they that profess the Gospel of Peace by their Pride Envy and Hatred are ready to devour one another It doth provoke the God of Heaven to send great and heavy Judgments to Amaze Confound and Consume and Destroy one another Was there ever such a Plague and such a Fire as was in London 1665 and 1666 I hope it will never be forgot nor the Popish late Plot in 1678 against his Majesties Royal Person and to ruin many Thousands in the Nation but blessed and praised be the God of Heaven who doth daily watch over his Majesties Royal Person and the whole Nation Therefore let all that do profess the Gospel learn to live in Love and Peace to be of one Mind and to speak the same thing for this is the best way and the soonest way that the Name of God may be more and more known upon Earth and his saving Health among all Nations that so the People may praise him yea that all People may praise him with new obedience then will the Earth bring forth great Increases and among all Nations there will be a free Trade great Joy and a lasting Peace Let all them therefore that love the Lord be joyful in the Lord let them servet he Lord with gladness and come before his Presence with a Song for the Lord is a great God and a great King above all Gods The Sea is his and he made it and his Hands prepared the dry Land Therefore let all People in all Nations worship and fall down before the Presence of this great Lord Maker and Possessor of Heaven and Earth and kneel before him for he is the Lord our God and we are the People of his Pasture Therefore let us go into his Gates with Thanksgiving and into his Courts with Praise Let all People in all Nations be thankful unto him and speak good of his Name for the Lord is gracious his Mercy is everlasting and his Truth endureth from Generation to Generation Therefore let all the Sons and Daughters of Men praise his great and glorious Name from the rising of the Son to the going down of the same Let every thing that hath Breath praise the Lord for his Greatness and Goodness for his Name is most excellent and his Glory is above the Heavens As this great and mighty God stirr'd me up in time to make known his Mind to prevent much Ruin to Mankind that so among all Nations there may be a general Reformation then let all Dissentors and Sectaries readily and willingly conform and reform to the Government of the Church of England which will encourage many Atheists Papists Jews Turks and Infidels to be in love with the Protestant Religion as it is establisht in the Church of England A Friend loveth at all times and a Brother is born for Adversity and the Wounds of a Friend are better than the Kisses of an Enemy God in Man and God with Man will bring about great and wonderful things not onely for the great Honour and Exaltation of a Kings Person but for the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of many Nations and that without making of many Words or having the Voice much heard Pleasant words they be as a Honey-comb sweet to the Soul and health to the Bones And as Ointment and Perfume doth rejoyce the Heart so doth the Sweetness of a Mans Friend by hearty Counsel in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Sovereign his Majesty of Great Pritain All unbelieving Jews bruirish Athiests wicked and bloody Papists and rebellious Dissentors and Sectaries will be ashamed and confounded that have not improved their time to know and to understand the great Mystery of Godliness God manifest in the Flesh who was justified in the Spirit seen of Angels preached unto the Gentiles believed on in the World by many both Jews and Gentiles and is received up into Glory and there is preparing a place for them that do believe in him and appear for him but he will pour contempt upon all them that will not know and obey him who is the Lord of Life the King of Glory the Prince of Peace the Captain of Mans Salvation the Son of Righteousness that can and will heal all their Diseases and pardon all their Sins that come unto him and well he may because he is the mighty God the everlasting Father the wonderful Counseller the Lord of Hosts who is strong and mighty in Battle that can readily and easily by weak and unlikely means confound and consume the Enemies of his Gospel that do slight and undervalue him be they never so many be they never so great But he will not break a bruised Reed nor quench the smoaking Flax till it bring forth Judgement unto Victory It is not a thing of indifferency but it is of absolute necessity for the Sons and the Daughters of Men the Wisest the Strongest the Richest and the Learned'st and Poorest among them for to believe in the Son of God for whosoever believeth in him whether they be Jew or Gentile hath everlasting Life begun in them but they that will not believe and obey him will not see Life but the Wrath of the ever living God abideth on them Condemnation or Salvation will be the lot and portion of the Sons and Daughters of Men that ever have been or over will be in the World O that none might miscarry because the Lord has laid help upon one that is mighty both able and willing to save unto the uttermost all that come unto him and he will in no wise cast out for God the Father sent not his Son his beloved Son into the World that he should condemn the World but that the World through him might be saved Therefore he that believeth in him is not condemned for he hath the witness in himself but he that believeth not is condemned and there is not any that can be a witness for him or them but all their works and duties will be witnesses against them This made the Apostle St. Paul that great and eminent Saint count all his Righteousness Works and Learning to be loss and dross in comparison of that excellent most profitable and comfortable knowledge that he found in Christ The fruit of the Righteous is a tree of Lise and he that winneth Souls is wise and they that turn many to Righteousness shall shine as the Stars for ever and ever This is a high and honourable work pleasant profitable and delightsome work victorious glorious and crowning work that will crown the God of Heaven with much Glory among the Sons of Men and our Royal Soveraign his Majesty of Great Britain with great Honour and Power over them over all Heathen and Popish Kings Priests Princes and Emperors that so many Nations may be freed from slavery and throughout the whole World there may be great Joy Peace and Prosperity It is sad to consider how that too many do make themselves poor and miserable in the
out of the hands of unreasonable bloody and deceitful men for all men have not Faith that do profess itâ— Let all pray that the Lord would by his wisdom and power establish his Majesties Royal Throne in Righteousness and enable his Royal Majesty to be a Terrour to all the Workers of Evil and a Praise to them that do well Let all pray that the God of Heaven and Earth would bless his Boyal Majesty with all temporal spiritual and eternal Blessings and when this mortal life of his shall be at an end that the Lord who is most great and most good would give him an everlasting Life and a glorious and unmortal Crown in his own Kingdom Let all that can pray pray that the Lord would bless our Royal Sovereign in all his Royal Relations thâ—â— the word would ennoble them to be true and fruitful Branches of the most Royal Vine that they may slourish in the Courts of Gods House and bring forth such Fruits as will be most suitable and seasonable pleasant profitable and comfortable to themselves and others Let all that can pray pray that the Lord who is most wise and most strong would bless our Royal and Gracious Sovereign with wise and faithful Counsellours that the Lord would counsel them with his Holy Spirit and enable them to be the Repairers of our Breaches and the Restorers of our Paths to dwell in It is the Blessing of the Lord that doth make rich and it is his Blessing that doth make weak and unlikely means effectual but without his Blessing neither Wisdom Power Strength or Counsel can be succesful Let all that can pray pray that the Lord would bless our Royal Sovereign with a wise godly and learned Clergy the Reverend Bishops and all the Ministers of Gods holy Word and Sacraments the Lord make them more and more faithful unto him to our Royal Sovereign 〈◊〉 Majesty of Great Britain to the 〈…〉 and to the Church of England To this end the Lord bestow a double portion of 〈…〉 upon them and grant that they may 〈…〉 of their Labours the salvation of many Souls which will be the Joy of Angels and a Crown to their Ministry Let all that can pray pray that in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Sovereign his Majesty of Great Bâ—â—â—ain the Lord would bless all people in all Mations with truth of grace strength of grace and increase of grace Let all pray that can that the Lord would raise up those that are fallen into the mire of Sin and that he would be pleased to strengthen them that do stand in the good old way of Piety and Honesty as it is taught in the Church of England Let all pray that in these days of the Gospel the Lord would forgive our Enemies Persecutors and Slanderers and turn their hearts That he would be pleased to have mercy upon all men that so his Mercy and Wisdom and Power may be more and more known upon earth and his saving health among all Nations that so among all people there may be a general Reformation which will bring great Joy Peace and Consolation And to his Majesty of Great Britain and to the Church of England great Honour and Exaltation Let not any despise the day of small things for what I have made known in much weakness and many infirmities against much opposition and contradiction I know that the God of Heaven will raise it with great power for the glory of his great Name for the credit of his holy Gospel for the great honour and renown of the Protestant Religion for the great joy and triumph of the Church of England the great honour and exaltation of his Majesty of Great Britain and the great peace and prosperity of many Kingdoms which will be brought about in the days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Sovereign Cryout and shout thou Inhabitant of Zion thou Church of England for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee to counsel comfort and to strengthen thee in thy troubles and to bring thee to great honour and glory So that all thy Enemies that have been incensed against thee will be ashamed and confounded if that they will not Conform and Reform to the Protestant Religion as it is established in the Church of England which is for Vnity Peace and Concord the best which would have all the Sons and the Daughters of Men to live in the fear of God and to die in his favour then they will not be afraid to die nor asham'd to live but their last works and days will be best It is high and honourable work pleasant prositable and delightsom work it is victorious and crowning-work That the God of Heaven has stirr'd me up for to engage with him in this day of his power for the glory of his great Name for the credit of his holy Gospel for the great honour and renown of the Protestant Religion for the great joy and triumph of the Church of England and the great peace and prosperity of many Kingdoms It is such work that the French King with all his Men and Money has not done cannot do nor knows how to do And why because his Wisdom is Foolishness and his Strength is Weakness to bring it about his Wisdom and his Strength will deceive him and all that trust to their carnal wisdom power and strength in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Sovereign Their wisdom is foolishness and their strength is weakness who are not careful to make themselves strong in the Lord in the Lord Jehovah and in the power of his might O great is the power of Faith that doth inable a mortal man to know that his wisdom and strength is in the Immortal God and to get wisdom and strength from him to be useful and serviceable for him in his Generation for the great Honour of Him and the King and the peace and prosperity of many Nations O great is the power of Faith that doth inable the Sons of Men to be most useful and serviceable both in Church and State and that in the worst of times and before the best of men It is the power of Faith that doth inable the Sons of Men for to have power with the God of Heaven to get power from him and to act with Power for the great Honour of him and the King and the great Peace and Prosperity of his Kingdoms What I have done can do or shall do by the Power of Faith which is the Power of God in this Noble Design which I have made known in time for the great Joy Peace and Prosperity of Mankind I would have all Wise Strong Rich and Learned Men give all the Glory to the God of Heaven because all Glory is due to him both from Man and Angels And that continually the Lord who is most wise and most strong knows when an I how for to
men under the Heavens are bound to know their Creator so as to fear him but there be many of the Sons and the Daughters of Men that will labour to know him so as to love serve and to honour him which will prove most comfortable to themselves and most profitable to others Let the man be what he will or whom he will in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain in whom the Lord of Hosts doth arise his Enemies shall be scattered and they that hate him shall flee before him as Wax melteth before the sire so will all the workers of iniquity at the presence of the Lord but the Righteous shall be glad and rejoyce for a long time The Church of Rome the King of Spain and the proud French King has endeavoured to undermine and overthrow the Protestant Religion His Majesty of Great Britain and the Church of England but the time is come that they are to know that they are to be brought very low if that they will not Conform and Reform to the Protestant Religion to the Nine and thirty Doctrines of the Church of England There is no man worthy to be a Minister of the Gospel in England Scotland France and Ireland that doth or should oppose gain-say or preach against any of the Nine and thirty Doctrines of the Church of England The Enemies against the Church of England are many both at home and abroad but I shall endeavour by the power of Faith which is the power of God for to do what I can to over-throw them as one man and to set a-work they that have power in their hand that they may be subdu'd both by Sea and Land that so the people may know the true and the everliving God and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent then will the Earth bring forth great increase and among all people in all Nations there will be a free Trade great Joy and a lasting Peace The Lord who is most Great and most Good knows when how and by whom he pleases for to speak peace to a Person a Family a City and a Kingdom and when he speaks peace to his People to any of his Saints let them not turn again to Folly but let them renew their Obedience and double their Diligence The Lord will satiate the Soul of the Priests of his Ministers with Fatness and the people with his Goodness surely his Salvation is nigh them that fear him that Glory may dwell in our Land Mercy and Truth are met together Righteousness and Peace have kissed each other Truth shall spring out of the Earth Righteousness shall look down from Heaven yea the Lord will give that which is good so that our Land will yield her Increase Righteousness will go before him and set us in the way of his Steps The Lord who is most Great and most Good will be known by his Judgments and his Mercies for he is a God that judgeth the earth for the Lord is a God of knowledge and by him all mens Thoughts and Actions are weighed That our Royal Soveraign his Majesty of Great Britain may be willing to countenance encourage and set forward this Noble Design that Divine Wisdom and Power has enabled me to make known in time for the Glory of his Great Name and to have his Enemies brought to shame His Royal Majesty will find that many Princes and Nations will assist him and that which is more than all them the God of Heaven who has all Power in his own hand and the whole Creation at Command will in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign make bare his Arm and manifest his Wisdom Power and Strength to bring down the Turk the Pope the French King and the King of Spain that so many Nations may be freed from slavery and throughout the whole World there may be great joy peace and prosperity Sing unto the Lord thy God O Church of England for he hath done excellent things this is known in all the Earth for among the Gods there is none like unto him there is not one that can do as he has done Say to them therefore that are of a fearful Heart be strong fear not for the True and the Everlasting God will come with vengeance and rebukes upon his Enemies but with great recompence and rewards will he come and save and deliver his People that wait upon him and put their trust and confidence in him therefore cry out and Shout thou Inhabitant of Sion thou Church of England for great is the Holy one of Israel in the midst of thee for to bring thee to great honour renown and fame and thy Enemies to great shame Behold the Whirl-wind of the Lord goeth forth with fury a continuing Whirl-wind it will fall with pain upon the Head of the Wicked the fierce anger of the Lord will not return until he hath performed the intents of his Heart in these latter daies many will see it and consider of it thy God O Church of England is my God thy cause is my cause thy troubles have been my greatest trouble and thy Enemies are my worst Enemies I have laid to Heart more the troubles of the Church of England and of his Majesty of Great Britain than the Death of a Wife and seven Children I have laid them more to Heart than all the tryals troubles losses crosses and reproaches that I have met withal from my Youth to this present time I have laid them so to Heart that many will be made to smart that have endeavoured to undermine and to overthrow the Protestant Religion his Majesty of Great Britain and the Church of England I have laid them so to Heart that many will be made to smart that will not conform and reform to the Protestant Religion as it is establisht in the Church of England When the Lyon Roars all the Beasts of the Field tremble the Lord has not been much minded nor regarded by his Judgements of Plague Fire and Sword but he will be minded and regarded by a still Voice by inabling of me for to make known his mind for the terror of Evil doers the Voice of the Lord is powerful the Voice of the Lord is full of Majesty the Voice of the Lord breaketh the Cedars yea the Lord breaketh the Cedars of Lebanon The Lord thy God O Church of England who is most great and most good will be known to be the True and Everlasting God among the Sons of men for by terrible things in Righteousness will he answer them For a long time the Lord has holden his peace he has been still and refrained himself but now will he cry like a Travelling Woman he will destroy and devour at once and that without making of many words or having the Voice much heard The time is come that in these Gospel days and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign his Majesty of
Great Britain that the Lord of Hosts will go forth as a mighty Man he will stir up jealousie like a Man of war he will cry yea Roar but he will prevail against his Enemies as the Turk the Pope and the Devil and all the Workers of Evil. Who knoweth the power of Gods anger according to his fear so is his wrath for he is terrible out of his Holy places therefore tremble thou Earth at the presence of the Lord at the presence of the God of Jacob tremble therefore all you Heathen and Popish Kings Priests Princes and Emperors in the World that do slight and undervalue the Word of God and question his mighty power tremble therefore all you unbelieving Jews Bruitish Atheists wicked and bloody Papists and rebellious Dissentors and Sectaries that have not made the Word of God your Rule nor his Spirit your Guide nor his Glory your Aim Tremble therefore all you Earthly and Carnal-minded Men you Self-sekers and Men-pleasers Lovers of your selves more than Lovers of God your King and Countrey Tremble all you that have a Name to live and are dead that have called your selves Saints but have acted like Devils Incarnate against the God of Heaven the Protestant Religion his Majesty of Great Britain and the Church of England but let the Righteous be glad and rejoyce all ye that do truly fear God and Honour the King and are faithful to the Protestant Religion This Noble Design that Divine wisdom and power has enabled me to make known in time it will be as a hand-writing upon the wall against all the Enemies of the Gospel both great and small so that many will fall in love with the Protestant Religion and will be ready and willing to serve and to honour his Majesty of Great Britain both at home and abroad Light is sowen for the Righteous and Gladness for the upright in Heart ye that love the Lord hate Evil for he preserveth the Souls of his Saints he delivereth them many a time out of the Hands of unreasonable bloody and deceitful men that lie in wait for to destroy them Therefore rejoyce in the Lord ye Righteous and give thanks at the remembrance of his Holiness for the Lord who is most good is most great therefore is greatly to be praised and to be feared above all Gods therefore let all wise strong rich and learned Men declare his Glory among the Heathens and his wonders among all People for honour and Majesty are before him strength and beauty is in his Sanctuary therefore let all People in all Nations learn to know the true and the everlasting God and to worship him as they do in the Church of England with Reverence and with a holy Fear They that fear the Lord who is most great will love him because he is most good and they that love him will delight in him and he will give them the desires of their Hearts and that is truth of Grace strength of Grace and increase of Grace It is commendable and will prove very profitable and comfortable to the Sons and Daughters of Men for to delight in the Word of God so that it may richly in them dwell then their sleep will be sweet and they will have great Joy Rest and Peace that Peace which passeth the understanding of Men and Angels to declare what it is it is the Peace of God which is better felt then exprest that peace which the World cannot give nor take away They that do injoy much of God must lay out themselves much for him in these days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign his Majesty of Great Britain That Man which will make his graces to appear for the great honour of God the King and Nation He must charge to the Front and to the Rear he must charge and charge again and that with might and main that 〈◊〉 the Turk the Pope and the Devil and all the Workers of Evil to shame and that without making a noise about Religion for this Party or for that Opinion without making of many words or having the Voyce much heard without having a Sword in the hand A Christian Souldier that is engaged in holy War against the World the Flesh and the Devil must quit himself like a man and when he has done all for to stand by the power of Faith which is the power of God in man the power of God for man and the power of God with man Who knows what is in the Womb of a Day or in the Heart of a man Not any but the God of Heaven who can when he will and by whom he will bring Order out of Confusion Light out of Darkness Good out of Evil and Peace out of Trouble for the great Honour and Exaltation of a Kings Person and the great Peace and Prosperity of many Nations As the highest Member under the God of Heaven doth give Protection for the Safety of the meanest Member in the Church of England so sometimes the meanest Member with the God of Heaven may give Direction for the great Honour Exaltation and Consolation of the Highest in the days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Soveraign His Majesty of Great Britain Cursed be that Man that dare lift up his hand against the Lords Anointed by Sea or by Land against the Lords Anointed whom the Most High hath made Great in Place and Inriched with his Grace Is it not the Prayer of the Church of England for His Majesty of Great Britain that the Lord would hear him in the day of trouble and send him help from the Sanctuary and strengthen him out of Sion For his Majesty can have no such Help as from the Sanctuary nor no such Strength as out of Sion The God of Heaven has promised whose Promises are all Yea and Amen in Christ That the Deliverer shall come out of Sion which shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob But Sion which is the Church of Christ throughout the whole World and the Church of Christ in England Scotland France and Ireland must not look for the Deliverer of Sion to come in greater Pomp than the Saviour of Sion came but he that shall come whom the God of Heaven will send will come and will not tarry for the Tree will be known by his Fruit for he will purifie the Sons of Levy and purge them as Gold and Silver that they may offer unto the true and everliving God who is most Great and most Good an Offering in Righteousness which will be pleasing and exceptable to him The Stone which the Builders refused is it not become the Head-stone of the Corner This is the Lords Doings who is Great in Counsel and Mighty in Power therefore let it be marvellous in the Eyes of them that be most wise And let not any despise the Day of small things for as the Lord of Hosts is above all so he is more than all and can be with all in
make bare his Arm and to send forth his Light and Truth to shame and condemn all unbelieving Jews bruitish Athetsis wicked and bloody Papists and rebellious Dissontors and Sectaries that do style and undervalue his Word of Truth and will not believe in the God of Truth but do live too many of them as if there was no God that made them and that there is not any that can save them But as the Lord who is most Great and most Good is able and willing to save unto the utmost all that come unto him be their sins never so great and many so he will punish unto the uttermost all that will not come unto him in these days of the Gospel for salvation Understand O ye Heathen and ye â—…believing Jews and ye bruitish Atheists and ye â—…cked and blood-thirsty Papists and ye rebellioâ—â— Dissentors and Sectaries when will ye learn to be wise to fear love serve and to honour him and to know him who gives unto all men their being He that planted the ear shall he not hear he that formed the eye shall he not see us He knows that all things that are wrought in secret will be made known in publick for Light will discover Darkness and the Lord that made man doth not only know all mens hearts but all their thoughts what they tend to and what will be the end of them The way of the wicked is as darkness they know not at what they stumble but the way of the Lord is strength to the upright because he makes him his hopâ— his trust his joy and delight Let not any in these Gospel-days question whether there be a God that made the Heavens the Earth and the Sea and all things that in them be because that he gives life and breath and being unto all the Sons of Men and takes it away when he please from any of them the Lord will be known throughout the whole World to be God by his Judgment upon the Wicked who are his Rod for to punish his Children that walk contrary unto him He that chastiseth the Heathen shall not he correct Yes he will correct them whom he loves most that they may serve him best God had only one Son without sin but not any without suffering our Saviour did learn obedience in the things he suffered not as he was God there could be no obedience desired or required of him but as he was man in taking upon him our Nature he learned Obedience for he took upon him the form of a servant and made himself of no reputation for to bring the Sons and the Daughters of Men that do believe in him to great honour and exaltation Our Nature it was his great humiliation that the Son of God should become the Son of Man it is the highest mystery and the greatest humility But why was this done That so the Sons of Men might become the Sons of God and Children of the Most High And if children heirs of God and joynt-heirs with Christ Which priviledge it is so high that though the Angels in Heaven do continually admire it they will never enjoy it for our Saviour did not take upon him the Nature of Angels but the Seed of Abraham For God so loved the world that he gave his onely beloved Son that whosoever believed in him should not perish but have everlasting life To this end he obeyed his Fathers will and for his love to the Sons of Men he humbled himself to advance them he became poor to make them rich he under-went his Fathers Frowns that they might enjoy his Smiles he became a Curse that they might enjoy the Blessing he did wear the Crown of Thorns that they might wear the Crown of Glory he died a shameful and a painful death that they might enjoy a happy and a blessed Life And has he done so much for the Sons of Men let not any of them think any thing too much to do for him but let them all be willing to be any thing to be nothing so he may be all Let him rule in them and over them who can best counsel and comfort and strengthen them honour protect and reward them The Angels in Heaven rejoyce and praise God for his love to the Sons of Men in finding out a Ransom for them but the fallen Angels have not any to pity them but they be reserved in Chains of Darkness to the Judgment of the Great day And then all must give Account what they have done in this World whether it be good or evil The good Angels rejoyce and proclaim Glory to God in the Highest and on earth peace good will towards men But no Worship or Adoration is due to them much less to pray to Saints Deceased We are to praise God for the benefit and the comfort we have from Angels and good Men and from any of his Creatures Let all the Sons and the Daughters of Men therefore praise the Lord Day by Day for Right-hand Mercies for Left-hand for Temporal Spiritual and Eternal But above all for Jesus Christ the Foundation and the Fountain of them all Let them praise him every Day for their Creation in due time for their Redemption in the fulness of time and their Preservation time after time Let them praise him for the Means of Vocation Justification Sanctification and for hopes of Glorification In these Days of the Gospel and in the Reign of our Royal Sovereign too many that have made Separation from the Church of England have proved wandring Stars and then blazing Stars and at last falling Stars How has many of them boasted of Church Priviledges of Gospel Ordinances of strong Assurance and of great Revelation and of a sudden like a Morning-cloud have vanished away and come to nothing But the path of the Just is as the shining-light that shineth more and more unto the perfect Day The Church of England has her fixed and real Stars which unbelieving Jews bruitish Atheists wicked and bloody Papists and rebellious Dissentors and Sectaries and know not well where they are nor who they are but they are known to the Most High and from him they will give the greatest and the clearest Light in the darkest Night of trouble and affliction that doth befall many Persons and many Nations Husbandmen love to see and to enjoy Fruitful Fields Fruitful Vineyards and Fruitful Gardens And the God of Heaven loves that they that know him and do own him should be Fruitful in Good Works for herein is he much glorified that the Sons and the Daughters of Men should bring forth much Fruit such Fruit as is suitable and seasonable profitable and comfortable in their Generation for the great honour of God the King and Nation As the Apple-tree among the Trees of the Wood so be they that be Fruitful among the Sons of Men They may be black with Reproaches cast upon them but they be comely with good Graces wrought in them Every true Member of Christ