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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81085	The little horns doom & dovvnfall or A scripture-prophesie of King James, and King Charles, and of this present Parliament, unfolded. Wherein it appeares, that the late tragedies that have bin acted upon the scene of these three nations: and particularly, the late Kings doom and death, was so long ago, as by Daniel pred-eclared [sic]. And what the issue of all will be, is also discovered; which followes in the second part. By M. Cary, a servant of Jesus Christ.	Cary, Mary.	1651 (1651)	Wing C737; Thomason E1274_1; ESTC R210569	159,322	385

administration wherein God commits all things to be done by the Son And then when the time of Christs kingdom on earth is expired God shall be all in all after this last general Resurrection when death it self shall be destroyed And the Apostle gives a further description of that general Resurrection at vers 51 52 c. Behold I shew you a mystery we shall not all die but we shall all be changed in a moment in the twinkling of an eye at the last trump for the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed for this corruption must put on incorruption and this mortal must put on immortality so when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption and this mortal shall have put on immortality Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written Death is swallowed up in victory O death where is thy sting O grave where is thy victory In these verses the Apostle cleerly speaks of the last general judgement for he says that the Saints shall not all Die but shall all in a moment be changed and the dead shall be raised incorruptible and this he says shall be at the last trump and that demonstrates it to be the last day that the Apostle is speaking of because he says it shall be at the last trump for there is a trump which must sound before this of which the Apostle speaks 1 Thes 4. 16. where he speaks of the raising of the dead in Christ who must rise first even of the first Resurrection when the Saints must rise to reign with Christ Now the Apostle calling this the last trump it is cleer he speaks here of the last Resurrection and again its cleer by this also because he says that at this time Death shall be swallowed up in victory And that then shall be brought to pass that saying O death where is thy sting O grave where is thy victory That is then the victory shall be gotten over death death shall be no more an overcomer it shall destroy no more but be destroyed it self And this is the last enemy that shall be destroyed As Rev. 20. 14. and 1 Cor. 15. 26. Thus is it cleer that in these verses Paul speaks of the last general Resurrection I have the rather mentioned and opened these Scriptures that speak of the last general Resurrection that there might not be a confounding of the first Resurrection with the last and that the one might not be taken for the other as is very common And thus have I briefly shewn as far as from the Scripture appears to me what is to be done upon earth after the finishing of the thousand yeers of the reign of Jesus Christ and his Saints on earth And now having laid down this general description or discovery of the new Jerusalem both in the internal and external glory of it and of what things are to precede it and to succeed it I shall conclude all with that saying of the Psalmist Psal 111. 2 3. The works of the Lord are great sought out of all them that have pleasure therein His work is honourable and glorious and his righteousness endureth for ever And now might I come to a large Application of all which is applicable several ways but desiring to be brief therein I have included all in these following Verses Vnto the Court of Parliament who are Supreme in England Ireland and elsewhere These Poems humbly are addrest Which placed are before the rest WHo knew Grave Senators when first of all In Parliament to sit you had a Call What great designes you were appointed to What world-amazing acts you had to do None but Jebovah doubtless then could tell Who knew his own holy Decree full well And therefore did betimes to you appear And fill you with his holy Spirit and fear And then his Purposes to bring to pass The Bill for non-dissolving of you was Confirmed so as not to be repeal'd To bring about his holy Will reveal'd So long ago to Daniel when he writ That to ' stroy the Horn the Judgement should sit And now you see you were the Instruments To bring about JEHOVAH'S high Intents Which were his People to defend and save From all their foes and therefore pow'r he gave You then and strength his enemies to withstand That did oppress the Saints with a high hand But they are overcome and shall no more O'ercome the Saints as they did heretofore For now the Judgement hath the Horn destroy'd And all that Crew that were by him employ'd And now the time 's expir'd wherein the Beast Should overcome the Saints his wo's increast Now Jesus Christ doth on Mount Sion stand And there his Saints do wait on his Command So that henceforth overcome all they shall That up against them rise and make them fall And now ye that in Parliament have bin The happie Instruments of this great King What cause have you in him for to rejoyce That guided were to make so good a choice To cleave unto this Cause and to forsake The other Party not for to partake With them in sins or punishments but to Wait on the Lord his blessed Will to do But now know this If any of you did Aim at yout selves and walk in paths crooked And in that place of Judicature sitting Pretending one did mean another thing And if your labour care and onely aim Have been to serve your selves and get a name The fruit's but temporary that y 'ave had And soon will moulder perish quail and fade And when you come to die what good will 't do When that your Consciences shall accuse you That you unfaithful and deceitful do Prove to the Trust that is repos'd in you For though accounts to man you never make Yet unto God you shall who them will take And then though all your heaps of gold you would Give up to clear your selves yet never should You be releas'd when Death doth once you call Before the great JEHOVAH'S Tribunal Your wisdom it would be betimes therefore For peace to seek and for to clear your score For now 's the time if ever it be done Before your life 's expir'd and glass is run You know the way Zacheus took That 's written in the blessed Book But now I 've done with you within this Court Whose ways have not been of a good report If that among you any such there be For I can none accuse all may be free For any thing that I can prove or lay Unto the charge of any there this day And yet there may be many Though I do not know any NOw of the Wise this will be accepted For why such counsel never breaks the head And as for you who in that Senate fit Whose consciences before the Lord acquit You fully do from ill reports abroad And clear you from deceitfulness and fraud Who walked have in the sincerity Of your own hearts and have in equity And

be understood as though I hereby asserted that every individuall person that hath been or is in Parliament is a Saint because I say that by the judgement sitting here spoken of is meant a company of Saints that by the wisdome and goodnesse of the most high were convened together and have a spirit of judgement given to them and that the Parliament are this company of Saints who have had this spirit of Judgement and have acted faithfully c. But this I affirme that those Saints that have been and are in Parliament and have been and are imployed in counsels and otherwise by their Authority are the judgement here spoken of Now that there have been and are among these a choice and precious company of Gods deare Saints there is none that truly knowes what it is to be a Saint will or can deny And these are they that chiefly and principally have carried on these great and glorious designes that have been so acceptable to God and to his Saints though it may be they have been many times if not alwaies lesse in number than those others that have been among them that have not been reall Saints and it is they to whom God hath afforded his presence in their counsels and undertakings and they whom God hath blessed and whom none can curse and the rest have fared the better for their sakes they sitting in Parliament held all together from being broken in peeces even from the beginning of their sitting and admirable is that goodness and wisdome of God that knew what his own determinations concerning them were that so brought it to passe as to cause the late King so contrary to his own intentions and his own ends and purposes to passe an act for the continuation of this Parliament so as though he would yet he had not that power which once he had to dissolve this Parliament as he had done all others at his own pleasure But this Parliament must not this Parliament could not possibly be dissolved by him for God had reserved this Parliament for further worke Now it was not possible for the adverse party by all their struglings to dissolve it for the judgement must sit But the judgement shall sit and they shall take away his Dominion to consume and to destroy it unto the end In these words having seen what is meant by the Judgement here is now to be declared what the work was which they had to do and the manner in which it was to be done The worke which they had to do is exprest in these words And they shall take away his Dominion And the manner of doing it in these words To consume and to destroy it unto the end Their work then was to take away the Dominion of that little Horne that spake great words against the most high and made war against the Saints that whereas he had had Dominion and great power and authority whereby he persecuted and grieved and afflicted the Saints and endeavoured to weare them out This Judgement being set this Parliament being assembled they were to take away his Dominion even his authority and power of ruling and governing according to his own will yea all his strength of Armes and Ammunition of Forts and Castles and places of strength his Crown Throne and seat of Honour all and whatsoever appertaines to his Dominion That 's the worke they were to do Now the manner in which they were to doe it was to consume and to destroy it unto the end I say to consume it it was not to be done by them in a short time not at an instant but they were to bee long in doing of it and to doe it by degrees for so the word consume implyeth for when a thing is said to consume that thing is wasted away by degrees and in continuance of time it comes to nothing So this dominion and greatnesse and power and authority and strength which this horn had was to consume away by little and little and in the end wholly to be destroyed And thus exactly it came to passe When the Parliament first began to oppose the late King he had great power and strength and authority whereby hee made war and prevailed for a while but at last by degrees and as it were insensibly they prevail'd against him and began to take away his strength and power and greatnesse from him so that by degrees he lost City after City and Towne after Towne and County after County untill he came to have dominion over none at all but his dominion was wholly taken away and consumed and destroyed unto the end And as here his dominion was said to be consumed and destroyed so in the 11 verse the beast or the horne or King himselfe was said to be slaine and his body destroyed so it came to passe that his blood was also justly required at his hands having caused so much innocent blood to bee shed both of old men young men and babes in France England Scotland and Ireland God suffered not such a man to die in his bed but as he was a man of blood so gave hee him blood to drink For as the Parliament God having given him up into their hands took away his dominion so they also did justice upon his person and executed upon him THE JUDGEMENT WRITTEN For so it was written verse 11 that he should be slain and his body destroyed and given to the burning flame of justice And thus this part of this prophecie being thus opened and explained It is made evident that the late King of these three Nations that is by some called the None-such Charles for his desperate impiety and hypocrisie was long ago Prophesied of as well as he that was by him stiled his holy Father the Pope to whom hee was as firm a son as any King ever was though he played the greatest hypocrite in professing the contrary as ever any King did I say it is evident that the late King was long ago prophesied of as well as the Pope and that as the Pope was fore-prophesied of as being the beast that should be desperately wicked and maliciously cruell against the Saints So is this King fore prophesied of as being of the ten hornes of the beast and more stout then his fellows as exceeding them for wretched wicked dealing with the Saints and cruelty to them Whereby the proceedings of the Parliament with and against him is cleared from having the lest stain or spot of injustice or unrighteousnesse in it which some would fasten upon them For it is here evident that as the afflicted condition of the Church for twelve hundred yeeres and more under the Pope was long ago prophesied of so this Parliament which were to be the instruments of the Churches deliverance in their measure were also long ago prophesied of In which prophesie it was so long ago declared that to them judgment should be given and that they should do justice upon that wicked King take