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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

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 Dan. vii 28. Hitherto is the End of the Matter LONDON Printed by J. Bradford in Little Britain 1700. The PREFACE Of the Publisher THE Treatment which the former Books of this Author for the space now of about Twenty Years since they began here to Appear have met with from her own Native Country is such as might be enough indeed to discourage any New Attempt of this Nature and might have prevented the sending abroad in these Kingdoms the two following Divine and Mystical Treatises so that they were like to have been the Portion only of those Foreign Nations that desire them not a little and know how to value them had there not been the Intervention of the Hand of Providence in a manner very Extraordinary to command them forth at this Time with a special Excitement of the Holy Spirit to blow the Trumpet yet louder and louder and to try this Adulterous Nation once more whether they will hear or whether they will refuse Whatever Sinister Suspicions we may before have of any one when they lie upon their Death-Bed we are willing to hear what they have to say for or against themselves The Wills not only of the Good but even of Flagitions Livers are regarded and thought to have somewhat Sacred And the Dying Speeches of the Worst of Criminals such as have utterly Shipwreck'd their Credit are not altogether slighted but are looked into and search'd after How much more then ought we to look into and search after and have an esteem for the Dying Declarations and especially if they be more than ordinary of Persons that have been any whit Singular and Eminent in their Lives by having made a good Profession before God and Man against the general Stream and Torrent of the World But if moreover the Finger of GOD shall shew it self to give an Honour to what is by them Declared will it not still be the more reasonable for us to make a Sober and Impartial Inquiry into the Subject of it Now upon these Considerations What is here presented to the Publick may justly claim a serious Scrutiny and a fair Examination from all manner of Persons who cannot but have their Interest herein if what is said be true and if it be false to detect it For though the Author Blessed be God be yet living being now Aged Seventy Seven Years this will not in the least derogate from the Authority of what is here Delivered from her Mouth and Written down with all Faithfulness as if the same were not to have the value of a Dying Declaration to all intents and purposes Nay it ought to be greater for as much as it has pleased the Mighty Conquerer over Death whose Name is called THE WORD OF GOD to exert his Power upon this occasion in restoring and reviving That which drew near to Corruption and in bringing up from the Gates of the Grave that it might be for a Memorial of his Glory and Praise and for an Encouragement to many unto whom this shall come that they may Believe and be Obedient to the Call that is now sounding in many yea Most parts of Europe and is not heard only in a Corner Now whereas there are several Things in the Journals and in Other Writings of this Author before Published that have given Offence to some Persons of Sincere Intentions and Lovers of the Truth yet not set quite free from the Traditions of Men She was pleased to Declare to them that were about her in the time of her Sickness and in the greatest Extremity of it that though she knew her self to be an unworthy Instrument taken up by GOD out of his free and abounding Grace yet she had endeavour'd to her utmost to be faithful to the Gift committed to her and to discharge her Trust in delivering what she had received which she did not doubt but he would Vindicate and go on to Bless as he had begun to Bless already in several Nations And that she was certainly assured by the Testimony of JESVS her Lord that the Work which was in this Kingdom begun howsoever contemptible it did generally appear should never be stop'd but should prevail against all manner of Oppositions till his Holy and Peaceable Reign should be Here fully Established according to all what she had had a Prospect of in the Spirit and what had been set forth for a publick Good if not in this yet in the approaching Age. Many sweet Admonitions at the same Time and Encouragements to Perseverance without shewing the least Hesitation or Doubt all the while came from her with much Power And she expressed the greatest Satisfaction to put off her Vile Tabernacle and to be with the Lord desiring to be dissolved for this End and so to go to her Predecessors in the Faith unless he had some further Work to ●ill and command her In consideration of which there can be no Legitimate Prejudice against the Sincerity of the Witness or the Validity of the Testimony laid down in the following Papers And all the Esteem that is usually pay'd to the most Solemn and ev'n Dying Words of Persons of the strictest Probity is due to these The Books of this Writer are for the most part to be simply look'd on as Narrations and the value of them doth not depend upon any other Qualifications but upon the Credibility of the Relator Now greater Proofs cannot be given of the Integrity of a Person than what is here to be found there being so little Artifice us'd to Put upon the World as all her Methods have been most strangely contrary to those of the World of which numerous Instances of her Life might be given Neither as to the Ability or Capacity of any Person in order to be a Witness in such Cases are there more favourable Presumptions to be found She has had a long Experience has seen the Miscarriages of many has liv'd in much Watchfulness and Prayer Day and Night all the Years of her Widdow-hood since the Year 1671 has had a longer Course of Observations than would be enough to make one Excellent in the most d●fficult and crabbed Sciences where there is but a Disposition in Nature has kept as it were a Calendar of these

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