to hear let him hear Ier. 51.6 to 14 and he that readeth let him consider for the words hereof are true Mal. 3.1 and the time short Repent repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand and ye that fear the Lord rejoyce for he is risen and wil come speedily to his Temple All you Town Clarks in England Ier 50.28 or parish ing prophets your downfall is at hand Isa 5.20 read all the chap. and God hath bid me forewarn you and cry out against your ungodly and wicked practices blasphemous and beastly worship you put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter you call evil good and good evil which God abhors you put light for darkness darkness is by you called light and thus you deceive and delude poor souls into error by your vain immaginary minds and by the fansie and brats of your brain you draw away three parts of England after you the stars to the earth you have nothing of God in you but what you preach Io 4.5 to 28. you like the woman of Samaria have a rope and water-pots to draw out water of wels which others digged your rope is the learning you get at Oxford and Cambridg and your water-pots is your wisdom with which you draw water out of wels which others digged is not this so do you not tel all who have received the testimony of Jesus Christ in the spirit of truth that they have nothing to draw with and the well is deep that is you want Learning and the Scriptures are deep mysteries but let one tel you the waters that they drink is a well-spring of life living in them Io. 4.7 to 27. and to all that daink thereof then you say What art thou greater then our fore-fathers who gave us the Scriptures and they were made partakers of the blessings spoken in them Whence hast thou this new light and thoughts O ye false worshipers stand conâ—ending against Iesus Christ by telling him of outward worships but never considers the words of Iesus Christ which saith the true worshippers shal worship the Father in spirit and truth for he seeketh such to worship him and no outward worship was accepted by him nor the Temple at Jerusalem which was far better then the Idol Temples of our days Thus you cover your selves with fair words as with fig-leaves Mic. 7.2 3 4. glorious outsides but within full of filthiness no fruit nor performances is found in or among you you commit evil with both hands but how to do wel you know not O you blind guides how dare you profess your selves to be the Ministers of Iesus Christ and never yet knew him neither dare you trust him for your wages is he so little credited by you that you dare not believe him he saith cast your care upon me and I will care for you Do you take him to be your Master and will you not trust him for your Wages for shame give over pretending serving of him 1 Pet. 5.7 Mat. 20.10 Isa 56 9 to end for he hath Servants whole thousands which dare trust him and will labour in his vineyard and ask him nothing but freely be content with his Penny O you greedy Dogs idle Dogs and dumb Dogs which will not bark without one put into your mouths and lies down to bark in your Parishes where every one looks for gain from your Quarters how doe you conjure up your dead Doctrines dead Reasons and dead Uses nay and more then that 1 Sam. 28.15 you like the Witch of Endor conjure up the dead bodies of the Prophets and Apostles out of the Letter which is Death making the Letter to stand before a many deceitfull Sauls whom the Spirit of the Lord ruleth not in not knowing the living power of them who gave them forth nor have you the Spirit to administer by but death in you raiseth up death to speak to death all is Death and to death you shall speedily be brought by the Spirit of the Lord who shall by the Breath of his mouth 2 Thef 2.3 10 11 and the brightness of his comming destroy all which opposeth the true light of God as you Parish ing Ministers doe by your seeking to put to silence all who have not the mark of the Beast in their Right hands or in their Foreheads none but themselves must buy or sell Trade in Spirituall things But take warning God is coming to burn that great Whore whereof you Priests of England are members and shall one member be burnt and not the other suffer Howle and weep you proud ones of the Earth Rev. 16.19 ch 17.16 17 18. ch 18. for your Mother Babylon is falling is falling and all her Children shall taste of her plagues and great is the fall thereof for God hath put it into the hearts of the Powers of the Earth to hate the Whore and to burn her with Fire the Battell of the Lord of Hosts goeth on apace Rev. 19.11 to end and he will cut down every son of Babylon and dash all her Brats against the stones every Truth of God is a stone which dashes in pieces all Babylons children both Bond and free Male and female Yong and old that stands up in opposition against the great God shall be cut off Rev. 12.12 Chap. 18.5 6. 20. ver Rejoyce O ye holy Apostles and Prophets for the Lord is comming to avenge the blood of his Saints upon that great Whore which hath made her self drunk with the blood of Saints not by might nor power of men but by my Spirit saith the Lord God shall ye be redeemed from out of the hands of them that hate you O you Just and upright Ones lift up your Heads your Redemption is at hand even at the Dore. All people in England take warning Rev. 17.18 19. ch the Lord is comming to pour out the Vials of his wrath upon the Whore that prostrates her self to all that pass by as the Ministers of England doe and to plague the Beast the Majesty which she rideth upon and which she is upheld by Yea and all the people which are at one with her without a speedy departing out of her shall taste of her plagues Come out of 〈…〉 for my people saith the Lord God separate youâ—seâ—ves from among them touch no one 〈◊〉 thing and I will receive you It is nothing to be sâ—parate from the inwarâ— Worship of Babylon and yet inwardly be full of uncleanness Therefore all you which live in sinne High and low Rich and poor Bond and free Male and female take warning and repent speedily and turn every one of you from your evill wayes lest the Lord come upon you at unawares and cast you into utter darkness fâ—â—… behold the Lord is risen he is good foâ—th Conquering and to Conquer all his Enemies and happy are all those who trust in him for how his wrath is kindled in his breast and it
A blast from the Lord OR A VVARNING TO ENGLAND By way of Exhortation to take heed and not run upon their own destruction which will be speedily without true repentance By a Lover of the Truth and a Prisoner for declaring Truth abroad BEN NICHOLSON Thus saith the Lord behold I make all things new Take notice All things new 2 Cor. 5.17 Rev. 21.5 For Sions sake will I not hold my peace and for Jerusalems sake I will not rest untill the righteousness thereof goe forth as brightness and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth Isa 62.1 London Printed for Giles Calvert and are to be sold at the Black-spread-Eagle near the West end of Pauls 1653. To the Reader Reader IF for telling thee the truth I become thine enemy Gal. 4.16 Pro. 12.17 I am willing to suffer for the truths sake If for hating iniquity I become a prey to the teeth of all ungodly ones let them make a prey upon me for such as I have from the Lord such will I declare for the children of the Lord's sakes that they if the Lord so please may look into the secrets of their hearts and see how the Lord acts in them for the establishing of his Throne and Kingdom in righteoustess in the midst of every one his sons and daughters the Sion or City of the living God and if the Lord so please to bring it home to those who sit in darkness that light may spring forth and the glory of the Lord may appear among the sons of men that the dark places of the earth may be enlightned and the barren wilderness may become a fruitfull land to bring forth fruits of righteousnes to adorn the Temple of God that whereas there hath been stinking savours in the land of Canaan the stinch thereof may be taken away and whereas thieves and murderers lodged in the City now truth and peace may take place only and whereas the walls of Sion hath been pulled down they may now be built again and whereas Jerusalem hath been without Inhabitants it may now be inhabited with much joy and that Joseph which hath been long in prison may come forth and be set up to rule next the King let him that hath wisdom understand and that Daniel may sit in the Kings gates and bear rule over all the great men of Babylon and Joseph over all Egypt which shall be at the time of Gods deliverance though now in prison bear rule over all them which were their accusers and persecuters A Blast from the Lord. Arise O God and scatter all thy Enemies Jer. 4.12 Num. 10.35 Psalm 3.7 smite them upon the Cheek bone let none remain Goe on to Judgment and destroy every wicked Worker and Evil doer O ENGLAND take warning Psalm 68.1 to the end Nah. 3.3 4. the Lord is risen he hath drawn out his sharp and glittering Sword he hath furbushed it and made it fit for the slaughter to cut down all things that stand up in opposition against the pure being of his everlasting Love and eternal Happiness Deut. 32.41 Rev 2.16 Now is the time of the breaking forth of Gods love upon the children of men Job 22.28 29 30. of the Son of Righteousness shining in the clear Firmament of Truth in the hearts of his Sonns and Daughters which will dispel all the dark clouds and thick Mists of boisterous storms and darkness 1 Jo. 2.8 9 10. Isa 25.6 to end even the veile of Ignorance and gross Hypocrisie the veile of the covering spread over all Nations which thou O England livest under even all of you from the Ancient and honorable to the false Preachers that deceiveth the People with their lyes both Head and taile Branch and Root Therefore take warning Zep. 3.3 to end O yee Cruell and Blood-thirsty Judges which have changed the Law of God into your own corrupt wils and turned the Truth into a Lye you should have judged for God Lam. 4.3 1 Cor. 19.6 7. but you judge to please men and for Rewards you stand up taking Hire for your judgement putting many to death for Money and without Money you will doe nothing 2 Cor. 4.4 5. the God of this world Money hath blinded your eyes and by taking gifts your eyes are quite put out you have no light of God in you to discern how to doe Justice in any thing you are all turned aside out of the way of God every one to his own way following the imaginations of your own devillish hearts Jer. 18.12 13. and you hate to bee Reformed behold the Lord is fierce in his anger towards you and he will pour down the Vials of his wrath upon your Beastly power Isa 40.23 to the end Dan. 7. and cause your own Rod to consume you and will judge you out of your own mouths you are the Beast which the Whore rideth upon that painted Whore who hath beguiled this Nation with her inchantments which hath painted her self with the Prophets Jezebell-like 2 Kings 9.30 Christ and the Apostles words but never knew that power and spirit of Life which they lived in yet is upheld by you you defend her by your Beastly wils in her Lyes and you uphold her in her false vicious and divinations of her own Brain and in the filthy smoke of the imaginations of her Hellish heart Jer. 14.14 Ezek. 13.23 you protect her the Horse-Leech hath two daughters which cry Give Hos 4.18 give You Judges that judge for Reward are one and the Priests that preach for Hire are another Behold the Lord is coming with Thousands and ten thousands of his Saints to render vengeance upon all the ungodly Dan. 7.10 and to reprove the wicked and recompence wickedness upon the head of evil doers and to convince the World of all their wicked deeds which they have most maliciously done against him 1 Sam. 2.9 10. all you wicked ones your downfall is at hand your sorrow is coming on apace now is great Babilon come in remembrance before the Lord Isa 10.2 to end and hee will recompence her double upon her Head for all the evill that she hath committed and for the wickedness that she hath done against the Lord shall she receive a full reward Rev. 18.2 to end all Nations have been made drunk with the Wine of her fornications and she is drunk with the blood of Saints therefore shall a Cup of the fierce wrath and fury of the Lord be given her to drink and the dreggs thereof shall she drink shee shall spue and fall and never rise again Take heed all ye upholders of her Hos 7.16 come from under her seprrate your selves from her lest you perish with her Hear of ye Judges and Nobles of this Nation take heed you be not found partakers with this great whore give over committing adultery with her she is a strange women her feet abideth not in the
they shall not depart out of his presence but be ever with the Lord singing praises Hallelujahs to the most High which reigneth in his Saints over all the earth who is the onely King of Saints the Lord blessed for ever at whose presence when he appeareth Isa 45.23 24 25. Ier. 30. 5 to 10. Joel 2.6 Nahum 2.10 Psal 114.7 all the nations of the earth shall tremble and every knee bow before him and all hands shall be weak the great men of the earth shall tremble and the strong men shall bow down to him and all faces shall gather paleness fear and be exceedingly amazed when the Lord comes to reign in mount Sion and before his Ancients gloriously sing and rejoyce O ye daughters of Sion and ye sons of the Ancients be exceeding glad for he-hold your King is coming and he will speedily be in his Temple to visit and to inquire how it hath been deck't with pretious things and in them will delight but all the vile and abominable things he wil cast out The whole creation of man is his Temple whereof Christ is the head every member that is corrupt and rotten he will cut off Christ is the vine John 15.1 to the 8. we are the branches every branch that bringeth not forth fruit in him the Lord will hew down and cast into the fire Mâ— 13.3 to 10. Heb. 6.7 8. but every branch that bringeth forth fruit in him he wil purge it that it may bring forth more fruit We are the ground he is the good seed and all the ground or earth which bringeth forth fruit meet for the Lord our Tiller and Dresser shal receive a blessing from God but that earth which bringeth forth thorns or evil fruit is rejected is nigh unto cursing whose end is to be burned God made man only to serve and obey him and every nation and kingdom and people and particular person that will not serve and obey him shal be consumed by the breath of his mouth and the brightness of his coming which is neer at hand add wo wo wo to the inhabitants of the earth for the Divel is come down to you and is in great rage in you because he knows he hath but a short time to reign All you whose mindes are following after the things of this world return to the Lord speedily lest he come upon you at unawares and destroy you and cast you into utter darkness there shal be weeping gnashing of teeth Take heed that you kick not against all warnings for suddenly shall these days come upon all that dwel upon the earth for as it was in the days of Noah so shal it be at the coming of the Son of man they ate they drank they married wives Matth. 24.37 and were giving in marriage until the day that Noah entred into the Ark and the Flood came and took them all away Luke 19.27 Isa 11.15 even so shal it be with this wicked generation at the coming of the Son of man who shall utterly destroy all those that would not that he should reign over them and burn up all those murderous Cities even every thing that they lived in Rev. 16.12 all pride covetousness lying swearing and drunkenness and what sin soever was by the world loved and lived in shal the Son of man take away and burn up in his people who obey his voyce and keep his sayings Isal 51.10 11 when the Floods of wicked and ungodly men even all the waters of their Egyptian sea shall be dried up and they not able to steer a ship therein all their false faith or light which is the waters the holy Scriptures speaketh on shal become dry Isa 35.12 that there shal be a way for the Kings of the East who hath by these fierce waters been kept back and for the ransomed to pass through to enter into their glorious good Land that they may till it to make it bring forth good fruit and abide therein for ever Then shal the Arm of the Lord awake and put on strength he shal wound the Dragon and dry up the deep seas that the ransomed of the Lord may pass over Thus shal the Redeemed of the Lord return with joy and songs unto Sion but the wicked shal mourn for sorrow of heart and howl for vexation of spirit O all ye powers of the earth God is coming to overturn overturn overturn your power and give it to him whose right it is Jesus Christ shal have the rule and dominion over all Nations and he alone shal rule in his Saints and not by might nor power of man shal we be redeemed or shal a reformation be established saith the Lord but by the Spirit of the Lord shal we be redeemed and reformation established and by his Spirit shal we be redeemed from all our vain conversation and evil practices which is the onely true Reformation which God delighteth in the high lofty ones Come down and sit in the dust humble your selves in the sight of God that he may lift you up be afflicted and mourn Jam. 4.6 to 11 cleanse your hands ye sinners and purifie your hearts ye double minded men seek the Lord while he may be found call upon him while he is near let the wicked forsake his evil ways and the ungodly the immaginations of their own hearts and turn every one to the Lord and he will have mercy upon you but to every one who is contentious and will not obey the truth 2 Thes 2.11 12. nor return speedily to the Lord but takes pleasure in unrighteousness the indignation and fierce wrath of the Lord shal consume you at unawars You Magistrates of England take warning every one of you turn from your evil ways God hath a great controversie with you for your living in pride and covetousness you put trust in the arm of flesh you therein go down to Egypt for help and for that woe is coming upon you without you repent speedily you live in pleasures and wantonness you nourish up your selves as in a day of slaughter whereby the just one Jesus Christ is killed in you you spend the creature which was given by God to cloath the naked to feed the hungry upon your lusts Iam. 1.27 in gorgious apparels and gold rings and needless adornings and instead of covering the naked and feeding the hungry you set out Laws to punish them my heart bleeds to think of the hard usage of my poor fellow creatures who have no abiding whereas you ought to take those in who want harbour and to see that none want maintenance You wallow your selves in the earths treasure like swine in the mire and never consider that the earth is the Lords and the fulness thereof and that he hath given it to the sons of men in general Psal 115.15.16 and not to a few lofty ones which Lord it over their brethren and if a poor creature steal a
horse ox or sheep he is either put to death or burned in the hand but you never consider how many horses oxen and sheep you steal from the Lord and use them to satisfie your wills and lusts O you great men of the earth it is long of you that there is so many thieves for you hold the creation in your hands Mat. 16.26 and by all means go about to defraud the poor more every day then other it is but a small advantage for you to gain and make your selves possessors of great livings and lose your souls as you put them upon the venture repent speedily or else you shall all utterly be consumed for the great day of the Lord is coming to call you all to aâ— account how you have spent that Talent which he hath given you have you made your selves rich with the mammon of unrighteousness then are you happy but to the contrary you have spent it to the satisfying of the devils lust in you and shal thereby become miserably unhappy and the Prince of darkness which hath blinded your eyes by the God of this world gold and silver shall now after the blinding of your eyes and the darkning of your hearts torment and scorch both body and soul for ever without unfeigned repentance you wise in this world your wisdom is turned to folly God hath looked down from heaven upon you Psa â—4 and behold you are all turned aside out of the ways of God every one to his own ways following the works of your own hands and walking in the imaginations of your own hearts I bewail your condition you keep alive that which should die and that which you kill should be kept alive 1 Io. 3.15 He that hates his brother is a murderer but you kill prison Isa 29.31 and banish the just ones you make a man an offender for a word and lay snares for them that reprove sin in the gates you condemn Jesus Christ the just one in you and keep alive your own wills and lusts and by the power thereof rule over your brethren Blush for shame you Rulers that you should know or profess to know much and practice so little you profess to have the Scriptures for a rule but you act contrary to them you profess to be Judges in the steed of Moses Isa 5 22 23. but you like the corrupt Judges of Israel have turned the Law of God into Customes and the truth of God into a lie setting up your own wills instead of Gods will and whereas you ought to judge for the Lord in truth and righteousness you judge for men and for mens rewards you execute what their wils is with your own wils upon all offenders and yet profess your selves to be Judges under the Gospel whereas you cannot find one Text in all the new Testament wil warrant you to do or practice any thing you do in prosecuting of your Law but contrary therefore because you turn your backs off Christs Councel he wil make you ashamed of your evil ways Mat. 5.37 to the end and laugh when your fear cometh and you shal be had in derision with those whom you hated yea your lovers shal turn their backs on you and laugh at your folly Isa 24.59.8 thus shal you be cast down and the Lord shal place in your rooms upright men Exod. 18.21 fearing God hating covetousness which shal neither take gifts nor rewards nor judge for hire at all but shal defend the cause of the poor the widow and the fatherless without taking money they shal judge for the Lord and of the Lord shal they receive a reward Isa 26. and no reward of man shal at all be given or taken Psal 85.11 12 13. for the Lord shal surely give wisdom to judge aright that they need not go to Schools of lea ning so called to learn wisdom of men Luk. 1.33 and they shal freely communicate righteous judgement to every one who come before them Dan. 7.13 14. Thus shal the Lord be King in his Saints Dan. 2.44 and rule all Nations in righteousness he shal be judge in his Saints Dan. 7.9 10. and shal judge all Nations in truth he shal be their Law-giver Rev. 5.20 21 to end and save them from all their enemies and make all Nations subject to them the Kingdoms of the world shal be given to the Saints of the most high Dan. 7.18 22 26 27. it shal be an everlasting Kingdom and of the dominion rule and government there shal be no end until Jesus Christ have by ruling in them Mic. 4 2 3. Isa 2.3 3 4 c. made all his foes his footstool and subdued all things to himself then death shal be swallowed up in victory 1 Cor. 15.24 51. and Christ shal appear a second time without sin unto salvation unto all that wait for him and love his appearing for unto you that fear the Lord shal the Son of righteousness arise with healing in his wings and shal bind up every broken soul H s 9.28 and poure in oyle which oyle or anointing shal teach those who receive it all things and they shal not need that any man teach them Mal. 4.2 3. but as that anointing directeth them Isa 10.22 to 28 so shal they walk in all things this is the spirit of the Lord which directeth aright how to walk in all things Ioh. 2.20 27. and they need not the light of the Sun Rev. 21.1 2 3. read all chap. Moon or stars to guide them that is no help of the natural man to direct them for the Lord shal be the light thereof and the lamb the glory of the same and this is new Jerusalem which comes down from heaven and the new heavens and new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness to the which ere long all that fear the Lord in truth shall be brought and like a bride made ready for the bridegroom but the wicked shal be shut out for the uncircumcised and the unclean shal not enter in thither In the midst of this new Jerusalem runs pure streams as clear as Christal these are the streams of righteousness which shall run down our streets like mighty rivers which shal sweep away as with the besome of Gods wrath the love of God to the Saints is fury to the wicked All the ungodly powers of the earth and destroy every evil doer repent Mar. 13.36 for at unawares shal this day come upon you Read Isa 29. and happy shal all they be who are found working in the Lords vinyard for suddenly shal that day come Isa 30.31 ch yea like a thief in the night to all that put the Lord afar off Take warning 47.10 11. for the Lord wil finish his work upon Mount Sion and finish his work his strangâ— work upon the earth and cut it short in righteousness He that hath ears