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A warning from the mouth and spirit of the Lord through his servant to the people of England that they may forsake their wicked and ungodly wayes, by true and unfained repentance ... : also a few words of exhortation and comfort to the people of God.
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Weston, Nathaniel.
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Wing W1480; ESTC R21876
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certainly come to pass A day of howling and bitter lamentation is coming upon you ye fat kine of Basan the sword of the Lord is prepared it is fourbushed and made ready to cut you down and to destroy you even by the word of his mouth it shall pierce through your hearts and wound and slay you and not one of you shall escape the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it ye turn coats of England ye weather-cocks ye time-servers ye back-sliders ye revolters ye sons of Belial God will certainly destroy you ye shall not escape Gods hand the day hath made you manifest already what you have been and are ye time-serving Priests the decree of the Lord is gone forth against you Priests and people must perish together death must be your portion from God the sting is coming the worm will gnaw you in your inwards the Sun will burn and scorch you the vialls of Gods wrath is to be powred forth upon the Sun which will burn and dry you up the day shall make it manifest famine and pestilence is to come upon you the word of the Lord shall perfom it you shall pine away with hunger and sudden destruction yea a fearfull end shall come upon you your mountains and hills cannot cover you in that day when God will come to give you a just recompence for all your wickednes a bitter cup without mixture you must all drink the Lord God hath spoken it the two edged sword of the Lord must cut and make way through the Earth you ripen apace you hasten to your latter end the cup of trembling and sorrow you must drink nowicked worker must go unpunished But the Lord will preserve and spare and make up his jewels and will be their Rock refuge shield and defence and hiding place in that day but the wicked and all the ungodly shall perish without remedy and unrecoverable shall their stroke be coals of fire shall be kindled upon the heads of the wicked their plague nor sore shall not be cured nor healed dung shall cover your faces and you shall cry out and curse your God whom you have so long served and woshipped this shall come upon you as a just recompence for all your wickedness that you have done and committed against the Lord the stone shall fall upon you you stony-hearted ones it will sink you under the wrath of God Almighty the bow is bending to shoot at you the dart shall strike through your liver your faces shall be covered with blackness you shall be hurled to and fro by the whirlwind of Gods wrath and fury which is to come upon you wofull will be your end your pride shall be marred ye Moabites and your glory defaced strength shall be taken from the strong men in that day the fire is kindling that shall burn their bones they shall be very dry they shall hang down their heads and go feebly all the day they shall roar like beares they shall mourn and there shall be none to comfort them they shall sit in ashes they shall lick up dust they shall spew up that again which they have swallowed down they shall be sick of it and die without recovery a winter is coming they shall be frozen in the inwards the pale Horse shall tread them under feet their arm shall rot their leggs shall be lame their eyes blinded their ears stopped their hearts hardened their bellies shall swell their thighes shall rot their end hastens unless they repent prize your time you have yet a little space The bed of torment and sorrow is for Jezabels Children dogs shall devour them in the field Naiboth shall have his Vineyard again it shall it yield him fruit he shall arise and come into his Vineyard and dresse it and prune it and dig about and fence it and it shall be no longer a prey to devourers no thief shall come into it to Rob nor to destroy any more for ever the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it the Word is gone forth verily it shall come to passe in the day of the Lord God Blessed and happy are they that wait for it the time drawes near the full Cup of Blessing from God every faithful one shall drink at the hand of the Lord of Wine well refined but no ungodly one shall have any but the righteous shall rejoyce in the Lord for ever and ever and all the upright in heart shall glory in the God of their Salvation and praise his Name in the Land of the living the breast shall be opened for the Babes to suck milk out of the Lambs shall feed on top of Bether mountains the Saints shall sing praises the Lord shall Reign over all God and King sitting upon his holy Throne ruling in his Power and Dominion for ever and ever Blessed are they that wait this to see Zions King must and shall Rule and Reign God over all Blessed for evermore Hallelujah to our God and to the Lamb that sits upon the Throne for ever and ever Thus God will bring to passe his mighty work by his own out-stretched arm and power my friends keep to the Power it is able to preserve you trust in it it will uphold you in all straits and tryals it is all sufficient to deliver in time of the greatest danger the blessing of the Lord God will attend you as you keep to it but if you go from it it will give you sorrow and you will be weak as other men this I have learned in the deep Blessed is the man or woman that waiteth the appointed time for the fulfilling of this they shall have their part and portion in the Lord who is and will be to them an exceeding great reward many are come to partake of it already blessed and praised be the name of the Lord our God the season is good you shall reap if you faint not in your minds The Lord God of heaven and earth fill every Babe and suckling with the milk of the word that they by it may grow up as children nursed and nourished at the breast of consolation and receive nourishment from God the Father of all that faithful are and learn to be content in time of want and the Lord will give more in due time this have I learned in every estate and condition to be content the Lord God of heaven open the spring of Life in every one of you that your souls may be refreshed nourished and watered that you may be living branches receiving vertue and sap from the Root and true Vine to grow in it up to the praise of God and the God of love and Peace be with you bless and prosper his own Work in you which he hath wrought with and by his pure Power and the endless life of the living holy wise God be among you working in you out all that which is contrary to him that the Name of the Lord may be honoured in your hearts and not dishonoured and the God of Heaven keep you my dear Friends Babes and Lambs of my heavenly Father and give you of his heavenly Treasures and keep them and conceal them not and learn Wisdom from God that none of you may spend your portion any longer with harlots or any lovers whatsoever and minde Gods fear alwayes before your eyes and he that sees in secret will reward you openly and keep truth on your side in and at all times be ready to answer Gods Call in whatsoever his requirings are and your substance will be increased and you shall never want food as you keep faithful and obedient for the obedient shall eat of the good things and their souls shall delight in fatness The God of Heaven be with you and his living power accompanie you you to preserve guide govern and order and counsel you that you may do nothing whereby his Name may be dishonoured by any of you any longer but that his Name may be feared reverenced and obeyed and prize his love free-grace and mercy to you in that he hath spared you and not cut you off in the midst of your dayes and improve your time that you have here to continue that to his praise you may â—ive and the God of heaven open your understandings to understand and judge aright between the precious and the vile in your particulars and between that that serveth God and that which serveth him not Which is the desire of your Brother and fellow-servant in the truth as it is in Jesus Known among men by the name Nathaniel Weston LONDON Printed for Thomas Simmons at the sign of the Bull and Mouth near Aldersgate 1660.