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A75349	The angels oath, time is no longer The kingdoms of this world, are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever, Revel.10.6. and 11,15. A prophecy from Mr. Mason's people at Water-Stratford.	Glover, Elizabeth, fl. 1694.	1694 (1694)	Wing A3163CA; ESTC R230971	20,731	47

of the blind were opened The Lord plants the Heavens lays the Foundation of the Earth calls Zion brings in the ends of the Earth The Beast is given to the burning flame he lays hold on the Dragon that old Serpent and binds him for 1000 Years Thus things went on until the glorious Mistery of God was finished and the voice came from the Throne out of the Temple of heaven saying It is done Rev. 16. 17. Often then it was declared in the Name of God It is done It is fulfilled but they would not believe Then was Philadelphia called in to bare witness what she had seen done she witnessed that the Heavens were planted and the Foundations of the Earth laid for she saw the new Heavens and the new Earth she witnesseth the New Covenant for Zion for she saw the new Jerusalem coming down from God out of heaven prepared as a bride adorned for her husband She attests in the Name of God the hearing of that mighty Voice The tabernacle of God is with men She must bear witness to the Words of the Prophecy of the Book and say as God saith There is no more sorrow death nor pain for the former things are past He hath sate on his throne and made all new And he said unto me Write for these words are true and faithful And he said unto me It is done And this day is this Scripture fulfilled in your Ears And he hath given the waters of life and hath replenished every sorrowful Soul that hath waited for him they have Overcome and are on the Sea of Glass with the Harps of God and they sing the Song of Moses and the Lamb. But the fearful and unbelieving and the abominable and the murderers and whoremongers and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars have their part in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone which is the second death Rev. 21. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8. The Lord commands the Witness to go on another comes and says I saw an angel ascending from the east having the seals of the living God And he sealed the servants of our God on their forehead Rev. 7. 2 3. Another Witness was brought that he hath measured the temple and the altar and them that worship therein But the outward court is given unto the Gentiles Rev. 11. 1 2. He hath opened his Seals sounded his Trumpets poured out his Vials and blessed all his Churches Thus the Witness went on from day to day until all Accounts was taken and given in Philadelphia sometimes trembling and quaking before the Majesty of Heaven often acknowledging what an awful solemn thing it was to bear witness to the Word of God and Testimony of Jesus Christ other times astonished and amazed to think that Mistery the Angels desire to pry into should ever be broken up among a few poor Worms The Lord declares That he hath finished the heavens and the Earth and all the hosts thereof as in the first Creation All was done by his Word so now it is again not by Might nor by Power but by my spirit saith the Lord of hosts Zech. 4. 6. And the Witness of the two anointed ones was the Witness of God himself Now who durst have denied the sound of the seventh Angel when God had called in a Witness that these Misteries were finished or that this was the Angel that was to be sent to shew the things that must be done in a short time When Scripture Witness was brought in that all these things are done it was a very improbable thing that one whose Unction from the Holy One for the Work of the Ministry had been sealed for so many Years with the Conversion of so many Souls should at last deceive the World and delude poor Souls but as for those poor Creatures that bear witness to these things they were not suspected of that being looked upon as not capable to delude or deceive others but that they were deluded themselves It is possible had it been things of another nature you might have brought them off by telling them that their bodily Eyes had deceived them and all their Senses were deluded But if you come to deal with them about the Word of God and Testimony of Jesus you might as well pull down the Sun and darken the World as ever prevail against it for it is the Testimony of that God which is infallible therefore infinitely impossible that ever any thing that is offered against it should stand it will be the utter undoing of all them that shall oppose it for tho' these be never such poor weak contemptable Creatures yet what they witness to is the Word of God and Testimony of Jesus and there is no more to be said Evidence having been given That the mistery of God is finished the mighty Angel he comes down with a rainbow on his head and a little book open in his hand and swares by him that lives for ever and ever Time is no longer Come away Philadelphia and own his Kingly Dignity and Honour they had not been long dancing before the Ark ere the Lord appeared to his Servant this he owns before many Witnesses warns them once more to get Oyl others to go home and trim their Lamps they have no time to spare they should have Watched that God that hath appeared in this place will quickly appear to you all but what do these Wretches do but go and make all the hast and speed they can to turn these things into foolish ridiculous Stories to be cry'd up and down the Streets and so far are they from any fear or concern upon them at such a wonderful time as this is that they make merry and sport themselves at the Word of God and Revelation of Jesus It would make a Christian's Heart tremble to think what a God-daring Generation the Earth groans under And now the Lord comes like a Lyon rends and tears the very cauls of their hearts they would take no Warning till they were dashed in pieces but all the Wit and Art they have must be laid together to make the Word of God and Revelation of Jesus the Scorn and Derision of the whole Nation without any stop being put to these things there was none to do it The Lord sought but for a Man to stand in the gap to make up the hedge that he should not destroy the Land but he finds none good and bad all give in their Verdicts that the Word of God and Testimony of Jesus Christ was a Delusion and so here is an end of all these things until God calls for another Account But we do attest in the Name of the Eternal God That the sounding of the quick and sudden Coming of our Lord and Saviour was the sound of the seventh Angel and God hath given infallible Proof and Witness for the Mistery of God is finished as he declared it to his Servants and as it was declared when the Trumpet first began to sound

thou and thy fellows ye are men wondred at but behold I bring forth my servant the BRANCH Zech. 3. 8. Established for ever is his Word in Heaven signified sealed and ratified upon Earth but we knew not what these things meant until the Lord's Servant came with these Words from God Behold the Man whose name is the BRANCH See the Christ of God given to you out of the Father 's own hand here 's the visible sensible unvailed Christ performed to you And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air and a great voice came out of the temple of heaven from the throne saying It is done Rev. 16. 17. Enter Philadelphia in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy-Ghost the Lord he declares the Revelation which is a Prophecy of a Prophecy is fulfilled The voices have been heard and the visions seen and the words of the prophecy of the book have been kept from that word Rev. 1. 3. Blessed is he that reads and they that hear until that Sentence was pronounced upon them They shall reign for evermore Rev. 22. And then the mighty angel came down with a rainbow on his head and the little book open in his hand and lift up his hand to heaven and sware by him who lives for ever and ever who created the heaven and the things that therein are and the earth and the things that therein are and the Sea and the things that therein are that there should be time no longer O joyful happy day And the Lord himself descended from Heaven with a Shout and with the Voice of the Arch-Angel and the Ark of his Testament was seen in his Temple and they were called to return thanks to God and to sing with gladness for Jacob and the Lord appeared to his Servant as a Zion's God and then received him to himself on whom he had writ the Name of the City of his God for the new Jerusalem comes down out of heaven from God Rev. 21. 2 10 11. I witness That this Oath continued with that strength and power upon me that like Fire it broke through all that was cast upon me to damp it till the same Words were put into his Servants Mouth according to that Scripture Isa 59. 21. and then the Everlasting Covenant being pronounced with the Oath of the Eternal God it was declared in the Name of God That the Lyon of the Tribe of Judah had prevailed and they that had kept the Words of the Prophecy of this Book are all Conquerours in Him and as we had derived all Guilt and Misery Death and Sorrow in the first Adam so now we are come to inherit all Grace Glory and Comfort which came by the New we are come to the Blood of sprinkling to the Spirits of just Men made perfect Heb. 12. And that God that had set the bounds to the old Adam hath took an Oath of the time and he is cursed and gone for ever The Seed of the woman hath broke the serpent's head I heard a loud voice saying in heaven Now is come salvation and strength and the kingdom of our God and the power of his Christ Rev. 12. 10. After these things the Lord shewed us as there had been a dark and obscure Sign in the Church of Philadelphia a Rainbow and a pouring down of the Spirit for a Covenant for Zion Isa 59. 21. so now there should be a bright and glorious Sign Isa 66. 18 19. And he will bring all Nations and they shall see his Glory for he will set up a Sign amongst them and in this Mountain will the Lord take away the Vail that is spread over all Nations for he will swallow up Death in Victory Isa 25. 7 8. After these things God ordered it to be declared That the days of the voice of the seventh Angel was ended he had finished his course and kept the Faith and received the Crown of Righteousness which the Lord the Righteous Judge had given him and that the Church of Philadelphia is that Stone spoke of Zech. 3. 9. And that Stone shall bear witness for it hath heard all the words of the Prophecy of that Book And in the Name of God it was declared That the Law of God was writ upon that Stone according to these Words Jer. 31. 33. The day is come saith the Lord that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah and I will put my law in their inward parts and write it in their hearts Object I. This means Zion Answer This is Zion's Representative this is that elect Seed that was to inherit God's Holy Mountain as you may see Isa 65. 9. Rev. 3. 12. I will write upon them the name of the City of my God Object II. Where is this New Covenant Answer I saw a mighty angel come down from heaven with a rainbow upon his head and the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lift up his hand to heaven and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever that time should be no longer I bear witness in the presence of God this Oath hath been sworn and performed to the Church of Philadelphia as Zion 's representative Isa 59. 21. As for me this is my covenant saith the Lord My spirit that is upon thee and the words that I have put into thy mouth shall not depart out of thy mouth nor out of the mouth of thy seeds seed saith the Lord from henceforth and for ever Arise shine for thy light is come and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee Isa 50. 1. I bear witness That the Angel of the Church of Philadelphia hath the highest badge of Honour writ on him that ever was engraven on the Sons of Men For he hath writ on him the name of God and the name of the city of his God which is new Jerusalem which comes out of heaven from God Rev. 3. 12. and 21. 2 10 11. He writ on him his new name King of kings and Lord of lords for as he represented our Lord Jesus in all his Offices of the Kingdom during the time they were done in Spirit and Mistery so he shall do again when they are done visibly and sensibly in the Eyes of all the World and as we have heard that mighty Voice saying Babylon the great is fallen is fallen so we shall see that other angel come down from heaven having great power and the earth shall be lightned with his glory Rev. 18. He was that olive-tree that stood on the right-side of the bowl that was on the top of the golden candlestick He was that anointed one that stood before the God of the whole earth Zech. 4. 14. He is that prophet that had power to smite the earth with all manner of plagues as oft as he would Rev. 11. 6. For the land is utterly emptied and spoiled the Lord hath spoken this word

amongst us to make us all New Soul and Body as I was bound to keep any of the Commands of God And again this was confirmed to us when the Lord's Servant came with these Words Behold the man whose name is the BRANCH The Father's Day is come which was hid from Men and Angels I found these things so strong and weighty that I could not dally with them for if I would have said I did not believe he had brought his first begotten again into the World because I did not see him with my bodily Eyes my own Conscience would have condemned me for the Oath of God was writ in my Heart which he had sworn to Philadelphia Time shall be no longer and behold the man whose name is the BRANCH I knew in my Soul that this was the Word of God that the Old Adam's State was finished which could be done only by the coming of the New I must own it in the presence of God that he hedged me up to these things and put me to that blessed streight that I must cry out in the Name of all Philadelphia Be ye lifted up ye everlasting doers and the King of glory shall come in And I Witnessed to them That the Christ of God was not only given to us out of the Father 's own hand in his own season but clossed with and received as he was offered in the Word in sure and certain hopes that as we have born the image of the earthly so now for ever bear we the image of the heavenly Adam I Witness that God writ it with an Iron Pen and the point of a Diamond on my Heart That I was finally eternally and everlastingly acquitted and absolved from all the guilt of Sin and Sorrow which came by the first Adam having received and closed with the Righteous BRANCH as he was given out of the Father 's own hand for which infinite Grace and Mercy I prostrate my self in Dust and Ashes at his Feet acknowledging his Love and Mercy to be absolute grounded wholly and eternally on the Merits of his Dear Son and that there is nothing in any Creature I further Witness That he enabled me to rely on the Infallibility of his Word Oath and Testimony which from that time stood in full force for the utter destruction of my Sins and Corruptions I Witness That I came a miserable distressed tormented Wretch out of the Old Adam's State so that I had longed many years for a Grave not for any outward Miseries but constant wearyings and tirings out with a Body of Sin and Death And the man whose name is the BRANCH that was given out of the Father 's own hand became almost glorious triumphant Conquerour over the Old Adam and for these things I bow my Knees to the Almighty and shall sing Praise unto my Zion's KING now and ever Amen I Witness That I heard a great voice from the temple of heaven from the throne saying It is done And then he came and writ on me his new name King of kings and Lord of lords and upon this called me to take of the water of Life freely And he shewed me a pure river of water of life clear as christal proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb Rev. 22. 1. I Witness I had not only an outward Call in the Word to take these waters of life but inward Illumination of his Spirit according to these words Rev. 22. 17. The spirit says Come All Glory to my Zion's JESUS now and ever And I took of the water of life and shall never thirst more it is in my Belly a well-spring to Eternal Life All Glory to the Lord alone now and ever I Witness That at the same time he said unto me Behold the man whose name is the BRANCH See the tree of life placed in the midst put forth thy hand fear not take eat and live for ever and he gave me of the Tree with these words John 6. 58. Not as your fathers eat manna and are dead he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever And for all these things Blessing and Honour and Wisdom and Strength and Power be to our God now and ever Amen And there is no more curse but the throne of God and the. Lamb shall be in it his servants shall serve him And see his face and his name shall be in their foreheads And there shall be no night there they need no candle nor light of the sun for the Lord God giveth them light and they shall reign for ever Rev. 22. 3 4 5. All Glory to the Lord alone now and for ever After these things the Lord's servant comes and tells you God hath performed his Oath There is time no longer And the mighty angel comes down cloathed with a cloud and a rainbow on his head his face shin'd as the sun and his feet as pillars of fire And he had in his hand a little book open and he set his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the earth And cried as when a lyon roareth And he lift up his hand to heaven and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever who created heaven and the things that therein are the earth and the things that therein are and the sea and the things that therein are that there should be time no longer Rev. 10. 1 2 3 6. I Witness That on this same day I had a strict Commission from God to tell you with other things That a sign of deliverance to the Church of Philadelphia signified God's Oath to them The Lord tells you He hath performed his Oath and there is time no longer the Old Adam's state is finished And I do affirm in the Name of the Eternal God That this is the Witness of Him that is Faithful and True and that he doth hath and shall for ever sway his Kingly Scepter in my Soul and he hath conquered the Old Adam And once more in the Name of the Lord I do affirm for the Honour of his Word and Oath That he did come down on this same day with a rainbow on his head as a most glorious triumphant Conquerour over the Old Adam and that he did remove the iniquity of the land in one day Zech. 3. 9. And the mountains shall depart and the hills be removed but the covenant of his peace shall never be removed Isa 54. 10. I bear witness That poor Zion which had lain so many 100 Years under the Guilt of that Blood which they shed and they have this day a fountain opened for sin and uncleanness Zech. 13. 1. he hath opened the peoples graves and the dead bodies live again Ezek. 37. 12. I Witness That the Redeemer is come to Zion and hath turned away ungodliness from Jacob Isa 5 9. 20. Oh! with what Adorations of Soul should we worship that God that hath remembred his Covenant to a Thousand Generations his Oath to Abraham and his Seed for