faithful to the God of Heaven to the Protestant Religion and the Church of England Would Men be Wise Strong Rich and Honourable Persons most Excellent Persons more Precious than Gold or the Gold of Ophir they must labour to get and to keep a Sound Heart which is the Life of the Flesh a Wholsom Tongue which is a Tree of Life and Righteous Lips which are the Delight of Kings He that Loveth Pureness of Heart for the Grace of his Lips the King will be his Friend The Heart of the Wise teacheth his Mouth and addeth Learning to his Lips The Wise in Heart shall be called Prudent and the Sweetness of the Lips Increaseth Learning The Wise shall Inherit Glory but Shame will be the Promotion of all them that do prefer the Pleasures of Sin that lasts but for a Moment above the Gain of Godliness that lasts for Ever Godliness it is great Gain and will bring Men to great Fame that be Faithful to the God of Heaven to his Annointed our Royal and Gracious Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain to the Protestant Religion and the Church of England To Fear the God of Heaven and to Honour the King His Majesty of Great Britain it is true Religion which is taught in the Church of England There is no Place Calling or Condition that will Honour Men if that they be not Careful to Honour God and our Royal King in them For what-ever Honours and Riches that Men do get if that they do not Honour the God of Heaven and His Majesty of Great Britain their Honours and their Riches will prove uncertain and their Lives will prove uncomfortable But if that Men will do that Worthy thing as to know when and how for to Honour the God of Heaven and our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain in this World it will bring them to great Fame and in Heaven with Holy Angels for ever to Remain If there be Joy in Heaven at the Conversion of a Sinner how much more ought there to be in the Church of England when this Sinner shall bring forth the Fruits of Righteousness for the Glory of the great and Mighty God for the Credit of his Holy Gospel for the great Honour and Renown of the Protestant Religion and for the great Exaltation of His Majesty of Great Britain which will bring great Joy and Triumph to the Church of England and great Peace and Prosperity to many Kingdoms They that would bring great Honour to the God of Heaven and to His Majesty of Great Britain must get a Sound Heart and to get a Sound Heart Men must Labour to get a Sound Faith which is more Precious then Gold and doth require more Wisdom Power and Skill to Prove it Improve it and to know when and how for to Manage it than it is to Sway a Scepter and to Rule a Kingdom and more Honour than it is to wear any Earthly Crown This I declare that no Subject whatsoever should Desire or Covet after the Growns and Scepters of Kings and Princes in this World but if that Men will Covet after a Crown let it be an Immortal one which the Righteous Judge will give to all Faithful ones for those that be Faithful to the Death he will give the Crown of Life That Crown which will never Rust when all the Glory of this World will be laid in the Dust A Sound Faith is more Precious then Gold or the Gold of Ophir because it will purifie the Foulest Heart it will in time make a mean Man Honourable a Poor Man Rich a Weak Man Strong a Sick Man Well and a Dying Man Happy which all the things in this World cannot do Divine Faith which is more Precious than Gold it is the Gift and Power of the great and mighty God it is not in the Power of any Mortal Men to give it to their Nearest and their Dearest Friend Parents cannot give it to their Children nor Ministers to their People but the Lord gives it when he will and to whom he will in the use of those Means that he has appointed and the Church of England has Ordained and that is hearing the Word of God Preached Divine Faith which is more Precious then Gold comes by Hearing but not for Hearing Hearing the Word of God is the Instrumental Cause but our Saviour is the Original Therefore he is worthy for to have the Honour and the Glory of the Actings of every Mans Faith because that he is both the Author and the Finisher of it And though it is not in the Power of all the Ministers of the Gospel in London or in England to beget a Spark of Faith where it is not yet it ought to be their great care to take notice where it is wrought and to Countenance and Encourage that Person that has it for to bring it forth because that it is such a Spark that it will in time break forth into a Flame for the Glory of Gods great Name and to put the Turk the Pope and the Devil and all the Workers of Evil to Shame and to bring His Majesty of Great Britain and the Church of England throughout the whole World to great Honour Renown and Fame And that without having a Sword in the Hand of Men or Money at Command without making a Noise about Religion without making of many Words or having the Voice much heard As Divine Faith is a High and Honourable Grace because it is the Gift and Power of the Great and Mighty God so it will Enable a Man for to prepare High and Honourable Work Pleasant Profitable and Delightsom Work Victorious Glorious and Crowning Work that will try the Wisdom and the Skill the Valour and the Courage of many Wise Strong Rich and Learned Men what they can do and what they will do in these Days of the Gospel and in the Raign of our Royal Soveraign for the great Honour and Renown of the Protestant Religion for the great Joy and Triumph of the Church of England for the great Exaltation of His Majesty of Great Britain and for the great Peace and Prosperity of many Kingdoms that so many Nations may be freed from Slavery and in the whole World there may be great Joy Peace and Prosperity Faith that is true works by Love and Love seeks not her own but the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of many a one in Court City and Countrey As the God of Heaven is a Wonder-working God a Victorious and a Glorious God so Divine Faith which is more Precious than Gold is a Wonder-working Grace a Victorious and a Glorious Grace That Grace which will Enable a Man for to set a-work the Wisdom and the Power of the God of Heaven will Enable him to set a Work the Wisdom and the Power of Martial Men Great are the Noble Acts Recorded in Holy Writ that Gods Worthies have done by the Power of Faith not by the Power of the Sword by the Power
what they Sow in Weakness in whom the Great and the Mighty God doth Raise in Power or else they do but Undervalue their own Labours and Encourage their Adversaries For it is not enough for the Ministers of the Gospel to Preach the Word of God in Season and out of Season but they ought to mind who hath Believed their Report and to whom is the Arm of the Lord Revealed For his Arm is very long and very strong and that his Enemies will know in these Days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign to their great Shame and Overthrow The Great and the Mighty God that gives Life to a Worm can give Power to a Man to make all his Enemies throughout the whole World to Tremble And that without having a Sword in his Hand or Men or Money at Command Therefore as my Heart is Ingaged for the God of Heaven so it is Inraged against all them that do Slight and Undervalue his Holy Word and Question his Mighty Power By the Power of God I am what I am and will Labour to do what I can that his Name and Works throughout the whole World may be known to be most Glorious and His Majesty of Great Britain's Royal Person Crown and Kingdoms most Renowned and Famous among all and above all Heathen and Popish Kings Priests Princes and Emperors in the World If ever there was a time for to manifest the Power of Faith for the great Honour and Renown of England's Royal Church and State it is in such a time when that too many do Question the Truth of it and few brings forth the Fruit of it which is Love and Obedience to God and Man Great is the Power of Faith that doth inable a Mortal Man to have Power with the God of Heaven to get Power from him and to Act with Power for him and that in the worst of times and before the best of Men in these Days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain That among all People in all Nations there may be a general Reformation Throughout the whole World there must be but one Religion and that is the Protestant Religion as it is Establish'd in the Church of England for it is the true Religion because it doth hold forth and declare the knowledge of the true God and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent without Believing in him and willing to be Ruled by him there is not any of the Sons and Daughters of Men that can be Saved As for the Church of Rome her Children cannot Learn true Religion because their Teachers are False Prophets and Deceivers Instead of Consolation they do many times meet with Condemnation and instead of Salvation they be Exposed to great Damnation When the Blind Lead the Blind they do fall into the Ditch When the People are Ignorant and their Teachers not Sound in the Faith there cannot be a true Church nor a good State The Church of Rome will in these Days of the Gospel and in the Raign of our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain be soon brought down because that they stand upon a Sandy Foundation as Tradition and Lying Wonders And their Trust and Considence it is in an Arm of Flesh which is Carnal Wisdom Power and Strength which has Decieved many and will Deceive them What saith the Lord whose Word shall stand and prevail when all their Wisdom Power and Strength their Pride and Glory shall fail Thus saith the Lord Cursed be the Man that trusteth in Man and maketh Flesh his Arm Cursed be the Turk the Pope the French King and the King of Spain and all those that do use their Wisdom their Power and their Strength to hinder the Gospel in any Nation that it should not prevail The Jews that do slight the Gospel and deny Christ cannot be Saved but by looking up upon him whom they have Pierced and Crucified The Proud Turk cannot be Saved by his Mahomet It must be by the Gospel which doth hold forth Jesus Christ who is the Lord of Life and the King of Glory who is ready and willing in all Nations to save Sinners that will deny their own Carnal Wisdom Power and Strength he will give them Divine Wisdom Power and Strength which will Enable them that do Injoy it for to Understand the mind of God to do the will of God and to Injoy the Favour of the Everliving God which is better than Life or all the Delights of this World Because that the Church of England has kept the Word of Gods Patience he will keep her in the hour of Temptation which is come to try all Nations in these Days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain Great will be the Peace and the Prosperity of the Church of Christ throughout the whole World For the Lord will Judge among al Nations by his Word and Spirit and will Rebuke all them that will not submit to the Gospel of his Son which is the only means that the Wisdom of the Father has appointed for the Saving of lost Man so that they that have trusted to their Wisdom their Power and their Strength will beat their Swords into Plow Shares and their Spears into Pruining Hooks For Nation shall not lift up Sword against Nation neither in these Days of the Gospel shall they learn War any more as they have done but great will be the Joy and Triumph of the Church of England Great will be the Honour and Exaltation of our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain And great will be the Peace and the Prosperity of many Kingdoms So that in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign many Nations will be freed from Slavery and throughout the whole World there will be great Joy Peace and Prosperity This I Declare but not by my own Wisdom and Power nor by the Wisdom and Power of any Mortal Men but by the Wisdom and Power of the God of Heaven who doth all things in Heaven and in Earth according to the Counsel of his own Will and that when and by whom he will that so all the Glory may Redound to him and that no Flesh should Glory before him This great and mighty God who is the Searcher of all Hearts and has the command over all Spirits who can speak Peace when he please and by whom he please to a Person or to a Nation has stirr'd me up to Engage with him and has given me Wisdom Power and Athority from his Word and Spirit for to understand his mind and to make it known in due time for the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of Mankind Had any one have promised to give me Ten Thousand Pound for to Engage in so Noble a Design I should not have Ventured my Life Endangered my Liberty for to Engage in a Business of so High a Nature that I have neither President Example or
Encouragement from Wise Strong Rich and Learned Men though it tends for the great Honour Peace and Prosperity of them But having an eye to the Recompence of Reward which is the Crown of Life that Crown which will never Rust when all the Honour and Glory of this World will be laid in the Dust I have Ventured my Life Endangered my Liberty and have Exposed my self to many Losses Crosses and Reproaches to be Blam'd Sham'd and Condemn'd by many Men for Engaging with the God of Heaven for to make known his mind for the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of Mankind But that God that has Encouraged me and Assisted me in well doing will Protect me and Reward me in due time for well doing They that can deny themselves and overcome themselves for to lay out themselves for his sake and the Gospel will in this World receive a Hundred-fold of Joy Peace and Comfort and in the World to come Eternal Life which they will want that be afraid or asham'd to own him and to appear for him in the worst of times and before the best of Men They that deny him before Men he will them before his Father and Holy Angels in Heaven But they that Confess him here he will them there The time is come that the God of Heaven will not be Slighted and Mocked by the Sons of Men as he has been too long and too much by many of them as by Unbelieving Jews Bruitish Atheists Wicked and Bloody Papists and Rebellious Dâ—ssâ—nâ—ers and Sâ—staries But as in these Gospel Days they wâ—â—l not Know Fear Love Serve and Honour him he will be Honoured upon them in bringing of them to great Shame and Consusion as many have sound and more will find if that they will not Cease to do Evil and Learn to do well but they that will Honour the God of Heaven he has promised to Honour them in this World sometimes it may be with Honours Riches and a long Lise but in Heaven it will be with all that have been Faithful and Fruitful for the great Honour of God the King and Nation in their Generation in this Life he will Reward them in Heaven with Glory Immortallity and the Crown of Life The Eyes of the Lord are upon the Righteous both to behold them and to uphold them for his Eyes run too and fro throughout the whole Earth to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose Heart is perfect towards him to Assist them to Counsel Comfort and Strengthen them and to Defend them and to Punish and Wound them that do Offend them that do Slight and Undervalue them that be as dear unto him as the Apple of his Eye They be his Peculiar Treasure his Crown and Glory his Portion and his great Reward though the Men of this World sees no Excellencies or Beauty in them yet by them that be most Wise they be Counted Excellent Persons for they be the Salt of the Earth the Light of the World the City on a Hill they be Men of great Ability and Nobility for Nobility they have the Creator of Heaven and of Earth to become their Reconciled Father his only and beloved Sons who is the Lord of Life and the King of Glory their Elder Brother the Holy Ghost their Counsellor and Comsorter Angels their Life-Guard the best of Kings and Queens their Royal Nurses Ministers their Servants and the Devil and all Wicked Men their Slaves Do I say Ministers their Servants are not all the Angels in Heaven Ministring Spirits sent forth to Minister for them who are and shall be Heirs of Salvation So that great is the Honour of the Sons of the Most High though they be Slighted and Undervalued in this World by the Workers of Iniquity Who can tell what great things the God of Heaven has laid up for them whom he has provided so many to Honour and to Wait upon some to Ennoble them some to Counsel and Comfort them some to Guard and Regard them some to Provide and Nourish them many to serve and to wait upon them He that has given them his Son who is the High and Mighty one the Chiefest of Ten Thousands will he not with him freely give them all things that shall be most suitable and seasonable Profitable and Comfortable and Advantageous for their Comfort in this Life and their Happiness in a better In this World the Wisdom the Power the Honour and the Glory of the Heirs of Heaven the Members of Christ doth not well appear because that their life is hid with Christ but when he shall appear who will appear with his Mighty Angels and in his great Glory then what will become of them that know him not and have not Obeyed his Gospel they will be Punished with Everlasting Destruction from the Presence of this great Lord and from the Glory of his Power But then he will be glorified in his Saints and admired of all them that believe for he will Change their Vile Bodies that have been upon Earth and make them like unto his most Glorious Body which is more Glorious than the Sun in the Firmament to be for ever with him in whose Presence is fulness of Joy and at whose Right Hand are Pleasures for ever more in this World A true Believer is a Man of Wonder because he has the Devil and the World under his Feet and Christ in his Heart who is the Hope of Glory and the Crown of Glory to them that Believe in him and make an Improvement of him And as a true Believer is a Man of Wonder many times to himself so sometimes the God of Heaven will make him a Son of Thunder against the Turk the Pope and the Devil and all the Workers of Evil against all that do Slight and Undervalue the Word of God and Question his mighty Power It is not Men nor Angels but the God of Heaven that has made me a Wonder to my self a Terror to his Enemies and a Crown and a Glory to all them that be Faithful to him to our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain to the Protestant Religion and to the Church of England The God of Heaven is no Respecter of Persons he that loveth Truth and worketh Righteousness will be Accepted and Rewarded but all the Workers of Iniquity will be Ashamed Confounded and Destroyed He is not a Righteous Man that is not a Humble and a Holy Man a Wise and a Faithful Man a Valourous and a Couragious Man in his Generation for the great Honour of God the King and Nation For Men to want these Graces they will be found Unacceptable to the God of all Grace Unprofitable to them that want Grace and Uncomfortable to themselves in every State and Condition but to have these Graces in Truth and to produce their Fruit will Procure and Secure Men in the Favour of the God of Heaven and of the Wise and Mighty Angels in Heaven and of all them that be
make bare his Arm and to send forth his Light and Truth to shame and condemn all unbelieving Jews bruitish Athetsis wicked and bloody Papists and rebellious Dissontors and Sectaries that do style and undervalue his Word of Truth and will not believe in the God of Truth but do live too many of them as if there was no God that made them and that there is not any that can save them But as the Lord who is most Great and most Good is able and willing to save unto the utmost all that come unto him be their sins never so great and many so he will punish unto the uttermost all that will not come unto him in these days of the Gospel for salvation Understand O ye Heathen and ye â—…believing Jews and ye bruitish Atheists and ye â—…cked and blood-thirsty Papists and ye rebellioâ—â— Dissentors and Sectaries when will ye learn to be wise to fear love serve and to honour him and to know him who gives unto all men their being He that planted the ear shall he not hear he that formed the eye shall he not see us He knows that all things that are wrought in secret will be made known in publick for Light will discover Darkness and the Lord that made man doth not only know all mens hearts but all their thoughts what they tend to and what will be the end of them The way of the wicked is as darkness they know not at what they stumble but the way of the Lord is strength to the upright because he makes him his hopâ— his trust his joy and delight Let not any in these Gospel-days question whether there be a God that made the Heavens the Earth and the Sea and all things that in them be because that he gives life and breath and being unto all the Sons of Men and takes it away when he please from any of them the Lord will be known throughout the whole World to be God by his Judgment upon the Wicked who are his Rod for to punish his Children that walk contrary unto him He that chastiseth the Heathen shall not he correct Yes he will correct them whom he loves most that they may serve him best God had only one Son without sin but not any without suffering our Saviour did learn obedience in the things he suffered not as he was God there could be no obedience desired or required of him but as he was man in taking upon him our Nature he learned Obedience for he took upon him the form of a servant and made himself of no reputation for to bring the Sons and the Daughters of Men that do believe in him to great honour and exaltation Our Nature it was his great humiliation that the Son of God should become the Son of Man it is the highest mystery and the greatest humility But why was this done That so the Sons of Men might become the Sons of God and Children of the Most High And if children heirs of God and joynt-heirs with Christ Which priviledge it is so high that though the Angels in Heaven do continually admire it they will never enjoy it for our Saviour did not take upon him the Nature of Angels but the Seed of Abraham For God so loved the world that he gave his onely beloved Son that whosoever believed in him should not perish but have everlasting life To this end he obeyed his Fathers will and for his love to the Sons of Men he humbled himself to advance them he became poor to make them rich he under-went his Fathers Frowns that they might enjoy his Smiles he became a Curse that they might enjoy the Blessing he did wear the Crown of Thorns that they might wear the Crown of Glory he died a shameful and a painful death that they might enjoy a happy and a blessed Life And has he done so much for the Sons of Men let not any of them think any thing too much to do for him but let them all be willing to be any thing to be nothing so he may be all Let him rule in them and over them who can best counsel and comfort and strengthen them honour protect and reward them The Angels in Heaven rejoyce and praise God for his love to the Sons of Men in finding out a Ransom for them but the fallen Angels have not any to pity them but they be reserved in Chains of Darkness to the Judgment of the Great day And then all must give Account what they have done in this World whether it be good or evil The good Angels rejoyce and proclaim Glory to God in the Highest and on earth peace good will towards men But no Worship or Adoration is due to them much less to pray to Saints Deceased We are to praise God for the benefit and the comfort we have from Angels and good Men and from any of his Creatures Let all the Sons and the Daughters of Men therefore praise the Lord Day by Day for Right-hand Mercies for Left-hand for Temporal Spiritual and Eternal But above all for Jesus Christ the Foundation and the Fountain of them all Let them praise him every Day for their Creation in due time for their Redemption in the fulness of time and their Preservation time after time Let them praise him for the Means of Vocation Justification Sanctification and for hopes of Glorification In these Days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Sovereign too many that have made Separation from the Church of England have proved wandring Stars and then blazing Stars and at last falling Stars How has many of them boasted of Church Priviledges of Gospel Ordinances of strong Assurance and of great Revelation and of a sudden like a Morning-cloud have vanished away and come to nothing But the path of the Just is as the shining-light that shineth more and more unto the perfect Day The Church of England has her fixed and real Stars which unbelieving Jews bruitish Atheists wicked and bloody Papists and rebellious Dissentors and Sectaries and know not well where they are nor who they are but they are known to the Most High and from him they will give the greatest and the clearest Light in the darkest Night of trouble and affliction that doth befall many Persons and many Nations Husbandmen love to see and to enjoy Fruitful Fields Fruitful Vineyards and Fruitful Gardens And the God of Heaven loves that they that know him and do own him should be Fruitful in Good Works for herein is he much glorified that the Sons and the Daughters of Men should bring forth much Fruit such Fruit as is suitable and seasonable profitable and comfortable in their Generation for the great honour of God the King and Nation As the Apple-tree among the Trees of the Wood so be they that be Fruitful among the Sons of Men They may be black with Reproaches cast upon them but they be comely with good Graces wrought in them Every true Member of Christ
to the Faint and to them that have no Might He increaseth Strength he discovereth deep things out of Darkness and bringeth out to Light the shadow of Death He increaseth the Nations and destroyeth them He enlargeth the Nations and straiteneth them again He taketh away the Heart of the Chief of the People of the Earth and causeth them to wander many times in a Wilderness where there is no way They grope in the dark without light and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man He breaketh down and it cannot be built Again He shutteth up a Man and there can be no opening He with holdeth the Waters and they dry up also He sendeth them out and they overturn the Earth when he pleases With him is Wisdom and Strength the Deceived and the Deceiver are his If he cut off and shut up or gather together who can hinder him He sitteth upon the Circle of the Earth and all the Inhabitants before him are as Grashopers He stretcheth out the Heavens as a Curtain and spreadeth them out as a Tent to dwell in Therefore let all the Sons and Daughters of Men learn to know fear love serve and to honour this great and mighty God whose Wisdom is unsearchable whose Power is unresistable whose Goodness unexpressible and whose Love is unchangeable and according to his Power so will his Anger and his Wrath be against the seed of evil doers and the workers of Iniquity Who can or will say that there is not a God that made the World and don 't govern the World Have ye not known Have ye not heard Hath it not been told you from the beginning Have ye not understood from the Foundations of the Earth that the Everlasting God the Creator of the Ends of the Earth fainteth not neither is weary There is no searching of his Understanding even the Youth shall faint and be weary and the Young men shall utterly fall but they that wait upon the Lord will renew their Strength they will mount up with Wings as Eagles they will run and not be weary and walk and not faint Let who will glory in their Wisdom Power and Strength in their Honours Riches great and high Places I will glory in my Weakness and Infirmities and in my Insufficiency that I that have nothing comparatively and am nothing seemingly yet from Gods All-sufficiency I have Wisdom Power and Strength for to understand his Mind for to make it known in due time for the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of Mankind in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Sovereign his Majesty of Great Britain Who will rise up for me against Evil Doers Or who will stand up for me against the workers of Iniquity Unless the Lord who is most Great and most Good had been my help my Soul before now had dwelt in Silence but the Lord of Hosts has been with me and is with me as a mighty terrible One Therefore they that be incensed against me for engaging with him for the glory of his great Name for the Credit of his Holy Gospel for the great Honour and Renown of the Protestant Religion for the great Joy and Triumph of the Church of England for the great Exaltation of his Majesty of Great Britain and the great Peace and Prosperity of many Kingdoms they will be ashamed if not confounded Let all praise him for their Wisdom their Power their Honours their Riches their Great and High Places Let all praise him daily for their Health their Strength their Liberty for their Food their Rayment their Habitation and for the Peace and Prosperity of their Friends and Relations yea of their very Enemies And praise him for all Losses Crosses and Reproaches for they will work for the good of them that love God for God had great love to the Sons of Men when they were Enemies unto him To this end the most Wise God who is the God of Love and Peace has sent and continued from Generation to Generation his Gospel which is the glad Tydings of Salvation That so among the Sons of Men and the God of Heaven there might be a great and a lasting Reconciliation God is Love he that dwelleth in Love dwelleth in God and God in him He that loveth not his Brother whom he hath seen how can he love God whom he hath not seen It is Love to the God of Heaven and to the Sons of Men that has enabled me to deny my self to overcome my self and to lay out my self in so noble a Design as for the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of Mankind as for the great Honour and Renown of the Protestant Religion for the great Joy and Triumph of the Church of England for the great Exaltation of our Royal Soveraign his Majesty of Great Britain and for the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of many Kingdoms They that will be willing to engage their Heart Soul Strength Will and Affection in the Service of God he will give them Wisdom Power and Strength to make them able As the Lord doth by his own Wisdom and Power rule and over-rule all Nations as one Man so he can with the same Wisdom and Power with one Man when he please to make bare his Arm for his Arm is very long and very strong and that his Enemies will know the Turk the Pope and the Devil and all the workers of Evil to their great shame and overthrow and that in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign his Majesty of Great Britain The Lord thy God O Church of England Reigneth be the People never so Impatient he whose Dominion it is from Sea to Sea and from one end of the World to the other Therefore let the Righteous rejoyce and be glad and shout for joy of heart but all the workers of Iniquity the seed of Evil Doers the Children of Disobedience will be ashamed and confounded if that they will not Conform and Reform to the Protestant Religion as it is Establisht in the Church of England when the Lord who is most Great and most Good doth inable a Mortal Man for to understand his Mind to have done what is remarkable he will inable him to make it known in due time that it may be recordable Wise Men lay up Knowledge till a fit time and he that hath Knowledge spareth his Words till a fit season and a Man of Understanding is of an excellent Spirit that knows what when and how that may be done which tends for the great Honour Joy Peace and Prosperity of a King and Kingdom How much better is it therefore to get Wisdom rather than Gold and Understanding above choice Silver because it will give unto them that do imbrace it an Ornament of Grace and a Crown of Glory How forcible are right Words but what doth Arguing reprove to contend for this Opinion and that Opinion It has been a great shame to the Protestant Religion and the
they that profess the Gospel of Peace by their Pride Envy and Hatred are ready to devour one another It doth provoke the God of Heaven to send great and heavy Judgments to Amaze Confound and Consume and Destroy one another Was there ever such a Plague and such a Fire as was in London 1665 and 1666 I hope it will never be forgot nor the Popish late Plot in 1678 against his Majesties Royal Person and to ruin many Thousands in the Nation but blessed and praised be the God of Heaven who doth daily watch over his Majesties Royal Person and the whole Nation Therefore let all that do profess the Gospel learn to live in Love and Peace to be of one Mind and to speak the same thing for this is the best way and the soonest way that the Name of God may be more and more known upon Earth and his saving Health among all Nations that so the People may praise him yea that all People may praise him with new obedience then will the Earth bring forth great Increases and among all Nations there will be a free Trade great Joy and a lasting Peace Let all them therefore that love the Lord be joyful in the Lord let them servet he Lord with gladness and come before his Presence with a Song for the Lord is a great God and a great King above all Gods The Sea is his and he made it and his Hands prepared the dry Land Therefore let all People in all Nations worship and fall down before the Presence of this great Lord Maker and Possessor of Heaven and Earth and kneel before him for he is the Lord our God and we are the People of his Pasture Therefore let us go into his Gates with Thanksgiving and into his Courts with Praise Let all People in all Nations be thankful unto him and speak good of his Name for the Lord is gracious his Mercy is everlasting and his Truth endureth from Generation to Generation Therefore let all the Sons and Daughters of Men praise his great and glorious Name from the rising of the Son to the going down of the same Let every thing that hath Breath praise the Lord for his Greatness and Goodness for his Name is most excellent and his Glory is above the Heavens As this great and mighty God stirr'd me up in time to make known his Mind to prevent much Ruin to Mankind that so among all Nations there may be a general Reformation then let all Dissentors and Sectaries readily and willingly conform and reform to the Government of the Church of England which will encourage many Atheists Papists Jews Turks and Infidels to be in love with the Protestant Religion as it is establisht in the Church of England A Friend loveth at all times and a Brother is born for Adversity and the Wounds of a Friend are better than the Kisses of an Enemy God in Man and God with Man will bring about great and wonderful things not onely for the great Honour and Exaltation of a Kings Person but for the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of many Nations and that without making of many Words or having the Voice much heard Pleasant words they be as a Honey-comb sweet to the Soul and health to the Bones And as Ointment and Perfume doth rejoyce the Heart so doth the Sweetness of a Mans Friend by hearty Counsel in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Sovereign his Majesty of Great Pritain All unbelieving Jews bruirish Athiests wicked and bloody Papists and rebellious Dissentors and Sectaries will be ashamed and confounded that have not improved their time to know and to understand the great Mystery of Godliness God manifest in the Flesh who was justified in the Spirit seen of Angels preached unto the Gentiles believed on in the World by many both Jews and Gentiles and is received up into Glory and there is preparing a place for them that do believe in him and appear for him but he will pour contempt upon all them that will not know and obey him who is the Lord of Life the King of Glory the Prince of Peace the Captain of Mans Salvation the Son of Righteousness that can and will heal all their Diseases and pardon all their Sins that come unto him and well he may because he is the mighty God the everlasting Father the wonderful Counseller the Lord of Hosts who is strong and mighty in Battle that can readily and easily by weak and unlikely means confound and consume the Enemies of his Gospel that do slight and undervalue him be they never so many be they never so great But he will not break a bruised Reed nor quench the smoaking Flax till it bring forth Judgement unto Victory It is not a thing of indifferency but it is of absolute necessity for the Sons and the Daughters of Men the Wisest the Strongest the Richest and the Learned'st and Poorest among them for to believe in the Son of God for whosoever believeth in him whether they be Jew or Gentile hath everlasting Life begun in them but they that will not believe and obey him will not see Life but the Wrath of the ever living God abideth on them Condemnation or Salvation will be the lot and portion of the Sons and Daughters of Men that ever have been or over will be in the World O that none might miscarry because the Lord has laid help upon one that is mighty both able and willing to save unto the uttermost all that come unto him and he will in no wise cast out for God the Father sent not his Son his beloved Son into the World that he should condemn the World but that the World through him might be saved Therefore he that believeth in him is not condemned for he hath the witness in himself but he that believeth not is condemned and there is not any that can be a witness for him or them but all their works and duties will be witnesses against them This made the Apostle St. Paul that great and eminent Saint count all his Righteousness Works and Learning to be loss and dross in comparison of that excellent most profitable and comfortable knowledge that he found in Christ The fruit of the Righteous is a tree of Lise and he that winneth Souls is wise and they that turn many to Righteousness shall shine as the Stars for ever and ever This is a high and honourable work pleasant profitable and delightsome work victorious glorious and crowning work that will crown the God of Heaven with much Glory among the Sons of Men and our Royal Soveraign his Majesty of Great Britain with great Honour and Power over them over all Heathen and Popish Kings Priests Princes and Emperors that so many Nations may be freed from slavery and throughout the whole World there may be great Joy Peace and Prosperity It is sad to consider how that too many do make themselves poor and miserable in the
service of the World the Flesh and the Devil and that how few do readily and willingly and cheerfully engage in the service of the God of Heaven whose service is perfect freedom and his work and reward is most honourable They do well that do love their Enemies that do often feed them and relieve them for the Lord doth make his Son to shine both on the Evil and on the Good and sendeth Rain on the Just and on the Unjust To do good to all Men it is commendable but to do good to the Houshold of Faith it is most profitable and will prove most comfortable A Friend loveth at all times but a true and a faithful Friend may be so much displeased as not to manifest his Love at all times Joseph loved his Brethren when he stormed at them spake roughly to them put some of them in Prison and caused Simcon to be bound before their Eyes But as after Storms and Tempests the Sun doth shine most clearest so after great and long Trials Troubles and Afflictions Deliverance will be the sweetest both to a Person a Family a City and a Kingdom Let not any therefore despise the day of small things let not any slight and undervalue the small beginnings of Grace in themselves or others for a spark of Grace well proved and improved will break forth into a flame for the Glory of Gods great Name and to bring a King and Kingdom to great Honour Renown and Fame The greatest Tree was a Plant and the Wisest the Strongest the Richest and most Learned'st Man was a Child They that have truth of Grace let them labour to grow in Grace by improving the means of Grace which the God of Heaven has appointed and the Church of England has ordained for they that do labour to grow in Grace will have increase of every Grace and so will grow in the favour of God and good Men and of the Angels in Heaven They that have truth of Grace and do improve it will have increase of Grace and will never lose it but will know when and how for to use it in the worst of times and before the best of Men for the Glory of the most High and the great Honour and Exaltation of Englands Royal Majesty Were there as many Nations as many Worlds as there be Men there is a way to subdue them for the Glory of the great and mighty God for the Credit of his Holy Gospel for the great Honour and Renown of the Protestant Religion for the great Joy and Triumph of the Church of England for the great Exaltation of his Majesty of Great Britain and the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of many Kingdoms and that is by daily getting Wisdom Power and Strength from him who gives to the whole Creation a Being which Divine Wisdom Power and Strength will inable a mortal Man to prepare high and honourable Works to be managed by many Wise Strong Rich and Learned Men that have their Wisdom their Power and Strength their Honours Riches great and high Places from the God of Heaven The Lord is a high and strong Tower and a Shield to all them that trust in him Great Deliverances giveth he unto his King and sheweth Mercy to his Annointed to David and to his Seed for evermore And who dare say that our Royal Soveraign his Majesty of Great Britain is not of the Seed of David Spiritually the Lord who is most great and most good has known his Soul in Adversity and did bring him to his Throne in great Peace and Prosperity The King trusteth in the Lord therefore through the Mercy of the most High he will not be moved but the right Hand of the Lord will find out all his Enemies he will find out all them that hate him he will make them like a fiery Oven in time of his Anger the Lord will destroy them in his Wrath and the Fire will devour them but the King our Royal Soveraign his Majesty of Great Britain will rejoyce in the Strength of the Lord yea how greatly will he rejoyce in his Salvation the Lord has given him his hearts desire and hath not denied him the request of his Lips but hath given him liberal Blessings and hath set a Crown of pure Gold upon his Head He asked Life of thee and thou Lord of Life hath given it him when he was pursued by unreasonable bloody and deceitful Men for which let all People in England Scotland France and Ireland and in many other Nations praise God and be very thankful The Lord who has wonderfully preserved his Majesties Royal Person for the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of many Nations and has set him and sent him as a Blessing among his People make him glad with the light of thy Countenance Remember him O Lord with the favour of thy People and visit him with thy Salvation that he may see the Felicity of thy Chosen and rejoyce in the Joy of thy People and glory with thine Inheritance in thine everlasting and most glorious Kingdom when this mortal Life will be at end The Lord preserve him both at home and abroad both by Land and Water that so he and his throughout the whole World may bear the greatest sway while time and all things under the Sun doth pass away Make known in time this noble Design for the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of Mankind by John Varney a Member of the Church of England and a Subject to his Majesty of Great Britain but such a Subject that the God of Heaven has honoured among the Sons of Men for to engage with him for to bring about such high and honourable Work pleasant profitable and delightsome Work victorious glorious and crowning Work for the great honour and renown of his Majesty of Great Britain and the Church of England which has not yet been done by all the Parliaments that have been since England has injoyed a King Shall the Church of England which is the Spouse of Christ bring forth Princes each one resembling the Children of a King and she sit in the Dust slighted and reproached by her Enemies both at home and abroad This ought not to be this must not be but the Sons of the most High must appear for her readily willingly and cheerfully As our Royal Soveraign his Majesty of Great Britain has been the greatest Prince in the World for suffering so I shall endeavour in these days of the Gospel by the power of Faith which is the power of God that he may be the greatest King and Emperor in the World and over the World for Wisdom Power and Strength for Honour Riches and great Glory so that those Nations which have paid Tribute to the Church of Rome to their great loss and shame will be glad to pay Tribute to the Church of England for the great Honour and Renown of the Protestant Religion and the great Exaltation of his Majesty of Great Britain because it will be
Great Britain that the Lord of Hosts will go forth as a mighty Man he will stir up jealousie like a Man of war he will cry yea Roar but he will prevail against his Enemies as the Turk the Pope and the Devil and all the Workers of Evil. Who knoweth the power of Gods anger according to his fear so is his wrath for he is terrible out of his Holy places therefore tremble thou Earth at the presence of the Lord at the presence of the God of Jacob tremble therefore all you Heathen and Popish Kings Priests Princes and Emperors in the World that do slight and undervalue the Word of God and question his mighty power tremble therefore all you unbelieving Jews Bruitish Atheists wicked and bloody Papists and rebellious Dissentors and Sectaries that have not made the Word of God your Rule nor his Spirit your Guide nor his Glory your Aim Tremble therefore all you Earthly and Carnal-minded Men you Self-sekers and Men-pleasers Lovers of your selves more than Lovers of God your King and Countrey Tremble all you that have a Name to live and are dead that have called your selves Saints but have acted like Devils Incarnate against the God of Heaven the Protestant Religion his Majesty of Great Britain and the Church of England but let the Righteous be glad and rejoyce all ye that do truly fear God and Honour the King and are faithful to the Protestant Religion This Noble Design that Divine wisdom and power has enabled me to make known in time it will be as a hand-writing upon the wall against all the Enemies of the Gospel both great and small so that many will fall in love with the Protestant Religion and will be ready and willing to serve and to honour his Majesty of Great Britain both at home and abroad Light is sowen for the Righteous and Gladness for the upright in Heart ye that love the Lord hate Evil for he preserveth the Souls of his Saints he delivereth them many a time out of the Hands of unreasonable bloody and deceitful men that lie in wait for to destroy them Therefore rejoyce in the Lord ye Righteous and give thanks at the remembrance of his Holiness for the Lord who is most good is most great therefore is greatly to be praised and to be feared above all Gods therefore let all wise strong rich and learned Men declare his Glory among the Heathens and his wonders among all People for honour and Majesty are before him strength and beauty is in his Sanctuary therefore let all People in all Nations learn to know the true and the everlasting God and to worship him as they do in the Church of England with Reverence and with a holy Fear They that fear the Lord who is most great will love him because he is most good and they that love him will delight in him and he will give them the desires of their Hearts and that is truth of Grace strength of Grace and increase of Grace It is commendable and will prove very profitable and comfortable to the Sons and Daughters of Men for to delight in the Word of God so that it may richly in them dwell then their sleep will be sweet and they will have great Joy Rest and Peace that Peace which passeth the understanding of Men and Angels to declare what it is it is the Peace of God which is better felt then exprest that peace which the World cannot give nor take away They that do injoy much of God must lay out themselves much for him in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign his Majesty of Great Britain That Man which will make his graces to appear for the great honour of God the King and Nation He must charge to the Front and to the Rear he must charge and charge again and that with might and main that 〈◊〉 the Turk the Pope and the Devil and all the Workers of Evil to shame and that without making a noise about Religion for this Party or for that Opinion without making of many words or having the Voyce much heard without having a Sword in the hand A Christian Souldier that is engaged in holy War against the World the Flesh and the Devil must quit himself like a man and when he has done all for to stand by the power of Faith which is the power of God in man the power of God for man and the power of God with man Who knows what is in the Womb of a Day or in the Heart of a man Not any but the God of Heaven who can when he will and by whom he will bring Order out of Confusion Light out of Darkness Good out of Evil and Peace out of Trouble for the great Honour and Exaltation of a Kings Person and the great Peace and Prosperity of many Nations As the highest Member under the God of Heaven doth give Protection for the Safety of the meanest Member in the Church of England so sometimes the meanest Member with the God of Heaven may give Direction for the great Honour Exaltation and Consolation of the Highest in the days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain Cursed be that Man that dare lift up his hand against the Lords Anointed by Sea or by Land against the Lords Anointed whom the Most High hath made Great in Place and Inriched with his Grace Is it not the Prayer of the Church of England for His Majesty of Great Britain that the Lord would hear him in the day of trouble and send him help from the Sanctuary and strengthen him out of Sion For his Majesty can have no such Help as from the Sanctuary nor no such Strength as out of Sion The God of Heaven has promised whose Promises are all Yea and Amen in Christ That the Deliverer shall come out of Sion which shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob But Sion which is the Church of Christ throughout the whole World and the Church of Christ in England Scotland France and Ireland must not look for the Deliverer of Sion to come in greater Pomp than the Saviour of Sion came but he that shall come whom the God of Heaven will send will come and will not tarry for the Tree will be known by his Fruit for he will purifie the Sons of Levy and purge them as Gold and Silver that they may offer unto the true and everliving God who is most Great and most Good an Offering in Righteousness which will be pleasing and exceptable to him The Stone which the Builders refused is it not become the Head-stone of the Corner This is the Lords Doings who is Great in Counsel and Mighty in Power therefore let it be marvellous in the Eyes of them that be most wise And let not any despise the Day of small things for as the Lord of Hosts is above all so he is more than all and can be with all in
Wars Treachery and Cruelty is more than there be men in England Scotland and Ireland And yet the Church of Rome the Mother of Harlots that Scarlet Whore is not satisfied but the Righteous God to whom Vengeance doth belong though he be slow to Anger yet is he great in Power therefore he will give her Blood to Drink because she is worthy The Day of thy Calamity O Church of Rome is at hand that so many Nations may be freed from Slavery and throughout the whole World there may be great Joy Peace and Prosperity For thy Pride and Vain-glory thy Formality Hypocrisie and Treachery the Misery that will come upon thee maketh hast Therefore Cry and Howl you Inhabitants of Rome for Antichrist must come down and all those that will uphold his Crown to that end the Lord of Hosts who is Strong and Mighty in Battel who has all Power in his own hand and the whole Creation at command has stirr'd me up to engage with him to stir up all the Kings and Princes in the world that will own him to bring down his Implacable Enemies that be against him as the Turk the Pope the French King and the King of Spain because they be Enemies to his Gospel and his Children who are as dear unto him as the Apple of his Eye because they be his purchased ransomed and redeemed Ones they be his justified sanctified chosen and beloved Ones they be his choice Jewels and his great Treasure As for the Workers of Iniquity the Seed of Evil Doers the Children of Disobedience the Enemies of his Gospel who be unbelieving Jews bruitish Atheists wicked and bloody Papists and rebellious Dissentors and Sectaries they be but Lumber and Cumber in the world till they do Conform and Reform to the Lord of Life who is the King of Glory and the Prince of Peace who knows when how and by whom he please with much ease to bring great Peace and Prosperity to a Nation as to a Person happy be they that live to him and live for him they will live for ever with him they will be in his Favour in whose Presence is Fulness of Joy and at whose Right Hand are Pleasures for ever-more It is a great Priviledge to be in the Favour of an Earthly Prince but it is the highest Honour and the greatest Safety to be in the Favour of the God of Heaven who is the Lord of Life and the King of Glory A man may want Money sometimes to help himself when he may be rich and strong in Faith to help others A man may want Money to Trade with men when he may be rich and strong in Faith to engage with the God of Heaven for the Glory of his great Name to have his Enemies brought to shame and His Majesly of Great Britain and the Church of England throughout the whole world to great Honour Renown and Fame True Faith which is more precious than Gold will make a man seeming poor to make others really rich and it will inable a man to make himself in the world of no Reputation to bring others to great Honour and Exaltation Let all that want so rich a Jewel as precious Faith labour to get it from the Lord of Life in the use of those means that he has appointed and the Church of England has ordained and they that have it let them labour to prove it and improve it because it will innoble the Mind and inable the Mind to frame some noble Design and to bring it about in due time for the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of Mankind It has been want of Faith and Love to God our Brethren and Enemies that has caused so much Strife and Contention Sedition and Rebellion which has brought great Disorder and Confusion from time to time among Mankind But the God of Wisdom and Power knows when and how for to bring among the Sons of Men in many Nations Order out of Confusion Light out of Darkness Good out of Evil Peace out of Trouble in the worst of Times and by the weakest of Means that Strife Contentions and Wars throughout the whole Earth may cease All People in all Nations must strive to live in Love and Peace because God is Love who is the Creator of all Men and the Preserver of them That this may be done and well done the Gospel that bringeth Glad-tydings of Salvation must Run and be Glorified where it is not and must flourish where it is that so they that do not know the true God and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent may labour to know him and they that know him let them labour to love him and they that love him let them labour to keep his Commandments because they be not grievous but most pleasant profitable and comfortable But the Traditions of the Church of Rome are burdensom unprofitable and uncomfortable they do deprive Kings of their Priviledges And that is the greatest Freedom which is the Freedom of the Mind and the greatest Liberty which is the Liberty of the Will and the greatest Power which is over Sin the World and the Devil The Church of Rome is too cruel to her Children because she will not let them injoy the Jewels more worth than three Kingdoms And that is a sound Heart which is the life of the Flesh a wholsom Tongue which is a Tree of Life and righteous Lips which are the Delight of Kings but to lye slatter and dissemble is the Church of Rome's Religion The Lips of Truth will be establisht for ever but a lying Tongue is but for a moment Times may be so bad and so sad that many may be brought into such great straights that they cannot tell how to live well by their Estates or their Trades by their Houses or Lands or Offices or great Places but in the worst of Times that can come the Just shall live by his Faith because it is more precious than Gold In time of Famine he will be fed in time of Plague he will be hid in time of War he will not fly in time of Fire he is provided for all Eternity when the Heavens shall pass away with a great noise and the Elements shall melt with fervent heat and the Earth and all the Works that are therein shall be burnt up then the Just and Righteous have an Inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that fadeth not away reserved in Heaven for them Faith that works by Love will inable the Sons and the Daughters of Men to bear much to suffer much to want much and to enjoy much and to do much good in their Generation for the great Honour of God the King and Nation they that can love the God of Heaven for himself will serve him for his Kingdom and they will know that the God of Heaven loves them but not for what they have done and suffered but he loves them for his Son and for what he has done and suffered They that do love God
for Christ and the Lord Christ as God and Man in one Person will find that the Father and the Son will manifest themselves unto them and by their Spirit will revive refresh counsel comfort and strengthen them in every State and Condition under every Tryal Trouble and Affliction that the Sons and the Daughters of Men are exposed unto in the Wilderness of this World The God of Heaven who is most Great and most Good most wise and most strong is Love and he that dwelleth in Love dweleth in God and God in him which will enable a man to bring about great and wonderful things for the great Honour and Exaltation of a Kings Person and the great Peace and Prosperity of many Nations Man's loving of God who is most good is a Fruit of Gods loving of him though he be very bad but not the Cause Gods Love to Man is free he don't deserve it neither can any of the Sons and Daughters of Men merit it by all their Works and Duties Mans love to God is a Duty the God of Heaven doth require it because that he is most worthy of it to be beloved above all and more than all They that love the God of Heaven most will serve and honour him best and they that honour him he will them to some he doth it in this World with Honours Riches and a long Life but to all that be faithful and fruitful in good Works such works that be pleasing to him and profitable to others he will honour in his own Kingdom with Glory Immortality and the Crown of Lise O Great is the Power of Faith which is the Power of the God of Heaven which doth inable a weak and an unlikely man for to prepare high and honourable Work pleasant profitable and delightsome Work Victorious Glorious and Crowning Work to be managed by many Wise Strong Rich and Learned Men for the Glory of the Great and Mighty God for the Credit of his Holy Gospel for the great Honour and Renown of the Protestant Religion for the great Honour and Exaltation of our Royal Soveraign his Majesty of Great Britain above all Heathen and Popish Kings Priests Princes and Emperors in the World so that we shall become the wonder of the World and a wonder to our selves the Desire and the Delight of Nations the Joy of the whole Earth and the City of the great King for Unity Peace and Concord for Piety and Vertue for Wisdom Power and Strength and for Honours Riches and great Glory which will be brought about in these days of the Gospel but not by the Power of the Sword made by Men but by the Power of Faith which is the Wisdom and Power of the God of Heaven Therefore Glory be to God most high great Joy Peace Prosperity and good will towards Men on Earth Glory and great Glory from all Men and Angels to the most High Great Honour and Renown great Joy Peace and Prosperity is for Englands Royal Majesty Therefore with Angels and Archangels and all the Company of Heaven the glorious Company of the Apostles the goodly Fellow-ship of the Prophets the noble Army of Martyrs the Holy Church of Christ throughout the whole World let us all laud and magnifie praise and glorifie the God of Heaven the Father of an infinite Majesty for his unspeakable Love and innumerable Mercies from time to time bestowed on Mankind for the sake of his beloved Son our blessed Lord and only Saviour Jesus Christ who ever liveth and ever loveth and will take great Delight and Pleasure to reward them that be Wise Faithful Valorous and Couragious to the end But they that draw back unto Perdition and unto the Church of Rome's Tradition his Soul will take no pleasure in them but they that honour him he will honour them not onely before Mortal Men but before his Father and Holy Angels in the highest Heavens Therefore Glory and great Glory be to him and great Honour and Renown to England's Royal King our Gracious Soveraign Charles the Second by his Grace and Favour his Majesty of Great Britain above all Heathen and Popish Kings Priests Princes and Emperors in the World that so all Strife Contention and Wars throughout the whole World may cease and among all People in all Nations there may be a free Trade great Joy and a lasting Peace POSTSCRIPT WHat the God of Heaven has promised in time for the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of Mankind it will be brought about in due time for all his Promises are true and faithful every one more precious than Gold or the Gold of Ophir The Crown of Glory is in a promise them that be faithful to the Death will he give the Crown of Life The God of Heaven promised to send his Son and in the fulness of time he did come who is and was and ever will be the chiefest of Ten thousands in the highest degree and in these days of the Gospel the Lord will give unto him the Heathen for his Inheritance and the uttermost parts of the Earth for his Porfession for the Glory of his great Name to have his Enemies brought to shame and many Kings and Kingdoms to great Honour Renown and Fame To him that believes and knows he believes all things is possible to be done that is lawful commendable and most honourable under the Sun By what Divine Wisdom and Power has inabled me for to make known in time for the great Honour and Exaltation of his Majesties Royal Person and the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of many Nations the Reader that is Ingenious may learn to be good and to know when and how for to do much good in his Generation for the great Honour of God the King and Nation and that in the worst of times and before the best of Men and that without making of many words or having the voice much heard These days of the Gospel are times that will try the Wisdom and the Skill the Valour and the Courage of many Wise Strong Rich and Learned Men what they can do and what they will do for to bring about that noble Design that Divine Wisdom and Power has inabled me to make known in time for the Glory of his great Name for the Credit of his Holy Gospel for the great Honour and Renown of the Protestant Religion for the great Joy and Triumph of the Church of England which will bring great Peace and Prosperity to many Kingdoms which is to be brought about in these days of the Gospel for the Glory of the most High and for the great Honour and Exaltation of Englands Royal Majesty that so many Nations may be freed from Slavery and throughout the whole World there may be great Joy Peace and Prosperity The great and the mighty God who is most Wise and most Strong doth what whatsoever will in the Heavens above and in the Farth beneath and that when he please and with whom he please and that