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spirit_n	day_n	lord_n	see_v	6,946	5	3.6931	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42019	An alarm from the holy mountain of the Lord to the inhabitants of the earth, and the word of the Lord sounding out of Sion, let all the inhabitants tremble With a warning to the wicked, calling them to repentance. As also two visions shewn and revealed by the Lord unto his servant Richard Greenway, one shewing how the head of the wicked one shall suddenly be dashed, the other how the spirit and power of darkness is caught in its own snare. And somthing that was sent to Richard Brown in particular, who is commander of the train-bands of London.	Greenway, R. (Richard); Eccles, Solomon, 1618-1683.	1662 (1662)	Wing G1862; ESTC R215946	7,289	9

down also And when the Sessions was come which was held at the Old Bayley on the 26th of the 4th Month 1662. being the fifth day of the week I was brought before them it being the first day of their sitting and not long after the Court was come together As I was brought before the Court they cryed take off his Hat which was done and T. A. that committed me to Prison pointed to the Officer that brought me to put me among the Fellonious persons who were in their Irons to be numbred among transgressors and as I was put into that place they put my hat into my hand and I put it upon my head again without any contempt to any but in the fear of the Lord It was not long before R. B. being on the Bench cryed be uncovered in the Court but I did not so minde his words as to take off my hat thereat then he reproved the Officers of the Goale and I was hastily brought forth of the place where I was put before the face of the Court and there my hat was taken from me and the Goalor chid and railed at me saying why will you not pull off your Hat but we must be chid for you then they put me again where I was before the Court having spoke nothing to me and as they were putting me in R. B. said put him in the Common Goale and then he commanded my hat should be given me again which seemed to me to be to try me and in the fear of the Lord in Conscience I durst do no other but put it on I was made to look towards R. B. who shooke his head at me with a feirce look and turned himself to the next man to him on the Bench and seemed to speak something in his ear then his back part was toward me and after a little time some were going again to pull off my hat and then he said with a loud voice let it alone and after that none was disturbed with me or offended at my hat being on when R. B. had said let it alone though I kept it on before them several hours as I was standing in the innocency waiting in the fear of the Lord and looking when I might be called what I had formerly seen was brought fresh to my minde and compared to the aforesaid passage I said in my heart sure there is something in this when the Court brake up for that day it was so ordered that I was put into Newgate with the rest of my freinds notwithstanding what R. B. had said as to the putting of me in the Common Goal and I was called three times more before them in the time of the Sessions But had little or no Tryal as to the matter for which I was first committed but instead thereof had the Oath tendred me as a Snare and because I was not willing to break Christs Command who saith swear not at all I was returned to Newgate Prison there to remaine till I should take the said Oath as is expressed in the Goalors Bill or Calendar And as I was in that place of Newgate aforesaid upon the 17th day of the 5th Month 1662. The word of the Lord came unto me about the midle time of the day saying go lay thee down in private upon thy bed and wait quietly with thy minde turned in unto me and hear what I will say unto thee After I had laid down for some time without the least motion to sleep the fire of the powerful word of God Almighty kindled in me and the Lord spake by his word of power thus in my heart by which he opened my understanding and silenced all other thoughts and said The Creature which thou sawest which was in the fashion like unto a Cat which was very big fat and of a lightish colour with the head thereof which was suddenly struck and quashed thou knowest not how It was the figure of that spirit of wickedness which is very big and highly exalted against my truth and people which I will suddenly dash as flat as thou sawest the head thereof which I smote with my own hand alone then a pitty rose in me towards Richard Brown and I said surely it may be well for me to warne him by a Letter in writing but the Lord said nay his heart is hard and he is desperately set against my way he will do by it as he did by that which I caused to be sent already do thou publish this which I have and shall shew thee and then let that be published also it may be a warning to some other and he may take it after he hath heard thereof by some other hand And the Lord said the large Floodgate which thou sawest and stoodest before was the Court which thee and thy brethren were brought unto which if thou comparest was as thou hast seen the waters which were but low are people that which moved in the Waters was the spirit and power of darkness that which you stood upon was that which was between the Court and you the great Eele that appeared above the waters was the cheifest that was there the wier Snare which came up through those spars which was fastned about the middle thereof of which thou hadest hold and and did pul with thy hand was the promises which have been made by the King which were sent and delivered unto the Iudge his hand and as thou sawest the wier snare was fastned about the great Eles middle so are those promises fastned thou hadst hold therof with thy hand being one imployed in the sending of them and as a Snare or Cord of wier double is hard to be broken being well twisted so shall they be hard to be broken they which stood upon the water with thee before the Flood-gate were thy brethren the other Eeles which thou tookest up with thy hand were as those thou wast before the second time which were lesser in power then some the day before and as thou couldest hold those Eeles when they were cut on the head so were they cut and stopt by my power that is manifest so that they could do nothing farther against thee with many more not convenient here to insert These sayings are faithful and true Let him that hath an ear hear what the spirit saith and set all whom this may concerne consider of their ways and repent of the evil of their doings while they have time least this with the many other warnings which they have had from the Lord be brought upon them one day to aggrevate their condemnation when to repent it will be to late G R. Pro. 29. and 19. Where there is no Vision the people perish And thus saith the Lord Joel 2. and 28. I will pour out my Spirit upon all Flesh and your Sons and your Daughters shall Prophesy and your Old men shall dream dreams and your Young men shall see Visions AWake Awak Oh Arme of God thou that

An ALARM FROM The Holy Mountain of the Lord to the Inhabitants of the EARTH AND The word of the Lord sounding out of Sion let all the Inhabitants tremble With a Warning to the wicked calling them to Repentance As also two VISIONS shewn and Revealed by the Lord unto his Servant Richard Greenway one shewing how the Head of the Wicked one shall suddenly be dashed the other how the spirit and power of darkness is caught in its own Snare And somthing that was sent to Richard Brown in particular who is Commander of the Train-bands of London O Earth Earth hear the word of the Lord and incline an ear hereto All you great high and exalted Mountains you little Hills and hard stony Rocks and all you that lift up your selves against him that formed you even as if the Ax or staffe should set it self against the hand that lifs it up And consider this all you Inhabitants of the Earth hear I say and dread and fear before the Lord of Hosts the mighty God the Creator of Heaven and Earth and all that is therein for he will suddenly dash the head of the wicked with the stroak of his mighty terrible hand even as when a Potters Vessels are feircely stroken with an Iron rod for unto him all the Nations of the Eath are but as a very small thing in his mighty hand of power is the breath of all that liveth upon the face of the Earth therefore all you tall Ceaders bend and come down and all you stirdy Oaks stoop and be you bowed unto the Ax which is layd unto your root which is the word of the Lord the sound thereof is gone out to the ends of the Earth for the Lord of Hosts the mighty Jehovah will lay you level for by his fire and by his terrible sword hee 'l plead with all flesh and all you scraching Bryers Intangling Brambles and prickelly Thorns who set your selves in battel against the Lord that Created you fear I say and dread before his most holy name least you be consumed by his Eternal Unquenchable fire or his jealousie is kindled which burns as an Oven and verily all the wicked that are lifted up in Pride and Lust in which the Lord is forgotten will be turned into Hell they are appointed as the fuel thereof except they repent therefore all you stout hearted ones that think to stop the work of the Lord if you continue striving therein you will be confounded the month of the Lord hath spoken it And he hath commanded me to publish the same and to tell you in vaine do you all strive For thus saith the Lord all you that set your seves against my work and appearance in my people try if you can stop the Sun from going its course or if you can stop my Thunder claps or my Lightnings from breaking through the Clouds or the Moon or Stars from giveing light unto the Night or can you stop the tide of the Sea from flowing and ebbing or the Raine from descending down upon the earth If you can do any of these things then and not till then will you be able to stop that which I am bringing to pass or hinder that wich I have d●…ed to do which is to Establish Righteousness in the earth and to set up the Throne of Truth above iniquity deceit unrighteousness to advance Mercy Iustice true Iudgemnt and Equity above Injustice Cruelty and oppression it is already begun And you think to stop me in my work but your Imaginations are all in vain and will turn to your own confusion except in time you stay your hands and thereof Repent The Lord who hideth his Counsels from the wise and prudent ones of the earth and reveals them to Babes and Sucklings such as fear his name and tremble at his Word he hath spoken to me therein and hath revealed his secrets by his spirit While I was kept a Prisoner in the Poultrey Counter London for the word of God and testimony of Iesus Upon the 17th day of the 3d. Month towards break of day I saw a Vision as I lay upon my bed which I was made to take great notice of my thoughts I saw a Creature like unto a Cat but much bigger then any of that kind that ever I had seen it was very fat and of a lightish collour it was very nere me yet some distance from me and it stood just before me with the hinder parts towards me with the face it looked back upon me steadfastly a on suddain the head was struck flat and squashed as if it had been struck by a strong and mighty hand with some great thing the blood dropping so that it was sad to me to b●hold and though the head thereof was so squashed and bruised yet the hinder part thereof stood up and moved to and fro but lying down with the former part of the body it put forth one of its four paws at me but could not reach me at which I rejoycing said It cannot touch my life and so it was taken out of my sight but the remembrance thereof was very fresh in me and the Lord commanded me to set it down in writing and to note the time and his word spake thus in me this Vision is for an appointed time Again about the midle of the 4th Month while in that place and for the cause aforesaid I saw another Vision my thought I was standing before a very large flood gate which stood in the side of a great stream and my thoughts I was standing on that side next to the streame of water with my back towards the openning part of the floodgate and there were some other men with me but it was not shewed me who they were only we were together in peace they seemed to me to be fisher-men the waters seemed to me to be but low and we stood upon the waters and between the waters under our feet were spars of wood like paling which lay some distance one from another and some little sticks of wood in some places besides and underneath that which we stood upon there seem'd to be much fish and my thought one Ele very big and long came up to the top of the water with a yallow wier snare of many doubles well twisted fastned about the midle thereof and the snare of wier came up through the spars of wood And I took hold of it as I thought with my hand and I pulled it pretty hard but the Ele was so big that I could not get it through the spars of wood so I let it go with the snare fastened about the middle then I put down my hand into the Water and took up a handful of other Eles some bigger and some lesser and they twisted and twined in my hand and they were very hard to be held and my thought I cut them on the head and then I could hold them very well this I was commanded to set