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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37665	Signes are from the Lord to a people or nation to forewarn them of some eminent judgment near at hand.	Eccles, Solomon, 1618-1683.	1663 (1663)	Wing E130; ESTC R27314	5,341	1

Signes are from the Lord to a People or Nation to forewarn them of some eminent Judgment near at hand Thus saith the Lord Jesus Christ I and the Children which thou hast given me are for Signes and Wonders in Israel from the Lord of Hosts who dwelleth in Mount Sion Isa 8. 18. And when the Lord saw that Isaiah had walked long enough mournfully in Sackcloth he then commanded him to loose the Sackcloth from off his Loins and put his Shoos from off his Feet and he did so walking naked bare-foot three years And the Lord said Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and bare-foot three years as a Sign and Wonder upon Egypt and Ethiopia so shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners and the Ethiopians Captives Young and Old Naked and Bare-footed with their Buttocks uncovered to the shame of Egypt Isa 20. Ezekiel was commanded to lay siege against Judah and Jerusalem Three hundred and ninety dayes he must lie on his left side and bear the iniquity of the house of Israel and Forty dayes on his right side to bear the iniquity of Judah And after this he must shave his head and heard and cast part of it in the fire and part into the air And the Lord said I will do in thee that which I have not done and that which I will not do the like the fathers shall eat their sons in thee and the sons shall eat their fathers and I will execute Judgment in thee and the whole remnant of them I will scatter into all the winds Ezek. 4th and 5th chapters Now therefore by the same Spirit hath the Lord raised me to go as a Sign to this dark Generation who are as black within as the Ethiopians were without yea and more wicked than Sodom and Gomorrah it self Therefore let all beware and repent speedily for of a truth The Lord God is coming with all his Saints about him to execute judgement upon all and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoke against him I can truly say this That I have strove much and besought the Lord that this going naked might be taken from me before ever I went a Sign at all but the weight lay on me still and when first I had given up to go and was obedient the word of the Lord came to me saying Look that through the mighty power of God thou art carried through this work I was glad to hear this word from the mouth of the Lord. This was in the Year 1659 when I was made to go into Calamy's Steeple-house for which I was imprisoned the space of eight months The next time I was raised to go was before the Pagents were set up in the Streets and the power of the Lord did rise in me to go thorow the City and I would have put it by though I felt the Living Power present yet having no word I did conclude to stay till the next week but the Voice of the Lord was in me saying To morrow to morrow So I durst not withstand but gave up and went from this side the Barrs in White-Chappel to the upper end of Cheapside in the good Power of the Lord and I received three or four Lashes in or about the Stocks and I turned about and said The Lord forgive thee R. Brown was then Mayor I was committed prisoner to Bridewel and there was cruelly used the Lord lay it not to their charge and six moneths Imprisoned The next time the Lord appeared to me to go with Fire and Brimstone on my head Naked and I had much trouble in me as to that till the Word of the Lord came to me and indeed at that time I was in great distress For the Light made manifest that I must go but where and when I knew not Then came the Word of the Lord and Commandment saying Thou shalt go and I will make way for thee And as I was going through Bartholmew-Fair so called not thinking any thing going onely to see a Friend the Lord caused me to stand still and beholding their filthy Tricks upon Stages with Fools and Monsters in ugly shapes to draw the minds of People from the Lord my very Bowels were pained in me I then did admire the patience and forbearance of the Lord and said within my self How greatly is God dishonoured by this provoking Generation And presently a weight fell on me to obey the Higher Power and I was given up to the work with a good heart and the dear Friend W. G. who was with me twice before who was as my right-hand assisted me in the work and so in the faith of Jesus Christ I was above the fear of men and the Lord found me out some place not in any house but in a yard where I stript me and had the Pan of Coales and Brimstone then did I speak forth these words Repent speedily for God will not be mocked Remember Sodom and Gomorrah who are your Examples they do endure the vengeance of Eternal Fire And I went thorow the Cloysters and thorow the Lame-Hospital and down Smithfield to the place where I desired the Lord that I might pass that crew of Players that they might see what should be their Reward for their work And I sounded forth those words there and I had the end of my desire to a step Then suddenly did one throw off the Pan of Coals from my head and I felt the service over And a Friend having a Coat coming after me put it on me and so I passed thorow Bartholomews-Close into Little-Britain and had no hurt hardly a mouth open against me so I went home unto my honest imployment And this was the first time I was a warning to those Players and Spectators The next year I passed by that way again and did behold their filthy Shows at which the Power of God rose in me against that cursed Practice I did immediately prepare to lay down my Body a Sacrifice for God which was my reasonable service and then coming forth in the Power of God I passed into the midst of them the Pan of Coals on my head burning with Fire and Brimstone and I spake forth the same words as the Year before and I was clapt and beaten and afterwards whipt by one who said he had twenty lashes at me I know not the number but when he hit me two or three Lashes I was made to stand still in God's Power and he hit me several Lashes more but in God's strength I was made to bear them all and when I felt he had done I turned and said The Lord forgive thee Presently after that time I was sore put to it and had much a-doe to come off with my Life for I was so cruelly worried with the Butchers and wicked loose Men that I could neither stand nor go Yet out

of all this I was preserved by the mighty God of Jacob. And now this Third Year in which I had more dread upon my heart than ever I had for truly men are more desperately wicked than ever but in the strength and power of the Lord I was made to give up it being the third and last time And out of the mouth of two or three Witnesses shall every word be established I had a good Friend was given up and his service was honourable who went before me with such a living power and made way for me with good speed And another true and serviceable Friend that came behind me who renewed the Brimstone to the Fire so that the smell of Brimstone was hot in the Fair. This Friend had the better part of his Coat rent off and his Pocket pickt of about four shillings So the Work being throughly over I had peace with God but going through Bartholomews Close I was stopt by one Clark that keeps a Tavern thereabouts for it made much against his market for I was a Sign against all Drunkards and Swinish men and women who ryot at such places as his is at such times but he filthily used me with his gang and my dear Friend which brought my Cloathes to me and haled us rudely to Richard Brown's house but he was not within notwithstanding this Tavern-keeper commanded this swinish Crew to carry us to Prison some of which Gang not long before pickt this Friend's pocket also but I being so weary that I could go no further they lay with such a weight upon me there that I was made to lie down and they carried me upon their shoulders to Prison and put my dear Friend and I into the Hole where those that are to be executed are put and about the seventh hour Richard Brown being come home we were carried before him Now the Tavern-keeper began to accuse me but could hardly speak a plain word Then Richard Brown calling to me began to jeer me and said Mark this man Not when he opens his mouth but when he openeth his mouth openeth his mouth and so he sate down I said A Magistrate should not jeer those that come before him and when I did perceive he was a little silent I said Is it a sin to pray for a man's enemies he said No But said he it is a sin for you to go naked I said What I did was in Obedience to the living God He said How will you make that appear I will not believe you I said The Lord commanded me He said Where I said In my heart He said So will the Thieves say I said Thou must be tryed by that of God in thy heart He said Leave your canting I said Shew me what Law I have broke He said It was a Ryot I said Thou wilt not believe me when I tell the truth I shall not believe thee now except thou reade the Law to me hast thou not a Clerk here thou oughtest to have such things ready when men are brought before thee He said Take him away and so turning himself to his wife and daughters he said I told you when he openeth his mouth And then he began to be in an exceeding great rage and called me Rogue for putting on my Hat before him and bid take me away and carry me to Bridewell and the Friend with me Then they called him back again and the Tavern-keeper and Constable charged him for carrying my Cloaths after me The Friend said I brought his Cloaths to him R. B. said Did you not set him on to do it the Friend said No. Then R. B. called to me and said Sirrah here 's one denies you you 'l all deny one another when you come to be tryed The Friend said I do not deny him neither R. B. said Were you not with him when he put off his Cloaths the Friend was silent Then R. B. asked what house he put off his Cloaths in the Friend gave him little answer Then he asked What were the words he spake the Friend said Ask him I replyed being at some distance I would tell thee what I spake but he would not hear me Then he asked the Friend what his Name was and he told him his Name and Trade and then he jeered him and said You cut a Louse in two and so bloudied your self Then said he to the Tavern-keeper What have you against this man he stood stammering and would have spoken something but could not tell what Then Brown asked him again What is it and he could say nothing The Friend seeing nothing charged against him said he was clear but the Tavern-keeper said We shall have something against you and so sent us both to Prison and the Keeper put us both into the Hole again and when we were in the Tavern-keeper jeered us Oh! how is the Lord and his People grieved at the filthy conversation of the wicked Yet behold the goodness of the Lord that after so long time grieved with your doings he yet doth warn you to come to Repentance and invites you by his Messengers to come out of Sodom for did ever Sodom exceed this Generation for pride fulness of bread and abundance of idleness Abundance of Spectators of those filthy sports Wo to you Stage-players Monsters Fidlers Pipers Dancers on Ropes to provoke the Lord Juglers Cheaters Whores and Harlots Repent speedily for this is your day of Visitation I am your Sign from the dreadful Lord God who hath sent me three several times to leave you inexcusable The Lord is now clear of your bloods and I his poor Servant who have ventured my life each time freely that you might hear and believe and remember the words which have been spoke to you for not one of them shall fall to the ground And remember the old world that was destroyed by Water but this is reserved unto Fire against the day of Judgement and Perdition of ungodly men as saith the Apostle 2 Pet. 3. 7. The first year I was carried through without being hurt or imprisoned The second year I was whipt and beaten but not imprisoned This third and last year beaten and whipt and badly used and falsly imprisoned by Richard Brown But all that will live godly in Christ Jesus must suffer persecution But I do beseech the Lord not to charge this sin upon their head with the rest of their iniquiries but rather that he would give them Repentance and Amendment of life that all may turn to the Light that condemns for sin and wait till that which condemns may save them from sin And this is the desire of him who is a Prisoner for the Testimony of Jesus Christ and for going a Sign in the Life and Power of the Eternal God who alone is blessed for ever and for evermore O Lord I do return to thee Praises Praises Glory Glory for thou art worthy who hast sent me and upheld me these three times yea to thee be the Glory Power and strength and the Victory and the Dominion for ever and for evermore Hallelujahs to the Lord God Eternal Amen Given forth by the Spirit of Truth and written in the Prison of Newgate by him who is kept in bonds having broke no Law for standing in God's Counsel and for doing that which makes men wonder And this I give forth for the honour of God that it was not I but Christ Jesus come in my flesh and this body hath he prepared to do the Will of his Father in me Not in my will nor when I will Nay Not I but Christ Jesus not flesh and blood but the Power of God which did this Work in me and for me Glory everlasting to the King of Saints Solomon Eccles. LONDON Printed in the Year 1663.