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A few plain words to the inhabitants of England
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Greene, Thomas, 1634?-1699.
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the presence of the Lamb ye all who have received the marke of the Beast must go into the Lake for ever and ever even all but those whose names are written in the Lambs Book of life this is true and shall stand though the full end be not yet From the Common Goale in Bedford the 11th of the 2d Month 1661. By a friend to the Lambs followers who feeds in the Sheapheards Tent and their lyeth down out of all fear but only of the Lord. Thomas Green THe sixth of the second Month 1660. in the night season was shewed me a Vision as I lay upon my bed in the silence of my spirit I saw a Book opened and looking into it my heart was greived and my Spirit in me was troubled yet nevertheless in it I read and in reading the glory of the world was presented unto me and much of it I might injoy if I would joyn with the Princes thereof and on the contrary if I would not joyn with them that I should be tormented and persecuted exceedingly then I pondred in my heart and seriously consider what the end of this matter might be and I looked and beheld they that were with the Princes of this world were an exceeding numberless number of the great ones of the Earth and a great and mighty people were they furious to behold then I wayted to see further in the things and I looked behold they stood upon a dry place and I turned my head and I saw a great Pit and in it was no water then it was shewed me that if I joyned with them then I should fall and perish for want of water Then another Book was opened and in it I saw a few which were come from amongst the Princes of the Earth and they were but a few then I turned to see what was their strength and by what they were preserved and supported against so mighty a people and I looked and beheld they stood together and in the midst of them was a River of water aâ— clear as Christal and they all drank of the River and was refreshed and they would not go from it then some that were amongst the great Multitude that were a thirst came and drank and were satisfied and never returned more to the great number then I turned to the small number where the water was and I drank and was satisfied then I was to call to them of the great number and tell them where they might have water that they might never thirst more then I tasting of the water said certainly it is good to be here soon after the numberless number sought to destroy the few who drank of the River and were satisfied but they could not hurt them for the Lord was with them but the numberless number who drank not of the River fell into their own Pit and perished for want of water then said I is there any God like unto our God nay praise him for evermore Thomas Green AS a mighty Host in Pharaohs Coast so do the wicked rise But in the strength of the living God we do them all despise Who as a beseiged Citty so do they us beset Yet in the power of the Lamb the victory we shall get For our weapons they are tryed though not visible to behold Which is the Spirit of the mighty God this makes us very bold And with this spirit we Pray and with understanding Sing Unto the living God who is be come our King His word is in our hearts with his Septer he doth us sway And by his power hath us preserved unto this very day Worthy worthy is he to Reigne whose strength is ever sure And doth remaine World without end when time shall be no more Therefore let Sion now rejoyce let Ierusalem be glad For the Lord hath bowed down his eare and their cry he hath heard Although in Prisons close and in Dungeons they are shut Yet the Lord the mighty God he doth not them forget T. G. To you Travellers in Sion and to you Mourners therein to you I send Salvation FRiends you I have remembred and the remembrance of you hath been sweet unto me and this is the word of the Lord unto ye despised ones who have chose the Lord the God of Iacob to be your God which came unto me in the night season when my heart was fixed on him and my mind stayed in his invisible gift and as I meditated on him in the night watches Thus saith the Lord there is counsel with me I am the instructor of the simple and will be strength unto the weake and my people shall know that I am God and that there is none besides me for my left hand shall be under them and with my right hand will I uphold them I will be as a rest in a weary land unto them and as a refuge in the day of battel and though they be feeble I will support them and weak yet will I give them strength and I will never leave them nor forsake them and my Covenant concerning them shall never be broken if man could break my Covenant with the day that there should not be day and night in its season then might they disanul the Covenant that I made to Abraham and his seed for ever but the seed shall indure for ever and shall abide as the Sun before me yet for all this they who have chosen me shall not goe untryed for I will suffer them to be tryed that they may be proved yet will I preserve the faithful and the upright hearted whose eye is at my glory unto them my name shall be famous because my power which is the higher power they shall feel in their inward parts from which they shall speak well of my name and though their Enemies be many who as Jeroboam the Son of Nebaâ— would cause them to sin saying their Imaginations are the Gods which brought us out of Egypt but all ye that is upright hearted they shall never prevaile against you for there is no Inchantments against Jacob nor Divination against Israel but I behold it and with my Light will shew it unto you and will preserve you out of the path that leads to the Chambers of Death and will honour you amongst the people and Crown you with my Life that is immortal and will sill your souls with joy and your hearts with gladness even with a greater joy than that of Harvest therefore all ye weak ones whose faces are set towards Sion and have turned your backs to Babylon the City of Confusion and from all her Merchants lift up your heads for the day is come and coming that the Lord will comfort the Mourners and give them beauty for ashes and a Garment of praise for the Spirit of Heaviness for it is praises that becomes my house and with the high praises shall the upright be filled from the feeling of my life in their inward parts and though their Enemies be many