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To the most honorable the high court of Parliament assembled, &c.
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Eleanor, Lady, d. 1652.
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1643
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shortned as much to say shall come short of his dayes at the time of the Deluge alluding to it when all flesh perished except eight persons In like manner from 〈◊〉 â—ncarnation when God became man thought not scorne to take our Nature upon Himselfe From which time to his second comming Parrallels it Thus. But as the dayes of Noah were so shall the comming of the sonne of Man bee For as in the dayes before the flood untill the day Noah entered into the Arke And knew not untill the flood came and tooke them all away So shall also the Comming of the Sonne of Man bee And so all before the comming of the last day also forewarnd to be appeares plainly Matt. 24. Dated with the present yeare 1642. Two shal be in the feild two Armes to wit Two women shall be grinding at the Mill c. and of our miserable devission so much for a watch-word shall serve The seventh Angels Trumpet Revela 10. give his voice on Noahs side beside that Angell that set his Right foot upon the sea c. Whose feete as Pillars of fire with that little Booke open in his hand Even great Brittains revealed forewarning That Ilands vissitation That there be some standing here not only but throughout the World that shall not tast death till the day of Judgement And so take eate this little Booke the Sacrament of his comming at hand As herein is no small mistery Conteind too twofold double Witnesse appearing like all the rest Judges the 15.20 verse And he Judged Israell twenty yeares in the dayes of the Philistins c. verse 31. and 16 Chap. And he Judged Israell twenty yeares Also when the sonns of GOD became Tyrants and carnall Gen 6. My spirit shall not strive alway with man for that he also is flesh Namely how great soever Yet his dayes shall bee an hundred and twenty yeares It includes Times reigne This twenty yeares to be put upon his last score The Prophet David foresaw this weeke Psalm 90. A thousand yeares in his sight are but as yesterday The Apostle Peter One day with the Lord is as a Thousand yeares and a Thousand yeares as one day Daniel the Prophet that Master of Arrethmatitians confirms that weeke thus He shall confirme his Covenant with many for a weeke and in the middest of the weeke oblation shall cease c. The Messiah slaine and the Cities Desolation to wit in the fourth Thousand yeare Wherein not only shewed Messiah his dayes cut off but Time the sonne of Eternitie his dayes too shortned Even one Thousand yeares fulfilled or compleat For the Gospels Progresse The 20. of the Revela Thus speakes That they lived and reigned with Christ a Thousand yeares before these Idolatryous times of late 〈…〉 therefore in respect of Time past our Saviours late comming Then The Apostle Paul after this fashion admonisheth The Time is short as much to say And to be shortned For which cause as if we possessed or enjoyed nothing Corinth 7. And here adding but in a word or two of the LORDS day that also cut off how this Samson hath been shaffed This samson-Samson-day how it hath been observed and kept after what spirituall fashion Even the LORDS house haunted by Spirits of Divels no few amongst those Tombes c. Holding their Spirituall-Courts there whose daily Office and Occupation was before their being cast out of Pauls Either to make many forsweare themselves Or to fill Prisons with those call'd by them Puritans and now Rownd-Heads For which senslesse rediculous Name not amisse with the Prophet to bestowe these for a Girdle alwayes to bee girded with feare round about MAGORMISSABIB those Characters compounded of GOG MA GOG Compassing the Camp of the beloved Citie of the Saints Whose number c. Revela 20. consisting of Papists the Queenes Armie and prophaine Protestants before the day of Judgement being let loose These like Herod and Pilate that were made friends at variance before And wherewith observ'd as it deserves no other as others have serv'd God professing themselves his servants and going contrary as it were your servant c likewise by them as supposed Their Name but used for the abusing or betraying of their person having first craftily gone about to cut the throats of so many by giving them another Name But to return Thus this Sabboth too discarded not onely Excommunicating the Lord prophets and servants c. but turned into a Day of Cardding and Diceing with sweating Pastimes Goe for thy labour sit downe and spinne and weave plough and ditch from henceforth in the sweat of thy face Eate thy bread Come no more into the garden of God so much for harkening to the Serpents voice The flaming Sword beware Neither be grieved with him crying O my sonne Absolom my sonne my sonne Absolom also O my sonne Absolom O Absolom my sonne my sonne The Saboths double Eclips as much to say or twice Chang'd and alter'd That harkend not to that voice rather saying verily my Saboths shall ye keepe even he shall be cut off that worketh thereon That day which was given for a perpetuall signe Exodus 31. c. No marvell or wonder therefore our Houses though vissited by the Spoyler and Plunderer with our day-labour turned into Daies and Nights-warding and watching Neverthelesse not cut off without declaring in the place of this Judas-day more like then the Resurrections a lawfull Successor herewith shewed c. upon Mathias-day how the Lot fell in the yeare 1633. that Mundaies first day of the weeke In which aforesaid yeare the Beast hee also asscended then out of the bottomlesse Pit The son of perdition The last Arch B. gone to his owne place Now by whom the word of God in the Moneth October 23. was burnd suffered Martyrdome by a Candle from his owne hand at the High-Commission board Sacrifiz'd And at this time two Armies striving in the fielde for Possession and in Barke-shire and Oxfordshire where the Heavenly voice was heard first at Englefield-house The prime Shire imediately carried thereupon to Oxfoads Parliament to bee published c. In the first yeare of the Kings Raigne it being a Roule a manuscript revealing the day of Iudgement c. For which Cause now againe a great meeting of the Prophets as sometime in the daies of John that Conjunction then Jsaiah 6. An ancient Saint complaining thus Woe is mee I am cut off or undon because J am a man of uncleane lips c. VVhen as those Heralds of Armes present Each of them with six wings twaine they covered their faces with with twaine covered their feete with twaine did fly holy holy holy Lord of hostes cryed one to another c. The whole earth is full of thy glory And here to bring these home to the dayes of John in the Revelation c. prophecying to his Time even to the end of the world being Times Voices expresly for no other then a third Sabath to be through
the earth as exprest by the foure Beasts and foure Evangelists c. give all their voices also saying holy holy holy Lord God almightie which was which is and which is to come And for more light in this matter Revela 4. The seven Lamps of fire before the Throne c. which are called the seven Spirits signifie no other then Munday to be a Spirituall day Chap. 5. Signified thus There stood a Lambe in the middest of the Elders having seven eies and seven horns which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth To wit Sunday the middle Sabbath the Eie as it were to the Gentels that great light for seventeene hundered yeares space Likewise the Horns the new Sabbath Munday as afore shewed As the one proclaming the first Resurrection or comming So the other the Last in the seventeth hundred yeares to be recal'd And thus our eternall Sabbath these Sabath-dayes both in one sealed up in the little Booke Farthermore for an addition these shewing beside how the Worlds ages being cast into three parts That had not those daies before the Flood been cut off or shortned the Deluge had not been till Noahs Death which lived 300. Yeares after c. Enoch his walking with God confirms it Walked with God 300. yeares after his begetting Children as much to say weary Time three hundred yeares Comes before his Time High time of such daies to be disburthened And to touch this new-New-day with a coale from the Altar shewed also the one even Munday purified and the other remooved As appeares in that Massage sent Herod who had shut up the Lords Messenger Sonne of Herod the great so Sir Nam'd That be-headed Him setting abroach his Blood for his Birth-day better he never had been borne John of too high a spirit to feed him with flattery tooke our Saviour for John risen againe or some walking Spirit The Lord sends him word of the Resurrection saying go tell that FOX behold I cast out Divels and will heale to day and to morrow and the third day I shal be perfected Neverthelesse I must walke to day and to morrow and the day following c. bids him doe his worst as much to say which Ambassage whether delivered it were or no wee read not But doubtlesse for admonition spoken unto all spirituall Herods neither being curious whether these came to her eare indeavouring rather to unlocke or open the meaning of that How coming to passe Herod or Hayreod to be Sur-named Reynold the Fox Not onely because John called our Lord Innocent Lambe made their prey but his eare dedicated to her so his Dalilah Very likely he did weare some odde Locke Fox-tayle-like a scourge as it were of hayre portending how together with his Souldiers our Saviour should be stript scourged despised and mocked by him Wherefore before that Easter this word or mocke sent him that before had given his consent Onely for a rash words sake as made an eye-winesse of his valour to be-head such a one for such a woman partly because of his alliance c. Then lessen himselfe His greatnesse makes himselfe a fire-brand of Hell rather And although this Fox the first of that Name is said to be exceeding glad to see Jesus of whose coming then questionlesse he was foretold in that word sent unto him notwithstanding to those questions of his vouchsafed no answer at all As much to say he had and would make good his word in the end c. Thus shee in such obedience to her Mothers instruction He standing in as much awe of them both those Philippian Dames And so much for an Old Case new reported And as in the Gospell the five Yoke of Oxen these serves for OXFORDS Meridian which belong to His Majesties invitation Hath MARIED a wife and cannot Come c. Yoak'd in the yeare 1625. unequally Also that Term of FOX or OXFORD to wit Ominous to long Gownes Samson Companion too crafty for him afords them that subject likewise to worke upon So againe Lastly What Lacke yee Doe you lacke Match and Powder or Cable-Ropes or any Brasse c Fetters toward Field-pieces or long Haire any to weare Or Irish Wit hs Of these as much as yee please SAMSON is provided for you bound to serve is as long as he Lives Even hee with those grinding Gun-powder That Mother and Daughter in the GOSPELL Two women shall be grinding c. The last dayes watch-word so much shall hereof suffice Onely these Matt 24. Then shall two bee in the Field c. As it serves for this yeare 1642. with the sevententh hundred yeare So Samsons sacrificing here his Life Hee bearing as it were the gates of Hell and Death Also these beares date about this present EASTER set forth in Honour of the glorious Resurrection his Life and End And hetherto from Thence c. Your Silence on all sides which concludes Consent Wherefore I Conjure and Charge the aforesaid Evill Spirits or Legions no more here to enter into this Kingdome from henceforth Goe downe into Hell out into the farthest part of the Earth get thee hence c. Glory Honour and Blessing From the Blessed LADIE her Day in Lent c. 1643. None offer without Priviledge to Re-print These