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A60238 O England; thy time is come, God hath not taken thee until thou be ful; yea, the fulness of thy time is come ... Simmonds, Martha. 1656-1665? (1665) Wing S3793; ESTC R222389 12,200 16

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seemed him good and seeth that there is yet an oppertunity for him to break it make it more for his honor then it was seeing it is yet clay in his hand and so is man in the hands of the Almighty Oh my Friends consider how much more shall the Lord be glorified in purifying a Vessel fit for himself to dwell in all righteousness meekness and long-suffering And thus we see his reign and rejoice in sufferings as Deceivers and yet true So friends consider that if it had pleased him he could have prayed to his Father and he would have sent him Legions of Angels but he chose rather to suffer and thereby to cross his own will and also all mens wills for surely he is the same now as he was in former ages who alwaies appeared contrary to the expectacions of all the world but if he should appear in the way you have long lookt for him then man would have something to boast in but now boasting is excluded for it hath pleased the Father of Spirits to appear in a spirit a little lower then Angels and so is hid in the Clouds from all mens eyes of corrupt hearts and self-conceited ones who thought they had an eye to have pierc't through the Clouds are now found the blindest of all sorts for as he suffered at his going away so doth he at his coming again for so saith the Scripture he shall come in like manner as he went Hannah Stranger There 's none can reigne with Christ but he That is a Virgin pure in innocency No evil thoughts nor words must be For that will stain Virginity O How excellent is thy waies thou God of Mercy and Truth surely they that go out of thy pathes are not worthy to walk therein they that forget thy love have not found the sweetness of it why should it be that any that have known thy Word should cast it behinde their backs But let my soul cleave to thy Statutes let obedience be my life continuallie so shall I be acquainted with thy will O Lord thou knowest I love thy counsel and in it my heart pondereth and if thou wilt open thy bosom and let me come neerer to thee that is all I desire but let me remember thy former mercies for they are life how hast thou led me through the Desarts and refreshed me with thy Christal Streams gave me Manna for food How gentlie didst thou guide me when all comforts failed me and removed the mountains out of my way and hath set me upon a plane that I run the way of thy Commandments with great delight Why hath thy Rod been so light upon me seeing my sins have been multiplied How have I scaped the Rod of thine anger nay thou didst put a Rod into my hand to smite the backslider and hard-hearted O Lord thou knowest it was thy will I did not resist thee Oh that they might know it the rod and who it was that did appoint it and now thou hast taken it out of my hand and bowed me to thy will and hath opened a door of Mercie to all sorts of people Oh let thy Mercie shower down abundantlie and fill the earth with thy Blessing that thy Works may praise thee for now praises readie for thee and many hearts panteth after thee that have long lain amongst the pots all the upright love thee for they have been as a chased Roe upon the Mountains which have wanted a Shepherd wherefore arise O Lord and visit the Nations with thy appearance that they may know thy salvation Martha Simmonds OH my beloved Where hast thou been hidden in the clefts of the Rocks and I could by no means finde thee though I have sought thee day night with a mournful and bleeding heart but when I was still and patient then thou didst appear to me with pure consolation and then we did sup together but then thou wouldest withdraw again and then my soul would mourn for I saw thy presence was my life and preservation Thou didst command me forth into thy Work to invite those in which knew thee not and I was obedient to thee when I returned and gave thee an account thou didst accept my service though men denied it and thou gavest into my bosom a double Blessing Oh! how thou hast drawn me unto thee inclin'd my heart to thy will how hast thou indeared my soul within thy bosom Thou hast tried me and in thy trial thou hast found me steadfast it all that I desired of thee was and is That thou wouldest wholly take me into thy Counsel I ever loved thy Reproof and dreaded thy Anger for I finde correction is as balm to me and I have not murmured at them Oh pure eternal perfect Lord God! when I came neer to know thee it was life for evermore for thy presence overcame me but how have I been tossed to and fro in this dark world surely thou hadst a purpose to make use of me in thy will and time for the devil hath set very fore against me for before ever I saw the Light of the Sun or received a natural birth in this visible World I was rejected of men for my Patents denied me a birth and as concerning self it had been good I had not been born for I have not had pleasure in this world but have stood as one alone and since I knew the way to thee I have exceedingly hasted out of it and before I knew the way I sought for the way to all that pretended to direct the way but they hadstoln thy words had not thy life so they wearied me and profited me not but now thou hast revealed thy son in me Oh! how am I overcome with thy presence and now I shall live with thee for ever M.S. IS it become a crime not to judge another in his Work but to let him stand and fall to his own Master Christ Jesus who alone hath power over the conscience Doth not the Apostle Paul say Wherefore dost thou judge thy Brother Wherefore dost thou set at nought thy Brother Did not he say this to those that judged one another And did not he plead the cause of both for one against the other that judged when they could neither of them bear the other yet did not he then vindicate both in their contrary perswasions and judged onely their judgings of one another Rom. 14. Did Christ judge John Baptist because he came neither eating nor drinking or did John judge him because he came both eating and drinking though the world judged both saying of the one He hath a Devil of the other He is a glutton and a win-bibber a friend of Publicans and Sinners Did Barnabas judge Boanerges because he was a Son of Thunder or Boanerges judg Barnabas because he was a Son of Consolation It is said Cant. 4. last Awake O North-winde and come thou South and blow upon my Garden that the Spices thereof may flow out Let my
O England thy time is come God hath not taken thee until thou be ful yea the fulness of thy time is come with speed prepare to meet the Lord in Judgment lest thou be cut off wo unto thee if he turn from thee before thou be refined Remember was not the Jewes cut off that thou might be grafted in Remember and take heed J.N. Ye men of Galilee why stand yee gazing up into heaven This same Jesus which is taken up from you into heaven shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven Acts 1.11 The glorious Reign of Christ is come Ho! every one behold the Sonne This is the beautiful Morning-Star Who sends his Messengers through the air And calls up all to Judgement O hast and come away You Virgins that are ready this is the Marriage-Day YOu foolish Virgins how have you been sleeping away your precious time had it not been better you had watcht and prayed O foolish foolish Children will you sell your birthright for a moments pleasure and a little ease But what more can be said to you I see the Spirit is grieved with you and the Spirit is weary with striving with you O that I could weep tears of blood for the slackness of the desires of the people concerning their eternal salvation Is your souls of no more value then to make a sport of time O England thou hast not wanted for Warning my soul stands witness in the presence of the Lord against thee that in the Cities Towns and Market-Streets I have past with bitter cryes and streams of tears for a most two yeers time warning you of this day that is coming upon you as a Snare with this Lamentation O people of England repent O that thou wouldest consider the time of thy visitation O that thou wouldest prise thy time before the dore of Mercy is shut Now the Light is risen how art thou found slaying the Lamb of God in thee is found slain the blood of the Innocent O England the blood of the Innocent cries loud in the ears of the Lord God of Power O that thou wouldest consider and repent and prise thy time before thou be consumed and made a common deluge for ever Thou art fat and full thou art fitted for slaughter and great and terrible will thy day of calamity be the Sword of the Lord is drawn against thee and will be sheathed in thy bowels O repent repent and let the destruction of Sodom be a warning to thee O England fitted for slaughter thou art light and vain thou kicks against the Lord thou lifts up thy heel against him O England the time is come that nothing will satisfie but blood yea yea the time is come that nothing will satisfie but blood Thou art making thy self drunken with the blood of the Innocent he will be avenged of thee till blood come up to the Horses bridle thou art making thy self drunken with the blood of the innocent and now he will give thee blood to drink for thou art worthy for he will be avenged of thee till he is satisfied with thy blood Come down ye high and lofty ones and lie in the dust and repent in sackcloath and lie lovv before the Lord and come and see if by any means there may be a place for repentance found This mournful cry began at London so to Colchester and through the Nation Ah Lord what shall I yet say for them or how shall I enter into a Treaty for them Behold they have slighted thy tenders of Grace and they wipe their mouths and take their fills of mirth and they wipe their mouths and cry Tush the Lord is gone far off they cry Miracles are ceast and there is no Revelation tush the Lord seeth not When thy servants have shewed them thy minde they have said Let him do his worst O Lord arise in thy zeal and shew thy power for they blaspheme thy Name continually how have they slighted thy love now thou hast visited the earth with thy pure voice how cruelly have they beaten thy Prophets and now thy Son is come they conspire to kill him O Generation of unbelievers now is not the Scripture fulfilled that saith When the Son of man come shall he finde faith upon the earth Is it not seen that you love the world too well you look for the reign of Christ I know you do for there is that in your consciences which sheweth you that your soul is in death and waits for redemption but how have you slighted the Messenger of reconciliation that hath told you in secret that you should come away and leave your vanities it had been well if you had minded the check and reproof if you had done so your hearts had been purified then now you had been ready to meet him when he fulfilled all Righteousness and ascended unto his Father he gave down his spirit among you which hath visited your Fathers and you unto this day which was to minister unto you untill his second coming But how hath your ears been stopt against it did it he ever appear in such an age before But now the Heavens is loaded with a Blessing and there is not room in the earth to receive it make room make room enlarge your hearts for it is there that he will reign I see and as your hearts is enlarged you will come down as Zicheus did for he is made a little lower then the Angels that so he may raise up the innocent Seed which lies scattered in your dark hearts As far as you are obedient to the spirit that preaches to your souls in prison so far you make room for his reigne so far you become Members of the body for now he hath prepared you a Leader and a Captain doth not your eyes see the Lord hath prepared him a body fitted for sufferings in patience which he hath crown'd with love and meekness so that the more you torture him the more he loves yet you cannot see but to you that live in hope my heart is enlarged yet to see the redemption of Zion and to enjoy the glorious Reign of Christ the Lord give you the desire of your souls for now is your time to receive Wherefore I beseech you sit you under your own vine feed in peace go not forth after them that crye Lo here and Lo there for they are false Watch-men they will smite you and bereave you of your fresh springs which you should enjoy in the spirit but watch low and still in your mindes and with that which is just judge that which is unjust and when your wills would have Liberty let it be crost with the Light then you will see that in your obedience you will have peace and the peace that your obedience will bring will so knit your hearts to the Lord that nothing will be too hard for you then comes your hearts to be opened to receive the Blessing and your mindes stedfast