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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
parliament_n	army_n	city_n	london_n	3,465	5	7.2357	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84731	The sounding of the last trumpet or, Several visions, declaring the universall overturning and rooting up of all earthly powers in England. With many other things foretold, which shall come to passe in this year, 1650. / Lately shewed unto George Foster, who was commanded to print them.	Foster, George.	1650 (1650)	Wing F1624; Thomason E616_4; ESTC R215474	58,245	63

Gold and Silver away money which men have made Idols of shall now by the bright appearing of God be counted nothing but shal be thrown from one unto the other And they that have abundance shall hide themselves for feare of the Lord of Hosts These and such like expressions by way of singing I did utter and why I count it singing is because I did as being overpowered with joy crie ha ha tall toll lall derah la loll la dero tall derall tall toll dero tall aroll atoll loll loll dero in such a way I did breake forth between every 4. lines I have writ or oftner And on the 29. day of the same month about 7. a clock in the night I saw in a vision two armies of men one a coming against the other the same Leaders that were in the vision before concerning the last two armies mentioned I beheld til they were drawn up in a body seeing their drums beating and their collours flying their musquets charged and the souldiers with lighted matches in their hands and I beheld till J saw that these two armies did meet and the musqueteers fired and fell off and J saw men sometimes drap down But at length J saw the Generals horse which came out of the South break in amongst their enemies and utterly routed them and tooke the General and killed him and so had the field to themselves And J said Lord what is the meaning of this and my eternall God within me told me That the General and his armie that came out of the South are instruments which J have chosen to do my worke and the other Generall and his Souldiers are for the Parliament and J beheld til the General that overcame marched with all his armie to London and entred the Citie and went to the Parliament-house But they were dispersed and I saw the General and his Officers sit as a Parliament in the roome of the other and did promise that they would now restore freedome to the people and I saw the General and his Officers go into the Halls where money was and threw it to the Souldiers and the Souldiers had so much that they gave it away to the poore and I heard the poore say one unto the other these are joyfull daies And I desired the substance of it and it is this as my Lord hath revealed it to me That the General and the people with him are the instruments of God And he hath chosen them for to beat in pieces all powers and to thresh mountaines and hills to chaff● that they may be no longer and so to give the power to them that they may or God in them restore England from bondage and by their giving of money away so freely it shewes that the time is now come that the Lord will redeeme the creation from bondage and that I will saith God so breake that domineering self that hath bin in man That he shall now throw away his Idols of Gold and Silver that there may be universal love and freedome and warr shall cease Well afterwards I had much joy within my self so much that I am not able to expresse and which caused me to breake forth in singing and dancing and afterwards I was taken in a shaking fit and after the fit was over I was forced to give my money to them that were with me and did give them all that I had So by the appearing of me saith the eternall God shall all mighty great and rich men throw and disperse their silver and gold to them that have need that there may be no complaining in our streetes And after this I beheld a company of men and women with Crownes of gold upon their heads and I asked my God what meaneth these to have Crownes upon their heads and my God said these Crownes betoken victory for these are they that have overcome all things by my power and have come out of great tribulation and now have I wiped from their eyes all sorrow and weeping and they shall reigne with me On the next morning about six a clock as I was in my bed I saw the same vision as I did before as soone as I saw the Army routed and the General slaine I cryed out they are now cut downe and so I did at the night before twice or thrice I cryed they are cut downe and did afterwards expresse a bundance of joy both as it appeared by singing and lifting up of my hands and in this fit I was commanded to declare it to the General and was told me by a voice within me that I should have no rest until I had declared it And I asked who it was that commanded me to declare it and the voice said I am that I am the Lord of hosss the King of Israel and thou maist know I have made choice of thee to reveale these things and that I have commanded thee to declare it to the General and that my purpose is now to destroy all powers yea the Parliament and that this vision is from God thou shalt be presently taken in a shaking fit and in a very little while I was taken so and I desired my brother that lay with me to lie upon me and so he did to try whether I should then shake and I did tater him up and down and shake so much that he could not make me lie about two a clock at noone and on the morrow morning I heard the same words as I did relate that I have made choice of thee to reveale these things that thou maist know that I have commanded thee to declare these to the Generall and that this vision is from the Lord of hosts and that thou shalt have no rest untill thou hast done it thou shalt be taken in such a shaking fit as thou shalt be shaken more then ever thou hast been yet and so I was of a sudden thus perceiving I should be shaken I laid me upon a bed and called a man that was in the roome to lie upon me and so he did lie upon me and I shook him as if he had beene in a Cradle and rocked by a man And I desired to know what I should declare to the Generall and my God told me I should declare that it was his determination to bring to nothing the Parliament and so destroy all powers besides himselfe that he may be all in all On the fourth day of the second of February in the morning between five or six of the clock at the appearing of my eternall God to me and indeed I had great cause for to rejoyce for my father within me told me saying I thy comforter thy Redeemer Saviour wil declare some things unto thee after my flesh left trembling I heard a voice saying behold behold what dost thou now see and I beheld and loe there appeared a company of men and I told them and there were seven that were very gallant some of

those that were lower then the middle sort and made them all Equall and cryed out epqualitie equalitie in that I have now made all men alike and he lifted up his hands to heaven and did sweare by him that liveth for evermore time should be no longer and so did thrust his sword into his scabberd again And I said Lord who is this that makes all alike and my glorious God within me said that I the Lord of hosts have done this and I said without any instruments Lord and the Lord said no but by instruments which I have chosen to do this strange work which shall cut down all powers even the Parliament and I said Lord shall the Parliament raise forces against thy instruments to fight with them and the Lord said they shall but they shall be destroyed by Fair. whom I have made choice of and his Army and whereas he cryed time shall be no longer and so put up his sword into his sheath againe the meaning is that when the time appointed is come all visible powers shall cease and I alone will be all and in all both King and Parliament and Governor and then wars shall cease And as you see him make all alike so will I destroy some and burne and consume others and be as a terror to the rest that there shall be none greater or richer then others And I said how long will it be first and the Lord said in a very little while it shall come to passe but wait thou upon me and thou shalt know upon this I desired of my God that if he had judged me worthy to reveale this vision to me and that it shall come to passe and that it was from the Lord of hosts I might have some token that I may know it to be from God and my God said within me That I should be presently shooke as if I should be shoock to pieces as a token that he had made choice of me to reveale this vision and the rest to and that it should surely come to passe which token proved true for I was presently shoaken even so much that two men which were in the roome with me that I desired to lie upon me or hold me from shaking which they did could not keep me from shaking But before this fit came on me one houre and halfe or such a matter I saw a company of men and women singing and dancing giving away their money one unto the other and my God within me told me that these were my sons and daughters that were come to Sion and that he had now wiped all teares from their eyes and that self-seeking is now ended with them and instead of it there shall be universal lvoe or a communitie like unto the communitie of his Saints mentioned in the Acts whereupon I was forced for my owne rest to give away that little money I had about me which thing others shall be made to do hereafter Againe the word of the Lord came unto me saying about one a clock on the 6. day of February Behold behold what dost thou now see and lo I beheld an Army of men with their drums beating and their colours flying and they were upon their march And I beheld till there came one to their General being all glorious and gave the General a sword and said take this sword for with it shalt thou beat down all thine enemies and I said Lord what is this Generals name and the Lord said his name is Fairfax the Army that are with him are my instruments whom I have stirred up to hate the oppression covetousnesse and crueltie of the Parliament And whereas thou seest one give him asword It is I the Lord of hosts that have given him power to beat down all those that are coming to fight wi●h him and presently I beheld another Army of men coming to fight with them and I said Lord who doth this Army fight for and the Lord of hosts said they fight for the Parliament and the Lord said I sti●red him up to oppose the Parliament b●cause they have exercised crueltie upon my people and I beheld so long that at length I did see both these meet together and did fight and I beheld some now and then dropped down of Fair. his men but they fell apace on the other side but at length Fair. horse routed the o●her horse and followed some of them in pursuit and some of them came and fell upon the foot and at length broke in amongst them and routed them and tooke the General and killed him and so had the field And I said Lord wilt thou also destroy the Parliament and the Lord said he would do it for saith the Lord I will now ●urne Leveller and will level mountaines and hills and will make them equall with low places and vallies that there may be universality And I said how long will it be first and the Lord said in a very little while and it shall come to passe and I said Lord shall I go to the Generall and tell him of it and the Lord said I should go but should stay a little longer first And saith the Lord whereas I said when I shewed thee this vision at the first that thou shouldest have no rest untill thou hadst done it so I have troubled thee ever since day by day and will till thou hast done it but thou shalt stay a little longer and wait upon me and that thou maist know I the Lord of Hosts the mighty God of Jacob by whom thou livest ●ovest hast thy being hath done this Thou shalt be presently taken in a shaking fit that thou maist know I have made choice of thee which fit of shaking came on me as soone as the words were ended which terrified my flesh but my Spirit rejoyced within me for joy And in a little while after the Lord within me said behold behold what seest thou now and lo I saw the heavens roleld up together as a Scroul and figges fall off the figg-tree before they were ripe and I said Lord what is meant by the heavens rolling thus together as a scroule and the Lord said by the heavens is meant all outward administrations or forms of worship preaching and baptizing and I saw one throw the srcoule into the fire and it was consumed so saith the Lord shall all outward heavens be burned up and the figg tree is the Parliament in this nation and it represents all powers which are a bringing forth some young figgs which are some new formes or wayes of worship or a doing some new thing but before they can bring them to perfection the day of the Lord overtakes them and shakes them and causes the figgs to fall off before they be ripe and so I the Lord destroy the things that men would do And the Lord again said behold what seest thou now and lo I beheld foure men stand upon the foure corners of the earth which is East West