shall burn as a Fire Psal 2.12 and devoure all the wicked on the world yea all the ungodly shall be as stubble and the fire of the Lord shall burn them all up and leave them neither Root nor Branch Now the Sinners in Sion shall be afraid and all the hypocrites hope shall perish Isa 13.9 to end James 5.1 2 3 because of the fierce wrath of the Lord against the wicked in heart Howle all Rich men in the Earth for the rust of your Gold and Silver shall beare witness against you because you have not honored the Lord God with the increase of your Flocks the Fruits of your Corn and the Overplus of your Moneys but have spent them upon your Lusts and consumed them by pride banquetting rioting and drunkenness Now the Lord is comming to require an account how you have spent all his treasure for the Earth is the Lords and the fulness thereof and not yours O ye wicked ones and he is comming to require his Corn Hos 2.9 his Wine his Oyle his Wooll and his Fâ—â—â—… and to know how you have spent them whether you have bestowed them on those the Lord commanded you Zec. 7.9 10. Isa 58.6 to end to see if you have fed the hungry clothed the naked relieved the oppressed have you let the Prisoners goe free then have you made yourselves rich with the Mammon of unrighteousness Ezek. 18.7 8. and ye shall be received into everlasting habitation and rule as Kings among the Saints of the most high God Mat. 25.24 25 26. whose Kingdom shall be an everlasting Kingdom and whose truth shall endure throughout all generations Hear O yee just and upright ones the Lord is going to destroy all ungodly ones and to cut off from the earth all wicked workers and to place in their rooms just men and to set up in the earth the Kingdom of Iesus Christ which shall reign in his Saints which is the stone cut out of the mountain Dan. 2.44 that shall smite the great Image from off his seat and break all the powers of the earth to pieces and though that power of legs and thighs be the strongest power which now reigneth in England that breaketh in pieces and bruiseth all things therein yet this stone cut out of the mountain without hands as it hath broken in pieces all the rest of the Image in England shall break in pieces this breaker this strong part of the Image and shall reigne over it Read Dan. 2. and the other part or power of this Image which is to reign the Feet it shall be so weak and devided in it self that its time shall be very short and that by reason of its being devided in it self it shall stand but a little And I am sure it shall speedily begin Call it what Government you will in his days shall the great God of heaven and earth set up a Kingdom which shall never be destroyed And this is the stone cut out of the moun ain without hands Iesus Christ in his Saints which shall bruise and break in pieces all powers of the world Ier. 23.6 to end In his days shall Israel be saved and Judah shall dwell safely This is the name wherewith he shall be called The Lord our righteousness and in this Mount shall the Lord make unto all people a feast of fat things of marrow and of much fatness of good wine of wine on the lees well refined and in this Mount will the Lord God destroy all things that shall offend and he will rent and take away the vail of the covering spread over all Nations and he will shine through all clouds and darkness and will rent the vail of the Temple and shake the Foundations of the earth the gross darkness which the world liveth in and by their dark lanthornes the Priests of England are lead blind by and are bewitched from the truth and trust in lying words Ier. 7.3 to 9. The Temple of the Lord or the Church of the Lord calling a house of stone the Church or Temple of God but the Temple of God are these if you throughly amend your ways Take notice Amend your ways and do that which is justice and right betwixt man and man If you relieve the oppressed fatherless poor and widows and deal your bread to the hungry cover the naked with a garment and take off every yoke and burthen relieve the captives and let your prisoners go free then shall your light shine clear and break forth as at noon-day Isa 61.4 to end you shall be called the habitation of the Lord the repairer of the breaches and the builder of the old wasts for men to dwell in then shall the Lord take delight in you and dwell with you for ever The vaile of the Temple is the dark ministry which liveth and leadeth others to live in gross hypocricie which clothes Iesus Christ with the filthy unclean rotten rags of their own righteousness Their fair glosses and false interpretations of Iesus Christ Ezek. 32.2 the Prophets and Apostles words which darkens the pure light by which they were guided and thus they muddy the clear waters Ez 34.18 19. and drink up the sweet waters and trouble the rest with their feet their unjust pathes treading down the good pastures which they do not eat up which all the Saints of God have ever eaten on and drunken of and shall do unto the end of the world yea and for ever lie down safely Psal 11.4 7. against all the powers of hell and death and the rule and Kingdom of the Lord Iesus in his Saints Psal 82.5 to end shall overturn and overcome and rule over all Nations in peace and in righteousness shall the Kingdom be established in their hands and they shall have peace for ever and all powers of the earth Psal 18.15 or the foundations whereon the whole world standeth all the Magistrates of the world shall be shaken the pillers whereon the earthly worshippers worships Exe. 13.14 15. Isa 24.17 to end and carnal Ordinances standeth on which must not only shake but be made empty and turned up-side-down and left without a man and without an Inhabitant and none shall dwell therein for ever This is Babylons fall and Iesus Christ his rise for it is only Iesus Christ that shall by the breath of this mouâ—h and the brightness of his coming destroy him even Antichrist who with all powers and lying wonders have deceived the Nations of the whole earth c. now is the time near at hand wherein all the spears of the world shal be beat into pruning hooks and their Swords into plowshares Nation shall not rise up against Nation Isa 2.4 neither shall they learn War any more there shall bee nothing but peace within our borders and plenty within our palaces there shall be no sorrow nor sighing at all Ier. 31.12 Isa 25.8 Rev. 21.4 for all tears shall be wiped away from all eyes and joy and gladness and fulness of rejoycing shal be the reign of Sions King in the midst of all his people Thus shall great Babilon which is com into remembrance before the Lord be cast down and never rise again and Sion which hath lain waste shal be inhabited and never destroyed any more for ever neither shall come up thither the ravenous Beasts and Birds of prey nor any Wolferous eye shall ever see the beauty of Sion the perfect City of the living God whose praise shall spread throughout the whole Earth neither shall any thing that is polluted or unclean come in thither Rev. 21.27 yet the Gates thereof shall not bee shut at all They that have ears to hear let them hear But Babylon shall be the place of darkness for nightbirds and Scriechow's for the wild beasts to lye down in Isa 13.9 to end 34.8 to end and for the birds of prey to make their nests in and for the Satyrs to dance in Thus shal that great Whore the woman lapt in an Ephod the Talent of lead Zac. 5 5 to end be cast into the midst of the Sea with great force for strong is the Lord of Hosts which hath determined her utter destruction and she shall never rise again she shall be carried into her own land Forge fulness and set upon her Basse misery and there shall abide for ever and ever Thus farewell all wickedness and welcome Truth and Righteousness for thou shalt live for ever and rule over all thine enemies So shall it be even so be it Amen FINIS A Postscript to the Reader Reader THat thou mayst know what is here spoken is no more but what the Scriptures beareth witness to I have taken a little care for the edifying of them that desire to know truth and that by the mouth of two witnesses it may be established I have set down the Scriptures in the margent of this little volumn which bear witness to what is in it declared therefore search the Scriptures and see whether those things be not so or no and take warning lest thou perish with the disobedient Farewell Benjamin Nicholson FINIS
they shall not depart out of his presence but be ever with the Lord singing praises Hallelujahs to the most High which reigneth in his Saints over all the earth who is the onely King of Saints the Lord blessed for ever at whose presence when he appeareth Isa 45.23 24 25. Ier. 30. 5 to 10. Joel 2.6 Nahum 2.10 Psal 114.7 all the nations of the earth shall tremble and every knee bow before him and all hands shall be weak the great men of the earth shall tremble and the strong men shall bow down to him and all faces shall gather paleness fear and be exceedingly amazed when the Lord comes to reign in mount Sion and before his Ancients gloriously sing and rejoyce O ye daughters of Sion and ye sons of the Ancients be exceeding glad for he-hold your King is coming and he will speedily be in his Temple to visit and to inquire how it hath been deck't with pretious things and in them will delight but all the vile and abominable things he wil cast out The whole creation of man is his Temple whereof Christ is the head every member that is corrupt and rotten he will cut off Christ is the vine John 15.1 to the 8. we are the branches every branch that bringeth not forth fruit in him the Lord will hew down and cast into the fire Mâ— 13.3 to 10. Heb. 6.7 8. but every branch that bringeth forth fruit in him he wil purge it that it may bring forth more fruit We are the ground he is the good seed and all the ground or earth which bringeth forth fruit meet for the Lord our Tiller and Dresser shal receive a blessing from God but that earth which bringeth forth thorns or evil fruit is rejected is nigh unto cursing whose end is to be burned God made man only to serve and obey him and every nation and kingdom and people and particular person that will not serve and obey him shal be consumed by the breath of his mouth and the brightness of his coming which is neer at hand add wo wo wo to the inhabitants of the earth for the Divel is come down to you and is in great rage in you because he knows he hath but a short time to reign All you whose mindes are following after the things of this world return to the Lord speedily lest he come upon you at unawares and destroy you and cast you into utter darkness there shal be weeping gnashing of teeth Take heed that you kick not against all warnings for suddenly shall these days come upon all that dwel upon the earth for as it was in the days of Noah so shal it be at the coming of the Son of man they ate they drank they married wives Matth. 24.37 and were giving in marriage until the day that Noah entred into the Ark and the Flood came and took them all away Luke 19.27 Isa 11.15 even so shal it be with this wicked generation at the coming of the Son of man who shall utterly destroy all those that would not that he should reign over them and burn up all those murderous Cities even every thing that they lived in Rev. 16.12 all pride covetousness lying swearing and drunkenness and what sin soever was by the world loved and lived in shal the Son of man take away and burn up in his people who obey his voyce and keep his sayings Isal 51.10 11 when the Floods of wicked and ungodly men even all the waters of their Egyptian sea shall be dried up and they not able to steer a ship therein all their false faith or light which is the waters the holy Scriptures speaketh on shal become dry Isa 35.12 that there shal be a way for the Kings of the East who hath by these fierce waters been kept back and for the ransomed to pass through to enter into their glorious good Land that they may till it to make it bring forth good fruit and abide therein for ever Then shal the Arm of the Lord awake and put on strength he shal wound the Dragon and dry up the deep seas that the ransomed of the Lord may pass over Thus shal the Redeemed of the Lord return with joy and songs unto Sion but the wicked shal mourn for sorrow of heart and howl for vexation of spirit O all ye powers of the earth God is coming to overturn overturn overturn your power and give it to him whose right it is Jesus Christ shal have the rule and dominion over all Nations and he alone shal rule in his Saints and not by might nor power of man shal we be redeemed or shal a reformation be established saith the Lord but by the Spirit of the Lord shal we be redeemed and reformation established and by his Spirit shal we be redeemed from all our vain conversation and evil practices which is the onely true Reformation which God delighteth in the high lofty ones Come down and sit in the dust humble your selves in the sight of God that he may lift you up be afflicted and mourn Jam. 4.6 to 11 cleanse your hands ye sinners and purifie your hearts ye double minded men seek the Lord while he may be found call upon him while he is near let the wicked forsake his evil ways and the ungodly the immaginations of their own hearts and turn every one to the Lord and he will have mercy upon you but to every one who is contentious and will not obey the truth 2 Thes 2.11 12. nor return speedily to the Lord but takes pleasure in unrighteousness the indignation and fierce wrath of the Lord shal consume you at unawars You Magistrates of England take warning every one of you turn from your evil ways God hath a great controversie with you for your living in pride and covetousness you put trust in the arm of flesh you therein go down to Egypt for help and for that woe is coming upon you without you repent speedily you live in pleasures and wantonness you nourish up your selves as in a day of slaughter whereby the just one Jesus Christ is killed in you you spend the creature which was given by God to cloath the naked to feed the hungry upon your lusts Iam. 1.27 in gorgious apparels and gold rings and needless adornings and instead of covering the naked and feeding the hungry you set out Laws to punish them my heart bleeds to think of the hard usage of my poor fellow creatures who have no abiding whereas you ought to take those in who want harbour and to see that none want maintenance You wallow your selves in the earths treasure like swine in the mire and never consider that the earth is the Lords and the fulness thereof and that he hath given it to the sons of men in general Psal 115.15.16 and not to a few lofty ones which Lord it over their brethren and if a poor creature steal a
to hear let him hear Ier. 51.6 to 14 and he that readeth let him consider for the words hereof are true Mal. 3.1 and the time short Repent repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand and ye that fear the Lord rejoyce for he is risen and wil come speedily to his Temple All you Town Clarks in England Ier 50.28 or parish ing prophets your downfall is at hand Isa 5.20 read all the chap. and God hath bid me forewarn you and cry out against your ungodly and wicked practices blasphemous and beastly worship you put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter you call evil good and good evil which God abhors you put light for darkness darkness is by you called light and thus you deceive and delude poor souls into error by your vain immaginary minds and by the fansie and brats of your brain you draw away three parts of England after you the stars to the earth you have nothing of God in you but what you preach Io 4.5 to 28. you like the woman of Samaria have a rope and water-pots to draw out water of wels which others digged your rope is the learning you get at Oxford and Cambridg and your water-pots is your wisdom with which you draw water out of wels which others digged is not this so do you not tel all who have received the testimony of Jesus Christ in the spirit of truth that they have nothing to draw with and the well is deep that is you want Learning and the Scriptures are deep mysteries but let one tel you the waters that they drink is a well-spring of life living in them Io. 4.7 to 27. and to all that daink thereof then you say What art thou greater then our fore-fathers who gave us the Scriptures and they were made partakers of the blessings spoken in them Whence hast thou this new light and thoughts O ye false worshipers stand conâ—ending against Iesus Christ by telling him of outward worships but never considers the words of Iesus Christ which saith the true worshippers shal worship the Father in spirit and truth for he seeketh such to worship him and no outward worship was accepted by him nor the Temple at Jerusalem which was far better then the Idol Temples of our days Thus you cover your selves with fair words as with fig-leaves Mic. 7.2 3 4. glorious outsides but within full of filthiness no fruit nor performances is found in or among you you commit evil with both hands but how to do wel you know not O you blind guides how dare you profess your selves to be the Ministers of Iesus Christ and never yet knew him neither dare you trust him for your wages is he so little credited by you that you dare not believe him he saith cast your care upon me and I will care for you Do you take him to be your Master and will you not trust him for your Wages for shame give over pretending serving of him 1 Pet. 5.7 Mat. 20.10 Isa 56 9 to end for he hath Servants whole thousands which dare trust him and will labour in his vineyard and ask him nothing but freely be content with his Penny O you greedy Dogs idle Dogs and dumb Dogs which will not bark without one put into your mouths and lies down to bark in your Parishes where every one looks for gain from your Quarters how doe you conjure up your dead Doctrines dead Reasons and dead Uses nay and more then that 1 Sam. 28.15 you like the Witch of Endor conjure up the dead bodies of the Prophets and Apostles out of the Letter which is Death making the Letter to stand before a many deceitfull Sauls whom the Spirit of the Lord ruleth not in not knowing the living power of them who gave them forth nor have you the Spirit to administer by but death in you raiseth up death to speak to death all is Death and to death you shall speedily be brought by the Spirit of the Lord who shall by the Breath of his mouth 2 Thef 2.3 10 11 and the brightness of his comming destroy all which opposeth the true light of God as you Parish ing Ministers doe by your seeking to put to silence all who have not the mark of the Beast in their Right hands or in their Foreheads none but themselves must buy or sell Trade in Spirituall things But take warning God is coming to burn that great Whore whereof you Priests of England are members and shall one member be burnt and not the other suffer Howle and weep you proud ones of the Earth Rev. 16.19 ch 17.16 17 18. ch 18. for your Mother Babylon is falling is falling and all her Children shall taste of her plagues and great is the fall thereof for God hath put it into the hearts of the Powers of the Earth to hate the Whore and to burn her with Fire the Battell of the Lord of Hosts goeth on apace Rev. 19.11 to end and he will cut down every son of Babylon and dash all her Brats against the stones every Truth of God is a stone which dashes in pieces all Babylons children both Bond and free Male and female Yong and old that stands up in opposition against the great God shall be cut off Rev. 12.12 Chap. 18.5 6. 20. ver Rejoyce O ye holy Apostles and Prophets for the Lord is comming to avenge the blood of his Saints upon that great Whore which hath made her self drunk with the blood of Saints not by might nor power of men but by my Spirit saith the Lord God shall ye be redeemed from out of the hands of them that hate you O you Just and upright Ones lift up your Heads your Redemption is at hand even at the Dore. All people in England take warning Rev. 17.18 19. ch the Lord is comming to pour out the Vials of his wrath upon the Whore that prostrates her self to all that pass by as the Ministers of England doe and to plague the Beast the Majesty which she rideth upon and which she is upheld by Yea and all the people which are at one with her without a speedy departing out of her shall taste of her plagues Come out of 〈…〉 for my people saith the Lord God separate youâ—seâ—ves from among them touch no one 〈◊〉 thing and I will receive you It is nothing to be sâ—parate from the inwarâ— Worship of Babylon and yet inwardly be full of uncleanness Therefore all you which live in sinne High and low Rich and poor Bond and free Male and female take warning and repent speedily and turn every one of you from your evill wayes lest the Lord come upon you at unawares and cast you into utter darkness fâ—â—… behold the Lord is risen he is good foâ—th Conquering and to Conquer all his Enemies and happy are all those who trust in him for how his wrath is kindled in his breast and it