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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28345	An embassage from the kings of the east to His Highness the Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland.	W. B. (William Blake), fl. 1650-1670.	1654 (1654)	Wing B3151; ESTC R12966	53,248	78

Priests Prophets Samuel Moses Aaron David and Daniel now Peter Paul James and John again yet not without the old Spirit the Spirit of his Son God who at sundry times and in diverse manners spake in times past by the fathers the Prophets hath in these last times spoken to us by his Son Heb. 1. 1. You the great Saints of England and glory of the world we would intreat you on the knee again and again yea beseech you in the bowels of love yea the God of love and the mercies of that God Rom. 12. 2 for his own and the honour of his and the poor gifted Saints sake that you would all pull off your Crowns of honour for an hour as once the poor fishers did their great bootes to follow Christ else it would have been but slow And you my Lord Protector What if you should begin in this high and low work and give us in your own Person one short and sweet Sermon now at White-Hall as late you did to your own Family we would say King David were on earth again and put in their murmuring no more at your present greatnesse who did a meaner thing in dancing before the Ark of God 2 Sam. 6. 16. My Lord look to the Canopies above and down again to White-Hall yea your self and what are you though so great a Saint more than a worm gnat nothing Isa 41. 14. Yet may you Nothing this way honour him that is what he is and doth what he pleases in heaven and in earth yea in hell amongst and with Saints Angels men and divels yea every living thing as well things that are not winds Seas storm fire hail ice snow yea day and night for they are all his too Psal 74. 16. This one Being and Being of all Beings may you poor Nothing yet preach and our good Lord Jesus who once beca●e nothing to serve and make you and us all Kings Priests and Prophets to our God by his blood Rev. 1. 6. Not that above once or twice we desire this work of honour from and for you to preach this God that every moment rides the circle of the heavens Isa 40. 22. upon the mighty wings and Chariots of the windes that drawes or drives the cloud● hither and thither yea the Seas where he wills quite from off the earth and flings them down again upon the Prayers of his people when and where he please as lately now when man and beast was mourning yea every senslesse creature dying yea the earth it self yauning wide as if that and all would dye yea dye they would and dye they must at once but God prevented all for his peoples sake and said live again Oh that men would praise his Name and sing again his mercy endureth for ever Psal 136. a Psalm for your soul in secret but a Sermon it is we beg yea one at at least from you my Lord and the Princes among the people yea the Saints of the most high God Dan. 7. 27 shall imitate you all for the honour of the work Nathaniel Pickering Woosl●y Sadler and Sir Henry Vane all which and many more could and can pray and Preach bravelie and if all Jacob be but one worm to the God of Jacob 't is no dishonour to these choice bitts of this worm to praise their Maker once or twice at the least in the great Congregations and the Assemblies of the Saints which David hints so often at as his own practice in a soul exalting way of glorie I will praise thee in the Congregation yea in the great Congregation of the people yea among the Gods Psal 111. 1. and 138. 1. I will do it and will not you Gods your selves once at the Prayers of all Saints as Paul speaks in another case God forbid you or any should be ashamed of a good Master and what is it else that some princes stick at Come come it will be an honour one day to come bowing to the Saints and lick the dust of their feet yea the meanest work for Christ and them will be an honour for the greatest Monarchs in the world yea to preach this King of kings that hath this Name written on his thigh The Word of God Rev 19. 13. and 16. Read ye often the sixtie of Isaiah but let us come down from these gods to the people yea to the Saints that may tend it best and most to them we have a word Be as the tree or river in the Paradise of God Rev. 2. 7. Watering and feeding yea feed and water yea that have gifts all the rest yea all the Church of God over which you are made in your own proper places Overseers a high glory so to be Acts 20. 28. but begin at the 17. verse and mark well the whole Chapter The Angels never were but servants to bring newes or carry Saints to their home Heb. 1. 14. and how sweetly did they sing for joy of this glorying in the Work Luk. 29. And what may you say Oh yee dust of Jacob who are all of you together lesse then the least of the mercies of a God Gen. 32. 10. Your God we mean and your work we are at that is to Preach him up sin Satan death and Devils down yea to their own places I mean the sorrowes of the Saints and the works of darknesse all which are to be Preached down and Christ up from the grave of death and hell with the keyes of both in his hand Rev. 1. 18. This Lord and these keyes must you Preach up yea the power now in his hand and in his hand alone over sin Satan curse grave Law men devils Saints and Angels things present and to come yea over all these he is King for ever and hath wholly and solely the power of and over these things souls and consciences of men That is one thing my Brethren you are now called to Preach up by the first born which do call on you from the rising of the light life and love of God now in their souls and therefore do not scruple Oh ye Kings of the East Rev. 16. 12. but come forth as the morning Sun in the glory of your gifts and graces and the Spirit of the Son and Father and Preach up all three the Father in his love Iohn 3. 16. the Son in his merit 1 Tim. 1. 18. yea and the fruits joyes life and power of the Spirit Gal. 5. 22. converting and convincing killing saving damning and destroying powers burning up and burning down like devouring fire in and on the soul the world and all the works of flesh flaming up to the heavens the righteousnesse of men much more pride hypocr●sie self and the foolishnesse of and in man every whereas he turns from one form to another resting more than he ought therein Well and who is now free fit and sufficient for this thing but our sufficiency is of God 2 Cor. 3. 5. And he hath appointed for good men every one to

Spirit hath done it And why may not this be a providence or sign this piece of Babels Temple falling when a Sparrow fals not otherwise Mat. 10. 29. which they say hath stood so many hundred yeares it is strange why should it fall now in the rising of the Saints the coming forth of the Spirit or the zealous persecuting of the worshippers but to receive wounds in our names holy worships and Christian prophesying as schismaticks hereticks giddie gaddie headie ignorant factious foolish and blasphemous men opposers of all government and all for our holy worship as we think from God and according to the mind of God yea for all these wounds in the houses of our friends Zech. 13. 6. this wounds our soules double as it were This present Simile and fall may prognosticate something our prayer and prayers shall be that you nor your Temple may never be left to outward judgements much lesse your Sacrifice be loathed or any thing hid from your eyes yea all our eyes that may concern your present much more your future weal and happinesse yea we will ever pray that they that see may say and they that say may see what they doe in the day of their visitation yea temptation to all that dwell on the earth or elsewhere below the true God life light and love of God and those wherein this light life and love is daily manifested which heaven froward men neither doe nor can know or did they ever yet now are fallen not as the Angels to bondage and darknesse God forbid or from the Olive either the love and sweetnesse life joyes and fatnesse once of communion with the Vine our head and husbands presence and embraces which makes and keeps our beds and graces heads gifts hearts joyes and glories lovely green and fruitful yea our bed being so by his rising on in and with us our hearts joyes hopes helps are alwayes near us nor may nor can we then be touchie vain wanton sinful or idle yea men may say what they please doe what they please tempt while they please men and devils all but we charge you doe not awaken our beloved till he please Cant. 2. 7. yea once again we charge you by the Roes and the Hindes the leaping of our hearts the joyes of our souls all which are as in a pleasant field a specious and spacious place of liberty where our souls are sported over hils and dales high and low promises all chased and set home upon us by the Spirit but awake not our beloved untill he pleases Yet let us about and about the mountain of spices Cant 8 14. until the day break and all these shadows of sin temptations accusations and sorrows flie all away which for the present the body bed head and whole soul is filled and laden sometimes by friends who through envie would fain wake our beloved but still our bed is gr●en and fruitful none of these things can cause uncleannesse unclean things may yea do often come out of mens beds and mouths seemingly green like ours this may and can be must and will be but can an unclean thing or action word or thought much more reproach shame sinful evil surmisings false lies and slanders with bitter invectives the brats of Babell begotten with strife pride ill-will and envie on beds of ignorance seemingly green all bastards by bondage and the bond-womans sonnes But Mount Sion the sonnes of her whose beds are green and really so do nor can bring forth any of these unclean spirits or the evil of them love joy and the fruits of love longings and forbearance without envie or evil for any but good will for all yea and good for evil the best of good we can we wish to our enemies whilest we pray for our friends we forget not our selves t is true nor the worst of them neither the falsenesse of them that kisse and smite us love us as their lives and leave us at an hour But we will run on nor off no more from our brethren onely close up the point you know what you must preach up and what down when you go about the work which the Lord set you forward for and assist you in Christ must be preached up in his Kinglie Office all power in his hands it may be Church keyes and all Isai 22. 22. Yet some are too busie and claim more than Peter ever did lock out and lock in worse many times But self and all of self must be preached down the loves of God the coming of the Spirit the Sonnes Merit and tumbling down of Pauls we mean Gods leaving of the froward heart and worshippers but this latter with abundance of caution not loudly nor angerly or seemingly zealous in carriage or countenance bitterly so I mean but with one hand alwayes on your heart in a begging way of consideration ever presse this point be sure to do it in a love-Dove like winning way yea let this holy Spirit breath in you all and live at rest in you all then you must be quiet with all men Rom. 12. 18. self condition and relation Phil. 4. 11. 1 Cor. 6. 7. rather suffer wrong never do any Ier. 22. 3. You must make peace and follow it with and for all men 1 Pet. 3. 11. If you will Preach the God of peace and our Lord Jesus the Prince of peace Isa 9. 8. hear nor tell no newes that may tend to strife Prov. ●6 20. Say it is not so sure you are mistaken Ah but he was weak or angry be sure you be free from pride and covetousnesse the sin of many Preachers Prov 16. 18. Prov. 29. 23. Luk 12. 25. Heb. 13. 5. 1 Cor. 6. 10. do not flye too high nor lye too low in your Preaching but that I leave till anone be grave and sober 1 Cor 14. 40. Tit. 2. 7. be humble and modest Psal 101. 2. Rom. 12. 13. Be sure you do not Preach humm haw speak little nonsence when you Preach or Pray yea and look to the main chance at home 1 T●m 5. 8. for we will never feed you as a Minister give or lend you sixpence more than another brother it is better to give then to borrow Acts 20. 35. have a care of running into debt Rom. 13. 8. ill comming out these cares and thornes will spoil any Saint or Preacher in the world Luk. 8. 14. Preach sometimes abroad yea be sure to Preach and pray to and with every one that is sick Jam. 5. 14. And this you may have leave to do especially to poor people and poor Saints I am afraid may want and want for all some Perswade all erring Gal. 6. 1. convince all living one time or other if it were possible remember while ye live this saying Wo be to him that all men speak well of Luk. 6. 26. What good thing dost thou Mat. 5. 47. more then another And yet a Teacher a full gut and empty stomack alwayes goes together I am sure in