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A voice from heaven to th[e] common-wealth of England with additions.
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Evans, Arise, b. 1607.
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1653
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A VOICE FROM HEAVEN TO THâ—COMMON-WEALTH OF ENGLAND With Additions Printed in the Yeer 1653. For ever O Lord thy word is setled in heaven Some said it thundred others said an Angel spake Jesus answered and said This voice came not because of me but for your sake Now is the judgement of this world now shall the Prince of this world be cast out Thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Sion for the time to favour her yea the set time is come It is time for thee O Lord to work for they have made void thy Law Arise O Lord into thy rest thou and the Ark of thy strength let thy Priests be cloathed with righteousnesse and let thy Saints shout for joy for thy servant Davids sake turn not away the face of thine anoynted To the Reader COurteous Reader these things have been under a bushell these nine moneths so that I was in travaile untill now as you see my condition Jer. 30. 6 â— 8 9. to bring forth a King even to raise up David I complained unto many but I found no assistance how I might set forth this light to all that are in the house and especially to them that are in the House of Parliament and to print it that it might no longer lie upon my conscience as a heavy burthen but appear generally before the world untill at last being overwhelmed with sorrow I made my complaint unto God who in an extraordinary manner within twenty four hours did send me help and therefore I praised God and admired his providence in these things And now beloved I present these things unto you which are no ordinary things And as they came to me from God which caused me to tremble at his Word Isa. 66. 2. 5. so I wish ye would seriously receive them For I must needs confess we doe not read the Scripture nor look into it with that holy reverence as is requisite for so great a word of Majesty but play with it as with a Pamphlet that is to day and to morrow is cast aside so that it is turned to wantonness and vaine pleasure more then purity and powerfull practice And therefore I beseech you heare the Word of the Lord ye that tremble at his Word Isa. 66. 2. 5. And to the rest I say Be ye not mockers lest your bonds be made strong for I have heard from the Lord God of Hosts a consumption even determined upon the whole earth Arise Evans A VOICE FROM HEAVEN TO THE Commonwealth of England WElbeloved though I have not expressions fitted for all sorts of people to declare my matter intended yet my desire is That all might understand me that the highest would bow down his eare the lowest strive to understand also I hope you will take what I shall make out in plain termes with good will and not expect nor respect the fine phrases of complements but truth though in a mean habit will I hope by you be judged worthy of love and acceptation And to vindicate my self against every spirit that shall rise against me I will shew ye First that I have taken the Engagement that is To be true to this Commonwealth as it now stands without a King or House of Lords Now if I should be silent and see the great evill that I see coming upon this State and Commonwealth and not give timely warning that in some measure by repentance it might be prevented I should be false to the Commonwealth Therefore I do discharge my conscience in faithfulnesse to it because I am bound by the Engagement so to do so my conscience doth witnesse to me which conscience of mine by Gods assistance I shall keep clear by declaring unto you the truth that is opened to us in the word of God for us to take notice of it that we may know the truth and be assured that God doth manifest it to the end that all might be inexcuseable upon the day that is coming because there is a day nigh at hand in which God will judge the world by a man which he hath appointed by the word of Jesus Christ in righteousnesse And this man is not Jesus but a man ordained appointed and sent by the Father and his Son Jesus who in righteousnesse will judge and make war And this man will be known by his rising from the dead not in that body that he died in but in a body of his own seed in which he will rise and raign for ever And not only so but the Lord Jesus will raign in him for ever and ever So that all this is done for the glory of the Lord Jesus the fulfilling of his promise the manifestation of the true rest for his people who are yet tossed to and fro with every wind of Doctrine and without rest Neither would I have you to mistake me as if by this I said that there is no resurrection but what is here mentioned For I shall shew you hereafter the true faith which I believed But here I shew you that this is a singular resurrection to a person offered up among the Gentiles as that was of Jesus among the Jewes And of both these the Apostle speaks Rom. 15. verse 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16. Where first he shews that the coming of Jesus and the offering of him up was to fulfill the promise made to the Fathers of the Jews Nation and after speaks of a person to reign amongst the Gentiles and of their offering up of him and he that is offered up must be no lesse than a King Of this King there is much spoken in Scripture he must be also of the root of Jesse not by a carnall generation but begotten of immortall seed by the bloud of Jesus And on this King Jesus layes so much honor in the Gospell and of this King he saith that he will raise him up at the last day And Jesus when he ascended sate at the right hand of God expecting till this King came to subdue all the enemies of Jesus under his feet For all things were not subdued to Jesus though he were crowned in the Apostles time yet not in possession of his Kingdome till this King came This is that King of Kings that Jesus holds forth this is that King that overcometh and therefore possesseth all things that overcame and is taken into the Throne of Jesus to sit with him as Jesus overcame and was taken into the Fathers Throne This indeed is the third person and whosoever speaks against him shall never be pardoned because that on him the Holy Ghost is fully manifested that all the Scripture is opened and fulfilled in him and Jesus fully magnified by this person For the King is the Ensign of God that is set up the second time to bring all Nations to the faith of Jesus
and fingleness of heart to desire the General and his Councel to make their addresses to the King for peace and ye that do this look for life eternal And I beseech you again most noble Worthies receive all alike and do not countenance or discountenance any for this notion or for that notion or think that Religion is only words but rather deeds of common charity and let not any be prided or exalted above their Brethren with a conceit of conquest but know that such a mind shall be abased and that according to our Christian rule he that suffered most is the greatest Conqueror For a subject cannot conquer his King but by suffering meekly and a King suffering meekly by the hand of his people according to the mind of his King was appointed to be Heir of the world Rev. 21. 7. I have a bloudy Vision to shew but I look upon it as Gods threatning hand being perswaded that if we repent and shed tears for our Rebellion and evill deeds against God and the King we shall not bleed nor shed bloud For why may not God bring the King to his Throne and maintain our peace as well in that time as he did when the Parliament was dissolved And to men I say he that is valiant and hath an innocent intention may do much And the Lord blesse all such Amen May 20. 1653. ARISE EVANS THe bloudy Vision I speak of was seen January 21. 1652. by one Mr. Farly who lived in Drury-Lane at the upper end thereof at the sign of the Horse-shoe but being terrified thereby he immediately after went to Virginia I have it as it was written by his own hand who after he had seen the Vision could not rest but went from place to place to seek an interpreter of it untill by the providence of God at last he came to me and after he told me the Vision and that I gave him to understand what God did signifie to us by it he wrote it and left it to my disposall as by Gods providence I should be perswaded directed and permitted to publish it Psal. 119. 89. Jo. 12. 29. Ver. 30 31. Eph. 2. 2. Psa. 102. 13. Psa. 119. Ver. 126. Psa. 132. Ver. 8 9 10. Mat. 5. 14 15 16. Isa. 28. 21 22. Act. 17. 31. John 12. 48. John 14. 25 26. Joh. 15. 26 Joh. 16. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14. Rev 19. 11. Act. 17. 31. 1 Cor. 15. 38. Joh. 16. 13 14 15. Eph. 2. 12. 13 14. Heb. 4. 7 8. Here is the hid wisdome of God in a mystery which none of the Parliament knew for had they known it they would not have put the King to death 1 Cor. 2. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14. Isa. 11. 10 11. Isa. 33. 22. 1 Pet. 1. 3. 23. Mat. 25. 34. Joh. 6. 54 55 56 57. Heb. 10 12. 13. Heb. 2. 7 8 9. Rev. 11. 15 16 17. 1 Tim. 6. 14 15 16. Rev. 21. 7. Rev. 21. 5. Rev. 3. 21. Mat. 12. 31 32. Psal. 21. Read all this Psalm Heb. 5. 7 8 9 10. 12. Rom. 8. 36 37. Zac. 14. 9 10 11 12. Heb. 4. 7 8 9. Isa. 2. 3. Zeph. 3. 9. Joh. 3. 33. Joh. 16. 13. 26. Eze. 39. 8. Jer. 13. 19 20. Jer. 30. 23 24. Hos. 14. 9. Psal. 110. 2 3. Dan. 12. 3. 4 10. Pro. 30. 11 12 13 14. Dan. 12. 3 4. Mal. 4. 2 3 Psa. 92. 7. 2 Tim. 3. 3. 8 9. Isa. 66. 24. Mat. 24. 15. Mal. 3. 18. Jesus blessed in Shem. K. Charles also blessed in Japhet * The Iews look for such an one as ye see in Manasseh Ben Israels book called the hope of Israel and sent to the Supreme power of England An. 1650. one to call and deliver the ten Tribes and their hope as true for as Isaiah saith Isa. 59. 20. the Redeemer shall come to Sion that is to the Elect Jewes but say you from whence shall he come to Sion the Apostle tells you Rom. 11. 25 26. he shall come out of Sion to Sion hence ye may see that from the Elect Gentiles our deliverer or Redeemer Charles the Son of Charles Stuart by name comes to the Elect Iews to deliver them from the power of darknesse and to bring them to Iesus Christ and eternall life And by the star that did appear at his death it is evident that God would have you know that Charls Stuart is that day-star to bring the Iewes to Iesus as the Star brought the wise men to Iesus Mat. 2. 9. which Star is promised to the Gentiles 2 Pet. 1. 19. and especially is promised to him that overcame by his sufferings to keep and defend the Church of God Rev. 2. 26 27 28. Heb. 11. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29. †That is of our Lord Iesus and of his annoynted Charles for Christ is a Greek word which in English is annoynted I saw the star on the day that King Charls came to Pauls to give thanks to God for the Queens safe deliverance at ten a clock in the morning being a clear day and the Star was neer the Sun Let none oppose it when Scripture speaks when a sign from heaven speaks and declares his righteousnesse according to the Scripture Psal 97. 3 4 5 6. Mat. 24. 3. At the appearance of Iesus Christ there was a division amongst the people some said of him we know this man whence he is but when Christ cometh no man knoweth whence he is Joh. 7. 26. 27. others said Christ came of the seed of David of the Town of Bethlehem a place well known to them Joh. 7. 40. 41 42 43. now the reason of this division was the Scripture for Isaiah saith Isa. 33. 17. their eyes shall see the King in his beauty and the land that was very far off from them And again Isa. 30. 27. saith the name of the Lord cometh from far and David saith Psal. 48. 2. that this land was on the sides of the North and so in Ezek. 38. 2. 6. that this chiefe Prince of the Gentiles should come from the North quarters so Esdtas their last Prophet 2 Esd. 13. 7. who saw the land in a vision but could not come to know the region so that none of them could name the Country and City where this great appearance should be and John giveth it a name in regard of the great evill done in its darknesse Sodome and Egypt Rev. 11. 8. but in regard of the light that would come forth out of its darknesse he calls it new Jerusalem Rev. 3. 12. Rev. 21. 10. holy Jerusalem so that London and Britain was not knowne unto them by name to be the place where these great works should be done as it is seen this day for the signes declare the times and place Mat. 16. 23. Luk. 12. 54 55 56 57. therefore ye are to observe the signs of these times and to compare them with Scripture Namely Judea signifying England I acknowledge God hath his Elect