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Pure encouragements from the spirit of the Lord as a joyfull salutation with full assurance of victory unto the noble army of the lamb, against whom the gates of hell and death shall never prevail.
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Bayly, William, d. 1675.
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Pestilences or Famines or the rushing of the ungodly like the noyse of the raging Sea which cannot rest let not your heart be troubled the Lord of Heaven and Earth who is above all will rebuke the devourer for your sakes for your Redemption draweth nigh when ye see these things come to pass And this is the word of the Eternal God unto all people upon the earth the Redemption of his Seed draweth nigh and hastneth to be delivered as a woman in travel Therefore ye Babes of God ye Souldiers of the Lamb put on Zeal as a Garment and Righteousness as a Brest-plate and be cloathed with Humility and dwell in the Dread and Majesty of the Almighty and let your hearts be fixed without wavering look not back remember Lots wife for these are the days of vengeance of tribulations and distress of Nations with great perplexi y mens hearts failing them for fear looking at the things that are coming upon the earth Now shall they see the Son of man coming in the Clouds of Heaven with power and great glory now shall the earthly Tribes mourn and wail becau of him â—whom they have pierced But rejoyce yea sing and rejoyce ye children of the Bride Chamber who are redeemed from the earth and yet watch and pray continually for the Lord will make your terrour which is already begun to fall upon all flesh as the faithfull to him abide and the fear of you and the dread of you O ye retired meek circumspect Babes shall be upon every Beast of the field and men in honour not understanding the Decree and Counsel of our God are like the Beasts that perish and perishing and withering shall be upon every hand that is stretched forth against his way and work in the earth though they arise as the Locusts to compass the breadth thereof the Lord of Heaven shall blast them and they shall become as dung upon the open field Wherefore be ye not at all discouraged neither be afraid of their faces but gird on strength and go on in the Name of the Lord. Is the Philistines Champion come forth to defie the Armies of the living God doth he present himself fourty dayes vaunting against his true Israel doth he threaten to give your flesh to the Fowls of the Air and to the Beasts of the field to sell you for bond-men and bond-women doth the hearts of any among your Tribes begin to faint at the hearing of his voyce doth the height of his stature make you afraid why let no mans heart fail because of him for behold I see little David your Prince with the sling in his hand and the smooth stone in the Shepherds bag in the midst of you running to meet him in the name and power of the Lord God of the Armies of Israel whom he hath defied who will smite the uncircumcised in heart and ears by the dread of his presence which shall arise in the hearts of his Chosen in the day of Battel for he hath already delivered from the mouth of the Lion and from the paw of the Bear and he will also deliver us from this uncircumcised Philistine who shall be made like one of them Therefore fear not ye sons of Jacob but be very couragious be not at all dismayed at his high looks nor daunted at his chaleng but let us go on in the Name of the Lord our God let us keep open Daniels Casement towards Jerusalem as at other times let us not regard any thing or Decree contrary to the Worship of our God Come ye Babes lift up your heads in the pure strength of the Most High for I feel Moses Joshua Daniel and David amongst you and the spirits of all just men from Abel to this day are stirring up to help you blessed is the eye that perfectly feeth these things yea the Lord of Hosts himself shall fight for you and give you the victory for the Battel is the Lords it s against Him and his Truth which must spread over all the earth as the waters cover the Sea that the Potsherds have set themselves who can dash and consume them in a moment and will when their work is done and their time expired wherefore I say again in the Name and dreadful Authority of my God fear them not the Day is yours I see them all scattered as dust before the wind that rise up against you who have no helper in the earth but from the Lord alone ye called chosen and saithful Ones ye dear Lambs of my Father gird on strength and valour my soul rejoyceth in God and my spirit doth magnifie him who is the Saviour of Israel and my heart doth leap for joy to see and feel your faithfulness unto death and what this day will bring forth to his eternal glory and renown of his Name and the everlasting comfort of you his people The Lord will determine the Controversie and make a short work in the earth Now shall ye be as a City set on a Hill that shall shine throughout the world now shall the Arm of the Lord your God be revealed to the ends of the earth in behalf of his precious Seed which hath long suffered in hard bondage and sore captivity And now many are the eyes that are fixed upon you to see what will become of you in this day of tryal who will have cause to glorifie and bless the Name of your God through your faithfulness courage and boldness in the Truth whereby many shall be drawn towards you who will take hold of your skirts and acknowledge that the Lord of Heaven is with you and a multitude shall be converted to him and the desert shall be glad for him and the wilderness shall rejoyce because of him who is come to reign in Mount Sion before his Ancients gloriously Wherefore ye dear Children let this be your care and diligence to walk circumspectly towards them that are yet without by keeping clear walking with God in the pure still retired life in the inward parts in which ye may see and judg every motion and feel power to subdue and reign over all that is contrary So dear Babes of God dwell very still cool and calm in your minds that ye may be preserved out of the forward hasty spirit which hath alwayes betrayed the innocent and be kept back to the everlasting Foundation and Rock of the Generation of the righteous whose dwelling place and refuge is the Name of the Lord in all Ages who hid them in the hollow of his hand and under the shadow of his wings in the day of storms and raging Tempests of the wicked So cast all your care upon him for he careth for you and his eye beholds you which seeth in s cret who is bringing his Seed through the fire and through the water that all his people might be as fine Gold seven times tryed And as for the wicked your enemies and oppressors look not at all at them or their power their strength is a Reed of Egypt their time and power is limited but still look to the Lord in whom is your help in whose Name and pure Dominion and everlasting Authority I give forth this Testimony unto you his people and children that the day is at hand which shall burn as an Oven and all the proud and all that do wickedly shall be as stubble and the day that cometh shall burn them up and shall leave them neither Root nor Branch yea the very Root of the wicked as well as the Branch will the Lord our God consume and destroy by the brightness of his arising O happy day blessed for ever sing and rejoyce ye holy Prophets and Saints of the Most High for the day of our Redemption approacheth when all our burdens oppressions labour and travails shall cease leap for joy ye Babes in the womb of the Morning of this blessed day at the sound of this Salvation for it s from your Father the everlasting God that liveth for ever who hath said it and will accomplish it yea the zeal of the Lord of Hosts will perform this O ye dear Children I say again lift up your heads watch and be sober Behold the Bridegroom cometh be ready ye wise Virgins with your Lamps alway trim'd and your Vessels full of oyl that ye may behold his glorious arisings and see his wonders in the deep For verily the day of our God is come as a Thief in the night upon all the world of ungodly who will not believe if one should rise from the dead and declare it unto them whose eyes the god of the world hath blinded that they cannot perceive the Signs of the times of which many are past already and the last Sign is approaching viz. And the Gospel of the Kingdome shall be preached for a witness unto all Nations and then shall the End come And this am I to proclaim unto you his people and to the World let it be a Warning And this is the Lord bringing to pass in a way unknown to the ungodly and unexpected to the wicked who are and will be doing wickedly till it overtakes them as a flood and none of the wicked shall understand but the wise shall understand and the righteous shall be glad and rejoyce in the God of their salvation So these things arose in my heart by the Spirit of the Lord to give forth unto you his chosen that it might be as an instrument of encouragement to your precious Faith and Patience against all opposition within and without in this day of tryal and hour of temptation for my soul is greatly refresht as with new wine in the sence of what our God is hastning to bring forth and of the portion of my cup I have freely let forth unto you his children dearly saluting you with tender Bowels and pure Breathings and Desires unto my God for you all that we might all be kept staid chast single innocent and valiant in the strength of the enjoyment of his love to serve and honour him in this our day and generation even while we have a Being to whom my soul ascribeth all glory and thanks in the living sence of his unspeakable mercies Amen The God of Love and Peace be with your spirit Amen From my Prison at Hartford the 20. of the 4. Month 64. I am your Brother and Companion in the Tribulations Kingdome and Patience of the Lamb. W. B. THE END