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A77950	A measure of the times: and a full & clear description of the signes of the times, and of the changing of the times; and of the reign of Antichrist, who hath long reigned, and of his down-fall, which is at hand; and of the kingdom of Christ which is now setting up in the earth. Shewing unto all people in all nations, what the state of things hath been in ages past, and what the state of things are at this present day. ... And also, here it is manifest, concerning the teachers of this age, and the root from whence they sprang, who are manifest to be of that stock of false prophets, which Christ prophesied of should come, and which the Apostles saw was coming in their dayes, and how that the night of darknesse hath been upon all, for many generations: ... And also, the restauration is described, which shortly cometh, wherein Christ shall reign, whose right it is, and shall change laws and decrees, and the lamb shall be the light of all nations, ... and their King shall possesse the uttermost parts of the earth. By one who hath measured the times, who is come to the day that hath made all things manifest. Edw: Burrough.	Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662.	1657 (1657)	Wing B6012; Thomason E919_6; ESTC R207505	31,897	44

Prophet hath deceived many as Christ hath said and all the earth hath been wandering in the wildernesse of wickednesse and the long-suffering of the Lord hath been wearied and he continually provoked to destroy the Nations who have followed Antichrist who hath shewed himselfe in the seat of God to be God and hath sat in the seat of God in the seat of justices righteousnesse and of mercy and the abomination of desolation hath long stood in the place where it ought not for many ages and length of times and his many heads and many hornes hath swayed the world through the terrour of the Beast who hath made all worship him and they that would not he hath killed who hath carried the great whore who hath made all men without exception and all Nations without respect to any wholly drunke with abomination and all hath staggered and fallen into grievous iniquities and the Dragon hath stood ready continually to devour the child of righteousnesse as soon as it wa● borne and the woman hath been forced to fly into the wildernesse that hath brought it forth and hath fed there for so many dayes and for a long season hath the Lord been blasphemed even the name of God and his Tabernacle and them that dwell in heaven But now hath the Lord considered and looked down from his habitation and of a truth he is risen and hath taken to him his great power that he may reigne and put all things under his feet and subdue the power of the Beast and Antichrist and all their government and rule and Lawes and decrees shall be overthrowne and confounded and all their worship shall be broken for great Babylon is come into remembrance before the Lord to render to her according to her workes the Lamb is now risen and advanced with his bow and his sword and he is going forth conquering and to conquer the Beast and all that hath worshiped him and they that are with the Lambe are called and chosen and faithfull and they loved not their lives unto death and they shall overcome him by the blood of the Lambe and by the word of his Testimony the dominion of the Lambe is setting up and his power is made manifest and the stone cut out of the Mountaine without hand is a dashing at the feet of the image and against the Beast and his power and against all his Lawes and decrees is he risen and he will change times and Lawes and powers and the Kingdomes of this world shall become the Kingdome of the Lord and of his Christ and he shall reign for ever and ever for now the Spirit of life from God is entered into the witnesses which hath been slain and they begin to stand upon their feet and great feare falls upon the great men of the world and the Devill is cast out into the earth who hath sit in heaven in the Temple of God and deceived the whole world and his wrath is great against the Saints and against the Lambe because he knowes that his time is but short and the man-childe shall grow and shall rule the Nations with a rod of iron if any man hath an eare to heare let him heare he that leadeth into captivity shall goe into captivity he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword the purpose of the Lord shall stand who is now gathering and bringing backe such as hath been driven away and deceived by the generation of false Prophets who hath deceived the whole world and all that dwell therein and the Lord will take vengeance upon them upon the Beast and upon the false Prophet and great Babylon shall be thrown down and shall be no more at all but shall be made desolate and the voyce of harpers and musicians shall be heard no more at all in her But her glory shall wither and fade away in a moment for he that bath a true weight and measure is appeared to divide and to give due weight and measure unto every one and all the wicked who will not come from under the worship of the Beast shall have their part in the Lake that burnes with fire and he that is unjust let him be unjust still and he that is righteous let him be righteous still here is the dividing of all things as they were in the beginning the glory of the Lord is risen whose name is called the word of God and out of his mouth goeth a sharpe sword and with it he smites the Nations and he shall rule them with an iron rod for his name is King of Kings and Lord of Lords and he is gathering his Saints together to the supper of the great God to eat the flesh of Kings the flesh of captaines and the flesh of horses and them that sit thereon the purpose of the Lord shall not be disanulled though the Beast and the Kings of the earth gather together their Armies to make war against him that sits upon the horse who is already gone out to conquer and the numberles number of the Saints are gathering together before the Throne of the Lambe and they have no guile found in their mouthes And the day is now dawned and the night is far spent woe unto the world and to all the inhabiters of the earth who have worshiped the Beast the Lord is coming to plead with you and ye that have partaked of the sins of the great whore shall partake of her plagues and she shall be rewarded double according to her works for her sins hath reached unto heaven the day of great tribulation is at hand of anguish and destruction men shall seek death and shall not find it but it shall flie from them when the Lord ariseth and the Lamb standeth upon mount Sion and his Saints with him who shall tread down the Heathen and cast them out even as they have troden down the holy City and the worship thereof and the Kingdome of the Beast and his seat and his great authority which he hath received from the Dragon shall all be thrown downe and the Kingdome of the Son of God with his government scepter and rule shall be established in all the earth and the uttermost parts thereof shall be given him to possesse this is the promise and this shall come to passe and through the whole world Lawes and decrees ministry and orders shall be changed and renewed the Law and the decree of the most high shall rule over all and the holy City shall be beautified and is adorning and preparing for the Saints and their King to inherit the Lamb is the light of the City and the Temple therein and all Nations and people that are saved shall walke in the light of the Lambe for he hath lighted every man that comes into the world with the light of salvation in all that doe receive him and darknesse shall fly away the Sun is risen and praises and honour and glory and dominion shall be given to the

A MEASURE OF THE TIMES And a Full Clear DESCRIPTION OF The Signes of the Times and of the Changing of the Times And of the Reign of Antichrist who hath long reigned and of his Down-fall which is at hand And of the Kingdom of Christ which is now setting up in the Earth SHEWING Vnto all People in all Nations What the state of things hath been in Ages past and what the state of things are at this present day And also what shall be the state of things hereafter which suddainly cometh to passe the time is at hand for times are changing and renewing and the Kingdomes of this world shall be Translated into the Kingdome of the Son of God And also Here it is manifest concerning the Teachers of this age and the root from whence they sprang who are manifest to be of that stock of false Prophets which Christ prophesied of should come and which the Apostles saw was coming in their dayes and how that the night of darknesse hath been upon all for many generations and how that the Beast hath Reigned over Nations and Kingdomes and his false Prophet hath deceived the whole world who have all worshipped the Beast and wondred after him who have warred against the Saints and overcome them and the whole earth hath been made drunk with the abominations And also The Restauration is described which shortly cometh wherein Christ shall Reign whose right it is and shall change Laws and Decrees and the Lamb shall be the Light of all Nations and there shall be no need of any other light when the Kingdoms of this world are become the Kingdom of Christ and he alone shall bear the Government and no other King for he shall rule all Nations with his Iron Rod and the Kingdomes of the Beast shall be overthrown and his power subdued and they that have given their power unto Him shall be ashamed and all the Kings of the earth shall lay their Crowns down at the feet of the Lamb and the numberlesse number of the Saints is gathering and the Dominion shall be in their hands and their King shall posesse the uttermost parts of the earth By one who hath measured the times who is come to the day that hath made all things manifest EDW BURROUGH LONDON Printed for Thomas Simmons at the Bull and Mouth near Aldersgate 1657. A MEASURE OF THE TIMES THE Lord hath opened my heart to declare and the words of my mouth shall be the words of truth and of a good understanding to every one who hath an eare to hear whose eare the Lord hath opened to hear and understand things of old and the state of things as they have been in ages and generations past and as now the state of things are at this day Hearken and consider and let your eares be open to instruction For the word of the Lord is towards you that your hearts may understand the things that belongs to your peace now in your day before the time come that they be hid from your eye and your eye be darkned never more to perceive but you left to perish and to die with the uncircumcised Behold and give eare ye Inhabitants of the world see and consider in what time you are fallen even in a time of darknesse and Apostacy wherein thick darknesse covered all the world and a vaile of ignorance the faces of all people Death hath reigned King over all and the Cloud of thick blindnesse hath laid on the hearts of all men O how hath darknesse blindnesse and ignorance covered all men even as a cloak and a garment How hath the eye been blinded the eare stopped and the heart hardned So that the Lord God and his way his truth and salvation hath not been manifestly known heard nor felt nor witnessed for ages and generations the words thereof have been professed but the power and life thereof hath not been enjoyed But men have been deceived with the forme of Godlinesse without the power and cheated with a likenesse of things without life and have sought the living among the dead and worshipped Idols which have been without sence and understanding and with lying imaginations and feigned likenesses hath the carnall part which ruled in people above the seed of God been fed and with shadowes and outward appearances and the soule hath been starved Alas alas woe is me because of these things my heart within me is broken and I am perplexed The shadow of death hath been the lodging place of all people and the vaile of ignorance hath been a covering and the darknesse of heart hath been followed for a Law and a blind understanding have been the guide for ordinances and statutes and Death in the beastly power hath ruled as King in all the dominions of the earth and in all mens hearts and men hath been without the wisdome of God even every eye blind and every eare deafe and every tongue dumb and every heart corrupt and void of understanding and every foot lame and all men have been altogether imperfect for the living God hath been as a stranger unto the children of men lesse known by men then the owner to the Ox and lesse perceived then the crib by the asse and all flesh hath corrupted its way before the Lord Woe is me when I consider how man who was planted with the choisest vine even Gods image and was a noble plant is degenerated into the plant of a strange vine unto God and brings forth wilde grapes and soure grapes which the Lords soule loathes and thus have the vineyard and the plants thereof rewarded the husbandman with fruit of a bitter tast and with the reward of corruption And man is condemned in his transgression for want of the knowledge of God more then the Oxe and the Asse Pride covetousness lust and envy backbiting lying drunkennesse whoredome theft murder and all manner of evill and sin against God more then can be expressed is abounding and supera bounding among men in this Generation Iniquity is grown to the full the measure is up and the number of transgression is sealed that the Lord may arise who hath been pressed as a cart with sheaves and now is the Lord arifing and he hath said Ah I will ease me of my adversaries and be avenged on my oppressors And vengeance belongs to him and he will repay and will destroy the vineyard with the plants and fruits thereof and the bryers and thorns shall be consumed and he will lay wast and devoure and confound all his enemies in a day when his indignation goes forth and his sword is made bare and his purpose cometh to pass in rooting out the oppressive seed of evill doers which hath filled his habitation wherein he should dwell with cursed children and a brood of evill births In the dayes of Christ and his Apostles was the hand and power of the Lord felt and the Lord gat himselfe a name and a glory and he caused his

and spoyling of their goods to the ruine of families almost for their maintenance as tythes and such like which if their consciences were not seared they could not doe also some of them cryed to the rude wicked people in their Idoll Temples fight lads for the Gospel and many who have borne witnesse to the truth and against their deceits have been beat and abused and knocked downe as for dead in their presence and their consciences are absolute seared else they would tremble at these things Also the Apostle Peter he saw false Prophets would come in 2 Pet. 2. And false teachers who would bring in damnable heresies even denying the Lord that bought them and many should follow their pernicious wayes and through covetousnesse with feigned words they would make merchandize of people and they would walke after the flesh in the lust of uncleanesse and despise government and be presumptuous and selfe willed and not afraid to speak evill of dignities and they would speak evill of things they understand not and their hearts are exercised with covetous practises and were cursed children and they sport themselves with their own deceivings and these had forsaken the right way and are gone astray following the way of Balaam who loved the wayes of unrighteousnesse and these are clouds that are carryed with a Tempest and they speak great swelling words of vanity and while they promise to others liberty themselves are the servants of corruption And such were scoffers and mockers which would come after the Apostles dayes and they would walke after their own lusts And now according to this prophesie of Peter who saw false teachers coming in he gave these characters of them whereby it doth plainly appeare that this generation of teachers are they and of that stock which then came in for these brings forth the very same fruits which they did which he spoke of and we knowe them by their fruits as Christ hath said for these have filled the world with damnable heresies as holding forth that sprinkling infants with water is baptisme into the faith of Christ and that a sleeple-house is the church and that singing Davids experiences in the world among wicked people in rime and meeter is singing to the praise of God and these are damnable heresies even to the denying the Lord that bought them for they deny the light of the Lord Jesus Christ given to every man to be the only teacher and the only guide of man and they that doe deny the light of Christ with which every man that comes into the world is lighted to be sufficient to lead to Christ and to the Kingdome of God as these teachers in this age doe they deny the Lord that bought them and many even whole Nations all the world as John saw in the revelations have followed their pernicious wayes and run after their Idolatry and pernicious wayes of superstitions and they doe make merchandize of soules through covetousnesse with their feigned words for where they can make their bargaine to have the most money there they will preach and no where else and if any will give them more the next yeare they will sell that people and goe to another for very covetousnesse by feigned words and they doe walke after the flesh in the lust of pride and covetousnesse which is uncleanesse of the flesh and they despise the Saints government and order for they will not suffer the Saints to prophesie one by one in their assemblies according to the Saints government but doth despise that and persecute it by the government of the Beast unto whose government they are subject and not to the government of Christ and the Saints and thus they are presumptuous and selfe-willed presuming to afflict and cause the children of God to be cast into prison and suffering them to be beat and abused by their flock out of their wicked selfe wills and they are not afraid to speak evill of dignities and doth speak evill of the wayes of God and of his truth which they understand not and their hearts are exercised with covetous practises and are cursed children for they make poor people that hath but ten eggs give them one and that hardly can get any fewell for the fire pay them a penny for the smoake with such many other exceeding covetous practises as suing men two hundred mile to answer for three shillings claimed by them for tithes And these sport themselves in their vanities in their own deceiving and when they have oppressed people for their wages and makes people pay them for whom they doe no work and forces wages from them that never hired them which is unheard of covetous practises they sport themselves in their pride and lustfullnesse and they are out of the right way and gone astray from the wayes of God which are holy and are in the way of Balaam who went after unrighteous wages who sought for enchantment against Jsrael as these doe and these loves unrighteous wages by taking maintenance from people by force unto whom is nothing oweing by them and these are carried with a Tempest of every wind according as the powers of the earth blowes these are carried sometime under such a government and sometime against it and so are clouds carried about and are unsetled on the foundation and they speak great words of Christ and God and the Scriptures which are but words stolen by them because they are not spoken by the Spirit of God but by a lying Spirit and they promise to others liberty that they shall receive the Kingdome of God after death and that Christ hath taken away their sins with such like promises of liberty but themselves are the servants of corruption living in pride and hatred and covetousnesse and these serve sin and are servants of corruption and they are scoffers and mockers and walkers after their own lusts as it is evident in all mens sight So that according to the judgment of truth we judge these teachers of this generation to be of the same root which then sprang forth for these brings forth the same fruites as they in that time did and in the apostacy they have over-spread the whole world and also the Apostle Jude gave a description of them according as Peter had done he saw certaine men creeping in who turned the grace of God into wantonnesse and they were filthy dreamers and knowes nothing but what they know naturally as bruit Beasts and in that they corrupt themselves and they have gone in the way of Caine and run greedrly after the errour of Balaam and they are trees whose fruit withereth rageing waves of the Sea foaming out their own shame wandering Starres they are murmurers and complainers walking after their own lusts having mens persons in admiration because of advantage and these seperate themselves sensuall having not the Spirit and of this sort which Jude describeth are these teachers in this generation whose fore fathers crept in in the Apostles dayes and

for her husband and the Saints should inhabit it and the Tabernacle of God should be with men upon earth and the Lord would dwell for ever with his people and this day is approaching nigh at the doors for the fig tree hath blossomed and we know it is near at hand the summer wherein the glory of the Lord shall be revealed unto all Nations and they shall know that he is the Lord God Almighty that will take vengeance upon the great whore who hath made all drunk with the wine of her fornication And now after the long night of Apostacy and darknesse which hath been upon the face of the earth is the Lord appearing and his day dawning and his light breaking forth as the glory of the morning and the Kingdome of God is revealed and his dominion is setting up after the long reigne of the Beast who hath had his power and his seat and his great authority from the dragon after whom the whole world hath wandered and him hath worshiped who have been saying who is like unto the Beast who is able to make war with him his mouth for many generations hath been opened in blasphemy against God and his name and he hath made war with the Saints and his power hath overcome them marke overcome them and then himself hath reigned and the reigne of Christ for many yeares hath not been known but over kindreds and tongues and Nations hath the Beast had power and over them hath reigned for many ages and all that dwell upon the earth hath worshiped him whose names are not written in the book of life the earth hath been caused and them that dwell therein to worship the Beast and by his wonders he deceiveth them that dwell on the earth and as many as would not worship the Beast and his image the Beast hath had power that they should be killed and many hath he killed who would not worship him and are persecuted and both small and great rich and poor free and bond hath received the marke of the Beast and the number of his name which is the number of a man he that reads let him understand these things hath come to passe and been fulfilled since the Apostles dayes in this night wherein no man could worke which Christ said would come but now the fourty and two monthes which time the Beast and his image was to continue and so long was his power to remaine to make war and to overcome the Saints I say the time is well nigh expired and finished and the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb is arisen to make war against the Beast and his image who hath reigned over the Kingdomes of the world and the judgment of the great whore cometh who hath sit upon the Beast and drunken the blood of the Saints and with whom the Kings of the earth since the Apostles dayes have committed fornication and all the inhabiters of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication and all the merchants of the earth hath been made rich through the aboundance of her delicacies and she hath sit upon the scarlet coloured Beast and her cup in her hand hath been full of abominations and filthinesse of her fornication and her name is mistery Babylon the mother of harlots and all the Kings of the earth hath given their power unto the Beast and committed fornication with the great whore and she hath sit over people and multitudes and Nations and tongues since the Apostles dayes and even some who have hated the whore and fulfilled the will of God and made the whore naked yet they give their power also to the Beast untill the word of God be fulfilled Consider these things you that hath an ear to heare but now the mighty day of the Lord and the judgment of the whore is approaching wherein she shall be rewarded according to her works and double shall be given her into her cup and as she hath loved blood so shall blood be given her to drinke and the merchants of the earth shall lament her whom they have waxen rich by who hath glorified her selfe and lived deliciously and hath said in her heart I sit as a Queene and am no widow and shall not see sorrow but now the one day is dawning wherein her plagues shall come death and mourning and famine and she shall utterly be burned with fire for strong is the Lord that is risen to judge her and the Kings and merchants and all the inhabiters of the earth shall lament her and shall cry Alas alas and now are they beginning for the hour is come that her judgment cometh and all her merchants who have trafiqued with the souls of men shall partake of her plagues who have partaked of her sins and lived deliciously with her and the fruites that her soul lusted after shall depart from her and all things that are dainty and goodly shall depart from her and she shall find them no more at all when her judgment cometh and in an hour all her riches is come to nought and her merchants at land and Sea shall lament her even her that hath ruled over Nations and sit as a Queene for many generations ever since the dayes of the Apostles untill this day yea all that have wandred after her even the whole world shall lament and bemoan her and such as have served her and made slaves of the souls of men by merchandize and trafique shall bewaile her and their gaine shall cease for ever for in one hour shall she be made desolate and her glory shall fade and her beauty shall wither and the Beast that hath carried her shall utterly faint and the false prophet that hath wrought miracles in their sight and deceived the Nations shall be cast into a bed of torment with her and the Beast and the false Prophet shall be taken and cast alive into the Lake of fire to be tormented for ever day and night world without end and the whore in whom hath been found the blood of the Prophets and of the Saints and of all that were slaine upon the earth and the Beast who hath caused all that dwell on the earth to worship him and his image for many ages and the false Prophet who hath deceived the whole world and all Nations and made them subject unto the power of the Beast by his miracles which he hath wrought in the sight of men these shall be plagued together and tormented together for the false Prophet and the Beast hath sent forth their uncleane spirits like frogs unto all the Kings of the earth and unto the whole world to gather them to battell with their Armies to make war against him that sits on the white horse even the Son of God and this is the false Prophet which Christ prohesied of to come which long since came and hath served the Beast and the great whore for many generations and many even all Nations have been deceived as

Lambe who shall reigne over Nations and his Saints shall see him and his name shall be in their foreheads and there shall be no night but light and glory and the Kings of the earth shall bring in their glory and honour into it and the gates stand open and is not shut every one that thirsteth let him come the cry is unto all and yet nothing that defileth shall enter these are the faithfull sayings of the Lord who is true and must not long be sealed for the time is at hand and all men shall read and all that keepeth the commandements of God shall have right to the tree of life and blessed are they they shall be healed though now they suffer all manner of evill for the name of Jesus by the Beast and under his power by them that worship him who must fulfill wickednesse by persecuting the innocent till the Lord be raised out of his habitation and the dominion shall be given to them and they shall have power to binde Kings in chaines and nobles in fetters of iron this is their honour and this is their dignity and they shall rejoyce for ever and ever and shall glory in the Lord and not in this world and this shall come to passe as the Lord hath said Wherefore all Nations and people arise arise and be awakened prepare prepare and make way for the Lord be removed ye Mountaines and thrown down ye hills and hewen down ye sturdy oakes and cut up ye tall Cedars make way and prepare the path for the holy one who is coming to rule with his iron rod and will dash you all to pieces be afraid and tremble thou Beast that hath long reigned over the earth and all thy false Prophets and worshipers be confounded at this and bow and tremble at the remembrance hereof he whom you have hated and crucified and his Saints whom you have persecuted shall come to reigne over you all and to him whom you have set at nought must you be subject to and ruled by to all your sorrow for behold the Lord cometh with his numberlesse number of Saints And this is a warning to all Nations and people upon earth times and Lawes must be changed among you governments and orders must be changed unjustice and oppression shall be removed and every yoake and burden shall be taken of from the neck of the poor true judgment and justice mercy and truth peace and righteousnesse shall be exalted and all the Nations shall have Judges as at the first and counsellers as at the beginning and the poor shall rejoyce when true judgment and justice reigneth and the false Prophet subdued And this is a warning to you all that you may hear and consider the Lamb who hath been slain who is risen to reigne who is the Prince of peace of whose government there shall be no end even he hath lightned all man kinde on the face of the earth the fight is the eye which will let you see all this and will bring you to the fulfilling of it and to the good understanding and it shall evidence the truth of this even the light of Christ in all men which is given to guide in the way of peace THe Kingdome of Christ is setting up and it is not of this world neither shall be exalted nor advanced by worldly pollicy and worldly wisdome nor by carnall weapons nor by the multitude of an host of men it is true the Son of God is gone forth conquering and to conquer and the Spirit of his mouth and the word of his power shall get himself the victory his own arme alone without the helpe of another shall worke the conquest and his Kingdome shall be set up within every particular of his subjects for none can know him reigne without them unto their salvation till they know him to reigne first within for that which opposeth the Kingdome of Christ and the setting of it up is within every man and must be subdued within where it hath ruled and the enemy of Christs Kingdome which hath lodged within must first be subdued before there be dominion over his enemies without This is the word of the Lord to all people for he that pursues his enemy without and leaves him in his own house is foolish and out of the way and shall be overcome of his enemy and shall not overcome him therefore ye that are waiting for the Kingdome of Christ be awakened and seek for it where it is to be found not without you first but first within strive not to obtaine it with your carnall weapons but take the weapons which is spiritual which only will overcome be not deceived for through suffering must the Kingdome of Christ be set up and not by rebellion through crafts and plots and secret pollicy and turbulent arisings nor strife in the nature of enmity by this meanes shall the Kingdome of Christ never be advanced And this is the word of the Lord and our Testimony which we give of the Kingdome of Christ who is indeed arisen to make war against all his enemies and they that follow him are called and faithfull and chosen whose weapons are spirituall and mighty through God and reacheth to the killing and subduing of all flesh and he must war till all his enemies be subdued and must reigne over all his enemies till the Kingdome be delivered to the Father where he shall be all in all The 3d month 1657. All ye Inhabitants of the Earth in all Nations through the World Hearken and give ear the Word of the Lord God that made Heaven and earth is towards you He is coming to set up his Kingdome and his Dominion which never shall have end and the Kingdomes of this world shall be changed and shall become the Kingdomes of the Son of God ALl ye Kings and Princes and Rulers through the whole world the Lord is coming up with his mighty Host against you all he who will fanne you and sift you and try you and search you out for his fanne is in his hand and he will throughly purge you and you shall all know that the Kingdome of the most high God rules in the Kingdomes of men all your glory shall fade away all your Majesty and Honour and Dignities and Dominions shall come to an end all your strength is but as a straw all your treasure as a thing of nought all your glory as a fading leafe in the presence of the Lord God that made heaven and earth all Nations upon the earth are but as the drop of a bucket befo●e him and the hearts of all men are in his hand and by him Kings rule and the Princes of the earth are at his disposure and you are all weighed in the Ballance of equity and found too light before the Lord for all flesh hath corrupted its way before him Be awakened ye that have long slept in darknesse and been at ease in the flesh ye that have had

and his name and power is declared in the hearts of his people to the overturning of all unrighteousnesse and though every horn of the Beast push against this and every head with his members set it selfe against it yet the councell of the Lord shall not be disanulled nor made voyd for the Scepter and dominion of his Son shall be exalted over all the earth and the Princes of the world and the Kings of the earth shall lay down their Crowns and become subject for the Kingdomes of this world shall be changed and shall become the Kingdomes of the Lord and of his Christ the Kingdome of the Beast must down and the Princely power of darknesse must be overthrowne and Lawes and times and things and powers of men shall be overturned and overturned till he come to reigne in the earth whose right it is to reigne over Nations and people And because of this the rage of the Heathen hath been great and the councells of the wicked many and strong from the prophane drunkards to the chiefest professed teachers of this age even all the whole body of the Beast hath joyned it selfe against the purpose of the Lord men of all conditions from the highest to the lowest have armed themselves with mischiefe to offend the way of truth This is written as moved of the Lord to go abroad through the Nations that all may understand concerning the times and the changing of times how that the Beast hath reigned in dominion over Nations tongues and people and all have worshiped the Beast and gone after the false Prophet here all may come to a good understanding what hath been and what is and what shall be how that when the power and government of Christ was lost through departing from the faith which ruled in the Apostles dayes then the whole world was as unstable in wayes and judgments as a Sea then out of the Sea one beast arose and another after him arose out of the earth and all hath been caused both small and great bond and free to worship the beast and the image of the Beast yea all the dominions of the world hath for many ages been subject to the power of the Beast in all things and not known the worship and power of God and the pure subjection to him but the Kings of the earth and all her Princes have given their power to the Beast and hath received their authority from him and acted thereby many of them in great unrighteousnesse in injustice and oppression and cruelty in pride and rebellion and vaine glory in quarilling one with another to the murdering of thousands of thousands and this hath all been brought forth under the power of the Beast and by it and his heads and hornes hath exalted themselves one against another and smitten one another and the great whore hath made them all drunke and all people upon earth with envy pride wantonnesse and all unrighteousnesse this hath been since the Apostles dayes in this night of Apostacie wherein the whole world hath been subverted by false Prophets and deceivers and the Kingdome of Christ hath not been known upon earth for many generations but the Beast hath been established in his Throne of rebellion against Christ Jesus his decrees hath been Lawes and statutes and he hath made war against all the Saints and overcome them and reigned over them untill this time and troden down their City and defaced their glory but the blood of the just hath cryed day and night under the Altar the soules of such as hath been slain for the Testimony of the word of God have cryed day and night how long Lord how long when wilt thou avenge our blood upon the heads of our enemies even the Beast the whore and the false Prophet and this hath been for many ages even while the Kingdome of Antichrist hath been set up and advanced through the world and his power and authority hath reached over Nations bond and free from the Prince on his Throne to the begger on the dunghill even all hath been subjected under the power of the Beast that nature having ruled within every particular hath given him the authority without over all and admired him and said who is able to make war with him Antichrist hath ruled over all by injustice oppression and tyranny in unrighteous Lawes and through wicked decrees old Pharoah-like he hath laid heavy yoakes and oppressive bondes upon the just for who would not be subject to him he hath had power to kill them and none was able to gainsay such hath been the greatnesse of his power and the strength of his dominion over all that none hath been able to make war against him he hath been admired in all the world not any Nation excepted where the government of Antichrist hath not borne rule and there hath been none left to bear witnesse against him or to stand up against him for the faithfull witnesses hath been killed and slain in the streets of the great City which spiritually is called Sodome and Egypt and all them that have dwelt upon the earth have made merry over their dead bodies and rejoyced in their iniquities over the slaine and been without a reprover and not tormented nor troubled but have sent gifts one to another because they have slain them who have tormented them that dwell upon the earth and the government of the Beast hath been enlarged and the whole world hath wandered after him and been in subjection under him for many generations even for fourty and two monthes he that can read let him understand so long hath it been given him to make war against the Saints and to overcome them and it hath been given him to reigne over all people in the wrath of God and in his anger because of the rebellion of all the earth and all people in it but he shall be taken away in Gods displeasure who reignes in his anger over the Nations who hath forsaken the Lord and was given up to the power of the Beast to be subjected in slavery and bondage in pain sorrow and misery and through deceit craft and pollieic and oppression and by the wisdome of this world and naturall artes and knowledge his government hath long been established and his dominion hath been upon earth times and Lawes and things and powers of men have been in his hand to change and subvert and overturne into his own image and to transforme them like to the Beast none upon earth hath bought or sold or judged or given evidence or been respected in all the world that have not had the marke of the Beast and the number of the names of Antichrist rich and poor and small and great hath received his marke as a seale of their subjection to the Beast whose many heads and many hornes hath subjected all by the force of his arme and he hath blinded the eye least men should see him and cast darknesse over all faces and the false

peace in this world and pleasure in the vanities thereof the Lord is coming to make war against you his trumpet hath sounded and his Sons and Daughters is gone forth to bear witnesse of his Majesty and Power and Dominion and the Lord hath spoken who can but prophesie he hath given the word and many are they that publish it Let your eares be open to instruction and kicke not against the Lord neither harden your hearts against him but make way for him and prepare his path for he cometh to judge the world in righteousnesse and the people with equity and the testimony of the light of Jesus in you all shall witnesse for him your Princely powers must become subject to the power of the Kingdome of the most high and your glory must be vailed and darkned before the glory which the Lord is causeing to shine forth and we the servants of the most high doe give you warning of the day of your visitation which is upon you and all the world for the Lord is now risen who hath long winked at the time of great ignorance but now he warnes you all to repent therefore bow down ye stiffe-necked and tremble ye stout-hearted and be abased ye lofty-looks our King is above you all our dominion is over you all and the line of true judgement are you all measured with and your wayes are not found perfect in the sight of the Lord nor your hearts right before him his Kingdome hath not been known in your dominions neither hath his Law and his Judgements borne rule but you have every one bin doing that which is right in the sight of your own eyes and the counsells of your heart hath been nought but vanity before the Lord vain glory hath abounded among you which the Lords soul hath been burthened by the honours and pleasures of the flesh hath been your delight and strife and enmity hath been among you and warres and quarrelling and fighting one against another and you have rejoyced in the over-throw one of another and in destroying one another and you have taken pleasure in gaining one anothers dominions you have striven who should have been the greatest and greatly opressed the poor you have exalted your selves one against another and drawn up your Armies one in defiance of another and the Bloud of thousands hath been shed to satisfie the humors of your proud hearts all this hath been evill in the sight of the Lord and his Spirit hath been grieved and his soul vexed by all this and he hath forborne till he hath been weary for he hath been dishonoured by all this and his Law hath not borne rule and his judgements hath had no place you have been cruell hearted one towards another and mercilesse and without pitty and you have not done to others as you would be done unto but you have rendred evill for evill and sought occasions of evill one against another and vexed one another through the pride of your hearts Therefore now is the Lord risen to make warre against you all and to dash you to peices the feller comes up amongst you he that will not spare to ssay and to devoure who will not be affraid of your lofty lookes he will spoile you of your treasures and lay waste your strength all ye kingdomes of the earth and your gathering together against him is but as briers and thornes for he will exalt his owne Kingdome over you all and all yee Kings of the earth shall know that that the Kingdome of the most high must rule in your Kingdomes and your lawes shall be changed and the poor shall no more be opressed for he is come that proclaimes liberty unto the Captives who will remove opression far away who will change times and worships and ordinances and there shall be no Law but the Law of God nor no light but of the Lamb nor no worship but the worship in the spirit and in the truth for all your worships which the nations are full of is nought but vanity and a lye immitations and superstitions brought forth in hypocrisie and not in an upright heart vanity of vanities hath abounded both in civill and spirituall affairs The root in which you stand is wholy corrupted and no good fruit springs from it but cursed fruites which must be hewen downe and cast into the fire ye have been evill and could not bring forth any good you are corrupted and your fruit is of a bitter taste a day of sorrow of lamentation and misery is coming upon you all ye that have been high and lofty and stout hearted fearfulnesse shall surprize you and the terror of the Lord of Hosts shall compasse you about I am moved to salute you all with this as a warning and when it comes to passe remember you have been told ye that know not the kingdome of the most high ruling men but are saying in your hearts this hath my hand done in a moment shall you be smitten and know there is one above you which must rule for it his right to rule over all nations and there shall be no King but Jesus the anointed of God nor no government but the government of the Lambe there shall be no more warres but war against the Dragon who hath stood to devour the man-child which is now bringing forth and he must rule with his iron rod and shall subdue all under his feet We whom God hath warned cannot but warn you of these things whith are to come to passe he is coming to seperate betwixt the just and the unjust he will gather from among you that the wicked may be consumed from off the face of the earth All you Rulers in the world I warne you all take heed how you persecute such as comes to warne you who brings this message to you least you add sin to sin till there be no place found for repentance for ye shall all know our God is the true God that made heaven and earth before whose presence all flesh must come to judgement By a Friend unto the Creation E. B. FINIS