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Mount Sion, or, A draught of that church which shall never be destroyed together with a map of that world which shall be broken to pieces and consumed / by William Dyer ...
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Dyer, William, d. 1696.
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are but a few therefore vain and carnal men do conclude thaâ— they are in the right and that the most are the best and that it is a safe and sure way to follow a multitude Secondly Because they are poor I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people and they shall trust in the name of the Lord Zeph. 3.12 The true followers of the Lamb in all Ages have been the poor of this world but rich in Faith and heirs of the Kingdom of Heaven and because they were so the world despised them and were filled with prejudice against them Then answered them the Pharisees Are ye also deceived Have any of the Rulers or the Pharisees believed on him but this people who knoweth not the Law are cursed Joh. 7.47 48 49. The world have always had a great prejudice against Truth where-ever it was found against Truth in the Word of God against Truth in the Worship of God against Truth in the Ways of God against Truth in the People of God against Truth in the Providences of God this is that the world knoweth not this is that it cannot receive this is that it cannot bear therefore the people of the world are filled with prejudice against Truth as they have been in all times and in all Ages past that is to say 1. Against the Morning Truth 2. Against the Naked Truth 3. Against the whole Truth 4. Against the Love of Truth 1. The Morning Truth is that love light mercy and grace which Almighty God hath been pleas'd to bring forth and make manifest to his people in the dispensations of Times and in the Ages of the World for the good of them that did love and fear him When the fulness of time was come that the Children of Israel were to be brought out of the Land of Egypt and to go in and possess that good Land of Canaan which the Lord had promis'd to give them for an inheritance this was then the Morning truth To believe the Lord their God and to follow him fully but they were filled with prejudice against it And wherefore hath the Lord brought us unto this Land to fall by the Sword that our Wives and our Children should be a prey were it not better for us to return into Egypt And they said one to another Let us make a Captain and let us return into Egypt Numb 14.3 4. But when they had possessed the Land of Canaan and had divided the Land by Lot the Morning truth was then To keep Gods Commandments and to observe his Statutes and Judgments and to keep themselves from Idols and from all Idolatry but they were filled with prejudice against it and rebelled against the Lord their God and built them high places and did set up Images and Groves on every Hill and under every green Tree 1 Kin. 14.23 And when they slew the Beasts for sacrifice that they might offer up their blood they were then to look through all the sacrifices and through the blood to the blood of Jesus For if the blood of Bulls and of Goats and the ashes of an Heifer sprinkling the unclean sanctifieth to the purifying of the Flesh how much more shall the blood of Christ Who through the eternal spirit offered himself without spot to God Heb. 9.13 14. Then the morning truth was to believe the Prophets which shewed of the coming of the Just one but they were filled with prejudice against it Which of the Prophets have not your fathers persecuted And they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just one of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers Acts 7.52 And in the days of our Saviour when he was on the Earth and preached Peace to them and wrought many Miracles amongst them went up and down doing good this was then the morning truth To believe in him Neither is there salvation in any other for there is none other name under Heaven given among men whereby we must be saved Acts 4.12 But they were filled with prejudice against it Then Jesus said unto the chief Priests and Captains of the Temple and the elders which were come to him Be ye come out as against a Thief with Swords and Staves When I was daily with you in the Temple ye stretched forth no Hands against me but this is your hour and the power of darkness Luke 22.52 53. And after he was risen from the dead and had shewed himself several times to his Disciples and that all power was given to him both in Heaven and in Earth then this was the morning truth Go ye therefore and teach all Nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son of the Holy Ghost teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you Mat. 28.19 20. But they were filled with prejudice against it And when they had brought them and set them before the counsel the high Priest asked them saying Did not we straitly command you that you should not teach in this name And behold ye have filled Jerusalem with your Doctrine and intend to bring this mans Blood upon us Acts 5.27 28. But when believers were added unto the Lord multitudes both of Men and Women then the morning truth was the free grace of God being Justified by Faith. And by him all that believe are Justified from all things from which ye could not be Justified by the law of Moses Acts 13.39 but they were filled with prejudice against it For as much as we have heard that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words subverting your souls saying Ye must be circumcised and keep the Law to whom we gave no such commandment Acts 15.24 And this is the morning truth now to worship the ever living God in spirit and in truth and to wait for his Son Christ Jesus from Heaven and for the rich anointing of the spirit and the fulfilling of his word and the accomplishment of the prophecies and the perfecting of his work and the finiâ—hing of the mysteries of God to wait in patience in faith and in hope in a lamb-like spirit this is the morning truth in this our day and the World is filled with prejudice against it 2. The naked truth as it stands in the scriptures of truth which was delivered to the Saints of God by the Prophets and by the holy Apostles and by our Lord Jesus For whatsoever things were written afore-time were written for our learning that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope Rom. 15.4 God who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the Fathers by the Prophets hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son whom he hath appointed heir of all things by whom also he made the Worlds Heb. 1.1 2. To the law and to the Testimony if they speak not according to this word it is because there is no light
fell on his face to the Earth and did worship and said unto him What saith my Lord to his servant And the Captain of the Lords Host said unto Joshua Loose thy shooe from off thy foot for the place whereon thou standest is holy And Joshua did so Josh 5.13 14 15. By this you may see they entered into the Land of Canaan with glory and triumph with joy and gladness Secondly Consider of the time and manner that these Jews were taken Captives and carried away out of their own Land. And there came up Shalmaneser King of Assyria and he took Samaria and carried away Israel into Assyria and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the River of Gazon and in the Cities of the Medes 2 Kings 17.6 And the Lord rejected all the Seed of Israel and afflicted them and delivered them into the hand of spoilers until he had cast them out of his sight verse 20. Until the Lord removed Israel out of his sight as he had said by all his servants the Prophets So was Israel carried away out of their own Land to Assyria unto this day verse 23. They were carried away with shame and reproach God was not with them but against them and was become their Enemy because they did secretly those things that were not right against the Lord their God and they built them high places in all their Cities from the Tower of the Watchmen to the Fenced City and they served Idols whereof the Lord had said unto them Ye shall not do this thing And they left all the Commandments of the Lord their God and made them molten Images even two Calves and made a Grove and worshipped all the Host of Heaven and served Baal And they caused their Sons and their Daughters to pass through the fire and used Divination and Inchantments and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord to provoke him to anger Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel and removed them out of his sight that there was none left but the Tribe of Judah only By this a man may see the evil of sin It was sin that turned Angels into Devils and their Heaven into a Hell it was sin that turned Adam and Eve out of Paradise it was sin that turned the Cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into Flames and Ashes and it was sin that turned Israel out of Canaan that good Land that flowed with Milk and Honey Thirdly Consider how long these Jews have been hid and concealed from all other people on the face of the Earth that were carried away by Shalmaneser King of Assyria so long ago 2 Kings 17.6 No History can shew where they are in what Land or Nâ—tion No Travellers can tell us that go from Nation to Nation and from Kingdom to Kingdom to Countreys that are afar off even to the utmost parts of the Earth what is become of that people that are usually called the Ten Tribes I have often asked the Jews that live amongst us this question whether they have heard of them or did know in what part of the World they were their answer to me was That God Almighty had hid and concealed them in some part of the Earth or other but they did not know where but they did verily believe that God would some time or other bring them forth in the eyes of all the Nations and all the ends of the Earth shall see the Salvation of the Lord. And he said Go thy way Daniel for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end Dan. 12.9 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices I was about to write and I heard a voice from Heaven saying unto me Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered and write them not Rev 10.4 Fourthly Consider the restauration of Israel to their own Land they shall return to that Land which God gave them for an Inheritance The Scriptures of truth do fully and clearly shew this For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob and will yet chuse Israel and set them in their own Land Isa 14 1. But the Lord liveth which brought up and which led the Seed of the House of Israel out of the North Countrey and from all Countreys whither I had driven them and they shall dwell in their own Land Jer. 23.8 For I will take you from among the Heathen and gather you out of all Countreys and will bring you into your own Land Ezek. 36.24 Thus saith the Lord God Behold I will take the Children of Israel from among the Heathen whither they be gone and will gather them on every side and bring them into their own Land Ezek. 27.21 And at that time shall Michael stand up the great Prince which standeth for the Children of thy people and there shall be a time of trouble such as never was since there was a Nation even to that same time And at that time thy people shall be delivered Dan. 12.1 For behold in those days and in that time when I shall bring again the Captivity of Judah and Jerusalem I will gather all Nations and will bring them down into the Valley of Jehoshaphat and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel whom they have scattered among the Nations and parted their Land Joel 3.1 2. And I will bring again the Captivity of my people of Israel and they shall build the waste Cities and inhabit them and they shall plant Vineyards and drink the Wine thereof They shall also make Gardens and eat the Fruit of them And I will plant them upon their Land and they shall no more be pulled up out of their Land which I have given them saith the Lord thy God Amos 9.14 15. And in that day saith the Lord will I assemble her that halteth and I will gather her that is driven out and her that I have afflicted And I will make her that halteth a remnant and her that was cast far off a strong Nation and the Lord shall reign over them in Mount Zion from henceforth even for ever Micah 4.6 7. Behold at that time I will undo all that afflict thee and I will save her that halteth and gather her that was driven out and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame At that time will I bring you again even in the time that I gather you for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the Earth when I turn back your Captivity before your eyes saith the Lord Zeph. 3.19 20. Thus saith the Lord of Hosts there shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem and every man with his staff in his hand for very Age. And the streets of the City shall be full of Boys and Girls playing in the streets thereof Thus saith the Lord of Hosts if it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this