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B04886	No power but of God, and yet a power in every creature, or, A word in season, to all men not void of grace, or deprived of reason wherein is held forth that the Almighty God is not wanting to us in impowering of us, but we are wanting to him, in not improving our talent for him ... / by Robert Purnel.	Purnell, Robert, d. 1666.	1651 (1651)	Wing P4238A; ESTC R187132	119,586	280

is the most acceptable work with God See Joh. 〈◊〉 29. and the first Epistle of John chap. 3. ●…er 23. 2. This is the way to become fruitful our conversation What is the reason the is such barrennesse among men and wom●● professing godlinesse why the reason 〈◊〉 there is little fruit because there is so litt●● saith Joh. 15. 5. Ye are not planted in 〈◊〉 house by faith therefore ye do not flour●● in his courts You want faith hence it 〈◊〉 that you have no works Thou hast a 〈◊〉 body but a lean soul Thy soul witho●● faith is like a Dove without wings 〈◊〉 cannot fly to the storehouse for meat the●●fore must needs be lean 3. By this thou shalt be able to over come all the fiery darts of the World Flesh and Devil First it overcomes the world Joh. ep 〈◊〉 5 4. Secondly it overcomes all the Devil 1 Pe●● 5. 8 9. Jam. 4. 7. Thirdly it overcomes all the fiery dart of the wicked Ephes 6. 16. 4. Again this is the way to be established Isa 7. 9. What is the reason that men are carried about with every wind of doctrine Why they do not believe and so they are no●… established Oh then be ye stedfast unmoveable rooted and grounded upon the rock ●…hrist and so sicklenesse and instability will 〈◊〉 done away 5. Faith will reach forth her arm as far heaven and fetch in to thy soule things ●●at are absent and make them present ●…eh 11. 1. 13. 6. This is the way by believing to ●●tain that joy that unspeakable joy 〈◊〉 Pet. 1. 8. What is the matter that Christians do 〈◊〉 hang down their heads under a spirit of ●…ondage Why they have but little or no ●…ith the more faith the more joy 1 Pet. 〈◊〉 8. 7. This is the way to have our hearts ●●urified from that map of misery or store●…ouse of filthinesse Act. 15. 9. 8. This is the way namely to believe 〈◊〉 overcome that unprofitablenesse that is 〈◊〉 thee and me How many a Chapter hast ●…hou read and learned nothing from it ●…ow many a Sermon hast thou heard and ●…earned nothing What is the reason why ●…hou hast no faith Heb. 4. 2. 9. And again this is the way to obtain ●…hat spiritual strength to doe the will of God although it be against our own wils Faith will endeavour to please God al●…hough we displease our selves and others See what a peece of self-denial Faith ha●… wrought in Abraham who followed 〈◊〉 command of God in whatsoever he r●…quired as in his departing out of his o●●● country and there trusted upon Gods ba●● word notwithstanding all improbabiliti●● in nature he was willing to depart wit●● the most dear thing for God as in offerin●… up his only son and gave God his ow●… time for the accomplishment of his ow●… promises To adde no more 1. Consider that whatsoever you 〈◊〉 without it it is sinne Rom. 14. 23. 2. We cannot please God in any thing without it Heb. 11. 6. 3. We cannot pray without it as 〈◊〉 ought Mar. 11. 24. Iam. 1. 6. 4. We cannot be saved without it M●● 16. 16. Ephes 2. 8. When a soul begins to consider the grea●● necessity he hath of it and the willingnes●● of Christ to work it these two wings wi●● carry thee to the treasury of faith Wha●… nccessity thou hast of it is laid before an●… as concerning the willingnesse of Christ 〈◊〉 have thee believe I might instance in all th●● it more almost speaking something 〈◊〉 it more or lesse Let me instance in one fo●● all Joh. 14. 1. 11. 12 13 verses In th●… 〈◊〉 verse Believe in me and in the 11. verse ●●ieve in me for the very works sake Then that ●●s precept might not be slieghted he ●●mes in with both his hands full of pro●…ses verse 12. He that believeth in me the ●●ks that I do shall he do and greater and then ●…he 13. verse Whatsoever you shall aske in name that will I do for you As if he had ●●d O ye sonnes of men I do but require 〈◊〉 thing of you and that is for your ●…n good too That you would believe in me 〈◊〉 is the one thing that I desire of you 〈◊〉 if you will do but this one thing for 〈◊〉 I will doe two things for you 〈◊〉 You shall doe the works that I doe and grea 〈…〉 Joh. 14. 12. 〈◊〉 You shall but aske and have what in ●●on you desire Joh. 14. 13. 〈◊〉 had thought to have written many ●●gs more concerning Faith But for ●●e reasons I forbear A word to the Ministery or a few words to th●● that have taken to themselves the name of the Ministery of England BEloved it may be thought strange you that a man so mean as my 〈◊〉 should so presume as to speake a word you or to thinke that you should vouch●● to spend so much time as to hear or 〈◊〉 what my thoughts are of you But O y●● learned Clergy I will cast my selfe dow●… at your feet and earnestly beseech you give me audience for one quarter of houre for my heart doth burne within 〈◊〉 and though I have been silent this ma●… months yet now the words will burst o●… and let me indeed prevaile with you 〈◊〉 your attention a little for I will ass●● you I have rode on horse-back and run●● foot many miles yea and many times heare a few words from you yea many storme and shower heat and cold hav●… gone through to learne something of 〈◊〉 from you and I doe not repent of it 〈◊〉 should doe it if it were to be done agai●… wherefore let me intreat your patience little if it be but to give you a briefe count of what I have heard and learn●● ●●m you And although mine eyes have 〈◊〉 been enlightned at the two fountains 〈◊〉 trust that they have been anointed ●●th a little clay for I see men like trees ●●king If I do faulter a little in my speech ●…re with me for I doe want the Hebrew 〈◊〉 Greek tongue which is so excellent ●●t a man would part with any thing 〈◊〉 it unlesse grace but I would not give the ●●st graine of grace if I had any to spare ●●not the third part of a graine for all 〈◊〉 tongues arts and parts under the ●●mne The first would that I would whisper in ●●ur eare is this by way of Query con●…ning these times My brethren if I may ●●so bold to call you so let me aske you ●●tly Have you not seene nor heard of ●…ose great and wonderful deliverances ●●th in England Scotland and Ireland or if ●●●u have heard of it doe you not believe 〈◊〉 that you be so silent in your thanks to mighty God the Father of these mercies ●●t it may be you have heard of it and doe ●●leeve it and yet you cannot give the ●●ory to God why because these mercies ●●d deliverances came in as I have heard ●●me of you say by a blasphemous

expecting these deliverances These with many other particulars are laid before thee and commended unto thee Now although these things are not brought forth in the golden dish of humane Learning painted and varnished over with arts parts and wisdome of man but in an earthen vessel yet despise not the meat for the dishes sake Remember that Christ called those men Scribes Pharisees and Hipocrites because they looked so much upon the outside and so little on the inside even so now in these dayes most of the s●…ns and daughters of men doe looke more upon gifts then upon Grace upon Law then upon Gospel upon the forme more then upon the power of godlinesse viz. If a man come and speak with the tongue of men and angels the people are presently saying as once was said of learned eloquent yet wicked Herod it is the voice of a God and not of man but if another come unto your Assemblies though well grown in grace yet if he doth not equal you in natural gifts you say he is an illiterate Mechanick c. But if I might be thought worthy to advise you I should beseech you to call no man ignorant whom God hath taught nor no man learned that hath not been taught at the School of Christ Grace is more excellent then Gifts yet both in their places are good Gifts do adorn the outward man and Grace doth beautifie the inward The outward man may be adorned and the inward man be left naked And I think experience in these dayes doth abundantly prove it and for my own part if I am censured for it I doubt not but I shall consider I am not better then my Master for his doctrine was despised and that of the learned and well may mine but I hope thou wilt try me before thou judge me lest I should say to thee as it is said to some in the same case Pro. 18. 13. He that judgeth a matter before he heareth it c. But I hope better things of thee though I thus speak So I wi●● hold thee no longer in the porch but invite thee into the house and such as I have I will set before thee desiring thee to taste of every dish before thou dost spend thy judgment of the feast For what is wanting in the first Course may be made up in the second and if there be not such varieties as was expected yet let it have acceptance with thee seeing it is according to my ability 1 Pet. 4. 10. As every man hath received the gift so let him administer the same Thus do and thou wilt engage him Who is Thy Friend and Servant R. P. The Contents of the most principal things handled in the ensuing Treatise THere are three things for a Christian to doe which are of great concernment as to the well being of a Christian viz. 1. To put on the Armour of Christ 2. To abide in the Doctrine of Christ 3. To live in the will of God For there is no power but of God The several temptations that lye before Christians The way to withstand them is not onely to put on this armour but to keep it on also And so to abide in the Doctrine of Christ as in a Castle of Ref●…ge against all storms And wait upon God in the use of Ordinances Nine arguments to prove that Gospel Ordinances are still in force What the Doctrine of Christ is What it is to abide in the Doctrine of Christ That there is no power but of God and yet a power in every Creature Of our fall in the first Adam and of the subtiltie of Satan therein Of our Restoration by the second Adam in whom we have gotten more then we lost b●… the first Adam A Dialogue between the Law and the Gospel Of what we are delivered from by Christ and what he hath restored his Elect unto Wherein many men and women doe deceive themselves thinking they are something when they are nothing A few words of Faith A word to the pretended Ministers or a few words to some of those that have taken to themselves the name of the Ministers of England A brief Epistle to the World Ten Characters of a false pretended Minister by which he may be known Fourteen Characters of a faithfull Minister of the Gospel whom we shall doe well to honour A brief Epistle to all the Lambes that through a providence have not been devoured by the Wolves A brief Prophesie of the glorious state of the Church Militant that will be shortly There be glorious deliverances comming for the Saints but the Saints be for the most part too sudden in their expecting these deliverrances There be many other things held forth in this Treatise very seasonable and useful and worthy our serious consideration The heads of which for some reason I forbear to mention in this Table The several Temptations that lie before us THere are three things that be of absolute necessity for a Christian to doe at all times but more especially in these dividing times I say of absolute necessity if not in point of being yet in point of well-being as to Christians First To put on the Armour of Christ Secondly To abide in the Doctrine of Christ Thirdly To live in the will of God First Put on the whole armour of Christ Before come particularly to speak of this point I shall endeavour to lay before you the necessity that we have to arm our selves with this Armour at this time For now Satan in more then an ordinary measure hath transformed himself into an Angel of light and comes to us by his ministers in sheepstloathing though inwardly we find him to be a ravening wolf He is subtle and knows that those former ordinary snares gins and baits will not take with many men wherefore now though he can deceive but few with the history yet he endeavours to deceive many with the mysterie of iniquity You will and may easily see him with those that call themselves our Joshua's in the Pulpit not only at their elbow but sometimes in their Explications and most frequently in their Applications Nay there is scarce one Ordinance of the Gospel but he will cloath himself withall If he cannot keep people from the practice or use of Ordinances he will as much as in him lies cause them to rest upon Ordinances in a word he will vail himself under any form or forms under any order or ordinance Again he hath his gins pits and snares for all sorts of men in all administrations The Parliament is not free but they doe o●● may see Sathan among them and sometimes in them improving all opportunities 〈◊〉 deceive them Our Armies both in Englan●… Ireland and Scotland call one upon another to stand upon their guard to make ready present and to give fire not only upon their bodily enemies but upon their spiritua●● enemies Methinks I hear many of the Souldiers speaking one to the other in the language of Paul 1 Cor. 16.

and deceive thee Hence it commeth to passe that the whole world lieth in wickednesse hence it is that when thou comest into the City thou shalt see it swim●… with pride before thee and abound with covetousnesse behind thee on thy right hand as thou go●…st along the streets thou shalt hear them swearing and on thy left hand in their shops lying goe out of the streets into any by-place thou shalt heard some cursing and others backbiting and all almost unlesse here and there one in the City bond their forces together against the Lord Christs Kingly power Me thinks I see now and then a sincere-hearted Country-Christian come walking along the streets of the City and when he sees these abominations before him behind him on his right hand and on his left he begi●● to say Lord what is the cause of this great wic●●dnesse in the City And if he receive no answer from the Lord he enquires for the Lords people and through Gods goodnesse he finds here and there a Christian following of Christ and a pretty considerable party enquiring after Christ well he comes to one and asketh him why doth sin so abound in this City it is true sin reigns much in the Country but it exceeds in the City Why saith the Citizen to him we have more Temptations living in the City then you in the Country Well but the Country-man is not fully satisfied he goes to another and demands a reason Why doth sin reign in this City have you not godly Magistrates and godly Ministers and other godly Officers in your City Me thinks I hear the Citizen answering him and saying Why through the Lords goodnesse it is much better with us in that respect then it hath been here to fore Q. What then is the cause of the abounding of sin A. Sir I think one or both of these following reasons may be given for it either first we have sleighted the means of gra●● more then others or else as I have said before we are under greater temptations in the City then you in the Country But shall we see a little farther and enquire into the cause why both City and Country not only in this Nation but all the World-over is so overspread with all maner of abominations both in Principles and Practice which is the reason so many thousands that would be looked upon as Saints and servants of Christ are fallen off one to this error and another to that faction Some deny Ordinances others deny the Scriptures and some deny both Some will acknowledge God but deny the Son others acknowledge both the Father and the Son but despise the Spirit others will acknowledge Father Son and Spirit in word and in tongue but deny all in their practice And here I am sure is the state of the greatest part of the English Nation but the Lord blessed be his name is beginning to destroy this darknesse by his own light But is not this the cause why the whole world lieth in wickednesse as John saith There is a Devil tempting and a deceitful heart yielding and carnal friends perswading the one comes and takes thee by one arm the other by the other arm the third ties as it were a string about thy middle and all three saying Come along with us Thus much of the cause of our divisions backslidings deadnesse dulnesse formality and infidelity Now I shall in the next place lay before you the Cure and therein speak of two things The first is concerning the being The second is concerning the well-being of a Christian First then if thou wouldest be preserved in these perilous times Put on the armour of Christ and abide in the doctrine of Christ Secondly for thy well-being learn this lesson There is no power but of God who will turn all these things to his glory and thy good Or Abide in the will of God First of the first Put on the whole armour of Christ and abide in the doctrine of Christ The one is laid down by way of command in Ephes 6. 11. the other by way of trial and prevention in the 2. Epist of John v. 9. To each of these Scriptures as far as I have light witnessed with experience I shall hold forth briefly and plainly Ephes 6. 11. Put on the whole armour of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles 〈◊〉 the Devil The armour here spoken unto 〈◊〉 not a temporal but a spiritual armour and what this spiritual armour is you ha●… it laid down distinctly in this Epistle o●● Paul to the Ephesians viz. 1. To gird them with the girdle of truth Eph. 6. 14. 2. To put on the breast-plate of righteousnesse ver 14. 3. To be shod with the shooes of the Gospel o●… peace v. 15. 4 To take the shield of faith which is a most victorious weapon v. 16. 5. To put on the helmet of salvation v. 17. 6. To take into thy hand of faith the sword of the Spirit v. 17. Beloved I dare boldly say that man o●… woman that puts on this armour ma●… march forth into the field and challenge al●… the Devils in hell and all the wicked men in●… the world and rout them all What mad●… David go out against Goliah Why he saw himself armed not with Sauls armour but with this Spiritual armour What was that that made him so confident Ps 27. 3. Though an host should encamp against me my heart shall not feare though warre should rise against me●… ●…n this will I be confident What made him ●…reak forth in such words Psal 3. 6. I will ●…ot said he be afraid of ten thousand of people ●…hat have set themselves against me round about ●…ov 28. 1. The wicked flees when no man pur●…eth but the righteous is as bold as a lyon Q. Why be the righteous so bold as a Lion A. They be armed with the armour of God Q. What is meant or understood by the girdle of truth A. To be rightly principled through●…y doctrinated in the doctrine of Christ Again Q. What is meant by the breast-plate of righteousnesse A. A good conscience or innocencie of life c. and so for the shield of faith what is it but the righteousnesse to Christ able like a brazen shield to protect and cover us from the darts of the world the flesh and the devil Nay I suppose it to be not only a desensive but an offensive weapon I Joh. 5. 4. This is the victory that overcommeth the world even our faith Heb. 11. 33 34. Who through faith subdued Kingdoms wrought righteousnesse obtained promises stopped the mouths of Lions waxed valiant in fight turned to flight the armies of the Aliens c. If we should see an Army of men marching into the field where their Enemies had placed themselves in Battalia 〈◊〉 I say if we should see them march toward their enemy unarmed why we would presently conclude that these men will be put to the worst they will receive

wiped from the eyes of his and 〈◊〉 there shall be no more sorrow nor paine ●●ereas thou and I have it may be neither ●●tience to wait nor faith to beleeve our 〈◊〉 interest in these things There be foure characters of a servant of Christ that I lately received from a frien●● 1. What is highest in thy judgement 2. What is dearest in thy affections 3. What is strongest in thy will 4. What is the most constant thing thy resolution So much shall serve at present to written of the temptations of the wor●● flesh and the devil and of the Armour Christ wherewith a Christian may defe●● himselfe and conquer his enemies and 〈◊〉 of the power natural and of the po 〈…〉 spiritual which is our duty to impro●● and all our remisnesse to be charged up our selves and not upon God and how serious consideration of this would be 〈◊〉 bar to stop that blasphemous princi●●● saying God is the author of sinne Of our in the first Adam and of our recovery by second Adam and how we may know th●● that are restored of Ordinances how t●● they be still in force Next I shall spe●● of Faith and then a few words to the ●●nisters An Epistle to the world Anot●●● to those chosen out of the world Of 〈◊〉 deliverances of the Saints and of their 〈…〉 ing too sudden in expecting deliverances A few words of Faith FAith is as it were the wings of the soule whereby the soule doth flye to heaven and bring downe it's evi●●nce under hand and seale Heb. 11. 1. 〈◊〉 Now this grace of Faith is of singular 〈◊〉 to Christians it is that first and princi●● wheele that makes all the other wheeles ●●move But most men be mightily as I ●●ppose mistaken in the true definition of ●●th Seeing then it is that whereby we live grace and it is that whereby we are ●●ried on to glory that we might not be ●●staken in that that is of such rare use to Give me leave to tell thee there is a Faith the History and a Faith of the Mystery ●●re is a Legal Faith and a Faith of ●●racles dead Faith and a temporary ●●ith c. There is an Evangelical Faith ●●ing the Faith of the Gospel Now men 〈◊〉 various in their thoughts of the true na●●re of this Gospel Faith I know one man 〈◊〉 Mr. H. D. that saith that this is the faith the Gospel to believe that Jesus Christ is 〈◊〉 Son of God and another saith that this the true faith of the Gospel viz. Faith is a holy and humble perswasion ground upon the word of God and witnessed his holy Spirit In a word most men 〈◊〉 give too general a definition of Faith 〈◊〉 general definition of the history with●● a particular application of the myst●●● will stand the soule in little or no stead the time of necessity Therefore I humb●● conceive that the faith of the Gospel th●● we are commanded to contend for Jude is such a Faith viz. Faith is a gift of God begotten in 〈◊〉 creature by the powerful preaching of 〈◊〉 word whereby the understanding is 〈◊〉 lightned whereby he believeth to be 〈◊〉 whatsoever is revealed in the word 〈◊〉 cepting receiving and resting upon Chr●● alone for iustification sanctification wi●● a particular application of Christ and a●● his benefits unto his own soul I say Faith is a gift of God begott●● in the creature by the powerful preachin●… of the word whereby the understanding enlightned so that he believeth to be tr●● whatsoever is revealed in the word 〈◊〉 cepting receiving and resting upon Chri●● alone for justification sanctifieation wi●● a particular application of Christ and 〈◊〉 his benefits unto his own soul c. Now the life of all lyes in the particu●●r application Psal 18. 2. The Lord is my 〈◊〉 and my fortresse and my deliverer my God strength in whom I will trust my Buckler and 〈◊〉 horne of my salvation and my high ●…ower ●●al 118. 28. Thou art my God and I will praise ●●e Thou art my God I will exalt thee Luke 46 47. And Mary said My soul doth magnifie 〈◊〉 Lord and my spirit hath rejoyced in God my ●●viour Joh. 20. 28. Thomas answered and ●●d unto him My Lord and my God! In the ●●xt verse Christ pronounceth him to be a ●●iever Gal. 2. 20. The life that I now live ●●ive by the faith of the Son of God who loved me ●●d gave himself for me Phil. 3. 8. For the excel●●cie of the knowledge of Christ my Lord c. general declaration without a particu●●r application will not assure the soule of ●●lvation Is not faith the first stone in the ●●iritual building and the first step in a ●…hristian race the first linke in our golden ●●aine of Christianity the first act of our ●…ew life that first degree of our holy con●…ersation the first round in our Jacobs lad●●r whereby we ascend up into the presence ●…f our Lord First there is in a true believer an assu●…ance of understanding Secondly there is an assurance of rejoy●…ing 1 Pet. 1. 8. Thirdly there is an assurance whi●● carrieth forth a soule to powerful a●● ings A Christian believeth that he who ma●● man was made man himselfe he believe that no man hath seen God at any time an●… yet he believeth that Moses talked with his face to face he believeth him to be borne 〈◊〉 time who was from everlasting and him be shut up in a narrow room whom heave●● and earth could not containe Religion is a mystery in every part of 〈◊〉 Faith believeth strange things Hope w 〈…〉 for the accomplishment of that which re●…son cannot comprehend and so for lo●● and patience and all other graces there 〈◊〉 a great mystery in the actings of each 〈◊〉 these as to instance in one for all a littl●… look upon faith and see what it believe concerning the Trinity and Election Justification and Sanctification and Repentance First concerning the Trinity He believes that the Father is not th●● Sonne and the Sonne is not the Spirit and yet the Father Sonne and Spirit are a●● but one He believes that God is Alpha and Omeg●… the beginning and the end and yet he be●● ●●ves that God had never a beginning and all never have an end He believes that the Father sent forth the ●●nne and that the Sonne sent forth the ●●pirit and yet he believeth they were never ●●parated the one from the other And concerning Election He believes that God is no respecter of ●●ersons and yet he believes that God elected ●●me and left others when he found no ●●fference And concerning Iustification He believeth that his qualifications doth ●…ot cause Gods love yet he would question ●…hether God loved him if he were not ●…ualified H●… works not for wages yet hath an eye ●…o the recompence of reward He believes that the most just God hath ●…unished the most innocent person and to ●…ave justified himself though a sinner he is often in

And then fo 〈…〉 our Judges and Priests did not the o●● judge for reward and the other teach fo 〈…〉 hire Mic. 3. 11. And then for the lesse 〈…〉 Lawyers and Journy-men Priests ho●… fast would the one ride and the other run 〈…〉 the one to cheat you in temporals the other in spirituals Then the Constables Church-wardens and Overseers if yo●● come not to Church to hear their refin●● Masse then they give in your names to th●● Chancellor and Proctor and by vertue of a Spiritual warrant from their reverend Lord and Master the Apparitor must be imployed to summon you to appeare before them and if they have no witnesses against you then you must take an oath to accuse your self and then the very meanest Officer as the Clark Sexton and Tithingman if there be ever a Puritan or Round-head in the whole Parish they will mischief him as much as in them lies But the measure of their iniquity being full and their day of calamity dawning these men are in part ●…lready laid aside and shortly will be fully rejected both of God and man And the Kingdom and the Dominion and the greatnesse of the Kingdom under the whole heavens shall be given to the Saints of the most High whose Kingdome is an everlast●…ng Kingdome and then the Nations shall ●…ecome the Nations of Christ and the go●…ernment shall be in the hands of the Saints and the Nations and Kingdomes that will not serve thee to wit Christ in the Saints shall perish Isa 60. 12. 17 18. For brasse I will bring gold and for iron I will bring silver and for wood brasse and for stones iron I will also make thine officers peace and thine exactors righteousnesse violence shall no more be heard in thy land wasting nor destruction within thy borders but thou shalt call thy walls salvation and thy gates praise Jer. 30. 21. And their Nobles shall be of themselves and their Governors shall proceed cut of the midst of them and so the Lord will punish all those that oppresse you Even now is the Lord begining to restore Magistracie and Ministery to it●… primitive institution This work is begun in England Ireland and Scotland will follow●… and if I mistake not France Holland and Spain will come after and so all other parts untill that be fulfilled Dan. 2. 35. Dan. 7. 27. Rev. 11. 15. In Dan. 2. we read of a little stone cut out of the mountaines without hands and it became so big as to fill the whole earth And that in Dan. 7. 27. The greatnesse of the Kingdome under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the Saints Rev. 11. 15. And the kingdomes of this world shall become the kingdomes of our Lord and of his Christ and so all his enemies shall be made his foot stool The houre of temptation is begun and will not end till it hath gone over all the earth O England England thou was first in misery thou shalt also be first in thy delivery Oh that thou didst now know what thou shalt shortly enjoy Thou hast been rough-hewed already thou wantest nothing but plaining and so thou wilt be made fit for the spiritual building thou hast been rough-hewed by the open prophane but now thou shalt be plained by the most zealous Pharisees those that will fast twice a week and give tythe of all they possesse and pray in the corners of the streets and say Lo here is Christ In a word the greatest formall professors will be thy greatest persecuters herein is the devils last and most subtle design he will now come with fair words and specious pretences and if you look upon his habit he is in sheeps cloathing and if he hath feet like a beast he will have hornes like a lamb and although under another garb he will execute the power of the first beast in persecuting thee as Rev. 13. 12. But God will bring these proud opposers down unto the dust See Isa 24. 19 20 21 22 23. Then the Lord God shall reign in mount Sion and in Jerusalem gloriously Therefore with Peter let us expect a new heaven and a new earth wherein dwelleth righteousnesse 2 Pet. 3. 13. Behold I create ●…ew heavens and a new earth Isa 65. 17. And you shall sing for joy of heart and that whiles your enemies doe weep for sorrow of heart and howl for vexation of spirit Isa 65. 1●… 〈◊〉 14. For the Lord is now turning to his people a pure language and they shall sho●…tly serve him with one consent Zeph. 3. 9. The eyes of the blinde begin to be opened and the ears of the deaf to be unstopped the lame man begins to leap as an Hart and the tongue of the dumb to sing for in the wildernesse do waters break out an●… streams in the desart The brightnesse of Christ doth begin to appear which doth not onely discover but also destroy Antichrist 2 Thess 2. 8. Yea unto all you that fear his name is the Son of righteousnesse arising with healing in his wings Mal. 4. 2. The light of the Moon shall be as the light of the Sun and the light of the Sun shall be sevenfold Isa 30. 26. And so he will destroy i●… this mountain the face of the covering cast over people and the vail that is spread over all nations and the rebuke of his people he will take away Isa 25. 7. And so we shall all know him from the least to the greatest Jer. 31. 34. And the Lord shall be one and his name one and as for 〈◊〉 we shall all have one heart and one way Jer. 32. 39. Isa 11. 6 7 8 9. And this he will do for light is sown for the righteous and gladnesse ●…or the upright in heart Therefore rejoyce in the Lord ye righteous and give thanks at the remem●●ance of hi●… holinesse Gird up the loyns of you●… ●…inde be sober and hope to the end for the grace ●●at is to be brought unto you at the revelation of ●…esus Christ 1 Pet. 1. 13. Now above half of the sons and daugh●…ers of men are of a contrary judgement ●…aying of these and the like Scriptures ●…hat they be either fulfilled already or else ●…ay they there is some other meaning in ●…hese Scriptures which might be easily an●…wered Then for those men that do see ●…learly that these things are yet to be ful●●lled they do vary and differ in their judgements 1. The first saith It is true glorious ●…imes are at hand Sathan shall be chained ●●p and Christ shall reign personally on the earth for a thousand years Rev. 20. 2 3 4 5 6 7. 2. A second party of men stands up opposing the first saying It is true Christ shall reign upon the earth in the midst of his people but when not till after the judgement is past and this old earth burnt up and then he will create a new heaven and a new earth when the first heaven and the first earth