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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

them in deceiving of them as he did Eve that he will it's likely perswade them to believe that they shall by their power overcome the Saints and as he perswaded Eve to believe that in eating the forbidden fruit they should be as gods knowing good and evil so he will perswade these that in making war they shall overcome the Saints though Jesus Christ be with them Thus this old deceiver and lyer shall deceive the unconverted miserable people among the Nations of the world who during all the time of the thousand yeers will be quiet and never dare to attempt any such thing and yet then they shall gather togetner against the Saints and think to overcome them but when they shall attempt to do it the Saints shall then have no need of swords nor spears to defend themselves against that brunt that one assault for the text says Fire shall come down from God out of heaven and devour all these wicked men Thus is declared what will be done after Satan is loosed and what his reward for this work shall be is declared vers 10. And the devil that deceived the nations was cast alive into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are and shall be tormented day and night for ever And now comes to be declared what shall follow immediately upon this and that follows in vers 11 12 13 14 15. And I saw a great white throne and him that sate upon it from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away and there was found no place for them And I saw the dead small and great stand before God and the books were opened and another book was opened which is the book of life and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books according to their works And the sea gave up the dead which were in it and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them and they were judged every man according to their works and death and hell were cast into the lake of fire This is the second death and whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire In these verses is declared that immediately upon the ruining of all the wicked of the Nations the last and general day of judgement is to follow When comes the Resurrection of all both just and unjust I say the last and general day of judgement and resurrection of all for in this twentieth chapter of the Revelation it is cleer that here is a mention made of two Resurrections and the one to be a thousand yeers before the other and the first is treated of in the 4 5 and 6 verses and is there called the FIRST RESURRECTION and the second is laid down in these verses where it is said that the Heavens and the earth are then to be annihilated to flie away at the presence of the Lord who upon his white throne of righteousness after these thousand yeers are finished is to appear and to judge all the dead small and great who are to stand before him being all raised out of the Graves and out of the Sea and all places where the dead have been laid and to be judged righteously according to the Gospel and according to their works and they being so judged it will follow that whosoever is not found written in the book of life shall be cast into a lake of fire And this general day of judgement here treated of is also treated of in several other Scriptures as in Mat. 25. 31 32 c. Where our Saviour thus describes it and says that in that day he shall sit upon the throne of his glory and before him shall be gathered all Nations and he shall separate them one from another as a shepherd divideth his Sheep from the Goats and he shall set the Sheep on his right hand but the Goats on the left Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand Come ye blessed of my Father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for I was c. And then shall he say also unto them on the left hand Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels for c. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment but the righteous into life eternal Thus in this Scripture is this general day of the final judging of all spoken of also wherein to every one is to be rendred according to his works Again another Scripture to this purpose is that in the first of the Corinthians at the fifteenth chapter where Paul more largely discourses of the doctrine of the Resurrection in some particulars of it then it is any where else in Scripture treated of where in the first part of the chapter he makes it his work to prove the certainty of the Resurrection of the body against those Pharisaical spirits that denyed it And having proved the Resurrection by many undenyable and unanswerable Arguments he comes to declare at the twenty third verse and so on in what order the Resurrection shall be he having before said that all shall be raised But says he it shall be every man in his own order Christ the first fruits and afterward they that are Christs at his coming Here is the Order of the Resurrection Christ the first fruits Well Christ was to be raised first in order of time and that was done already Christ was raised when the Apostle writ this Epistle But who are to be raised next The Apostle tells us It must be they that are Christs And when must they be raised The Apostle answers At his coming Afterward they that are Christs at his coming This is the first Resurrection wherein the Saints must at the coming of Christ be raised to reign with him spoken of Revel 20. 4. But then the general Resurrection and the last great day he speaks of in vers 24. 25. and 28. Where he says Then cometh the end when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God even the Father when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power for he must reign till he hath put all enemies under his feet the last enemie that shall be destroyed is death And when all things shall be subdued unto him then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him that God may be all in all Here he declares that Jesus Christ being come and having received his kingdome and his Saints being raised at his coming to reign with him that after his coming and reigning and ruling and putting all enemies under his feet and death it self Then cometh the end when he shall deliver up the kingdom to his father and the Son also himself shall be subject unto him that put all things under him that God may be all in all That is there shall be a cessation of the

first is in the 9. 10 11. verses of this Chapter where Daniel speaking briefly of this Vision and the manner how he saw it before the more cleare interpretation was given to him he speakes of this Judgement thus That the Ancient of daies came whose garment was white as snow c. and the judgment was set And further he saies that the Ancient of daies being come and the Judgement being set that then because of the voice of the great words which the Horne spake the beast was slaine and his body destroyed c. Againe in the 21 22. verses where Daniel desires further to know the meaning of what he saw before he speakes thus of it I beheld and the same Horne made war with the Saints and prevailed against them untill the Ancient of daies came and judgement was given unto the Saints of the most High and the time came that the Saints possessed the Kingdome And in the 26 verse after it had been said that the Horne should do so and so as in the two former verses it s here said that the judgement should sit and should take away his Dominion to consume and to destroy it unto the end Now these passages being compared together the result of them all will be clearely thus First That because this little Horne should speake great words against the most High and think to change Times and Laws and weare out the Saints of the most High and make war against them that therefore the most high should appeare for to own and deliver his own people And secondly that a certaine number of Saints should be convened together and have a spirit of Judgement by the most High given unto them and power and authority whereby they should take away the Dominion of this Horne to consume and to destroy it unto the end This in briefe is the sense of these verses which I shall more fully illustrate thus I say first that because this little horne should speake great words c. That therefore the most high should appear for to own and deliver his own people Now by this appearing of the most high is meant First his appearing in Secondly his appearing for his people First I say that by the appearing or comming of the most High spoken of in this Chapter is meant his appearing in and among his people and this shall by and by be made evident for though at the first view of the 9 10 11. verses it might seem to bee a description of that visible and glorious appearance of the most high at the great day of Judgement For thus it runs I beheld till the Thrones were cast down and the Ancient of daies did sit whose garment was white as snow and the hair of his head like the pure wool his Throne like the fiery flame and 〈◊〉 wheels as burning fire a fiery stream issued and came forth from before him thousand thousands ministred unto him and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him the Judgement was set and the bookes were opened I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horne spake I beheld even till the Beast was slain and his body destroyed and given to the burning flame as concerning the rest of the Beasts they had their Dominion taken away yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time I say though at the first view of these words they seem to be a description of the last and great day of Judgement mentioned Rev. 20. 11 12 13 14 15. Yet in observing the last of these verses viz. ver 12 it will cleerly appear that this is not nor cannot bee the meaning of the Spirit of God in this place for there it is said that though by this appearance of God the Beast or little Horne was slain and his body destroyed because of the voice of the great words which the little Horne spake that yet the rest of the Beasts or of the hornes had their lives prolonged for a little season Which could not have been if that had been the generall day of Judgement and this is undeniable But now that this glorious appearance of the most High in garments as white as snow and hair of his head as pure * That is in pure and unspotted righteousness Wool upon a Throne like the fiery flame and wheeles as burning fire with a * That is impartiall and zealous justice fiery stream issuing before him and thousand thousands ministring unto him c. is his appearing in and among his Saints is very clear by observing these passages ver 10. it s said the Judgement was set and the Books were opened and ver 11. that the Beast because of the voice of his great words was adjudged to be slain and was slaine Now the 22 verse explaines the meaning of the judgement here spoken of and saies expresly that Judgement was given to the Saints of the most high So that this appearing of the most high is his appearing in and among his people in giving a spirit of judgement and righteousnesse unto them whereby they shall act so purely and righteously and withall so justly and impartially as that those actions of theirs in themselves shall bee as white as snow as pure wooll and withall to the enemies of Christ as fiery flames and burning fire This is the appearance of God in his people so that when the judgement was set and the books were opened that is all the horrid cruelties and cruell cursed practises of the Beast were declared that then not unjustly or without just cause but saies the Spirit of God because of the voice of the great words which the horne spake the Beast was slaine and his body destroyed Thus God appeares in his Saints Judgement was given to the Saints of the most high and the Judgement shall sit and they that is a company of Saints they shall take away his Dominion to consume and destroy it unto the end So that God giving judgement to his saints he brings to passe the great designes he hath in the world by them as his instruments so that he does it and they do it and they must doe it and are alwaies ready and shall be so For he hath thousand thousands ministring unto him and ten thousand times ten thousand standing before him ready to execute his will and do his pleasure But secondly as by this appearance of God is to be understood his appearance in his people so it is also to be understood of his appearing for his people viz. in manifesting evidently manifesting his power and wisdome and faithfulnesse in delivering of them from the tyranny fury and cruelty of their oppressors and owning of them for his own people So that though the Beast seemed to be and was very potent and very great and spake great words and thought not onely to wear out but utterly to root out the Saints in his making War against them Yet God so appears for their help