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A88859 The wars of David, and the peaceable reign of Solomon symbolizing the times of warfare and refreshment of the saints of the most high God, to whom a priestly kingdom is shortly to be given, after the order of Melchisedeck. Set forth in two treatises written by J. Lead: and according to divine ordination publish'd in this present year of jubilee. For the service of all the children of the captivity, now watching and praying in many countries, for the great jubilee of the Lord to begin, and follow upon this very speedily. Containing I. An alarm to the holy warriours to fight the battels of the Lamb. II. The glory of Sharon, in the renovation of nature, introducing the kingdom of Christ in his sealed virgins, redeemed from the earth. Lead, Jane, 1623-1704. 1700 (1700) Wing L791A; ESTC R226473 14,453 20

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there will be found among all of these some Hay and Stuble to be burnt up yet the pretious Materials will hereby suffer no loss but will appear so much the more radiant and all that is Establish'd upon the Foundation of the Rock Christ who ceases not still to follow his true Israel in the Wilderness shall abide in the Furnace and overcome the Flames The Consideration of S. Ambrose may be enough I think to strike Terrour into us and to teach us to be sober in Judging Who after having spoken of that Fiery Baptism whereby all Iniquity shall be consum'd and the Righteous shall shine as the Sun in the Kingdom of their Father saith Omnes oportet probari c. All must be tried by the Fire whoever desires to return to Paradise All must pass through the Flames whether it be that John the Evangelist whom the Lord so loved as to say concerning him to Peter If I will that he tarry till he come what is that to thee follow thou me Concerning his Death some have doubted concerning his Passage through the Fire we cannot doubt Whether it be that Peter who receiveth the Keys of the Kingdom he must also say we have passed through the Fire He is tried as Silver I shall be tried as Lead till all the Lead do vanish I shall burn And again he saith ' With Fire shall all the Children of Levi be Purified with Fire shall Ezekiel with Fire shall Daniel c be Purified Wo is me if my Work burn and I suffer the loss of my Labour And if the Lord save his Servants they shall be saved by Faith yet so saved as by Fire and if we shall not be burnt up yet we shall be burnt Also he saith farther ' There is onely one who could not feel this Fire even he who is the Righteousness of God Christ Wherefore for as much as the Day of this fiery Trial is at hand which hath been spoken of both by This and by many others of the Antient Holy Fathers and has been also mentioned in many places of the Writings of this our Author let us every one seek to prepare our selves according to the Word of our Lord to watch that this Day overtake us not unawares and to hold out in the Warfare of Faith and Love without wavering And especially to take heed that we judge not that we may not be judged but that we leave judgment to whom judgment belongs who in Righteousness doth Judge and make War and out of whose Mouth goeth a sharp Sword with which he will smite the Nations and rule them with a Rod of Iron who refuse to submit to his Golden Scepter And it is hoped that what is here Deliver'd may be an excitement to some yea to many to prepare themselves accordingly to love the Lord Iesus and to believe the Promise of his coming to live the Life of Faith according to the Pattern in the Mount and to love one another even as he hath loved us that so the Beauty of the Primitive Philadelphia may break forth and the Glory of the Apostolical Jerusalem may shine out in the Spirit and Name of the everlasting Father that all Nations may go up together to the House of the Lord and that this Nation in particular may be as the Garden of Sharon Amen Amen A Short Exercise of the Spiritual Warriours Recommended by an Old Experienc'd Soldier in the Faith who Ended lately the Days of his Warfare in France Here inserted for Direction and Caution to as many as would understand and Read with Profit these ensuing Tracts 1. THat which is the most Holy the most Common and the most Necessary Exercise in the Spiritual Life or Warfare is the Presence of GOD It is to be pleas'd with and to accustom our selves to his Divine Company speaking Humbly and Lovingly Communing with HIM at all Times in every Moment without Rule or Measure especially in the time of Temptations of Sufferings of Aridities of Displeasures and even of Unfaithfulnesses and Falseh●od that so we may immediately recover our selves 2. We must continually endeavour that all our Actions indifferently of what sort soever be a kind of little Conferences and Conversations with GOD yet without Study only as they proceed from the Purity and Singleness of Heart 3. We must perform all our Actions with Weight and Measure without Impetuosity or Precipitation which denote a Wandring Spirit We must Labour gently quietly and love-fully with GOD must pray him to accept our Labour And by this continual Attention to GOD we shall bruise the Head of the Devil and shall make him to let fall his Arms. 4. We ought during our Labour and other Actions yea even in the midst of our Reading and Writing however Spiritual they may be nay moreover while we are at our Outward Devotions and Vocal Prayers to cease and give over for a little Moment and as frequently too as we can to Worship GOD in the Center of our Heart and to get a tast of him tho' by the By and as it were by stealth Since you are not ignorant how GOD is present before you during your Actions how he is in the Ground and Center of your Soul Wherefore then it behoves you from time to time to retire and pause in the midst of your Outward Occupations and also of your Vocal Prayers to adore him inwardly Praise him Pray to him offer him your Heart and give him thanks 5. All these Adorations are to be done through Faith we believing of a Truth that GOD is in our Hearts that he must be Worshipped Loved and Served in Spirit and Truth that he seeth whatever cometh to pass and shall come to pass in us and in all the Creatures that he is Independent from all and that upon which all Created Beings depend that he is Infinite in all kind of Perfections so as by his Infinite Excellency and Soveraign Right of Dominion to deserve all that we are and all that is in Heaven and in Earth whereof he may dispose according to his Good Pleasure both in Time and Eternity And that consequently we owe him in Justice all our Thoughts Words and Deeds 6. We must carefully examine which are the Virtues that are most necessary for us those which are the most difficult to obtain the Sins into which we are most apt to fall and the most frequent and unavoidable Occasions of our falling We ought to have recourse to GGD with an entire Faith and Confidence while we are engag'd in the Combat to abide resolute in the presence of his Divine Majesty to Adore him in Humility to Represent to him our Miseries and Weaknesses and to Beg affectionately the Assistance of his Grace according to the several Circumstances we are then under and the stress of the Battel This Conversation with GOD is in the Center of the Soul where the Soul speaks to GOD Heart to Heart and always in a great and profound Peace which it