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Vox charitatis: containing a louder cry for bowels of compassion, to the Lord's poor afflicted people. : With a word of counsel and comfort to them, and a concluding word to their oppressors. / By A true lover of His truly Sacred Majesty, and all his faithful subjects.
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True lover of His truly Sacred Majesty.
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that as there may be maintained an irreconcilable enmity to and true mourning over yea constant seasonable reprehension of every of the aforesaid evils so also we might be more in the Spirit of the Holy Reprover of Old and in their humility for our share of the evil and shortness to prevent or cure it which besides their own inward corruptions shamed them alwayes before the Lord and though kept through grace from the publick gross appearances of defilements in their day yet involved themselves in their confessions usually with the worst of the Transgressors Ezra 9.7 Ne. 9.33 34. Da. 9.5 to 10 13 14. Isa 24.16 and 6.5 Oh! how humbly do the Holy Angels appear in the perfect Will of God Isa 6.2 The snuffers of the Sanctuary were to be of pure gold Exod. 37.23 What need have brazen reprovers to blush then before the Lord and desire rather the power of Christ then pride of their own Integrity might rest upon them The great means then that I advise towards thee through healing of the breach this day upon the Lords poor Ones is true poverty of Spirit each bearing his shame unto through abasement and repentance never to be repented of no man sparing his own nor comming into the secret of any who would have his name whole and his sin spared but that they may be united indeed thus to joyn together to make one head as Hos 1.11 to look on their sin-wildred-state and sean no more to their own understanding but upon their Beloved as to trust in his Words so to wait for and walk in his way And then I assure you He that sittern upon the Throne would soon make all things new Rev. 21.5 A new sharp threshing Instrument having teeth shall quickly be intrusted unto them who would imploy it with strength chiefly First Against their own abhominations then shal the iniquity of Israel be sought for and there shall be none and the sins of Judah and they shall not be found For I will pardon them whom I reserve saith the Lord Jer. 50.20 In one day the inquity of that Land should be removed Zech. 3.9 and the Lord their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his People for they shall be as the stones of a Crown lifted up as an ensign upon his Land O turn you to the strong hold ye Prisoners of hope even to day do I declare I will render double to thee Zech. 9.12 16. For in this Mountain shall the Hand of the Lord rest that is his contending hand with his inheritance and Moab shall be troden down under him even as straw is trodden down for the Dunghil Isa 25.10 In that day shall this Song be sung in the Land of Judah We have a strong City Salvation will God appoint for Walls and Bulwarks Isa 26.1 There will I make the horn of David to bud His Foundation is in the Holy Mountains for thus hath the Lord spoken unto me like as the Lyon and the young Lyon roaring on his prey when a multitude of Shepherds are called forth against him he will not be afraid of their voice nor abase himself for the noise of them so shall the Lord of Hosts come down to fight for Mount Zion and for the hill thereof As Birds flying so will the Lord of Hosts defend Jerusalem defending also he will deliver it and passing over he will preserve it Psal 132.17 87.1 Turn ye unto him from whom the Children of Israel have deeply revolted Isa 31.4 5 6. Therefore will he give them up until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth Then the remnant of his Brethren shall return unto the Children of Israel and he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord in the Majesty of the Name of the Lord his God and they shall abide for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth Mich. 5.3 4. Be in pain therefore and labour to bring forth O Daughter of Zion like a woman in travel for now thou shalt go forth out of the City and thou shalt dwell in the field and thou shalt go even to Babylon there shalt thou be delivered There the Lord shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies Mich. 4.10 The foot shall tread it down even the feet of the poor and steps of the needy Isa 26.6 For he will regard the prayer of the destitute and not despise their Prayer Psal 102.17 This shall be written for the Generations to come and the people which shall be created shall praise the Name of the Lord for he looked down from the height of his Sanctuary from Heaven did the Lord behold the Earth to hear the groaning of the Prisoner to loose those that are appointed to death to declare the Name of the Lord in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem when the people are gathered together and the Kingdoms to serve the Lord. For the Lord shall Judge his people and repent himself for his Servants when he seeth that their power is gone and there is none shut up or left Deut. 32.36 Amen Even so come Lord Jesus come quickly Amen and Amen But a Word to their Oppressors TO deliver mine own Soul yet cautiously for some of them are now grown such sons of Belial that a man cannot speak to them 1 Sam. 25.17 and therefore I will confine my self to some Scripture truths not yet out of date which it wil concern them to consider as the Oracles of him who if they will not hear shall make himself be heard by another voice of his that yet they have not heard And the Lord shall cause his glorious Voice to be heard shal shew the lightning down of his Arm with the indignation of his Anger and with the flame of a devouring Fire with scattering and tempest and hail-stones for through the Voice of the Lord shall the Assyrian be beaten down which smote with a Rod Isa 30.30 31. And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the Heathen such as they have not heard Mich. 5.15 The great day of the Lord is near it is near and hasteth greatly even the Voice of the Day of the Lord the mighty man shall cry there bitterly Zeph. 1.8 to 18. For thus saith the Lord God My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause Now therefore what have I here saith the Lord that my people is taken away They that rule over them make them to howl saith the Lord and my Name continually every day is blasphemed therefore my people shall know my Name c. Isa 52.4 5 6. So that a man shall say Verily there is a reward for the Righteous verily there is a God that judgeth in the Earth Psal 58.11 Wo to the bloody City it is full of lies the prey departeth not Art thou better than populous No c. All thy strong holds shall be like fig-trees with the first
ripe figs if they be shaken they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater Thy crowned men are as the Locusts and thy Captains as the great grass-hoppers which camp in the hedges in the cold day but when the Sun ariseth they flee away and their place is not known where they are There is no healing of thy bruise thy wound is grievous all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap their hands over thee for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually Nahum 3.1 She is empty and void and waste and the heart melteth and the knees smite together Nahum 1.10 Because ye were glad because ye rejoyced O ye destroyers of my heritage Jer. 50.11 For thus saith the Lord God Because thou hast clapped thy hands and stamped with thy feet and rejoyced in heart with all thy despite against the Land of Israel Ezek. 25.6 And have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart to destroy it for the old hatred vers 15. Behold I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all people round about when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem And in that day I will make Jerusalem a burthensome stone for all people all that burthen themselves with it shall be cut in pieces Though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it In that day saith the Lord I will smite every horse with astonishment and his rider with madness and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah c. Zech. 12.2 3 4. The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces out of Heaven shall he thunder upon them the Lord will judge the ends of the Earth and he shall give strength unto his King and exalt the horn of his Anointed 1 Sam. 2.10 Moreover the multitude of thy strangerâ— shall be like the small dust and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away Yea it shall be at an instant suddenly Thou shalt be visited of the Lord of Hosts with thunder and with earth-quake and great noise with storm and tempest and the flame of devouring fire And the multitude of all the Nations that fight against Ariel even all that fight against her and her munition and that distress her shall be as a dream of a night vision Isa 29.5 6 7. I was wroth with my People I have polluted mine inheritance and given them into thine hand thou didst shew them no mercy upon the Ancients hast thou very heavily laid the Yoak Isa 47.6 11. And thou saidst c. Therefore shall evil come upon thee thou shalt not know from whence it riseth and mischief shall fall upon thee thou shalt not be able to put it off and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly which thou shalt not know And vers 3. I will take vengeance I will not meet thee as a man for he bringeth down them that dwell on high the lofty City he layeth it low he layeth it low even to the ground he bringeth it even to the dust The foot shall tread it down even the foot of the poor and the steps of the needy Isa 26.5 6. Let favour be shewed to the wicked yet will he not learn Righteousness In the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly and will not behold the Majesty of the Lord. Lord when thy hand is lifted up they will not see but they shall see and be ashamed for their envie at thy people yea the fire of thine enemy shall devour them And they shall pass through it hardly bested and hungry and it shall come to pass that when they shall be hungry they shall fret themselves and curse their King and their God and look upward and they shall look to the earth and behold trouble and darkness dimness of anguish and they shall be driven to darkness Isa 8.21 22. Behold the whirlwind of the Lord goeth forth with fury a continual whirlwind it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked the fierce anger of the Lord shall not return until he hath done it and until he hath performed the intents of his heart in the latter dayes you shall consider it Jer. 30.23 24. For the Lord shall rise up as in Mount Perazim he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon that he may do his work his strange work and bring to pass his Act his strange Act Now therefore be ye not mockers lest your bonds be made strong Isa 28.21 22. Beware therefore lest that come upon you which is spoken of in the Prophets Behold ye despisers and wonder and perish for I work a work in your dayes a work which ye shall in no wise believe though a man declare it unto you Acts 13.40 41. And that prophane wicked Prince of Israel whose day is come when Iniquity shall have an end Thus saith the Lord God Remove the Diadem and take off the CRown this shall not be the same exalt him that is low and abase him that is high I will overturn overturn overturn it and it shall be no more until He come whose right it is and I will give it Him Ezek. 31.25 26 27. His enemies will I cloath with shame but on himself shall his Crown flourish Psal 132.18 And he shall come upon Princes as upon Morter and as the Potter treadeth clay Isa 41.25 For the oppression of the poor and sighing of the needy now will I arise saith the Lord I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him Psal 12.5 The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord and the poor among men shall rejoyce in the Holy One of Israel for the terrible one is brought to nought and the scorner is consumed and all that watch for iniquity are cut off that make a man an offender for a word and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate and turn a side the just for a thing of nought Isa 29.19 20 21. Ezek. 35.5 Jer. 46.17 Isa 10.1 4. Ezek. 29.7 Be wise now therefore O ye Kings be instructed ye Judges of the Earth serve the Lord with fear and rejoyce with trembling Kiss the Son lest he be angry and ye perish from the way when his wrath is kindled but a little Blessed are all they that put their trust in Him Psal 2.10 11 12. Have all the workers of Iniquity no knowledge who eat up my people as they eat bread and call not upon the Lord. There were they in great fear for God is in the Generation of the Righteous Psalm 14.4 5. FINIS