faithful to the God of Heaven to the Protestant Religion and the Church of England Would Men be Wise Strong Rich and Honourable Persons most Excellent Persons more Precious than Gold or the Gold of Ophir they must labour to get and to keep a Sound Heart which is the Life of the Flesh a Wholsom Tongue which is a Tree of Life and Righteous Lips which are the Delight of Kings He that Loveth Pureness of Heart for the Grace of his Lips the King will be his Friend The Heart of the Wise teacheth his Mouth and addeth Learning to his Lips The Wise in Heart shall be called Prudent and the Sweetness of the Lips Increaseth Learning The Wise shall Inherit Glory but Shame will be the Promotion of all them that do prefer the Pleasures of Sin that lasts but for a Moment above the Gain of Godliness that lasts for Ever Godliness it is great Gain and will bring Men to great Fame that be Faithful to the God of Heaven to his Annointed our Royal and Gracious Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain to the Protestant Religion and the Church of England To Fear the God of Heaven and to Honour the King His Majesty of Great Britain it is true Religion which is taught in the Church of England There is no Place Calling or Condition that will Honour Men if that they be not Careful to Honour God and our Royal King in them For what-ever Honours and Riches that Men do get if that they do not Honour the God of Heaven and His Majesty of Great Britain their Honours and their Riches will prove uncertain and their Lives will prove uncomfortable But if that Men will do that Worthy thing as to know when and how for to Honour the God of Heaven and our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain in this World it will bring them to great Fame and in Heaven with Holy Angels for ever to Remain If there be Joy in Heaven at the Conversion of a Sinner how much more ought there to be in the Church of England when this Sinner shall bring forth the Fruits of Righteousness for the Glory of the great and Mighty God for the Credit of his Holy Gospel for the great Honour and Renown of the Protestant Religion and for the great Exaltation of His Majesty of Great Britain which will bring great Joy and Triumph to the Church of England and great Peace and Prosperity to many Kingdoms They that would bring great Honour to the God of Heaven and to His Majesty of Great Britain must get a Sound Heart and to get a Sound Heart Men must Labour to get a Sound Faith which is more Precious then Gold and doth require more Wisdom Power and Skill to Prove it Improve it and to know when and how for to Manage it than it is to Sway a Scepter and to Rule a Kingdom and more Honour than it is to wear any Earthly Crown This I declare that no Subject whatsoever should Desire or Covet after the Growns and Scepters of Kings and Princes in this World but if that Men will Covet after a Crown let it be an Immortal one which the Righteous Judge will give to all Faithful ones for those that be Faithful to the Death he will give the Crown of Life That Crown which will never Rust when all the Glory of this World will be laid in the Dust A Sound Faith is more Precious then Gold or the Gold of Ophir because it will purifie the Foulest Heart it will in time make a mean Man Honourable a Poor Man Rich a Weak Man Strong a Sick Man Well and a Dying Man Happy which all the things in this World cannot do Divine Faith which is more Precious than Gold it is the Gift and Power of the great and mighty God it is not in the Power of any Mortal Men to give it to their Nearest and their Dearest Friend Parents cannot give it to their Children nor Ministers to their People but the Lord gives it when he will and to whom he will in the use of those Means that he has appointed and the Church of England has Ordained and that is hearing the Word of God Preached Divine Faith which is more Precious then Gold comes by Hearing but not for Hearing Hearing the Word of God is the Instrumental Cause but our Saviour is the Original Therefore he is worthy for to have the Honour and the Glory of the Actings of every Mans Faith because that he is both the Author and the Finisher of it And though it is not in the Power of all the Ministers of the Gospel in London or in England to beget a Spark of Faith where it is not yet it ought to be their great care to take notice where it is wrought and to Countenance and Encourage that Person that has it for to bring it forth because that it is such a Spark that it will in time break forth into a Flame for the Glory of Gods great Name and to put the Turk the Pope and the Devil and all the Workers of Evil to Shame and to bring His Majesty of Great Britain and the Church of England throughout the whole World to great Honour Renown and Fame And that without having a Sword in the Hand of Men or Money at Command without making a Noise about Religion without making of many Words or having the Voice much heard As Divine Faith is a High and Honourable Grace because it is the Gift and Power of the Great and Mighty God so it will Enable a Man for to prepare High and Honourable Work Pleasant Profitable and Delightsom Work Victorious Glorious and Crowning Work that will try the Wisdom and the Skill the Valour and the Courage of many Wise Strong Rich and Learned Men what they can do and what they will do in these Days of the Gospel and in the Raign of our Royal Soveraign for the great Honour and Renown of the Protestant Religion for the great Joy and Triumph of the Church of England for the great Exaltation of His Majesty of Great Britain and for the great Peace and Prosperity of many Kingdoms that so many Nations may be freed from Slavery and in the whole World there may be great Joy Peace and Prosperity Faith that is true works by Love and Love seeks not her own but the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of many a one in Court City and Countrey As the God of Heaven is a Wonder-working God a Victorious and a Glorious God so Divine Faith which is more Precious than Gold is a Wonder-working Grace a Victorious and a Glorious Grace That Grace which will Enable a Man for to set a-work the Wisdom and the Power of the God of Heaven will Enable him to set a Work the Wisdom and the Power of Martial Men Great are the Noble Acts Recorded in Holy Writ that Gods Worthies have done by the Power of Faith not by the Power of the Sword by the Power
is a Garden inclosed a Spring shut up a Fountain sealed from the world but it is in the World The men of the World will condemn many that do profess Religion for they love their own and will not quarrel contend and slight one another so much as they that be for this Party and that Party for this Opinion and that Opinion and all against the Church of England It has been want of love to God and to Fellow-members that has caused so much Strife and Contention Sedition and Rebellion for about Fourty years that it has been only the Lords mercy that we have not been confounded nor consumed long before now But shall we still provoke the Lord to anger who is most Great and most good will he not provoke us to anger even to the shame and confusion of our own Faces if that we will not Conform and Reform to him and to the Government of the Church of England Has not the Church of England Enemies enough from the Church of Rome to Encounter withal But must she be slighted and undervalued vexed and perplexed by them that should readily and willingly assist her but not in the least resist her What ever Wisdom Power Courage or any Grace any Member has received in the Church of England they ought to prove it and improve it and to know when and how for to manifest it for the great peace and prosperity of the Church of England and not to make a noise about Religion to be the Head of this Party or that Society that is divided from the Church of England This is that which makes Mutiny and Confusion it argues too much self-seeking and will prove unto many self-undoing As all the Members of the natural Body act for the good of that Body so all the Members of the Church of England ought for to act for the great Honour Peace and Prosperity of the Church of England or else they be not for her but against her The mighty God who is most Great and most Good will plead thy Cause O Church of England therefore let the Tuâ—k the Pope and the Devil and all the Workers of evil combine and design to undermine and overthrow the Church of England they will be deceived confounded and for ever ashamed The Lord of Hosts hath purposed and who shall disannul it And his hand is stretched out and who shall turn it back Is not destruction to the wicked and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity Therefore let not any Envy or Fret at the prosperity of the Wicked but rather let them be pitied For if that they do not bring forth good Fruit in due season they will soon be cut down like the Grass and wither as the green Herb But the Salvation of the Righteous is of the Lord he is their Strength in the time of trouble he will help save and deliver them because they trust in him but the Transgressours will be destroyed together the end of the Wicked is to be cut off the Lord of Hosts hath broken the Staff of the Wicked and the Scepter of the Rulers For Babylon the Glory of Kingdoms the Beauty of the Chaldees Excellency will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah How art thou fallen from Heaven O Lucifer Son of the Morning How art thou cut down to the ground which didst weaken the Nations The Lord of Hosts will rise up against Babylon and cut off from them what he has promised the Name and Remnant and Son and Nephew saith the Lord. He who smote the people in wrath with a continual Stroke He that ruled the Nations in anger is persecuted and none hindreth Then this Proverb will be taken up against the King of Babylon and many will say How hath the Oppressor ceased the golden City ceased that made the world as a wilderness and destroyed the Cities thereof that opened not the house of his prisoners Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming it stirreth up the dead for thee even all the chief ones of the earth it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the Nations all they shall speak and say unto thee Art thou also become weak as we Art thou become like unto us thy pomp is brought down to the grave and the noise of thy Viols the worm is spread under thee and the worms cover thee for thou hast said in thy heart thou wilt ascend into heaven thou wilt exalt thy throne above the stars of God thou wouldst ascend above the heights of the clouds thou wouldst be like the most high Yet thou shelt be brought down to hell to the sides of the pit they that see thee they shall narrowly look upon thee and consider thee saying Is this the man that made the world to tremble that did shake kingdoms The Lord of Hosts who is most wise and most strong will punish the World for their Evil and the Wicked for their Iniquities He will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease and will lay low the haughtiness of the Terrible And when the Lord hath performed his whose Work upon Mount Sion and on Jerusalem he will then punish the stout heart of the King of Assyria and the glory of his high looks Shall the Axe boast it self against him that heweth therewith Or shall the Saw magnifie it self against him that shaketh it As if the Rod should shake it self against them that lift it up Or as if the Staff should hit up it self as if it were no wood Cannot the Potter do with the Clay as he please As the Clay is in the hands of the Potter so are all men in all Nations in the hands of the Lord of Hosts to rule and over-rule them at his will and pleasure Therefore let all the Inhabitants of the World fear him let them tremble at his presence who has placed the Sand for the bound of the Sea by a perpetual Decree that it cannot pass it though the Waves thereof toss themselves yet can they not prevail though they roar yet can they not pass over it And shall the Workers of Iniquity the Seed of evil Doers the Children of Disobedience the Enemies of the Gospel rage and fret and combine and design to undermine and overthrow the Workers of Righteousness those that be faithful to the Protestant Religion and to his Majesty of Great Britain and the Church of England but it will tend to their own shame and confusion For the Righteous will slourish but Destruction will be to the Workers of Iniquity though they may make a Covenant and Agreement with Death and with Hell when the over-flowing Scourge shall pass thorow that it may not come unto them but they will be deceived because they have made Lyes their Refuge therefore their Covenant with Death shall be disanulled and their Agreement with Hell shall not stand When the over-slowing Scourge shall pass thorow then they shall be trodden down by it
service of the World the Flesh and the Devil and that how few do readily and willingly and cheerfully engage in the service of the God of Heaven whose service is perfect freedom and his work and reward is most honourable They do well that do love their Enemies that do often feed them and relieve them for the Lord doth make his Son to shine both on the Evil and on the Good and sendeth Rain on the Just and on the Unjust To do good to all Men it is commendable but to do good to the Houshold of Faith it is most profitable and will prove most comfortable A Friend loveth at all times but a true and a faithful Friend may be so much displeased as not to manifest his Love at all times Joseph loved his Brethren when he stormed at them spake roughly to them put some of them in Prison and caused Simcon to be bound before their Eyes But as after Storms and Tempests the Sun doth shine most clearest so after great and long Trials Troubles and Afflictions Deliverance will be the sweetest both to a Person a Family a City and a Kingdom Let not any therefore despise the day of small things let not any slight and undervalue the small beginnings of Grace in themselves or others for a spark of Grace well proved and improved will break forth into a flame for the Glory of Gods great Name and to bring a King and Kingdom to great Honour Renown and Fame The greatest Tree was a Plant and the Wisest the Strongest the Richest and most Learned'st Man was a Child They that have truth of Grace let them labour to grow in Grace by improving the means of Grace which the God of Heaven has appointed and the Church of England has ordained for they that do labour to grow in Grace will have increase of every Grace and so will grow in the favour of God and good Men and of the Angels in Heaven They that have truth of Grace and do improve it will have increase of Grace and will never lose it but will know when and how for to use it in the worst of times and before the best of Men for the Glory of the most High and the great Honour and Exaltation of Englands Royal Majesty Were there as many Nations as many Worlds as there be Men there is a way to subdue them for the Glory of the great and mighty God for the Credit of his Holy Gospel for the great Honour and Renown of the Protestant Religion for the great Joy and Triumph of the Church of England for the great Exaltation of his Majesty of Great Britain and the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of many Kingdoms and that is by daily getting Wisdom Power and Strength from him who gives to the whole Creation a Being which Divine Wisdom Power and Strength will inable a mortal Man to prepare high and honourable Works to be managed by many Wise Strong Rich and Learned Men that have their Wisdom their Power and Strength their Honours Riches great and high Places from the God of Heaven The Lord is a high and strong Tower and a Shield to all them that trust in him Great Deliverances giveth he unto his King and sheweth Mercy to his Annointed to David and to his Seed for evermore And who dare say that our Royal Soveraign his Majesty of Great Britain is not of the Seed of David Spiritually the Lord who is most great and most good has known his Soul in Adversity and did bring him to his Throne in great Peace and Prosperity The King trusteth in the Lord therefore through the Mercy of the most High he will not be moved but the right Hand of the Lord will find out all his Enemies he will find out all them that hate him he will make them like a fiery Oven in time of his Anger the Lord will destroy them in his Wrath and the Fire will devour them but the King our Royal Soveraign his Majesty of Great Britain will rejoyce in the Strength of the Lord yea how greatly will he rejoyce in his Salvation the Lord has given him his hearts desire and hath not denied him the request of his Lips but hath given him liberal Blessings and hath set a Crown of pure Gold upon his Head He asked Life of thee and thou Lord of Life hath given it him when he was pursued by unreasonable bloody and deceitful Men for which let all People in England Scotland France and Ireland and in many other Nations praise God and be very thankful The Lord who has wonderfully preserved his Majesties Royal Person for the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of many Nations and has set him and sent him as a Blessing among his People make him glad with the light of thy Countenance Remember him O Lord with the favour of thy People and visit him with thy Salvation that he may see the Felicity of thy Chosen and rejoyce in the Joy of thy People and glory with thine Inheritance in thine everlasting and most glorious Kingdom when this mortal Life will be at end The Lord preserve him both at home and abroad both by Land and Water that so he and his throughout the whole World may bear the greatest sway while time and all things under the Sun doth pass away Make known in time this noble Design for the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of Mankind by John Varney a Member of the Church of England and a Subject to his Majesty of Great Britain but such a Subject that the God of Heaven has honoured among the Sons of Men for to engage with him for to bring about such high and honourable Work pleasant profitable and delightsome Work victorious glorious and crowning Work for the great honour and renown of his Majesty of Great Britain and the Church of England which has not yet been done by all the Parliaments that have been since England has injoyed a King Shall the Church of England which is the Spouse of Christ bring forth Princes each one resembling the Children of a King and she sit in the Dust slighted and reproached by her Enemies both at home and abroad This ought not to be this must not be but the Sons of the most High must appear for her readily willingly and cheerfully As our Royal Soveraign his Majesty of Great Britain has been the greatest Prince in the World for suffering so I shall endeavour in these days of the Gospel by the power of Faith which is the power of God that he may be the greatest King and Emperor in the World and over the World for Wisdom Power and Strength for Honour Riches and great Glory so that those Nations which have paid Tribute to the Church of Rome to their great loss and shame will be glad to pay Tribute to the Church of England for the great Honour and Renown of the Protestant Religion and the great Exaltation of his Majesty of Great Britain because it will be
of Faith which is the Power of the God of Heaven Men of Renown have Subdued Kingdoms wrought Righteousness Obtained Promises Stopped the Mouths of Lyons out of Weakness were made Strong have waxed Valiant in Fight and turned many to Flight Divine Faith which is more Precious then Gold will Enable a Man to be as bold as a Lion stronger then Samson and Wiser than the Devil in the overcoming of Evil and the doing of Good in his Generation for the great Honour of God the King and Nation but the want of so Excellent a Jewel as Divine Faith which is a Supporting and a Comforting Grace will make all the Workers of Iniquity throughout the whole World to Tremble for all their Carnal Wisdom Power and Strength it is not said that a Man shall Overcome the World by his Wisdom Power and Strength but by his Faith by Beleiving in the Son of God and owning of him and appearing for him It is by Faith I stand and by Faith that I do Understand the Mind of the God of Heaven what is to be done among the Sons of Men the Wisest and the Chiefest among them in these Days of the Gospel for the great Honour and Renown of the Protestant Religion for the great Joy and Triumph of the Church of England for the great Honour and Exaltation of our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain and for the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of many Kingdoms To Write and to Speak the same thing again and again it is needful when it is Suitable and Seasonable Profitable Comfortable and Advantageous to a Person a Family a City or a Kingdom In these Days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain it will be known who are Sons of the Church of England and who are Sons for the Church of England many may be Sons of the Church of England that be a Burden and Reproach to the Church of England but to be a Son for the Church of England doth Imply to seek the Good and Welfare of the Church of England the Peace and Settlement of the Church of England the great Joy and Triump of the Church of England which will bring great Honour and Exaltation to His Majesty of Great Britain and great Peace and Prosperity to his Kingdoms There is a Generation among the Sons of Men that have a Name to Live and are Dead that be pure in their own Eyes but yet not Cleansed from their Iniquities these are too Wise for to say our Saviours Prayer and the Church of England's Prayer because they have been so long Ruled by the Prince of the Air who Rules in the Children of Disobedience and is Active with them in all their Treasons These have made the Church of England Black with Reproaches cast upon her but she is Comely in her Graces before the God of Heaven and in her Carriage before Wise and Understanding Men but before them that be more Nice then Wise she is Despised in their Eyes But in these Dayes of the Gospel the Lord who is most Wise and most Strong will make it appear who be for him or against him and his Annointed our Royal and Gracious Soveraign The Lord whose Wisdom is unsearchable and his Power unresistable is a Wonder-working God the Wonders that he has wrought for his Children when they have been Sould and Bought is to be Admired and Remembred by all Persons in all Nations How was the Jews sold and bought to be destroyed by that wicked Haman and flattering Courtier But what did he get but shame and confusion for he was taken in his own Net did fall into his own Pit and his violent Dealings came down upon his own Pate for he was hanged upon the same Gallows that he built for faithfull and honourable Mordecai What got the Spanish Aâ—adâ— and the Gun-powder Traytors against Englands Royal Church and State Were they not ashamed confounded and many destroyed O that men would praise the Lord for his goodness and for his wonderful works unto the children of men How many times has the Lord of Hosts saved and delivered England again and again when that they have been sold and bought to have been destroyed by the Pope the French King and the King of Spain But the God of Heaven doth Night and Day watch over and defend this Nation to bring the Enemies of his Gospel to thame and desolation that will not conform and reform to the Pretestant Religion as it is Established in the Church of England For a long time the Turk the Pope the French King and the King of Spain have kept many Nations in slavery for the Devil and their own lust But the time is come that in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Sovereign will their Wisdom their Power and Strength their Honours and Riches their great and high Places be soon laid in the dust but for the great Honour and Renown of the Protestant Religion for the great Joy and Triumph of the Church of England for the great Peace and Prosperity of many Kingdoms will His Majesty of Great Britains Crown and Kingdoms flourish among all Nations while there is a Generation So that the God of Heaven will bless the Earth with great encrease and among all people in all Nations there will be a Free Trade great Joy and a lasting Peace It becomes all the Ministers of the Gospel all wise strong rich and learned men that will prove themselves faithful to the God of Heaven to His Majesty of Great Britain to the Protestant Religion and to the Church of England for to countenance and encourage this Noble Design that Divine Wisdom and Power has enabled me for to make known in time for the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of Mankind Let the man be what he will or whom he will whom the great Great and the Mighty God doth stir up to engage with him for to make known his Mind for the great Honour and Exaltation of a Kings Person and the great Peace and Prosperity of many Nations that Man ought to be minded and regarded by the Wise Godly and the Learned because that his Work is high and honourable Work pleasant prositable and delightsom Work and will prove victorious glorious and crowning Work it will Crown the God of Heaven with much Glory among the Sons of Men and our Royal Sovereign His Majesty of Great Britain with great Honour and Power over them over all Heathen and Popish Kings Priests Princes and Emperours in the world That this may be done and well done let all that do profess the Protestant Religion that can pray pray for the long life and prosperous and victorious Reign of our Royal Sovereign his Majesty of Great Britain that the Lord would enable him to be as Good as Great and keep him at all times and in all places as the Apple of his own Eye the Lord deliver him always
out of the hands of unreasonable bloody and deceitful men for all men have not Faith that do profess itâ— Let all pray that the Lord would by his wisdom and power establish his Majesties Royal Throne in Righteousness and enable his Royal Majesty to be a Terrour to all the Workers of Evil and a Praise to them that do well Let all pray that the God of Heaven and Earth would bless his Boyal Majesty with all temporal spiritual and eternal Blessings and when this mortal life of his shall be at an end that the Lord who is most great and most good would give him an everlasting Life and a glorious and unmortal Crown in his own Kingdom Let all that can pray pray that the Lord would bless our Royal Sovereign in all his Royal Relations thâ—â— the word would ennoble them to be true and fruitful Branches of the most Royal Vine that they may slourish in the Courts of Gods House and bring forth such Fruits as will be most suitable and seasonable pleasant profitable and comfortable to themselves and others Let all that can pray pray that the Lord who is most wise and most strong would bless our Royal and Gracious Sovereign with wise and faithful Counsellours that the Lord would counsel them with his Holy Spirit and enable them to be the Repairers of our Breaches and the Restorers of our Paths to dwell in It is the Blessing of the Lord that doth make rich and it is his Blessing that doth make weak and unlikely means effectual but without his Blessing neither Wisdom Power Strength or Counsel can be succesful Let all that can pray pray that the Lord would bless our Royal Sovereign with a wise godly and learned Clergy the Reverend Bishops and all the Ministers of Gods holy Word and Sacraments the Lord make them more and more faithful unto him to our Royal Sovereign 〈◊〉 Majesty of Great Britain to the 〈…〉 and to the Church of England To this end the Lord bestow a double portion of 〈…〉 upon them and grant that they may 〈…〉 of their Labours the salvation of many Souls which will be the Joy of Angels and a Crown to their Ministry Let all that can pray pray that in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Sovereign his Majesty of Great Bâ—â—â—ain the Lord would bless all people in all Mations with truth of grace strength of grace and increase of grace Let all pray that can that the Lord would raise up those that are fallen into the mire of Sin and that he would be pleased to strengthen them that do stand in the good old way of Piety and Honesty as it is taught in the Church of England Let all pray that in these days of the Gospel the Lord would forgive our Enemies Persecutors and Slanderers and turn their hearts That he would be pleased to have mercy upon all men that so his Mercy and Wisdom and Power may be more and more known upon earth and his saving health among all Nations that so among all people there may be a general Reformation which will bring great Joy Peace and Consolation And to his Majesty of Great Britain and to the Church of England great Honour and Exaltation Let not any despise the day of small things for what I have made known in much weakness and many infirmities against much opposition and contradiction I know that the God of Heaven will raise it with great power for the glory of his great Name for the credit of his holy Gospel for the great honour and renown of the Protestant Religion for the great joy and triumph of the Church of England the great honour and exaltation of his Majesty of Great Britain and the great peace and prosperity of many Kingdoms which will be brought about in the days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Sovereign Cryout and shout thou Inhabitant of Zion thou Church of England for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee to counsel comfort and to strengthen thee in thy troubles and to bring thee to great honour and glory So that all thy Enemies that have been incensed against thee will be ashamed and confounded if that they will not Conform and Reform to the Protestant Religion as it is established in the Church of England which is for Vnity Peace and Concord the best which would have all the Sons and the Daughters of Men to live in the fear of God and to die in his favour then they will not be afraid to die nor asham'd to live but their last works and days will be best It is high and honourable work pleasant prositable and delightsom work it is victorious and crowning-work That the God of Heaven has stirr'd me up for to engage with him in this day of his power for the glory of his great Name for the credit of his holy Gospel for the great honour and renown of the Protestant Religion for the great joy and triumph of the Church of England and the great peace and prosperity of many Kingdoms It is such work that the French King with all his Men and Money has not done cannot do nor knows how to do And why because his Wisdom is Foolishness and his Strength is Weakness to bring it about his Wisdom and his Strength will deceive him and all that trust to their carnal wisdom power and strength in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Sovereign Their wisdom is foolishness and their strength is weakness who are not careful to make themselves strong in the Lord in the Lord Jehovah and in the power of his might O great is the power of Faith that doth inable a mortal man to know that his wisdom and strength is in the Immortal God and to get wisdom and strength from him to be useful and serviceable for him in his Generation for the great Honour of Him and the King and the peace and prosperity of many Nations O great is the power of Faith that doth inable the Sons of Men to be most useful and serviceable both in Church and State and that in the worst of times and before the best of men It is the power of Faith that doth inable the Sons of Men for to have power with the God of Heaven to get power from him and to act with Power for the great Honour of him and the King and the great Peace and Prosperity of his Kingdoms What I have done can do or shall do by the Power of Faith which is the Power of God in this Noble Design which I have made known in time for the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of Mankind I would have all Wise Strong Rich and Learned Men give all the Glory to the God of Heaven because all Glory is due to him both from Man and Angels And that continually the Lord who is most wise and most strong knows when an I how for to
they that profess the Gospel of Peace by their Pride Envy and Hatred are ready to devour one another It doth provoke the God of Heaven to send great and heavy Judgments to Amaze Confound and Consume and Destroy one another Was there ever such a Plague and such a Fire as was in London 1665 and 1666 I hope it will never be forgot nor the Popish late Plot in 1678 against his Majesties Royal Person and to ruin many Thousands in the Nation but blessed and praised be the God of Heaven who doth daily watch over his Majesties Royal Person and the whole Nation Therefore let all that do profess the Gospel learn to live in Love and Peace to be of one Mind and to speak the same thing for this is the best way and the soonest way that the Name of God may be more and more known upon Earth and his saving Health among all Nations that so the People may praise him yea that all People may praise him with new obedience then will the Earth bring forth great Increases and among all Nations there will be a free Trade great Joy and a lasting Peace Let all them therefore that love the Lord be joyful in the Lord let them servet he Lord with gladness and come before his Presence with a Song for the Lord is a great God and a great King above all Gods The Sea is his and he made it and his Hands prepared the dry Land Therefore let all People in all Nations worship and fall down before the Presence of this great Lord Maker and Possessor of Heaven and Earth and kneel before him for he is the Lord our God and we are the People of his Pasture Therefore let us go into his Gates with Thanksgiving and into his Courts with Praise Let all People in all Nations be thankful unto him and speak good of his Name for the Lord is gracious his Mercy is everlasting and his Truth endureth from Generation to Generation Therefore let all the Sons and Daughters of Men praise his great and glorious Name from the rising of the Son to the going down of the same Let every thing that hath Breath praise the Lord for his Greatness and Goodness for his Name is most excellent and his Glory is above the Heavens As this great and mighty God stirr'd me up in time to make known his Mind to prevent much Ruin to Mankind that so among all Nations there may be a general Reformation then let all Dissentors and Sectaries readily and willingly conform and reform to the Government of the Church of England which will encourage many Atheists Papists Jews Turks and Infidels to be in love with the Protestant Religion as it is establisht in the Church of England A Friend loveth at all times and a Brother is born for Adversity and the Wounds of a Friend are better than the Kisses of an Enemy God in Man and God with Man will bring about great and wonderful things not onely for the great Honour and Exaltation of a Kings Person but for the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of many Nations and that without making of many Words or having the Voice much heard Pleasant words they be as a Honey-comb sweet to the Soul and health to the Bones And as Ointment and Perfume doth rejoyce the Heart so doth the Sweetness of a Mans Friend by hearty Counsel in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Sovereign his Majesty of Great Pritain All unbelieving Jews bruirish Athiests wicked and bloody Papists and rebellious Dissentors and Sectaries will be ashamed and confounded that have not improved their time to know and to understand the great Mystery of Godliness God manifest in the Flesh who was justified in the Spirit seen of Angels preached unto the Gentiles believed on in the World by many both Jews and Gentiles and is received up into Glory and there is preparing a place for them that do believe in him and appear for him but he will pour contempt upon all them that will not know and obey him who is the Lord of Life the King of Glory the Prince of Peace the Captain of Mans Salvation the Son of Righteousness that can and will heal all their Diseases and pardon all their Sins that come unto him and well he may because he is the mighty God the everlasting Father the wonderful Counseller the Lord of Hosts who is strong and mighty in Battle that can readily and easily by weak and unlikely means confound and consume the Enemies of his Gospel that do slight and undervalue him be they never so many be they never so great But he will not break a bruised Reed nor quench the smoaking Flax till it bring forth Judgement unto Victory It is not a thing of indifferency but it is of absolute necessity for the Sons and the Daughters of Men the Wisest the Strongest the Richest and the Learned'st and Poorest among them for to believe in the Son of God for whosoever believeth in him whether they be Jew or Gentile hath everlasting Life begun in them but they that will not believe and obey him will not see Life but the Wrath of the ever living God abideth on them Condemnation or Salvation will be the lot and portion of the Sons and Daughters of Men that ever have been or over will be in the World O that none might miscarry because the Lord has laid help upon one that is mighty both able and willing to save unto the uttermost all that come unto him and he will in no wise cast out for God the Father sent not his Son his beloved Son into the World that he should condemn the World but that the World through him might be saved Therefore he that believeth in him is not condemned for he hath the witness in himself but he that believeth not is condemned and there is not any that can be a witness for him or them but all their works and duties will be witnesses against them This made the Apostle St. Paul that great and eminent Saint count all his Righteousness Works and Learning to be loss and dross in comparison of that excellent most profitable and comfortable knowledge that he found in Christ The fruit of the Righteous is a tree of Lise and he that winneth Souls is wise and they that turn many to Righteousness shall shine as the Stars for ever and ever This is a high and honourable work pleasant profitable and delightsome work victorious glorious and crowning work that will crown the God of Heaven with much Glory among the Sons of Men and our Royal Soveraign his Majesty of Great Britain with great Honour and Power over them over all Heathen and Popish Kings Priests Princes and Emperors that so many Nations may be freed from slavery and throughout the whole World there may be great Joy Peace and Prosperity It is sad to consider how that too many do make themselves poor and miserable in the
for their great Joy Freedom and Gain so that the way of the Lord will be known more and more upon Earth and his saving Health among all Nations So that the People will praise him yea all People will praise him with new Obedience so that the Earth will bring forth great Increase and among all People in all Nations there will be a free Trade great Joy and a lasting Peace Let every Man continue in that honest and lawful Calling which Divine Providence has placed them in for it is unsuitable and uncomely for the Ministers to follow the Tradesmans Calling or the Tradesman the Ministers Work as too many have done in these days of the Gospel to the great shame of the Protestant Religion and the Church of England There is no Place Calling or Condition that will honour Men if that they be not careful to honour God and our Royal King his Majesty of Great Britain in them And when that the God of Heaven doth indue any Man with Divine Wisdom and Power for to understand his Mind what may be done and what is to be done for the great Honour Peace and Prosperity of a King and Kingdom let that Man make it known in time to that Minister whom God has set over him and the Minister to the Bishop whom God has set over him and the reverend Bishop in due time and season to the Kings most Excellent Majesty whom the God of Heaven under him has made among the Sons of Men Supream over all Persons and Causes But if that Man be not minded and regarded by the Wise Godly and the Learned whom the most Wise God doth enable in time for to make known his Mind to prevent much Ruin to Mankind then the Wise Godly and the Learned are guilty of those Troubles and Judgements that comes both upon themselves and the Nation and they may call and cry unto the God of Heaven to help to deliver them but he will not regard them because he will help save and deliver them when he will and by whom he will Every good and perfect Gift is from above from the Father of Lights in whom is no variableness or shadow of turning Both the preparation of the Heart and the answer of the Tongue it is from the Lord. Therefore let the Man be what he will or whom he will whom he doth indue with Wisdom and Power for to understand his Mind to do his Will and to injoy his Favour in his Calling let not that Man leave his Calling suddenly nor unadvisedly but let him prove and improve his Graces in his Calling till that Authority whom the God of Heaven has set over him commands him from it I have been very backward and very unwilling to have my mind made known in print and I have been much discouraged thereunto but true Valour will take Incouragement from Discouragement That which doth require it and puts me upon it to have it done in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal and Gracious Soveraign it is the Glory of the great and mighty God the Credit of his Holy Gospel the great Honour and Renown of the Protestant Religion the great Joy and Triumph of the Church of England the great Exaltation of our Royal Soveraign his Majesty of Great Britain and the great Shame Contempt and Terror of the Turk the Pope and the Devil and all the Workers of Evil that so many Nations may by freed from slavery and throughout the whole World there may be great Joy Peace and Prosperity This is the Lords doings who is great in Counsel and mighty in Power whose Arm is very long and very strong though he doth make use of a weak and unlikely Man therefore let it be marvellous in the Eyes of them that be most wise I hope that our Royal Soveraign his Majesty of Great Britain will countenance encourage and set forward this Noble Design that Divine Wisdom and Power has enabled me for to make known in time for the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of Mankind As for the great Exaltation of his Majesties Royal Person and the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of many Nations Great has been the Trials and Troubles of the Church of England from her Enemies both at home and abroad so great will be her Joy her Triumphs and Victory over her Enemies both at home and abroad for the Lord will restore Health unto thee and will heal thee of thy Wounds therefore fear thou not nor be dismayed for the Lord who is most Great and most Good will save thee from afar and thy Seed from the Land of their Captivity and thou shalt be in Rest and Quiet and none shall make thee afraid for the Lord who is most wise and most strong is with thee to save thee though he should make a full End of those Nations that Worship Idols and Graven Images yet will he not make a full end of thee but he will correct thee in Measure and will not leave thee altogether unpunished therefore sing with gladness for Jacob and shout among the chief of the Nations Publish ye Praise and say O Lord save thy People the Remnant of Israel the Remnant of England the Remnant of London after such devouring Wars a wasting Pestilence and Consuming Fires for the Lord who is most great and most good he kills and he makes alive he wounds and he heals he casts down and he raises up a Person a Family a City and a Kingdom when he will and by whom he will The Lord that scattered Israel has scattered England and wounded London for is there any Evil in the City but the Lord has done it by inflicting of it and permitting of it for the Workers of Iniquity the Seed of Evil doers the Children of Disobedience are Gods Rod and Gods Sword to punish his Children when they walk contrary unto him but as the End of the Rod is to be burnt so the End of the wicked is to be cut off they are such Chaff that the Lord knows when and how to scatter them and such Briars and Thorns that he can when he please with much Ease consume them Who ever hardened themselves against God and prospered What got proud Pharaoh with his Six hundred chosen Chariots and all the Chariots of Egypt but sudden ruine and destruction What got Sizera with his Nine Hundred Chariots of Iron but shameful ruine and destruction For himself was killed by a Woman and his Army of a sudden routed and destroyed What got Sennacherib that proud King of Assyria who did insult and reproach against the living God and the good King Hezekiah but in one Night it pleased the Lord to send his Angel who did destroy a Hundred fourscore and five Thousand of his Men almost two Hundred Thousand a great Army but yet not Power and Strength enough to withstand one Angel And when the proud King departed and came to Nineveh as he was worshiping his Idol-God
Great Britain that the Lord of Hosts will go forth as a mighty Man he will stir up jealousie like a Man of war he will cry yea Roar but he will prevail against his Enemies as the Turk the Pope and the Devil and all the Workers of Evil. Who knoweth the power of Gods anger according to his fear so is his wrath for he is terrible out of his Holy places therefore tremble thou Earth at the presence of the Lord at the presence of the God of Jacob tremble therefore all you Heathen and Popish Kings Priests Princes and Emperors in the World that do slight and undervalue the Word of God and question his mighty power tremble therefore all you unbelieving Jews Bruitish Atheists wicked and bloody Papists and rebellious Dissentors and Sectaries that have not made the Word of God your Rule nor his Spirit your Guide nor his Glory your Aim Tremble therefore all you Earthly and Carnal-minded Men you Self-sekers and Men-pleasers Lovers of your selves more than Lovers of God your King and Countrey Tremble all you that have a Name to live and are dead that have called your selves Saints but have acted like Devils Incarnate against the God of Heaven the Protestant Religion his Majesty of Great Britain and the Church of England but let the Righteous be glad and rejoyce all ye that do truly fear God and Honour the King and are faithful to the Protestant Religion This Noble Design that Divine wisdom and power has enabled me to make known in time it will be as a hand-writing upon the wall against all the Enemies of the Gospel both great and small so that many will fall in love with the Protestant Religion and will be ready and willing to serve and to honour his Majesty of Great Britain both at home and abroad Light is sowen for the Righteous and Gladness for the upright in Heart ye that love the Lord hate Evil for he preserveth the Souls of his Saints he delivereth them many a time out of the Hands of unreasonable bloody and deceitful men that lie in wait for to destroy them Therefore rejoyce in the Lord ye Righteous and give thanks at the remembrance of his Holiness for the Lord who is most good is most great therefore is greatly to be praised and to be feared above all Gods therefore let all wise strong rich and learned Men declare his Glory among the Heathens and his wonders among all People for honour and Majesty are before him strength and beauty is in his Sanctuary therefore let all People in all Nations learn to know the true and the everlasting God and to worship him as they do in the Church of England with Reverence and with a holy Fear They that fear the Lord who is most great will love him because he is most good and they that love him will delight in him and he will give them the desires of their Hearts and that is truth of Grace strength of Grace and increase of Grace It is commendable and will prove very profitable and comfortable to the Sons and Daughters of Men for to delight in the Word of God so that it may richly in them dwell then their sleep will be sweet and they will have great Joy Rest and Peace that Peace which passeth the understanding of Men and Angels to declare what it is it is the Peace of God which is better felt then exprest that peace which the World cannot give nor take away They that do injoy much of God must lay out themselves much for him in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign his Majesty of Great Britain That Man which will make his graces to appear for the great honour of God the King and Nation He must charge to the Front and to the Rear he must charge and charge again and that with might and main that 〈◊〉 the Turk the Pope and the Devil and all the Workers of Evil to shame and that without making a noise about Religion for this Party or for that Opinion without making of many words or having the Voyce much heard without having a Sword in the hand A Christian Souldier that is engaged in holy War against the World the Flesh and the Devil must quit himself like a man and when he has done all for to stand by the power of Faith which is the power of God in man the power of God for man and the power of God with man Who knows what is in the Womb of a Day or in the Heart of a man Not any but the God of Heaven who can when he will and by whom he will bring Order out of Confusion Light out of Darkness Good out of Evil and Peace out of Trouble for the great Honour and Exaltation of a Kings Person and the great Peace and Prosperity of many Nations As the highest Member under the God of Heaven doth give Protection for the Safety of the meanest Member in the Church of England so sometimes the meanest Member with the God of Heaven may give Direction for the great Honour Exaltation and Consolation of the Highest in the days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain Cursed be that Man that dare lift up his hand against the Lords Anointed by Sea or by Land against the Lords Anointed whom the Most High hath made Great in Place and Inriched with his Grace Is it not the Prayer of the Church of England for His Majesty of Great Britain that the Lord would hear him in the day of trouble and send him help from the Sanctuary and strengthen him out of Sion For his Majesty can have no such Help as from the Sanctuary nor no such Strength as out of Sion The God of Heaven has promised whose Promises are all Yea and Amen in Christ That the Deliverer shall come out of Sion which shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob But Sion which is the Church of Christ throughout the whole World and the Church of Christ in England Scotland France and Ireland must not look for the Deliverer of Sion to come in greater Pomp than the Saviour of Sion came but he that shall come whom the God of Heaven will send will come and will not tarry for the Tree will be known by his Fruit for he will purifie the Sons of Levy and purge them as Gold and Silver that they may offer unto the true and everliving God who is most Great and most Good an Offering in Righteousness which will be pleasing and exceptable to him The Stone which the Builders refused is it not become the Head-stone of the Corner This is the Lords Doings who is Great in Counsel and Mighty in Power therefore let it be marvellous in the Eyes of them that be most wise And let not any despise the Day of small things for as the Lord of Hosts is above all so he is more than all and can be with all in
of a good Matter and their Tongue to be as the Pen of a ready Writer that that so they may declare the thing that they have framed for the great Honour and Renown of the King our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain and the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of his Kingdoms How welcom should because how Beautiful are the Feet of him that bringeth good Tidings that publisheth Peace that bringeth good Tidings of good that saith unto Sion the Church of England Thy God Raigneth Awake awake put on thy Strength O Zion put on thy Beautiful Garments O Church of England shake thy self from the Dust from the Reproaches that thy Enemies have cast upon thee Loose thy self from the bands of thy Neck for thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left and thy Seed shall inherit the Gentiles and make the desolate Cities to be inhabited in Righteousness shalt thou be established thou shalt be far from Oppression for thou shalt not fear and from terror for it shall not come near thee so as to hurt thee the Sons of them that have afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee and all that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the Soles of thy Feet And thy Enemies shall call thee O Church of England the City of the Lord the Zion of the Holy One of Israel Sing O Barren thou that didst not bear break forth into Singing and cry aloud thou that didst not travel with Child for more are the Children of the Desolate than the Children of the Married Wife saith the Lord Rejoyce ye with Jerusalem with the City of London and be glad with her all ye that love her Rejoyce for Joy with her all ye that have mourned for her for the Lord will extend Peace to her like a River and the Glory of the Gentiles like a slowing Stream then shall ye suck and be satisfied with the Breasts of her Consolations with the Means of Grace which God has appointed for he will give unto thee O Church of England more and more Teachers after his own heart which shall feed his people with Knowledge and Understanding so that they shall milk out and be delighted with the abundance of thy Glory And when you see this you that are full of Fears and Doubts what will become of Zion What will become of the Church of England Your Hearts shall rejoyce and your Bones shall flourish like an Herb for the Hand of the Lord the Power of the Lord will be known towards his Servants and his Indignation towards his Enemies The Nations that know not thy God O Church of England who is the true and the ever-living God will be ashamed and confounded for all their Wisdom their Power and Strength they shall lay their hand upon their Mouth their Ears will be deaf they shall lick the Dust like a Serpent they shall move out of their holes like Worms of the Earth they shall be afraid of the Lord our God and shall fear because of thee O Church of England The Lord will be terrible unto thy Enemies he will famish all the Gods of the Earth that men may worship him every one in his place even all the Isles of the Heathen then the rejoycing City that dwelt carelesly that said in her Heart I am and there is none beside me how will she become a Desolation a place for Beasts to lie down in every one that passeth by her shall hiss and wag his head for the Pope of Rome who is the Whore of Babylon and the Man of Sin will become the Man of Sorrow for the Lord will pour Contempt upon them that have poured Contempt upon his Word and Sacraments as all unbelieving Jews bruitish Atheists wicked bloody and deceitful Papists proud Dissentors and rebellious Sectaries have done But if that they will not learn in these days of the Gospel to be humbled and reformed they will be ashamed and confounded Fear not O Land but be glad and rejoyce for the Lord who is most wise and most strong will do great things for thee O England for thee O London above other Nations for as thou hast had great sorrow and misery so thou wilt have great honour and prosperity The time is come in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain that for thy shame the Lord will give thee double Honour and for Confusion thou shalt greatly Rejoyce everlasting Joy shall be unto thee Thou hast drunken deep of the Cup of Gods Anger but thy Enemies they that hate thee O Church of England will drink the Dregs of it Be glad then ye Children of Zion and rejoyce in the Lord your God for thou shalt be no more tearmed Forsaken for thou shalt forget the shame of thy Youth and shalt not remember the Reproach of thy Widow-hood any more for thy Maker is thine Husband the Lord of Hosts is his Name The Lord thy God in the midst of thee O Church of England is mighty he will save he will rejoyce over thee with Joy he will rest in his Love he will joy over thee with Singing and the Gentiles shall see thy Righteousness and all Kings thy Glory for thou wilt be as a Crown of Glory in the hand of the Lord and as a Royal Diadem in the hand of thy God For as a young man marrieth a Virgin so will thy Sons marry thee and as the Bridegroom rejoyceth over the Bride so will thy God rejoyce over thee Therefore ye that make mention of the Lord keep not silence and give him no rest till he establish and till he make Jerusalem the City of London a Praise in the Earth Praise the Lord O Jerusalem praise thy God O Zion for he hath strengthned the Bars of thy Gates he hath blessed thy Children within thee he maketh peace in thy Borders and filleth thee with the sinest of the Wheat He sheweth his Word unto Jacob his Statutes and his Judgments unto Israel He hath not dealt so with other Nations and as for his Judgments they have not known them Praise ye the Lord that be wise for it is good to sing Praises unto our God for it is pleasant and praise is comely For great is our Lord and of great Power his Understanding is insinite he lifteth up the meek with much ease when they be brought low he casteth the wicked down to the ground when they be so proud as not to know him and so high as not to fear him O that all the Sons and the Daughters of Men in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain would learn to be wise and to know those things that do concern their Everlasting Peace before they go hence and be seen no more for Time flies and Man daily dies there is not an Hour in a Day but many have their Breath taken away All flesh is grass
and as the flower of the field the grass withereth the flower fadeth but the Word of thy God O Church of England shall stand for ever Heaven and Earth will sooner fail than one Tittle of Gods Word Where the Word of a King is there is Power but how much more where the Word of the everliving God is when it is set on by his Spirit which is a Spirit of Power of Might and of Majesty It is a meek and a quiet Spririt an humble and a holy Spirit and it is the highest loftiest and most noblest Spirit it is such a Spirit that it will enable them that will be ruled by it for to attain retain maintain and proclaim that which is most noble excellent and advantageous for the great Honour Peace and Prosperity of a King and Kingdom Let all People in all Nations rejoyce in him that made them let the Children of Zion be joyful in their King The Lord shall Reign for ever even thy God O Church of England unto all Generations therefore praise him all ye Nations let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord Praise him for his mighty Acts who can express the Noble Acts of the Lord they are so many and great Not men or Angels His wondrous Works in the Land of Ham and fearful things by the Red Sea The Lord is good to all and his tender mercies are over all his works the Lord is great and greatly to be Admired and Adored he is clothed with Honour and Majesty who covereth himself with Light as with a Garment who stretcheth out the Heavens like a Curtain who layeth the Beams of his Chambers in the Waters who maketh the Clouds his Chariot who walketh upon the Wings of the Wind who maketh his Angels Spirits his Ministers a flaming Fire who laid the Foundations of the Earth that it should not be removed for ever the Lord of Hosts is his Name To be much in meditation of him will be sweet to the Soul and health to the Body I will be glad and rejoyce in the Lord as long as I live I will sing praise to him while I have my being for he hath redeemed my Life from Destruction and hath Crowned me with Loving-kindness and tender Mercies who satisfieth my Mouth with good things so that my Youth has been renewed as the Eagles Well may my Soul therefore bless the Lord and all that is within me bless his holy Name Bless the Lord O my Soul and forget not any of his Benefits who forgiveth all thine Iniquities and healeth all thy Diseases The Glory of the Lord shall endure for ever the Lord will rejoyce in his Works the Lords Throne is in the Heavens and his Kingdom ruleth over all Therefore bless the Lord ye his Angels that excel in Strength bless ye the Lord all ye his Hosts ye Ministers of his that do his pleasure bless the Lord all ye his Works in all places of his Dominion Is it not in vain for the Church of England for to pray O God make speed to save us O Lord make hast to help us and do not mind and regard when and by whom he will do it by whom can do it when he will so he will do it by whom he will and not when and by whom Wise Strong Rich and Learned-men please the meaner and weaker the Instrument is whom Almighty God doth use the greater is the Sin of them that do him slight under-value and refuse Long may the Church of England look for Peace and meet with Trouble look for Health and meet with Disappointment when she is not careful to mind the Day of her Visitation Shall the Stork in the Heaven know her appointed time and the Turtle and the Crane and the Swallow observe the time of their coming And shall not the Servants of the Lord understand his Mind so as to endeavour to prevent his Judgments Are they not counted wise-men that have the Law of the Lord with them But are not such wise-men many times dismayed ashamed and taken when they do reject the Word of the Lord and rely upon the Traditions and Inventions of Mens making and framing which are neither agreeable nor suitable to the Word of God which is the Word of Life and of Power What wisdom is in such men then that wisdom which will deceive them Who is so blind as they that should see most and deaf as they that should hear best Is there no Balm in Gilead is there no Physician there Doubtless there is Is not the Lord the Lord Jehovah in whom is Everlasting Strength in Zion Is not her King in her and for her and with her Why then is not the health of the Daughter of Gods people recovered Is there not any that stirs up himself to take hold of the true and everliving God as they ought and should do therefore hath the Lord who is full of Wisdom Power and Strength hid his Face from us And by reason of our many great and grievous Sins we have all been very much afflicted and consumed But where is the man that lays it so to heart as to stand up in the Gap to make up the Hedge so as to turn away Gods Wrath that for a long time has burned like Fire against England Scotland France and Ireland Who can stand before the Lord who is most great and most good when once he is angry doth not the Mountains quake at him and the Hills melt And is not the Earth burnt at his Presence yea the World and all that dwell therein when he pleaseth Therefore the Wicked and all the Workers of Iniquity the Seed of Evil-doers the Children of Disobedience the Enemies of the Gospel and the Protestant Religion will be ashamed confounded and at last destroyed if that they do not in time humble themselves under the hands of the Great and Mighty God who is Possessor and Commander of Heaven the Earth and the Sea and all things that in them be The Righteous shall rejoyce and be glad but the Sinners in Zion in the Church of England will be afraid Fearfulness hath surprized the Hypocrites already Who among the Sons of Men in the Church of England that can dwell with Devouring Fire Who among them can dwell with Everlasting Burnings He that walketh Righteously and worketh Righteousness that speaketh uprightly he that despiseth the Gain of Oppression that slacketh his hands from holding of Bribes that stoppeth his Ears from hearing of Blood and shutteth his Eyes from seeing of Evil he shall dwell on high his place of Defence shall be the Munitions of Rocks in time of Famine he will be fed Bread shall be given him his Waters shall be sure he shall see the King in his Beauty he will behold the Land that is very far off But what will become of them that serve graven Images and boast themselves of Idols they will be ashamed and confounded in these Days of the Gospel if that they do not
for Christ and the Lord Christ as God and Man in one Person will find that the Father and the Son will manifest themselves unto them and by their Spirit will revive refresh counsel comfort and strengthen them in every State and Condition under every Tryal Trouble and Affliction that the Sons and the Daughters of Men are exposed unto in the Wilderness of this World The God of Heaven who is most Great and most Good most wise and most strong is Love and he that dwelleth in Love dweleth in God and God in him which will enable a man to bring about great and wonderful things for the great Honour and Exaltation of a Kings Person and the great Peace and Prosperity of many Nations Man's loving of God who is most good is a Fruit of Gods loving of him though he be very bad but not the Cause Gods Love to Man is free he don't deserve it neither can any of the Sons and Daughters of Men merit it by all their Works and Duties Mans love to God is a Duty the God of Heaven doth require it because that he is most worthy of it to be beloved above all and more than all They that love the God of Heaven most will serve and honour him best and they that honour him he will them to some he doth it in this World with Honours Riches and a long Life but to all that be faithful and fruitful in good Works such works that be pleasing to him and profitable to others he will honour in his own Kingdom with Glory Immortality and the Crown of Lise O Great is the Power of Faith which is the Power of the God of Heaven which doth inable a weak and an unlikely man for to prepare high and honourable Work pleasant profitable and delightsome Work Victorious Glorious and Crowning Work to be managed by many Wise Strong Rich and Learned Men for the Glory of the Great and Mighty God for the Credit of his Holy Gospel for the great Honour and Renown of the Protestant Religion for the great Honour and Exaltation of our Royal Soveraign his Majesty of Great Britain above all Heathen and Popish Kings Priests Princes and Emperors in the World so that we shall become the wonder of the World and a wonder to our selves the Desire and the Delight of Nations the Joy of the whole Earth and the City of the great King for Unity Peace and Concord for Piety and Vertue for Wisdom Power and Strength and for Honours Riches and great Glory which will be brought about in these days of the Gospel but not by the Power of the Sword made by Men but by the Power of Faith which is the Wisdom and Power of the God of Heaven Therefore Glory be to God most high great Joy Peace Prosperity and good will towards Men on Earth Glory and great Glory from all Men and Angels to the most High Great Honour and Renown great Joy Peace and Prosperity is for Englands Royal Majesty Therefore with Angels and Archangels and all the Company of Heaven the glorious Company of the Apostles the goodly Fellow-ship of the Prophets the noble Army of Martyrs the Holy Church of Christ throughout the whole World let us all laud and magnifie praise and glorifie the God of Heaven the Father of an infinite Majesty for his unspeakable Love and innumerable Mercies from time to time bestowed on Mankind for the sake of his beloved Son our blessed Lord and only Saviour Jesus Christ who ever liveth and ever loveth and will take great Delight and Pleasure to reward them that be Wise Faithful Valorous and Couragious to the end But they that draw back unto Perdition and unto the Church of Rome's Tradition his Soul will take no pleasure in them but they that honour him he will honour them not onely before Mortal Men but before his Father and Holy Angels in the highest Heavens Therefore Glory and great Glory be to him and great Honour and Renown to England's Royal King our Gracious Soveraign Charles the Second by his Grace and Favour his Majesty of Great Britain above all Heathen and Popish Kings Priests Princes and Emperors in the World that so all Strife Contention and Wars throughout the whole World may cease and among all People in all Nations there may be a free Trade great Joy and a lasting Peace POSTSCRIPT WHat the God of Heaven has promised in time for the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of Mankind it will be brought about in due time for all his Promises are true and faithful every one more precious than Gold or the Gold of Ophir The Crown of Glory is in a promise them that be faithful to the Death will he give the Crown of Life The God of Heaven promised to send his Son and in the fulness of time he did come who is and was and ever will be the chiefest of Ten thousands in the highest degree and in these days of the Gospel the Lord will give unto him the Heathen for his Inheritance and the uttermost parts of the Earth for his Porfession for the Glory of his great Name to have his Enemies brought to shame and many Kings and Kingdoms to great Honour Renown and Fame To him that believes and knows he believes all things is possible to be done that is lawful commendable and most honourable under the Sun By what Divine Wisdom and Power has inabled me for to make known in time for the great Honour and Exaltation of his Majesties Royal Person and the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of many Nations the Reader that is Ingenious may learn to be good and to know when and how for to do much good in his Generation for the great Honour of God the King and Nation and that in the worst of times and before the best of Men and that without making of many words or having the voice much heard These days of the Gospel are times that will try the Wisdom and the Skill the Valour and the Courage of many Wise Strong Rich and Learned Men what they can do and what they will do for to bring about that noble Design that Divine Wisdom and Power has inabled me to make known in time for the Glory of his great Name for the Credit of his Holy Gospel for the great Honour and Renown of the Protestant Religion for the great Joy and Triumph of the Church of England which will bring great Peace and Prosperity to many Kingdoms which is to be brought about in these days of the Gospel for the Glory of the most High and for the great Honour and Exaltation of Englands Royal Majesty that so many Nations may be freed from Slavery and throughout the whole World there may be great Joy Peace and Prosperity The great and the mighty God who is most Wise and most Strong doth what whatsoever will in the Heavens above and in the Farth beneath and that when he please and with whom he please and that
many great and mighty Kings have found I shall name but two or three and that is King Pharaoh King Belshazzar and that great King Nebuchad-nezzar who in the midst of his Glory and in his Royal Palace of Babel that he built for the House of the Kingdom who was boasting of his Power and the great Honour of his Majesty while the word was in the Kings Mouth a Voice came down from Heaven saying O King Nebuchad-nezzar to him it was spoken that his Kingdom was departed from him and that he should be driven from Men and that his Dwelling should be with the Beasts of the Field and that he should eat Grass as the Oxen and seven times should pass over him until he did know that the most High beareth Rule over the Kingdoms of Men and giveth them unto whomsoever he will the very same hour was this thing fulfilled upon Nebuchad-nezzar and he was driven from Men and did eat Grass as the Oxen and his Body was wet with the Dew of Heaven till his Hairs were grown as Eagles Feathers and his Nails like Birds Claws and when the term of Seven years was accomplished which from the God of Heaven was prefixed at the end of those days did Nebuchad-nezzar lift up his Eyes unto Heaven and his Understanding was restored unto him Then did he give thanksunto the most High and praised and honoured him that liveth for ever whose Dominion is an Everlasting Dominion and his Kingdom is from Generation to Generation and before him all the Inhabitants of the Earth are reputed as nothing and according to his will he worketh in the Army of Heaven and among the Inhabitants of the Earth and none can stay his Hand nor say unto him What dost thou Therefore he is to be feared above all Gods because that he is a Wonder-working God a Great and a Glorious God who can work Wonders in a Man and with a Man either for or against a City or a Kingdom for his Works are all Truth and his Ways Judgments and those that walk in Pride he is able to abase but the Meek Humble and the Lowly doth he delight in among the Sons of Men and will bring them in due time to great Honour and Glory in his Kingdom of Heaven I am a Friend and a Lover of all them that are not Enemies unto themselves as all Unbelieving Jews Bruitish Atheists Wicked and Bloody Papists and Robellious Dissentors and Sectaries are and that will not Conform Reform to the Lord of Life who is the King of Glory and the Prince of Peace whose Service is perfect Freedom and his Work and Reward is most Prositable most Honourable most Comfortable most Satisfying Lasting and Everlasting What Divine Wisdom and Power has inabled me to make known in time for Englands Information Reformation great Joy Peace and Consolation and for her great Honour and Exaltation it is by John Varney a Member of the Church of England and of the City of London a City that has been a City of Renown and will come to greater Honour Renown and Fame in his Majesties Royal Reign than any City under the Heaven is or has been since England has injoyed a King September 27th 1679. FINIS ERRATA PAge 41 line 16 read in this World p. 46 l. 28 for martial men r. mortal men p. 95 l. 11 f. make known r. made known p. 103 l. 24 f. the Lust of Evil r. the Hurt of Evil p. 104 l. 17 f. And that Men r. O that Men p. 105 l. 8 f. Right r. Height p. 142 l. 39 f. and that will not Conform Reform r. that will not Conform and Reform