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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91075	The prophets Malachy and Isaiah prophecying to the saints and professors of this generation of the great things the Lord will doe in this their day and time. Shewing (amongst other things) the nature and quality of the apostachy. The judgement of the Lord upon the leaders of the apostacy. How the Lord will deale with, and carry himself towards, others guilty of the apostacy. The certainty of deliverance at hand for the true seed. / By a wel-wisher to the kingdome of our Lord Jesus. To which is prefixed two very useful epistles, by Christopher Feak, and John Pendarves, ministers of the Gospel.	Wel-wisher to the kingdome of our Lord Jesus.; Pendarves, John, 1622-1656.; Feake, Christopher, fl. 1645-1660.	1656 (1656)	Wing P3687; Thomason E888_2; ESTC R207362	83,871	109

one that b Rev. 17.1 2 sits upon many water who hath the Kings of the earth for her servants to commit fornication with her as Babilon of old was the great and lofty City exalting it self above c Dan 4.1 all people Nations and languages that dwelt in all the earth so hath our Babilon exalted her selt above the christian world as they cal in So that 3 The Prophet here sets forth the joyful praising state of the true Church and people of God immediatly upon the destruction of Babilon then shal they be able to sing the songs of Syon again praising the Lord after this manner 3 Because in this state there is night as wel as day therefore there is the shining of a flaming fire prepared for the nights defence but the glory of the mountain state is such as There shall be d Rev 21.25 no night there Because in this state there is a Tabernacle appointed for its defence which is moveable and not fixed therefore not the mountain state for that is a fixed unmoveable state They that trust in the Lord shal be as e Psal 125.1 MOUNT ZION which cannot be removed but abideth for ever And seeing for these reasons it cannot be interpretred of the glory of the mountain state of Zion I shall lay it down as the And last ground why I apprehend Isaiah and Malachy to treat both of one and the same time That this glory here spoken of in this 4th Chapter is the glory of that state of Zion wherein it becomes Daniels stone smiting the great Image the Lords battel-ax and weapon of war breaking in pieces the Nations and destroying Kingdoms the Lords threshing instrument to thresh the mountains smal and to make the hils like chaff upon the glory of this state there shal be such a defence that neither the heat nor the storm nor the raine of their enemies shal hurt or touch it the reasons that move me to adhere to this interpretation are 1 This glory is no other but the fruit of Zions purging and purifying which in this Chapt is called HOLINESSE Every one that it left in Zion and that remaineth in Jerusalem shal be called holy it is upon this glory the defence is created now this purifying of Zion and cloathing it with this glory is performed before though but immediatly before the day comes wherein the transgressors and sinners shal burn together and none shall quench them that day that shal burn as an Oven burning up the wicked both smal and great leaving them neithergoot nor branch when Zion shal be redeemed and restored to this glory then shall the destruction of the wicked come 2 The defence that is created upon this glory carries a great similitude to the Isratites wilderness state a cloud and smoakby day and a shining of a flaming fire by night and a Tabernacle now it signifies thus much to me that as the children of Israel had these things for their defence and direction when they were travelling through the Wilderness to the Promised land so under these figures the Holy Ghost holds forth to us that defence the Lord wil create by a wonder working power upon this glory all the while his chosen are journying over the worlds hils and mountains towards that State which was tiped out by the Promised Land of Canaan so that in deed and in truth the glory of this State mentioned in this 4th chapter which shal have such a defence is no other but that qualification and sitness the Lord wil indue his Zion withall to enable her to carry on his great design and work in the world to bring all the Kingdoms of this world into subjection to his Son our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Supposing I have sufficiently proved the truth of the assertion That Isaiah in these Chapters treateth of the same time Malachy doth in his Prophecy I shal proceed to consider the Terrors of this dreadful day as the Prophet holds them sorth which wil plainly appear to us if we confider 1 The dreadful work the Lord wil make in professing Zion at this day f Isai 2. he wil humble the lofty looks and bring down the haughtiness of man there is not a man that is proud and lofty and lifted up but shal be brought down in that day and the day of the Lord shal be upon all the Cedars of Lebanon that Timber of which once the Lord was pleased to make beams and rafters for his house becomes now the subject of the anger and displeasure of God by reason of its being high and listed up upon its own bottom and upon all the Oaks of Bashan those trees of strength that are so useful in the Common wealth and upon all the high mountains and hils that are lifted up those prodigious lumps of earth whose aspiring brows injuriously overtop their neighbouring levels and upon every high Tower and fenced wal those strengths and fortresses the works of mens hands in which they put their trust as in a sure place and upon all the Ships of Tarshish those waies and means by which these men gain their Idols of gold and their Idols of silver which they make each one for himself to Worship and upon all pleasant pictures those rare painted inventions the wits of the Times find out to please the childish world with now in its doting old age and these with all other Idols wil he utterly abolish they shal utterly pass away and which is worthy our serious noting and is very significant he doth all this as he is Lord of hosts for behold the Lord the Lord of hosts doth so and so it s the day of the Lord of hosts that fals upon the particulars fore-mentioned What a dreadful day of Terrors must this of necessity prove when the Lord of hosts ariseth out of his place to de I with such sturdy and potent enemies as these are shaking terribly the earth the dread of this glorious Majesty is such as puts all the Inhabitants of this professing world to the run they run into the holes of the rock and into the caves of the earth they then throw away their Idols of gold and their Idols of silver to the moles and to the batt's though their Whorish and adulterous hearts run out so strongly to them before yet then let who vvil take them that they may run the lighter into the clefts of the Rock and to the tops of the ragged rocks and poor Jacob he is put to the run too he enter into his rock the rock of Ages into those secret Chambers the Lord hath provided for him to lye hid in and all for dread and fear of the glorious Majesty of the Lord of hosts at this day and such glory wil be manifested at this day that those that are left to praise the Lord shal wholly cease from man all men all of man the best of men the holiest of men even the holy Inhabitant of Syon

instead of beauty thy men shal fal by the sword and thy mighty in the war and her gates shal lament and mourn and she being desolate shal sit upon the ground and in that day shal seven Women lay hold of one man saying we wil eat our own bread and wear our own apparel only let us be called by thy name to take away our reproach The Prophet had been hitherto speaking of the calamities and sorrows should befal the whole land under the name of the house of Jacob but now he comes to tel us what should befal the Capital and head City of the Land which Zion the City of David was which great destruction and woful state their notable wantons and naughty pride over and above their cleaving to their other evils brought upon their heads and let not her antitipe say she is not guilty of these things and so shal not find this portion for she hath no tinckling Ornaments about her feet nor round tires like the Moon nor Nose jewels but I pray consider she hath other needless fashions of the Times as needlesly superfluous and as ful of pride and vanity as the others were and she is proud and haughty and hath a stretched forth neck and wanton eyes and can go mincing as notably as her Tipe and predecessor could do and surely wil be found to have exceeded in all things therefore behold thy portion and thy Judgement the reward of thy folly there is no preventing it there is no redemption for thee q Ezek 14.20 Though Noab Daniel and Job be found in thee they shal deliver neither son nor daughter they shal deliver but their own souls by their righteeusness saith the Lord God And is this refining day of the Lord such a day of Terrors to flesh and blood O how contrary wil it then be to the expectations and hope of the greatest part of those that profess a delight in the thoughts of and a longing for its coming Who may abide this day of his coming and who may stand when he appeareth In this terrible day wherein he wil make up his Jewels wil the Lord perform his promises to his beloved Remnant that stand up for the honour of his name They shal be mine in that day saith the Lord of hosts and I will spare them as a man spareth his own Son that serveth him so that the bitterness and sharpness of these calamities and anxious troubles shal not be their lot but they shall be mine though I deal with their Brethren in a way of anger displeasure yet I wil deal with them in a way of grace love and spetial favour in that day as when the wicked were upmost and thought to have ravished my name of all its honour and glory they thought upon my name and interest so now I am bringing down these wicked workers of wickedness and scourging their foolish Brethren that have committed adultery with these mens apostacies purging them and washing their poluted garments clean I wil think upon them for their good safety and happiness in that day when I make up my Jewels Qu Who and what are these Jewels the Lord takes so much pains and doth such wouders in making them up Ans I Answer 1. Who they are They are the Lambs chosen number mentioned in the 14 of the Revelation his 144000 that stand with him upon the Mount Zion the Reasons that move me to judge thus are 1 Because of that likeness there is between those followers of the Lamb and these Jewels of the Lord they are not only redeemed from the earth but from among men and these Jewels are pickt from among men too from among the Inhabitants of professing Zion these are the Lords Jewels and they are the first fruits very pretious unto God and unto the Lamb they are without guile and without fault before the throne of God and these Jewels are holy ones every one that is left in Zion shal be called holy they are so gloriously beautiful so suitable to the minde of God that he wil create a defence upon their glory that it may not be lost 2 Because they are contemporaries they both belong to one and the same time these Jewele are made up immediatly before the burning hot day that shal burn up all the wicked leaving them neither root nor branch the Lambs number they are upon Mount Zion singing their new song in that part of time immediatly preceding the downfal of Babilon there is no interval of time between only an Angel preaches the everlasting Gospel to them that dwel on the earth which is but as the herald to the other telling the Inhabitants of the earth the hour of the Lords judgement is come and nothing but repentance and turning to the Lord of Heaven and Earth wil save them from the destroying Angel that follows and is hard at hand leaving them vvithout excuse fit for destruction if they hearken not Malachies burning day hath two parts the former part makes the wicked as stubble fit fuel for the fire the latter part burns them quite up and I yet see no reason why vve may not say that these two Angels answer to the two parts of Malachies burning day the Angel that preaches the everlasting Gospel makes the wicked as stubble ready for the fire by this r Isai 11.4 rod of his mouth he smites the earth and at the s Ch 17.13 rebuke of God the Nations are made as the chaff of the mountain and as a rolling thing stubble before the whirlwind yea by this breath of his lips he t Ch 11 4 slaies the wicked he doth as really slay themsas the following Angel doth with his iron rod with this rod of his month this breath of his lips he smites and slayes their hearts understandings takes avvay their courage strength their consciences flying in their faces their hearts sink and their spirits fail At the v Psal 76.6 rebuke of God both the Chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep x ver 5 the stout he arted that are far from righteousness are spoiled they sleep their sleep and none of the men of might find their hands he shal y Ver. 12. cut off the spirit of Princes and when the Lord hath thus slain them by the sword of his mouth the breath of his lips z Psalm 2. speaking to them in his wrath then wil he break them with his rod of Iron and dash them to peices like a Potters vessel when they are thus made stubble by the rebuke of the Lord then shal they be burnt up root branch these things seriously considered I suppose wil be sufficient to prove the assertion 2 What are they All their dross and all their tin is purely purged and taken away and they are become holiness to the Lord they are holy ones he that is left in Zion and that remaineth in Jerusalem shal be called holy the Fathers name