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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96024	Vox cœli to England, or Englands fore-warning from heaven. Being a relation of true, strange, and wonderfull visions, and propheticall revelations, concerning these tragicall, sinfull times; and with what care and diligence reconciliation ought to be laboured for, between the King and Parliament, having never been heretofore published. Now thought fit to be published to all that love Christ, and his kingdom in sincerity. / By Theophilus Philalethes Toxander. Published according to order.	Toxander, Theophilus Philalethes.	1646 (1646)	Wing V717; Thomason E362_10; ESTC R201214	10,547	21

Vox Coeli TO ENGLAND OR Englands fore-warning from HEAVEN Being a Relation of true strange and wonderfull Visions and Propheticall Revelations concerning these tragicall sinfull times and with what care and diligence Reconciliation ought to be laboured for between the King and Parliament having never been heretofore published Now thought fit to be published to all that love Christ and his Kingdom in sincerity By Theophilus Philalethes Toxander Prov. 19.29 Judgements are prepared for scorners and stripes for the back of fools Published according to Order LONDON Printed for E.W. 1646. To the Christian Reader The Publisher vvisheth love to Christ and to his Kingdom and the spirit of a sound minde BEloved Brother whosoever thou art in whose brest the zeal of Gods House findeth place for we need not look for many whom Psal 69 9. Ioh. 2.17 with David it eateth up thou needst not doubt of the truth of this Relation nor foredeem it as a forgerie since there be many worthy Christians to whose hands I doubt not but it will come as well in Print as it did before in writ who if they shall think it expedient can well satisfie any man of the truth of it and some if it were fitting so to do without their consent I could name Onely lay aside prejudice and read it over but with unbyassed affections and candid judgement and thou mayst find matter enough in it self to vindicate it from such aspersion if thou wilt be curious to put it so far to the triall Two eminent persons are named to thee in it the Marques of Hambleton and the Princes Tutor times and places particularly set down and beside His Majestie and the two aforesaid divers Members of Parliament hinted at who all know to be true what is therein set down concerning them The visions were shewed some of them six or seven yeers since at least if not more and the latest here mentioned but about the time of the Kings departure from the Parliament The party to whom they were shewed having missed of the principalaime of them which was to have shown them to His Majesty and which was endeavoured with great travell and expence but not obtained His Majesty utterly denying to vouchsafe His audience the party I say was at last induced by divers persons of eminent qualitie and parts to relate in writ and represent the truth therein to some select zealous and religious Christians which was done and the Copy dated Apr. 1644. And now by some of these it is thought expedient to publish it for the common good the juncture of times being much other nor then it was and requiring other procedors almost in all affairs If then thou read this with a right disposition for whose good I have published it thou canst have nothing but edification from it and comfort in these disconsolate times if otherwise we know the Scripture it self is not priviledged to our great grief in this Kingdom from being blasphemed and abused But leaving others to their own humors and judge 〈◊〉 thou gracious Christian who having kept thy self ●●ee from the spirit of giddinesse and delusion that is a ●oaving through this Land desirest to walk humbly with 〈◊〉 God and not making haste but beleeving and waiting upon him art neither ashamed nor afraid to shew thy self sad in publick with Nehemiah because the wall of Jerusalem lyes yet broken down and the gates thereof burnt with fire findst any good thereby I have my intent and if I find it acceptable to thee ere it be long thou mayest have by Gods assistance more and better of this kinde THE FORE-SPEECH OF the first Copy TO all Gods Saints and faithfull servants which diligently observe his ordinances in keeping his Commandments and walk mournfully before the Lord of hoasts in these black and dreadfull times of the fiery triall and bloody agony of his Church 1 Pet. 4.12 Beloved think it not strange concerning the fiery triall which is to try you as though some strange thing happened unto you 13 But rejoyce in as much as ye are partakers of Christs sufferings 14 For the Spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you 15 But let none of you suffer as a murtherer or as a thief or as an evill doer or as a busie-body in other mens matters 16 But if as a Christian let him not be ashamed but let him glorifie God on this behalf 17 For the time is that judgement must begin at the house of God and if it first begin at us what shall be the end of them that obey not the Gospel of God 18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved where shall the ungodly and sinner appear Matth. 7.15 Beware of false prophets which come to you in sheeps clothing but inwardly they are ravening wolves 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits 19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruits is hewen down and cast into the fire 1 Tim. 6.3 If any man consent not to wholsome words even that doctrine that is according to godlinesse 4 He is proud knowing nothing but doting about questions and strifes of words whereof cometh envy strife railings evill surmisings 5 Perverse disputings of men that are corrupted in their judgements and destitute of the truth supposing that gain is godlinesse behold here the fruits of false prophesie and not onely of heresie but heterodoxie or rather heterodidascaly which is truly false prophesie from such withdraw thy self 2 Tim. ● 16 Shun profane and vain janglings for they will increase unto more ●●godlinesse 17 And their word will eat as doth a canker Behold here again the kindly fruits of false prophets for they are inwardly ravening wolves saith our Saviour no question for the devouring nature of their doctrine And here again Paul likeneth their doctrine to a canker or gangreen for the same cause of its eating or devouring for which cause also there is one sort of canker that is called a woolf Gal. 5.19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest adulterie fornication idolatrie witchcraft seditious heresies murthers drunkennesse c. and such like of which I tell you before ye do them that they whcih do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God Why how now Paul are the works of the flesh manifest and is heresie one of those and as manifest as adultery fornication idolatry witchcraft murther drunkennesse c. and shall it as well exclude from the kingdom of heaven as these Now I see of a truth that you have not been of our Sectaries and Independents minde In this generall assault and fiery triall of the Church of Christ by the machinations of that red Dragon in the Revel a Cap. 12.3 7 9. even that old serpent called the devil and Satan that transforms his own apostles and angels into the Apostles of Christ and himself into an Angel of light b 2 Cor. 11.13 14. and deceives the whole world wherein all the principalities and powers rulers of darknesse and