Encouragement from Wise Strong Rich and Learned Men though it tends for the great Honour Peace and Prosperity of them But having an eye to the Recompence of Reward which is the Crown of Life that Crown which will never Rust when all the Honour and Glory of this World will be laid in the Dust I have Ventured my Life Endangered my Liberty and have Exposed my self to many Losses Crosses and Reproaches to be Blam'd Sham'd and Condemn'd by many Men for Engaging with the God of Heaven for to make known his mind for the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of Mankind But that God that has Encouraged me and Assisted me in well doing will Protect me and Reward me in due time for well doing They that can deny themselves and overcome themselves for to lay out themselves for his sake and the Gospel will in this World receive a Hundred-fold of Joy Peace and Comfort and in the World to come Eternal Life which they will want that be afraid or asham'd to own him and to appear for him in the worst of times and before the best of Men They that deny him before Men he will them before his Father and Holy Angels in Heaven But they that Confess him here he will them there The time is come that the God of Heaven will not be Slighted and Mocked by the Sons of Men as he has been too long and too much by many of them as by Unbelieving Jews Bruitish Atheists Wicked and Bloody Papists and Rebellious Dâ—ssâ—nâ—ers and Sâ—staries But as in these Gospel Days they wâ—â—l not Know Fear Love Serve and Honour him he will be Honoured upon them in bringing of them to great Shame and Consusion as many have sound and more will find if that they will not Cease to do Evil and Learn to do well but they that will Honour the God of Heaven he has promised to Honour them in this World sometimes it may be with Honours Riches and a long Lise but in Heaven it will be with all that have been Faithful and Fruitful for the great Honour of God the King and Nation in their Generation in this Life he will Reward them in Heaven with Glory Immortallity and the Crown of Life The Eyes of the Lord are upon the Righteous both to behold them and to uphold them for his Eyes run too and fro throughout the whole Earth to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose Heart is perfect towards him to Assist them to Counsel Comfort and Strengthen them and to Defend them and to Punish and Wound them that do Offend them that do Slight and Undervalue them that be as dear unto him as the Apple of his Eye They be his Peculiar Treasure his Crown and Glory his Portion and his great Reward though the Men of this World sees no Excellencies or Beauty in them yet by them that be most Wise they be Counted Excellent Persons for they be the Salt of the Earth the Light of the World the City on a Hill they be Men of great Ability and Nobility for Nobility they have the Creator of Heaven and of Earth to become their Reconciled Father his only and beloved Sons who is the Lord of Life and the King of Glory their Elder Brother the Holy Ghost their Counsellor and Comsorter Angels their Life-Guard the best of Kings and Queens their Royal Nurses Ministers their Servants and the Devil and all Wicked Men their Slaves Do I say Ministers their Servants are not all the Angels in Heaven Ministring Spirits sent forth to Minister for them who are and shall be Heirs of Salvation So that great is the Honour of the Sons of the Most High though they be Slighted and Undervalued in this World by the Workers of Iniquity Who can tell what great things the God of Heaven has laid up for them whom he has provided so many to Honour and to Wait upon some to Ennoble them some to Counsel and Comfort them some to Guard and Regard them some to Provide and Nourish them many to serve and to wait upon them He that has given them his Son who is the High and Mighty one the Chiefest of Ten Thousands will he not with him freely give them all things that shall be most suitable and seasonable Profitable and Comfortable and Advantageous for their Comfort in this Life and their Happiness in a better In this World the Wisdom the Power the Honour and the Glory of the Heirs of Heaven the Members of Christ doth not well appear because that their life is hid with Christ but when he shall appear who will appear with his Mighty Angels and in his great Glory then what will become of them that know him not and have not Obeyed his Gospel they will be Punished with Everlasting Destruction from the Presence of this great Lord and from the Glory of his Power But then he will be glorified in his Saints and admired of all them that believe for he will Change their Vile Bodies that have been upon Earth and make them like unto his most Glorious Body which is more Glorious than the Sun in the Firmament to be for ever with him in whose Presence is fulness of Joy and at whose Right Hand are Pleasures for ever more in this World A true Believer is a Man of Wonder because he has the Devil and the World under his Feet and Christ in his Heart who is the Hope of Glory and the Crown of Glory to them that Believe in him and make an Improvement of him And as a true Believer is a Man of Wonder many times to himself so sometimes the God of Heaven will make him a Son of Thunder against the Turk the Pope and the Devil and all the Workers of Evil against all that do Slight and Undervalue the Word of God and Question his mighty Power It is not Men nor Angels but the God of Heaven that has made me a Wonder to my self a Terror to his Enemies and a Crown and a Glory to all them that be Faithful to him to our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain to the Protestant Religion and to the Church of England The God of Heaven is no Respecter of Persons he that loveth Truth and worketh Righteousness will be Accepted and Rewarded but all the Workers of Iniquity will be Ashamed Confounded and Destroyed He is not a Righteous Man that is not a Humble and a Holy Man a Wise and a Faithful Man a Valourous and a Couragious Man in his Generation for the great Honour of God the King and Nation For Men to want these Graces they will be found Unacceptable to the God of all Grace Unprofitable to them that want Grace and Uncomfortable to themselves in every State and Condition but to have these Graces in Truth and to produce their Fruit will Procure and Secure Men in the Favour of the God of Heaven and of the Wise and Mighty Angels in Heaven and of all them that be
out of the hands of unreasonable bloody and deceitful men for all men have not Faith that do profess itâ— Let all pray that the Lord would by his wisdom and power establish his Majesties Royal Throne in Righteousness and enable his Royal Majesty to be a Terrour to all the Workers of Evil and a Praise to them that do well Let all pray that the God of Heaven and Earth would bless his Boyal Majesty with all temporal spiritual and eternal Blessings and when this mortal life of his shall be at an end that the Lord who is most great and most good would give him an everlasting Life and a glorious and unmortal Crown in his own Kingdom Let all that can pray pray that the Lord would bless our Royal Sovereign in all his Royal Relations thâ—â— the word would ennoble them to be true and fruitful Branches of the most Royal Vine that they may slourish in the Courts of Gods House and bring forth such Fruits as will be most suitable and seasonable pleasant profitable and comfortable to themselves and others Let all that can pray pray that the Lord who is most wise and most strong would bless our Royal and Gracious Sovereign with wise and faithful Counsellours that the Lord would counsel them with his Holy Spirit and enable them to be the Repairers of our Breaches and the Restorers of our Paths to dwell in It is the Blessing of the Lord that doth make rich and it is his Blessing that doth make weak and unlikely means effectual but without his Blessing neither Wisdom Power Strength or Counsel can be succesful Let all that can pray pray that the Lord would bless our Royal Sovereign with a wise godly and learned Clergy the Reverend Bishops and all the Ministers of Gods holy Word and Sacraments the Lord make them more and more faithful unto him to our Royal Sovereign 〈◊〉 Majesty of Great Britain to the 〈…〉 and to the Church of England To this end the Lord bestow a double portion of 〈…〉 upon them and grant that they may 〈…〉 of their Labours the salvation of many Souls which will be the Joy of Angels and a Crown to their Ministry Let all that can pray pray that in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Sovereign his Majesty of Great Bâ—â—â—ain the Lord would bless all people in all Mations with truth of grace strength of grace and increase of grace Let all pray that can that the Lord would raise up those that are fallen into the mire of Sin and that he would be pleased to strengthen them that do stand in the good old way of Piety and Honesty as it is taught in the Church of England Let all pray that in these days of the Gospel the Lord would forgive our Enemies Persecutors and Slanderers and turn their hearts That he would be pleased to have mercy upon all men that so his Mercy and Wisdom and Power may be more and more known upon earth and his saving health among all Nations that so among all people there may be a general Reformation which will bring great Joy Peace and Consolation And to his Majesty of Great Britain and to the Church of England great Honour and Exaltation Let not any despise the day of small things for what I have made known in much weakness and many infirmities against much opposition and contradiction I know that the God of Heaven will raise it with great power for the glory of his great Name for the credit of his holy Gospel for the great honour and renown of the Protestant Religion for the great joy and triumph of the Church of England the great honour and exaltation of his Majesty of Great Britain and the great peace and prosperity of many Kingdoms which will be brought about in the days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Sovereign Cryout and shout thou Inhabitant of Zion thou Church of England for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee to counsel comfort and to strengthen thee in thy troubles and to bring thee to great honour and glory So that all thy Enemies that have been incensed against thee will be ashamed and confounded if that they will not Conform and Reform to the Protestant Religion as it is established in the Church of England which is for Vnity Peace and Concord the best which would have all the Sons and the Daughters of Men to live in the fear of God and to die in his favour then they will not be afraid to die nor asham'd to live but their last works and days will be best It is high and honourable work pleasant prositable and delightsom work it is victorious and crowning-work That the God of Heaven has stirr'd me up for to engage with him in this day of his power for the glory of his great Name for the credit of his holy Gospel for the great honour and renown of the Protestant Religion for the great joy and triumph of the Church of England and the great peace and prosperity of many Kingdoms It is such work that the French King with all his Men and Money has not done cannot do nor knows how to do And why because his Wisdom is Foolishness and his Strength is Weakness to bring it about his Wisdom and his Strength will deceive him and all that trust to their carnal wisdom power and strength in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Sovereign Their wisdom is foolishness and their strength is weakness who are not careful to make themselves strong in the Lord in the Lord Jehovah and in the power of his might O great is the power of Faith that doth inable a mortal man to know that his wisdom and strength is in the Immortal God and to get wisdom and strength from him to be useful and serviceable for him in his Generation for the great Honour of Him and the King and the peace and prosperity of many Nations O great is the power of Faith that doth inable the Sons of Men to be most useful and serviceable both in Church and State and that in the worst of times and before the best of men It is the power of Faith that doth inable the Sons of Men for to have power with the God of Heaven to get power from him and to act with Power for the great Honour of him and the King and the great Peace and Prosperity of his Kingdoms What I have done can do or shall do by the Power of Faith which is the Power of God in this Noble Design which I have made known in time for the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of Mankind I would have all Wise Strong Rich and Learned Men give all the Glory to the God of Heaven because all Glory is due to him both from Man and Angels And that continually the Lord who is most wise and most strong knows when an I how for to
the Lord whom thou hast mocked and provoked with thy Images and Idols have laid a Snare for thee O Babylon to be taken and destroyed because thou hast striven against him who is most wise and most strong who will render unto Babylon and to all her Inhabitants all the evil that they have done in Zion in the Church of Christ throughout the whole World Therefore will thy young men O Babylon fall in the Streets all thy Men of War will be cut off in this day of the Lords power and the most proud will stumble and fall and not any will be able to raise them up The Lord of Hosts is against thee O Babylon O Church of Rome whose Day is come when Iniquity shall have an end What saith the Lord whose Word will stand and prevail when the Church of Rome and the Pope of Rome's Pride and Vain Glory will soon fail Thus saith the Lord God Remove the Diadem and take off the Crown for the Pope of Rome must come down and all that will undertake to uphold his Crown Exalt him that is low our Royal Soveraign his Majesty of Great Britain who has been a King of many Sorrows and Cares but the time is come that our Royal Sovereign is to be a King of more Joys and less Fears than any of his Majesties Predecessors have enjoyed before him and it will be well that his Majesties Successors may enjoy the like after him As the Lord will exalt them that be low that be meek and humble so he will abase them that be high who are proud and stubborn that have high thoughts of themselves and low thoughts of him Is it not the Turk the Pope and the French King But they will know that the Most High is above them and has the greatest power to set up and to pull down when he will and whom he will therefore Babylon the Church of Rome will become heaps a dwelling-place for Dragons an astonishment and an hissing without an Inhabitant What saith the Lord of Hosts the God of Israel concerning the Daughter of Babylon that she is like a Threshing-floor it is time to thresh her for the time of her Harvest shall come and will not tarry The Lord will give great joy rest and peace unto thee O England Scotland France and Ireland and unto all those Nations that do profess and enjoy the Protestant Religion but he will disquiet all the Inhabitants of Babylon all that be in league or in love with the Church of Rome where ever they be or where-ever they are A Sword is upon the Chaldeans saith the Lord who is most wise and most strong and has all power and powers in his own hand and upon the Inhabitants of Babylon and upon her Princes and upon her Wise-men A Sword is upon the Lyars and they shall dote a Sword is upon her mighty men and they shall be dismayed A Sword is upon their Horses and upon their Chariots and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of thee O Babylon and they shall become as Women A Sword is upon her Treasures and they shall be robbed A Drought is upon her Waters and they shall be dried up for it is the Land of graven Images and they are mad upon their Idols but the time is come that the Lord will do Judgment upon the graven Images of Babylon and her whole Land will be confounded and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her for the Lord will punish Bell in Babylon and will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up And the Nations shall not slow together any more unto him yea the Wall of Babylon shall fall as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the Neighbour Cities thereof saith the Lord so that no man shall abide there neither shall any Son of man dwell therein but the wild Beasts of the Islands shall dwell there and the Owls shall dwell therein but it shall be no more inhabited for ever neither shall it be dwelt in from Generation to Generation Then the Heaven and the Earth and all that is therein shall sing for Babylon for the Spoilers shall come unto her from the North saith the Lord who is slow to anger but he is great in power and that Babylon the Church of Rome will know to her great shame and overthrow Though Babylon should mount up to Heaven and though she should forrisie the height of her strength yet she shall fall and never rise more Wo be to them that go down to Egppt for help and stay on Horses and trust in Chariots because they be many and in Horsemen because they be very strong but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel and seek unto him who is the Lord of Hosts strong and mighty in Battel who can and will help and deliver them that trust in him when all outward means fail There is no King saved by the multitude of an Host a mighty man is not delivered by much Strength An Horse is a vain thing for safety neither can he deliver any by his great Strength The Egyptians are Men and not God and their Horses Flesh and not Spirit therefore they that trust unto them when the Lord shall stretch out his Hand and make bare his Arm both he that helpeth shall fall and he that is holpen shall fall down and they all shall faise together therefore wo be to the rebellious Children all unbelieving Jews bruitish Atheists wicked bloody and deceitful Papists and all proud Dissentors and Sectaries that take Counsel but not of the Lord who is most wise and most strong and that cover with a Covering but not of his Spirit that so they may add sin to sin Wo unto them that be wise in their own Eyes and that seek Deep to hide their Counsel from the Lord before whom the Darkness and the Light are both alike and yet they say Who seeeth them and who knoweth them Understand O ye bruitish Atheists and ye Fools when will ye be wise He that teacheth Man knowledge shall not he know The Lord knoweth the thoughts of Wise-men that they be vanity that all People in all Nations may know the true God whose Dominion it is from Sea to Sea and from one end of the World to the other He will proceed to do a marvellous Work and a Wonder he that gives Understanding to the simple doth many times cause the Wisdom of Wise-men to perish and the Understanding of the Prudent to be hid He turneth wise Men backward and maketh their knowledge foolish he leadeth Councellors away spoiled and maketh the Judges Fools he looseth the Bond of Kings and girdeth their Loins with a Girdle He leadeth Princes away spoiled and over-throweth the mighty he removeth away the Speech of the Trusty and taketh away the Understanding of the Aged He putteth down the Mighty from their Seat and doth many times exalt the Humble and the Meek He giveth Power
FOR ENGLANDS Information Reformation great Joy Peace and Consolation And for her great Honour and Exaltation and for the great Shame Contempt and Terror OF THE TVRK the POPE AND THE DEVIL And all the WORKERS of EVIL The Labour of the Righteous tendeth to Life the Righteous is an Everlasting Foundation and Righteousness will in time exalt a Person and in due time enable him for to exalt a Nation when it may be in a Weak and Low Condition LONDON Printed in the Year 1679. FOR ENGLANDS Information c. IN these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain great things are to be done and brought about for the Glory and the great Glory of the God of Heaven for the Credit of his Holy Gospel for the great Honour and Renown of the Protestant Religion for the great Exaltation of our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain above all Heathen Popish Kings Priests Princes and Emperors in the World that so many Nations may be freed from Slavery and throughout the whole World there may be great Joy Peace and Prosperity which will be brought about in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign but not by the Wisdom and the Power of Mortal Men but by the Wisdom and the Power of the God of Heaven but he has stirr'd me up for the Glory of his great Name to have his Enemies brought to shame and his Annointed His Majesty of Great Britain and the Church of England throughout the whole World to great Honour Renown and Fame for to make use of the Wisdom the Power and the Strength of Men but not to trust to any of them In these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign will the Righteous Flourish and in his days there will be abundance of Peace so that Righteousness will run down like a mighty Stream and Truth and Peace will kiss each other so that His Majesties Royal Throne will be established in Righteousness and the Workers of Iniquity the Seed of Evil Doers the Children of Disobedience who are Unbelieving Jews Brutish Atheists Wicked and Bloody Papists and Rebellious Dissenters and Sectaries will be afraid and ashamed to come into His Majesties Royal Presence so that His Majesties Royal Court will be the most Holiest Court in the World and these sinful and divided Kingdoms that have for a long time been vexed and perplexed with Contentions and Divisions will become the most Renowned Kingdoms under the Heavens for Unity Peace and Concord for Piety and Vertue for Wisdom Power and Strength for Honour Riches and great Glory so that in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign we shall soon become the Wonder and the Glory of the World the Crown of Kingdoms the Desire and the Delight of Nations the Joy of the whole Earth and the City of the Great King who can and will give us every good thing that is suitable and seasonable profitable comfortable and advantagious for the great Honour and Exaltation of his Annointed His Majesty of Great Britain and for the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of many Kingdoms which will bring great Joy and Triumph to the Church of England and great Shame Contempt and Terror to the Turk the Pope and the Devil and all the Workers of Evil to him that believeth all things are possible though to the Eye of Sense and Reason it may seem very difficult that which is above Nature will be brought about by him that is partaker of the Divine Nature and that without having a Sword in the Hand or Men or Money at Command Mans Extremity it is Gods Opportunity for to help a Person a Family a City and a Kingdom when that many Wise Strong Rich and Learned Men may be at a stand for to bring Order out of Confusion Light out of Darkness Good out of Evil and Peace out of Trouble then the Lord of Hosts who has all Power in his own Hand and all Men and Angels at Command knows when how and by whom he pleaseth for to make bare his Arm though it be by a weak and an unlikely Man for his Arm is very long and very strong and that his Enemies will know in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign to their great shame and overthrow Carolus jj Rex HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE The Power of Faith it is not in making of many words or in taking up the Sword that is made by Mortal Men. But the Power of Faith it is the Power of God making use of the Word of God which is the Sword of the God of Heaven which is sharper than any Two-edged Sword made by Men Because it is Piercing even to the dividing a sunder of Soul and Spirit and of the Joynts and Marrow and is a descerner of the Thoughts and Intents of the Hearts of all the Sons and Daughters of Men that are that have been or ever will be in the World This Word of God which is the Word of Life and the Sword of the Spirit it will Prevail when that the Traditions the Inventions and the Lying Wonders of the Church of Rome shall fail The Word of God abideth for ever therefore that shall prevail when that all Unbelieving Jews Bruitish Atheists Wicked and Bloody Papists and Rebellious Dissenters and Sectaries that do trust to Carnal Wisdom Power and Strength to this Party or that Party to this Opinion or that Opinion to their Estates or their Swords their Hearts shall fail Therefore in these Days of the Gospel of Peace and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain Let all that handle the Sword perish with the Sword that do not use it in a right manner and to a Right End that do not use it for the Glory of the great and Mighty God who is a Man of War and the God of Peace and for the Credit of his Holy Gospel which is the glad Tydings of Salvation and for the great Honour and Renown of the Protestant Religion for the great Joy and Triumph of the Church of England for the great Exaltation of His Majesty of Great Britain and the great Peace and Prosperity of his Kingdoms in these Days of the Gospel which is the Day of Gods Power and the great manifestation of his Patience Wisdom and Glory Let not any despise the day of small things For by Carnal Wisdom Power and Strength shall not Unbeleiving Jews Bruitish Atheists Wicked and Bloody Papists and Rebellious Dissenters and Sectaries prevail but against all these will the Lord of Hosts prevail and that when he please and by whom he please As it is the Prayer of the Ministers of the Gospel so it ought to be their great care in these Days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain for to mind
what they Sow in Weakness in whom the Great and the Mighty God doth Raise in Power or else they do but Undervalue their own Labours and Encourage their Adversaries For it is not enough for the Ministers of the Gospel to Preach the Word of God in Season and out of Season but they ought to mind who hath Believed their Report and to whom is the Arm of the Lord Revealed For his Arm is very long and very strong and that his Enemies will know in these Days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign to their great Shame and Overthrow The Great and the Mighty God that gives Life to a Worm can give Power to a Man to make all his Enemies throughout the whole World to Tremble And that without having a Sword in his Hand or Men or Money at Command Therefore as my Heart is Ingaged for the God of Heaven so it is Inraged against all them that do Slight and Undervalue his Holy Word and Question his Mighty Power By the Power of God I am what I am and will Labour to do what I can that his Name and Works throughout the whole World may be known to be most Glorious and His Majesty of Great Britain's Royal Person Crown and Kingdoms most Renowned and Famous among all and above all Heathen and Popish Kings Priests Princes and Emperors in the World If ever there was a time for to manifest the Power of Faith for the great Honour and Renown of England's Royal Church and State it is in such a time when that too many do Question the Truth of it and few brings forth the Fruit of it which is Love and Obedience to God and Man Great is the Power of Faith that doth inable a Mortal Man to have Power with the God of Heaven to get Power from him and to Act with Power for him and that in the worst of times and before the best of Men in these Days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain That among all People in all Nations there may be a general Reformation Throughout the whole World there must be but one Religion and that is the Protestant Religion as it is Establish'd in the Church of England for it is the true Religion because it doth hold forth and declare the knowledge of the true God and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent without Believing in him and willing to be Ruled by him there is not any of the Sons and Daughters of Men that can be Saved As for the Church of Rome her Children cannot Learn true Religion because their Teachers are False Prophets and Deceivers Instead of Consolation they do many times meet with Condemnation and instead of Salvation they be Exposed to great Damnation When the Blind Lead the Blind they do fall into the Ditch When the People are Ignorant and their Teachers not Sound in the Faith there cannot be a true Church nor a good State The Church of Rome will in these Days of the Gospel and in the Raign of our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain be soon brought down because that they stand upon a Sandy Foundation as Tradition and Lying Wonders And their Trust and Considence it is in an Arm of Flesh which is Carnal Wisdom Power and Strength which has Decieved many and will Deceive them What saith the Lord whose Word shall stand and prevail when all their Wisdom Power and Strength their Pride and Glory shall fail Thus saith the Lord Cursed be the Man that trusteth in Man and maketh Flesh his Arm Cursed be the Turk the Pope the French King and the King of Spain and all those that do use their Wisdom their Power and their Strength to hinder the Gospel in any Nation that it should not prevail The Jews that do slight the Gospel and deny Christ cannot be Saved but by looking up upon him whom they have Pierced and Crucified The Proud Turk cannot be Saved by his Mahomet It must be by the Gospel which doth hold forth Jesus Christ who is the Lord of Life and the King of Glory who is ready and willing in all Nations to save Sinners that will deny their own Carnal Wisdom Power and Strength he will give them Divine Wisdom Power and Strength which will Enable them that do Injoy it for to Understand the mind of God to do the will of God and to Injoy the Favour of the Everliving God which is better than Life or all the Delights of this World Because that the Church of England has kept the Word of Gods Patience he will keep her in the hour of Temptation which is come to try all Nations in these Days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain Great will be the Peace and the Prosperity of the Church of Christ throughout the whole World For the Lord will Judge among al Nations by his Word and Spirit and will Rebuke all them that will not submit to the Gospel of his Son which is the only means that the Wisdom of the Father has appointed for the Saving of lost Man so that they that have trusted to their Wisdom their Power and their Strength will beat their Swords into Plow Shares and their Spears into Pruining Hooks For Nation shall not lift up Sword against Nation neither in these Days of the Gospel shall they learn War any more as they have done but great will be the Joy and Triumph of the Church of England Great will be the Honour and Exaltation of our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain And great will be the Peace and the Prosperity of many Kingdoms So that in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign many Nations will be freed from Slavery and throughout the whole World there will be great Joy Peace and Prosperity This I Declare but not by my own Wisdom and Power nor by the Wisdom and Power of any Mortal Men but by the Wisdom and Power of the God of Heaven who doth all things in Heaven and in Earth according to the Counsel of his own Will and that when and by whom he will that so all the Glory may Redound to him and that no Flesh should Glory before him This great and mighty God who is the Searcher of all Hearts and has the command over all Spirits who can speak Peace when he please and by whom he please to a Person or to a Nation has stirr'd me up to Engage with him and has given me Wisdom Power and Athority from his Word and Spirit for to understand his mind and to make it known in due time for the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of Mankind Had any one have promised to give me Ten Thousand Pound for to Engage in so Noble a Design I should not have Ventured my Life Endangered my Liberty for to Engage in a Business of so High a Nature that I have neither President Example or
and as the flower of the field the grass withereth the flower fadeth but the Word of thy God O Church of England shall stand for ever Heaven and Earth will sooner fail than one Tittle of Gods Word Where the Word of a King is there is Power but how much more where the Word of the everliving God is when it is set on by his Spirit which is a Spirit of Power of Might and of Majesty It is a meek and a quiet Spririt an humble and a holy Spirit and it is the highest loftiest and most noblest Spirit it is such a Spirit that it will enable them that will be ruled by it for to attain retain maintain and proclaim that which is most noble excellent and advantageous for the great Honour Peace and Prosperity of a King and Kingdom Let all People in all Nations rejoyce in him that made them let the Children of Zion be joyful in their King The Lord shall Reign for ever even thy God O Church of England unto all Generations therefore praise him all ye Nations let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord Praise him for his mighty Acts who can express the Noble Acts of the Lord they are so many and great Not men or Angels His wondrous Works in the Land of Ham and fearful things by the Red Sea The Lord is good to all and his tender mercies are over all his works the Lord is great and greatly to be Admired and Adored he is clothed with Honour and Majesty who covereth himself with Light as with a Garment who stretcheth out the Heavens like a Curtain who layeth the Beams of his Chambers in the Waters who maketh the Clouds his Chariot who walketh upon the Wings of the Wind who maketh his Angels Spirits his Ministers a flaming Fire who laid the Foundations of the Earth that it should not be removed for ever the Lord of Hosts is his Name To be much in meditation of him will be sweet to the Soul and health to the Body I will be glad and rejoyce in the Lord as long as I live I will sing praise to him while I have my being for he hath redeemed my Life from Destruction and hath Crowned me with Loving-kindness and tender Mercies who satisfieth my Mouth with good things so that my Youth has been renewed as the Eagles Well may my Soul therefore bless the Lord and all that is within me bless his holy Name Bless the Lord O my Soul and forget not any of his Benefits who forgiveth all thine Iniquities and healeth all thy Diseases The Glory of the Lord shall endure for ever the Lord will rejoyce in his Works the Lords Throne is in the Heavens and his Kingdom ruleth over all Therefore bless the Lord ye his Angels that excel in Strength bless ye the Lord all ye his Hosts ye Ministers of his that do his pleasure bless the Lord all ye his Works in all places of his Dominion Is it not in vain for the Church of England for to pray O God make speed to save us O Lord make hast to help us and do not mind and regard when and by whom he will do it by whom can do it when he will so he will do it by whom he will and not when and by whom Wise Strong Rich and Learned-men please the meaner and weaker the Instrument is whom Almighty God doth use the greater is the Sin of them that do him slight under-value and refuse Long may the Church of England look for Peace and meet with Trouble look for Health and meet with Disappointment when she is not careful to mind the Day of her Visitation Shall the Stork in the Heaven know her appointed time and the Turtle and the Crane and the Swallow observe the time of their coming And shall not the Servants of the Lord understand his Mind so as to endeavour to prevent his Judgments Are they not counted wise-men that have the Law of the Lord with them But are not such wise-men many times dismayed ashamed and taken when they do reject the Word of the Lord and rely upon the Traditions and Inventions of Mens making and framing which are neither agreeable nor suitable to the Word of God which is the Word of Life and of Power What wisdom is in such men then that wisdom which will deceive them Who is so blind as they that should see most and deaf as they that should hear best Is there no Balm in Gilead is there no Physician there Doubtless there is Is not the Lord the Lord Jehovah in whom is Everlasting Strength in Zion Is not her King in her and for her and with her Why then is not the health of the Daughter of Gods people recovered Is there not any that stirs up himself to take hold of the true and everliving God as they ought and should do therefore hath the Lord who is full of Wisdom Power and Strength hid his Face from us And by reason of our many great and grievous Sins we have all been very much afflicted and consumed But where is the man that lays it so to heart as to stand up in the Gap to make up the Hedge so as to turn away Gods Wrath that for a long time has burned like Fire against England Scotland France and Ireland Who can stand before the Lord who is most great and most good when once he is angry doth not the Mountains quake at him and the Hills melt And is not the Earth burnt at his Presence yea the World and all that dwell therein when he pleaseth Therefore the Wicked and all the Workers of Iniquity the Seed of Evil-doers the Children of Disobedience the Enemies of the Gospel and the Protestant Religion will be ashamed confounded and at last destroyed if that they do not in time humble themselves under the hands of the Great and Mighty God who is Possessor and Commander of Heaven the Earth and the Sea and all things that in them be The Righteous shall rejoyce and be glad but the Sinners in Zion in the Church of England will be afraid Fearfulness hath surprized the Hypocrites already Who among the Sons of Men in the Church of England that can dwell with Devouring Fire Who among them can dwell with Everlasting Burnings He that walketh Righteously and worketh Righteousness that speaketh uprightly he that despiseth the Gain of Oppression that slacketh his hands from holding of Bribes that stoppeth his Ears from hearing of Blood and shutteth his Eyes from seeing of Evil he shall dwell on high his place of Defence shall be the Munitions of Rocks in time of Famine he will be fed Bread shall be given him his Waters shall be sure he shall see the King in his Beauty he will behold the Land that is very far off But what will become of them that serve graven Images and boast themselves of Idols they will be ashamed and confounded in these Days of the Gospel if that they do not
for Christ and the Lord Christ as God and Man in one Person will find that the Father and the Son will manifest themselves unto them and by their Spirit will revive refresh counsel comfort and strengthen them in every State and Condition under every Tryal Trouble and Affliction that the Sons and the Daughters of Men are exposed unto in the Wilderness of this World The God of Heaven who is most Great and most Good most wise and most strong is Love and he that dwelleth in Love dweleth in God and God in him which will enable a man to bring about great and wonderful things for the great Honour and Exaltation of a Kings Person and the great Peace and Prosperity of many Nations Man's loving of God who is most good is a Fruit of Gods loving of him though he be very bad but not the Cause Gods Love to Man is free he don't deserve it neither can any of the Sons and Daughters of Men merit it by all their Works and Duties Mans love to God is a Duty the God of Heaven doth require it because that he is most worthy of it to be beloved above all and more than all They that love the God of Heaven most will serve and honour him best and they that honour him he will them to some he doth it in this World with Honours Riches and a long Life but to all that be faithful and fruitful in good Works such works that be pleasing to him and profitable to others he will honour in his own Kingdom with Glory Immortality and the Crown of Lise O Great is the Power of Faith which is the Power of the God of Heaven which doth inable a weak and an unlikely man for to prepare high and honourable Work pleasant profitable and delightsome Work Victorious Glorious and Crowning Work to be managed by many Wise Strong Rich and Learned Men for the Glory of the Great and Mighty God for the Credit of his Holy Gospel for the great Honour and Renown of the Protestant Religion for the great Honour and Exaltation of our Royal Soveraign his Majesty of Great Britain above all Heathen and Popish Kings Priests Princes and Emperors in the World so that we shall become the wonder of the World and a wonder to our selves the Desire and the Delight of Nations the Joy of the whole Earth and the City of the great King for Unity Peace and Concord for Piety and Vertue for Wisdom Power and Strength and for Honours Riches and great Glory which will be brought about in these days of the Gospel but not by the Power of the Sword made by Men but by the Power of Faith which is the Wisdom and Power of the God of Heaven Therefore Glory be to God most high great Joy Peace Prosperity and good will towards Men on Earth Glory and great Glory from all Men and Angels to the most High Great Honour and Renown great Joy Peace and Prosperity is for Englands Royal Majesty Therefore with Angels and Archangels and all the Company of Heaven the glorious Company of the Apostles the goodly Fellow-ship of the Prophets the noble Army of Martyrs the Holy Church of Christ throughout the whole World let us all laud and magnifie praise and glorifie the God of Heaven the Father of an infinite Majesty for his unspeakable Love and innumerable Mercies from time to time bestowed on Mankind for the sake of his beloved Son our blessed Lord and only Saviour Jesus Christ who ever liveth and ever loveth and will take great Delight and Pleasure to reward them that be Wise Faithful Valorous and Couragious to the end But they that draw back unto Perdition and unto the Church of Rome's Tradition his Soul will take no pleasure in them but they that honour him he will honour them not onely before Mortal Men but before his Father and Holy Angels in the highest Heavens Therefore Glory and great Glory be to him and great Honour and Renown to England's Royal King our Gracious Soveraign Charles the Second by his Grace and Favour his Majesty of Great Britain above all Heathen and Popish Kings Priests Princes and Emperors in the World that so all Strife Contention and Wars throughout the whole World may cease and among all People in all Nations there may be a free Trade great Joy and a lasting Peace POSTSCRIPT WHat the God of Heaven has promised in time for the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of Mankind it will be brought about in due time for all his Promises are true and faithful every one more precious than Gold or the Gold of Ophir The Crown of Glory is in a promise them that be faithful to the Death will he give the Crown of Life The God of Heaven promised to send his Son and in the fulness of time he did come who is and was and ever will be the chiefest of Ten thousands in the highest degree and in these days of the Gospel the Lord will give unto him the Heathen for his Inheritance and the uttermost parts of the Earth for his Porfession for the Glory of his great Name to have his Enemies brought to shame and many Kings and Kingdoms to great Honour Renown and Fame To him that believes and knows he believes all things is possible to be done that is lawful commendable and most honourable under the Sun By what Divine Wisdom and Power has inabled me for to make known in time for the great Honour and Exaltation of his Majesties Royal Person and the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of many Nations the Reader that is Ingenious may learn to be good and to know when and how for to do much good in his Generation for the great Honour of God the King and Nation and that in the worst of times and before the best of Men and that without making of many words or having the voice much heard These days of the Gospel are times that will try the Wisdom and the Skill the Valour and the Courage of many Wise Strong Rich and Learned Men what they can do and what they will do for to bring about that noble Design that Divine Wisdom and Power has inabled me to make known in time for the Glory of his great Name for the Credit of his Holy Gospel for the great Honour and Renown of the Protestant Religion for the great Joy and Triumph of the Church of England which will bring great Peace and Prosperity to many Kingdoms which is to be brought about in these days of the Gospel for the Glory of the most High and for the great Honour and Exaltation of Englands Royal Majesty that so many Nations may be freed from Slavery and throughout the whole World there may be great Joy Peace and Prosperity The great and the mighty God who is most Wise and most Strong doth what whatsoever will in the Heavens above and in the Farth beneath and that when he please and with whom he please and that