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A78065
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An alarm to the vvorld, of the appearing of Sions king. Or, a brief discoverie of the foot-steps of the Lord upon earth.
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Banaster, Thomas.
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1649
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Wing B631; Thomason E550_24; ESTC R205655
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strong holds invisible let me tell you one thing more the shaking of heaven and of earth is so great that the Sion of God for whose sake all this is are but as when a standard-bearer fainteth and for their sakes these dayes shall be shortned Isa 10. 17 18. Oh what fear and trembling is there seised upon the spirits of all the Israel of God who is able to behold his cloudy presence Zeph. 3. 16. When I heard my belly trembled my lips quivered at the voyce rottennesse entered into my bones I trembled in my self I that I might rest in the day of trouble when he cometh up unto the people he will invade them with his troops The Lord in this our day is invading all lands and his coming is with clouds chuse whether ye will believe it or no and this his cloudy power hath and will all fall upon powers let them be powers Kingly or powers Parliamentary or power by Sword ye must all fall but the power of the sword shal be the last that shal be destroyed I mean the last visible power this cloudy power of the Lord is falne upon all your Idols temporall and spirituall and high time it is for all lands are full of Idols and every man boweth to them Esay 2. 8. 9. The lofty look of man shall be humbled and the Lord alone shall be exalted and ye shall cast away your Idols of silver and gold and hide your selves if you could tell where for fear of the Lord and for the glory of his Majesty This day is the day of the Lord and yet alas ye are all so blinde that ye look for peace and what have you for to do with peace are not ye all of the earth have ye not all a wicked earthly minde and an evil idolatrous heart and an earthly god called the god of this world which god of this world hath blinded your eyes that ye cannot tell what the Lord is doing ye look for peace and that is taken from the earth Rev. 6. 4. And there went out another horse that was red and power was given to him that sate thereon to take peace from the earth and that they should kill one another and there was given unto him a great sword England what saist thou to this and now therefore behold trouble and trouble is most fittest for you all O world thou hast been a troubler of the Lords heritage and O Israel thou hast been a troubler of thy Father and that made him return to his own place thou O world hast been a wonder unto death the fathers beloved in stead of pleading their cause and now the Lord is come to plead the cause of his heritage himself and for thee O Israel thy life hath been so wicked and so grieving to the Spirit of God so that thy long continuance in this thy spirit-grieving way hath wounded thy King to death in thee and the life which thou now livest is a dead life wounded I say thou hast thy dear Lord Zach. 13. 6. What are these wounds in thy hand these are the wounds which were given me in the house of my friend Zach. 12. 10. The world hath wounded Christ and his members have wounded him and behold now the Lord is risen and come down for to wound and never heal and yet for to wound and to heal that is for to pull down and to build to pull down and to destroy all both Kings Priests People and thee O Israel and to take away from us that which we are very loath for to lose but lose it we must being got into the cloudy day of God and if Noah Daniel and Iob were in these our dayes they should save but their own souls Ezek. 14. 17. and 21. vers Behold the Lord is come do not ye hear his sound yet how long shall the Trumpet blow O sleepers ere ye will awake the Lord is come down and walks up and down the earth and not a man heareth him or seeth him this is a mystery ye are certainly asleep O souls Kings Priests People yea and Israel too and that lulled asleep by the Devill into a heart-sleep and when the heart is once asleep the cloudy appearing of Jesus Christ cannot awaken it and a heart-sleep is within one step of the sleep of eternall death and if ye lie a little longer O all ye people of the world Lord have mercy upon you may be written upon all your doors for my King will pass by and enter into his Fathers kingdom with all his Princes and then for to awake will be too late what not yet cannot ye behold my King nor see him why you shall for the clouds shall be taken away and therefore the words run with every eye shall see him And every eye shall see him The second appearing of my King will be a spirituall appearing and so a spirituall destruction shall attend this spirituall appearing that is a destruction attended with much light therefore the word Every eye is brought in when this cloudy appearing of Jesus Christ is finished then comes this spiritual appearing of the Lord for to destroy that the cloudy appearing of my King could not do which spirituall appearing will cause all flesh for to tremble doubly and out of trembling fear and out of fear flie to the mountains hills and great rocks for to hide themselves from the presence of the Lord Rev. 6. 16 17. But let me tell you there will not be a mountain nor a hill left in all the world to hide thee from the presence of the Lord for that is the reason why the Lord comes first with clouds and darkness to remove every mountain and hill and every hiding place that you shall have no where to go for shelter for the Lord will make bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the Nations Isa 52. 10. Oh what an exceeding light and glorious appearing of Jesus Christ will there be ere long for all eyes shall see and light shall burn and God will search all the world and all hearts too and cause them for to see and know what they are Isa 9. 5. Every battle of the Warrier is with a confused noise and garments rouled in blood This shall be with burning and fury of fire And Zeph. 1. 12. at that time I will search Jerusalem with candles and punish the men that are setled upon their lees and say in their heart the Lord will not do good neither will he do evill but you shall know ere long what the Lord will do when he cometh for to give you eyes to see withall that you never saw there are divers eyes the eyes of the body the eye of Reason the eye of Faith and the eye of the Understanding for the eye of the body you know it is a dim-sighted thing and cannot behold the Sun it is good for nothing but for to give light unto the body but this eye here spoken of by