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A54062	Some queries concerning the work of God in the world which is to be expected in the latter ages thereof with a few plain words to the nation of England, tending towards stopping the future breakings forth of Gods wrath, both upon the people and powers thereof : with an advertisement relating to the present state of things.	Penington, Isaac, 1616-1679.	1660 (1660)	Wing P1200; ESTC R18192	7,018	12

SOME QUERIES Concerning the WORK of GOD in the WORLD which is to be expected in the latter Ages thereof With a few plain Words to the Nation of England tending towards stopping the future breakings forth of Gods wrath both upon the People and Powers thereof With an Advertisement relating to the present State of Things Query I. VVHether the Kingdoms of the Earth shall not one day become the Kingdoms of the Lord and of his Christ wherein the Lord God Omnipotent shall Reign and Mans Glory and Greatness fall that God alone may be exalted in that day Rev. 11. 15 17. Isa. 2. 11 12 17 22. Quer. II. When shall this be Whether this is not to be expected upon the recovery out of the Antichristian Apostacy Whether the Man-child is not then to be expected to be so born and brought forth as to rule all Nations with a rod of Iron Rev. 19. 6. and Chap. 12. 5. Quer III. When the Son of Man comes to take the Government to himself to give forth the Law out of Zion and the Word of the Lord from Jerusalem Isa. 2. 3. whether he shall find Faith on the Earth Whether he shall find the Kings and Powers of the Earth ready to receive him and the Professors willing to submit themselves unto him Or whether they shall generally combine against him and he be fain to overcome them before he can Reign over them Luke 18. 8. Rev. 17. 12 13 14. Psal. 2. 2 3. Quer. IV. Why these things may not be expected in this our day and be already begun in this our Nation seeing so many strange things have happened among us as have not in many foregoing Ages God having so strangely raised up a Generation to do service for him and so strangely again brought them down when they had so long and so often shewed themselves unworthy of and unfit for so great a service by still seeking themselves and forgetting the Lord that raised them Quer. V. How the Kingdoms of the Earth are to become the Kingdoms of the Lord and of his Christ Whether it be not by taking his yoak upon them by submitting to his Laws his Cords and Bands by giving up whatsoever is unjust unrighteous harsh and oppressive and coming under the Bands of Righteousness Meekness and Equity Psal. 2. 10 11. Mat. 11. 29. Quer. VI Whether the Lord be arisen to shake terribly the Earth or no as was long ago prophesied he should Isa. 2. 19. For the Lord will once more shake both Heaven and Earth Heb. 12. 26. There hath been a sore shaking in this Nation the Foundations of Government yea the very Foundations of Religion have been shaken that that which cannot stand might be removed out of the way and give place to that which cannot be shaken vers. 27. Consider therefore whether these be the beginnings of the great and terrible day of the Lord God Almighty or only some such ordinary shakings as use to happen according to the course of Kingdoms and States which are subject to changes alterations and dissettlements Quer. VII When God beginneth to shake the Heaven and Earth in Nations according to that great shaking which is to be after the Antichristan Apostasie Rev. 6. and Chap. 16. Whether there ever can be any firm settlement again upon the old Foundations There may appear some hopes and probability of a Settlement again which man may be tempted to fasten upon but this will but provoke God to shake more effectually for when God once ariseth to shake he will not give over till he hath made that fall which he began to shake Revel. 11. 13. O England take heed Quer. VIII How the Kings Powers and Nations of the Earth may secure their standing in that day whether there be any way for them so to do and what is that way Whether there be any other way but kissing the Son submitting to his bands being willing to be bound with the chains of Righteousness Love and Meekness from all unrighteousness and oppression both relating to their fellow creatures and to his People Psal. 2. 12. and 149. 8. Come O Nation of England be bound O Powers of this Nation take the Lords yoak upon you seek righteousness seek meekness seek the good of all not in words and pretences but in truth and uprightness Seek out that which is of God in every one of your hearts and let that Govern for God Do not smile any for obedience to the living God but come ye also under his yoak that what is not of God in your selves but an enemy to your souls may be yoaked down and let all Laws be formed directed and managed to reach the unrighteous that the Rod of the wicked may not alwayes lie upon the lot of the Righteous Psalm 125. 3. nor oppression and self-wil sit in the Seat of Judgment and pass because of its power and authority for righteousness Eccles. 3. 16. and 4. 1. O ye Powers of England save your selves and this Nation from the terrible stroak of God which is very near And let not this following advice be disdained by you but consider seriously of it Take heed how you call any to account for what they have done against you There was an extraordinary hand of God in these things and in falling fowl upon Instruments ye may clash against him before ye are aware For their iniquity the Lord hath laid them aside and raised you up again giving you another day of tryal let that suffice and look now to your own standing that ye also do not fall by following their example of iniquity and unrighteousness But if you will call them to account for any thing let it be for being unfaithful to God and the People of this Nation to whom they made large promises but performed little And that which God required of them and the Nation had reason to expect from them do ye now perform Give all men the Liberty of their Consciences towards God let them follow him out of the fashions customs and worship of the World without interruption And let there also be narrow search after what is unjust unrighteous and oppressive in any kind and as fast as it is discovered let it be removed that the Nation may grow out of vanity out of unrighteousness into solidity and righteousness and that the fear of offending man may not affright any from fearing obeying and worshipping of God in spirit and truth as he requireth and then God will bless the Nation and the Powers of it For the Lord God taketh not pleasure in overturning of Nations or breaking in pieces the Powers thereof yet if they will by no means hearken but harden their hearts and stand in the way of his Counsel and design he cannot spare them Isa. 27. 4. Therefore stand not in battel against him but bow before him O ye great ones of the Earth become low and little that his wrath may pass by you let go your own strength and

greatness and take hold of his strength that ye may make Peace with him ver. 5. and do not go about to limit the Spirit of God in his People that will most certainly ruin you The Lord God hath begun to bestow his Spirit upon his Sons and Daughters as in dayes of old even as before the great Apostacy and Erring from it and he requireth their obedience to it and who may safely forbid or punish them therefore Much lies upon this Land in this respect O do not add more lest ye sink the Nation and your selves Now a little to help the Nation and Powers thereof the better to digest the Work of God that they may not run on headily against him to their own ruin and destruction let these two things following be considered 1. Whether the People of God in the dayes of the Apostles were not a separated People a People gathered out of Nations Kindreds Tongues and Languages gathered out of the Jewish worship gathered out of the heathenish worship and separated to God 2. Whether after the Antichristian Apostacy there are not a People to be gathered again and separated again from all Antichristian wayes of worship even after the manner as they were before the Apostacy from the heathenish and Jewish worship And so the same Gospel which gathered at first is after the Apostacy to be Preached to gather men again Rev. 14. 6 7. Consider well of these things that ye may not set your selves against the Lord to cross him in his work in this Nation Ye cannot hinder him from gathering his People now out of this Apostatized state no more then the Jews or heathen could hinder him from gathering his Elect then out of their corrupt states The Reformation out of Popery was very weak and imperfect the Lord waited long for the perfecting of it but instead thereof there was rather a running backward towards it again The Lord hath now at length begun the work himself letting forth his Spirit upon his People and gathering many into it and is preparing the stones of his Temple for his building and he will assuredly build up his Church again ye cannot possibly stop him herein ye may break your selves by attempting to remove this burthensome stone out of your way for indeed it doth lie somewhat offensively in the way of all Settlements and Governments according to the fleshly wisdom but it will fall upon and break all that burthen themselves with it though not by outward Might or Power yet by that Spirit of Life and Righteousness which is in it which the Lord is with to prosper Consider these things in Meekness Righteousness and in the fear of the Lord even in that Spirit which is fit to act for God and not against him An Advertisement to the Powers and People of this Nation BEcause of my dear love to my native Country and because of the dregs of that cup which the Lord hath already caused it to drink of which cannot be spared unless the Lords Will be effected without it which dregs are so bitter terrible and dreadful as will make the stoutest heart to faint and the confidentest countenance wax pale I say for this cause in love am I constrained to add these few lines more that if it be possible this Nation may apply it self in the fear and dread of the Eternal Majesty and Power to make its peace with him against whom it hath long Warred not onely by much outward wickedness loosness vanity and prophaneness but more especially by setting up an invented Form of Godliness and persecuting the Power and to whom it is not yet reconciled in this matter nor found so much as willing to be reconciled The Lord God of Heaven and Earth of Glory of Majesty of everlasting Power Victory and Dominion over all who made both Heaven and Earth and hath the command of all things therein he disposeth of Nations of Governments of earthly Powers according to his pleasure and who may say unto him what dost thou Who may implead him for making a rich Nation poor a Strong Nation weak or for bringing down the High and Mighty the strong Sto ut Honourable and Noble in a Nation and exalting the poor the mean the persecuted And if he turn his hand again and lay them flat whom he had lifted up and exalt the other even unlookt for who can withstand him or who may contradict him Now what is in the Lords heart who is thus mighty and absolute he will certainly bring to pass how unlikely how contrary how impossible soever it seem to the eye of man If he will exalt his despised truth which always was so to the eye of the great wise ones of this world or give his People Liberty to fear worship and obey him if he will have Truth and Righteousness have the Dominion in mens hearts and in the Nations and not the wills and lusts of men how great and powerf●l soever I say if this be his intent though generation should arise up after generation to oppose him herein yet will he be too hard for them all and they will all fall before him and his Truth his People his holy Eternal Counsel will he raise up and cause to triumph over them all It is mans way to settle himself by outward strength against outward strength and then he thinks he is safe not eyeing the invisible hand which turns the wheels and delights to overturn that which is outwardly strong and seemeth unremovable when it forgetteth him and opposeth it self against him The Lord God loves to take his enemies at the strongest when they are most Wise most Mighty even when nothing seems able to deal with them but himself This was it overthrew the foregoing Powers one after another they were Courting worldly interest and strengthening themselves that way but overlooking God who raised them and the work which he had raised them to accomplish This turned the hand against them which had been for them and how then could they maintain their standing O that the present Generation could see the ticklishness of their standing and consider that this is their day of Tryal and that the Lord's eye is upon them to observe their wayes to see whether they will now mind Righteousness and the Liberty of his People better than formerly they did and that his truth may in its life and power and not in such a form or way of worship as they may think good to prescribe have its scope in the Nation The Lords eye and heart is upon his truth and upon his People and as Nations or Powers deal with that so will he deal with them O therefore be not deceived for though the Lord hath oftentimes long suffered his people to lie under reproach and persecution as he did Israel in Egypt for divers ages yet at length he hath still heard their groans and hath arisen to deliver them and though Pharaoh afterwards with all his strength went