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A92868 The spirituall madman, or, A prophesie concerning, the King, the Parliament, London, the Army; of the admirable fulnesse, and compleatnesse, of the restauration, and satisfaction of all interests. / Written by VVilliam Sedgewick. Sedgwick, William, 1609 or 10-1669? 1648 (1648) Wing S2391; Thomason E477_9; ESTC R205532 11,474 16

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to sit down by the still streames of Englands peace and feed in our green pastures of eternall love you shall if your valour makes you desirous of military actions we shall find enemies abroad to imploy your swords against and when you undertake such expeditions the Lord shall goe with you you shall have Angels spirits that shall make you invincible where ever you goe The Levellers grew out of the Army and are again shrunk into the Army and therefore we will now joyne you to the Army being mingled together In your endeavour to impose your Democracy your popular Government upon the Kingdome overthrowing overcurning all powers into the People We hear the voide of one crying in the Wildernesse England is become a Wildernesse all flesh is grasse all power is corrupt the Spirit of the Lord hath blowne upon it and its withered This is John Baptist that exalts the vallies and brings down the hils he brings all into the waters the People God is in these Levellers casting the Mountains into the depths of the Seas plunging all into a confused People not suffering one stone to lye upon another Thy place is to be in the Wildernesse and not to come into the City to expire and dye speedily to decrease that he that comes after may increase Thou art beheaded thy devices are fallen to the ground a mushrome thou wert little and art nothing What went you out to see A reed shaken with the wind growing out of the mire of the Nation or a man clothed with soft rayment People got into Kings houses In this state thou art vanisht lost and raised in the spirit of Christ the divine and eternall love of God and in this Kingdom there is a perfect Levell The People the originall of the Parliament and King by a free giving up themselves and their Estates to the Parliament and King are in the King and Parliament and fully partake of the royalty and power of both and are leveld with it The people give honour and glory to the King and so higher then he or he their Subject He that gives is greater then he that receives Heer all the people are one with that spirit that is kingly that Anointing that makes Christ King and so called mine Anointed living all in the liberty of that spirit that makes Kings and are most perfectly content in the Kings greatnesse being that which themselves constitute making it themselves they live in it and enjoy it And the King is levelled to the people by his sufferings or humiliations and by his love taking in every Subject to himself humbling of himself to be but the Kingdoms Servant and wearing his Crown only for the happinesse and good of the people living together and brought into one body head and member The eternall love is the Leveller Divine Charity that lifts not up it self but is lifted up and being lifted up drawes all after it I rejoyce in the healing thy breaches oh London thou honourable City Thy iniquities have been great there is a righteous one under them that will carry them without the City as a scape Goat into the wildernesse we see the Lord in thee in thy greatest filth in thy violent enforcing powers above thee to thy own mind in constraining the Parliament to thy will by bold Petitions urged with tumults we see darkened and shadowed the intercession of the Son of God who with violence wrests from his Father favour for himself and his people he comes with boldnesse to take what he asks and saies I will and the power that Saints have in Christ to command God in prayer In thy siding with the Parliament against the King and thy free powring forth thy self for her We see the excessive love of Christ to his Church who is ravisht with love and for her forgets all things else In thy ingrossing the riches of the Kingdom into thee thou are a shadow of Christ who treasures up wealth and riches of glory in the City of God for ur But thy glory is gon thy true life the beautifull presence of God hath left thee and thou art burning in flames of wrath jealousies envies divisions thou art wasted into a sceleton thy trade obstructed by Sea and Land thy People filled with rage thy bowells pained with fierce contests of parties pulling various wayes quite restlesse an unquiet Sea in continuall agitation The Lord dyes in thee the Lords delight thou wert his spouse thy glory and greatnesse it was the Lords he suffers in thy suffering and is covered in thy ashes lyes under the burthen of all thy wants is pierced with the necessities of the poor And thou art in the dust of confusion a ruinous heap the seat and place of vexation lying in a thick cloud of darknesse But his fire purifies thee in these flames thou losest thy filthy pride covetousnesse malice revenge c. Thou shalt not perish utterly The voice of God is heard in thee to revive thee thou shalt be built again Thy foundation shall be all of precious stones c. The glory of God shall shine in thee thou art now the City of God a righteous City this is thy name The Lord is there The Lord displaies his glory in the midst of thee The new Jerusalem in deed in truth in spirit in perfect union with God a heaven and so in union amongst your selves Peace within thy walls and plentiousnesse in thy palaces a City at unity in it self there shall not be the least found of discord in thee Thy nature is love light and holinesse The City of the great King made happy by the presence of the King and all the state and honour of the Kingdom Now open thy arms of Divine love and take into thy imbraces the glory of England Kings Princes Nobility Gentry Ministry Iudges Lawyers with all the wisdom justice power and excellency of heaven and earth let all flock together in one God one Christ one spirit one City and thousands of thousands of Saints and Angels dwelling in thee Nothing shall be heard in thee but mirth and joy in the Lord our God praises of the great King Open thy gates thy everlasting doores that the King of glory the Lord of Hosts with all his host of Princely powers may enter in And all the riches of the world shall slow into thee in thy trade naturally and abundantly the wealth of both I●dies and all parts shall seek unto thee and offer up it self to satisfie thee thou shalt be crowned with blessings all contents and pleasures shall continually run down thy streets and all in the sight and face of the holy God in the pure River of life All the works of God are perfect found out of all them that take pleasure therein The greatest and highest are reserved for us in this later and great day of God wherein it pleaseth the Lord to appear in his fullest and most excellent glory this of Englands salvation is a sweet bud of