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A66550	A seasonable vvatch-vvord unto Christians against the dreams & dreamers of this generation delivered in a sermon November 16th. 1665 / and being the last lecture, which was preached by that reverend, faithful and eminent man of God Mr. John Wilson ...	Wilson, John, 1588-1667.	1677 (1677)	Wing W2897; ESTC W3002	10,284	16

A Seasonable VVATCH-VVORD UNTO CHRISTIANS Against the DREAMS DREAMERS Of this GENERATION Delivered in a SERMON November 16th 1665. And being the last Lecture which was Preached By that Reverend Faithful and Eminent Man of God Mr. JOHN WILSON Sometime Pastor of the Church of Christ in Boston in New-England Acts 26 27 Wherefore I take you to record this day that I am pure from the blood of all men For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God CAMBRIDGE Printed by S. Green S. Green 1677. Christian Reader THere being too ●oo many filthy Dreamers crept in among us who by their fi lt by Dreams Blaspheme that worthy Name whereby we are called re●…g that One Holy Blessed and Eternal God in three Persons the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit into whos● Name we are Baptized and that one only Mediator between God and Man that Man Christ Jesus and the whole Doctrine of divine efficiency both in the decree particularly Election and Rebrohation and the execution thereof in the fall and restitution in Redemption and the application thereof and so denying the resurrection and the last judgement together with the authority of th● holy Scriptures yea under the sacred words Repent Repent calling upon men to renounce and deny all their Religion and th● prof●ssion and practise thereof saying as Edward Burrows in his Preface to George Foxes Mystery that they have sufficient cause to cry against us and to deny our ministry our Church our Worship and our whole Religion And some of them called and known by the name of Quakers und●r the pretence of the light within them and of the Spir●t as their only Rule having even of their Women been acted in a most beastly shameful and horrid manner among us agai●st the very light of nature and the common dictates of modesty especially in that Sex so as to go openly and wholy naked in the day time in some of our most frequented streets and of our publick Assemblies Another of them to transform her self into a deformed shap● as 't were of the Devil unto not only the disturbance and affrighting of o●her● 〈◊〉 the solemn Assembly for Worship but to the hazarding thereby the lives of divers Women with Childe together with the fruit of the Womb as b●…d on the Lords day in Boston on the 8th of this month beside other practical abo●inations which their Principles lead them to It was judged meet to set before you in Print that solemn serious and seasonable Testim●ny which was given by that h●ly prayerfull and p●evailing Man of God that some●… faithful 〈◊〉 and watchful Pastor of that eminent Church of Christ which was the fi●st in Boston that now blessed John Wilson by name which was Preached by him in his last ●…cture Sermon in the said Church 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 16 of November 1655 and was taken from his month in Characters by the pen of a ready and judicious writer and hath been compared and found faithful by my self also who took it in Characters It was judged meet I say to Print it for our further Humiliations who have caused such Dreams to be dreamed by not beleiving embracing clearing to and carefully observing of the Doctrine of the Apostles so plentifully delivered unto us by the faithful Stewards of the mysteries of God and Ministers of Christ to build us up on him in faith and love To shew also how inexcusable those among us are who against all such warnings are still flicking after such filthy dreamers who defile the flesh despise dominion and speak evil of Dignities Jude 8. To establish such as may be wavering and are of a doubtful mind and lastly to encourage the Righteous to hold fast the faithful word which they have received at the very sheep of Christ of whom he hath said Joh. 10. 27. My sheep hear my voice and they follow me v. 5 A stranger they will not follow but will flee from him for they know not the voice of strangers But if any will be flocking after these ravening wolves in sheeps cloathing let such know that God sends these strong delusions in the unsearchable depth of his righteous judgement against those that believed not the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness that they all might be damned in believing a ly and that the approved might be made manifest And also let them know that the time shall come wherein whether they will bear or forbear to hear they shall know that many faithful Prophets have been among them and through his grace still are for neglect and contempt of whose seasonable warnings they shall perish and their blood shall be upon their own heads according to Ezek. 33 beginning But the faithful watchmen that have seasonably sounded the Trumpet have thereby delivered their own Souls being pure from the blood of all men Now the God of peace that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ that great Shepherd of the Sheep through the blood of the everlasting Covenant make you perfect in every good work to do his will working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ to whom be glory for ever and ever Amen His I am and him I desire to fear and for his sake I am in him Boston 25. 5. 1677. Yours to serve you in the Gospel Thomas Thacher Jer. 29 8. For thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel let not your Prophets and your Diviners that be in the midst of you deceive you neither hearken to your Dreames which ye cause to be dreamed IT is a strange thing my Brethren that the Lord should speak in this manner to his people or that there should be such a thing found among them for he speaks to the Rulers and to the old men c. and he saith that they had caused these things to be spoken that are Dreams and the Lord doth give warning to them that they should not hearken to these D●eams wha●● the people of God that prosess his holy name will they have a●●and in this woker to have Dreams spoken and to have Dreamers come that shall be instrumental of the damnation of the s●ul● of men but it is so sometimes that there are those that will compell others 〈◊〉 these things ●s I remember there were those that came to Aaron and would have a Calf m●de c. and I remember there was one that came to the Prophet M●caia● and told him of these and those Prophets that did declare good to the King with one mouth and let thy word be like the word of one of them and s●●●k that which is good but they were a company of Dreame●● and Ahab doth not love M●●●●b and he doth never speak a good word to me wherefore I hate him and the messenger that goes to him tells him that there were so many hundreds of them that do speak pleasing things to the King and I pray thee do thou speak

such like things to him that may be matter of contentment to him but that Prophet of the Lord would not turn to the right hand or to the left for the King or for any other but what God did put into his mouth that he would speak and so it is generally that when the false Prophet doth arise among the People of God it is because of Gods people that are the cause of it and it is they that do set them up and maintain them and would have pillows laid under their elbows and why is it so why my Brethren even since it was that Eve did hearken to the voice of the Serpent And also the children of God are much given to novelties these are things that they never heard of before and if they may have these and those things spoken which they never heard of before this is all many care for though they are such things as came not cut of the mouth of God yet because they are new things and that please their ●u●ors therefore they affect them thus the Apostle Paul one would think an Apostle good enough yet there were many that were unsatisfied with him as in the Epistle to the Galatians we read bewitched with the false Teachers these give us say they the Gospel in this and that way c. however they did once look at the Apostle Paul as an Angel of God even as Christ Iesus but now the case was altered and now Paul was no body and come of him what would he might st●rve for all them they were carried away after those that ven●●d their new things Again the word of the Lord doth come with marvelous great power and might when it is dispensed as it should be and accompanied with the holy Spirit of God and men cannot go on so pleasingly and quietly in their sinful wayes c. but these P●ophets of God are ready to be upon their back● and sit upon their skirts tell them their own c. Again another reason is because the p●ople of God that live under the word of God where God is stretching forth his hands all the day long are through corruptio● in them 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of the things of God that because divers 〈◊〉 them have no● 〈◊〉 the truth of G●d 〈◊〉 the love of it for if they had received the tru●h in the love of it then they would abide still in that love of the 〈◊〉 and w●●●d not account any thing too good for the faithful M●… of God But there are Hypocrites that come into the C●… and 〈◊〉 in the same Pew● and seem to be very attentive and some●… speak such a word as this A br●v● S●… and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Sermon 〈◊〉 a ga●lant Sermon it was that 〈◊〉 ●eard to day c. b●● yet they never subjected themselves indeed to the truth of God and will not part with their lusts which they ●oster in their own bosoms and if they love no● the truth there is something else which they love surely and indeed it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 even as our Lord and Saviour Christ saith in the 5th of John 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 co●● in my Father● Nam● and ye receive m● not if another shall come in his own na●● him ye will receive and him they shall receive though it should be in the Devils name and now it is just for God himself to give them over to the believing of lies and to st●o●g d●●●sions and if there be one delusion more strong then another and more abominable then another yet it will go down with them as they that would have Barr●●b●s rather then Christ so it is with these that would not have the truth no● did receive it in the love of it The Devil himself of Hell cannot propos● to them 〈◊〉 lye more abominable then other but th●● will receive th●●am● and God is just in this Judgement upon them for d●llying with his truth and for their not receiving of it Satan is an enemy to God and an enemy to the truth and when the Co●● 〈◊〉 sow● in the field then that enemy comes and ●e sow● his ●ar●s he hath a great hand in stirring up such men as these and 〈◊〉 these Dreams into their heads and he will set up his Kingdome to pull down the blessed Kingdome of the Lord Jesus Christ thereby and he will have his Ministers and he will have deceiver● transforming himself into an Angel of light and he will come in the Name of God and in the name of Christ also even 〈◊〉 the ●agabond Jews Act. 19. and the sons of St●●a are said to do so There is nothing that the 〈◊〉 Prophets do but he will by turning himself into an Angel of light do the like The Devil spake that truth as it may be questioned whether there can be a better truth spoken concerning Jesus Christ i. e. thou art the holy One of God and so the Damosel we know that said these men are the Servants of the most high God which shew unto us the way of salvation could you have spoken better words than these but that was only to make way for the bringing forth other things that are in the pack c. Now saith the Lord do not you hearken to these Dreamers it is a very lamentable thing to see that any such Dreamers should arise as Quakers and Ranters and these and those that trouble the Churches of God but whom may we thank for it even Gods People in out Text God here saith you have caused these Dreamers thus to speak their Dreams i. e. by setting them up or countenancing them by not testifying against them God would have us seek to the Prophets but it is to those that indeed come in his Name and are sent by him and if we do despise his Servants we despise him but as when those that did adjure by Jesus whom Paul Preached it was said to them who are you so may the Lord say these and those that are sent in my Name I know but as for you these or those who are you But alas if God leave People to themselves what will they not come unto This is one reason of it also namely because People are ready to follow a multitude do you not see how they flock after them and like them very well and for your Ministers Ministers what are they and as Corah and his Company we can preach as well as you and we can offer Incense as well as you and Baptize as well as you c. yea but Christ saith you shall know them by their fruits but thus are they crying dow● and crying out against the faithful Ministers of God and if we look into this Chapter see what they say is there not Jeremiah that maketh himself a Prophet whereas it was not Man but God that made him a Prophet alas poor man he would have been glad to have been cut of the work but that God did call him to that work but they had rather have some