this Roule hath reconciled ALL THINGS to himselfe yet this hand which now writes never drew sword or shed one drop of any mans blood I am free from the blood of all men though I say all things are reconciled to me the eternall God IN HIM yet sword levelling or digging-levelling are neither of them his principle Both are as farre from his principle as the East is from the West or the Heavens from the Earth though I say reconciled to both as to all things else and though he hath more justice righteousnesse truth and sincerity shining in those low dunghils as they are esteemed then in the Sunne Moone and all the Stars 3 I come not forth in him either with materiall sword or Mattock but now in this my day I make him my Sword-bearer to brandish the Sword of the Spirit as he hath done severall dayes and nights together thorow the streets of the great City 4 And now thus saith the Lord Though you can as little endure the word LEVELLING as could the lat-slaine or dead Charles your foretunner who is gone before you and had as live heare the Devill named as heare of the Levellers Mâ—n-Levellers which is and who indeed are but shadowes of most terrible yet great and glorious good things to come 5 Behold behold behold I the eternall God the Lord of Hosts who am that mighty Leveller am comming yea even at the doores to Levell in good earnest to Levell to some purpose to Levell with a witnesse to Levell the Hills with the Valleyes and to lay the Mountaines low 6 High Mountaines lofty Cedars its high time for you to enter into the Rocks and to hide you in the dust for feare of the Lord and for the glory of his Majesty For the lofty looks of man shall be humbled and the haughtinesse of men shall be bowed downe and the Lord ALONE shall be exalted in that day For the day of the Lord of Hoasts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty and upon every one that is lifted up and he shall be brought low And upon all the Cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up and upon all the Oaks of Bashan and upon all the high Mountaines and upon all the Hils that are lifted up and upon every high Tower and upon every fenced Wall and upon all the Ships of Tarshish and upon all pleasant Pictures And the LOFTINESSE of man shall be bowed down and the haughtinesse of men shall be laid low And the Lord ALONE shall be exalted in that day and the Idols he shall utterly abolish And they shall go into the holes of the Rocks and into the Caves of the Earth for scare of the Lord and for the glory of his Majesty when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth In that day a man shall cast his Idols of Silver and Idols of Gold to the bats and to the Moles To go into the Clefts of the Rocks and into the tops of the ragged Rocks for feare of the Lord and for the glory of his Majesty For the Lord is now RISEN to shake terribly the Earth Isa. 2. 10. to the end of the Chapter 7 Hill Mountains Cedars Mighty men Your breath is in your nostrils Those that have admired adored idolized magnified set you up fought for you venâ—ured goods and good name limbe and life for you shall cease from you You shall not at all be accounted of not one of you ye sturdy Oake who bowe not downe before eternall Majesty Vniversall Love whose service is perfect freedome and who hath put down the mighty remember remember your fore-runner and who is putting down the mighty from their seats and exalting them of low degree 8 Oh let not for your owne sakes let not the mother of Harlots in you who is very subtle of heart Nor the Beast without you what do you call 'em The Ministers fat parsons Vicaâ—s Lecturers c. who for their owne base ends to maintaine their pride and pompe and to fill their owne pauncheâ— and purses have been the chiefe instruments of all those horrid abominations hellish cruell devillish pâ—rsecutions in this Nation which cry for vengeance For your owne sakes I say let neither the one nor the other bewitch you or charme your eares to heare them say these things shall not befall you these Scriptures shall not be fulfilled upon you but upon the Pope Turke and Heathen Princes c. 9 Or if any of them should through subtilty for their owne base ends creep into the Mystery of that forementioned * Scripture And tell you Those words are to be taken in the Mystery only and they onely point out a spirituall inward levelling once more for your owne sakes I say believe them not 10 'T is true the History or Letter I speake comparatively is but as it were haire-cloth the Mystery is fine Flax. My flax saith the Lord and the Thief and the Robber will steale from me my flax to cover his nakednesse that his filthinesse may not appeare But behold I am now recovering my flax out of his hand and discovering his lewdnesse verbum sat 11 'T is true the Mystery is my joy my delight my life And the Prime levelling is laying low the Mountaines and levelling the Hils in man But this is not all For lo I come saith the Lord with a vengeance to levell also your Honour Riches c. to staine the pride of all your glory and to bring into contempt all the Honourable both persons and things upon the earth Isa. 23. 9. 12 For this Honour Nobility Gentility Propriety Superfluity c. hath without contradiction been the Father of hellish horrid pride arrogance haughtinesse loftinesse murder malice of all manner of wickednesse and implety yea the cause of all the blood that ever hath been shed from the blood of righteous Abell to the blood of the last-Levellers that were shot to death And now as I live saith the Lord I am come to make inquisition for blood for murder and pride c. 13 I see the root of it all The Axe is laid to the root of the Tree by the Eternall God My Self saith the Lord I will hew 〈◊〉 down And as I live I will plague your Honour Pompe Greatnesse Superfluity and confound it into parity equality community that the neck of horrid pride murder malice and tyranny c. may be chopt off at one blow And that my selfe the Eternall God who am Vniversall Love may fill the Earth with universall love universall peace and perfect freedome which can never be by humane sword or strength accomplished 14 Wherefore bow downe bow downe you sturdy Oakes and tall Cedars bow or by my self I le break you I le cause some of you on whom I have compassion to bow c. and will terribly plague the rest My little finger shall be heavier on them then my whole loynes were on Pharaoh of old 15 And maugre the subtilty and sedulity the
Great Ones who like Oakes and tall Cedars will not bow And how he intends to blow them up by the roots 1 THus saith the Lord All you tall Cedars and sturdy Oakes who bow not down who bow not down This sentence is gone out of my mouth against you MENE MENE TEKEL Thou art weighed in the ballances and art found wanting God hath numbred thy Kingdome and finished it And thou and all that joyne with thee or are in the least degree accessary to thy former or like intended pranks shall most terribly and most strangely be plagued 2 There is a little sparke lies under that huge heap of ashes all thine honour pomp pride wealth and riches which shall utterly consume all that is uppermost as it is written The Lord the Lord of Hosts shall send among his fat ones leanenesse and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire and the light of Israel shall be for a fire and his holy one for a flame and it shall burne and devoure his thornes and his briers in one day And shall consume the glory of his Forrest and of his fruitfull field both soule and body i. e. this shall be done inwardly and outwardly and shall be fulfilled both in the history and mystery and the rest of the trees of his Forrest shall be few that a childe may write them And the Lord the Lord of Hoasts shall lop the bough with terror and the high ones of stature shall be hewen down and the haughty shall be humbled And he shall cut down the thickets of the Forrest with iron and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one Isa. 10. 3 Behold behold I have told you Take it to heart else you 'l repent every veine of your heart For your own sakes take heed It s my last warning For the cryes of the poore for the oppression of the needy For the horrid insolency of proud man who will dare to sit in my throne and judge unrighteous judgement Who will dare to touch mine Annoynted and do my Prophets harme For these things sake now am I arrisen saith the Lord In Auxilium Patris ×£×› CHAP. V. 1 O London London my bowels are rolled together in me for thee and my compassions within me are kindled towards thee And now I onely tell thee that it was not in vaine that this forme hath been brought so farre to thee to proclaime the day of the Lord throughout thy streets day and night for twelve or thirteen dayes together And that I have been made such a signe and a wonder before many of thine Inhabitants faces 2 Many of them among other strange exploits beholding me fall down flat at the feet of creeples beggers lazars kissing their feet and resigning up my money to them being severall times over-emptied of money that I have not had one penny left and yet have recruited againe 3 And now my hearts you have been forwardly in all the appearances of God There is a strange one now on foot judge it not least you be judged with a vengeance 4 Turne not away your eyes from it least you to your torment heare this voyce I was a Stranger and ye tooke me not in Well! bow down before Eternall Majesty who is universall love bow down to equality or free community that no more of your blood be split that pride arrogance covetuousnesse malice hypocrisie self seeking c. may live no longer Else I tremble at what 's comming upon you Remember you have been warned with a witnesse Deare hearts Farewell CHAP. VI A terrible word and fatall blow from the Lord upon the gathered Churches so called especially upon those that are stiled Anabaptists 1. HE that hath an eare to heare let him hear what the Spirit saith against the Churches Thus saith the Lord Woe be to thee * Bethaven who callest thy selfe by the name * Bethel it shall be more tollerable now in the day of judgement for Tyre and Sydon for those whom thou accountest and callest Heathens then for thee 2 And thou proud Luâ—ifer who exaltest thy self above all the Stars of God in heaven shalt be brought down into hell it shall be more tollerable for Sodom and Gomorrah for drunkards and whoremongers then for thee Publicans and Harlots shall Publicans and Harlots do sooner enter into the Kingdome of heaven then you I 'le give thee this fatall blow and leave thee 3 Thou hast affronted and defied the Almighty more then the vilest of men upon the face of the earth and that so much the more by how much the more thou takest upon thee the name of Saint and assumest it to thy self onely damning all those that are not of thy Sâ—ct 4 Wherefore be it knowne to all Tongues Kinreds Nations and languages upon earth That my most Excellent Majesty the King of glory the Eternall God who dwelleth in the forme of the Writer of this Roll among many other strange and great exploits hath i' th open streets with his hand fiercely stretcht out his hat cockt up his eyes set as if they would sparkle out and with a mighty loud voyce charged 100. of Coaches 100. of men and women of the greater ranke and many notorious deboist swearing roystering roaring Cavalliers so called and other wilde sparks of the Gentry And have proclaimed the notable day of the Lord to them and that through the streets of the great Citie and in Southwark Many times great multitudes following him up and down and this for the space of 12. or 13. dayes And yet all this while not one of them lifting up one finger not touching one haire of his head or laying one hand on his raiment But many yea many notorious vile ones in the esteeme of men yea of great quality among men trembling and bowing to the God of heaven c. But when I came to proclaim also the great day of the Lord among you O ye carnall Gospellers The Devill in you roared out who was tormented to some purpose though not before his time He there shewed both his phangs and pawes and would have torn me to pieces and have eaten me up Thy pride envy malice arrogance c. was powred out like a river of Brimstone crying out a Blasphemer a Blasphemer away with him At length threatning me and being at last raving mad some tooke hold of my Cloak on one side some on another endeavouring to throw me from the place where I stood to proclaime his Majesties message making a great uproar in a great congregation of people Till at length I wrapt up my self in silence for a season for the welfavour'd harlots confusion c. And to thine eternall shame and damnation O mother of witchcrafts who dwellest in gathered Churches let this be told abroad And let her FLESH be burnt with FIRE Amen Halelujah FINIS * It not being shewen to me what I should do more then preach and print something c. very little expecting I should be so strangely acted as to my exceeding joy and delight I have been though to the utter cracking of my credit and to the rotting of my old name which is damned and cast out as a toad to the dunghill that I might have a new name with me upon me within me which is Iam * An Apologeticall hint concerning the Authors Principle the reâ—ult is negative hee speaks little in the affirmative because not one in a hundred yea even of his former acquâ—intance now know him neither must they yet * Isay 2 * Serò sapiunt Pâ—ryges sed nunquam Sera est ad Bonos mores via 1 Admonition to great ones 2 Admonition to great ones 3 Admonition to great ones 4 Admonition to great ones * Rev. 15 Judges 5 Revel. 10 Neh. 13. 25 * This will come in request with you next you may remember that Independency which is now so hug'd was counted blasphemy and banishment was too good for it 5 Admonition to great ones * Once more know that Sword-leveling is not my principle I onely pronounce the righteous judgements of the Lord upon Earth as I durst * The house of vanity * The house of God
A Fiery Flying Roll A Word from the Lord to all the Great Ones of the Earth whom this may concerne Being the last WARNING PIECE at the dreadfull day of JUDGEMENT For now the LORD is come to 1 Informe the Great Ones 2 Advise and warne the Great Ones 3 Charge the Great Ones 4 Judge and sentence the Great Ones As also most compassionately informing and most lovingly and pathetiâ—ally advising and warning London With a terrible Word and fatall Blow from the LORD upon the Gathered CHURCHES And all by his Most Excellent MAJESTY dwelling in and shining through AUXILIUM PATRIS ×£×› alias Coppe With another FLYING ROLL ensuing to all the Inhabitants of the Earth The Contents of both following Isa. 23. 9 The Lord of Hosts is staining the pride of all glory and bringing into contempt all the honourable persons and things of the Earth O London London how would I gather thee as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings c. Know thou in this thy day the things that belong to thy Peace I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jewes and are not but are the Synagogue of Satan Rev. 2. 9. Imprinted at London in the beginning of that notable day wherein the secrets of all hearts are laid open and wherein the worst and foulest of villanies are discovered under the best and fairest outsides 1649. THE PREFACE An inlet into the Land of Promise the new Hierusalem and a gate into the ensuing Discourse worthy of serious consideration MY Deare One All or None Every one under the Sunne Mine own My most Excellent Majesty in me hath strangely and variously transformed this forme And behold by mine owne Almightinesse In me I have been changed in a moment in the twinkling of an eye at the sound of the Trump And now the Lord is dâ—scended from Heaven with a shout with the voyce of the Arch-angell and with the Trump of God And the sea the earth yea all things are now giving up their dead And all things that ever were are or shall be visible are the Grave wherein the King of Glory the eternall invisible Almightinesse hath lain as it were dead and buried But behold behold he is now risen with a witnesse to save Zion with vengeance or to confound and plague all things into himself who by his mighty Angell is proclaiming with a loud voyce That Sin and Transgression is finished and ended and everlasting righteousnesse brought in and the everlasting Gospell preaching Which everlasting Gospell is brought in with most terrible earth-quakes and heaven-quakes and with signes and wonders following Amen And it hath pleased my most Excellent Majesty who is universall love and whose service is perfect freedome to set this forme the Writer of this Roll as no small signe and wonder in fleshly Israel as you may partly see to the ensuing Discourse And now my deare ones every one under the Sun I will onely point at the gate thorow which I was led into that new City new Hierulalem and to the Spirits of just men made perfect and to God the Judge of all First all my strength my forces were utterly routed my house I dwelt in fired my father and mother forsook me the wife of my bosome loathed me mine old name was rotted perished and I was utterly plagued consumed damned rammed and sunke into nothing into the bowels of the still Eternity my mothers wombe out of which I came naked and whetherto I returned again naked And lying a while there rapt up in silence at length the body or outward forme being awâ—ke â—ll this while I heard with my outward eare to my apprehension a most terrible thunder-clap and after that a second And upon the second thunder-clap which was exceeding terrible I saw a great body of light like the light of the Sun and red as fire in the forme of a drum as it were whereupon with exceeding trembling and amazement on the flesh and with joy unspeâ—kâ—ble in the spirit I clapt my hands and cryed out Amen Halelujah Halelujah Amen And so lay trembling sweating and smoaking for the space of half an houre at length with a loud voyce I inwardly cryed out Lord what wilt thou do with me my most excellent majesty and eternall glory in me answered sayd Fear not I will take thee up into mine everlasting Kingdom But thou shalt first drink a bitter cup a bitter cup a bitter cup wherupon being filled with exceeding amazement I was throwne into the belly of hell and take what you can of it in these expressions though the matter is beyond expression I was among all the Devils in hell even in their most hideous how And under all this terrour and amazement there was a little spark of transcendent transplendent unspeakable glory which â—urvived and sustained it self triumphing exulting and exalting it self above all the Fiends And confounding the very blacknesse of darknesse you must take it in these tearmes for it is infinitely beyond expression Vpon this the life was taken out of the body for a season and it was thus resembled as if a man with a great brush dipt in whiting should with one stroke wâ—pe out or sweep off a picture upon a wall c. after a while breath and life was recurned into the form againe whereupon I saw various streames of light in the night which appeared to the outward eye and immediately I saw three hearts or three appearances in the form of hearts of exceeding brightnesse and immediately an innumerable company of hearts filling each corner of the room where I was And me thoughts there was variety and distinction as if there had been severall hearts and yet most strangely and unexpressibly complicated or folded up in unity I clearely saw distinction diversity variety and as clearly saw all swallowed up into unity And it hath been my song many times since within and without unity universality universality unity Eternall Majesty c. And at this vision a most strong glorious voyce uttered these words The spirits of just men made perfect the spirits c with whom I had as absolut cleare full communion and in a two fold more familiar way then ever I had outwardly with my dearest friends and nearest relations The visions and revelations of God and the strong hand of eternall invisible almightinesse was stretched out upon me within me for the space of foure dayes and nights without intermission The time would faile if I would tell you all but it is not the good will and pleasure of my most excellent Majesty in me to declare any more as yet then thus mâ—ch further That amongst those various voyces that were then uttered within these were some Blood blood Where where upon the hypocriticall holy heart c. Another thus Vengeance vengeance vengeance Plagues plagues upon the Inhabitants of the earth Fire fire fire Sword sword c. upon all that bow not down to eternall Majesty universall love I 'le recover
recover my wooll my flax my money Declare declare feare thou not the faces of any I am in thee a munition of Rocks c. Go up to London * to London that great City write write write And behold I writ and lo a hand was sent to me and a roll of a book was therein which this fleshly hand would have put wings to before the time Whereupon it was snatcht out of my hand the Roll thrust into my mouth and I eat it up and filled my bowels with it Eze. 2. 8. c. cha. 3. 1 2 3. where it was as bitter as worm-wood and it lay broiling and burning in my stomack till I brought it forth in this forme And now I send it flying to thee with my heart And all Per AUXILIUM PATRIS ×£×› THE CONTENTS CHAP. 1. SEverall strange yet true and seasonable informations to the great ones as also an apologeticall hint of the Authors principle c. CHAP. 2. Severall new strange yet seasonable and good advice and wholsome admonitions and the last warning to the great ones as from the Lord CHAP. 3. Severall dismall dolefull cryes out-crieo which pierce the eares and heart of his excellent Majesty how the King of Kings the King of heaven charges the great ones of the earth CHAP. 4. How the Judge of heaven and earth who judgeth righteous judgment passeth sentence against all those great ones who like sturdy O akes tall Cedars wil not bow and how hee intends to breake them and blow them up by the roots CHAP. 5. A most compassionate information and a most loving patheticall warning and advice to London CHAP. 6. A terrible word and fatall blow from the Lord upon the gathered Churches who pretend most for God yet defie the Almighty more then the vilest The second Flying Roll. CHAP. 1. The Authors commission to write A terrible woe denounced against those that flight the roll The Lords claim to all things Together with a hint of a two-fold recovery where through the most hypocriticall heart shall be ripped up c. CHAP. 2. How the Lord will recover his outward things things of this life as money corn wool flax c. and for whom And how they shal be plagned that detaine them as their owne Wherein also are some mistical hints concerning St. Michaels day and the Lords day following it this yeare as also of the dominicall letter D c. CHAP. 3. A strange yet most true storie vnder which is couchâ—d that lion whose roaring shall make all the beasts of the field to tremble and all the kingdomes of the world quake Wherein also in part the subtility of the welfavour'd harlot is discovered and her flesh burnt with that fire which shall burn down all Churches except that of the first borne c. CHAP. 4. That the Author hath been set as a sign and wonder c. as well as most of the Prophets formerly as also what strange posturs that divine Majestie that dwels in his forme hath set the'forme in with the most strange and various effects thereof upon the spectators His communion with the spirits of just men made perfect and with God the judg of all hinted at CHAP. 5. The Authors strange and lofty carriage towards great ones his most lowly carriage towards beggars rogues prisoners gypsies c. Together with a large Declaration what glory shall arise up from under all these ashes The most strange most secret and terrible yet most glorious designe of God in choosing base things to confound things that are And how A most terrible viall poured out upon the well-favoured harlot and how the Lord is bringing into contempt not only honourable persons with a vengeance but all honourable holy things also Wholsome advice with a terrible threat to the Formalists And how BASE things have confounded base things And how base things have been a fiery chariot to mount the Author up into divine glory and unspeakable Majestie And how his wife is his life is in that beauty which maketh visible beauty seem meere deformity CHAP. 6. Great ones must bow to the poorest peasants or else they shall rue for it No material sword or humane power whatsoever but the pure spirit of universall love who is the eternall God can breake the necke of tyranny opprâ—ssion and abhominable pride and cruell murther c. A catologue of severall judgments recited as so many warning-pieces to appropâ—iators impropriators and antâ— free communicants CHAP. 7. A further discovery of the subtilty of the well favoured harlot with a parley between her and the spirit As also the horâ—id villany that lâ—es hid under her smooth words and sweet tongue in pleading against the letter and history and for the spirit and mistery and all for her own ends detected Also upon what account the spirit is put and upon what account the letter c. And what the true communion and what the true breaking of bread is CHAP. 8. The wel-favoured harlots cloaths stript off her nakednesse discovered her nose slit Her â—unting after the young man void of understanding from corner to corner from religion to religion And the spirit pursuing overtaking and destroying her c. With a terrible thunder-clap i' th close A word from the Lord to all the Great Ones of the Earth whom this may concerne being the last Warning Piece c. 1 The word of the Lord came expresly to me saying Sonne of man write a Roule and these words from my mouth to the Great ones saying thus saith the Lord Slight not this Roule neither laugh at it least I slight you and cause all men to slight and scorne you least I destroy you and laugh at your destruction c. 2 This is and with a witnesse some of you shall finde it to be an edg'd toole and there 's no jesting with it or laughing at it It 's a sharp sword sharpned and also fourbished No sleepy Dormouse shall dare to creep up the edge of it Thus saith the Lord You shall finde with a witnesse that I am now comming to 1 Informe you O ye great ones 2 Advise and warne you O ye great ones 3 Charge you O ye great ones 4 Judge and sentence you O ye great ones CHAP. I. Containing severall strange yet true and seasonable Informations to the great ones As also an apologeticall hint of the Authors Principle standing in the front 1. THus saith the Lord I inform you that I overturn overturn overturn And as the Bishops Charles and the Lords have had their turn overturn so your turn shall be next ye surviving great ones by what Name or Title soever dignified or distinguished who ever you are that oppose me the Eternall God who am UNIVERSALL Love and whose service is perfect freedome and pure Libertinisme 2 * But afore I proceed any further be it known to you That although that excellent Majesty which dwels in the Writer of
craft and cruelty of hell and earth this Levelling shall up Not by sword we holily scorne to fight for any thing we had as live be dead drunk every day of the weeke and lye with whores i' th market place and account these as good actions as taking the poore abused enslaved ploughmans money from him who is almost every where undone and squeezed to death and not so much as that plaguy unsupportable hellish burden and oppression of Tythes taken off his shoulders notwithstanding all his honesty fidelity Taxes Freequarter petitioning c. for the same we had rather starve I say then take away his money from him for killing of men Nay if we might have Captains pay and a good fat Parsonage or two besides we would scorne to be swordsmen or fight with those mostly carnall weapons for any thing or against any one or for our livings 16 No no wee 'l live in despite of our foes and this levelling to thy torment O mighty man shall up not by sword not by might c. but by my Spirit saith the Lord For I am risen for I am risen for I am risen to shake terribly the earth and not the earth onely but the heavens also c. But here I shall cease informing you You may for your further information if you please reade my Roule to all the rich Inhabitants of the earth Reade it if you be wise I shall now advice you CHAP. II. Containing severall new strange yet seasonable Admonitions and good advice as the last warning to the Great Ones of the Earth from the Lord 1 THus saith the Lord B * wise now therefore O ye Rulers c. Be instructed c. Kisse the Sunne c. Yea kisse Beggers Prisoners warme them feed them cloathe them money them relieve them release them take them into your houses don't serve them as dogs without doore c. Owne them they are flesh of your flesh your owne brothren your owne Sisters every whit as good and if I should stand in competition with you in some degrees better then your selves 2 Once more I say own them they are your self make them one with you or elâ—e go howling into hell bowle for the miseries that are comming upon you sowle The very shadow of levelling sword-levelling man-levelling frighted you and who liâ—e your selves can blame you because it shook your Kingdome but now the substantiality of levelling is coming The Eternall God the mighty Leveller is comming yea come even at the door and what will you do in that day Repent repent repent Bow down bow down bow or howle refigne or be damned Bow downe bow downe you stuâ—dy Oakes and Cedars bow downe Veile too and kisse the meaner shruâ—s Bow or else by my self saith the Lord I le breake you in pieces some of you others I will teare up by the roots I will suddenly deale with you all some in one way some in another Wherefore Each Begger that you meet Eall down before him kisse him in the street Once more he is thy brother thy fellow flesh of thy flesh Turne not away thiâ—e eyes from thine own FLESH least I pull out thine eyes and throw thee headlong into hell 3 Mine eares are fillâ—d brim full with cryes of poore prisoners Newgate Ludgate cryes of late are seldome out of mine eares Those dolefull cryes Bread bread bread for the Lords sake pierce mine eares and heart I can no longer forâ—eare Werefore high you apace to all prisons in the Kingdome 4 Bow before those poore nasty lousie ragged wretches say to them your humble servants Sirs without a complement we let you go free and serve you c. Do this or as I live saith the Lord thine eyes at least shall be boared out and thou carried captive into a strange Land 5 Give over give over thy odâ—ous nasty abominable fasting for strife and debate and to smite with the fist of wickednesse And instead thereof loose the bands of wickednesse undo the heavy burdens let the oppressed go free and breake every yoake Deale thy bread to the hungry and bring the poore that are cast out both of houses and Synagogues to thy house Cover the raked Hide not thy self from thine owne flesh from a creeple a rogue a beggâ—r he 's thine owne flesh From a Whoremongâ—r a thief c. he 's flesh of thy flesh and his theft and wheredome is flesh of thy flesh also thine owne flesh Thou maist have ten times more of each within thee then he that acts outwardly in either Remember turn not away thine eyes from thine OWN FLESH 6 Give over give over thy midnight mischief Let branding with the letter B alone Be no longer so horridly hellishly impudently arrogantly wicked as to judge what is sinne what not what evill and what not what blaâ—phemy and what not For thou and all thy reverend Divines so called who Divine for Tythes hire and money and serve the Lord Jesus Christ for their owne bellyes are ignorant of this one thing 7 That sinne and transgression is finisht it s a meere riddle that they with all their humane learning can never reade Neither can they understand what pure honour is wrapt up in the Kings Motto Honi Soit qui Mal. y. Pense Evill to him that evill thinks Some there are who are accounted the off scouring of all things who are Noble Knights of the Garter Since which they could see no evill thinke no evill doe no evill know no evill ALL is Religion that they speak and honour that they do But all you that eat of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evill and have not your Evill eye Pickt out you call Good Evill and Evill Good Light Darknesse and Darknesse Light Truth Blasphemy and Blasphemy Truth And you are at this time of your Father the Devill and of your brother the Pharisee who still say of Christ who is now alive say we not well that he hath a Devill 9 Take heed take heed take heed Filthy blinde Sodomites called Angels men they seeing no further then the formes of men 10 There are Angels now come downe from Heaven in the shapes and formes of men who are full of the vengeance of the Lord and are to poure out the plagues of God upon the Earth and to torment the Inhabitants thereof Some of these Angels I have been acquainted withall And I have looked upon them as Devils accounting them Devils incarnate and have run from place to place to hide my self from them shunning their company and have been utterly ashamed when I have been seen with them But for my labour I have been plagued and tormented beyond expression So that now I had rather behold one of these Angels * pouring out the plagues of God cursing and teaching others to curse bitterly And had rather heare a mighty Angell in man swearing a full-mouthd Oath and see the spirit of Nehemiah in any form of man or woman running upon an
uncleane Jew a pretended Saint and tearing the haire of his head like a mad man cursing and making others fall a swearing then heare a zealous Presbyterian Independent or * spirituall Notionist pray preach or exercisâ— 11 Well To the pure all things are pure God hath so cleared cursing swearing in some that that which goes for swearing and cursing in them is more glorious then praying and preaching in others And what God hath cleansed call not thou uncleane And if Peter prove a great transgressor of the Law by doing that which was as odious as killing a man if he at length though he be loath at first eat that which was common and unclean c. I give but a hint blame him not much lesse lift up a finger against or plant a hellish Ordinance against him least thou be plaguâ—d and damned too for thy zeale blinde Religion and fleshly holinesse which now stinks above ground though formerly it had a good savour 12 But O thou holy zealous devout righteous religious onâ— whoever thou art that seest evill or any thing uncleane do thou sweare if thou darest if it be but l'faith I 'le throw thee to Hell for it saith the Lord and laugh at thy destruction While Angels in the forme of men shall sweare Heart Blood Wounds and by the Eternall God c. in profound purity and in high Honour and Majesty 13 Well! one hint more there 's swearing ignorantly i' th darke vainely and there 's swearing i' th light gloriously Well! man of the earth Lord Esau what hast thou to do with those who sweare upon the former account Vengeance is mine Judgement Hell Wrath c. all is mine saith the Lord dare not thou to set thy foot so impudently and arrogantly upon one step of my Throne I am Judge my self Be wise give over have done 14 And as for the latter sort of swearing thou knowest it not when thou hearest it It 's no new thing for thee to call Christ Beel-zebub and Beel-zebub Christ to call a holy Angell a Devill and a Devill an Angell 15 I charge thee in the name of the Eternall God meddle not with either let the Tares alone least thou pull up the Wheat also woe be to thee if thou dost Let both alone I say least thou shouldest happen of a holy swearing Angell and take a Lion by the paw to thine owne destruction Never was there such a time since the world stood as now is Thou knowest not the strange appearances of the Lord now a daies Take heed know thou hast been warned 16 And whatever thou dost dip not thy little finger in blood any more thou art up to the elbowes already Much sope yea much nitre cannot cleanse thee c. Much more have I to say to thee saith the Lord but I will do it secretly and dart a quiver full of arrowes into thy hâ—art and I will now charge thee CHAP. III. Containing severall dismall dolefull cryes and outcries which pierce the eares and heart of his Excellent Majesty the King of Kings And how the King of Heaven chargeth the Great Ones of the Earth 1 THus saith the Lord Be silent O all flesh before the Lord be silent O lofty haughty great ones of the Earth There are so many Bils of Indictment preferred against thee that both heaven and earth blush thereat How long shall I heare the sighs and groanes and see the teares of poore widowes and heare curses in every corner and all sorts of people crying out oppression oppression tyranny tyranny the worst of tyranny unheard of unnaâ—urall tyranny O my back my shoulders O Tythes Excize Taxes Pollings c. O Lord O Lord God Almighty What a little finger heavier then former loynes What have I engaged my goods my life c. forsooke my dearest relations and all for liberty and true freedome for freedome from oppression and more laid on my back c. 2 Mine eares are filled brim full with confused noise cries and outcries O the innumerable complaints and groanes that pierce my heart thorow and thorow O astonishing complaints Was ever the like ingratitude heard of since the world stood what best friends surest friends slighted scorned and that which cometh from them in the basest manner contemned and some rewarded with prisons some with death O the abominable persidiousnesse falseheartednesse self-seeking self-inriching and Kingdome-depopulating and devastating c. These and divers of the same nature are the cries of England And can I any longer for beare I have heard I have heard the groaning of my people And now I come to deliver them saith the Lord Woe be to Pharaoh King of Egypt You Great Ones that are not tackt nor tainted you may laugh and sing whom this hitteth it hitteth And it shall hit home And this which followeth all whom it concerneth by what name or title soever dignified or distinguished 3 You mostly hate those called Levellers who for ought you know acted as they did out of the sincerity simplicity and fidelity of their hearts fearing least they should come under the notion of Covenant-breakers if they did not so act Which if so then were they most barbarously unnaturally bellishly murdered and they died Martyrs for God and their Countrey And their blood cries vengeance vengeance in mine ears saith the Lord 4 Well! let it be how it will these * Levellers so called you mostly hated though in outward declarations you owned their Tenents as your owne Principle So you mostly hate me saith the Lord though in outward declarations you professe me and seeme to owne me more then a thousand whom you despise and account worse than your selves who are neerer the Kingdome of Heaven then your selve You have killed Levellers so called you also with wicked hands have slain me the Lord of life who am now risen and risen indeed and you shall know and feele it with a witnesse to Levell you in good earnest And to lay low all high hils and every mountaine that is high and lifted up c. 5 Well! once more read Jam. 5 1. to 7 Ye have killed the just Ye have killed ye have killed ye have killed the just The blood cryeth in mine eares Vengeance vengeance vengeance vengeance is mine I will recompence Well! what will you do with Bray and the poore prisoners elsewhere You know not what you do You little know what will become of you One of you had best remember your dream about your Fathers Moule 6 Neither do I forget the one hundred spent in superfluous dishes at your late great London Feast for I know what when hundreds of poore wretches dyed with hunger I have heard a sound in mine eares that no lesse then a hundred died in one week pined and starved with hunger Howle you great ones for all that feast daies dole c. heare your doome CHAP. IV. How the Judge of Heaven and Earth who judgeth righteous judgement passeth sentence against all those