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An embassage from the kings of the east to His Highness the Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
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W. B. (William Blake), fl. 1650-1670.
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1654
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Wing B3151; ESTC R12966
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Priests Prophets Samuel Moses Aaron David and Daniel now Peter Paul James and John again yet not without the old Spirit the Spirit of his Son God who at sundry times and in diverse manners spake in times past by the fathers the Prophets hath in these last times spoken to us by his Son Heb. 1. 1. You the great Saints of England and glory of the world we would intreat you on the knee again and again yea beseech you in the bowels of love yea the God of love and the mercies of that God Rom. 12. 2 for his own and the honour of his and the poor gifted Saints sake that you would all pull off your Crowns of honour for an hour as once the poor fishers did their great bootes to follow Christ else it would have been but slow And you my Lord Protector What if you should begin in this high and low work and give us in your own Person one short and sweet Sermon now at White-Hall as late you did to your own Family we would say King David were on earth again and put in their murmuring no more at your present greatnesse who did a meaner thing in dancing before the Ark of God 2 Sam. 6. 16. My Lord look to the Canopies above and down again to White-Hall yea your self and what are you though so great a Saint more than a worm gnat nothing Isa 41. 14. Yet may you Nothing this way honour him that is what he is and doth what he pleases in heaven and in earth yea in hell amongst and with Saints Angels men and divels yea every living thing as well things that are not winds Seas storm fire hail ice snow yea day and night for they are all his too Psal 74. 16. This one Being and Being of all Beings may you poor Nothing yet preach and our good Lord Jesus who once becaâ—e nothing to serve and make you and us all Kings Priests and Prophets to our God by his blood Rev. 1. 6. Not that above once or twice we desire this work of honour from and for you to preach this God that every moment rides the circle of the heavens Isa 40. 22. upon the mighty wings and Chariots of the windes that drawes or drives the cloudâ— hither and thither yea the Seas where he wills quite from off the earth and flings them down again upon the Prayers of his people when and where he please as lately now when man and beast was mourning yea every senslesse creature dying yea the earth it self yauning wide as if that and all would dye yea dye they would and dye they must at once but God prevented all for his peoples sake and said live again Oh that men would praise his Name and sing again his mercy endureth for ever Psal 136. a Psalm for your soul in secret but a Sermon it is we beg yea one at at least from you my Lord and the Princes among the people yea the Saints of the most high God Dan. 7. 27 shall imitate you all for the honour of the work Nathaniel Pickering Wooslâ—y Sadler and Sir Henry Vane all which and many more could and can pray and Preach bravelie and if all Jacob be but one worm to the God of Jacob 't is no dishonour to these choice bitts of this worm to praise their Maker once or twice at the least in the great Congregations and the Assemblies of the Saints which David hints so often at as his own practice in a soul exalting way of glorie I will praise thee in the Congregation yea in the great Congregation of the people yea among the Gods Psal 111. 1. and 138. 1. I will do it and will not you Gods your selves once at the Prayers of all Saints as Paul speaks in another case God forbid you or any should be ashamed of a good Master and what is it else that some princes stick at Come come it will be an honour one day to come bowing to the Saints and lick the dust of their feet yea the meanest work for Christ and them will be an honour for the greatest Monarchs in the world yea to preach this King of kings that hath this Name written on his thigh The Word of God Rev 19. 13. and 16. Read ye often the sixtie of Isaiah but let us come down from these gods to the people yea to the Saints that may tend it best and most to them we have a word Be as the tree or river in the Paradise of God Rev. 2. 7. Watering and feeding yea feed and water yea that have gifts all the rest yea all the Church of God over which you are made in your own proper places Overseers a high glory so to be Acts 20. 28. but begin at the 17. verse and mark well the whole Chapter The Angels never were but servants to bring newes or carry Saints to their home Heb. 1. 14. and how sweetly did they sing for joy of this glorying in the Work Luk. 29. And what may you say Oh yee dust of Jacob who are all of you together lesse then the least of the mercies of a God Gen. 32. 10. Your God we mean and your work we are at that is to Preach him up sin Satan death and Devils down yea to their own places I mean the sorrowes of the Saints and the works of darknesse all which are to be Preached down and Christ up from the grave of death and hell with the keyes of both in his hand Rev. 1. 18. This Lord and these keyes must you Preach up yea the power now in his hand and in his hand alone over sin Satan curse grave Law men devils Saints and Angels things present and to come yea over all these he is King for ever and hath wholly and solely the power of and over these things souls and consciences of men That is one thing my Brethren you are now called to Preach up by the first born which do call on you from the rising of the light life and love of God now in their souls and therefore do not scruple Oh ye Kings of the East Rev. 16. 12. but come forth as the morning Sun in the glory of your gifts and graces and the Spirit of the Son and Father and Preach up all three the Father in his love Iohn 3. 16. the Son in his merit 1 Tim. 1. 18. yea and the fruits joyes life and power of the Spirit Gal. 5. 22. converting and convincing killing saving damning and destroying powers burning up and burning down like devouring fire in and on the soul the world and all the works of flesh flaming up to the heavens the righteousnesse of men much more pride hypocrâ—sie self and the foolishnesse of and in man every whereas he turns from one form to another resting more than he ought therein Well and who is now free fit and sufficient for this thing but our sufficiency is of God 2 Cor. 3. 5. And he hath appointed for good men every one to
one to another of the thing for the Lord Jesus sake 't is right in your eyes yea your own practise and we have learned of you and will set it up by the grace of God if you lay it by to look for Arrears and Debenters which when this is done you may Yea marry buy and sell too so ye do not forget the Rock and living unto him who like a River followed you in the Van and Rear three wildernesses together some once or twice over and smote the rock again and again yea your enemies in every place where you or they met Oh that men would praise the Lord may the Armie now say for his mercy endureth for ever yea sing this 136. Psalm as long as you live yea breath and yet we dedicate it to you once again yea to every one of your hearts 't is so paâ—t and full to your condition And pray when you sound your brave triumphing sounds Remember us the last Trumpet and how much of your love and zeal in this particular you have lost Rev. 2. 4 5. And now we come again to you Men and Brethren which we were treating with before we medled with the sword or godly of the Army about the same thing still if you have not dispatched your Summons to all men aind places where the fear of the Lord dwels rich poor hgh low young and old blinde halt and lame yea get them altogether to consult do not stay and say one to another Pray ye Sir do you and Pray ye Sir do you send for old Father Eli and you for young Samuell and you for Zacheus we Christ and his people will all dine there Luk 19. 5. and treat afterwards about restoring every man his own at least especially the Liberty of the Saints and promulgation of the Gospel but let every one yea some in particular go to all as the Messengers of the Churches 2 Cor. 8. 23. and let them charge them in the Name of God to come straight away by the morning light the light of God in them yea charge them by this day and charge them by this night of Gods withdrawing from them they delay no time if they be about a businesse of their own dealing in their Calling let them shut up and bring them straight away if they be about the business of another or medling with the State bring them straight away if they be about their holy Worship and Christian duties bring them straight away yea from the Lords Table to meet the Lords people Men may leave the best of duties upon some occasions in a case of necessity and such a one is this yea the season of the year requires it look else saith Christ to every Saint in England do not you see the eares white Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest to thrust forth labourers into his harvest John 4. 35. Mat. 9 38 Yea pray my Lord Protector so to do or else pray him Oxford and Cambridge will never send enough What do we gazing so after these as once the Angel said Oh ye men of Galilee Acts 1. 11. So say we Ye men of the Army City Town and Countrey why do ye all so gaze and gape after those men that were taken away once so shall they come again yea the very men shall come again though some without their gownes yet their University gifts shall not be wanting the graces of the Spirit the Gifts of Gods People Oh my friends many of these you gape and gaze after are gone and gone in the late warres I hope just the same men are not come again to another much lesse to the same place This we never fought for or looked for unlesse they were taken by their sequestrations up into heaven I mean godly sorrow and Repentance for their former sins popery pride fulnesse of bread ignorance emptinesse drunkennesse and thirst yea for our blood which is precious in the fight of the Lord so saith David Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of all his Saints Psal 116. 15. Well but shall we trust these thirsty wretches with our souls once again rather then a known godly Christian of ten or twenty years standing gifts and abilities Good and godly Tryers do not you do so wickedly and sin against God Gen 19 7. There be of the Synagogue of Satan which say they are Jewes Rev. 2. 9. Yea they will say so now because ye are uppermost but try them well and you shall find them lyars they guilt themselves it may be by praying for the State and the Lord Protector can they by the Spirit do so or Preach Well we hope ye will not take tinne and lay by silver Isa 1. 22. for all the keyes of David in your hand power to open and shut whom and when you please which should be wholly in the hands of Christ Isa 22. 22. Rev. 3. 7. Two sweet Texts in the eyes and hearts of Saints But to our other friends once again whom we must intreat they are so backward some through the worlds pleasures profits places cannot give a meeting no it may be eâ—â—ry week though it were to be wished they could not because they the Saints more imployed and richer have better gifts theâ— poor but for their own souls and graces sake for a good meeting is better for the good of their souls and strength of their graces than a good bargain or dinner either much more then a little idlenesse some walk abroad others ride some visite Joan hold my staffe t'other day but these rich Saints cannot come to our poor weekly meetings I wish they may to this good work ' it s their good Masters who hath blest them thus Oh but others which have more peace joy and communion far then these them I hope will come but some are so full of cares feares and poverties that they cannot give a meeting unlesse it be the Lords day about five of the cloâ—k Well once a week would do no hurt nor bring the world backward rather thee forward and upward and it is best thriving so having food and rayment let us be content said a good man 1 Tim. 6. 8 for our selves and children it is implyed passions may come soon enough and may be God himself will be one and that is enough saith David Psal 119. 57. In the mean time come you to the Generall Assembly of all Saints and Church of the first born Heb. 12. 23. Yea to the first in the Work of the Lord which will be good so to do at last it is best at first and most honourable God ever mindes the first fruits Exod. 23. 19. and claims the first Male. Christ the first Gospel Minister sets up him above John the Baptist Mat. 11. 11. one Preached Repentance the other Pardon Minde it Presbyterians too many of you set up John the Baptist and set the other by Yea Paul and John the Evangelist both down You know how I mean