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Apocalyps, chap. 11 its accomplishment shewed from the Lady Eleanor.
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Eleanor, Lady, d. 1652.
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APOCALYPS Chap. 11. It s accomplishment shewed from the Lady ELEANOR THus Reader in a word to thee what the unsealed words of this Prophesie imports VVe even in the same Estate with them called well Spiritually hardned Egypt and sinful Sodoms great City pointing expresly to the Spiritual calling in the last days what incurable Blindeness Arrogancy begets Here impeached of the sin against the Holy Ghost guilty of the blood of these his sacred Ambassadors slain by them the Prophet Daniel and John no inferior prophets their Books being interpreted by the same Spirit they wrote and these Imprinted at Holland Anno 1633. immediately seized on shrowded in a loose sheet of paper their embalmd bodies about Doctors Commons the good hour waiting for of their resurrection wounded in that barbarous manner assaulted by merciless desperate men unto a senceless saltless age sent bidden Remember her looking back Lots faithless Wife who neither discern the time know not the voyce of the prophets enemies to the Churches deliverance Micah 4. promised at last the downfal of her foes come upon themselves have fulfilled it By filling the measure up reaching to Heaven an account but current heretofore never compleat till now the holy Ghost in such manner blasphemed The invincible truth tearm'd madness the Prophets Testimony as extant on Record and published sentenced detestable as if any thing were too hard for the Lord in his appointed time whose dead bodies trodden underfoot daily or swept out like weekly Occurrences those truths and proceeding with the bruitish fact committed on these sacred VVitnesses or Ambassadors arived what their entertainment though not ignorant what power extraordinary indued with wonders of the highest kinde at their word waters turn'd into blood VVar foreshewed Heaven shut and the like smite the Earth with plagues as often as they speak the word yet these rash wretches such a vexation their presence clad in Sackcloth c. gratifie with presents making merry as the maner by stoping one anothers mouths to make up the Breach triumphing over their corps slain by the Beast coming out of the smoking pit or Abyss as appears making VVar with them with his furious Train armed at all points this British beast Not a little wilde concerned in it because shewed in this maner He must be killed verse which harms them touches a leaf of the Tree of Life a violent death whose doom be he whatsoever vers. 5. cap. 11. And though since see it true visible as their unexpected Resurrection and Ascension beheld by their very Enemies eye witness of it Gentlemen no less slighted then by those impious persons insenced at their Testimony supposed such an impossibility in those profane feasting days adored by his riotous Lords Courted by his Concubines with Belshazzar born under a like malevolent Planet And though needless any farther shewing concerning in the last time the last days approach to be revealed out of the Prophet Daniel and the Apocalyps one a Phenix of great Babylon the other an Eagle his flight from Patmos Isle of times tyranical Reign cut off and his cashiered Generation suffering for which glad tidings murthered by wretched caytiffs vers. confirmed both by their Resurrection and Ascending whose scaled writs reserved for the end not opened to be till then or served Notwithstanding of Times mystery thus his being bidden Arise and measure the Temple after the seven thunders voyces uttered proclaiming of a certain in what century sworn in his wrath Times being no longer He forbidden to measure the Court leave it out given to the Gentiles of whose treading under foot 42 moneths the City as follows signified by the Temple of God the year of God how about 1642. from his leaving the High Court c. unto Nazebies blow given him just three years and a half even from Jan. 1641. unto Anno Dom. 1644. compleat that Ascensions feast and cities solemn thanksgiving And thus as the heavens one contained in another under that great victory obtained shadowed out the general day of Iudgement not far off whereat the holy prophets and Elders not more rejoycing then the ireful Nations inraged like those so many thousand prisoners brought up c. filling every place like Hell likened to that great Earthquake 1645. after the aforesaid feast when a List returned with Names c. ver. a remnant onely escaping giving glory to God or took their flight as shewed v. 13. all pointing to the present century as moreover 7000 slain by the cities fall the tenth part of it in the same hour c. confirm'd by the divided number of Seven a time and times and half or part And so much for measuring out of these times of division never such and the third wo said to come quickly shewing the other two are past what signs and woful tokens visited with to wit monstrous levied Taxes devouring yong and old and Engines of war those pieces in a moment destroying men by Sea and Land innumerable as though Hell let loose the Devils short c. And for these in special let so much suffice of Heaven opened or the Temple of GOD c. with the two Candlesticks and two Olive-Trees anointed ones passing over the General what war hath bin waged against the Old and New Testament and two Sacraments the sum of it oyl in their lamps or watchful c. including your Holland Ambassadors welcom that the Cedar if not spared or the root let the Firtree beware the branches must not be too bold between whom the King Bishops in hot blood to judge referd to those two divided brethren one returning a cross answer the yonger as free of his fair language prohibits deferring to give God the glory or going about to deceive him with I I c. FINIS