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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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in the world great commotions there are troubles and fears shakings and tremblings hearts-failings and faith-dying the whole land is barren of faith the way of truth is hid Wit that hath hid it selfe and understanding hath withdrawn it self into its secret chamber indeed it is sought of many but not found for unrighteousness and unconstancy prospereth upon earth Friends the world is grown very weak by reason of age and therefore needs must the evils be very great that are upon it I and so they are for my heart can say Amen to this evill world These are the evill dayes the perilous dayes the sin-multiplying dayes dayes in which the word do violence to no man is forgotten and for love in the spirit it cannot be found in neither kingdome nor heart Judgment and Justice with all the other righteous streames is departed and run sarre away from Kings Princes Rulers Judges Magistrates Priests people and from thee oh Israel too and therefore the Lord is come down to destroy all Jer. 7. 28. Oh England thou art the nation of all nations that obeyeth not the voice of the Lord Isa 59 3 4. and so along to the 15. ver Your hands oh people throughout the Land are defiled with blood your fingers with iniquity your lips speak nothing but lies not a man in thee oh England acts in a just way not any plead for truth The way of peace ye know not there is no Judgment in your goings ye grope like blinde men and are in desolate places as dead men sin and iniquity is grown almost to the height in thee oh Land and therefore now behold the Lord Isa 59. 16 17. I saw and there was no man and therefore behold I the Lord will put on righteousness as a breast plate with salvation and vengeance for to repay every man Ye have lost all oh ye Kings and Rulers people and Ministers of all Lands for Gospel-light and truth is taken away by the Lord from you as well as judgment justice and righteousness from Kings and Rulers Isaiah 29. 10 11. The vision of all is become unto you as a book sealed Hear oh ye Ministers your gifts are perished and quite blasted and your sheep are scattered Hosea 4. 6. Think what you will your gifts are perished although you may say it is not so Jer. 18. 18. Ye and 〈◊〉 gifts are lost and the judgment of the Lord is upon you as well as upon Kings and Rulers for the night of darkness which the Lord spake of long agoe is fallen upon you all and darkness hath covered you all even thick darkness Micah 3. 6 7. Here is mischief upon mischief to the purpose Ezek. 7. 26. Kings Priests and people and thou oh Israel ye are all turned backward The wise men shall be turned backward so that the way of truth and Gospel-light is hid from you all your condition hath been a perishing condition many hundred years Prov. 29 18. Where there is no vision the people perish The word of the Lord is a precious thing and it is grown very precious amongst us Ruling in judgment is very precious Magistracy according to the order of God is very precious too for I know not where it is There is a perfect losse of all Iustice and Iudgment righteousness and truth there is a famine upon you all Kings and Rulers they are famished and lost in their judgment Ministers and people they are famished too for the Gospel-knowledg of the Lord which is bread indeed is taken by the Lord from you all yea and my very pen speaks out to you all that I am one whose soul is half famished for want of bread what a cloudy day are we in it is no wonder to me to see the Lord come now with Clouds to overturn all because all is grown corrupt and fit for nothing else for the wisdome of both Kings Priests and people and thou oh Israel is all turned into folly our knowledg into ignorance and our light into darkness and our peace into trouble this is by reason of the Lords being come down for to fight against all Nations and all things and to plead with all flesh for with fire and with sword the Lord is now pleading with all flesh and the slain of the Lord are many and shall be more and the Lord is gathering all together for that end Zepha 3. 8. O world me thinks I hear a rumor from my Lord and I see an Embassadour which is sent from the Lord to all the world to tell them they must gather themselves together for ruine Esay 24. 22. And they shall be gathered together as prisoners are gathered together Who why Kings and the host of the high ones that are on high The dayes in which we live are the Lords gathering dayes Joel 3. vers 2. The Lord does gather and that round the world and all Ploughshares are a beating into swords and Pruning-hooks into spears and you will see all kingdoms watered with blood ere long clouds full of blood and sea full of blood and the whole world full of blood too and a man shall come to be more precious then the golden wedge of Ophire therefore you that are for the sword and you that are for the famine to the famine and you that are for the pestilence to the pestilence for this is the great day of the Lord his dividing day his cloudy dividing day his cloudy gathering day and his cloudy ruining day your day is come O worldlings and now fall you must for you are but the left hand hoast of God the Lord hath two great hosts that have lived together many a day let them alone till the harvest saith Christ now the harvest is ready and therefore ye begin to fall I saw the hoast of heaven 1 King 22. 29. Here is two hoasts and these are called multitudes Joel 3. 14. And these multitudes are gathered together by the Lord into the valley of Jehosaphat and by reason of the multitudes it is turned into a valley decision all the world is turned into Jehosaphats valley or into a valley of decision in the world nay it is for the Lord is come and by his cloudy appearing hath made a great division in the world Thy King O Sion is come and the end of his coming is to take thee from the enemies and the enemies from thee and the world from both and when this old world is gone thy kingdom and glory is gone O worldling the Lord is making great hast to remove you and for that end he is gathering you Ezeck 38. 14 15 16. In these verses they gather vers 18. the Lord rises up at vers 19. they shake at his rising and Israel also and they fall in Ezeck 39. 4. Thou maist read thy doom here O worldling ye are in gathering by the Lord and ye are and shall be slain by the Lord and his Israel do and shall go away conquerers and sing praises to