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A full enquiry into the power of faith, the nature of prophecy, the translation of Enoch and Elias, and the resurrection of Christ
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Freke, William, 1662-1744.
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1693
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have added hereunto a Form of Prayer to be used by those that shall see convenient Dear Father THough through the dint of Passion and fiery Zeal I cannot prevail with thee to enter thy Kingdom yet I do not doubt but that I shall be able to do it through Constancy and Importunity unless I am wanting to my self for so thou hast promised me through my Saviour pardon me therefore if with the most entire submission to thy Will I continually wrestle with the in Prayer O GOD I would not presumptuously offer at thy Kingdom thus by force were it not that thou hast given me encouragement but now thou hast I beg thee for thine own Glory for thy Mercy 's sake and for the good of thy Creation that thou wouldest not leave thy poor Churches destitute but confound the works of Satan and teach us the way to thy Kingdom and even now O Lord I approach thee in all Humility and after all my Petitions thy Will only be done Nothing that is presumptuous wicked or proud can find acceptance in thy sight and therefore I dare not move a step beyond what thy Precepts give me Authority grant me therefore that as I pursue thine own Sacred Dictates and Commands so I may prevail with thee and not let thee go until like Jacob I have got a Blessing from thee I mean not a Temporal one but the Eternal one of thy Kingdom through Jesus Christ our Saviour Amen Or if this offend you or seem imperfect use that great and general Catholicon prescribed by our Saviour himself and which indeed is so general that it suits with all Men of all Religions and Professions whatever and is withal so perfect that I might add the Wit of Man is not able to exceed it Our (a) When we Pray we ought to do it for others as well as our selves Father which art in (b) Our Addresses to God are to the chief Seat of his Divine Majesty Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy (c) Note the three first Petitions in this Prayer are for the Honour of GOD and which we ought to learn to seek before all things Kingdom (d) That is to the destruction of Satans come Thy Will be done in Earth as it is in (e) surely then possible Heaven Give us this day our daily bread (f) all outward Necessaries and forgive us our Trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us (g) GOD will Judge us as we do others let us beware therefore what we do in this case lest we Pray in vain And lead us not into Temptation but deliver us from evil (h) These last Petitions are for our selves purely and therefore most deservedly follow the other for thine is the Kingdom the Power (i) This Doxology is as well to stir up our Faith at last as to Praise GOD. and the Glory for ever and ever Amen To this I shall also add four Rules whereby the Scriptures tell us that we shall be accepted in our Prayers * The Author for the same Reason desires all his Readers particular Prayers for him either if he is in the Truth to strengthen and continue him in it or if he is in an Error to let him be taught and given to understand better even so I beseech thee O Lord for Christ's sake Amen The First when we Pray for one another thus St. Peter was delivered out of Prison by an Angel Secondly Where two or three are gathered together in Christ's Name to encourage Publick Communion Thirdly Pray without ceasing remembring neither to ask amiss nor in your Lusts James 4.3 1 Thess 5.17 Fourthly To Pray every day afresh and as GOD's Spirit shall by your Conscience lead you remembring that GOD is to be worshipped in Spirit and Truth Now though the state and corruption of the Church may Excuse us in our Duty in the Second of these to wit as to matter of Communion yet as to the other three nothing can excuse us and if possible nothing ought to excuse us even from the Second also indeed if we either wilfully or negligently disregard these Rules we need not wonder if our Prayers never prevail ☞ Note By Old Tradition the World as it has lasted 2000 Years before the Law and 2000 Years after it so also is it to last 2000 Years after the Coming of Christ e're we arrive at the great and final Millerium or Sabbath But a surer Rule is that GOD hath put the Times and Seasons of all things in his own Power Acts 1.7 I have hereunto added also a Copy of an Extraordinary Dream that I had some Years since which I recollected I had a Copy of by me some time after I wrote this Treatise and which seeming to tend so directly to the same purpose I thought I could not well at the same time deny the Reader a sight of it together herewith What is the true meaning and purport of it God who only knows will shew in his own time in the mean while I have delivered it down very near in very same rude form of Expression that I wrote it several Years since Memorandum That about the latter end of May in the Year 1681. just upon my Recovery from the Small-Pox I had the Strange and Remarkable Dream following and which seeming as Notable in its intent and coherence as it was lively in my reception of it about two Years after and whilst every Circumstance of it remained clear in my Memory I wrote it down some little Additions by present Memory excepted as ensueth I imagined my self Travelling I thought to France and it seemed as it were by a Chariot or Engine of Ropes and by which I seemed first to be raised up to a very great height and afterwards to be slid down again forwards with it as with a very great swiftness Methoughts my Journey was by Moon-shine and whilst I was thus raised in the Air I imagined I more perfectly survey'd the Heavens than now and they appeared to me but as a decayed wooden Engine however of a vastly large Architecture and the Moon shining brightly in them Methoughts also I saw the rest of the World almost all mudling below except some few and who seemed in the like little Chariots beneath me At length as I travelled on I apprehended I had a pretty little Book given me what it was I cannot declare but this I remember I perused it with a very great Satisfaction and continued it in my hand for some time till by and by I was diverted by the presence of a Guardian Angel I apprehended he sate on my Chariot by me on my Right Hand as it were behind me At first indeed he shewed himself but dimly to my sight but even his Presence so seemed to inspire me with an extraordinary Devotion But at last methoughts he became familiar and visible even as a Friend to me and then talking with him of several matters I remember I asked