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A38775 A rule from heaven, or, VVholsom counsel to a distracted state wherein is discovered the onely way for settling the good old cause and removing the maladies incident thereunto : and Mr. Pugh his prophesies opened / by Arise Evans. Evans, Arise, b. 1607. 1659 (1659) Wing E3463; ESTC R14509 19,866 63

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A Rule from Heaven OR VVholsom COUNSEL TO A Distracted STATE Wherein is discovered The onely Way for settling THE GOOD OLD CAVSE AND Removing the Maladies incident thereunto and Mr. Pugh his Prophesies opened By ARISE EVANS 1 Thes. 5. 20. Despise not Prophesyings Mat. 6. 33. But seek ye first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you LONDON Printed for the Author and are to be sold at his House in Long-Alley in Black-fryers 1659. The INTRODUCTION ALthough we have been of all Nations the most sinful yet from time to time God in Mercy did deal with us that we Britans might be a People saved to the Glory and Honour of his free Grace as it is written Isa. 43. 2. This people have I formed for my self they shall shew forth my praise And as it is seen from age to age Gods Justice is such that it will not pass by the sins of any people but especially his own people as you see Amos 3. 2. so he owning us did severely punish us for our sins at all times First by the Grecians when our Royal City of Troy was destroyed and then after we came hither by the Romans Saxons Danes Normans yea God made use of all the Nations round about us when we sinned to punish us for our sins not according as our enemies willed who would have utterly destroyed us nor according to our deserts who deserved no less then utter destruction but God according to his purpose corrected us in mercy and measure And when our City of Troy was destroyed and we scattered from thence to seek a new habitation some of us came to Italy which Country long after gloried in being Trojans but the Nobles followed Brute their Prince and from all parts as they were informed came unto him into Grecia where in time Brute became potent having with him in Towns Woods and Desarts a strong Party when at the Request of Brute Pandrasus King of Greece would not grant them Liberty in his Countrey or leave to depart out of his Country but went about to punish them Brutus overthrew the King in battle took him prisoner that Pandrasus King of Greece to reedeem himself according to agreement made between them was glad to furnish him with a Navy and much Treasure and give him his Daughter to wife whereupon Brute and his company leaving Grecia came through many Countries found many more of the dispersed Trojans fought many Battels victoriously got much honour and riches and made no stay until he came to this Land which God had promised him in a Vision at Leogitia And coming by Gods Providence to this Land we found here certain Giants descended from Ham the son of Noah who then called the Name of this Land Albion from Albion the fourth son of Neptune that was the first King which reigned here of that Race those Giants did oppose us but we destroyed them all and the name of the Land we called according to the name of Brute Britain and as we searched the Land we found in many places of it but most of them inhabiting North-Wales a people descended from Japhet the son of Noah called Samotheans This Samothea by Moses Gen. 10. 2. is called Meshech and he came here within 200 years after the Flood he excelled all the men of that age in wisdom learning and knowledge both in Divinity and Philosophy and being skilful in the Law of God and Man he was exceedingly given to the Religion of his Grandfather Noah which he upheld in his Family and when the earth was dividid Gen. 10. 5 25. he had for his portion in Europe all the Country lying between the River of Rhene and the Pirenian Mountains which Lands he peopled with such number as could be gotten in those days but he chose for his own habitation this Island and called it Samothe he dwelt in North-Wales and Samothea begat Magus Magus begat Sarron Sarron begat Drius Dri●●… begat Bardy these five Samothea Magu● Sarron Drius Bardy reigned here long time before Albion came and they were so famous for learning that every one of these erected a Colledge of himself so that the Greeks Persians Athenians even all the Gentiles had their Characters and Learning from these Colledges first which then was pure Knowledge though afterward corrupted by new devises among them of other Countries who thought they were no body if they did not adde to it When we Britains being descended of Gomer the son of Japhet found these Samotheans our Brethren not onely because of kinde but also for their Learning and Vertue we were right glad to meet with them so that we joyned with them and became one people and in short time after things in Britain were so settled specially in matters of Religion that as I may so say we were Christians above a thousand years before Christ was born First we believed in the onely true ever-living God Maker of all things Secondly we had three Names to the same God by which we called upon him and did worship him believing that he was three in One and One in Three Thirdly we believed that the soul is immortal and that when one died his soul entred into another body prepared of God for him so that if he that died was a good man his soul was raised and went into a more honourable and glorious body but if he that dyed was a bad man his soul descended and went into a more dishonourable and base body God in this case judging every man according to his works done in his body thus we believed the Resurrection and surely it doth in some measure agree with the Gospel as may be proved by many Texts and was not the soul of Elijah in John the Baptist which made our Saviour affirm that John was Elijah Mat. 11. 13 14. Fourthly for the Government of this Religion the Land was divided into 28 parts where were seated 28 Flamines whereof three of them were called Archflamines which were then as the Bishops and Archbishops of our time but after a more perfect manner for then there was three Archflamines over the Britains which did signifie the Trinity and Personalty of the Godhead but our Church of England had but two Archbishops Therefore it was not a hard thing for Lucius King of the Britains to stablish the Christian Faith in his Kingdom it being all one with that they had in Doctrine and Government onely differing in Names and Ceremonies so that Lucius which was the first Christian King in the world quickly and without violence brought the Britains to the Christian Faith who hearing Christ preached immediately believed and were baptized that Lucius changeing the word Flamine into Bishop thus altering few Names and Ceremonies the work of reformation in Britain is done quickly And in Contemplation of these things I see Jesus while he was on earth viewing the Daughters of the Gentiles to finde out his Spouse and among