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
for their great Joy Freedom and Gain so that the way of the Lord will be known more and more upon Earth and his saving Health among all Nations So that the People will praise him yea all People will praise him with new Obedience so that the Earth will bring forth great Increase and among all People in all Nations there will be a free Trade great Joy and a lasting Peace Let every Man continue in that honest and lawful Calling which Divine Providence has placed them in for it is unsuitable and uncomely for the Ministers to follow the Tradesmans Calling or the Tradesman the Ministers Work as too many have done in these days of the Gospel to the great shame of the Protestant Religion and 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 his Majesty of Great Britain in them And when that the God of Heaven doth indue any Man with Divine Wisdom and Power for to understand his Mind what may be done and what is to be done for the great Honour Peace and Prosperity of a King and Kingdom let that Man make it known in time to that Minister whom God has set over him and the Minister to the Bishop whom God has set over him and the reverend Bishop in due time and season to the Kings most Excellent Majesty whom the God of Heaven under him has made among the Sons of Men Supream over all Persons and Causes But if that Man be not minded and regarded by the Wise Godly and the Learned whom the most Wise God doth enable in time for to make known his Mind to prevent much Ruin to Mankind then the Wise Godly and the Learned are guilty of those Troubles and Judgements that comes both upon themselves and the Nation and they may call and cry unto the God of Heaven to help to deliver them but he will not regard them because he will help save and deliver them when he will and by whom he will Every good and perfect Gift is from above from the Father of Lights in whom is no variableness or shadow of turning Both the preparation of the Heart and the answer of the Tongue it is from the Lord. Therefore let the Man be what he will or whom he will whom he doth indue with Wisdom and Power for to understand his Mind to do his Will and to injoy his Favour in his Calling let not that Man leave his Calling suddenly nor unadvisedly but let him prove and improve his Graces in his Calling till that Authority whom the God of Heaven has set over him commands him from it I have been very backward and very unwilling to have my mind made known in print and I have been much discouraged thereunto but true Valour will take Incouragement from Discouragement That which doth require it and puts me upon it to have it done in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal and Gracious Soveraign it is the Glory of the great and mighty God the Credit of his Holy Gospel the great Honour and Renown of the Protestant Religion the great Joy and Triumph of the Church of England the great Exaltation of our Royal Soveraign his Majesty of Great Britain and the great Shame Contempt and Terror of the Turk the Pope and the Devil and all the Workers of Evil that so many Nations may by freed from slavery and throughout the whole World there may be great Joy Peace and Prosperity This is the Lords doings who is great in Counsel and mighty in Power whose Arm is very long and very strong though he doth make use of a weak and unlikely Man therefore let it be marvellous in the Eyes of them that be most wise I hope that our Royal Soveraign his Majesty of Great Britain will countenance encourage and set forward this Noble Design that Divine Wisdom and Power has enabled me for to make known in time for the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of Mankind As for the great Exaltation of his Majesties Royal Person and the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of many Nations Great has been the Trials and Troubles of the Church of England from her Enemies both at home and abroad so great will be her Joy her Triumphs and Victory over her Enemies both at home and abroad for the Lord will restore Health unto thee and will heal thee of thy Wounds therefore fear thou not nor be dismayed for the Lord who is most Great and most Good will save thee from afar and thy Seed from the Land of their Captivity and thou shalt be in Rest and Quiet and none shall make thee afraid for the Lord who is most wise and most strong is with thee to save thee though he should make a full End of those Nations that Worship Idols and Graven Images yet will he not make a full end of thee but he will correct thee in Measure and will not leave thee altogether unpunished therefore sing with gladness for Jacob and shout among the chief of the Nations Publish ye Praise and say O Lord save thy People the Remnant of Israel the Remnant of England the Remnant of London after such devouring Wars a wasting Pestilence and Consuming Fires for the Lord who is most great and most good he kills and he makes alive he wounds and he heals he casts down and he raises up a Person a Family a City and a Kingdom when he will and by whom he will The Lord that scattered Israel has scattered England and wounded London for is there any Evil in the City but the Lord has done it by inflicting of it and permitting of it for the Workers of Iniquity the Seed of Evil doers the Children of Disobedience are Gods Rod and Gods Sword to punish his Children when they walk contrary unto him but as the End of the Rod is to be burnt so the End of the wicked is to be cut off they are such Chaff that the Lord knows when and how to scatter them and such Briars and Thorns that he can when he please with much Ease consume them Who ever hardened themselves against God and prospered What got proud Pharaoh with his Six hundred chosen Chariots and all the Chariots of Egypt but sudden ruine and destruction What got Sizera with his Nine Hundred Chariots of Iron but shameful ruine and destruction For himself was killed by a Woman and his Army of a sudden routed and destroyed What got Sennacherib that proud King of Assyria who did insult and reproach against the living God and the good King Hezekiah but in one Night it pleased the Lord to send his Angel who did destroy a Hundred fourscore and five Thousand of his Men almost two Hundred Thousand a great Army but yet not Power and Strength enough to withstand one Angel And when the proud King departed and came to Nineveh as he was worshiping his Idol-God
of a good Matter and their Tongue to be as the Pen of a ready Writer that that so they may declare the thing that they have framed for the great Honour and Renown of the King our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain and the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of his Kingdoms How welcom should because how Beautiful are the Feet of him that bringeth good Tidings that publisheth Peace that bringeth good Tidings of good that saith unto Sion the Church of England Thy God Raigneth Awake awake put on thy Strength O Zion put on thy Beautiful Garments O Church of England shake thy self from the Dust from the Reproaches that thy Enemies have cast upon thee Loose thy self from the bands of thy Neck for thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left and thy Seed shall inherit the Gentiles and make the desolate Cities to be inhabited in Righteousness shalt thou be established thou shalt be far from Oppression for thou shalt not fear and from terror for it shall not come near thee so as to hurt thee the Sons of them that have afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee and all that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the Soles of thy Feet And thy Enemies shall call thee O Church of England the City of the Lord the Zion of the Holy One of Israel Sing O Barren thou that didst not bear break forth into Singing and cry aloud thou that didst not travel with Child for more are the Children of the Desolate than the Children of the Married Wife saith the Lord Rejoyce ye with Jerusalem with the City of London and be glad with her all ye that love her Rejoyce for Joy with her all ye that have mourned for her for the Lord will extend Peace to her like a River and the Glory of the Gentiles like a slowing Stream then shall ye suck and be satisfied with the Breasts of her Consolations with the Means of Grace which God has appointed for he will give unto thee O Church of England more and more Teachers after his own heart which shall feed his people with Knowledge and Understanding so that they shall milk out and be delighted with the abundance of thy Glory And when you see this you that are full of Fears and Doubts what will become of Zion What will become of the Church of England Your Hearts shall rejoyce and your Bones shall flourish like an Herb for the Hand of the Lord the Power of the Lord will be known towards his Servants and his Indignation towards his Enemies The Nations that know not thy God O Church of England who is the true and the ever-living God will be ashamed and confounded for all their Wisdom their Power and Strength they shall lay their hand upon their Mouth their Ears will be deaf they shall lick the Dust like a Serpent they shall move out of their holes like Worms of the Earth they shall be afraid of the Lord our God and shall fear because of thee O Church of England The Lord will be terrible unto thy Enemies he will famish all the Gods of the Earth that men may worship him every one in his place even all the Isles of the Heathen then the rejoycing City that dwelt carelesly that said in her Heart I am and there is none beside me how will she become a Desolation a place for Beasts to lie down in every one that passeth by her shall hiss and wag his head for the Pope of Rome who is the Whore of Babylon and the Man of Sin will become the Man of Sorrow for the Lord will pour Contempt upon them that have poured Contempt upon his Word and Sacraments as all unbelieving Jews bruitish Atheists wicked bloody and deceitful Papists proud Dissentors and rebellious Sectaries have done But if that they will not learn in these days of the Gospel to be humbled and reformed they will be ashamed and confounded Fear not O Land but be glad and rejoyce for the Lord who is most wise and most strong will do great things for thee O England for thee O London above other Nations for as thou hast had great sorrow and misery so thou wilt have great honour and prosperity The time is come in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain that for thy shame the Lord will give thee double Honour and for Confusion thou shalt greatly Rejoyce everlasting Joy shall be unto thee Thou hast drunken deep of the Cup of Gods Anger but thy Enemies they that hate thee O Church of England will drink the Dregs of it Be glad then ye Children of Zion and rejoyce in the Lord your God for thou shalt be no more tearmed Forsaken for thou shalt forget the shame of thy Youth and shalt not remember the Reproach of thy Widow-hood any more for thy Maker is thine Husband the Lord of Hosts is his Name The Lord thy God in the midst of thee O Church of England is mighty he will save he will rejoyce over thee with Joy he will rest in his Love he will joy over thee with Singing and the Gentiles shall see thy Righteousness and all Kings thy Glory for thou wilt be as a Crown of Glory in the hand of the Lord and as a Royal Diadem in the hand of thy God For as a young man marrieth a Virgin so will thy Sons marry thee and as the Bridegroom rejoyceth over the Bride so will thy God rejoyce over thee Therefore ye that make mention of the Lord keep not silence and give him no rest till he establish and till he make Jerusalem the City of London a Praise in the Earth Praise the Lord O Jerusalem praise thy God O Zion for he hath strengthned the Bars of thy Gates he hath blessed thy Children within thee he maketh peace in thy Borders and filleth thee with the sinest of the Wheat He sheweth his Word unto Jacob his Statutes and his Judgments unto Israel He hath not dealt so with other Nations and as for his Judgments they have not known them Praise ye the Lord that be wise for it is good to sing Praises unto our God for it is pleasant and praise is comely For great is our Lord and of great Power his Understanding is insinite he lifteth up the meek with much ease when they be brought low he casteth the wicked down to the ground when they be so proud as not to know him and so high as not to fear him O that all the Sons and the Daughters of Men in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain would learn to be wise and to know those things that do concern their Everlasting Peace before they go hence and be seen no more for Time flies and Man daily dies there is not an Hour in a Day but many have their Breath taken away All flesh is grass
out of the hands of unreasonable bloody and deceitful men for all men have not Faith that do profess itâ— Let all pray that the Lord would by his wisdom and power establish his Majesties Royal Throne in Righteousness and enable his Royal Majesty to be a Terrour to all the Workers of Evil and a Praise to them that do well Let all pray that the God of Heaven and Earth would bless his Boyal Majesty with all temporal spiritual and eternal Blessings and when this mortal life of his shall be at an end that the Lord who is most great and most good would give him an everlasting Life and a glorious and unmortal Crown in his own Kingdom Let all that can pray pray that the Lord would bless our Royal Sovereign in all his Royal Relations thâ—â— the word would ennoble them to be true and fruitful Branches of the most Royal Vine that they may slourish in the Courts of Gods House and bring forth such Fruits as will be most suitable and seasonable pleasant profitable and comfortable to themselves and others Let all that can pray pray that the Lord who is most wise and most strong would bless our Royal and Gracious Sovereign with wise and faithful Counsellours that the Lord would counsel them with his Holy Spirit and enable them to be the Repairers of our Breaches and the Restorers of our Paths to dwell in It is the Blessing of the Lord that doth make rich and it is his Blessing that doth make weak and unlikely means effectual but without his Blessing neither Wisdom Power Strength or Counsel can be succesful Let all that can pray pray that the Lord would bless our Royal Sovereign with a wise godly and learned Clergy the Reverend Bishops and all the Ministers of Gods holy Word and Sacraments the Lord make them more and more faithful unto him to our Royal Sovereign 〈◊〉 Majesty of Great Britain to the 〈…〉 and to the Church of England To this end the Lord bestow a double portion of 〈…〉 upon them and grant that they may 〈…〉 of their Labours the salvation of many Souls which will be the Joy of Angels and a Crown to their Ministry Let all that can pray pray that in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Sovereign his Majesty of Great Bâ—â—â—ain the Lord would bless all people in all Mations with truth of grace strength of grace and increase of grace Let all pray that can that the Lord would raise up those that are fallen into the mire of Sin and that he would be pleased to strengthen them that do stand in the good old way of Piety and Honesty as it is taught in the Church of England Let all pray that in these days of the Gospel the Lord would forgive our Enemies Persecutors and Slanderers and turn their hearts That he would be pleased to have mercy upon all men that so his Mercy and Wisdom and Power may be more and more known upon earth and his saving health among all Nations that so among all people there may be a general Reformation which will bring great Joy Peace and Consolation And to his Majesty of Great Britain and to the Church of England great Honour and Exaltation Let not any despise the day of small things for what I have made known in much weakness and many infirmities against much opposition and contradiction I know that the God of Heaven will raise it with great power 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 the great honour and exaltation of his Majesty of Great Britain and the great peace and prosperity of many Kingdoms which will be brought about in the days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Sovereign Cryout and shout thou Inhabitant of Zion thou Church of England for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee to counsel comfort and to strengthen thee in thy troubles and to bring thee to great honour and glory So that all thy Enemies that have been incensed against thee will be ashamed and confounded if that they will not Conform and Reform to the Protestant Religion as it is established in the Church of England which is for Vnity Peace and Concord the best which would have all the Sons and the Daughters of Men to live in the fear of God and to die in his favour then they will not be afraid to die nor asham'd to live but their last works and days will be best It is high and honourable work pleasant prositable and delightsom work it is victorious and crowning-work That the God of Heaven has stirr'd me up for to engage with him in this day of his power 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 and the great peace and prosperity of many Kingdoms It is such work that the French King with all his Men and Money has not done cannot do nor knows how to do And why because his Wisdom is Foolishness and his Strength is Weakness to bring it about his Wisdom and his Strength will deceive him and all that trust to their carnal wisdom power and strength in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Sovereign Their wisdom is foolishness and their strength is weakness who are not careful to make themselves strong in the Lord in the Lord Jehovah and in the power of his might O great is the power of Faith that doth inable a mortal man to know that his wisdom and strength is in the Immortal God and to get wisdom and strength from him to be useful and serviceable for him in his Generation for the great Honour of Him and the King and the peace and prosperity of many Nations O great is the power of Faith that doth inable the Sons of Men to be most useful and serviceable both in Church and State and that in the worst of times and before the best of men It is the power of Faith that doth inable the Sons of Men for to have power with the God of Heaven to get power from him and to act with Power for the great Honour of him and the King and the great Peace and Prosperity of his Kingdoms What I have done can do or shall do by the Power of Faith which is the Power of God in this Noble Design which I have made known in time for the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of Mankind I would have all Wise Strong Rich and Learned Men give all the Glory to the God of Heaven because all Glory is due to him both from Man and Angels And that continually the Lord who is most wise and most strong knows when an I how for to
men under the Heavens are bound to know their Creator so as to fear him but there be many of the Sons and the Daughters of Men that will labour to know him so as to love serve and to honour him which will prove most comfortable to themselves and most profitable to others Let the man be what he will or whom he will in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain in whom the Lord of Hosts doth arise his Enemies shall be scattered and they that hate him shall flee before him as Wax melteth before the sire so will all the workers of iniquity at the presence of the Lord but the Righteous shall be glad and rejoyce for a long time The Church of Rome the King of Spain and the proud French King has endeavoured to undermine and overthrow the Protestant Religion His Majesty of Great Britain and the Church of England but the time is come that they are to know that they are to be brought very low if that they will not Conform and Reform to the Protestant Religion to the Nine and thirty Doctrines of the Church of England There is no man worthy to be a Minister of the Gospel in England Scotland France and Ireland that doth or should oppose gain-say or preach against any of the Nine and thirty Doctrines of the Church of England The Enemies against the Church of England are many both at home and abroad but I shall endeavour by the power of Faith which is the power of God for to do what I can to over-throw them as one man and to set a-work they that have power in their hand that they may be subdu'd both by Sea and Land that so the people may know the true and the everliving God and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent then will the Earth bring forth great increase and among all people in all Nations there will be a free Trade great Joy and a lasting Peace The Lord who is most Great and most Good knows when how and by whom he pleases for to speak peace to a Person a Family a City and a Kingdom and when he speaks peace to his People to any of his Saints let them not turn again to Folly but let them renew their Obedience and double their Diligence The Lord will satiate the Soul of the Priests of his Ministers with Fatness and the people with his Goodness surely his Salvation is nigh them that fear him that Glory may dwell in our Land Mercy and Truth are met together Righteousness and Peace have kissed each other Truth shall spring out of the Earth Righteousness shall look down from Heaven yea the Lord will give that which is good so that our Land will yield her Increase Righteousness will go before him and set us in the way of his Steps The Lord who is most Great and most Good will be known by his Judgments and his Mercies for he is a God that judgeth the earth for the Lord is a God of knowledge and by him all mens Thoughts and Actions are weighed That our Royal Soveraign his Majesty of Great Britain may be willing to countenance encourage and set forward this Noble Design that Divine Wisdom and Power has enabled me to make known in time for the Glory of his Great Name and to have his Enemies brought to shame His Royal Majesty will find that many Princes and Nations will assist him and that which is more than all them the God of Heaven who has all Power in his own hand and the whole Creation at Command will in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign make bare his Arm and manifest his Wisdom Power and Strength to bring down the Turk the Pope the French King and the King of Spain that so many Nations may be freed from slavery and throughout the whole World there may be great joy peace and prosperity Sing unto the Lord thy God O Church of England for he hath done excellent things this is known in all the Earth for among the Gods there is none like unto him there is not one that can do as he has done Say to them therefore that are of a fearful Heart be strong fear not for the True and the Everlasting God will come with vengeance and rebukes upon his Enemies but with great recompence and rewards will he come and save and deliver his People that wait upon him and put their trust and confidence in him therefore cry out and Shout thou Inhabitant of Sion thou Church of England for great is the Holy one of Israel in the midst of thee for to bring thee to great honour renown and fame and thy Enemies to great shame Behold the Whirl-wind of the Lord goeth forth with fury a continuing Whirl-wind it will fall with pain upon the Head of the Wicked the fierce anger of the Lord will not return until he hath performed the intents of his Heart in these latter daies many will see it and consider of it thy God O Church of England is my God thy cause is my cause thy troubles have been my greatest trouble and thy Enemies are my worst Enemies I have laid to Heart more the troubles of the Church of England and of his Majesty of Great Britain than the Death of a Wife and seven Children I have laid them more to Heart than all the tryals troubles losses crosses and reproaches that I have met withal from my Youth to this present time I have laid them so to Heart that many will be made to smart that have endeavoured to undermine and to overthrow the Protestant Religion his Majesty of Great Britain and the Church of England I have laid them so to Heart that many will be made to smart that will not conform and reform to the Protestant Religion as it is establisht in the Church of England When the Lyon Roars all the Beasts of the Field tremble the Lord has not been much minded nor regarded by his Judgements of Plague Fire and Sword but he will be minded and regarded by a still Voice by inabling of me for to make known his mind for the terror of Evil doers the Voice of the Lord is powerful the Voice of the Lord is full of Majesty the Voice of the Lord breaketh the Cedars yea the Lord breaketh the Cedars of Lebanon The Lord thy God O Church of England who is most great and most good will be known to be the True and Everlasting God among the Sons of men for by terrible things in Righteousness will he answer them For a long time the Lord has holden his peace he has been still and refrained himself but now will he cry like a Travelling Woman he will destroy and devour at once and that without making of many words or having the Voice much heard The time is come that in these Gospel days and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign his Majesty of
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
of Faith which is the Power of the God of Heaven Men of Renown have Subdued Kingdoms wrought Righteousness Obtained Promises Stopped the Mouths of Lyons out of Weakness were made Strong have waxed Valiant in Fight and turned many to Flight Divine Faith which is more Precious then Gold will Enable a Man to be as bold as a Lion stronger then Samson and Wiser than the Devil in the overcoming of Evil and the doing of Good in his Generation for the great Honour of God the King and Nation but the want of so Excellent a Jewel as Divine Faith which is a Supporting and a Comforting Grace will make all the Workers of Iniquity throughout the whole World to Tremble for all their Carnal Wisdom Power and Strength it is not said that a Man shall Overcome the World by his Wisdom Power and Strength but by his Faith by Beleiving in the Son of God and owning of him and appearing for him It is by Faith I stand and by Faith that I do Understand the Mind of the God of Heaven what is to be done among the Sons of Men the Wisest and the Chiefest among them in these Days of the 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 Honour and Exaltation of our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain and for the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of many Kingdoms To Write and to Speak the same thing again and again it is needful when it is Suitable and Seasonable Profitable Comfortable and Advantageous to a Person a Family a City or a Kingdom In these Days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain it will be known who are Sons of the Church of England and who are Sons for the Church of England many may be Sons of the Church of England that be a Burden and Reproach to the Church of England but to be a Son for the Church of England doth Imply to seek the Good and Welfare of the Church of England the Peace and Settlement of the Church of England the great Joy and Triump of the Church of England which will bring great Honour and Exaltation to His Majesty of Great Britain and great Peace and Prosperity to his Kingdoms There is a Generation among the Sons of Men that have a Name to Live and are Dead that be pure in their own Eyes but yet not Cleansed from their Iniquities these are too Wise for to say our Saviours Prayer and the Church of England's Prayer because they have been so long Ruled by the Prince of the Air who Rules in the Children of Disobedience and is Active with them in all their Treasons These have made the Church of England Black with Reproaches cast upon her but she is Comely in her Graces before the God of Heaven and in her Carriage before Wise and Understanding Men but before them that be more Nice then Wise she is Despised in their Eyes But in these Dayes of the Gospel the Lord who is most Wise and most Strong will make it appear who be for him or against him and his Annointed our Royal and Gracious Soveraign The Lord whose Wisdom is unsearchable and his Power unresistable is a Wonder-working God the Wonders that he has wrought for his Children when they have been Sould and Bought is to be Admired and Remembred by all Persons in all Nations How was the Jews sold and bought to be destroyed by that wicked Haman and flattering Courtier But what did he get but shame and confusion for he was taken in his own Net did fall into his own Pit and his violent Dealings came down upon his own Pate for he was hanged upon the same Gallows that he built for faithfull and honourable Mordecai What got the Spanish Aâ—adâ— and the Gun-powder Traytors against Englands Royal Church and State Were they not ashamed confounded and many destroyed O that men would praise the Lord for his goodness and for his wonderful works unto the children of men How many times has the Lord of Hosts saved and delivered England again and again when that they have been sold and bought to have been destroyed by the Pope the French King and the King of Spain But the God of Heaven doth Night and Day watch over and defend this Nation to bring the Enemies of his Gospel to thame and desolation that will not conform and reform to the Pretestant Religion as it is Established in the Church of England For a long time the Turk the Pope the French King and the King of Spain have kept many Nations in slavery for the Devil and their own lust But the time is come that in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Sovereign will their Wisdom their Power and Strength their Honours and Riches their great and high Places be soon laid in the dust but for the great Honour and Renown of the Protestant Religion for the great Joy and Triumph of the Church of England for the great Peace and Prosperity of many Kingdoms will His Majesty of Great Britains Crown and Kingdoms flourish among all Nations while there is a Generation So that the God of Heaven will bless the Earth with great encrease and among all people in all Nations there will be a Free Trade great Joy and a lasting Peace It becomes all the Ministers of the Gospel all wise strong rich and learned men that will prove themselves faithful to the God of Heaven to His Majesty of Great Britain to the Protestant Religion and to the Church of England for to countenance and encourage this Noble Design that Divine Wisdom and Power has enabled me for to make known in time for the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of Mankind Let the man be what he will or whom he will whom the great Great and the Mighty God doth stir up to engage with him for to make known his Mind for the great Honour and Exaltation of a Kings Person and the great Peace and Prosperity of many Nations that Man ought to be minded and regarded by the Wise Godly and the Learned because that his Work is high and honourable Work pleasant prositable and delightsom Work and will prove victorious glorious and crowning Work it will Crown the God of Heaven with much Glory among the Sons of Men and our Royal Sovereign His Majesty of Great Britain with great Honour and Power over them over all Heathen and Popish Kings Priests Princes and Emperours in the world That this may be done and well done let all that do profess the Protestant Religion that can pray pray for the long life and prosperous and victorious Reign of our Royal Sovereign his Majesty of Great Britain that the Lord would enable him to be as Good as Great and keep him at all times and in all places as the Apple of his own Eye the Lord deliver him always
is a Garden inclosed a Spring shut up a Fountain sealed from the world but it is in the World The men of the World will condemn many that do profess Religion for they love their own and will not quarrel contend and slight one another so much as they that be for this Party and that Party for this Opinion and that Opinion and all against the Church of England It has been want of love to God and to Fellow-members that has caused so much Strife and Contention Sedition and Rebellion for about Fourty years that it has been only the Lords mercy that we have not been confounded nor consumed long before now But shall we still provoke the Lord to anger who is most Great and most good will he not provoke us to anger even to the shame and confusion of our own Faces if that we will not Conform and Reform to him and to the Government of the Church of England Has not the Church of England Enemies enough from the Church of Rome to Encounter withal But must she be slighted and undervalued vexed and perplexed by them that should readily and willingly assist her but not in the least resist her What ever Wisdom Power Courage or any Grace any Member has received in the Church of England they ought to prove it and improve it and to know when and how for to manifest it for the great peace and prosperity of the Church of England and not to make a noise about Religion to be the Head of this Party or that Society that is divided from the Church of England This is that which makes Mutiny and Confusion it argues too much self-seeking and will prove unto many self-undoing As all the Members of the natural Body act for the good of that Body so all the Members of the Church of England ought for to act for the great Honour Peace and Prosperity of the Church of England or else they be not for her but against her The mighty God who is most Great and most Good will plead thy Cause O Church of England therefore let the Tuâ—k the Pope and the Devil and all the Workers of evil combine and design to undermine and overthrow the Church of England they will be deceived confounded and for ever ashamed The Lord of Hosts hath purposed and who shall disannul it And his hand is stretched out and who shall turn it back Is not destruction to the wicked and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity Therefore let not any Envy or Fret at the prosperity of the Wicked but rather let them be pitied For if that they do not bring forth good Fruit in due season they will soon be cut down like the Grass and wither as the green Herb But the Salvation of the Righteous is of the Lord he is their Strength in the time of trouble he will help save and deliver them because they trust in him but the Transgressours will be destroyed together the end of the Wicked is to be cut off the Lord of Hosts hath broken the Staff of the Wicked and the Scepter of the Rulers For Babylon the Glory of Kingdoms the Beauty of the Chaldees Excellency will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah How art thou fallen from Heaven O Lucifer Son of the Morning How art thou cut down to the ground which didst weaken the Nations The Lord of Hosts will rise up against Babylon and cut off from them what he has promised the Name and Remnant and Son and Nephew saith the Lord. He who smote the people in wrath with a continual Stroke He that ruled the Nations in anger is persecuted and none hindreth Then this Proverb will be taken up against the King of Babylon and many will say How hath the Oppressor ceased the golden City ceased that made the world as a wilderness and destroyed the Cities thereof that opened not the house of his prisoners Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming it stirreth up the dead for thee even all the chief ones of the earth it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the Nations all they shall speak and say unto thee Art thou also become weak as we Art thou become like unto us thy pomp is brought down to the grave and the noise of thy Viols the worm is spread under thee and the worms cover thee for thou hast said in thy heart thou wilt ascend into heaven thou wilt exalt thy throne above the stars of God thou wouldst ascend above the heights of the clouds thou wouldst be like the most high Yet thou shelt be brought down to hell to the sides of the pit they that see thee they shall narrowly look upon thee and consider thee saying Is this the man that made the world to tremble that did shake kingdoms The Lord of Hosts who is most wise and most strong will punish the World for their Evil and the Wicked for their Iniquities He will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease and will lay low the haughtiness of the Terrible And when the Lord hath performed his whose Work upon Mount Sion and on Jerusalem he will then punish the stout heart of the King of Assyria and the glory of his high looks Shall the Axe boast it self against him that heweth therewith Or shall the Saw magnifie it self against him that shaketh it As if the Rod should shake it self against them that lift it up Or as if the Staff should hit up it self as if it were no wood Cannot the Potter do with the Clay as he please As the Clay is in the hands of the Potter so are all men in all Nations in the hands of the Lord of Hosts to rule and over-rule them at his will and pleasure Therefore let all the Inhabitants of the World fear him let them tremble at his presence who has placed the Sand for the bound of the Sea by a perpetual Decree that it cannot pass it though the Waves thereof toss themselves yet can they not prevail though they roar yet can they not pass over it And shall the Workers of Iniquity the Seed of evil Doers the Children of Disobedience the Enemies of the Gospel rage and fret and combine and design to undermine and overthrow the Workers of Righteousness those that be faithful to the Protestant Religion and to his Majesty of Great Britain and the Church of England but it will tend to their own shame and confusion For the Righteous will slourish but Destruction will be to the Workers of Iniquity though they may make a Covenant and Agreement with Death and with Hell when the over-flowing Scourge shall pass thorow that it may not come unto them but they will be deceived because they have made Lyes their Refuge therefore their Covenant with Death shall be disanulled and their Agreement with Hell shall not stand When the over-slowing Scourge shall pass thorow then they shall be trodden down by it
From the time that it goeth forth it shall take them for morning by morning will it pass over by day and by night And it will be a vexation unto the Workers of Iniquity the Enemies of the Protestant Religion and of the Church of England only to understand the Report thereof Let not any be Mockers and Scoffers and say Where is the Promise of his coming least their Bands be made strong for behold the Lord who is most wise and most strong most gracious and most glorious who has been for a long time much provoked being slighted and undervalued by unbelieving Jews bruitish Atheists wicked bloody and deceitful Papists and rebellious Dissentors and Sectaries He cometh out of his place to punish the Inhabitants of the Earth for their Iniquity for though the Lord who is most great has his Throne in the highest Heavens yet when he pleases for his peoples ease he can come into the lowest heart for to make the Enemies of his Gospel throughout the whole World to smart therefore Fear and the Pit and the Snare are upon thee O Inhabitant of the Earth It shall come to pass that he who sleeth from the noise of the Fear shall fall into the Pit and he that cometh out of the midst of the Pit shall be taken in the Snare when he ariseth to shake terribly the Earth Therefore let all that be wise of heart that would be secure enter into the Rock of Ages for safety let them humble themselves for fear of the Lord and for the glory of his most Excellent Majesty for the losty looks of men will be humbled and their haughtiness bowed down for the Lord thy God O Church of England will be exalted in the hearts of men for his wonderful works and great mercy towards them But they that have not made the Lord of Hosts in these days of the Gospel their strong Hold and City of Refuge what will they do in the Day of Visitation and in the Desolation which shall come from far To whom will they slee for help And where will they leave their Glory Who will in such a day as this is plead for Baal for Idol-worship Or who will undertake to uphold Babylon Babylon is fallen by Gods Decree who doth fore-see how all things will be The time is come that Babylon shall fall suddenly and all the graven Images of her Gods and the Idols will be utterly abolisht They that will plead for Baal let them be put to death if he be a God let him plead for himself What saith the Lord who is the true and the ever-living God who is to be feared and served by all people in all Nations Learn not the way of the Heathens and be not dismayed at the Signs of the Heavens for the Heathens are dismayed at them For the Customs of bruitish Atheists and foolish Papists is vain for one cutteth a Tree out of the Forest the work of the hands of the Workman with the Ax they deck it with Silver and with Gold they fasten it with Nails and with Hammers that it move not they are upright as the Palm-tree but speak not they must needs be born because they cannot go therefore let not any be afraid of them for they cannot do evil neither also is it in them to do good they have Mouths but they speak not Eyes have they but they see not they have Hands but they handlenot Feet have they but they walk not neither speak they through their Throat They that make them are like unto them so is every one that trusteth in them But let them that fear the true ever-living God trust in him and he will be their Help and their Shield he will encourage them in well-doing and reward them for well doing both in this World and in a better But the Workers of Iniquity and Seed of Evil Doers the Children of Disobedience are Confounded by their Graven Images for their Molten Image is Falshood and there is no Breath in them They are Vanity and the Work of Errours in the time of their Visitation they shall perish the Portion of Jacob is not like them for he is the Former of all things and Israel is the Rod of his Inheritance the Lord of Hosts is his Name The Lord of Hosts hath his Battel Axes and Weapons of War whereby he can when he pleases and with whom he pleases in the day of his Power break in Pieces the Nations and destroy Kingdoms break in Pieces the Horse and his Rider and the Chariot and his Rider The Lord has broke in Pieces both Man and Woman both Old and Young he has broke in Pieces both the Shepherd and his Flock the Husbandman and his Yoke of Oxen both Captains and Rulers the Lord has done it and will do it They that walk contrary unto him that will not Labour to Know him so as to Fear Love Serve and to Honour him he will walk contrary unto them so as to Wound them and Confound them Put your selves in Array against Babylon all you Wise Strong Rich and Learned Men that be Faithsul to the God of Heaven to his Annointed our Royal and Gracious Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain to the Protestant Religion and to the Church of England Put your selves in Array against her round about all ye that bend the Bow or handle the Sword shout at her spare no Arrows for she hath sinned against the Lord thy God O Church of England who is most great and most good most gracious and most glorious Shout against her round about for it is the vengeance of the Lord who is most wise and most strong therefore take vengeance upon her As she hath done do unto her set ye up a Standard in the Land blow the Trumpet among the Nations prepare the Nations against her call together against her the Kingdoms appoint a Captain against her prepare against her the Nations with the Kings of the Medes the Captains thereof and all the Rulers thereof and all the Land of his dominion The Land shall tremble and sorrow for every purpose of the Lord thy God O Church of England will be performed against Babylon to make the Land of Babylon a Desolation without an Inhabitant In these days of the Gospel many will see it and be glad and rejoyce the mighty men of Babylon will forbear to sight because it is the vengeance of the Lord the vengeance of his Temple Babylon which is the Church of Rome hath been a golden Cup that has made all the Earth drunken the Nations have drunken of her Wine therefore the Nations are mad You that do truly fear and love the true God flee out of the midst of Babylon and deliver every man his Soul that they may not be cut off in her Iniquity for this is the time of the Lords vengeance who will render unto her a Recompence for her Judgment reacheth unto Heaven and is listed up even unto the Skies therefore
he was killed by two of his Sons they that should have been his best Friends were his worst Enemies What got Ambitious and Proud Haman who plotted and contrived the destruction of many Thousands of the Jews but the ruine of himself and all his Posterity for both he and his Ten Sons were Hanged for such Treachery But yet the workers of Iniquity the Seed of Evil doers the Children of Disobedience are not afraid nor ashamed to combine and design to destroy the Righteous although the Righteous Lord who is most Wise and most strong doth defend them and will Wound and Consume them that do offend them What says our Saviour who is the Lord of Life and the King of Glory It were better that a Milstone were Hanged about the Neck of unbelieving Jews Bruitish Athiests wicked bloody and deceitful Papists and rebellious Dissentors and Sectaries than to offend the least Member that doth believe in him because they be as dear unto him as the Apple of his Eye they are his purchased ransomed and redeemed ones they are his chosen and beloved ones They are the travel of his Soul and for them he has prepared both a Kingdom and a Crown which is immortal and unchangeable but there is not any of the Sons and the Daughters of Men that can merit or purchase it in what they can do or suffer therefore say unto the righteous be what they will where they will and whom they will that it will be well with them It will be well with them here in their worst condition and under their greatest Tryals Troubles and Afflictions but it will be better with them hereafter for Eye hath not seen nor Ear heard nor the Heart of Man is not able to conceive what God has laid up for them that love him but wo unto the Wicked unto all the workers of Iniquity because it will go ill with them they will have the fruit of their own doings of their own works and not the fruit of Christs merits and purchase because they do slight and undervalue him and will not be ruled by him who is the wisest Counsellor the best Comforter and the greatest Suporter who is a present help in time of trouble But the Wicked the Seed of Evil doers the Children of Disobedience the Workers of Iniquity the Enemies of the Gospel do many times fall into trouble and their Friends leave them the Devil hates them and God forsakes them but whosoever they be that hearkeneth unto the Lord so as to abey him will dwell safely and be quiet from the fear of Evil much more from the lust of Evil but for the Workers of Iniquity the Seed of Evil doers the Children of Disobedience though Hand joyn in Hand they will not be unpunished but many times Transgressors and the Workers of Iniquity are destroyed together What got the Spanish Armado whom the Pope called the Invincible Armado presuming no power could with-stand them much less overcome them But it pleased the Lord who is most great and most good to help his Hand-maid Elizabeth Queen of England of Blessed Memory that they was so in giving her a Victorious and a Glorious Conquest barer'd and scater'd so defaced and disgraced that they will never recover while they be a Nation And that Men would praise the Lord for his goodness and for his wonderful works unto the Children of Men when that the Enemies of the Gospel do what they can to destroy them But though they should dig as deep as Hell from the Eye of Men yet the Eye of God doth alwaies see them What got the bloody Papists the Gun-powder Traytors by combining and designing to undermine and overthrow with one blow Religion Laws and Liberty Nobility and Gentry Yea all the Royal Family But it pleased the Lord whose Wisdom is unsearchable to help the King to understand the Traytors Treason and to give that Wisdom to his Majesties Royal Grand-Father King James of England of famous Memory that his Friends did Admire him and his Enemies was Confounded by him for he soon apprehended the Plot and gave speedy order for the discovering and securing of the Traytors which was soon done and they brought to their deserved shame and ruine for they were taken in their own Nets did fall into their own Pits and there violent Dealings came down upon their own Pates The Lord who is most wise and most strong will not cast away a perfect Man neither will he help the Evil doers but Evil doers will he cut off but they that wait upon the Lord will inherit the Earth In these Gospel days and in the Reign of our Royal Sovereign his Majesty of Great Britain great will be the Peace of the Church of Christ through the whole world but especially in England Scotland France and Ireland therefore many will come and Sing in the Right of Sion and shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord for Wheat and for Wine and for Oil and for the Young of the Flock and of the Herd and their Soul shall be as a Water'd Garden and they shall not Sorrow any more at all as they have done then will the Virgin rejoyce in the Dance both Young Men and Old together for the Lord will turn their Mourning into Joy and will Comfort them and will make them Rejoyce from their sorrow and it will come to pass that like as the Lord hath Watched over his People to pluck up and to break down and to throw down and to destroy and to afflict so will he Watch over them to Build and to Plant and he will gather them out of all Countries whither he hath driven them in his Anger in his Fury and in great Wrath and the Lord will bring them again unto his Holy Place to worship him in a right Manner And he will cause them to dwell safely and he will be their God and they shall be his People and the Lord will give them one heart and one way that they may fear love and serve him for ever for the good of themselves and of their Children after them And because the Sons and the Daughters of Men do too often forget to remember their Creator Redeemer and Preserver he will make an Everlasting Covenant with them that he will not turn away from them to do them good but he will put his fear in their hearts that they shall not depart from him yea the Lord will rejoyce over them to do them good and will plant them in his Land with his whole heart and with his whole soul assuredly For as the Lord who is most wise and most strong has brought great evil upon his people for their rebellion so will he bring upon them all the good that he has promised that so they may be humbled and reformed for the goodness of God should lead men to repentance but not unto disobedience He that knows his Masters will and doth it not shall be beaten with many stripes All
all for all or against all when and by whom he please for as his Wisdom is unsearchable so his Power it is unresistable though the Instrument he may use among wise strong rich and learned men may be mean and contemptible But ever since that I have been precious in the Eyes of the most great and glorious God I have been honourable therefore I have not coveted after Silver or Gold Houses or Lands Offices or great Places but I have laboured and coveted to get and to keep to prove and to improve Rich Graces that so my Fruit may be better than Gold and may do more good for the Honour and Renown of the Protestant Religion for the great Exaltation of His Majesty of Great Britain and the great Peace and Prosperity of many Kingdoms than an Army of Men or thousands or ten thousands of Gold or Silver has done I have no grace but what I have received so I have none to be proud of I have not received any but what I have laboured to improve so I have not any to be prodigal with the least grace which I have received from the God of all grace I do esteem it above all the Honours and Riches in the World because that true Grace it is abiding satisfying lasting and everlasting but for the Honours the Riches and Pleasures of this World they be short they be not abiding satisfying nor long-lasting therefore they that would have Grace which is Heavenly Treasure to thrive in their Soul they must value and esteem it above Silver and Gold To be made Partaker of the Divine Nature it is high Honour and great Favour The Righteous shall be glad in the Lord because they trust in him and all the upright in heart will glory Salvation comes not from the Mountains nor from the Hills not from wise strong rich and learned men but from the Lord who made the Earth and the Heavens and that when and by whom he will that all the Glory may redound to him for his right Hand and holy Arm hath the preheminence over all persons in all Nations Let them shout for joy and be glad that favour my Righteous Cause yea let them say continually Let the Lord be magnified which hath pleasure in the Prosperity of his Servants and my Tongue shall speak of his Righteousness and of his Praise all the day long for he hath done marvellous things All the Ends of the Earth that have not seen will see the Salvation of God He maketh Wars to cease unto the End of the Earth He breaketh the Bow and cutteth the Spear asunder and burneth the Chariots in the fire when he pleaseth and by whom he please in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain They that trust to their Chariots and Horses will fail but they that trust in the Lord Jehovah in the use of Means and above Means will prevail There is a River the Streams thereof will make glad the City of God which is the Church of God throughout the whole World For one fair Flood doth send abroad such pleasant Streams apace to refresh the City of our God and to wash his Holy Place Is not the Mighty God in Sion Go walk about and go round about her tell the Towers thereof mark ye well her Bulwarks consider her Palaces that ye may tell it to the Generation following for God who is most wise and most strong is with her and is known in her Palaces for a Refuge She is Beautiful for Situation the Joy of the whole Earth is Mount Sion and the City of the great King The Kings of the Earth in these days of the Gospel and in the Raign of our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain they will admire her Wisdom Power and Strength her Honours Riches and great Glory Shall Deliverance be at hand and the Church of England at a stand Shall there be a Well of Water near Hagar and she weep and be in distress Who hath heard such a thing who hath seen such things Shall the Earth be made to bring forth in one day Or shall a Nation be born at once For as soon as Sion travelled she brought forth before her pain came she was delivered of a Man-child Shall the Lord who is most Wise and most Strong bring to the Birth and not cause to bring forth or cause to bring forth and shut the Womb saith thy God No it will not be for in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain the God of Heaven has many Sons and Daughters that are grown up and many to be brought up and more to be brought forth in the use of the Means of Grace which he has appointed and the Church of England has ordained but all the Children of the Most High that are brought up and grown up and to be brought forth all is to be in opposition to the Turk the Pope and the Devil and all the Workers of Evil which will tend very much 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 the great Joy and Triumph of the Church of England the great Exaltation of His Majesty of Great Britain and the great Peace and Prosperity of many Kingdoms O that the Sons and the Daughters of Men were wise for to make an Improvement of the Wisdom and Power of the God of Heaven which is better than Strength or Weapons of War or Silver or Gold As for the Wisdom that is in the World among unbelieving Jews bruitish Atheists wicked and bloody Papists and rebellious Dissentors and Sectaries it is foolishness and doth many times end in madness for where Envy Strife and Contention is it brings forth too often Sedition and Rebellion But the Wisdom that is from above it is pure and peaceable gentle and easie to be intreated full of mercy and good fruits without partiality and without hypocrisie but where Pride Envy Strife and Contention is there is Confusion and every evil Work Now a good man and a bad man will be known by their Fruits for of Thorns men do not gather Figs nor of a Bramble-bush gather they Grapes but every Tree will be known by his own Fruit. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good that which is suitable and seasonable prositable comfortable and advantageous to many Persons and Families in a City and in a Kingdom But an evil man who is a wicked man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil to the great hurt and undoing of too many Persons and Families in a City and in a Kingdom It is commendable for the Sons of Men the wisest the strongest the richest and the most learnedst among them for to have always their heart to be Inditing
and as the flower of the field the grass withereth the flower fadeth but the Word of thy God O Church of England shall stand for ever Heaven and Earth will sooner fail than one Tittle of Gods Word Where the Word of a King is there is Power but how much more where the Word of the everliving God is when it is set on by his Spirit which is a Spirit of Power of Might and of Majesty It is a meek and a quiet Spririt an humble and a holy Spirit and it is the highest loftiest and most noblest Spirit it is such a Spirit that it will enable them that will be ruled by it for to attain retain maintain and proclaim that which is most noble excellent and advantageous for the great Honour Peace and Prosperity of a King and Kingdom Let all People in all Nations rejoyce in him that made them let the Children of Zion be joyful in their King The Lord shall Reign for ever even thy God O Church of England unto all Generations therefore praise him all ye Nations let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord Praise him for his mighty Acts who can express the Noble Acts of the Lord they are so many and great Not men or Angels His wondrous Works in the Land of Ham and fearful things by the Red Sea The Lord is good to all and his tender mercies are over all his works the Lord is great and greatly to be Admired and Adored he is clothed with Honour and Majesty who covereth himself with Light as with a Garment who stretcheth out the Heavens like a Curtain who layeth the Beams of his Chambers in the Waters who maketh the Clouds his Chariot who walketh upon the Wings of the Wind who maketh his Angels Spirits his Ministers a flaming Fire who laid the Foundations of the Earth that it should not be removed for ever the Lord of Hosts is his Name To be much in meditation of him will be sweet to the Soul and health to the Body I will be glad and rejoyce in the Lord as long as I live I will sing praise to him while I have my being for he hath redeemed my Life from Destruction and hath Crowned me with Loving-kindness and tender Mercies who satisfieth my Mouth with good things so that my Youth has been renewed as the Eagles Well may my Soul therefore bless the Lord and all that is within me bless his holy Name Bless the Lord O my Soul and forget not any of his Benefits who forgiveth all thine Iniquities and healeth all thy Diseases The Glory of the Lord shall endure for ever the Lord will rejoyce in his Works the Lords Throne is in the Heavens and his Kingdom ruleth over all Therefore bless the Lord ye his Angels that excel in Strength bless ye the Lord all ye his Hosts ye Ministers of his that do his pleasure bless the Lord all ye his Works in all places of his Dominion Is it not in vain for the Church of England for to pray O God make speed to save us O Lord make hast to help us and do not mind and regard when and by whom he will do it by whom can do it when he will so he will do it by whom he will and not when and by whom Wise Strong Rich and Learned-men please the meaner and weaker the Instrument is whom Almighty God doth use the greater is the Sin of them that do him slight under-value and refuse Long may the Church of England look for Peace and meet with Trouble look for Health and meet with Disappointment when she is not careful to mind the Day of her Visitation Shall the Stork in the Heaven know her appointed time and the Turtle and the Crane and the Swallow observe the time of their coming And shall not the Servants of the Lord understand his Mind so as to endeavour to prevent his Judgments Are they not counted wise-men that have the Law of the Lord with them But are not such wise-men many times dismayed ashamed and taken when they do reject the Word of the Lord and rely upon the Traditions and Inventions of Mens making and framing which are neither agreeable nor suitable to the Word of God which is the Word of Life and of Power What wisdom is in such men then that wisdom which will deceive them Who is so blind as they that should see most and deaf as they that should hear best Is there no Balm in Gilead is there no Physician there Doubtless there is Is not the Lord the Lord Jehovah in whom is Everlasting Strength in Zion Is not her King in her and for her and with her Why then is not the health of the Daughter of Gods people recovered Is there not any that stirs up himself to take hold of the true and everliving God as they ought and should do therefore hath the Lord who is full of Wisdom Power and Strength hid his Face from us And by reason of our many great and grievous Sins we have all been very much afflicted and consumed But where is the man that lays it so to heart as to stand up in the Gap to make up the Hedge so as to turn away Gods Wrath that for a long time has burned like Fire against England Scotland France and Ireland Who can stand before the Lord who is most great and most good when once he is angry doth not the Mountains quake at him and the Hills melt And is not the Earth burnt at his Presence yea the World and all that dwell therein when he pleaseth Therefore the Wicked and all the Workers of Iniquity the Seed of Evil-doers the Children of Disobedience the Enemies of the Gospel and the Protestant Religion will be ashamed confounded and at last destroyed if that they do not in time humble themselves under the hands of the Great and Mighty God who is Possessor and Commander of Heaven the Earth and the Sea and all things that in them be The Righteous shall rejoyce and be glad but the Sinners in Zion in the Church of England will be afraid Fearfulness hath surprized the Hypocrites already Who among the Sons of Men in the Church of England that can dwell with Devouring Fire Who among them can dwell with Everlasting Burnings He that walketh Righteously and worketh Righteousness that speaketh uprightly he that despiseth the Gain of Oppression that slacketh his hands from holding of Bribes that stoppeth his Ears from hearing of Blood and shutteth his Eyes from seeing of Evil he shall dwell on high his place of Defence shall be the Munitions of Rocks in time of Famine he will be fed Bread shall be given him his Waters shall be sure he shall see the King in his Beauty he will behold the Land that is very far off But what will become of them that serve graven Images and boast themselves of Idols they will be ashamed and confounded in these Days of the Gospel if that they do not
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