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A81406	A true prophecie of the mighty day of the Lord Which is coming, and is appeared in the north of England, and is rising toward the south; and shall overspread this nation and all the nations of the world. Wherein the Lord is redeeming Sion forth of her long inthral'd captivity in Babylons kingdom, where she hath been scattered in the cloudy and dark day, into forms and observations, and there kept by the priests, and teachers of the world, who ranne when God never sent them. Now is the Lord appearing in this day of his might power, to gather his elect together, out of all forms observations, kinreds, tongues, and nations; ... A word from the Lord to all the inhabitants of England, rulers, priests and people, to haste to meet the Lord with speedy repentance, and turning within, to harken diligently to his counsel, ... From the spirit of the Lord, written by one whose name in the flesh is William Dewsbury, called Quaker with the people of the world, who live in their perishing nature.; True prophecy of the mighty day of the Lord	Dewsbury, William, 1621-1688.	1655 (1655)	Wing D1280; ESTC R227066	17,446	17

me from the least unto the greatest for I will be merciful unto their unrighteousness and 〈◊〉 8. 10. ●2 their sins and iniquities will I remember no more And this is the holy City the New Ierusalem which Iohn bare witness of wherein there is no Temple for the Lord God Almighty and the 〈◊〉 1. 2. 〈…〉 Lamb are the Temple of it And the City had no need of the Sun neither of the Moon to shine in it for the glory of God doth lighten it and the Lamb is the light thereof And the Nations of them that are saved shall walk in the light of it and the Kings of the Earth do bring their glory and honour unto it And the Gates of it are not shut at all by day for there shall be no Night there There shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth neither that works abomination or makes a lye but they that are written in the Lambs Books of Life and all that walk in the light of Christ within which light exerciseth the Conseience and leads into the holy City the New 〈◊〉 24. Ierusalem where the true worshippers of the Father are who worship him in spirit and in truth and are come out of the night and need no candle neither 〈◊〉 2. 5. light of the Sun for the Lord God giveth them light and they shall raign for ever and ever and this is the true Church in God Sion which shall 〈◊〉 1. become the praise of the whole Earth and from whence the Law shall go forth according unto the promise of the Lord and the Word of the Lord from Ierusalem Then shall Righteousness run up and down with a mighty stream 〈…〉 and Oppression shall cease And this glory of the Lord was by the Lord made known unto me which shall be made manifest to the Inhabiters of England if you will hearken diligently to the counsel of the Lord which is the light in your Consciences and in it waite on the Lord to be guided by his power I waited in the Counsel of my God in the Calling where I was placed until the year 1652. and in the eight Month of the Year as it is accompted of men The Word of the Lord came unto me saying The Leaders of my people causes Isa 9. 36. them to err in drawing them from the light in their Consciences which leads to the anointing within which the Father hath sent to be their 1 Iohn 2. 27. Luk 17. 20. Teacher which would lead them into all truth to seek the Kingdom of God in observations where it is not to be found so my people perish for want of bread Freely thou hast received freely give and minister and what I have made known unto thee in secret declare openly Which Word constrained me by the power of it to leave my wife and children and to run to and Hos 4. 6. fro to declare to Souls where their Teacher is the light in their Consciences which the Lord hath given unto every one a measure to profit withall for the exercise of the Conscience towards God and men and Dan. 10. ● Ren. 7. 1● waiting in the light for the power of Christ He would lead them up to the living Fountains of Water where their Souls would find refreshment in the presence of the Lord and their bread should be sure and their water Isai 35. 1. Rev. 5. 1● never fail as the Lord hath made manifest to my Soul and to worship him in truth at New Ierusalem to sing Hallelujahs and Praises among the redeemed Sons and Daughters of God in the beauty of holiness unto the Lord God that sits upon the Throne and to the Lamb for evermore To you Rulers of England whose names will be honorable if you will honour the Lord in obeying his Counsel which is the light in your Consciences that he may guide you in all your waies to you I am moved to write Thus saith the Lord God Almighty I will overturn overturn orerturn Eze. 21. until I have given it unto him whose right it is and he will give it me As you have seen the power of the Lord manifest on many that are in the place where you are a cloud of witnesses the Bishops and the King the Lords and the late Parliment who all professed the name of Christ but Ier. 1. 1. 1. they would not obey his Counsel the light in their Consciences but walked after the counsel of their own hearts and improved their power for their own ends and would have dissembled with God and the Country but Dan. 12. ●… our righteous God hath overturned them to their everlasting shame and contempt Isai 58. ●… Now if you will not obey the light in your Consciences to rule in the power of the spirit to break every yoak of unrighteousness and put every filthy and abominable thing out of the sight of the Lord that the oppressed Rev. 13. ●… may be set free but you will cause both smal and great to worship the image of the beast in forcing them to obey the heathenish and unrgihteous Laws made by Nebuchadnezzar's nature proud flesh who set up himself a King to oppress all under his power and set up whom he would to rule and ranig with him over others in Tyranny cruelty and oppression in all unrighteousness which Beast received a deadly wound with a sword by the little horn spoken of in Daniel before whom three horns fell which Dan. 7 ●… was the Kings power in these three Nations and the horn had eyes to see what they should do the Light in their Conscience and a mouth which speaketh great things what they should do for the Glory of God whose look was more stout then their fellows I beheld the same horn made war with the Saints of the most high God and prevailed against them as it is fulfilled Terr 20. 21. Many of them have been persecuted and some cast into prison by their power and this is the Beast that had power to give life to the image that the Image of the Beast should both speak and cause that as many as would not Rev. 12. 15. worship the image of the Beast should be killed And this is fulfilled that when the Beast received his deadly wound with the sword of the righteous Justice of God in cutting down the Kings power then did the other Beast which was the power that reigned after him give life to the image of the Beast that the image of the Beast spoke and this was fulfilled in giving power to the unrighteous Laws made by the Kings where the Priests and unrighteous Lawyers and Iudges that judg for rewards that as many Mica 3. 11. as would not worship the Beast in obeying the will of proud flesh which is the image of the Kings power he must be killed cast into prison and there starve and be broken to pieces with

the creatures to eat of the fat and be clothed with the finest of the wool and make merry with the creatures and live in pleasures Ezek. 34. 2. 3. Gal. 5. 13. Mat. 5. 48. and when the light in your Conscience cries against you to use your liberty but not as an occasion to the flesh to make no provision for the flesh to satisfie it and the lusts thereof but you must be perfect as ●our heavenly Father is perfect You regard it not but hearken unto the counsel of your own hearts which draws you to look at the words of Rom. 7. 23. Paul where he saith I find a law in my members warring against the Law of my mind so ye wrest the Scripture to your own destruction for your encouragement to live in the flesh and say None must be free from the body of sin while he is here in the body and thus you deceive your selves and all whom you draw from the light in your Conscience which cries for a perfect fulfilling of the Law of God for the Soul that Ezek. 18. 20. sinneth it shall dye Though Paul did complain of a body of sin it was in his growth and it was his burden which made him cry O wretched man who shall deliver me And he witnessed it put off the Law of the Rom. 7. 24. Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the Law of sin and death for Christ is made manifest to destroy the works of the Devil and not to destroy the Law to save man from the condemning power of Rom. 8. 2. the Law while he lives in transgression of it for the Law hath power over the fleshly man so long as he lives But be came to fulfil the Law 1 Ioh. 3. 8. and all the Saints beare witness of it in their measures some witness it Rom 7. 1. fulfilled others wait following the Lambe daily in the Cross till they come to the fulfilling of it that the righteousness of the Law may be fulfilled in us who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit Rom. 8. 3. 4. Therefore mind the light in your Consciences diligently hearken unto it and it will smite your glorious Image of Forms and Observations and break it to pieces and will rend off all your glorious coverings of your outward profession will let you see the Wo is unto them that are covered and not with the Spirit of the Lord. To the light in Isa 30. 1. your Consciences I speak which will eternally witnesse me if you hearken unto it to be guided by it you will never find rest in outward Rom. 6. 6. Forms and Observations but in putting off the body of sin through the obedience of the Spirit that the righteousness of the Law may be Rom. 8. 4. fulfilled in you in walking no more after the flesh but after the Spirit for they that are Christs have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts Gal. 5. 24. and the body is dead in regard of sin but the spirit is alive unto righteousness And this you must witnesse or else all your Religion is vain and your Rom. 8. 10. Souls will perish To all you Inhabiters of England How long will you drink of the Rev. 17. 4. Cup of Abominations the wine of the wrath of the Whore which hath made you drunk and all Nations to lay out your mony for Isa 5 5. 2. that which is not bread to the Merchants of Babylon who fill unto you the Cup of Abominations in drawing you from the light in your Luk. 17. 20. 21. Consciences which is given unto every one of you a measure to guide you up to God to seek for the Kingdom of God in Observations and Christ saith it is not in Observations but within so they keep you in Captivity in Babylons Kingdom under the power of sin hell and death To every particular Inhabiter of England I write Come out of Babylon Rev. 18. 4. all Forms and Observations and Traditions which are set up by the will of man Now is Babylon come in remembrance before God and the vials of wrath must be poured upon her and upon h●● Revel 18. 23 24. Merchants for by their Sorceries are you Inhabitants of England and all Nations deceived and in her is found the blood of the Prophets and Saints and of all that were slain upon the Earth Haste Rev. 18. 4. haste come out of her lest you partake with her in her sins and so partake with her in her punishment which will speedily come upon her for the mouth of the Lord of Hoasts hath spoken it Return within every one in particular examine your hearts and mind the light in your Conscience and it will alwaies let you see where your hearts are and what they delight in for it is the heart the Lord requires He will no longer be worshipped in Words Forms and Observations but in Spirit and in truth and in sincerity in the inward Iohn 4. 24. parts therefore every one be faithfull in taking heed to the light in your Consciences which the Lord hath given to every one a measure to profit withall for the exercise of the Conscience towards Mat. 25. 15. God and men in minding your watch to wait in the light in measure it will bring to Judgment all the powers of darkness in you and the righteous Law of God will cry through your earthly and carnall Isa 42. 2. hearts till judgment be brought forth into victory and your wills will be brought in subiection unto the Will or God to wait on him for refreshment from his presence who satisfieth the hungry with good Luk. 1. 53. things And take heed of consulting with flesh and blood for that leads into pride and disobedience into Hell and destruction mind the light in your Conscience which is the sure word of prophecy that you cannot be deceived taking heed unto it as unto a light 2 Pet. 1. 19 that shines in a dark place untill the day dawn and the day-star arise in your hearts diligently hearken unto it and you shall eat Isa 55. 2. 3 that which is good and your Soul shall delight it self in fatnesse there is your teacher within you the light in your Consciences loving it Iohn 3. 19. and obeying it is your life hating it and disobeying it is your condemnation To that pure light in your Consciences I speak which will eternally witness me when the Book of Conscience is opened in you Now you have time prize it in waiting on the Lord in the light to make your calling and Election sure in putting off the old man and his deeds and putting on the Lord Jesus Christ in righteousness and holiness without which no man shall see the Lord in so doing you shall 2 Pet. 1. 10 escape the wrath of God which is coming upon the Children of disobedience

A TRVE PROPHECIE OF THE Mighty DAY of the LORD Which is coming and is appeared in the North of England and is rising toward the South and shall overspread this Nation and all Nations of the World WHEREIN The Lord is redeeming Sion forth of her long inthral'd Captivity in Babylons Kingdom where she hath been scattered in the cloudy and dark day into Forms and Observations and there kept by the Priests and Teachers of the World who ranne when God never sent them Now is the Lord appearing in this day of his mighty power to gather His elect together out of all Forms and Observations Kinreds Tongues and Nations and is making up his Iewels his mighty hoast and exalting Iesus Christ to be the King of Kings to lead his Army He hath raised up in the North of England and is marched towards the South in the mighty power of the living Word of God which is sharp as a two edged Sword to cut down High and Low Rich and Poor Priests and People and the all Powers of the Land and all the World over that are fruitless trees that cumbers the ground defiles the flesh and walks in disobedience to the righteous law of God the pure light in the Conscience For who falls on this Stone shall be broken but on whom it falls shall be ground to powder So shall this Nation and all the Nations of the World be conquered and the victory witnessed neither by Sword nor Spear but by the Spirit of the Lord. A WORD from the LORD to all the Inhabitants of England Rulers Priests and people to haste to meet the Lord with speedy Repentance and turning within to hearken diligently to His Counsel the pure light of Christ in your Conscience to be guided by His Power else you shall perish in your gain sayings For if his anger be kindled a-little blessed are all they that trust in him From the Spirit of the Lord written by one whose name in the flesh is William Dewsbury called Quaker with the people of the World who live in their perishing nature London Printed for Giles Clavert at the Black-spread Eagle at the West end of Pauls 1655. A true Prophecy of the mighty Day of the Lord c. O England who lies in the faln and lost estate separated from the true and living God by thine iniquities notwithstanding Hos 1. all thy profession of his Name in outward forms and observations Repent repent and turn unto the Lord God Almighty who waits on thee to be gracious unto thee and to make thee the glory of all the Nations of the world if thou wilt diligently Isa 30 hearken to his counsel the light that is in the Conscience of every one to wait in it upon the Lord God that he may guide thee by his power Iohn 〈◊〉 And this I have to declare unto thee from the Lord which he hath made known unto me concerning thee O England certain years ago when the everlasting Covenant of Life was csionrmed unto my Soul in the Lord Jesus Isa 〈◊〉 Christ that I should go with the ransomed of the Lord unto Sion I enquired of my God to manifest unto me where Sion was that I might return cap. 35 Ioh. 〈◊〉 thither worship him inspirit in truth there being so many confused cries in thee O England who professes to worship the only true God some saying Lo here is Christ in the Presbyterian practice so called and the Independent so called cries Lo he is here and the Anabaptists so called saying Lo he is here and others in outward forms saying He is here according as Christ forerold that the time should come when they shall say Lo here is Christ and to there as it is fulfilled in thee but Christ faith Believe them not look not forth for the Kingdom of Heaven is within And as the lightning Luk. 7 23. 2● that shineth out of the one part under Heaven and shineth unto the other part under Heaven even so shall the Son of man in his day And this I witness and while I was waiting on my God to make known unto me where Sion was the Word of the Lord came unto me with witness to my spirit that Christ was not divided and that there was no rent in his garment for the Lord is one and his people one and that all thy outward forms 1 Cor. 〈◊〉 Zech. 〈◊〉 of Worship O England where thou art waiting for Christ in observations is contrary to his Will for Christ saith The Kingdom of God is not in observations neither shall they say Lo here or lo there for behold the Kingdom Luke 20 21 of God is within you And that all thy strict observing of thy outward forms is but imitating the Saints practices in thy Babylonish and Heathenish Wisdom for there is nothing but confusion in thee and that all thy outward Forms is the outward Court which is without the Temple that the 〈◊〉 1. 11 Angel was not to measure for it is given unto the Gentiles and the holy City shall they tread under foot and this was made known unto me from the Lord my God to be the estate and condition thou stoodst and dost stand in O England in all thy outward Forms and Observations having a form of Godliness but denying the power thereof For under all thy profession 〈◊〉 2. 3. 5. is most cruel oppression every one oppressing one another according unto their power from the highest unto the lowest so that the cry of the oppressed Seed within the hearts of thy Inhabiters O England and those that are oppressed in outward oppressions in thee hath entred into the 〈◊〉 5. 5. ears of the Lord God of Sabboth and he is coming in power to set the oppressed free and to bring them to Sion which in the eternall Riches of 〈◊〉 58. 6. 〈◊〉 14. his Love he made known to me where Sion was according unto the desires he had raised up in my heart and the Word of the Lord came unto me saying I will gather my people out of all forms and observations and out 〈◊〉 5. 9. 〈◊〉 7. 9. 〈◊〉 34. of all kindreds tongues and Nations and I will pour my Spirit upon them and purge away their filth with the Spirit of Iudgment and of burning and I will write my Law in their hearts and put my Spirit in their inward parts and they shall not depart from me but shall be bound up in union with me in the free 〈◊〉 1. 33. 〈◊〉 14. 9. Covenant of Life in the Lord Jesus and one with another in the one Spirit So shall the Lord be one and his people one and this is Sion the City of the living God to whom all the promises of the Lord are n accordi●g unto 〈◊〉 10. the Scripture of Truth wherein they need not to teach every man his neighbour and every man his brother saying Know the Lord for all shall know