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A71105	Generation-work, or, A brief and seasonable word offered to the view and consideration of the saints and people of God in this generation, relating to the work of the present age, or generation we live in wherein is shewed, I. What generation-work is, and how it differs from other works, II. That saints in the several generations they have lived in, have had the proper and peculiar works of their generations, III. That it is a thing of very great concernment for a saint to attend to and be industrious in, the work of his generation, IV. Wherein doth the work of the present generation lye, V. How each one in particular may find out that part or parcel of it, that is properly his work in his generation, VI. How generation-work may be so carried on, as that God may be served in the generation / by John Tillinghast ...	Tillinghast, John, 1604-1655.	1655 (1655)	Wing T1175; Wing T1177; Wing T1178; ESTC R17254	317,518	510

truth had I dropped doubtful words concerning the same Yet because this Answer is none at all and I would not have any take bare words for Arguments and yet am loath here neither is it proper to start the question therefore setting aside the joynt and concurrent testimony of every of the Prophets of the Old Testament Jonah onely excepted which is rather a History than a Prophesie in this thing the truth whereof is not much more difficult to prove than to affirm I shall onely commend to such that of Paul Rom. 11. who speaks expresly not of spiritual but of natural Jews whom therefore he all along opposeth to the Gentiles calling them also branches broken off which cannot be spiritual branches but natural v. 21. the same broken off shall be grafted in again v. 24. And this not done only one by one in continuance of time but according to that of Isa 66.8 in a manner all at once ver 25 26. And so all Israel shall be saved which as yet we have never seen and yet because Scripture speaks it are to believe it Thus according to present light both of what I have received from others and have been able to add of my own a discovery of the age we live in hath been made and found to be that in which the great work of Israels redemption is most likely to be effected 2 Our next thing is that we may walk in the path before laid down to observe what those glorious and remarkable things are the accomplishment whereof God hath foretold and promised in and about these times And here give me leave to say that when I take a view of what holy Scripture hath recorded of that time in which Israel shall return to their own Land and also to the Lord and David their King that I do find this age none more full of wonders to all which Gods glorious work of redeeming Sion literal Sion or the Jews from their long captivity and spiritual Sion or the Gentile Churches from Antichristian bondage as it were the Axis upon which they turn Now to enumerate each particular of those transactions that Scripture tells us shall fall out in this age is not my intent but onely to take notice of some of the chief and such as are most free from exception for the directing of us to that which is our special work in this Generation Which are 1 Israels Redemption Which although by mentioning here again I may seem to tautologize yet must I do it this being the first and great thing promised which therefore we have before proved and make use of as a mark to descry the rest by 2 A large and plentiful conversion of Gentles to the Lord. as Isa 2.3 Many people shall say Come yee let us go up to the mountain of the Lord Which that it relates to the time in and about which the Jews shall be converted is clear vers 5. O house of Jacob i.e. ye Jews as distinguished from the Nations before spoken of Come ye and let us walk in the light of the Lord. And yet more clear Mica 4.2 ver 6.7 So Isa 60.3 4 5. Lift up thine eyes round about and see all they gather themselves together they come to thee the abundance of the Sea or Nations shall be converted unto thee the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee Which that it is spoken of the Jews is clear because they are distinguished from the Gentiles and that the time of their redemption is here spoken of appears if you look back to Chap. 59.20 compared with Rom. 11.26 So Zach. 2.11 Many Nations shall be joyned to the Lord in that day What day is that See vers 12. When the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy Land and shall choose Jerusalem again So Zach. 8.20.21 22 23. To all which add Rom. 11.25 26. where the Apostle speaking of the conversion of the Jews mentions also a fulness of the Gentiles about that time coming in 3 Vniting Saints that differ Zach. 14.9 In that day shall there be one Lord and his Name one And when shall this be why then when all Nations shall be gathered together against Jerusalem to battel as vers 2. So Zeph. 3.9 I will turn to the people a pure language that they may all call upon the Name of the Lord to serve him with one consent Division of languages made a division of men but when Gods people shall come to have a pure unbroken language all to speak one and the same thing division amongst Saints shall cease and there shall be union But when shall this be See vers 20. At that time will I bring you again even in the time that I will gather you for I will make you i.e. Israel distinguished from other people a name and a praise among all people of the earth when I turn back your captivity before your eyes saith the Lord. So Isa 11.13 The envy of Ephraim shall depart and the adversaries of Judah be cut off Ephraim shall not envy Judah and Judah shall not vexe Ephraim When shall this be the foregoing verse tells us He shall assemble the out-casts of Israel and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth So Ch. 54.13 all thy children shall be taught of the Lord and great shal be the peace of thy Children which may as well be understo●d of outward as inward peace for all being taught of God they shall not jar amongst themselves But when shall this be why then when as the Jews which now are barren as a widow and a wife of youth refused as vers 1.4.6 shall be received into favour again 4 Pulling down of high and lofty things under which as principal or head we are to comprehend the man of Sin or Romish Antichrist Is 2.11 12 13 14 15 16 17. The lofty looks of man shall be humbled and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty and upon every one that is lifted up and he shall be brought low And upon all the Cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up and upon all the Oaks of Bashan And upon all the high mountains and upon all the hils that are lifted up And upon every high Tower and upon every fenced wall and upon all the sh●ps of Tarshish and upon all pleasant pictures And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down and the haughtiness of man shall be made low and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day The meaning of all these metaphorical expressions is only this That at this time the day of the Lord the day of the Lord shall be upon all the strength and glory of the Creature upon all high and lofty things and persons that exait themselves above the Lord Christ to the pulling of them down

yee have need of patience that after ye have done the will of God ye might receive the promise For yet a little while and he that shall come will come and will not tarry Now the just shall live by faith but if any man draw back my soul shall have no pleasure in him That you and we continuing in all well-doing and suffering may be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ is the prayer of Your poor unprofitable Brethren and Companions in the tribulation and Kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ Signed in the name and by the appointment of the Church RICHARD BREVITER Pastor Generation-Work The Third and last part Wherein is yet further shewed what the designs of God abroad in the World may in all likelihood be at this present day and in the days near approaching Being an Exposition of the Prophecies of the Two Witnesses THE PREFACE TWo Prophecies there are which above all others do cast a look upon our times First the Prophecie of the Vials Secondly The Prophecie of the Witnesses The first of these according to that measure of light given me I have lately written my thoughts upon The pleasure I found in that journey and the refreshment I had from the matter of those discoveries together with a leading Providence to such a work attending my finishing that part did put me presently upon another enquiry viz. Concerning the time when those things should be or How long it should be unto the end of those wonders Being upon this enquiry and called by it to make a more thorow search than ever before I had done into the Prophecies of Daniel and the Revelations first to find undoubted Principles for a foundation and then fit matter to build upon them I had upon the way many hints of truth in reference to the Witnesses presented to my thoughts which after a while seeing truth daily to come in at that door I turning to view saw as I thought a method laid before me which did seem to me to take off and that in a great measure the veil from many of the principal Apocalyptical visions Which observing and perceiving the same would be very conducible could the thing it self be made out to the clearing up of many mysteries chiefly relating to the Witnesses and also be a good foundation for many other Truths which where a right order is not found must needs lye buried seeing there can be no sound interpretation of the Apocalyps nor any certain conclusion drawn from the whole or any part of it till first the true order and proper place of each Vision is found out Crder being the foundation of all Interpretation and not Interpretation of it I did therefore examine the thing it self comparing such grounds as I had in my eye for my own with the grounds of others laid down in their writings for theirs Having done this I speak it not in the least to my own commendation nor the disparagement of such good and worthy men whose labors are extant on this Prophecy of whose grace and abilities I have a far greater esteem than either I have or would have of my own I found my self much more confirmed in my conceptions than when I began finding in most no other Argument besides what lay in their bare Interpretations which as I have said before being themselves to be founded upon Order can be no Argument of Order And as for the Arguments of others which seemed at first to carry weight I found them upon examination either too weak to conclude the thing or else to be misapplied And indeed such as that the method and order rightly stated there would be little need of giving particular answers to them for they would fall of themselves Hereupon I began to put my thoughts into such an order as seemed to me most to conduce to the making clear something appertaining to this great mystery of the witnesses which I have done in three Chapters Whereof the first Chapter represents the state and condition of the Witnesses chiefly as to their prophecying and killing time and that from part of the Eleventh Chapter of the Revelations the undoubted and as is generally conceived the onely Prophecy of the Witnesses The second Chapter confirms many of the Pofitions laid down in the former by opening of the Twelfth Chapter and proving it to run parallel with so much of the eleventh as relates to the Witnesses prophecying and killing time The third Chapter is a representation of the happy condition the Church of Christ shall be in about the time of the Witnesses resurrection shewing also how the work shall go on from that time untill the Day of Christs Appearance and this from opening the fourteenth Chapter which is proved to be a Prophecy of the state of the Church and that from about the time of the Witnesses rise untill the Second coming of Christ Now although the subject it self leads me to treat of many things in a prophetical manner the accomplishment of which I conceive to be near at hand yet do I not in the least assume to my self the title or thought of such a thing as being a Prophet onely by weighing Scriptures and comparing one place with another I draw up conjectural grounds that in all likelihood such and such things will shortly be done And although I judge my self that I may be deceived so far as it is a thing possible that the discovering time may not be come or that there may be after the most diligent and impartial inquiry yet a missing of the time to which a Prophecy relates which if missed the mistake must needs be totall and all Interpretations false Or if not a nussing of the time which it is hoped in this little peece is not my care having been above all to attain a right principle herein it being the onely foundation stone yet an ignorance of the time or a falling short of the true mind of the Holy Ghost in such or such a particular phrase or in such or such terms it useth which though it cause not a total yet may occasion a partial mistake Or if neither of these yet an adding or mixing even in the Interpretation somewhat of mans with the mind of God which kind of deception attends as well the interpretation of other Scriptures as those which are Prophetical yet have I published nothing without such grounds as I suppose will even in the eye of an Adversary if throughly weighed be judged sufficient to build a conjecture upon And possibly another upon the like grounds might be as incident to a mistake of this nature should the event so prove it as my self Yet that I may not any way for the sake of my own name disown or expose to disadvantage the blessed Truth of Christ which must and shall live when the names of men shall rot I shall be bold concerning this Discourse humbly to say That I am verily perswaded that as to