint By his good will nor never will he grant A License unto such that they may go To Heav'n they may be sure he won't do so But unto Purgatory at the least If not to Hell but if he think it best They shal not stay there long he 'l pray them out If he be paid but well he 'l make no doubt And that he might the better cheat and blind Poor souls he will not suffer them to mind The holy Scriptures lest they should espy His great deceits and all his knavery That he in ignorance might still them keep And in the dark he 'l hardly let them peep For if they do he will them plainly tell They must forbear or they will go to hell Then they are frighted thinking this is true But as for those with whom this will not do He with his Bulls will such men fright and scare But otherwise he 'l say the Scriptures are So full of mysteries so deep and great That for the Laytie 't is not fit nor meet That they should read them much less them expound That are such mysteries and so profound The Laity have no other work to do But yeild obedience to the Clergy so That whatsoe're they say you must receive And them obey believe as they believe The Fathers of the Church have thought it good That only Priests the Scriptures understood As for the Laity they should be content With what the Fathers said and did and meant They ought to take no care nor heed no other But what the Church commands who is their Mother Which they must do upon a pain no less Then losing of eternal happiness For no Salvation can there be saith she Unless with her in all things they agree Be an obedient child a son or daughter With such like stuff would fil a man with laughter But more the Fathers taught and did agree That no Church-service should performed be But all in Latin ought and must be read And there 's good reason for 't as Rome hath sed It 's meet there should a Uniformity Be in the Church that so the unity Thereof might be preserv'd that there be no Such Hereticks that Heresie do sow Which to prevent it is not fit that they The Laity should know what the Priest doth say That were the way to make them all as wise As we our selves how should we hide our lyes No 't is decreed throughout the Universe There shall no Priest presume nor Monk rehearse No Mass no Prayer nor no Ave Mary And from this Edict none must dare to vary That what the Laity doth not understand They may the more admire and wonder and Fall down and worship with such great devotions With smiting of their breasts and invocations With stamping crossing howling bawling and Such Superstitions as would make one stand Amaz'd to see such extream foolery Their madness and their great idolatry They are so mad and drunk one well may judge With blinded zeal they 're made the Devils drudg Besotted so they are with ignorance That he is able them to lead what dance Best pleaseth him what suits most with his will They like his children will his mind fulfill They are begotten after his own likeness And ready are to do what works of darkness That he their Father shall of them command They at his beck will go by sea or land His Kingdom to uphold or to enlarge And faithfully their duty will discharge To him their Father and his works will do As many martyr'd Saints have found it true For out of doubt the Devil is their Father They be his children the Whore's their Mother 'T will now be fit that we should briefly speak To Romes Antiquity Succession eke Both which she boasteth of that she them hath Above all other Churches on the Earth And doth conclude from thence that none but she Forsooth the true and Mother-Church can be Then as to her Antiquity we must Begin and therefore we will ask her first A sober question which if she doth please Is answer'd in the Negative with ease And that is Whether Christ did ever make A Pope of Peter or he ever take Upon him such a Lordly Pope to be That unto him men stoopt and bow'd the knee Or whether any man did ever know That Peter was so proud men kist his toe Or whether Peter was so high and great That Kings and Princes gave to him their seat At at his pleasure and command lay down At Peters feet their Scepters and their Crown And such as pleas'd him them set up but those That did displease him curse and them depose And all such Princes that refus'd to bow Unto his will Or would he not allow Their subjects unto them such honor give Under whose Government they then did live As he the Church should do did once command As in his Letter they may understand If Rome can answer this from Scripture-proof In the affirmative I think she doth More than her Doctors ever did before Ere since the Spirit saith she was a Whore But Peter was so far from being Pope He was no Lord I may conclude I hope If that be so as that it is then we Believe the Pope is younger far than he For Peter leaves this charge with Elders as Peter himself an Elder also was That they should feed the Flock of God that were Among them and of them should take the care Both willingly and of a ready mind No such in Babylon a man shall find That neither by constraint do undertake The charge nor yet for filthy lucre sake No nor as Lords for Lords they must not be Nor lord it ore Gods Heritage but see They good ensamples were unto the Flocks And by that means they might lay up a stock In Heav'n above which Christ to them will give At his appearance But such men must live In faith in love in peace and purity In godliness and in the verity In Doctrine unreproveable that so Those that unlearned be the truth may know Not in the pride of life but always he Cloth'd with humility he ought to be And
as a Father go before the sheep And feed them well and them from danger keep From being by the crafty Fox annoy'd Or by the Lyon or the Wolf destroy'd And he that is the chiefest Shepherd will Such Shepherds certainly reward so well They shall not once from him receive a frown Nor triple Mitre but of life a Crown By what is said we may already find The Lordly Pope is of another mind Than Peter was for he no Lord would be Nor no man else that was in his degree Which proves the Pope as you may clearly see To have no Primitive Antiquity For there no Popes nor Cardinals were then Nay Christ forbids such Lords should be for when He was upon the earth a charge left he With his Disciples that they should not be Lordly nor lofty as when men do meet Them in the Market-place they should them greet Nor must they suffer any of them to call Rabby for Christ was Master ore them all No nor must they presume by no means neither To call a man upon the Earth their Father For they no Father have on earth but one Which is in Heaven their Father is alone Nor no preheminence must any seek But holy humble they must be and meek For he that doth exalt himself shall be Abas'd so much our Lord hath said That he That will be greatest 't is his will he shall No Master be but servant to them all Indeed the Princes of the Gentiles do Dominion exercise ore men 't is true And such as Lords and one that 's greatest he Did exercise ore them authority But Christ's Disciples must not Lord it so If any seek such power he must know This is the mind of Christ that such men should Be ministers unto the rest that would Keep faithful in the place which Christ hath set Them in and ne're such honor seek to get And further Paul unto the Corinths saith That they had no dominion ore their Faith Nor were they Lords but helpers of their joy They stood by Faith then would they not destroy That Faith that Jesus Christ unto them gave For there is no man on the earth can have Dominion over Faith but Christ alone For that Prerogative is his and none But he can lay such claim unto the same Though Pope or call'd by any other name And yet this lofty proud imperious Whore Assumes this great Prerogative and more She doth by force presume to contradict That precious Faith the Faith of Gods elect Nay such she saith is her Authority That Kings and Princes she dares to defie Which Peter never had then this if true She Peters Faith and Practice never knew And therefore it concluding is that Rome Hath not Antiquity beyond what some Now living have who in the Faith now be That Peter had those have Antiquity The next thing which we chiefly are to heed Is her Succession she doth also plead And saith from Peter 't was she did receive Her great Commission if you 'l her believe And that from him and since down all along Which she will prove by arguments so strong That none shall them oppose her reasons are So wicked strong indeed that no man dare As for her arguments the best are these If any Rome oppose or her displease Away with him unto the Inquisition Or take him Gaoler grant him no permission Of any Liberty but keep him from His Friends or those that unto him would come And keep him there close up some months or years And then he will conform be fill'd with fears Of worser things that after will ensue If all these fail and none of them will do Then out she brings that argument at last That is the strongest and that keeps them fast Unto the question answer Yea or no Will you conform or to the Fire go The strongest argument Rome hath is Fire Which is confuted when Saints do expire In flames as Witnesses of Christ against Her Usurpation Darkness Ignorance That she hath introduc'd and caus'd to be Committed ever since the time that she A right did plead or claim unto Succession As she pretends to Peters great Commission But also unto this we do reply She doth not him succeed the reason why Is very clear exceeding plain that she A Successor of Peter cannot be Because that none but those of Peters Faith Can him succeed or that from Peter hath Receiv'd Commission or Authority To be a Bishop or to use thereby The Pow'r of Christ to rule or take the care Of peoples souls such men must make no spare Of pains nor labour neither should they please Themselves nor live in pleasure nor at ease Nor pomp and state nor have things as they will But must deny themselves if they 'l fulfil Their Ministry with joy which they receiv'd Of Jesus Christ in whom they have believ'd And ready be to offer up their All For him and for his Flock if God should call Them forth to such a service and a work Them to defend against the Pope or Turk Defend I say by sound and wholsome preaching Of Gospel-truths and them confirm by teaching To let them understand to see and know What great Impostors there 's at Rome and show Their great prophaneness and their filthy pride Idolatry and cruelty beside But as I said Succession no man hath But such as follow Christ and keep the Faith That precious Faith which Peter had and none But that which Christ did build his Church upon For those that do succeed in that true Faith They and no other true Succession hath Which all impartial men may clearly see By what Paul writeth unto Timothy This charge he gives to Timothy That all The things that Timothy had heard of Paul Among those many witnesses that he Did Faith and Truth confirm to Timothy The same he did receive he must commit To faithful men for so Paul thought it fit And not to men that had not Faith nor such That erred from the Faith or thought it much To feed the Flock except they had the wool And would make war except their mouths were full But unto such whose lives were commendable And who to teach the Truth were very able That they likewise to other faithful men Should give the self-same charge as Paul did then That down along none should succeed but he That kept the Faith From time to time you see From what is said it doth appear so plain That there doth no Succession now remain In Rome because Rome now hath wrackt and lost The Faith of Peter whereof she doth boast For she that Faith hath often stigmatiz'd With such defame and hath apostatiz'd That long ago she her Succession lost And Christ withall she chang'd him for the Host Which now she doth adore and fall down to And therefore let us give the Whore her due If any one there be she doth succeed It is the Serpent for she doth proceed So fully in his ways and paths she goes
the earth For on the Earth once Davids throne was plac'd And on the Earth it now is quite defac'd And on the Earth his throne shall be again Then Christ shall on the Earth both rule â— reign For on the throne of David he shall sit And ore his Kingdom rule and govern it But here by some it may objected be That Christ doth reign now on the earth and he Exalted is already by his Father And shall not rule nor reign on Earth no other Wise than by his Wisdom Strength and Pow'r He rules his Saints and People ev'ry hour And so the World by 's Might and Providence He govern'd hath ere since he went from hence Small sign it is that Christ on Earth doth reign When few his Laws obey and few refrain Him to blaspheme but ready are to evil What ever they are prompt to by the Devil Doth Christ now reign rule amongst those men That swear and curse and drink roar and then Fall out and quarrel fight and kill and whore Of whom the World doth yeild such mighty store That one would think and may conclude ful well That most are rul'd by Lucifer or Hell Can any one think or imagine how Christ should be said to reign on earth when now His people are most times so much oppressed So persecuted and so much distressed That for his sake they 're made a mock and scorn Whose time is now not to rejoice but mourn For what is done to them is done to him He takes it so and so 't will be all them That persecute his Saints shall find it so When he appears though now they won't it know When Saul with Letters went to Damascus To persecute and spoile the Saints then thus Christ said to him when on the way he smites Him to the ground with those bright shining lights That shone about him and all those that went With him no doubt the High-Priest had them sent Him to assist in this great work of darkness To persecute those men that were so faultless That Christ rebukes him as he on the way Did go and as I said did to him say Saul Saul why dost thee thus me persecute To kick against the pricks it is no boot Then Saul astonisht says Lord who art thou I 'm Jesus whom thou persecutest now For what thou dost to them thou dost to me Thou canst not them afflict but I must be Afflicted with them if thou art their fo I feel the stroke the wound is mine also If Jesus Christ will when he comes accuse All them that do his Saints to help refuse VVhen they in prison were or sick or lame Or naked hungry and will them so blame Because they did not cloath or them relieve Nor unto them would any comfort give Nor visit when in Gaol or sick they were And them refuse to succour and to cheat And takes what 's done to them done to himself When he shall say to them that have much wealth Depart you cursed into scorching flames Eternal burnings hound in fiery Chains Of dreadful darkness now and evermore Prepared for the Devil for before When I was sick you did not visit me That is you did not comfort them that be My little ones when they distressed were No help nor no assistance would you spare For as you did to them you did to me Depart then now for ever cursed be If Christ I say shall take these things as done Unto himself they suffer not alone That are his people but he suffer so In them that this I 'de very gladly know How Christ on earth is said to rule and reign VVhen still on Earth he 's crucifi'd and slain When Christ his father David's throne shal mount He shall all evil works call to account The Heathen shall be his Inheritance VVhen he unto his Kingdom shall advance Then he the utmost parts of th' earth shall have And will his poor despised people save VVhen his Dominions shall extended be Through all the earth and eke from sea to sea And from the Rivers to th' ends of the earth This great Dominion is his right and birth For when his Kingdom that we pray for 's come VVhich strongly doth import there is no room Left to conceit he doth already reign And in his Kingdom is for then 't were vain To pray for that which now already is And hath been many hundred years if 't is But two as many now a-dayes do say Let 's tare out then that Pray'r he taught's to pray But when it 's come I was about to tell That all things ev'ry where will go full well For then the Will of God will likewise even Be done on Earth as now 't is done in Heaven There will be then no Ram 'um dam 'um Blades That tare stare fight would with their shades But all his creatures living will him praise Because of those most joyful glorious dayes That Christ shall rule and reign here on the Earth The Scripture plentifully holdeth forth That he that reads impartially may know It is a glorious heav'nly Truth although It is the most esteemed but a fable Yet those that be the born of God are able To see much heav'nly glory in 't they do Receive such comforts from 't and not a few That they are made through Grace nothing to fear What they may suffer for the Glory there But that I may a little further clear This much despised Truth to me so dear And choice and sweet I will some Reason show That Christ the Kingdoms of the Earth shall so Possess as yet he never did but shall One day them have in full possession all First then when Christ shall rule on Earth and reign And Davids Throne shall be set up again There shall be such so great increase of Peace That Quarrels Broils and Wars shall ever cease Then shall there be no envying nor hating No Titles unto this and that debating By Sword and Fire as now is and hath bin And ever will and shall be until then All men shall then so quietly enjoy What they do build and plant none shall anoy Nor them molest they in their habitation Shall then secured be no molestation Nor no disquiet shall e're them come near They shall possess without all kind of fear What is alloted them they 'l be so sure That none shall trouble unto them procure The Nations then though now and heretofore Have learned War they War shall learn no more Of Righteousness there then shall be a stream Shall run through ev'ry street this is no dream Nor fond conceit Justice and Equitie Will flourish then and there no more will be Oppression us'd the cause of him that 's poor Shall not perverted be nor nevermore The Widows cause or Fatherless sha'nt then Be turned back at that time shall no men Hate one another nor no man then shall Imagine ill against his brother all Shall live in such a blessed unity No man