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Gods prerogative povver made known divers wayes in the Old and New Testament. Also the prerogative power of the Lord Christ. And what he will do in the dayes of his kingly office, in destroying his enemies, and exalting his saints. Very usefull for these times. / By him that loveth both truth and peace, Noah Banks.
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carry them away and this Stone shall become a great mountain and fill the whole earth Dan. 2. 35. Be incouraged O ye valiant Commanders and Souldiers and subjects of Christ you that have sought the Lords Battels glory and boast in your great General the Lord Christ he is a man of war mighty to save a Giant refreshed with wine a Lyon of the Tribe of Iudah he hath a rod of Iron in his hands he will strike through Kings in the day of his wrath he shall judge among the Nations he shall fill the places with dead bodies the Sword of the Lord is filled with blood for it is the day of the Lords vengeance he will have his garments dipt in blood Isa 34. and the souls of the Heavens shall eat the flesh of Kings and of mighty men Rev. 19. 18. Woe to all the Kings of the earth that oppose the Lord Christ when he comes to reign for the pride of man shall be abased and the Lord alone exalted in that day Isa 2. 10. 11. he will pull down the Cedars the mighty men the greatest of his enemies and may we not think that God is going to throw down Antichrist now in England is not this one of the out-works of Rome you know when Souldiers are against a City they first storm the Out-works now I say brave valiant Commanders and Souldiers of the Lord Christ you that have begun to pull down the Out-works of Rome go on and fight stoutly for your General the Lord Christ you shall see him do more wonders for you and who knoweth but you may be counted worthy to be chosen and saithful to set up your Trophies of triumph on the Walls of Rome which will ere long be done Also the Lord Christ will make his power known in treading Satan under his feet principalities and powers must be subject unto him when Christ reigns Satan must be bound up And I saw an Angel come down from Heaven having the Key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand and he laid hold on the Dragon that old Serpent which is the Devil and he was bound up a thousand years Rev. 20. 1 2 3 10. When we see that devillish malice in men against God and his Saints is taken away then shall the Lyon and the Lamb ly down together they shall not hurt in my holy Mountain then shall we beat our swords into pruning hooks Isaiah 2. 4. We have spoken of Christs Prerogative power in the destroying of his enemies and making them his footstool but after this dark night of trouble will the Son of righteousness arise with healing in his wings when he hath troden the wicked and they shall beas ashes under the soals of his feet Mal. 4. 2 3. Oh the happy times that then will be thine eyes shall see the King in his glory Isa 33. 17. he shall be King of the whole earth Zach. 14. 9. Mal. 1. 14. Isa 59. 19. his Kingdom shall last for ever Isa 59. 19. Dan. 7. 14. that is to the end of the world and then shall he resign up the Kingdom to his Father Luke 1. 3. and God shall be all in all 1 Cor. 15. First Under this glorious Kingly Government of the Lord Christ his great Power shall appear in teaching his Saints abundance of knowledg shall be in the earth for the earth shall be fill'd with the knowledg of the Lord as the waters cover the Sea and it must needs Isa 11. 9. be so for thy Children shall be all taught of the Lord Isa 54. 13. In the last days of the Kingly Government of Christ God will powre out his spirit upon all flesh and their sons and their daughters shall Prophecy many shall run too and fro and knowledg shall encrease That City had no Ioel 2. 28. Dan. 12. 4. need of the Sun nor of the Moon to shine in it for the glory of the Lord did light it and the Lamb is the light thereof Oh how little hath been known of the Gospel and of the Kingly Government of Christ in former times and how abundantly doth it now spread but oh how glorious will the times be when Antichrist shall be destroyed and the Iews called then will all the fulness of these promises be accomplished Secondly Under this Kingly Government of the Lord Christ there shall be greater degrees of holiness among the Saints yea the beauty of holiness in Psa 110. 4. the new Ierusalem upon all the Vessels and upon the horse Bridles shall be holiness to the Lord and an high Zech. 14. 20. way shall be there and it shall be called the way of holiness Esay 35. 8. Revel 21. And I Iohn saw the holy City the new Ierusalem come down from God out of Heaven prepared as a Bride adorned for her Husband and all the stones of that City are precious stones which doth set forth that glorious Church under the Kingly Government of the Lord Christ Thirdly There shall abundance of peace and plenty be under the Government of the Lord Christ he will first be like David a man of war but after that be done then he will be like Solomon peace and plenty will be in those days when once Ioshua appears in his glory he will bring down the noise of strangers and the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low Isa 25. 5. the sons of them that afflicted thee shall come bonding unto thee and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves at the soles of thy feet they shall call thee the City of the Lord the Sion of the holy One of Israel Isa 60. 14. for plenty for brass I will bring gold and for iron I will bring silver and for wood brass and for stones iron I will also make thy Officers be at peace and thine exactors righteousness verse 17. the Wolf shall dwell with the Lamb and the Leopard shall ly down with the Kid at the glorious times of peace in the days of Christs Kingly Government for he is the King of peace and the Prince of peace Isa 9. 6. he will create peace Isa 57. 19. truth and peace shall kiss one another under this Kings reign Fourthly under this peaceable reign of the Lord Christ there shall be a very fruitful time the New Ierusalem shall so encrease that it shall over-spread many Countreys and all Nations shall flow into it Isa 2. 2 then shall they come flocking as Doves to Windowes Isa 60. 8. his peeple shall be a willing peeple in the day of his power then shall the Kingdom of Heaven suffer violence Matth. 11. 12. Bashan was a fruitful Hill but Mount Sion far excells it the valeys shall be full of springs and crouded with Corn Esay 41. 18. they shall shoot for joy and sing the Church shall be as the garden of Eden as the garden of the Lord Esay 51. 3. this is a fruitful time above all others as you may reade Ezek. 34. 25. 26. Esay 49. Zech. 8. 5. from small beginnings it shall grow up into a Mountain and shall fill the whole earth Dan. 2. 34 35. then shall the Kingdoms and Dominions and greatness of the Kingdoms under the whole Heavens be given to the Saints of the most High Dan. 7. 27. Fifthly The last great act of the Lord Christ Power is in the duration of this glorious Church it shall last for ever as long as the world shall last as you may read Dan. 7. 27. his Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom and of his Kingdom there shall be no end Dan. 2. 44. Luke 1. 33. Esay 54 8. Chap. 61. 7. and his Dominion is an everlasting Dominion which shall not pass away and of his Kingdom shall not be destroyed Dan. 7. 14. and the Saints of the most High shall take the Kingdom and possess the Kingdom for ever even for ever and ever Dan. 12. 3. Revel 22. 3. 2 Thess 4. 16. 17. Oh the happy and blessed times that will be under the Kingly Government of the Lord Christ when Antichrist shall be utterly destroyed and the Jews and fullness of the Gentles come in When Knowledg shall cover the earth as waters cover the Sea and holiness abound in men and a liberty of all Ordinances and peace and plenty that which the creatures now groan for Rom. 6. 22. the Lyon and the Lamb shall ly down together then we shall beat our swords into Plow shares and our spears into pruning hooks Isa 2. 4. and I will make the place of my feet glorious the sons of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee and all those that despised thee shall bow themselves at the soles of thy feet Isa 60. 14. and the Kingdom and Dominion and the greatness of the Kingdoms under the whole Heavens shall be given to the Saints of the most High whose Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom and all Dominions shall serve and obey him Dan. 7. 27. Oh that the Lord would open our eyes to see the excellency and beauty of Christs Kingdom and pardon our too much neglect of searching the Scriptures concerning the glorious things of Sions beauty which will be ere long the joy of the whole earth the glory and praise of the whole world Isa 62. 7. Psa 48. 2. in spite of men and Devils and all the Powers in the world and of Hell it self Thy Kingdom come Amen Amen
in these last days Oh how hath God in this Land of late pulled down the pride of many tall Cedars both in the Church as Lord Bishops and many great men are brought low for the haughtiness of man shall be abased and the loftiness of man shall be brought low and the Lord alone exalted in that day he shall tread them down even by the Isa 2. 9. Isa 26. 5 6. Mat. 4. 3. feet of the poor and the steps of the needy and ye shall tread down the wicked for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet Eighthly When the Lord Christ gives his Saints a heart to cry mightily to God for the downfal of Antichrist and will give him no rest till he makes Jerusalem the praise of the whole earth when the Angel having the golden Censor which was the prayers of the Saints powred out then woe to Antichrist there was a voice of thunder and lightening and an earthquake how hath God made his power known by prayer Moyses prayed and the Red-Sea stood on heaps at Ioshuahs prayer the Sun stood still prayer will shut Heaven and open Heaven as Eliah did and hath not God raised up some men to a mighty spirit of prayer how do they cry to God with abundance of confidence believing now God is pulling down Antichrist oh saith a poor gracious soul let me pull too with my prayers for it will never be well with Sion till Antichrist be destroyed Ninthly When the Lord Christ begins to take the vayl off that is spread over all Nations Isa 25. 7. A fire shall go before him which shall give light to his people but burn up all his enemies round about the earth saw it and trembled Psa 97. 3 4. When the Sun of righteousness shall arise oh what a difference there will be between Goshen and Egypt and surely God hath of late more then formerly opened the eys of many godly men and made known his truth concerning Christs Kingly Government in these last days but when the rest of the Gentles and Iews do come to the knowledg of Christ oh how glorious will those times be But unto whom will the Lord Christ reveal this great work in destroying Antichrist and calling of the Iews and Gentles that are not yet called They must be his friends as Abraham was they must be such as fear him such as dearly love him and Psa 25. love not their lives to the death precious choice men Daniel like men of excellent spirits men beloved of Christ as Iohn Reve. 12. 11. was lying in Christs bosom Eagle-ey'd men such as the Pro. 17. 27. Shepheards were which watched by night and spent their meditations on the high things of God men like Ioshua and Dan. 6. 3. Caleb who followed the Lord fully and will speak well of the good Land men that have much sound knowledg of the Numb 14 22 mystery of Christs Kingdom searching out the deep things of 1 Cor. 2. 10. God they must be such as have laid the Church troubles to their hearts Iacobs that have wrastled with God by prayer Ier. 9. 1. and will have no denial they are the first born sons of Sion Dan. 10. 2 3. such as have spent themselves in fasting and fervent crying to Iehovah those that have sowen in tears they shall reap with joy Gen. 32. 24. those shall have the first fruits and hear from Christ the first newes of Sions glory these and these alone shall see the Land a far of What will the Lord Christ do in these last days by his Kingly Prerogative Power First He will destroy his enemies Secondly He will exalt his Saints The Lord Christ hath begun this work already he hath trod the winepress of the wrath of the Almighty this he did in the Garden and on the Cross then he conquered all our spiritual enemies then he suffered for us but now he must reign till he hath made all his enemies his footstool these days will bring forth sad news for Antichrist and all his adherents their judgments slumbreth not A long time saith Christ I have held my peace I have been still I have refrained my self now will I cry like a travelling woman I will destroy and devoure at once the Lord goes forth like a mighty man of war he shall cry yea roar he shall prevaile against his enemies When the Lyon Isa 32 23. 24. of the Tribe of Iudah shall rore woe to the beasts woe to Antichrist the great enemy of Christs Kingdom and woe to all the Kings of the earth that have taken part with the Beast woe to Rome and her consederates Howl ye for the day of the Lord is at hand it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty Isa 13. 6. your lofty looks shall be laid low Isa 2. 11. for the day of vengeance is in my heart and the year of the redeemed is come it will be a terrible bloudy day to the Lord Christs enemies as you may read Isa 34. for his camp is very great his day is very terrible Ioel 2. 10 11. he will make wast as mountains and hills the greatest of his enemies Isa 42. 15. the ruin of spiritual Babylon and Rome must be by a mighty earthquake Isa 13. 13. Rev 16. 16. at the taking of Babel the whole earth is moved Ier. 50. 46. when the Lord Christ comes to make his power known in destroying his enemies there will be great bloudy wars and changes in in Governments and great troubles in all Nations This appears plain by many places of Scripture it will be bloudy times at the fall of Antichrist the Lord hath a consumption to bring upon the whole earth See Isa 66. 15. and Chap. 17. 12 13 14. Chap. 18. 3 to the end Chap. 28. 2. Chap. 34. 8. where you may read how bloudy a time it will be for it is the day of vengeance and the year of recompence for the controversie of Sion it is comfortable for the Saints though he that is coming to judg the great whore that hath made the earth drunk with her fornications and to avenge the bloud of his servants Rev. 18. 20. the Lord Christ will make known his Prerogative power in the throwing down of the man of sin he will stir up jealousie like a man of war Isa 42. 13. he will strike through Kings in the day of his wrath Psa 110. 5 6. he shall be crowned King of Kings Rev. 19. he shall reign till Antichrist be utterly thrown down 2 Thes 2. 8. it shall be as the overthrowing of Sodom never to be inhabited from generation to generation root branch shall be wholly destroyed as you may read Ier. 50. 39 40. Rev. 18. 2. Isa 34. Mal. 4. 1. for the Stone cut out of the Mountain without hands shall break in pieces the gold and the silver the brass iron and the clay and they shall become as chaff and the wind shal