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A66550	A seasonable vvatch-vvord unto Christians against the dreams & dreamers of this generation delivered in a sermon November 16th. 1665 / and being the last lecture, which was preached by that reverend, faithful and eminent man of God Mr. John Wilson ...	Wilson, John, 1588-1667.	1677 (1677)	Wing W2897; ESTC W3002	10,284	16

receive you and to p●otect you but if you hearken to these Dreamers God will turn to be your Enemy and will testifie against such as against A●ab and Zedec●ia● spoken of in the Chapter where our text is that were left to commit villany in Israel even to commit A●… with their Neighbours Wives and that is the 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 and those Sects and Errors that such shall be left to com●… 〈◊〉 like uncleanness and the King ro●sted these Dreamers 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 as one would roast ●n hog and this did become 〈◊〉 Proverh The Lord make th●e like Z●dechia● and like A●ab c. And so I say m●●k what will come on such like Dr●●me●● and so saith the Apostle mark those that do cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned and avoid them ma●k them so as to avoid them and mark the course that the Lord will take with them and with those that will follow after them There are many D●●●mers in these times the Q●●ker hath his Dreams and the S●●ker hath his Dreams and I cannot reckon up all of them and one Dream doth beget another but the Lord doth testifie against them all and the Lord calls them bad Fig● none so bad a● those Figs were that did thus despise the Lords Prophets and Messengers or Ministers the Dreamers would take you off from them but I be●eech you that you would not hearken to those Dreamers but hea●ken to the voice of the Lord by his Ministers in their speeches in their writings I have known New-England about thirty six years and I never knew such a time as this is that we live in you came hi●her for your Children Sons and Daughters and for your Grand-children to be under the Ordinances of God that they might be as Plants in the Lords house was not this a great end in your coming hither now if you love your selves y●ur Families your Children if you love God if you love Christ if you love Heaven then hearken not to Dream●●s no● cause them to Dream that would corrupt the People of God and that would take them off from the holy and blessed will of God in these things you would not suffer any to come and ●ob you of your Money or your Jewels c. would you let them come into your Houses and take them away by force from you no you ●…d thrust them away and what have you to do here O much more so when they come to rob you of the O●d●n●nce● of God and of his faithful Ministers this is as much as in them lies to take away our God from us and communion with him go serve other Gods said Saul by his acting in his thrusting poor David away from the Ordinances of God and so the two Tribes and a half were very careful about their Children that it might not be said to them what have you to do with the Lord God of Isra●l and you have no part in the Lord and ●o their Children should be made to ●●ase from fearing the Lord and when they saw any thing that did look like a new Religion and like a superstition now the people of God arm themselves and let us go every one and suppress and destroy those that would be the Authors thereof unless they did repent and what do they say the Lord God of Gods he knoweth this and that wha●… go and set up an Altar against Gods Altar O w●e●ches that we were if so●…e should do but we were afraid left in time to come your Children might speak unto our Children saying what have you to do with the Lord God of Israel and therefore that Altar was only a memorial that we and our Children are in the Covenant of God so it should be we are to be zealous for God and zealous for his Ordinances that we our selves may injoy them and also our Children after us and that none might thrust them from their part in the Lord and from their enjoyment of the Ordinances of God We are afraid sometimes of Turk or Pope or these and those be you afraid of nothing but as our Lord Saviour Christ saith I will tell you whom you shall ●ear do not fear 〈◊〉 that kill the body but fear him that can kill the soul and love the Lord fear God and honour the King that is the duty of every good Christian above all fear and obey the Lord hea●k●n to the good word of God that is able to save your souls and build you up and give you an inheritance among them that shall be saved that when the Lord Jesus shall come in flaming fire he may have nothing to say against you but ●ay say to you come ye blessed inherit the Kingdome prepared for you and here is life and death set before you New-England here is life and death set before thee choose which you will Let the Governour choose which he will let the Church of Bost●… choose which they wi●…et us all choose life and choose 〈◊〉 the Lord we and our Houses as Joshua and then God 〈◊〉 with us and if God be with us who is there 〈◊〉 be against us to 〈◊〉 and so be for God 〈◊〉 to live to God and to be willing to d● for him also if he call us to it O be willing to submit to his will that we may be able to kiss the stake and the 〈◊〉 if the Lord call us to it There is no ●…ng in the World that hath such a Crown at that would be we are 〈◊〉 up our reckoning before hand as John Frith did what it way cost us to be for and to serve the Lord trust not in men trust not in the Governour trust not in the Magistrates trust not in your Captains trust not in your Castle or Amunition trust not in your own righteousnesse but trust in this that if the Lord be your God and if you walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing that he will be with you and say as the holy Prophet David Here we are Lord and thou knowest that we came hither to shroud our selves and our Children under thy wings and leave our witness behind us when we are dead but here we are and do to us even as is good in thine eyes and yet as he said who knoweth but we shall finde mercy in his sight but then walk as David did that though not afraid of the Lyon or Bear or of ten thousand of his Enemies yet he flies from his Son and then what did he truly he went bare-headed by the ascent of Mount Olivet weeping as he went and Kingdome or no Kingdome he left that to God but there prayeth to God and that was a Prayer against Ahitophel Lord curse the 〈◊〉 of Ahitophel and God did hear him and restore him to 〈◊〉 House and Kingdome and Glory again so let us all pray and repent Governour repent Magistrates repent Ministers repent People eve● all repent young and old repent and then it shall go well with us FINIS

such like things to him that may be matter of contentment to him but that Prophet of the Lord would not turn to the right hand or to the left for the King or for any other but what God did put into his mouth that he would speak and so it is generally that when the false Prophet doth arise among the People of God it is because of Gods people that are the cause of it and it is they that do set them up and maintain them and would have pillows laid under their elbows and why is it so why my Brethren even since it was that Eve did hearken to the voice of the Serpent And also the children of God are much given to novelties these are things that they never heard of before and if they may have these and those things spoken which they never heard of before this is all many care for though they are such things as came not cut of the mouth of God yet because they are new things and that please their ●u●ors therefore they affect them thus the Apostle Paul one would think an Apostle good enough yet there were many that were unsatisfied with him as in the Epistle to the Galatians we read bewitched with the false Teachers these give us say they the Gospel in this and that way c. however they did once look at the Apostle Paul as an Angel of God even as Christ Iesus but now the case was altered and now Paul was no body and come of him what would he might st●rve for all them they were carried away after those that ven●●d their new things Again the word of the Lord doth come with marvelous great power and might when it is dispensed as it should be and accompanied with the holy Spirit of God and men cannot go on so pleasingly and quietly in their sinful wayes c. but these P●ophets of God are ready to be upon their back● and sit upon their skirts tell them their own c. Again another reason is because the p●ople of God that live under the word of God where God is stretching forth his hands all the day long are through corruptio● in them 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of the things of God that because divers 〈◊〉 them have no● 〈◊〉 the truth of G●d 〈◊〉 the love of it for if they had received the tru●h in the love of it then they would abide still in that love of the 〈◊〉 and w●●●d not account any thing too good for the faithful M●… of God But there are Hypocrites that come into the C●… and 〈◊〉 in the same Pew● and seem to be very attentive and some●… speak such a word as this A br●v● S●… and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Sermon 〈◊〉 a ga●lant Sermon it was that 〈◊〉 ●eard to day c. b●● yet they never subjected themselves indeed to the truth of God and will not part with their lusts which they ●oster in their own bosoms and if they love no● the truth there is something else which they love surely and indeed it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 even as our Lord and Saviour Christ saith in the 5th of John 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 co●● in my Father● Nam● and ye receive m● not if another shall come in his own na●● him ye will receive and him they shall receive though it should be in the Devils name and now it is just for God himself to give them over to the believing of lies and to st●o●g d●●●sions and if there be one delusion more strong then another and more abominable then another yet it will go down with them as they that would have Barr●●b●s rather then Christ so it is with these that would not have the truth no● did receive it in the love of it The Devil himself of Hell cannot propos● to them 〈◊〉 lye more abominable then other but th●● will receive th●●am● and God is just in this Judgement upon them for d●llying with his truth and for their not receiving of it Satan is an enemy to God and an enemy to the truth and when the Co●● 〈◊〉 sow● in the field then that enemy comes and ●e sow● his ●ar●s he hath a great hand in stirring up such men as these and 〈◊〉 these Dreams into their heads and he will set up his Kingdome to pull down the blessed Kingdome of the Lord Jesus Christ thereby and he will have his Ministers and he will have deceiver● transforming himself into an Angel of light and he will come in the Name of God and in the name of Christ also even 〈◊〉 the ●agabond Jews Act. 19. and the sons of St●●a are said to do so There is nothing that the 〈◊〉 Prophets do but he will by turning himself into an Angel of light do the like The Devil spake that truth as it may be questioned whether there can be a better truth spoken concerning Jesus Christ i. e. thou art the holy One of God and so the Damosel we know that said these men are the Servants of the most high God which shew unto us the way of salvation could you have spoken better words than these but that was only to make way for the bringing forth other things that are in the pack c. Now saith the Lord do not you hearken to these Dreamers it is a very lamentable thing to see that any such Dreamers should arise as Quakers and Ranters and these and those that trouble the Churches of God but whom may we thank for it even Gods People in out Text God here saith you have caused these Dreamers thus to speak their Dreams i. e. by setting them up or countenancing them by not testifying against them God would have us seek to the Prophets but it is to those that indeed come in his Name and are sent by him and if we do despise his Servants we despise him but as when those that did adjure by Jesus whom Paul Preached it was said to them who are you so may the Lord say these and those that are sent in my Name I know but as for you these or those who are you But alas if God leave People to themselves what will they not come unto This is one reason of it also namely because People are ready to follow a multitude do you not see how they flock after them and like them very well and for your Ministers Ministers what are they and as Corah and his Company we can preach as well as you and we can offer Incense as well as you and Baptize as well as you c. yea but Christ saith you shall know them by their fruits but thus are they crying dow● and crying out against the faithful Ministers of God and if we look into this Chapter see what they say is there not Jeremiah that maketh himself a Prophet whereas it was not Man but God that made him a Prophet alas poor man he would have been glad to have been cut of the work but that God did call him to that work but they had rather have some