The strange and wonderful predictions of Mr. Christopher Love, minister of the Gospel at Laurence Jury, London who was beheaded on Tower-hill, in the time of Oliver Cromwell's government of England. Giving an account of Babylon's fall, and in that glorious event, a general reformation over all the world. With a most extraordinary prophecy, of the late revolution in France, and the downfall of the antichristian kingdom, in that country. By M. Peter Jurieu. Also, Nixon's Chesire prophecy.
         Love, Christopher, 1618-1651.
      
       
         
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             The strange and wonderful predictions of Mr. Christopher Love, minister of the Gospel at Laurence Jury, London who was beheaded on Tower-hill, in the time of Oliver Cromwell's government of England. Giving an account of Babylon's fall, and in that glorious event, a general reformation over all the world. With a most extraordinary prophecy, of the late revolution in France, and the downfall of the antichristian kingdom, in that country. By M. Peter Jurieu. Also, Nixon's Chesire prophecy.
             Love, Christopher, 1618-1651.
             Jurieu, Pierre, 1637-1713.
             Ussher, James, 1581-1656.
             Grey, Jane, Lady, 1537-1554.
             Wallace, Lady, fl. 1651.
             Nixon, Robert, fl. 1620? Nixon's Cheshire prophecy at large.
          
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           THE
           STRANGE
           AND
           WONDERFUL
           PREDICTIONS
           OF
           
             Mr.
             CHRISTOPHER
             LOVE
          
           ,
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           at
           Laurence
           Jury
           ,
           London
           :
           WHO
           WAS
           BEHEADED
           ON
           TOWER-HILL
           ,
           IN
           THE
           TIME
           OF
           Oliver
           Cromwell's
           Government
           of
           England
           .
           GIVING
           AN
           ACCOUNT
           OF
           BABYLON'S
           FALL
           ,
           And
           in
           that
           Glorious
           Event
           ,
           A
           GENERAL
           REFORMATION
           OVER
           ALL
           THE
           WORLD
           .
           With
           a
           most
           Extraordinary
           PROPHECY
           ,
           OF
           THE
           LATE
           REVOLUTION
           IN
           FRANCE
           ,
           AND
           THE
           Downfall
           of
           the
           Antichristian
           Kingdom
           ,
           In
           that
           Country
           .
        
         
           BY
           M.
           PETER
           JURIEU
           .
        
         
           ALSO
           ,
           
             NIXON's
             CHESHIRE
             PROPHECY
          
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           PRINTED
           FOR
           THE
           BOOKSELLERS
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           TO
           THE
           PUBLIC
           .
        
         
           THE
           following
           Prophecies
           ,
           some
           of
           which
           have
           been
           accomplished
           in
           our
           own
           time
           ,
           must
           appear
           interesting
           ,
           and
           as
           such
           we
           publish
           them
           ;
           those
           of
           
             Mr.
             LOVE
          
           promise
           great
           events
           ,
           which
           must
           happen
           before
           the
           present
           generation
           passes
           away
           :
           and
           as
           to
           Monsieur
           
           JURIEU's
           predictions
           ,
           relative
           to
           the
           French
           Revolution
           ,
           they
           point
           out
           so
           clearly
           part
           of
           what
           has
           already
           come
           to
           pass
           ,
           in
           France
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           reasonably
           presumed
           the
           rest
           will
           be
           verified
           in
           due
           time
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           PREDICTIONS
           OF
           Mr.
           CHRISTOPHER
           LOVE
           ,
        
         
           A
           FEW
           nights
           after
           he
           was
           sentenced
           to
           be
           b●●eaded
           ,
           on
           Tower-hill
           ,
           which
           was
           on
           the
           22d
           day
           of
           August
           ,
           1651
           ,
           ten
           days
           before
           his
           appointed
           time
           ,
           by
           the
           sentence
           he
           received
           at
           the
           bar
           ,
           being
           one
           night
           visited
           by
           two
           of
           his
           intimate
           acquaintances
           ,
           or
           bosom
           friends
           ,
           as
           he
           himself
           called
           them
           ,
           they
           began
           to
           complain
           of
           the
           cruelty
           of
           the
           times
           ,
           and
           the
           malice
           and
           usage
           of
           time-serving
           brethren
           ;
           to
           which
           Mr.
           Love
           answered
           ,
           
             And
             think
             you
             this
             is
             an
             evil
             time
             ?
          
           No
           ,
           no
           ;
           this
           is
           the
           very
           time
           when
           grace
           and
           true
           god●iness
           can
           be
           distinguished
           f●om
           hypocrisy
           :
           many
           have
           followed
           Christ
           hitherto
           for
           the
           loaves
           ,
           and
           are
           now
           turned
           back
           for
           the
           roughness
           of
           the
           way
           ,
           and
           the
           sore
           trial
           and
           tribulation
           which
           others
           met
           with
           who
           are
           gone
           be●ore
           them
           .
        
         
           
             There
             are
             many
             in
             London
             at
             this
             very
             day
             ,
             who
             think
             to
             go
             to
             heaven
             in
             their
             gilded
             coaches
             ,
             and
             have
             denied
             Christ's
             cause
             before
             men
             (
             against
             
             whom
             I
             now
             witness
             )
             and
             Christ
             in
             his
             never
             failing
             word
             has
             promised
             to
             deny
             all
             such
             before
             his
             father
             and
             the
             holy
             angels
             .
             This
             is
             the
             time
             to
             discern
             be●ween
             him
             that
             s●rveth
             God
             ,
             and
             him
             that
             serveth
             him
             not
             .
             They
             formerly
             were
             my
             familiar
             acq●ain●ance
             ,
             in
             fellowship
             and
             sweet
             converse
             .
             I
             sent
             this
             day
             to
             have
             a
             few
             words
             with
             them
             here
             in
             prison
             ;
             but
             they
             would
             not
             come
             ;
             for
             their
             countenance
             is
             fallen
             ,
             their
             consciences
             wounded
             ,
             —
             they
             cannot
             look
             me
             in
             the
             face
             ;
             because
             I
             knew
             of
             their
             resolution
             ,
             and
             was
             a
             witness
             to
             their
             perjuration
             ,
             —
             But
             ,
             ah
             !
             how
             will
             they
             look
             the
             blessed
             Jesus
             in
             the
             face
             in
             the
             morning
             of
             the
             resurrection
             ?
             what
             answer
             or
             excuse
             will
             they
             have
             for
             what
             they
             have
             done
             ?
             O
             foolish
             people
             !
             who
             think
             to
             escape
             the
             cross
             ,
             nay
             ,
             you
             must
             all
             suffer
             persecution
             who
             follow
             the
             Lamb
             ;
             we
             must
             be
             hated
             of
             all
             nations
             for
             Christ's
             sake
             ;
             we
             must
             come
             thro'
             great
             tribulation
             ,
             thro'
             the
             fiery
             furnace
             of
             affl●ction
             ,
             before
             we
             can
             enter
             the
             land
             of
             joy
             and
             felicity
             .
             Know
             ye
             not
             that
             the
             souls
             that
             were
             slain
             for
             the
             testimony
             of
             Jesus
             are
             placed
             under
             the
             altar
             ?
             Happy
             ,
             happy
             are
             those
             men
             at
             this
             day
             ,
             and
             ever
             shall
             be
             happy
             ,
             who
             suffer
             for
             Christ's
             sake
             in
             a
             right
             and
             charitable
             way
             —
             thro'
             love
             to
             his
             cause
             ,
             and
             honesty
             of
             heart
             :
             not
             thro'
             pride
             and
             hypocrisy
             ,
             without
             the
             root
             of
             the
             matter
             ,
             to
             have
             it
             said
             they
             died
             〈◊〉
             :
             these
             are
             they
             who
             will
             miss
             their
             mark
             ;
             
             and
             those
             who
             denied
             the
             call
             and
             looked
             back
             shall
             never
             have
             the
             honour
             to
             find
             it
             I
             am
             now
             pointed
             out
             by
             many
             to
             be
             in
             a
             destitute
             and
             forlorn
             condition
             ;
             but
             I
             would
             not
             exchange
             my
             state
             ,
             no
             ,
             not
             for
             all
             the
             glory
             that
             's
             on
             the
             earth
             ;
             I
             find
             my
             R●deemer's
             love
             stronger
             in
             my
             bonds
             ,
             than
             ever
             I
             did
             in
             the
             days
             of
             my
             liberty
             ;
             therefore
             I
             hold
             living
             here
             as
             death
             itself
             .
             I
             am
             as
             full
             of
             love
             and
             joy
             in
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             ,
             as
             ever
             bo●●le
             was
             fi●led
             with
             new
             wine
             .
             I
             am
             ready
             to
             cry
             out
             ,
             The
             spirit
             of
             the
             Lord
             is
             upon
             me
             ;
             I
             will
             not
             take
             upon
             me
             to
             prophecy
             ;
             neve●theless
             the
             spirit
             of
             the
             Lord
             causeth
             me
             to
             utter
             :
             —
             This
             usurped
             authority
             of
             Cromwell
             ,
             shall
             shortly
             be
             at
             an
             end
             ;
             England
             shall
             be
             blessed
             with
             meek
             Kings
             ,
             and
             mild
             governments
             ;
             powerful
             preachers
             ,
             and
             dull
             hearers
             :
             good
             sermons
             to
             them
             will
             be
             as
             music
             to
             a
             sleepy
             man
             ;
             they
             shall
             hear
             ,
             but
             not
             understand
             ,
             nor
             lay
             the
             word
             〈◊〉
             the
             heart
             ,
             to
             practise
             it
             in
             their
             lives
             ,
             to
             walk
             by
             it
             .
             O
             England
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             wax
             old
             in
             wickedness
             ;
             thy
             sins
             abound
             like
             those
             of
             Sodom
             ;
             thy
             voluptuousness
             shall
             cry
             aloud
             for
             vengeance
             ;
             the
             Lord
             shall
             threaten
             and
             chastise
             thee
             ,
             yet
             in
             mercy
             and
             love
             will
             he
             look
             upon
             those
             that
             fear
             him
             ,
             and
             call
             upon
             his
             name
             :
             he
             will
             spare
             of
             his
             anger
             ,
             when
             the
             wicked
             shall
             be
             sifted
             from
             amongst
             you
             as
             the
             chaff
             is
             sifted
             from
             amongst
             the
             wheat
             ;
             for
             out
             of
             thee
             ,
             O
             England
             ,
             shall
             a
             bright
             star
             arise
             ,
             
             whose
             light
             and
             voice
             shall
             make
             the
             heathen
             to
             quake
             ,
             and
             knock
             under
             with
             submission
             to
             the
             gospel
             of
             Jesus
             ;
             he
             shall
             be
             as
             a
             sound
             of
             thunder
             in
             the
             ears
             of
             the
             wicked
             ,
             and
             as
             a
             ●anthorn
             to
             the
             Jews
             ,
             to
             lead
             them
             to
             the
             knowledge
             of
             Jesus
             ,
             the
             only
             son
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             true
             Messiah
             ,
             whom
             they
             so
             long
             mistrusted
             ,
             for
             the
             short
             work
             spoken
             of
             by
             the
             apostle
             ,
             which
             the
             Lord
             is
             to
             make
             upon
             the
             earth
             ,
             in
             the
             latter
             age
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             cannot
             be
             far
             off
             .
             Observe
             ,
             my
             dear
             friend
             ,
             while
             you
             live
             my
             calculation
             of
             the
             dates
             in
             the
             book
             of
             the
             Revelation
             ,
             and
             in
             Daniel
             ,
             which
             the
             Spirit
             of
             the
             Lord
             led
             me
             into
             ;
             for
             the
             Lord
             will
             reveal
             it
             to
             some
             of
             his
             own
             ,
             ere
             that
             time
             come
             ;
             for
             the
             nearer
             the
             time
             is
             ,
             the
             seals
             shall
             be
             taken
             away
             ,
             and
             more
             and
             more
             shall
             be
             revealed
             to
             God's
             people
             ;
             for
             the
             Lord
             doth
             nothing
             without
             he
             reveal
             it
             ,
             by
             his
             Spirit
             ,
             to
             his
             servants
             the
             prophets
             :
             He
             destroyed
             not
             the
             old
             world
             ,
             without
             the
             knowledge
             of
             Noah
             —
             He
             did
             not
             overthrow
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             ,
             without
             the
             knowledge
             of
             Abraham
             .
             I
             do
             not
             mean
             now
             ,
             that
             any
             new
             prophet
             shall
             arise
             ;
             but
             the
             Lord
             by
             his
             Spirit
             shall
             cause
             knowledge
             to
             abound
             among
             his
             people
             ,
             whereby
             the
             old
             prophecies
             shall
             be
             clearly
             and
             perfectly
             understood
             .
             And
             I
             die
             in
             that
             thought
             ,
             and
             really
             believe
             that
             my
             calculations
             are
             right
             ,
             on
             the
             Revelation
             by
             St.
             John
             ,
             and
             the
             prophecy
             which
             St.
             Jerome
             copied
             off
             
             and
             translated
             out
             of
             the
             Hebrew
             language
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             written
             on
             Seth's
             pillar
             in
             Damascus
             ,
             which
             pillar
             is
             said
             to
             have
             stood
             since
             before
             the
             flood
             and
             was
             built
             by
             Seth
             ,
             Adam's
             son
             ,
             and
             written
             by
             Enoch
             the
             prophet
             ;
             as
             likewise
             the
             holy
             precepts
             whereby
             the
             patriarch
             walked
             before
             the
             law
             was
             given
             to
             Moses
             ,
             which
             were
             also
             engraven
             on
             the
             said
             pillar
             .
             whereof
             many
             Jews
             have
             copies
             ,
             in
             their
             own
             language
             written
             on
             parchment
             ,
             and
             engraven
             on
             brass
             and
             copper
             ;
             but
             the
             alteration
             of
             the
             date
             makes
             them
             to
             stagger
             at
             it
             ,
             not
             knowing
             that
             the
             dates
             were
             to
             be
             altered
             by
             the
             birth
             of
             Christ.
             First
             ,
             This
             prophecy
             is
             enti●led
             .
             A
             short
             work
             of
             the
             Lord
             's
             in
             the
             latter
             age
             of
             the
             world
             .
             Great
             earthquakes
             and
             commotions
             by
             sea
             and
             land
             shall
             come
             in
             the
             year
             of
             God
             1779.
             
             Great
             wars
             in
             Germany
             and
             America
             ,
             in
             1780.
             
             The
             destruction
             of
             popery
             ,
             or
             Babylon's
             fall
             ,
             in
             the
             year
             1790.
             
             God
             will
             be
             known
             by
             many
             in
             the
             year
             1795.
             
             This
             will
             produce
             a
             great
             man.
             The
             stars
             will
             wander
             ,
             and
             the
             moon
             turn
             as
             blood
             ,
             in
             1800.
             
             Africa
             ,
             Asia
             ,
             and
             America
             ,
             will
             tremble
             ,
             in
             1803.
             
             A
             great
             earthquake
             over
             all
             the
             world
             ,
             in
             1805.
             
             God
             will
             be
             universally
             known
             by
             all
             :
             Then
             a
             general
             reformation
             ,
             and
             peace
             for
             ever
             ,
             when
             the
             people
             shall
             learn
             war
             no
             more
             .
             Happy
             is
             the
             man
             that
             liveth
             to
             see
             this
             day
             !
          
        
      
       
         
         
           PROPHECY
           OF
           THE
           FRENCH
           REVOLUTION
           ,
           FROM
           A
           PUBLICATION
           BY
           THE
           LATE
           MR.
           PETER
           JURIEU
           ,
           IN
           1687.
           
        
         
           
             Rev.
             xi
             .
             13.
             
          
           
             And
             the
             same
             hour
             was
             there
             a
             great
             earthquake
             ,
             and
             the
             tenth
             part
             of
             the
             City
             fell
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             earthquake
             were
             slain
             of
             men
             seven
             thousand
             ,
             and
             the
             remnant
             were
             affrighted
             ,
             and
             gave
             glory
             to
             God.
             
          
        
         
           NOW
           what
           is
           this
           
             tenth
             part
             of
             this
             city
          
           ,
           which
           shall
           fall
           ?
           we
           cannot
           doubt
           that
           't
           is
           France
           .
           This
           kingdom
           is
           the
           most
           considerable
           part
           or
           piece
           of
           the
           
             ten
             horns
          
           ,
           or
           states
           ,
           which
           once
           made
           up
           the
           great
           
             Babylonian
             city
          
           :
           it
           fell
           ;
           this
           does
           not
           signify
           ,
           that
           the
           
             French
             Monarchy
          
           shall
           be
           ruined
           ;
           it
           may
           be
           humbled
           ;
           but
           in
           all
           appearance
           Providence
           does
           design
           a
           great
           elevation
           for
           her
           afterward
           .
           'T
           is
           highly
           probable
           ,
           that
           God
           will
           not
           let
           go
           unpunished
           the
           horrible
           outrages
           which
           it
           acts
           at
           this
           day
           .
           Afterward
           ,
           it
           must
           build
           its
           greatness
           upon
           the
           ruins
           of
           the
           
             papal
             empire
          
           ,
           and
           enrich
           itself
           with
           the
           spoils
           of
           those
           who
           shall
           take
           part
           with
           the
           papacy
           .
           They
           who
           at
           this
           day
           persecute
           the
           protestants
           ,
           know
           not
           whither
           God
           is
           leading
           
           them
           :
           this
           is
           not
           the
           way
           by
           which
           he
           will
           lead
           France
           to
           the
           height
           of
           glory
           .
           If
           she
           comes
           thither
           'tis
           because
           she
           shall
           shortly
           change
           her
           road
           .
           Her
           greatening
           will
           be
           no
           damage
           to
           
             protestant
             states
          
           ;
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           the
           
             protestant
             states
          
           shall
           be
           enriched
           with
           the
           spoils
           of
           others
           ;
           and
           be
           strengthened
           by
           the
           fall
           of
           
           Antichrist's
           empire
           .
           This
           tenth
           part
           of
           the
           city
           shall
           fall
           ,
           with
           respect
           to
           the
           papacy
           ;
           it
           shall
           break
           with
           Rome
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Roman
             religion
          
           .
           One
           thing
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           the
           Babylonian
           empire
           shall
           perish
           through
           the
           refusal
           of
           obedience
           by
           the
           
             ten
             Kings
          
           ,
           who
           had
           given
           their
           power
           to
           the
           beast
           .
           The
           thing
           is
           already
           come
           to
           pass
           in
           part
           .
           The
           kingdoms
           of
           
             Sweden
             ,
             Denmark
             ,
             England
          
           ,
           and
           several
           
             sovereign
             states
             of
             Germany
          
           ,
           have
           withdrawn
           themselves
           from
           the
           Iurisdiction
           of
           the
           
             Pope
             .
             They
             have
             spoiled
             the
             h●rlot
          
           of
           her
           
             riches
             .
             They
             have
             eaten
             her
             flesh
             ,
             ie
             .
          
           seized
           her
           benefices
           and
           revenues
           ,
           which
           she
           had
           in
           their
           countries
           .
           This
           must
           go
           on
           ,
           and
           be
           finished
           as
           it
           began
           .
           
             The
             Kings
          
           ,
           who
           yet
           remain
           under
           the
           
             empire
             of
             Rome
          
           ,
           must
           break
           with
           her
           ,
           leave
           her
           solitary
           and
           desolate
           .
        
         
           But
           who
           must
           begin
           this
           
             last
             revolt
          
           ?
           'T
           is
           most
           probable
           that
           France
           shall
           .
           Not
           Spain
           ,
           which
           as
           yet
           is
           plunged
           in
           superstition
           ,
           and
           is
           as
           much
           under
           the
           tyranny
           of
           the
           clergy
           as
           ever
           .
           Not
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           who
           in
           temporals
           is
           subject
           to
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           permits
           the
           
             Archbishop
             of
             Strigonium
          
           in
           his
           states
           ,
           to
           teach
           that
           the
           Pope
           can
           take
           away
           the
           Imperial
           crown
           from
           him
           .
           
           It
           cannot
           be
           any
           country
           but
           France
           ,
           which
           a
           long
           time
           ago
           hath
           begun
           to
           shake
           off
           the
           yoke
           of
           Rome
           .
           'T
           is
           well
           known
           ,
           how
           solemnly
           and
           openly
           war
           hath
           been
           declared
           against
           the
           Pope
           ,
           by
           declaration
           of
           the
           King
           (
           ratified
           in
           all
           the
           parliaments
           )
           by
           the
           decisions
           of
           the
           assembly
           of
           the
           
             French
             clergy
          
           ,
           by
           a
           disputation
           against
           the
           authority
           of
           the
           Pope
           ,
           managed
           in
           the
           Sorbon
           ,
           solemnly
           ,
           and
           by
           order
           of
           the
           Court.
           And
           to
           heighten
           the
           affront
           ,
           the
           theses
           were
           posted
           up
           ,
           even
           upon
           the
           gates
           of
           his
           Nuncio
           .
           Nothing
           of
           this
           kind
           had
           h●●herto
           happened
           ,
           at
           least
           in
           a
           time
           of
           peace
           ,
           and
           unless
           the
           Pope
           had
           given
           occasion
           by
           his
           infolencies
           .
        
         
           Besides
           this
           ,
           superstition
           and
           idolatry
           lose
           their
           credit
           much
           in
           France
           .
           —
           There
           is
           a
           secret
           party
           ,
           though
           well
           enough
           known
           ,
           which
           greatly
           despiseth
           the
           popular
           
             devotions
             ,
             images
          
           ,
           worship
           of
           Saints
           ,
           and
           is
           convinced
           that
           these
           are
           
             human
             inventions
          
           ;
           God
           is
           before-hand
           preparing
           for
           this
           great
           work
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           it
           may
           be
           objected
           ,
           that
           for
           the
           last
           fifty
           years
           ,
           the
           Pope's
           empire
           hath
           not
           been
           made
           up
           of
           ten
           Kings
           ,
           because
           England
           ,
           Sweden
           ,
           Denmark
           ,
           &c.
           have
           thrown
           off
           his
           government
           ;
           and
           consequently
           ,
           France
           is
           not
           at
           this
           day
           the
           tenth
           part
           of
           the
           
             Babylonian
             empire
          
           ;
           for
           't
           is
           more
           than
           a
           tenth
           part
           of
           it
           .
           But
           this
           is
           no
           difficulty
           :
           for
           we
           must
           know
           ,
           that
           things
           retain
           the
           names
           which
           they
           bore
           in
           their
           original
           (
           without
           regarding
           the
           alterations
           which
           
           time
           does
           bring
           along
           )
           .
           Though
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           there
           are
           not
           ten
           kingdoms
           under
           the
           Babylonian
           empire
           ,
           't
           is
           notwithstanding
           certain
           ,
           that
           each
           Kingdom
           was
           called
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           called
           in
           〈◊〉
           prophecy
           ,
           the
           tenth
           part
           ;
           because
           the
           prophet
           having
           described
           this
           empire
           in
           its
           beginning
           ,
           by
           its
           
             ten
             horns
          
           or
           
             ten
             Kings
          
           ,
           't
           is
           necessary
           for
           our
           clear
           understanding
           ,
           that
           every
           one
           of
           these
           
             ten
             Kings
          
           ,
           and
           kingdoms
           should
           be
           called
           one
           of
           the
           
             ten
             Kings
          
           or
           of
           the
           
             ten
             kingdoms
          
           ,
           with
           respect
           to
           the
           constitution
           of
           the
           Antichristian
           empire
           .
        
         
           Seeing
           the
           tenth
           part
           of
           the
           city
           that
           must
           fall
           ,
           is
           France
           ,
           this
           gives
           me
           some
           hopes
           ,
           that
           the
           death
           of
           the
           
             two
             witnesses
          
           hath
           a
           particular
           relation
           to
           this
           kingdom
           .
           'T
           is
           the
           street
           or
           place
           of
           
             this
             city
             .
             i.
             e.
          
           the
           most
           fair
           and
           eminent
           part
           of
           it
           .
           The
           witnesses
           must
           remain
           dead
           upon
           
             this
             street
          
           ,
           and
           upon
           it
           they
           must
           be
           raised
           again
           .
           And
           as
           the
           death
           of
           the
           witnesses
           and
           their
           resurrection
           have
           a
           relation
           to
           the
           
             kingdom
             of
             France
          
           ,
           it
           may
           well
           fall
           out
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           not
           be
           far
           distant
           from
           the
           time
           of
           the
           resurrection
           of
           the
           witnesses
           seeing
           the
           three
           years
           and
           a
           half
           of
           their
           death
           are
           either
           begun
           ,
           or
           will
           begin
           shortly
           .
        
         
           
             And
             in
             the
             earthquake
             were
             slain
             seven
             thousand
          
           ;
           in
           the
           Greek
           it
           is
           ,
           
             seven
             thousand
             names
             of
             men
          
           ,
           and
           not
           seven
           thousand
           men
           .
           I
           consess
           ,
           that
           this
           seems
           somewhat
           mystericus
           :
           in
           other
           places
           we
           find
           not
           
           this
           phrase
           ,
           
             names
             of
             men
          
           ,
           put
           simply
           for
           men
           .
           Perhaps
           there
           is
           here
           a
           figure
           of
           grammar
           called
           
             hypallage
             casus
          
           ,
           so
           that
           
             names
             of
             men
          
           are
           put
           for
           
             men
             of
             name
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           of
           raised
           and
           considerable
           quality
           ,
           be
           it
           on
           account
           of
           riches
           ,
           or
           of
           dignity
           ,
           or
           of
           learning
           .
           But
           I
           am
           more
           inclined
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           here
           these
           words
           ,
           
             names
             of
             men
          
           ,
           must
           be
           taken
           in
           their
           natural
           signification
           ,
           and
           do
           intimate
           ,
           that
           the
           total
           
             Reformation
             of
             France
          
           shall
           not
           be
           made
           without
           bloodshed
           ,
           nothing
           shall
           be
           destroyed
           but
           names
           ;
           such
           as
           are
           the
           names
           of
           Monks
           ,
           of
           Carmelites
           ,
           of
           Augustines
           ,
           of
           Dominicans
           ,
           of
           Iacobins
           ,
           of
           
             Franciscans
             ,
             Capuchins
             ,
             Iesuites
             ,
             Minimes
             ,
          
           and
           an
           infinite
           company
           of
           others
           ,
           whose
           number
           't
           is
           not
           easy
           to
           define
           ,
           and
           which
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           denotes
           by
           the
           number
           seven
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           number
           of
           perfection
           ,
           to
           signify
           ,
           the
           number
           of
           monks
           and
           nuns
           shall
           perish
           for
           ever
           .
           This
           is
           an
           institution
           so
           degenerated
           from
           its
           first
           original
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           become
           the
           arm
           of
           Antichrist
           .
           These
           orders
           cannot
           perish
           one
           without
           another
           .
        
         
           These
           
             great
             events
          
           deserve
           to
           be
           distinguished
           from
           all
           others
           ;
           for
           they
           have
           changed
           ,
           and
           shall
           change
           ,
           THE
           WHOLE
           FACE
           OF
           THE
           WORLD
           .
        
      
       
         
           
           
             INTRODUCTION
             TO
             NIXON's
             CHESHIRE
             PROPHECY
             ,
             BY
             THE
             AUTHOR
             of
             his
             LIFE
             .
          
           
             THIS
             remarkable
             Prophecy
             has
             been
             carefully
             revised
             ,
             ●orrected
             ,
             and
             improved
             ;
             also
             some
             account
             given
             of
             our
             author
             ,
             Robert
             Nixon
             ,
             who
             was
             but
             a
             kind
             of
             ideot
             ,
             and
             used
             to
             be
             employed
             in
             following
             the
             plough
             .
             He
             lived
             in
             some
             farmers
             '
             families
             ,
             and
             was
             their
             drudge
             and
             jest
             .
          
           
             At
             last
             ,
             Thomas
             Cholmondeley
             ,
             of
             Vale-Royal
             ,
             Esq.
             took
             him
             into
             his
             house
             ,
             and
             he
             lived
             there
             when
             he
             composed
             this
             Prophecy
             ,
             which
             he
             delivered
             with
             as
             much
             gravity
             and
             solemnity
             as
             if
             he
             had
             been
             an
             oracle
             ;
             and
             it
             was
             observed
             ,
             that
             though
             the
             fool
             was
             a
             driveler
             ,
             and
             could
             not
             speak
             common
             sense
             when
             he
             was
             uninspired
             ,
             yet
             in
             delivering
             his
             Propecies
             he
             spoke
             plainly
             and
             sensibly
             ;
             how
             truly
             will
             be
             seen
             in
             the
             following
             pages
             .
          
           
           
             As
             to
             the
             credit
             of
             this
             Prophecy
             ,
             I
             dare
             say
             it
             is
             as
             well
             attested
             as
             any
             of
             Nostradamus's
             or
             Merlin's
             ,
             and
             come
             to
             pass
             as
             well
             as
             the
             best
             of
             Squire
             Bickerstaff's
             .
             It
             is
             pain
             enough
             that
             great
             men
             have
             in
             all
             ages
             had
             recourse
             to
             prophecy
             as
             well
             as
             the
             vulgar
             .
             I
             would
             not
             have
             all
             grave
             persons
             despise
             the
             inspirations
             of
             Nixon
             .
             The
             late
             French
             King
             gave
             audience
             to
             an
             inspired
             farrier
             ,
             and
             rewarded
             him
             with
             an
             hundred
             pistoles
             for
             his
             prophetical
             intelligence
             ;
             though
             by
             what
             I
             can
             learn
             ,
             he
             did
             not
             come
             near
             our
             Nixon
             for
             gifts
             .
          
           
             The
             simplicity
             ,
             the
             circumstances
             ,
             and
             history
             ,
             of
             the
             Cheshire
             Prophecy
             ,
             are
             so
             remarkable
             ,
             that
             I
             hope
             the
             public
             will
             be
             as
             much
             delighted
             as
             I
             was
             myself
             .
          
           
             By
             the
             way
             ,
             this
             is
             not
             a
             prophecy
             of
             to-day
             ;
             it
             is
             as
             old
             as
             the
             Powder
             plot
             ,
             and
             the
             story
             will
             make
             it
             appear
             that
             there
             is
             as
             little
             imp●sture
             in
             it
             as
             the
             Jacobites
             pretend
             there
             is
             in
             the
             person
             it
             seems
             to
             have
             an
             eye
             to
             :
             but
             whether
             they
             are
             both
             impostures
             alike
             or
             not
             ,
             I
             leave
             to
             the
             reader
             to
             determine
             .
          
           
             
               J.
               OLDMIXON
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             THE
             PROPHECY
             .
          
           
             IN
             the
             reign
             of
             King
             James
             the
             First
             ,
             there
             lived
             a
             man
             ,
             generally
             repu●ed
             a
             fool
             ,
             whose
             name
             was
             Nixon
             .
             One
             day
             ,
             when
             he
             returned
             home
             from
             ploughing
             in
             the
             field
             ,
             he
             laid
             the
             things
             down
             which
             he
             had
             in
             his
             hands
             ,
             and
             continuing
             for
             some
             time
             in
             a
             seemingly
             deep
             and
             thoughtful
             meditation
             ,
             at
             length
             he
             pronounced
             in
             a
             loud
             voice
             ,
             Now
             I
             will
             prophesy
             .
             And
             spoke
             as
             follows
             :
          
           
             When
             a
             Raven
             shall
             build
             in
             a
             stone
             Lion's
             mouth
             on
             the
             top
             of
             a
             Church
             in
             Cheshire
             ,
             then
             a
             King
             of
             England
             shall
             be
             driven
             out
             of
             his
             kingdom
             ,
             and
             never
             return
             more
             .
          
           
             When
             an
             eagle
             shall
             sit
             on
             the
             top
             of
             the
             house
             ,
             then
             an
             heir
             shall
             be
             born
             to
             the
             Cholmodeley's
             family
             ;
             and
             this
             heir
             shall
             live
             to
             see
             England
             invaded
             by
             foreigners
             ,
             who
             shall
             proceed
             so
             far
             as
             a
             town
             in
             Cheshire
             ;
             but
             a
             miller
             named
             Peter
             ,
             shall
             be
             
             born
             with
             two
             heels
             on
             one
             Foot
             and
             at
             that
             time
             living
             in
             a
             mill
             of
             Mr
             Cholmondeley's
             ,
             he
             shall
             be
             instrumental
             in
             delivering
             the
             nation
             .
          
           
             The
             person
             who
             then
             governs
             the
             nation
             will
             be
             in
             great
             trouble
             ,
             and
             〈◊〉
             about
             :
             The
             invading
             King
             shall
             be
             killed
             ,
             laid
             across
             a
             horse's
             back
             like
             a
             calf
             ,
             and
             led
             in
             triumph
             .
             The
             miller
             having
             been
             instrumental
             in
             it
             ,
             shall
             bring
             forth
             the
             person
             that
             then
             governs
             the
             kingdom
             ,
             and
             be
             knighted
             for
             what
             he
             has
             done
             ;
             and
             after
             that
             England
             see
             happy
             days
             .
             A
             young
             new
             set
             of
             men
             shall
             come
             ,
             who
             shall
             prosper
             ,
             and
             make
             a
             flourishing
             Church
             for
             two
             hundred
             years
             .
          
           
             As
             a
             token
             of
             the
             truth
             of
             all
             this
             ,
             a
             wall
             of
             Mr.
             Cholmondeley's
             shall
             fall
             :
             If
             it
             fall
             downwards
             ,
             the
             Church
             shall
             be
             oppressed
             ,
             and
             rise
             no
             more
             :
             but
             if
             upwards
             ,
             next
             the
             rising
             hill
             on
             the
             side
             of
             it
             ,
             then
             it
             shall
             flourish
             again
             .
             Under
             this
             wall
             shall
             be
             found
             the
             bones
             of
             a
             British
             King.
             
          
           
             A
             pond
             shall
             run
             with
             blood
             three
             days
             ,
             and
             the
             Cross-stone
             Pillar
             in
             the
             Forest
             su●k
             so
             low
             into
             the
             ground
             ,
             that
             a
             crow
             from
             the
             top
             of
             it
             shall
             drink
             of
             the
             best
             blood
             in
             England
             .
          
           
             A
             boy
             shall
             be
             born
             with
             three
             thumbs
             ,
             and
             shall
             hold
             three
             King's
             horses
             ,
             while
             England
             shall
             be
             three
             times
             won
             and
             lost
             in
             one
             day
             .
          
           
           
             THE
             original
             may
             be
             seen
             in
             several
             families
             in
             Cheshire
             ,
             and
             in
             particular
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             Mr.
             Egerton
             of
             Oulton
             ,
             with
             many
             other
             remarkable
             circumstances
             :
             as
             that
             Pecferton
             Wind
             mill
             should
             be
             removed
             to
             Ludditon
             Hill
             ,
             that
             horses
             saddled
             should
             run
             about
             'till
             their
             girts
             rotted
             away
             .
             But
             this
             is
             sufficient
             to
             prove
             Nixon
             as
             great
             a
             prophet
             as
             Partridge
             ,
             and
             we
             shall
             give
             other
             proofs
             of
             it
             before
             we
             have
             done
             .
          
           
             Now
             as
             for
             authorities
             to
             prove
             this
             Prophecy
             to
             be
             genuine
             ,
             and
             how
             it
             has
             hitherto
             been
             accomplished
             ,
             I
             might
             refer
             myself
             to
             the
             whole
             county
             of
             Chester
             ,
             where
             it
             is
             in
             every
             one's
             mouth
             ,
             and
             has
             been
             for
             these
             forty
             years
             .
             As
             much
             as
             I
             have
             of
             the
             manuscript
             was
             sent
             me
             by
             a
             person
             of
             sense
             and
             veracity
             ,
             and
             as
             little
             disposed
             to
             believe
             visions
             as
             any
             body
             .
             There
             is
             something
             so
             very
             odd
             in
             the
             story
             ,
             and
             so
             pat
             in
             the
             wording
             of
             it
             ,
             that
             I
             cannot
             help
             giving
             it
             as
             I
             found
             it
             .
             The
             family
             of
             the
             Cholmondeley's
             is
             very
             ancient
             in
             this
             county
             ,
             and
             takes
             its
             name
             from
             a
             place
             so
             called
             near
             Nantwich
             .
             There
             are
             also
             Cholmton
             and
             Cholmondeston
             ;
             but
             the
             feat
             of
             that
             branch
             of
             the
             family
             ,
             which
             kept
             our
             Prophet
             Nixon
             ,
             is
             at
             Vale
             Royal
             ,
             on
             the
             river
             Weaver
             in
             Delamere
             forest
             .
             It
             was
             formerly
             an
             Abbey
             founded
             by
             Edward
             I.
             and
             came
             to
             the
             Cholmondeley's
             from
             the
             famous
             family
             of
             the
             Holcro●ts
             .
             When
             Nixon
             prophesied
             ,
             this
             family
             was
             near
             being
             extinct
             ,
             the
             heir
             having
             married
             
             Sir
             Walter
             St.
             John's
             daughter
             ,
             a
             lady
             not
             esteemed
             very
             young
             ,
             who
             ,
             notwithstanding
             being
             with
             child
             ,
             fell
             in
             labour
             ,
             and
             continued
             so
             for
             some
             days
             .
             During
             which
             time
             an
             eagle
             fat
             upon
             the
             house-top
             ,
             and
             flew
             away
             when
             she
             was
             delivered
             ,
             which
             proved
             to
             be
             a
             son
             .
          
           
             A
             Raven
             is
             also
             known
             to
             have
             built
             in
             a
             Stone
             Lion's
             mouth
             ,
             in
             the
             steeple
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Over
             ,
             in
             the
             forest
             of
             Delamere
             .
             Not
             long
             before
             the
             abdication
             of
             King
             James
             ,
             the
             wall
             spoken
             of
             fell
             down
             and
             fell
             upwards
             ,
             and
             in
             removing
             the
             rubbish
             ,
             were
             found
             the
             bones
             of
             a
             man
             of
             more
             than
             ordinary
             size
             .
             A
             pond
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ran
             with
             water
             that
             had
             a
             reddish
             tincture
             ,
             and
             was
             never
             known
             to
             have
             done
             so
             before
             or
             since
             .
          
           
             Headless
             Cross
             ,
             in
             the
             Forest
             ,
             which
             in
             the
             memory
             of
             man
             was
             several
             feet
             high
             ,
             is
             now
             sunk
             within
             half
             a
             ●oot
             of
             the
             ground
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             parish
             of
             Budworth
             ,
             a
             boy
             was
             born
             with
             three
             thumbs
             ;
             he
             had
             also
             two
             heels
             on
             one
             foot
             ▪
             —
             Lady
             Egerton
             ,
             wishing
             well
             to
             another
             restoration
             ,
             often
             instigated
             her
             husband
             to
             turn
             Peter
             ,
             the
             miller
             of
             Negenshire
             mills
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             mills
             ;
             but
             he
             locoked
             upon
             it
             as
             a
             whimsy
             ,
             and
             so
             permitted
             Peter
             still
             to
             ontinue
             there
             ,
             in
             hopes
             of
             becoming
             as
             good
             a
             knight
             as
             Sir
             Philip
             his
             landlord
             was
             .
          
           
           
             Of
             this
             Peter
             I
             have
             been
             told
             that
             the
             Lady
             Narcliff
             ,
             of
             Chelsea
             ,
             and
             the
             lady
             St.
             John
             of
             Battersea
             have
             often
             been
             heard
             to
             talk
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             both
             asserted
             the
             truth
             of
             our
             Prophecy
             ,
             and
             its
             accomplishment
             ,
             with
             particulars
             that
             are
             more
             extraordinary
             than
             any
             I
             have
             yet
             mentioned
             .
             The
             noise
             of
             Nixon's
             predictions
             reaching
             the
             ears
             of
             King
             James
             the
             First
             ,
             he
             would
             needs
             ●ee
             this
             fool
             ,
             who
             cried
             and
             made
             a●o
             that
             he
             might
             not
             go
             to
             Court
             ;
             and
             the
             reason
             that
             he
             gave
             was
             ,
             That
             he
             should
             be
             starved
             .
          
           
             (
             A
             very
             whimsical
             fancy
             of
             his
             :
             Courts
             are
             not
             places
             where
             people
             use
             to
             starve
             in
             ,
             when
             they
             once
             come
             there
             ,
             whatever
             they
             did
             before
             .
             )
             The
             King
             being
             informed
             of
             Nixon's
             refusing
             to
             come
             ,
             said
             he
             would
             take
             particular
             care
             that
             he
             should
             not
             be
             starved
             ,
             and
             ordered
             him
             to
             be
             brought
             up
             .
             Nixon
             cried
             out
             ,
             He
             was
             sent
             for
             again
             ,
             and
             soon
             after
             the
             messenger
             arrived
             ,
             who
             brought
             him
             up
             from
             Cheshire
             .
          
           
             How
             or
             whether
             he
             prophesied
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             no
             body
             can
             tell
             ;
             but
             he
             is
             not
             the
             first
             fool
             that
             has
             made
             a
             good
             Court
             Prophet
             .
          
           
             That
             Nixon
             might
             be
             well
             provided
             for
             ,
             't
             was
             ordered
             that
             he
             should
             be
             kept
             in
             the
             kitchen
             ,
             where
             he
             grew
             so
             troublesome
             in
             licking
             and
             picking
             the
             meat
             ,
             that
             the
             cooks
             locked
             him
             up
             in
             a
             hole
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             going
             on
             a
             sudden
             from
             Ham●ton
             
             Court
             to
             London
             ,
             they
             forgot
             the
             fool
             in
             the
             hurry
             ,
             and
             he
             was
             really
             starved
             to
             death
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             a
             great
             many
             passages
             of
             this
             Fool-Phrophet's
             life
             and
             sayings
             transmitted
             by
             tradition
             from
             father
             to
             son
             in
             this
             county
             palatine
             ;
             as
             ,
             that
             when
             he
             lived
             with
             a
             farmer
             ,
             before
             he
             was
             taken
             into
             Mr.
             Cholmondeley's
             family
             ,
             he
             gored
             an
             ●x
             so
             cruelly
             ,
             that
             one
             of
             the
             ploughmen
             threatened
             to
             beat
             him
             for
             abusing
             his
             master's
             beast
             .
             Nixon
             said
             ,
             My
             master's
             beast
             will
             not
             be
             his
             three
             days
             .
             A
             life
             in
             an
             estate
             dropping
             in
             that
             time
             ,
             the
             Lord
             of
             the
             manor
             took
             the
             same
             ox
             for
             an
             herriot
             .
             This
             account
             ,
             as
             whimsical
             and
             romantic
             as
             it
             is
             ,
             was
             told
             to
             the
             Lady
             Cowper
             ,
             in
             the
             year
             1670
             ,
             by
             Dr.
             Parric●
             ,
             late
             Bishop
             of
             Ely
             ,
             then
             Chaplain
             to
             S●r
             Walter
             St.
             John
             ;
             and
             that
             Lady
             had
             the
             following
             farther
             particulars
             ,
             relating
             to
             this
             Prophecy
             ,
             and
             the
             fulfilling
             of
             many
             parts
             of
             it
             ,
             from
             Mrs
             Chute
             ,
             fister
             of
             Mrs.
             Cholmondeley
             ,
             of
             Vale-Royal
             who
             affirmed
             ,
             that
             a
             multitude
             of
             people
             gathering
             together
             to
             see
             the
             Eagle
             before
             mentioned
             ,
             the
             bird
             was
             ●rightened
             from
             her
             young
             ▪
             that
             she
             herself
             was
             one
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             the
             cry
             among
             the
             people
             was
             ,
             Nixon's
             Phrophecy
             is
             fulfil●ed
             ,
             and
             we
             shall
             have
             a
             foreign
             King.
             She
             declared
             ,
             that
             she
             read
             over
             the
             prophecy
             many
             times
             ,
             when
             her
             sister
             was
             with
             child
             of
             the
             heir
             who
             now
             enjoys
             the
             estate
             .
             She
             particularly
             remembered
             
             membered
             that
             King
             James
             II.
             was
             plainly
             pointed
             at
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             was
             foretold
             he
             would
             endeavour
             to
             subvert
             the
             laws
             and
             religion
             of
             this
             kingdom
             ,
             for
             which
             reason
             they
             would
             rise
             and
             turn
             him
             out
             ;
             that
             the
             Eagle
             of
             which
             Nixon
             prophesied
             perched
             in
             one
             of
             the
             windows
             at
             the
             time
             her
             sister
             was
             in
             labour
             .
             She
             said
             it
             was
             the
             biggest
             bird
             she
             ever
             saw
             ;
             that
             it
             was
             in
             a
             deep
             snow
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             perched
             on
             the
             edge
             of
             a
             great
             bow-window
             ,
             which
             had
             a
             large
             border
             on
             the
             outside
             ,
             and
             she
             and
             many
             others
             opened
             the
             window
             ,
             to
             try
             to
             scare
             it
             away
             ,
             but
             it
             would
             not
             stir
             till
             Mrs
             Cholmondeley
             was
             delivered
             ;
             after
             which
             it
             took
             flight
             to
             a
             great
             tree
             over
             against
             the
             room
             her
             sister
             lay
             in
             ,
             where
             having
             staid
             about
             three
             days
             ,
             it
             flew
             away
             in
             the
             night
             .
             She
             affirmed
             further
             to
             the
             Lady
             Cowper
             ,
             that
             the
             falling
             of
             the
             garden-wall
             was
             a
             thing
             not
             to
             be
             questioned
             ,
             it
             being
             in
             so
             many
             people's
             memory
             ;
             That
             it
             was
             foretold
             that
             the
             heir
             of
             Vale-Royal
             should
             live
             to
             see
             England
             invaded
             by
             foreigners
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             should
             fight
             bravely
             for
             his
             King
             and
             his
             country
             :
             That
             the
             Miller
             mentioned
             is
             alive
             ,
             and
             expects
             to
             be
             knighted
             ,
             and
             is
             in
             the
             very
             mill
             that
             is
             foretold
             :
             That
             he
             should
             kill
             two
             invaders
             who
             would
             come
             in
             ,
             the
             one
             from
             the
             West
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             from
             the
             North
             :
             That
             he
             from
             the
             North
             should
             bring
             with
             him
             of
             all
             nations
             ;
             Swedes
             ,
             Danes
             ,
             Germans
             ,
             and
             Dutch
             ;
             and
             
             that
             in
             the
             solds
             of
             his
             garments
             he
             should
             bring
             fire
             and
             famine
             ,
             plague
             and
             murder
             :
             That
             many
             great
             battles
             should
             be
             fought
             in
             England
             ,
             one
             upon
             London
             Bridge
             ,
             which
             would
             be
             so
             bloody
             ,
             that
             people
             would
             ride
             in
             London
             streets
             up
             to
             their
             horses
             bellies
             in
             blood
             ;
             that
             several
             other
             battles
             should
             be
             sought
             up
             and
             down
             most
             parts
             in
             Cheshire
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             last
             that
             ever
             would
             be
             fought
             in
             England
             should
             be
             on
             Delamere
             fo●est
             :
             That
             the
             heir
             of
             Oalton
             ,
             whose
             name
             is
             E
             —
             n
             ,
             and
             has
             married
             Earl
             Cholmondeley's
             si●ter
             ,
             shall
             be
             hanged
             up
             at
             his
             own
             gate
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             He
             foretels
             great
             glory
             and
             prosperity
             to
             those
             who
             stand
             up
             in
             defence
             of
             their
             laws
             and
             liberties
             ,
             and
             ruin
             and
             misery
             to
             those
             that
             should
             betray
             them
             .
             He
             says
             ,
             the
             year
             before
             this
             would
             happen
             ,
             bread-corn
             would
             be
             very
             dear
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             year
             following
             more
             troubles
             should
             begin
             which
             would
             last
             three
             years
             ;
             that
             the
             first
             would
             be
             moderate
             ,
             the
             second
             bloody
             ,
             and
             the
             third
             intolerable
             ;
             that
             unless
             they
             were
             shortened
             no
             mortal
             could
             bear
             them
             ;
             and
             that
             there
             were
             no
             mischiefs
             but
             what
             poor
             England
             would
             feel
             at
             that
             time
             .
             But
             that
             George
             ,
             the
             son
             of
             George
             ,
             shall
             put
             an
             end
             to
             all
             .
             That
             afterwards
             the
             Church
             should
             fl●uri●h
             ,
             and
             England
             be
             the
             most
             glorious
             nation
             upon
             Earth
             .
             The
             same
             Lady
             Cowper
             was
             not
             content
             to
             take
             these
             particulars
             from
             Mrs.
             Chute
             ,
             
             but
             she
             inquired
             of
             Sir
             Thomas
             Aston
             of
             the
             truth
             of
             this
             Prophecy
             ,
             and
             he
             attested
             it
             was
             in
             great
             reputation
             in
             Cheshire
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             facts
             were
             known
             by
             every
             one
             to
             have
             happened
             as
             Nixon
             said
             they
             would
             ,
             adding
             ,
             that
             the
             morning
             before
             the
             garden-wall
             fell
             ,
             his
             neighbour
             Mr.
             Cholmondeley
             going
             to
             ride
             out
             a
             hunting
             ,
             said
             ,
             Nixon
             seldom
             fails
             ,
             but
             now
             I
             think
             he
             will
             ;
             for
             he
             foretold
             that
             this
             day
             ●y
             garden
             wall
             would
             fall
             ,
             and
             I
             think
             it
             looks
             as
             if
             it
             would
             stand
             these
             forty
             years
             ;
             that
             he
             had
             not
             been
             gone
             a
             quarter
             of
             an
             hour
             before
             the
             wall
             split
             ,
             and
             fell
             upwards
             against
             the
             rising
             of
             the
             hill
             ,
             which
             ,
             as
             Nixon
             would
             have
             it
             ,
             was
             the
             presage
             of
             a
             flourishing
             church
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             the
             removal
             of
             Pecserton
             mill
             ,
             it
             was
             done
             by
             Sir
             John
             Crewe
             ,
             the
             mill
             having
             lost
             its
             trade
             there
             ,
             for
             which
             he
             ordered
             it
             to
             be
             set
             upon
             Ludditon
             hill
             ;
             and
             being
             asked
             if
             he
             did
             it
             to
             fulfill
             the
             Prophecy
             ,
             he
             declared
             he
             never
             thought
             of
             it
             .
             I
             myself
             have
             inquired
             of
             a
             person
             who
             knows
             Mr.
             Cholmondeley's
             pond
             as
             well
             as
             Rosamond's
             in
             St.
             James's
             Park
             ,
             and
             he
             assured
             me
             the
             falling
             of
             the
             wall
             ,
             and
             the
             pond
             running
             blood
             as
             they
             call
             it
             ,
             are
             facts
             which
             ,
             in
             Cheshire
             ,
             any
             one
             would
             be
             reckoned
             mad
             for
             making
             the
             least
             question
             of
             .
             As
             there
             are
             several
             particulars
             in
             this
             Prophecy
             which
             remain
             unfulfilled
             ,
             so
             when
             they
             come
             to
             pass
             some
             
             other
             circumstances
             may
             be
             added
             ,
             which
             are
             not
             convenient
             to
             be
             told
             now
             for
             private
             reasons
             ,
             but
             will
             shortly
             appear
             .
          
           
             If
             I
             had
             a
             mind
             to
             look
             into
             the
             antiquities
             of
             this
             county
             ,
             I
             might
             ●ind
             that
             Prodigies
             and
             Prophecies
             are
             no
             unusual
             things
             there
             .
             Cambden
             tells
             us
             ,
             that
             at
             Brereton
             ,
             not
             many
             miles
             from
             Vale
             Royal
             ,
             which
             gave
             name
             to
             a
             famous
             ,
             antient
             ,
             numerous
             ,
             and
             knightly
             family
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             thing
             as
             strange
             as
             the
             perching
             Eagle
             ,
             or
             the
             falling
             of
             the
             wall
             ,
             which
             he
             says
             was
             attested
             to
             him
             by
             many
             persons
             ,
             and
             was
             commonly
             believed
             ;
             that
             before
             any
             heir
             of
             this
             family
             dies
             ,
             there
             are
             s●en
             in
             a
             lake
             adjoining
             ,
             the
             bodies
             of
             trees
             swimming
             upon
             the
             water
             for
             several
             days
             together
             .
             He
             likewise
             adds
             ,
             that
             near
             the
             Abbey
             of
             St.
             Maurice
             ,
             in
             Burgundy
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             fish-pond
             ,
             in
             which
             a
             number
             of
             fishes
             are
             put
             equal
             to
             the
             number
             of
             Monks
             of
             that
             place
             ;
             and
             if
             any
             one
             of
             them
             happens
             to
             be
             sick
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             fish
             seen
             floating
             on
             the
             water
             :
             and
             in
             case
             the
             fit
             of
             sickness
             proves
             fatal
             to
             the
             Monk
             ,
             the
             fish
             foretells
             it
             by
             its
             own
             death
             some
             days
             before
             .
             This
             the
             learned
             Cambden
             relates
             in
             his
             description
             of
             Cheshire
             ,
             and
             the
             opinion
             of
             the
             trees
             swimming
             in
             the
             lake
             near
             Brereton
             prevails
             all
             about
             the
             country
             to
             this
             day
             ,
             only
             with
             this
             difference
             ,
             that
             some
             say
             't
             is
             one
             log
             that
             swims
             ,
             and
             some
             say
             many
             .
          
           
             
               J.
               OLDMIXON
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
           
             
               Strange
               and
               Remarkable
            
             Prophecies
             and
             Predictions
             ,
             Of
             the
             Holy
             ,
             Learned
             ,
             and
             Excellent
             JAMES
             USHER
             ,
             Late
             Lord
             Bishop
             of
             ARMAGH
             ,
             And
             Lord
             Primate
             of
             IRELAND
             :
             Giving
             an
             Account
             of
             his
             Foretelling
             .
          
           
             
               I.
               The
               Rebellion
               in
               Ireland
               forty
               Years
               before
               it
               came
               to
               pass
               .
            
             
               II.
               The
               Confusions
               and
               Miseries
               of
               England
               in
               Church
               and
               State.
               
            
             
               III.
               The
               Death
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               .
            
             
               IV.
               His
               own
               Poverty
               and
               Want.
               
            
             
               V.
               The
               Divisions
               in
               England
               in
               Matters
               of
               Religion
               .
            
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             of
             great
             and
             terrible
             Persecutions
             which
             shall
             fall
             upon
             the
             Reformed
             Churches
             by
             the
             Papists
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Pope
             should
             be
             chiefly
             concerned
             .
          
           
             Written
             by
             the
             Person
             who
             heard
             it
             from
             this
             excellent
             Man
             's
             own
             Mouth
             ,
             and
             now
             published
             e●rnestly
             to
             persuade
             us
             to
             that
             Repentance
             and
             Reformation
             which
             can
             only
             prevent
             our
             ruin
             and
             Destruction
             .
          
           
             
               And
               the
               Lord
               said
               ,
               Shall
               I
               hide
               from
               Abraham
               the
               Thing
               which
               I
               do
               ?
            
             
               Gen.
               xviii
               .
               17.
               
            
          
        
         
           
           
           
             Strange
             and
             Remarkable
             PREDICTIONS
             Of
             that
             Holy
             ,
             Learned
             ,
             and
             Excellent
             Bishop
             JAMES
             USHER
             ,
             Late
             Lord
             Primate
             of
             IRELAND
             .
          
           
             THE
             Author
             of
             the
             Life
             of
             this
             excellent
             and
             worthy
             Primate
             and
             Archbishop
             ,
             gives
             an
             Account
             that
             ,
             among
             other
             extraordinary
             Gifts
             and
             Graces
             ,
             which
             it
             pleased
             the
             Almighty
             to
             bestow
             upon
             him
             ,
             he
             was
             wonderfully
             endued
             with
             a
             Spirit
             of
             Prophecy
             ,
             whereby
             he
             gave
             out
             several
             true
             Predictions
             and
             Prophecies
             of
             Things
             a
             great
             while
             before
             they
             came
             to
             pass
             ,
             whereof
             some
             we
             have
             seen
             fulfilled
             ,
             and
             others
             remain
             y●t
             to
             be
             accomplished
             .
             
             And
             though
             he
             was
             one
             that
             abhorred
             Enthusiastic
             Notions
             ,
             being
             too
             learn●d
             ,
             rational
             ,
             and
             knowing
             ,
             to
             admit
             of
             such
             idle
             Freaks
             and
             Whimsies
             :
             Yet
             he
             professed
             ,
             
               That
               several
               Times
               in
               his
               Life
               he
               had
               many
               Things
               ,
               impressed
               upon
               his
               Mind
               concerning
               future
               Events
               ,
               with
               so
               much
               Warmness
               and
               Importunity
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               not
               able
               to
               keep
               them
               secret
               ,
               but
               lay
               under
               an
               unavoidable
               Necessity
               to
               make
               them
               known
               .
            
          
           
             From
             which
             Spirit
             he
             foretold
             the
             Irish
             Rebellion
             forty
             Years
             before
             it
             came
             to
             pass
             ,
             with
             the
             very
             Time
             when
             it
             should
             break
             forth
             ,
             in
             a
             Sermon
             preached
             in
             Dublin
             in
             1601
             ,
             where
             ,
             from
             Ezek.
             iv
             .
             6
             ,
             discoursing
             concerning
             the
             Prophets
             bearing
             the
             Iniquity
             of
             Iudah
             forty
             Days
             ,
             the
             Lord
             therein
             appointed
             a
             Day
             for
             a
             Year
             :
             He
             made
             this
             direct
             Application
             in
             relation
             to
             the
             Connivance
             at
             Popery
             at
             that
             Time.
             
               From
               this
               Year
            
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               will
               I
               reckon
               the
               Sin
               of
            
             Ireland
             ,
             
               that
               those
               whom
               you
               now
               embrace
               ,
               shall
               be
               your
               R●in
               ,
               and
               you
               shall
               bear
               this
               ●niquity
               .
            
             Which
             Prediction
             proved
             exactly
             true
             ,
             for
             from
             that
             Time
             1601
             ,
             to
             the
             Year
             1641
             ,
             was
             just
             forty
             Years
             ,
             in
             which
             it
             is
             notoriously
             known
             ,
             that
             the
             Rebellion
             and
             Destruction
             of
             Ireland
             happened
             ,
             which
             was
             acted
             by
             those
             Popish
             Priests
             ,
             and
             other
             Papists
             ,
             which
             were
             then
             connived
             at
             .
             And
             of
             this
             Sermon
             the
             Bishop
             reserved
             the
             Notes
             ,
             and
             put
             a
             Note
             thereof
             in
             the
             Margin
             of
             his
             Bible
             ;
             and
             for
             twenty
             years
             before
             ,
             he
             still
             lived
             in
             the
             Expectation
             of
             the
             fulfilling
             thereof
             ;
             and
             the
             nearer
             the
             Time
             was
             ,
             the
             more
             confident
             he
             
             was
             that
             it
             was
             near
             Accomplishment
             ,
             though
             there
             was
             no
             visible
             Appearance
             of
             any
             such
             Thing
             ;
             and
             ,
             (
             says
             Dr.
             Bernard
             )
             the
             Year
             before
             the
             Rebellion
             broke
             forth
             ,
             the
             Bishop
             taking
             his
             Leave
             of
             me
             ,
             being
             then
             going
             from
             Ireland
             to
             England
             ,
             he
             advised
             me
             to
             a
             serious
             Preparation
             ,
             for
             I
             should
             see
             heavy
             Sorrows
             and
             Miseries
             before
             I
             saw
             him
             again
             ,
             which
             he
             delivered
             with
             as
             great
             Confidence
             as
             if
             he
             had
             seen
             it
             with
             his
             Eyes
             ;
             which
             seems
             to
             verify
             that
             of
             the
             Prophet
             ,
             Amos
             iii.
             7.
             
             
               Surely
               the
               Lord
               will
               do
               nothing
               ,
               but
               he
               will
               reveal
               it
               to
               his
               Servants
               ,
               the
               Prophets
               .
            
          
           
             From
             this
             Spirit
             of
             Prophecy
             ,
             he
             foresaw
             the
             Changes
             and
             Miseries
             of
             England
             in
             Church
             and
             State
             ;
             for
             having
             in
             one
             of
             his
             Books
             ,
             called
             
               De
               Prim.
               Eccl.
               Brit.
            
             given
             a
             large
             Account
             of
             the
             Destruction
             of
             the
             Church
             and
             State
             of
             the
             Britons
             ,
             by
             the
             Saxons
             ,
             about
             ●50
             Years
             after
             Christ
             :
             He
             gives
             this
             among
             ●ther
             Reasons
             ,
             why
             he
             insisted
             so
             largely
             upon
             〈◊〉
             ;
             that
             he
             foresaw
             ,
             that
             a
             like
             Judgment
             was
             ●●et
             behind
             if
             timely
             Repentance
             and
             Reforma●●on
             did
             not
             prevent
             it
             ;
             and
             he
             would
             often
             ●ourn
             upon
             the
             Foresight
             of
             this
             long
             before
             it
             ●ame
             .
          
           
             From
             this
             Spirit
             he
             gave
             mournful
             Intima●●ons
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             our
             Sovereign
             Charles
             the
             〈◊〉
             ,
             of
             whom
             he
             would
             be
             often
             speaking
             〈◊〉
             Fear
             and
             Trembling
             ,
             even
             when
             the
             King
             〈◊〉
             the
             greatest
             Success
             ;
             and
             would
             therefore
             〈◊〉
             pray
             ,
             and
             gave
             all
             Advice
             possible
             〈◊〉
             prevent
             any
             such
             Thing
             .
          
           
             From
             this
             Spirit
             he
             foresaw
             his
             own
             Poverty
             
             in
             worldly
             Things
             ;
             and
             this
             he
             would
             often
             speak
             〈◊〉
             with
             Admiration
             to
             the
             Hearers
             ;
             when
             he
             was
             in
             his
             greatest
             Prosperity
             ,
             which
             the
             Event
             did
             most
             certainly
             verify
             .
          
           
             From
             this
             Spirit
             he
             predicted
             the
             Divisions
             and
             Con●usions
             in
             England
             in
             Matters
             of
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             sad
             Consequences
             thereof
             ;
             some
             of
             which
             we
             have
             seen
             fulfilled
             ;
             and
             I
             pray
             God
             ,
             the
             rest
             which
             he
             feared
             may
             not
             also
             be
             accomplished
             upon
             us
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             From
             this
             Spirit
             he
             foretold
             ,
             That
             the
             grea●●st
             Stroke
             upon
             the
             Reformed
             Church●s
             was
             yet
             to
             come
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Time
             of
             the
             utter
             Ruin
             of
             the
             See
             of
             Rome
             should
             be
             whe●
             she
             thought
             herself
             most
             secure
             :
             And
             as
             to
             thi●
             last
             ,
             I
             shall
             add
             a
             brief
             Account
             〈◊〉
             the
             Person
             's
             own
             Hand
             who
             was
             concerned
             therein
             which
             followeth
             in
             these
             Words
             :
          
           
             The
             Year
             before
             this
             Learned
             and
             Holy
             Primate
             Archbishop
             Usher
             ,
             died
             ,
             I
             went
             to
             him
             ,
             an●
             earnestly
             desired
             him
             ,
             to
             give
             me
             in
             Writing
             his
             Apprehensions
             concerning
             Justification
             ,
             an
             Sancti●ication
             by
             Christ
             :
             because
             I
             had
             for
             merly
             heard
             ●im
             preach
             upon
             those
             Point●
             wherein
             he
             seemed
             to
             make
             those
             great
             Mysteries
             more
             intelligible
             to
             my
             mean
             Capacity
             ,
             tha●
             any
             thing
             which
             I
             had
             ever
             heard
             from
             〈◊〉
             other
             :
             But
             because
             I
             had
             but
             an
             imperfect
             〈◊〉
             confused
             Remembrance
             of
             the
             Particulars
             ,
             took
             the
             Boldness
             to
             importune
             him
             ,
             that
             〈◊〉
             would
             please
             to
             give
             a
             brief
             Account
             of
             them
             〈◊〉
             Writing
             ,
             whereby
             I
             might
             the
             better
             impri●●
             them
             in
             my
             Memory
             ;
             of
             which
             he
             would
             〈◊〉
             have
             excused
             himself
             ,
             by
             declaring
             his
             〈◊〉
             
             of
             not
             writing
             any
             more
             ;
             adding
             ,
             That
             if
             he
             did
             write
             any
             thing
             it
             should
             not
             exceed
             above
             a
             Sheet
             or
             two
             :
             But
             upon
             my
             continued
             Importunity
             ,
             I
             at
             last
             obtained
             his
             Promise
             .
          
           
             He
             coming
             to
             Town
             some
             Time
             after
             ,
             was
             pleased
             to
             give
             me
             a
             Visit
             at
             my
             own
             House
             where
             I
             failed
             not
             to
             challenge
             the
             Benefit
             of
             the
             Promise
             he
             had
             made
             me
             :
             He
             replied
             ,
             
               That
               he
               had
               not
               writ
               ,
               and
               yet
               he
               could
               not
               charge
               himself
               with
               any
               Breach
               of
               Promise
               ;
               For
            
             (
             said
             he
             )
             
               I
               did
               begin
               to
               write
               ,
               but
               when
               I
               came
               to
               write
               of
               Sanctification
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               of
               the
               New
               Creature
               which
               God
               formeth
               by
               his
               Spirit
               in
               every
               Soul
               which
               he
               doth
               truly
               regenerate
               ,
               I
               found
               so
               little
               of
               it
               wrought
               in
               myself
               ,
               that
               I
               could
               speak
               of
               it
               only
               as
               Parrots
               by
               Rote
               ,
               and
               without
               the
               Knowledge
               and
               Understanding
               of
               what
               I
               might
               have
               expressed
               ,
               and
               therefore
               I
               durst
               not
               presume
               to
               proceed
               any
               further
               upon
               it
               .
            
          
           
             And
             when
             I
             seemed
             to
             sta●d
             amazed
             ,
             to
             hear
             such
             an
             humble
             Confession
             from
             so
             great
             and
             experienced
             a
             Christian
             ,
             He
             added
             ,
             
               I
               must
               tell
               you
               ,
               We
               do
               not
               well
               understand
               what
               Sanctification
               and
               the
               New
               Creature
               are
               ;
               It
               is
               no
               less
               than
               for
               a
               Man
               to
               be
               brought
               to
               an
               entire
               Resignation
               of
               his
               Will
               to
               the
               Will
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               to
               live
               in
               the
               Offering
               up
               of
               his
               Soul
               continually
               in
               the
               Flames
               of
               Love
               ,
               as
               a
               whole
               burnt
               Offering
               to
               Christ
               ;
               and
               how
               little
            
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               are
               many
               of
               those
               who
               profess
               Christianity
               experimentally
               acquainted
               with
               this
               Work
               on
               their
               Souls
               ?
            
          
           
             By
             this
             Discourse
             ,
             I
             conceived
             he
             had
             very
             excellently
             and
             clearly
             discovered
             to
             me
             that
             
             par●
             of
             Sanctification
             which
             he
             was
             unwilling
             to
             write
             .
          
           
             I
             then
             presumed
             to
             enquire
             of
             him
             what
             his
             present
             Apprehensions
             were
             concerning
             a
             very
             great
             Persecution
             which
             should
             fall
             upon
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             in
             these
             Nations
             of
             
               England
               ,
               Scotland
            
             ,
             and
             Ireland
             ,
             of
             which
             this
             reverend
             Primate
             had
             spoken
             with
             great
             Confidence
             many
             Years
             before
             ,
             when
             we
             were
             in
             the
             highest
             and
             fullest
             State
             of
             outward
             Peace
             and
             Settlement
             .
             I
             asked
             him
             whether
             he
             did
             believe
             those
             sad
             Times
             to
             be
             past
             ,
             or
             that
             they
             were
             yet
             to
             come
             ?
             To
             which
             he
             answered
             ,
             
               That
               they
               were
               yet
               to
               come
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               did
               as
               confidently
               expect
               i●
               as
               ever
               he
               had
               done
               ,
            
             adding
             ,
             
               That
               this
               sad
               per●ecution
               would
               fall
               upon
               all
               the
               Protestan●
               Churches
               of
            
             Europe
             ;
             I
             replied
             ,
             That
             I
             did
             hope
             it
             might
             have
             been
             past
             as
             to
             these
             Nations
             of
             ours
             ,
             since
             I
             thought
             that
             th●ugh
             we
             ,
             who
             are
             the
             People
             thereof
             ,
             have
             been
             punished
             much
             less
             than
             our
             Sins
             have
             deserved
             ,
             and
             that
             our
             late
             Wars
             had
             made
             far
             less
             Devastations
             than
             War
             commonly
             brings
             upon
             those
             Countries
             where
             it
             pleaseth
             God
             in
             Judgment
             to
             suffer
             it
             ;
             yet
             we
             must
             needs
             acknowledge
             ,
             that
             many
             great
             Houses
             had
             been
             burnt
             ,
             ruined
             ,
             and
             left
             without
             Inhabitants
             ,
             many
             great
             Families
             impoverished
             and
             undone
             ,
             and
             many
             Thousand
             Lives
             also
             had
             been
             lost
             in
             that
             bloody
             War
             ,
             and
             that
             Ireland
             and
             Scotland
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             England
             ,
             had
             drank
             very
             deep
             of
             the
             Cup
             of
             God's
             Anger
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             Overthrow
             of
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             the
             utter
             Desolation
             almost
             of
             a
             very
             great
             Part
             of
             those
             Countries
             .
          
           
           
             But
             this
             Holy
             Man
             turning
             to
             me
             ,
             and
             fixing
             his
             eyes
             upon
             me
             with
             that
             serious
             and
             ireful
             look
             which
             he
             usually
             had
             when
             he
             spake
             God's
             Word
             ,
             and
             not
             his
             own
             ,
             and
             when
             the
             Power
             of
             God
             seemed
             to
             be
             upon
             him
             ,
             and
             to
             constrain●
             him
             to
             speak
             ,
             which
             I
             could
             easily
             discern
             much
             to
             differ
             from
             the
             countenance
             wherewith
             he
             usually
             spake
             to
             me
             ;
             He
             said
             thus
             :
          
           
             
               Fool
               not
               yourself
               with
               such
               hopes
               ,
               for
               I
               tell
               you
               all
               you
               have
               yet
               seen
               ,
               hath
               been
               but
               the
               beginning
               of
               Sorrows
               to
               what
               is
               yet
               to
               come
               upon
               the
               Protestant
               Churches
               of
               Christ
               ,
               who
               will
               ,
               ere
               long
               ,
               fall
               under
               a
               sharper
               persecution
               than
               ever
               yet
               was
               upon
               them
               ;
               and
               therefore
               (
               
                 said
                 he
                 to
                 me
              
               )
               look
               you
               be
               not
               found
               in
               the
               outward
               Court
               ,
               but
               a
               Worshiper
               in
               the
               Temple
               before
               the
               Altar
               ,
               for
               Christ
               will
               measure
               all
               those
               that
               profess
               his
               name
               ,
               and
               call
               themselves
               his
               People
               ;
               and
               the
               outward
               Worshippers
               he
               will
               leave
               out
               to
               be
               trodden
               down
               by
               the
               Gentiles
               .
               The
               outward
               Court
               (
               
                 says
                 he
              
               )
               is
               the
               formal
               Christian
               ,
               whose
               Religion
               lies
               in
               performing
               the
               outside
               duties
               of
               Christianity
               ,
               without
               having
               an
               inward
               Life
               and
               Power
               of
               Faith
               and
               Love
               ,
               uniting
               them
               to
               Christ
               ,
               and
               these
               God
               will
               leave
               to
               be
               trodden
               down
               ,
               and
               swept
               away
               by
               the
               Gentiles
               ;
               but
               the
               Worshippers
               within
               the
               Temple
               ,
               and
               before
               the
               Altar
               ,
               are
               those
               who
               do
               indeed
               worship
               God
               in
               spirit
               and
               in
               truth
               ,
               whose
               souls
               are
               made
               his
               Temples
               ,
               and
               he
               is
               honoured
               and
               adored
               in
               the
               most
               inward
               Thoughts
               of
               their
               Hearts
               ,
               and
               they
               sacrifice
               
               their
               lusts
               and
               vile
               affections
               ,
               yea
               ,
               and
               their
               own
               wills
               to
               him
               ;
               and
               these
               God
               will
               hide
               in
               the
               hollow
               of
               his
               hand
               ,
               and
               under
               the
               shadow
               of
               his
               wings
               ;
               and
               this
               shall
               be
               one
               great
               diffe●●nce
               between
               this
               last
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               other
               preceding
               Persecutions
               ;
               for
               in
               the
               former
               ,
               the
               most
               eminent
               and
               spiritual
               Ministers
               and
               Christians
               did
               generally
               〈◊〉
               most
               ,
               and
               were
               most
               v●olently
               fallen
               upon
               ,
               but
               in
               this
               last
               Persecuti●●
               these
               shall
               be
               preserved
               by
               God
               as
               a
               Seed
               to
               p●rtake
               of
               that
               glory
               which
               shall
               immediately
               fo●●ow
               and
               come
               upon
               the
               Church
               ,
               as
               soon
               as
               eve●
               this
               storm
               shall
               be
               over
               ;
               for
               as
               it
               shall
               be
               the
               ●●arpest
               ,
               so
               it
               shall
               be
               the
               short●st
               Persecution
               〈◊〉
               them
               all
               ,
               and
               sha●l
               only
               take
               away
               the
               gross
               ●●ypocrites
               and
               formal
               Professors
               ,
               but
               the
               〈◊〉
               spiritual
               Believers
               shall
               be
               preserved
               till
               〈◊〉
               calamity
               be
               〈◊〉
               .
            
          
           
             I
             then
             asked
             him
             by
             what
             means
             or
             instruments
             this
             great
             trial
             was
             to
             be
             brought
             on
             ?
             ●e
             answered
             ,
             by
             the
             Papists
             ;
             I
             replied
             ,
             that
             it
             〈◊〉
             to
             me
             very
             improbable
             they
             should
             be
             able
             to
             do
             it
             ,
             since
             they
             were
             now
             little
             countenan●ed
             ,
             and
             〈◊〉
             in
             these
             nations
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             hea●●s
             o●
             the
             People
             were
             m●re
             set
             against
             〈◊〉
             than
             eve●
             〈◊〉
             the
             Reformation
             .
             He
             〈◊〉
             again
             ,
             
               That
               it
               would
               be
               by
               the
               hands
               of
               Pa●is●s
               ,
               in
               a
               time
               when
               they
               would
               be
               in
               gr●at
               power
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               way
               of
               a
               sudden
               〈◊〉
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               Pope
               should
               be
               the
               chief
               instrument
               of
               it
               .
            
          
           
             All
             this
             he
             spake
             with
             so
             great
             assurance
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             same
             serious
             and
             concerned
             〈…〉
             which
             I
             have
             before
             observed
             him
             to
             have
             ,
             
             when
             I
             have
             heard
             him
             foretel
             some
             things
             which
             in
             all
             human
             appearance
             were
             very
             unlikely
             to
             come
             to
             pass
             ,
             which
             yet
             I
             myself
             have
             lived
             to
             see
             happen
             according
             to
             his
             prediction
             ,
             and
             this
             made
             me
             give
             the
             more
             earnest
             attention
             to
             what
             he
             then
             uttered
             .
          
           
             He
             then
             added
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Pa●ists
               were
               th●
               Gentiles
               spoken
               of
               in
               the
               11th
               of
               the
               Revelations
               ,
               to
               whom
               the
               outward
               Court
               should
               be
               left
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               tread
               it
               under
               foot
               ,
               they
               having
               received
               the
               Gentiles
               worship
               in
               their
               adoring
               Images
               ,
               and
               Saints
               departed
               ,
               and
               in
               taking
               to
               themselves
               many
               Mediators
               ;
               and
               this
               (
               said
               he
               )
               the
               Papists
               are
               always
               designing
               among
               themselves
               ,
               therefore
               be
               sure
               you
               be
               ready
               ▪
               and
               not
               found
               wanting
               .
            
          
           
             This
             was
             the
             substance
             ,
             and
             ,
             I
             think
             ,
             for
             the
             greatest
             part
             ,
             the
             very
             same
             words
             which
             this
             Holy
             Man
             spake
             to
             me
             at
             the
             time
             before
             mentioned
             ,
             not
             long
             before
             his
             death
             ,
             and
             which
             I
             writ
             down
             ,
             that
             so
             great
             and
             notable
             a
             prediction
             might
             not
             b●-lost
             and
             forgotten
             by
             myself
             nor
             others
             .
          
           
             This
             gracious
             man
             repeated
             the
             same
             things
             in
             substaace
             to
             his
             only
             daughter
             the
             Lady
             Tyr●il
             ,
             and
             that
             with
             many
             tears
             ,
             and
             much
             about
             the
             same
             time
             that
             he
             had
             expressed
             what
             is
             aforesaid
             to
             me
             ,
             and
             which
             the
             Lady
             Tyrril
             assured
             me
             of
             with
             her
             own
             m●uth
             to
             this
             purpose
             :
          
           
             That
             opening
             the
             Door
             of
             his
             Chamber
             ,
             she
             found
             him
             with
             his
             Eyes
             lift
             up
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             the
             Tears
             running
             apace
             down
             his
             Cheeks
             ,
             and
             〈…〉
             
             continued
             for
             about
             half
             an
             Hour
             ,
             not
             taking
             the
             least
             Notice
             of
             her
             ,
             though
             she
             came
             into
             the
             Room
             ;
             but
             at
             last
             turning
             to
             her
             ,
             he
             told
             her
             ,
             That
             his
             Thoughts
             had
             been
             taken
             up
             about
             the
             Miseries
             and
             Persecutions
             that
             were
             coming
             upon
             the
             Churches
             of
             Christ
             ,
             which
             would
             be
             so
             sharp
             and
             bitter
             ,
             that
             the
             Contemplation
             of
             them
             had
             fetched
             those
             Tears
             from
             his
             Eyes
             .
          
           
             The
             same
             Things
             he
             also
             repeated
             to
             the
             Lady
             Bysse
             ,
             wife
             to
             the
             then
             present
             Lord
             Chief
             Baron
             of
             Ireland
             ,
             but
             with
             adding
             this
             circumstance
             ,
             wo
             unto
             them
             that
             are
             found
             unprepared
             for
             it
             .
          
           
             ●o
             conclude
             in
             the
             words
             of
             Dr.
             Bernard
             ,
             speaking
             of
             this
             excellent
             person
             ,
             
               Now
               howsoever
               I
               may
               be
               as
               far
               from
               heeding
               of
               Prophe●cies
               this
               way
               as
               any
               ,
               yet
               with
               me
               it
               is
               not
               improbable
               ,
               that
               so
               great
               a
               Prophet
               ,
               so
               sanctified
               from
               his
               youth
               ,
               so
               knowing
               and
               eminent
               throughout
               the
               Universal
               Church
               ,
               might
               have
               at
               some
               special
               times
               more
               than
               ordinary
               motions
               and
               impulses
               in
               doing
               the
               Watchman's
               part
               of
               giving
               warning
               of
               judgments
               approaching
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           From
           M`
           Auliffe's
           Prophecies
           .
        
         
           AND
           in
           those
           days
           it
           shall
           come
           to
           pass
           ,
           that
           the
           nations
           of
           Europe
           will
           be
           moved
           to
           war
           ,
           and
           that
           mighty
           men
           and
           princes
           will
           unite
           from
           all
           corners
           of
           the
           ea●th
           to
           maintain
           their
           power
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           will
           gather
           from
           all
           quarters
           thousands
           and
           tens
           of
           thousands
           to
           fight
           their
           battles
           ,
           and
           establish
           their
           dominions
           over
           multitudes
           and
           nations
           ;
           but
           their
           arms
           shall
           avail
           them
           nought
           :
           in
           their
           union
           they
           shall
           find
           destruction
           ,
           and
           their
           mighty
           hosts
           shall
           be
           scattered
           like
           chaff
           before
           the
           wind
           ;
           pestilence
           and
           famine
           shall
           overtake
           those
           who
           escape
           from
           the
           sword
           ,
           and
           few
           shall
           live
           to
           bring
           home
           the
           news
           of
           their
           mishap
           ▪
           and
           defeats
           .
           The
           stars
           of
           nations
           shall
           then
           fall
           ,
           and
           desolation
           shall
           reign
           among
           the
           great
           and
           proud
           of
           the
           earth
           ;
           for
           their
           ways
           are
           the
           ways
           of
           ungodliness
           ,
           and
           their
           paths
           are
           those
           of
           injustice
           and
           oppression
           .
           In
           those
           days
           (
           and
           they
           are
           at
           hand
           )
           the
           mighty
           Lord
           of
           truth
           shall
           avenge
           the
           injuries
           of
           his
           people
           ,
           and
           his
           name
           shall
           be
           known
           throughout
           .
           The
           reign
           of
           his
           justice
           shall
           succeed
           that
           of
           his
           mercy
           ,
           and
           long
           forbearance
           ;
           his
           mighty
           arm
           shall
           exalt
           the
           humble
           ,
           and
           prostrate
           the
           proud
           .
           It
           shall
           also
           come
           to
           pass
           in
           those
           days
           ,
           that
           the
           blood
           of
           Africans
           shall
           be
           repaid
           ,
           and
           slavery
           shall
           be
           no
           more
           ;
           the
           beams
           of
           truth
           all
           strike
           on
           the
           eyes
           of
           all
           nations
           ,
           and
           
           Evangelical
           love
           shall
           pervade
           all
           hearts
           ,
           equa●
           rights
           shall
           be
           the
           foundation
           of
           continua●
           peace
           ;
           and
           the
           glory
           of
           all
           people
           shall
           be
           to
           know
           the
           Lord
           of
           armies
           ,
           and
           obey
           his
           eternal
           laws
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           to
           be
           lamented
           that
           the
           Compiler
           could
           not
           collect
           the
           whole
           of
           this
           great
           man's
           predictions
           ,
           but
           hopes
           to
           get
           them
           shortly
           ,
           being
           promised
           them
           by
           a
           friend
           ,
           who
           will
           interpret
           them
           faithfully
           from
           the
           old
           Irish.
           The
           families
           of
           M`
           Auliffes
           were
           formerly
           an
           ancient
           Irish
           family
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Cork
           ,
           and
           possessed
           of
           large
           estates
           there
           ;
           some
           of
           which
           are
           now
           enjoyed
           by
           the
           respectable
           families
           of
           the
           name
           of
           St.
           Leger
           ,
           who
           purchased
           them
           ;
           this
           great
           prophet
           foretold
           the
           transferring
           of
           all
           the
           family
           property
           ,
           and
           the
           total
           extinction
           of
           his
           name
           ,
           which
           he
           said
           would
           be
           forgotten
           ,
           and
           hardly
           remembered
           by
           the
           rising
           generations
           ;
           which
           has
           all
           turned
           out
           as
           ●e
           foretold
           .
           He
           also
           foretold
           a
           gentleman
           in
           his
           days
           ,
           named
           Anthony
           St.
           Leger
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           live
           to
           a
           great
           age
           ,
           providing
           he
           would
           never
           pass
           over
           Bennet's
           Bridge
           in
           the
           county
           of
           Kilkenny
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           would
           ,
           that
           there
           he
           most
           undoubtedly
           was
           to
           lose
           his
           life
           ;
           but
           as
           destiny
           in
           human
           circumstances
           is
           by
           some
           deemed
           unavoidable
           ,
           it
           was
           most
           unfortunately
           verified
           in
           Mr.
           S.
           who
           lost
           his
           life
           by
           a
           gun
           shot
           at
           Bennet's
           Bridge
           ,
           by
           the
           following
           accident
           :
           —
           One
           of
           his
           carriage
           horses
           had
           dropped
           a
           shoe
           traveling
           through
           that
           country
           ,
           from
           which
           accident
           Mr.
           S.
           could
           not
           pursue
           his
           journey
           without
           getting
           a
           shoe
           on
           his
           beast
           ,
           and
           being
           told
           there
           
           was
           a
           smith's
           forge
           at
           Bennet's
           Bridge
           ,
           on
           his
           way
           ,
           he
           drove
           to
           the
           fatal
           place
           (
           where
           a
           forge
           remains
           to
           this
           day
           )
           but
           there
           had
           not
           been
           any
           person
           at
           work
           in
           it
           ;
           the
           smith
           was
           found
           ,
           and
           applied
           to
           ,
           to
           put
           a
           shoe
           on
           the
           horse
           with
           all
           convenient
           dispatch
           ;
           who
           excused
           himself
           ,
           saying
           he
           had
           no
           iron
           .
           The
           horse
           being
           lame
           ,
           and
           not
           able
           to
           go
           on
           further
           without
           a
           shoe
           ,
           necessitated
           Mr.
           S.
           to
           get
           out
           of
           his
           carriage
           and
           im●ortune
           the
           smith
           to
           search
           diligently
           for
           iron
           sufficient
           for
           the
           purpose
           ▪
           when
           after
           a
           long
           research
           it
           could
           not
           be
           obtained
           ,
           without
           having
           recourse
           to
           an
           old
           rusty
           gun
           barrel
           ,
           from
           which
           a
           shot
           had
           not
           been
           fired
           p●rhaps
           for
           half
           a
           century
           b●fore
           ,
           and
           being
           in
           some
           useful
           position
           ,
           was
           at
           length
           put
           into
           the
           furnace
           by
           the
           smith
           with
           reluctance
           ,
           for
           the
           ●urpose
           of
           taking
           off
           sufficient
           to
           make
           an
           horse●
           shoe
           :
           little
           did
           Mr.
           S.
           think
           of
           M`
           Auliffe's
           prophecy
           ,
           or
           eternity
           at
           hand
           ,
           whilst
           he
           stood
           in
           the
           forge
           all
           the
           time
           .
           The
           rusty
           old
           gunbarrel
           ,
           which
           had
           been
           load●d
           with
           powder
           and
           ball
           of
           a
           long
           time
           ,
           no
           sooner
           had
           got
           the
           heat
           of
           the
           fire
           ,
           than
           the
           contents
           went
           off
           ,
           and
           unluckily
           killed
           Mr.
           S.
           on
           the
           spot
           ,
           which
           shews
           that
           Mr.
           S.
           had
           either
           disbelieved
           or
           had
           forgotten
           the
           Prophet's
           caution
           ,
           which
           too
           often
           has
           been
           the
           case
           of
           many
           ,
           who
           are
           ashamed
           of
           taking
           council
           in
           pe●ilous
           cases
           .
           least
           they
           may
           become
           thereby
           subjects
           for
           the
           ridicule
           of
           their
           more
           hardened
           acquaintances
           .
        
         
           The
           following
           other
           prophecy
           of
           M'Auliffe's
           ,
           has
           not
           yet
           come
           to
           pass
           ,
           and
           is
           dev●utly
           hoped
           it
           never
           may
           .
           —
           When
           every
           running
           
           water
           in
           Ireland
           shall
           turn
           a
           mill
           wheel
           ,
           the●
           shall
           the
           Protestants
           and
           Romanists
           (
           Papists
           )
           kill
           each
           other
           with
           great
           slaughter
           .
           But
           as
           his
           prophecies
           have
           been
           spoken
           and
           wrote
           in
           Irish
           ,
           it
           is
           left
           with
           the
           wise
           and
           sagacious
           to
           explain
           his
           words
           ,
           which
           signify
           battles
           between
           the
           Sasanoughs
           and
           Irish.
           The
           Irish
           word
           Sasanough
           signifies
           an
           English
           Protestant
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           difficult
           to
           explain
           ;
           whether
           between
           the
           people
           of
           the
           Romish
           persuasion
           ,
           aginst
           the
           other
           dissenting
           sects
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           or
           nation
           against
           nation
           ,
           is
           not
           easy
           to
           say
           .
        
         
           Another
           of
           his
           prophecies
           is
           as
           follows
           :
           
             
               In
               seventeen
               hundred
               ninety
               and
               five
               ,
            
             
               Whoever
               will
               be
               at
               that
               period
               alive
               ,
            
             
               Will
               see
               plenty
               revisit
               this
               fortunate
               land
               ,
            
             
               And
               Ireland
               emerg'd
               from
               her
               slavish
               command
               ;
            
             
               Ere
               the
               period
               arrives
               will
               a
               torrent
               of
               blood
               ,
            
             
               Discolour'd
               ,
               be
               forc'd
               from
               it's
               primitive
               flood
               ;
            
             
               The
               verdure
               of
               Spring
               will
               be
               shaded
               with
               red
               ,
            
             
               And
               the
               fruits
               of
               the
               earth
               oppress'd
               with
               the
               dead
               .
            
          
        
         
           It
           should
           be
           seriously
           remarked
           ,
           that
           the
           year
           1795
           has
           been
           pointed
           out
           particularly
           by
           different
           Prophets
           ,
           as
           a
           year
           of
           greater
           destruction
           and
           human
           slaughter
           than
           any
           year
           previous
           ;
           even
           Mrs.
           Shipton
           prophecied
           a
           century
           or
           two
           back
           ,
           that
           E
           —
           's
           ruin
           would
           begin
           in
           1792
           ,
           and
           terminate
           in
           1795.
           
           The
           wicked
           in
           all
           nations
           and
           ages
           ridicule
           prophecies
           ,
           never
           acknowledging
           the
           ordained
           will
           of
           an
           angry
           Providence
           ;
           yet
           they
           are
           always
           more
           fearful
           than
           such
           as
           believe
           :
           and
           though
           it
           appears
           in
           
           holy
           writ
           ,
           that
           revolutions
           happen
           from
           the
           foundation
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           will
           to
           the
           end
           of
           time
           ;
           yet
           the
           Almighty
           always
           ,
           and
           without
           exception
           ,
           gives
           some
           people
           the
           gift
           of
           foretelling
           such
           changes
           in
           human
           affairs
           ,
           and
           expressly
           declares
           he
           will
           not
           do
           any
           such
           things
           ,
           but
           he
           will
           first
           impart
           to
           his
           servants
           the
           Prophets
           .
           And
           as
           often
           as
           he
           threatens
           his
           creatures
           with
           any
           dreadful
           change
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           convince
           them
           it
           proceeds
           from
           his
           wrath
           and
           indignation
           ,
           originating
           from
           their
           intolerable
           wickedness
           ,
           and
           changing
           his
           love
           into
           hatred
           ,
           yet
           always
           and
           at
           all
           times
           promises
           to
           withhold
           the
           scourge
           or
           persecution
           ,
           if
           the
           threatened
           nations
           of
           people
           will
           cry
           out
           for
           mercy
           ,
           and
           call
           in
           fervency
           upon
           his
           holy
           name
           ,
           to
           come
           to
           their
           a●●istance
           ,
           and
           avert
           his
           dreadful
           wrath
           and
           vengeance
           from
           them
           ,
           but
           they
           seldom
           or
           never
           do
           ,
           though
           he
           quotes
           examples
           (
           to
           every
           succeeding
           generation
           in
           vain
           )
           viz.
           Noah's
           flood
           ,
           the
           cities
           of
           Sodom
           and
           Gomorrah
           ,
           with
           many
           others
           ,
           when
           the
           people
           laughed
           at
           predictions
           ,
           and
           timely
           advice
           ,
           as
           they
           do
           still
           .
           In
           the
           whole
           course
           of
           human
           affairs
           holy
           writ
           proves
           his
           threats
           and
           promises
           are
           all
           conditional
           ,
           calculated
           to
           stimulate
           people
           to
           call
           always
           on
           him
           for
           mercy
           ,
           and
           to
           execute
           his
           easy
           commands
           ,
           particularly
           his
           doctrines
           in
           the
           new
           Testament
           ;
           be
           their
           accursed
           hearts
           are
           hardened
           ,
           and
           the
           shut
           the
           gates
           of
           their
           understanding
           again●●
           him
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           blind
           career
           of
           their
           lives
           have
           insensibly
           bid
           defiance
           to
           him
           and
           his
           laws
           .
           
           that
           the
           text
           of
           scripture
           in
           the
           book
           of
           Esdras
           may
           be
           fulfilled
           to
           their
           eternal
           condemnation
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Lord
           God
           desires
           Esdras
           not
           mind
           who
           shall
           be
           damned
           ,
           but
           seek
           after
           them
           who
           shall
           be
           saved
           ,
           for
           Hell
           was
           created
           for
           the
           multitude
           ,
           and
           Heaven
           for
           the
           few
           .
           Let
           all
           who
           read
           this
           book
           strive
           to
           be
           of
           that
           few
           ,
           and
           mind
           the
           rules
           mentioned
           therein
           ,
           and
           also
           in
           the
           new
           Testament
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           do
           not
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           outcasts
           in
           Hell
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           finery
           and
           ●rippery
           here
           ,
           will
           be
           their
           open
           and
           everlasting
           shame
           there
           .
           If
           the
           bible
           was
           universally
           ●●ad
           ,
           and
           fulfilled
           to
           the
           utmost
           of
           human
           power
           ,
           the
           mighty
           God
           would
           not
           have
           so
           great
           cause
           against
           his
           creatures
           ,
           or
           to
           warn
           them
           to
           turn
           to
           him
           (
           the
           merciful
           and
           loving
           Father
           )
           by
           the
           voice
           of
           Prophets
           and
           other
           warnings
           ,
           than
           that
           blessed
           book
           .
           Is
           he
           not
           constantly
           looking
           down
           from
           his
           holy
           mountain
           (
           the
           variety
           of
           the
           glories
           and
           pleasures
           of
           which
           never
           yet
           entered
           the
           heart
           of
           mankind
           to
           conceive
           the
           least
           idea
           of
           ,
           )
           on
           the
           wicked
           universe
           with
           grief
           and
           sorrow
           ,
           saying
           ,
           O
           my
           people
           ,
           my
           people
           ,
           how
           often
           would
           I
           have
           gathered
           ye
           together
           ,
           as
           a
           hen
           gathers
           her
           chickens
           ,
           but
           ye
           would
           not
           .
           Hear
           now
           ,
           Readers
           ,
           you
           have
           a
           loving
           God
           ,
           a
           weeping
           God
           ,
           and
           a
           God
           who
           tells
           you
           in
           the
           bible
           his
           nature
           and
           his
           name
           is
           Love
           ,
           with
           out-stretched
           arms
           ,
           open
           to
           receive
           ●very
           one
           that
           will
           turn
           unto
           him
           ,
           but
           ye
           will
           not
           ;
           therefore
           ,
           if
           you
           do
           not
           ,
           when
           you
           die
           (
           a●ter
           performing
           faithfully
           all
           the
           works
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           by
           greedily
           desiring
           and
           pursuing
           with
           your
           wicked
           hearts
           and
           inclinations
           ,
           
           the
           alluring
           ways
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           in
           which
           all
           your
           thoughts
           are
           enveloped
           )
           expect
           the
           dreadful
           sentence
           from
           him
           ,
           who
           will
           then
           ,
           he
           says
           ,
           appear
           to
           ye
           as
           a
           roaring
           Lion
           ,
           and
           say
           I
           know
           ye
           not
           ;
           go
           ye
           accursed
           into
           everlasting
           torments
           ,
           prepared
           for
           the
           Devil
           and
           his
           servants
           .
           Let
           none
           be
           alarmed
           at
           the
           revolution
           in
           France
           ,
           such
           revolutions
           must
           happen
           in
           all
           idolatrous
           nations
           ;
           they
           corroborate
           with
           the
           holy
           bible
           ,
           a
           nation
           shall
           be
           converted
           in
           a
           day
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           emerging
           from
           idolatry
           and
           idolatrous
           persecution
           ,
           at
           destined
           periods
           ,
           in
           the
           fulness
           of
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Most
           High
           ,
           and
           so
           on
           previous
           to
           the
           coming
           of
           the
           great
           Judge
           ,
           idolatrous
           Monarchs
           must
           be
           all
           cut
           off
           .
           But
           if
           mighty
           men
           should
           plan
           and
           scheme
           for
           centuries
           to
           reduce
           things
           to
           their
           own
           human
           weak
           and
           wicked
           wishes
           ,
           their
           labour
           is
           in
           vain
           ,
           they
           are
           mocked
           by
           God
           ,
           they
           cannot
           see
           into
           the
           great
           causes
           ;
           they
           are
           greedy
           for
           dominion
           and
           filthy
           lucre
           ,
           they
           are
           cruel
           and
           unjust
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           ways
           are
           an
           abomination
           before
           the
           face
           of
           the
           great
           One
           ;
           they
           are
           poor
           ,
           blind
           ,
           naked
           ,
           miserable
           ,
           foolish
           and
           wicked
           .
           Give
           attention
           now
           ●ll
           who
           never
           go●
           the
           gift
           of
           repentance
           from
           above
           ,
           read
           the
           new
           Testament
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           imaginary
           innocent
           among
           ye
           ,
           will
           find
           yourselves
           fitted
           for
           Hell's
           torments
           ;
           rouse
           to
           immediate
           repentance
           ,
           call
           on
           the
           Most
           High
           for
           mercy
           ,
           cease
           from
           Hell-born
           wickedness
           ,
           such
           as
           gambling
           ,
           night
           parties
           ,
           revelling
           ,
           balls
           ,
           assembli●s
           ,
           drums
           ,
           hellish
           masquerades
           ,
           drunkenness
           ,
           glu●tony
           ,
           
           dress
           ,
           and
           pride
           ,
           which
           Christ
           says
           is
           of
           your
           father
           the
           Devil
           ;
           cease
           from
           superfluous
           dress
           ,
           be
           a
           Quaker
           entirely
           in
           dress
           ,
           and
           a
           very
           plain
           one
           ,
           for
           your
           soul's
           sake
           ,
           to
           obey
           Christ
           ,
           and
           fulfill
           the
           holy
           scriptures
           ,
           cry
           aloud
           to
           the
           Most
           High
           (
           with
           the
           true
           baptismal
           tears
           of
           repentance
           )
           which
           is
           the
           real
           water
           baptism
           of
           salvation
           ,
           previous
           to
           the
           operation
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           and
           externally
           described
           in
           the
           third
           chapter
           of
           St.
           John
           in
           the
           new
           Testament
           .
           Beware
           of
           hypocrisy
           ,
           ostentation
           ,
           and
           falsehood
           ,
           banish
           these
           hydras
           from
           the
           inmost
           recesses
           of
           your
           hearts
           ;
           make
           room
           there
           for
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           to
           dwell
           in
           ,
           for
           with
           them
           hydras
           he
           cannot
           dwell
           ,
           and
           without
           him
           do
           not
           trouble
           yourselves
           to
           look
           forward
           to
           salvation
           ;
           do
           not
           strive
           to
           please
           human
           creatures
           ,
           or
           you
           cannot
           please
           God
           ;
           talk
           no
           more
           of
           fashions
           or
           of
           the
           circle
           of
           your
           acquaintances
           ,
           such
           conversation
           is
           abominable
           to
           God
           ;
           boast
           no
           more
           of
           your
           acquaintances
           ,
           Lord
           such
           a
           one
           ,
           or
           Lady
           such
           a
           one
           ,
           they
           are
           earth
           and
           dirt
           ,
           titles
           are
           sacrilegeous
           and
           blasphemous
           ,
           which
           is
           always
           the
           consequence
           of
           accursed
           wealth
           ,
           for
           wealth
           is
           a
           curse
           from
           God
           ,
           because
           it
           never
           was
           and
           never
           will
           be
           applied
           as
           God
           commanded
           it
           ,
           therefore
           he
           declares
           it
           is
           harder
           for
           a
           wealthy
           person
           to
           enter
           the
           kingdom
           of
           Heaven
           than
           for
           a
           camel
           to
           go
           through
           the
           eye
           of
           a
           needle
           ;
           when
           a
           person
           gets
           wealth
           he
           gets
           pride
           ,
           and
           contempt
           for
           all
           who
           do
           not
           possess
           the
           same
           curse
           ,
           wealth
           ,
           and
           in
           consequence
           of
           that
           wealth
           and
           pride
           ,
           the
           Devil
           instigates
           him
           to
           renounce
           his
           name
           ,
           and
           take
           the
           ridiculous
           
           name
           of
           a
           river
           ,
           a
           town
           ,
           a
           hill
           ,
           or
           a
           province
           ,
           and
           tacks
           God's
           name
           and
           title
           to
           it
           .
           Then
           he
           is
           exalted
           ,
           and
           God
           positively
           declares
           and
           says
           ,
           whoever
           exalts
           himself
           shall
           surely
           be
           abased
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           cast
           into
           Hell
           ;
           and
           thus
           does
           the
           Devil
           sport
           with
           all
           wealthy
           people
           ,
           and
           proud
           people
           ,
           and
           dressy
           people
           .
           Dress
           draws
           every
           curse
           from
           God
           down
           upon
           the
           soul
           ;
           the
           more
           dressy
           ,
           the
           more
           vicious
           ;
           clothing
           was
           first
           invented
           to
           cover
           sin
           and
           shame
           ,
           and
           ought
           therefore
           be
           as
           plain
           as
           possible
           ,
           besides
           God
           strictly
           commands
           it
           should
           be
           so
           .
           Now
           ,
           hear
           the
           declaration
           of
           a
           fine
           shewy
           dressy
           person
           to
           God
           ,
           viz.
           I
           will
           dress
           ,
           powder
           ,
           curl
           ,
           and
           paint
           ,
           to
           spite
           you
           ,
           God
           ,
           because
           you
           desire
           me
           not
           ;
           I
           will
           flirt
           ,
           laugh
           ,
           please
           and
           be
           pleased
           ,
           praise
           and
           be
           praised
           ,
           read
           plays
           ,
           romances
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           devilish
           books
           ,
           because
           you
           say
           all
           those
           will
           corrupt
           me
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           must
           account
           for
           every
           idle
           word
           I
           speak
           ;
           I
           will
           not
           read
           the
           bible
           ,
           nor
           do
           therein
           ,
           because
           you
           desire
           me
           ,
           for
           every
           thing
           you
           command
           me
           I
           will
           not
           do
           ,
           and
           every
           thing
           you
           forbid
           me
           I
           will
           do
           ,
           God
           ,
           because
           my
           father
           and
           mother
           brought
           me
           up
           this
           way
           ,
           and
           they
           follow
           the
           same
           life
           themselves
           ,
           for
           we
           all
           prefer
           the
           damnation
           of
           Hell
           ,
           to
           you
           and
           your
           old
           book
           filled
           with
           stories
           of
           love
           ,
           terrors
           ,
           Heaven
           ,
           Hell
           ,
           and
           all
           such
           tedious
           nonsense
           ,
           to
           people
           of
           fashion
           going
           into
           Perdition
           .
           The
           more
           wicked
           and
           abominable
           a
           person
           is
           before
           God
           ,
           the
           more
           glaringly
           they
           wish
           to
           adorn
           the
           filthy
           carcase
           ,
           iniquity
           invented
           new
           fashions
           ,
           it
           originated
           in
           France
           ;
           every
           
           married
           woman
           there
           was
           despised
           if
           she
           was
           not
           a
           w
           —
           ;
           the
           bible
           was
           forbid
           to
           be
           read
           by
           order
           of
           Ant●christ
           and
           his
           Deputies
           ,
           least
           the
           people
           should
           perceive
           their
           own
           damnation
           ,
           and
           rebel
           against
           idolatry
           ;
           the
           contagion
           is
           in
           England
           ,
           Ireland
           ,
           &c.
           ;
           the
           world
           is
           teeming
           with
           wickedness
           ,
           the
           Lord
           God
           is
           like
           a
           roaring
           lion
           ,
           filled
           with
           wrath
           ,
           fury
           ,
           and
           revenge
           ,
           he
           is
           thundering
           down
           his
           vengeance
           in
           a
           variety
           of
           ●hapes
           ,
           previous
           to
           the
           general
           judgment
           ,
           which
           is
           now
           the
           general
           dread
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           teeming
           with
           iniquity
           ,
           and
           filled
           with
           terrors
           without
           one
           single
           exception
           among
           the
           wicked
           .
           whenever
           the
           Almighty
           intendsany
           great
           event
           he
           puts
           it
           more
           or
           less
           in
           the
           people's
           minds
           before
           the
           execution
           ,
           to
           induce
           them
           to
           holiness
           ;
           for
           there
           is
           no
           other
           way
           to
           prevent
           his
           wrath
           .
           But
           instead
           ,
           they
           continue
           to
           act
           as
           if
           they
           were
           never
           to
           die
           ,
           and
           blinding
           each
           other
           with
           praise
           ,
           flattery
           ,
           hypocrisy
           ,
           and
           deceit
           .
           Suppose
           Christ
           was
           this
           instant
           to
           come
           down
           and
           judge
           all
           people
           ,
           shewing
           Heaven's
           great
           expanse
           of
           innumerable
           pleasures
           on
           one
           side
           ,
           and
           Hell's
           yawning
           torments
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           how
           would
           the
           proud
           and
           dressy
           appear
           ?
           Would
           the
           not
           with
           their
           pride
           and
           fashionable
           dress
           in
           Hell
           ,
           where
           it
           originated
           ?
           Are
           they
           the
           pious
           holy
           people
           ,
           marked
           with
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           to
           sa●vation
           ,
           that
           could
           run
           to
           meet
           Christ
           ,
           whose
           face
           is
           of
           flaming
           fire
           ?
           Or
           are
           they
           those
           pointed
           out
           in
           the
           bible
           ,
           who
           are
           marked
           by
           the
           Devil
           ,
           to
           devote
           themselves
           to
           the
           pleasures
           and
           passions
           of
           this
           Hell-grown
           world
           ?
           Let
           them
           answer
           for
           themselves
           ;
           〈◊〉
           
           if
           they
           cannot
           ,
           I
           can
           ;
           they
           are
           of
           the
           latter
           description
           ,
           they
           are
           an
           ab●mination
           before
           the
           L●rd
           ,
           and
           before
           his
           holy
           people
           on
           earth
           ;
           they
           have
           stipulated
           with
           the
           Devil
           their
           pre●ious
           souls
           for
           fashionable
           dress
           &
           pride
           ;
           and
           as
           God
           says
           ,
           cannot
           escape
           the
           damnation
           of
           Hell.
           Therefore
           ,
           Readers
           ,
           do
           not
           ye
           be
           of
           this
           accursed
           number
           ,
           but
           follow
           the
           advice
           given
           in
           this
           little
           pamphlet
           of
           very
           great
           value
           ;
           cast
           away
           instantly
           your
           fashionable
           dress
           ,
           pride
           ,
           ●rippery
           ,
           and
           all
           accursed
           worldly
           show
           ,
           and
           you
           will
           make
           the
           Devil
           fly
           away
           from
           you
           ,
           roaring
           with
           despair
           ;
           and
           God
           and
           the
           innumerable
           host
           of
           Heaven
           will
           shout
           for
           joy
           ,
           and
           the
           windows
           of
           Heaven
           will
           be
           opened
           unto
           you
           .
           Give
           atrention
           now
           ,
           ye
           wealthy
           ,
           ye
           great
           wicked
           ones
           ,
           who
           are
           squandering
           thousands
           and
           tens
           of
           thousands
           yearly
           in
           superfluous
           excesses
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           works
           of
           the
           son
           of
           Perdition
           .
           Squander
           your
           thousands
           on
           the
           purchase
           of
           millions
           of
           bibles
           ,
           new
           testaments
           ,
           hymn
           books
           ,
           and
           psalm
           books
           ,
           scatter
           them
           among
           the
           people
           like
           corn
           before
           the
           plow
           ,
           by
           which
           all
           the
           human
           race
           will
           learn
           to
           know
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           do
           his
           blessed
           will
           ;
           propagate
           the
           gospel
           of
           Christ
           in
           its
           original
           purity
           ,
           until
           all
           the
           people
           shall
           know
           that
           the
           gospel
           sound
           alone
           is
           sure
           salvation
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           abominable
           works
           of
           man's
           hands
           ;
           renounce
           idolatry
           ;
           sue
           for
           the
           property
           of
           the
           distressed
           ,
           when
           wronged
           by
           the
           unjust
           ;
           distrib●te
           justice
           without
           favour
           or
           affection
           ,
           and
           God
           will
           love
           you
           and
           keep
           you
           in
           safety
           .
           Read
           the
           bible
           the
           ensuing
           long
           winter
           evenings
           ,
           ye
           and
           your
           families
           ;
           expound
           
           it
           to
           each
           other
           every
           night
           ,
           and
           if
           at
           leisure
           in
           the
           day
           time
           also
           .
           Glorify
           God
           ,
           let
           your
           conversation
           turn
           on
           every
           verse
           ,
           on
           every
           chapter
           you
           read
           ,
           of
           the
           wonderful
           works
           of
           the
           Lord
           Iesus
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           :
           then
           your
           conversation
           will
           be
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           also
           the
           communion
           of
           Saints
           ,
           so
           little
           understood
           in
           this
           world
           .
           Let
           that
           same
           Jesus
           never
           leave
           your
           thoughts
           ;
           this
           is
           what
           the
           Apostle
           means
           ,
           where
           he
           says
           ,
           pray
           without
           ceasing
           ;
           this
           incessant
           silent
           meditation
           on
           Jesus
           ,
           is
           certain
           salvation
           ;
           this
           is
           worshiping
           in
           spirit
           and
           in
           truth
           ,
           because
           God
           is
           in
           Christ
           ,
           your
           souls
           then
           feed
           on
           him
           ,
           and
           grow
           rich
           in
           grace
           ,
           and
           grace
           is
           the
           gradual
           operation
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           which
           brings
           you
           from
           glory
           to
           glory
           .
           Let
           all
           men
           and
           women
           be
           exhorters
           to
           good
           ,
           by
           their
           profound
           knowledge
           of
           the
           bible
           ,
           which
           will
           abolish
           evil
           from
           the
           human
           race
           ;
           empty
           your
           purses
           to
           put
           all
           the
           indigent
           to
           industry
           ,
           who
           have
           the
           inclination
           but
           not
           the
           means
           ;
           and
           after
           doing
           all
           these
           things
           ,
           and
           ten
           thousand
           times
           more
           ,
           do
           not
           take
           the
           least
           merit
           to
           yourselves
           ;
           it
           is
           not
           ye
           that
           do
           it
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           in
           ye
           ;
           therefore
           give
           all
           the
           merit
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           glory
           ;
           and
           then
           know
           he
           has
           only
           done
           ye
           the
           honor
           of
           choosing
           ye
           to
           be
           useful
           machines
           to
           do
           his
           business
           ;
           and
           if
           ye
           are
           conscious
           in
           your
           hearts
           it
           is
           so
           ,
           and
           that
           ye
           firmly
           believe
           that
           property
           which
           ye
           so
           distribute
           is
           his
           ,
           and
           not
           your
           own
           ,
           (
           as
           all
           wealthy
           fools
           imagine
           )
           then
           the
           wide
           expanse
           of
           Heaven
           is
           open
           for
           your
           enjoyment
           as
           soon
           as
           your
           fervency
           of
           love
           for
           him
           desire
           
           it
           ,
           with
           millions
           of
           millions
           of
           pleasures
           ,
           with
           him
           on
           his
           holy
           mountain
           ;
           do
           all
           those
           things
           if
           you
           can
           ,
           and
           if
           you
           can
           and
           do
           not
           ,
           read
           your
           dreadful
           sentence
           in
           the
           new
           testament
           .
           Give
           attention
           again
           ,
           ye
           wealthy
           ;
           cast
           away
           all
           your
           ●rippery
           ,
           your
           variegated
           head-dr●sses
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           ornaments
           calculated
           to
           adorn
           your
           carcas●s
           for
           praise
           and
           admiration
           ,
           which
           is
           certain
           c●●demnation
           to
           your
           souls
           ;
           play
           no
           cards
           or
           other
           gambling
           ;
           never
           enter
           them
           hellish
           seminaries
           of
           corruption
           called
           play-houses
           ;
           do
           not
           suffer
           a
           play
           book
           of
           any
           kind
           ,
           romance
           or
           novel
           ,
           inside
           your
           houses
           ;
           they
           are
           the
           keys
           that
           unlock
           the
           doors
           of
           Hell
           ;
           propagate
           industry
           ,
           the
           arts
           and
           sciences
           ,
           travels
           ,
           voyages
           ,
           geography
           ,
           the
           globes
           ,
           the
           maps
           ,
           &c.
           among
           the
           poor
           ;
           squander
           God's
           money
           in
           all
           such
           employments
           ,
           but
           let
           holy
           writ
           be
           always
           uppermost
           in
           your
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           the
           subjects
           of
           your
           conversations
           ,
           when
           the
           others
           are
           not
           absolutely
           necessary
           ;
           become
           domesticks
           ,
           and
           ●ay
           no
           more
           ridiculous
           fashionable
           vis●ts
           ;
           do
           not
           continue
           to
           make
           Gods
           of
           your
           filthy
           carcases
           ,
           with
           made
           dishes
           ,
           Iuscious
           meats
           and
           ●rinks
           ,
           or
           other
           vicious
           extravagancies
           ;
           you
           must
           certainly
           give
           an
           account
           of
           every
           shilling
           you
           unnecessarily
           lay
           out
           on
           your
           persons
           and
           families
           ,
           and
           if
           contrary
           to
           the
           observations
           made
           here
           and
           in
           the
           new
           testament
           ,
           th●n
           the
           dreadful
           and
           intolerable
           sentence
           is
           〈◊〉
           for
           an
           endless
           eternity
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           Seasonable
           Hint
        
         
           Dear
           F●llow
           Traveller
           thro'
           the
           Wilderness
           of
           this
           World.
           
        
         
           YOU
           and
           I
           must
           soon
           appear
           before
           the
           Judgment
           Seat
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           as
           we
           may
           possibly
           never
           meet
           again
           in
           this
           ●if●
           ,
           a
           〈◊〉
           Hints
           concerning
           that
           most
           joyful
           or
           most
           awful
           Event
           may
           not
           be
           unseasonable
           .
           The
           Bible
           is
           the
           word
           of
           the
           living
           God
           ;
           
             for
             all
             Scrip●ure
             is
             given
             by
             inspiration
             of
          
           GOD
           :
           holy
           men
           of
           GOD
           s●ake
           
             and
             worte
             as
             they
             were
             move●
             by
             the
          
           HOLY
           GHOST
        
         
           The
           follwing
           Hints
           taken
           from
           that
           Divine
           Book
           deserve
           your
           immediate
           and
           most
           serious
           consideration
           .
        
         
           The
           word
           of
           GOD
           assures
           us
           ,
           that
           you
           and
           I
           are
           Sinners
           ,
           for
           GOD
           
             hath
             n●lu●ed
             all
             under
             Sin
             ,
             —
             There
             is
             none
             that
             doeth
             Good
             and
             〈◊〉
             not
             ,
             no
             not
             one
             ,
             —
             we
             were
          
           even
           
             sh●p●n
             in
             Iniquity
             ,
             and
             in
             Sin
             did
             our
             Mother
             con●●ive
             us
             .
          
        
         
           Another
           awful
           Truth
           contained
           in
           Scripture
           is
           ,
           that
           
             the
             wages
             of
             Sin
             ,
             is
             Hell
          
           —
           and
           that
           
             it
             is
             appointed
             unto
             all
             men
             once
             to
             a●e
             ,
          
           and
           
             after
             Death
             the
             Iudgment
             ;
             that
          
           heart
           searching
           judgment
           ,
           where
           not
           an
           action
           in
           your
           life
           ,
           —
           not
           a
           word
           of
           your
           tongue
           ,
           nor
           a
           thought
           of
           your
           heart
           ,
           —
           will
           escape
           the
           notice
           of
           that
           JESUS
           ,
           who
           will
           be
           the
           Judge
           of
           both
           the
           quick
           and
           the
           dead
           ;
           
           then
           the
           righteous
           and
           the
           wicked
           will
           recei●●
           
             according
             to
             the
             Things
             done
             in
             the
             Body
             ,
             whether
             〈◊〉
             be
             good
             or
             evil
             .
          
           The
           righteous
           shall
           go
           away
           into
           everlasting
           Life
           ,
           —
           but
           the
           wicked
           will
           be
           ●ast
           down
           to
           Hell
           ,
           to
           be
           tormented
           with
           Devils
           and
           damned
           Spirits
           for
           ever
           and
           ever
           .
        
         
           Oh
           ,
           how
           dreadful
           will
           that
           be
           to
           you
           and
           m●
           if
           thro'
           our
           Sins
           we
           should
           come
           into
           that
           ●lace
           of
           torment
           !
        
         
           I
           would
           further
           ●int
           to
           you
           that
           the
           blessed
           GOD
           hath
           manifested
           his
           grace
           and
           love
           and
           hath
           shewn
           his
           tender
           pity
           and
           compassion
           in
           giving
           his
           dear
           Son
           ,
           the
           LORD
           JESUS
           CHRIST
           to
           be
           a
           REDEEMER
           ,
           and
           SAVIOUR
           of
           poor
           lost
           Sinners
           ;
           that
           JESUS
           is
           both
           God
           and
           Man
           in
           one
           Divine
           Person
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           be
           able
           to
           save
           the
           very
           worst
           of
           Sinners
           who
           come
           unto
           GOD
           thro'
           him
           .
           His
           blood
           was
           shed
           on
           the
           cro●s
           for
           your
           Redemption
           ,
           from
           Sin
           ,
           Death
           ,
           and
           Hell
           ,
           —
           His
           spotless
           Righteousness
           was
           wrought
           out
           for
           your
           eternal
           justification
           ,
           if
           you
           indeed
           ,
           and
           in
           Truth
           believe
           in
           him
           .
        
         
           He
           obeyed
           the
           Law
           of
           GOD
           in
           your
           room
           and
           〈◊〉
           ;
           and
           be
           died
           ,
           that
           you
           might
           not
           die
           eternally
           ;
           and
           is
           that
           glorious
           SUN
           of
           RIGHTEOUSNESS
           that
           will
           arise
           and
           shine
           upon
           his
           People
           for
           ever
           and
           ever
           .
        
         
           In
           order
           to
           your
           saving
           Knowledge
           of
           JESUS
           CHRIST
           ,
           your
           having
           ●aith
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           a
           living
           Union
           with
           him
           ,
           a
           very
           great
           change
           must
           pass
           in
           your
           heart
           and
           li●e
           .
           This
           change
           is
           the
           peculiar
           work
           o●
           the
           HOLY
           GHOST
           ,
           and
           is
           called
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           RE●ENERATION
           ,
           or
           the
           NEW
           
           BIRTH
           .
           
             Except
             a
             Man
             be
             born
             again
             ,
             he
             cannot
             see
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God.
          
           You
           know
           ,
           that
           this
           divine
           Change
           manifests
           itself
           by
           a
           heart
           deeply
           humbled
           under
           a
           sense
           of
           Sin
           ;
           and
           an
           earnest
           desire
           after
           Salvation
           .
        
         
           It
           further
           shews
           itself
           by
           a
           discovery
           of
           JESUS
           CHRIST
           ,
           as
           a
           suitable
           ,
           compassionate
           ,
           and
           all
           ●ufficient
           Saviour
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           holy
           life
           and
           conversation
           .
           To
           them
           that
           believe
           CHRIST
           
             is
             percious
             .
             —
             He
             is
             the
             Chief
             among
             ten
             thousand
             ,
             and
             altogether
             lovely
             .
          
           —
           Oh
           is
           he
           ●o
           to
           you
           and
           me
           !
           ●xamine
           your
           heart
           daily
           on
           this
           weighty
           Question
           —
           Do
           you
           know
           JESUS
           CHRIST
           ?
           Do
           you
           love
           him
           ?
           Are
           you
           devoted
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           do
           you
           put
           all
           your
           trust
           in
           him
           ?
           If
           you
           do
           ,
           you
           are
           happy
           .
           —
           If
           not
           ,
           your
           condition
           is
           most
           miserable
           .
        
         
           L●t
           me
           
             beseech
             you
             by
             the
             mercies
             of
          
           GOD
           ,
           by
           the
           Love
           of
           JESUS
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           worth
           of
           your
           precio●s
           Soul
           ,
           that
           you
           earnestly
           pray
           ,
           
             O!
             my
             Heavenly
             FATHER
             ,
             forgive
             my
             Sins
             ,
             and
             ●eveal
             thy
             dear
             SON
             in
             me
             ;
             blessed
             JESUS
             !
             let
             me
             be
             redeemed
             by
             thy
             Blood
             ,
             and
             clothed
             with
             thy
             Righteousness
             .
             —
             Oh!
             holy
             and
             blessed
             SPIRIT
             ,
             ●anctify
             my
             heart
             ,
             be
             in
             me
             a
             Spirit
             of
             frequent
             and
             fervent
             prayer
             .
             Give
             me
             faith
             in
             JESUS
             CHRIST
             —
             Teach
             me
             to
             love
             him
             ,
             and
             give
             me
             Grace
             to
             grow
             like
             him
             —
             and
             make
             me
             what
             thou
             wouldst
             have
             me
             to
             be
             .
             Guide
             me
             by
             thy
             counsel
             and
             fit
             me
             for
             thy
             Glory
             .
          
        
         
           Let
           me
           beg
           of
           you
           ,
           (
           my
           dear
           )
           to
           give
           up
           your
           heart
           to
           these
           Things
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           meet
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           be
           for
           ever
           with
           the
           LORD
           .
        
         
         
           I
           conclude
           with
           intreating
           you
           most
           affectionately
           to
           consider
           these
           things
           directly
           .
           Life
           is
           uncertain
           —
           DEATH
           —
           JUDGMENT
           ,
           —
           HEAVEN
           and
           HELL
           ,
           are
           at
           hand
           ,
           and
           are
           awful
           Things
           —
           devote
           your
           time
           to
           seek
           an
           interest
           in
           JESUS
           CHRIST
           as
           your
           SAVIOUR
           and
           REDEEMFR
           —
           
             ask
             and
             you
             shall
             re●●ive
             ,
             seek
             and
             you
             shall
             find
             ,
             kno●k
             and
             it
             shall
             be
             opened
             unto
             you
             .
          
        
         
           That
           the
           Lord
           may
           bless
           these
           hints
           to
           your
           Soul
           ,
           is
           the
           earnest
           Prayer
           of
        
         
           
             your
             hearty
             well-wisher
             ,
             For
             JESUS
             '
             sake
             .
             CHRISTIANUS
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Quaker's
           Advice
           .
        
         
           AS
           I
           have
           often
           ,
           in
           passing
           along
           the
           streets
           and
           highways
           ,
           heard
           the
           Most
           Sacred
           Name
           very
           profane●y
           made
           use
           of
           ,
           both
           by
           men
           and
           women
           ,
           and
           many
           grievously
           calling
           for
           damnation
           on
           themselves
           and
           one
           on
           another
           ,
           my
           heart
           has
           been
           ,
           and
           is
           ,
           deeply
           afflicted
           t●ereat
           :
           and
           therefore
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           JESUS
           CHRIST
           ,
           do
           not
           defile
           your
           Souls
           which
           are
           dear
           and
           precious
           ,
           by
           any
           wilful
           sin
           :
           and
           amongst
           other
           things
           ,
           do
           not
           ta●e
           the
           Holy
           Name
           of
           God
           in
           vain
           ,
           for
           the
           Lord
           will
           not
           hold
           him
           or
           her
           guiltless
           that
           taketh
           his
           holy
           Name
           in
           vain
           .
        
         
           GOD
           is
           willing
           to
           save
           you
           ;
           why
           should
           any
           of
           you
           lose
           and
           destroy
           yourselves
           ?
           Observe
           this
           attentively
           ;
           for
           notwithstanding
           all
           that
           the
           LORD
           has
           done
           ,
           and
           is
           d●ing
           for
           us
           ,
           such
           as
           die
           in
           their
           sins
           ,
           where
           he
           is
           gone
           ,
           they
           can
           never
           come
           .
        
         
           Abstain
           from
           drunkenness
           ,
           and
           all
           excess
           ,
           and
           from
           every
           appearance
           of
           evil
           ,
           love
           one
           another
           ,
           as
           JESUS
           CHRIST
           hath
           loved
           you
           ;
           apply
           yourselves
           to
           the
           witness
           of
           God
           within
           you
           ,
           which
           reproves
           you
           for
           evil
           ;
           submit
           to
           ,
           and
           obey
           its
           holy
           manifestations
           and
           discoveries
           and
           it
           will
           do
           much
           more
           for
           you
           than
           a●●
           you
           can
           hear
           from
           any
           man.
           This
           witness
           of
           GOD
           is
           the
           word
           of
           his
           Grace
           ,
           even
           the
           word
           of
           Life
           ,
           
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           which
           is
           able
           to
           save
           your
           souls
           .
           In
           the
           love
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           I
           invite
           you
           all
           to
           come
           and
           taste
           how
           good
           and
           merciful
           the
           LORD
           is
           towards
           all
           those
           that
           return
           to
           him
           with
           their
           whole
           hearts
           .
           If
           you
           are
           such
           a
           one
           ,
           who
           can
           ,
           through
           an
           ill
           habit
           and
           bad
           custom
           ,
           curse
           ,
           swear
           ,
           and
           do
           any
           other
           bad
           action
           ,
           almost
           without
           reproof
           or
           feeling
           ;
           though
           your
           case
           be
           so
           desperate
           ,
           there
           is
           yet
           mercy
           with
           God
           that
           he
           may
           be
           feared
           :
           and
           I
           advise
           you
           to
           endeavour
           to
           be
           still
           a
           few
           minutes
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           when
           you
           awake
           ,
           before
           you
           rise
           up
           ,
           and
           then
           think
           seriously
           with
           yourself
           thus
           :
           
             I
             have
             not
             given
             my
             being
             to
             myself
             :
             I
             am
             accountable
             to
             the
             Author
             and
             Creator
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             this
             day
             He
             (
             the
             LORD
             of
             all
             )
             will
             take
             notice
             of
             all
             my
             actions
             ;
             this
             day
             he
             will
             hear
             all
             my
             Words
             ;
             this
             day
             he
             will
             know
             all
             my
             thoughts
             ;
             and
             at
             a
             certain
             time
             (
             yet
             unknown
             to
             me
             when
             )
             my
             soul
             must
             give
             him
             a
             full
             account
             .
          
           I
           am
           not
           without
           some
           degree
           of
           hope
           ,
           that
           such
           serious
           reflections
           may
           be
           conducive
           to
           raise
           desires
           like
           these
           :
           
             Oh!
             that
             I
             may
             be
             watchful
             .
             Oh!
             that
             I
             may
             sin
             no
             more
             as
             long
             as
             I
             live
             :
          
           For
           we
           must
           cease
           to
           do
           evil
           before
           we
           can
           learn
           to
           do
           well
           .
           Therefore
           silence
           before
           the
           LORD
           ,
           and
           attention
           to
           his
           reproofs
           of
           instruction
           in
           your
           own
           heart
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           way
           to
           life
           ,
           are
           the
           first
           steps
           to
           come
           to
           CHRIST
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           made
           a
           real
           Christian.
           
        
         
         
           
             
               Self
               Enquiries
               for
               Every
               Morning
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               Was
               God
               in
               my
               thoughts
               at
               lying
               down
               and
               ●ising
               up
               ?
               and
               were
               the
               thoughts
               of
               him
               sweet
               and
               refreshing
               to
               my
               soul
               ?
            
             
               2.
               
               In
               what
               frame
               is
               my
               heart
               this
               morning
               ?
               Do
               I
               admire
               the
               goodness
               of
               God
               in
               the
               last
               night's
               Sleep
               ,
               and
               for
               adding
               more
               time
               to
               my
               life
               ?
               and
               am
               I
               heartily
               thankful
               ?
            
             
               3.
               
               Can
               I
               r●ally
               commit
               myself
               and
               all
               my
               affairs
               to
               God
               this
               day
               ,
               to
               be
               guided
               by
               his
               counsel
               ,
               and
               protected
               and
               provided
               for
               ,
               by
               his
               care
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               entirely
               at
               his
               disposal
               ?
            
             
               4.
               
               Am
               I
               resolved
               to
               speak
               for
               God
               and
               his
               Glory
               ?
               and
               in
               the
               strength
               of
               Christ
               ,
               will
               I
               n●ither
               be
               afraid
               ,
               ashamed
               ,
               nor
               weary
               of
               well-doing
               ?
            
             
               5.
               
               Am
               I
               a
               child
               of
               God
               and
               an
               heir
               of
               Glory
               ?
               and
               does
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               testify
               that
               I
               am
               born
               again
               .
               If
               I
               am
               God's
               child
               ,
               should
               I
               not
               wear
               the
               garments
               of
               righteousness
               ,
               and
               take
               heed
               of
               defiling
               myself
               with
               sin
               ?
               should
               I
               n●t
               do
               more
               than
               others
               ?
            
             
               6.
               
               Who
               is
               the
               greatest
               deceiver
               ?
               if
               my
               heart
               should
               I
               not
               be
               jealous
               .
               and
               watchful
               over
               it
               :
               where
               are
               the
               greatest
               dangers
               ,
               and
               m●st
               p●rnicious
               mistakes
               ?
               if
               in
               so●l
               concerns
               ,
               should
               I
               not
               venture
               the
               loss
               of
               all
               things
               rather
               than
               lose
               my
               precious
               ,
               never-dying
               soul
               ?
            
             
               7
               Who
               are
               my
               most
               implacable
               ,
               powerful
               and
               soul-destroying
               Enemies
               ,
               but
               the
               World
               ,
               the
               Flesh
               and
               the
               Devil
               ?
               and
               should
               I
               no●
               
               w●●ch
               and
               be
               sober
               ;
               so
               as
               neither
               to
               idoli●e
               the
               〈◊〉
               ▪
               pamper
               the
               second
               ,
               nor
               listen
               to
               the
               third
               ?
            
             
               8
               Who
               is
               or
               can
               be
               my
               best
               Friend
               ▪
               but
               God
               ?
               And
               should
               I
               not
               fear
               his
               displeasure
               more
               than
               death
               ,
               desire
               his
               favour
               more
               than
               life
               ,
               and
               thro'
               all
               this
               day
               love
               ,
               honour
               ,
               and
               obey
               him
               .
            
             
               9.
               
               Where
               is
               the
               greatest
               vanity
               and
               vexation
               ,
               but
               in
               the
               World
               ?
               And
               should
               I
               not
               live
               above
               it
               ?
               〈◊〉
               not
               Godliness
               the
               greatest
               gain
               ?
               and
               should
               I
               not
               make
               it
               my
               chiefest
               business
               .
            
             
               10.
               
               What
               is
               my
               heavenly
               work
               ▪
               but
               to
               Strive
               ,
               R●●
               ,
               W●estle
               ,
               Fight
               ?
               and
               can
               ●
               do
               all
               this
               withou●
               Care
               ,
               Dilige●ce
               and
               Watchfulness
               ?
            
             
               11.
               
               Whose
               eyes
               will
               be
               upon
               me
               all
               this
               day
               ,
               to
               observe
               my
               head
               and
               heart
               ,
               my
               Lip
               ,
               and
               Life
               ,
               but
               his
               who
               is
               the
               Judge
               of
               all
               the
               Earth
               ?
               And
               dare
               I
               Sin
               in
               his
               presence
               ,
               and
               affront
               him
               to
               his
               Face
               ?
            
             
               12.
               
               If
               I
               should
               spend
               this
               day
               in
               Vanity
               ,
               Idleness
               ,
               or
               Sin
               ,
               will
               it
               not
               be
               sorrow●ul
               at
               night
               ?
               if
               I
               spend
               it
               holily
               and
               p●ofitably
               ,
               shall
               I
               not
               pray
               with
               greater
               confidence
               ,
               lie
               down
               more
               peacefully
               ,
               and
               have
               〈◊〉
               ●estimony
               of
               a
               good
               conscience
               for
               my
               rejoicing
               .
            
             
               13
               How
               would
               I
               have
               this
               day
               appear
               at
               the
               day
               of
               Judgment
               ?
               Ought
               not
               my
               Though●s
               ,
               Words
               and
               Actions
               to
               be
               such
               now
               ,
               as
               I
               〈◊〉
               then
               wish
               them
               to
               have
               been
               ?
            
             
               14.
               
               How
               may
               I
               this
               day
               order
               my
               secular
               business
               with
               most
               prudence
               and
               wisdom
               ,
               integrity
               and
               upligh●ness
               and
               for
               my
               real
               advantage
               ?
            
             
               15.
               
               Am
               I
               now
               fit
               to
               draw
               nigh
               to
               God
               in
               pray●●
               ,
               and
               can
               I
               seek
               first
               .
               and
               as
               my
               chief
               concern
               ,
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               God
               and
               his
               righteousness
               ?
            
             
               16.
               
               Am
               I
               now
               willing
               to
               take
               Christ
               alone
               for
               righteousness
               ?
               and
               to
               devote
               all
               my
               time
               and
               〈◊〉
               to
               him
               ?
               And
               to
               offer
               him
               praise
               continually
               ?
            
          
        
         
         
           
             
               Self
               Enquiries
               for
               every
               Evening
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               What
               have
               I
               done
               this
               day
               for
               God
               and
               his
               Glory
               ?
               what
               can
               I
               look
               back
               upon
               with
               comfo●●
               ?
            
             
               2.
               
               In
               what
               frame
               hath
               my
               heart
               been
               all
               this
               day
               ?
               Have
               I
               more
               desired
               heavenly
               or
               earthly
               things
               ?
               hath
               my
               jo●s
               been
               more
               in
               God
               and
               in
               the
               hopes
               of
               ●uture
               Glory
               ,
               than
               in
               worldly
               Riches
               ,
               Honours
               or
               Pleasures
               ▪
               was
               my
               g●●ef
               more
               for
               sin
               or
               for
               the
               troubles
               of
               Li●e
               ?
               Have
               I
               more
               derived
               comfort
               from
               the
               broken
               cis●erns
               of
               created
               good
               ,
               or
               from
               God
               the
               living
               fountain
               ?
            
             
               3.
               
               What
               were
               m●
               intentions
               ?
               Have
               I
               been
               sincere
               ,
               and
               maintained
               a
               conscience
               void
               of
               off●●c●
               towards
               God
               and
               towards
               man
               ?
               Did
               I
               eat
               and
               drink
               ,
               pray
               ,
               and
               converse
               to
               the
               Glory
               of
               Ged
               ,
               or
               was
               Self
               ●ppermost
               in
               all
               ?
            
             
               4.
               
               What
               spiritual
               duties
               have
               I
               performed
               this
               day
               ?
               Did
               I
               regard
               the
               manner
               as
               well
               as
               the
               ma●●er
               ,
               and
               do
               them
               from
               conscience
               not
               from
               custom
               ?
               Did
               I
               pray
               servently
               ,
               and
               ●ead
               and
               m●ditate
               so
               as
               to
               affect
               my
               heart
               ?
            
             
               5.
               
               How
               faithful
               diligent
               ▪
               and
               care●ul
               ,
               have
               I
               been
               in
               my
               place
               and
               calling
               ?
               And
               have
               there
               been
               no
               idle
               hours
               in
               the
               day
               ?
            
             
               6.
               
               What
               has
               been
               my
               company
               this
               day
               ?
               What
               good
               have
               I
               done
               them
               or
               received
               from
               them
               ?
               Did
               ●
               reprove
               ,
               exhort
               and
               strengthen
               ▪
               encourage
               ,
               comfort
               and
               w●rn
               ,
               as
               the
               matter
               required
               ?
            
             
               7.
               
               How
               have
               I
               bo●●e
               the
               crosses
               and
               troubles
               of
               the
               day
               ?
               Did
               I
               neither
               despise
               them
               ,
               nor
               saint
               under
               them
               ;
               neither
               entert●in
               hard
               thoughts
               of
               God
               ,
               nor
               utter
               rash
               words
               against
               him
               ?
            
             
               
               8.
               
               What
               were
               my
               temptations
               this
               day
               ?
               was
               I
               easi●y
               d●awn
               into
               Sin
               ,
               or
               restrained
               and
               overawed
               by
               God's
               all-seeing
               eye
               ,
               merciful
               heart
               ,
               or
               a●enging
               hand
               ?
               What
               convict●on
               ,
               merey
               ,
               or
               warning
               did
               I
               sin
               against
               ?
               and
               have
               I
               repented
               of
               my
               sin
               ?
            
             
               9.
               
               What
               were
               my
               enjoyments
               ,
               and
               how
               was
               my
               hear●●ffected
               under
               them
               ?
               Was
               I
               affected
               with
               the
               goodness
               of
               God
               to
               me
               in
               my
               health
               ,
               ●riends
               and
               estate
               ,
               and
               unfeignedly
               thankful
               for
               them
               ?
            
             
               10.
               
               What
               have
               I
               learned
               this
               day
               ?
               have
               I
               got
               more
               heart-affecting
               knowledge
               of
               God
               and
               of
               his
               Glory
               ;
               and
               of
               myself
               and
               of
               my
               sins
               ?
               Of
               this
               word
               and
               that
               which
               is
               to
               come
               ?
            
             
               11.
               
               What
               have
               I
               remembered
               of
               the
               word
               of
               God
               ,
               whether
               read
               or
               heard
               ?
               Was
               any
               〈◊〉
               sweet
               〈◊〉
               my
               soul
               ,
               and
               did
               I
               by
               ●aith
               make
               any
               promise
               my
               ow●
               Did
               any
               particular
               precept
               〈…〉
               ?
            
             
               12.
               
               What
               graces
               have
               I
               〈…〉
               ?
               have
               I
               lived
               by
               ●ai●h
               .
               loved
               God
               ,
               and
               〈…〉
               for
               Chr●st
               :
               have
               I
               had
               〈◊〉
               to
               God
               the
               〈◊〉
               ,
               as
               my
               〈◊〉
               and
               〈◊〉
               ;
               to
               〈…〉
               saviour
               ,
               〈◊〉
               and
               〈◊〉
               ;
               and
               to
               the
               holy
               〈◊〉
               as
               my
               〈◊〉
               strength
               and
               com●o●●er
               ?
            
             
               13
               Have
               I
               been
               suitably
               affected
               with
               the
               〈◊〉
               or
               miseries
               of
               others
               ,
               whether
               〈…〉
               have
               I
               had
               a
               compassionate
               heart
               ,
               and
               〈◊〉
               hand
               to
               any
               in
               want
               ?
            
             
               14
               Have
               I
               especially
               done
               good
               to
               them
               who
               a●e
               of
               the
               〈…〉
               .
               however
               〈…〉
               ?
            
             
               15.
               
               Did
               the
               C●●●ch
               of
               God
               〈…〉
               of
               Christ
               ●e
               near
               my
               heart
               ?
               Have
               I
               〈…〉
               the
               welfare
               of
               Christs
               Chu●ch
               ,
               and
               〈◊〉
               its
               desolations
               ,
               and
               〈◊〉
               Heav●n
               abo●e
               my
               〈◊〉
               Joy.
               
            
             
               
               16.
               
               Have
               I
               really
               set
               death
               before
               me
               ,
               and
               〈◊〉
               my
               life
               as
               a
               vapour
               ?
               if
               God
               should
               this
               ●ight
               clo●e
               my
               eyes
               in
               death
               ,
               how
               is
               it
               like
               to
               be
               with
               my
               soul
               ?
            
             
               17.
               lo●●nceivably
               great
               ,
               glorious
               and
               terrible
               as
               the
               day
               of
               Judgment
               will
               be
               ,
               dare
               I
               meet
               Christ
               at
               his
               coming
               ?
               Will
               my
               graces
               bear
               the
               t●ial
               of
               that
               day
               ?
               Can
               I
               now
               with
               joy
               say
               ,
               even
               so
               ,
               Come
               〈◊〉
               Iesus
               ?
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
             
               Lady
               JANE
               GREY'S
               Letter
               TO
               HER
               SISTER
               ,
               The
               Evening
               before
               she
               was
               beheaded
               in
               the
               Towe●
               of
               London
               .
            
             
               Translated
               from
               the
               Original
               Gre●k
               .
            
             
               I
               HAVE
               sent
               you
               ,
               my
               dear
               fi●●er
               Catharine
               ,
               a
               book
               ,
               which
               ,
               though
               ●t
               be
               not
               exte●nal●y
               〈◊〉
               with
               gold
               ,
               or
               curious
               embroidery
               of
               nee●l●
               work
               ,
               ●
               internally
               of
               more
               value
               than
               a●
               the
               precious
               mines
               in
               the
               wide
               world
               ,
               my
               only
               dear
               and
               best
               beloved
               〈◊〉
               ,
               it
               is
               the
               book
               of
               the
               law
               of
               our
               great
               and
               dear
               Redeemer
               ;
               his
               testimony
               and
               last
               〈◊〉
               ▪
               bequeathed
               to
               lead
               us
               to
               e●ernal
               happiness
               .
               Read
               it
               with
               attention
               and
               an
               earnest
               de●ire
               to
               follow
               its
               precepts
               ,
               and
               it
               wi●●urely
               bring
               you
               to
               immo●tal
               and
               everlasting
               life
               ,
               teach
               you
               to
               live
               ●nd
               die
               ,
               win
               you
               to
               God.
               e●dow
               you
               with
               happiness
               and
               glory
               .
               Labour
               to
               live
               acco●ding
               to
               the
               rules
               it
               contains
               ,
               and
               you
               shall
               inherit
               su●h
               riches
               ,
               as
               the
               covetous
               cannot
               wi●hd●●w
               ,
               the
               thie●
               steal
               ,
               nor
               the
               moth
               corrupt
               .
               My
               dear
               sister
               ,
               ask
               wisdom
               from
               above
               ,
               and
               de●ire
               with
               David
               to
               understand
               the
               law
               of
               the
               Lord
               our
               God
               ,
               〈◊〉
               on
               the
               〈◊〉
               of
               thy
               heart
               by
               divi●e
               love
               ,
               live
               still
               to
               die
               ,
               that
               through
               death
               you
               may
               obtain
               eternal
               life
               .
               Let
               not
               your
               youth
               blind
               you
               from
               knowing
               that
               at
               all
               hours
               ,
               times
               ,
               and
               seasons
               ,
               are
               alike
               to
               the
               most
               high
               God
               ,
               when
               he
               〈…〉
               are
               they
               〈◊〉
               ●amps
               are
               〈◊〉
               when
               he
               comes
               ;
               the
               Lord
               is
               equall●
               glorified
               in
               the
               young
               as
               in
               the
               old
               ;
               my
               dear
               good
               si●ter
               ,
               〈◊〉
               to
               die
               ,
               deny
               the
               ●en
               〈◊〉
               of
               the
               wo●●d
               ,
               the
               〈◊〉
               ,
               and
               the
               D●vil
               ,
               and
               delight
               〈…〉
               in
               the
               Lo●d
               .
               
               Jesus
               Christ
               ;
               be
               sorry
               for
               yo●r
               sins
               ;
               love
               God
               ,
               do●●e●lpair
               ,
               be
               strong
               in
               faith
               in
               Christ
               ,
               live
               and
               die
               him
               the
               dear
               Redeemer
               ,
               and
               with
               St.
               Paul
               ,
               wh●
               fi●led
               with
               the
               fulness
               of
               divine
               love
               ,
               you
               will
               〈◊〉
               to
               be
               d●ssolved
               ,
               to
               be
               with
               Christ
               ,
               wi●h
               whom
               〈◊〉
               love
               and
               life
               eternal
               ;
               be
               the
               good
               servant
               ,
               that
               wh●●eath
               steals
               on
               ,
               like
               a
               thief
               in
               the
               n●gh●
               ,
               you
               b●
               not
               found
               in
               da●k●ess
               ,
               with
               the
               children
               of
               th●
               world
               ,
               who
               know
               not
               God
               ,
               and
               be
               not
               witho●●
               oil
               in
               your
               lamp
               ,
               like
               the
               foolish
               Virgins
               ,
               least
               yo●
               be
               re●used
               ad●it●ance
               to
               the
               marriage
               ●upper
               of
               th●
               Lamb
               ;
               or
               w●thou●
               the
               w●dding
               ga●ment
               ,
               least
               〈◊〉
               be
               cast
               into
               outer
               da●kness
               ;
               Rejoice
               in
               the
               Redeemer
               ,
               follow
               our
               great
               master
               Christ
               ,
               ●heerfully
               bear
               your
               cross
               or
               crosses
               ,
               lay
               a●l
               your
               sins
               on
               hi●
               shoul●ers
               ,
               and
               embrace
               him
               always
               .
               Rejoice
               with
               me
               ,
               at
               my
               death
               ,
               my
               dearest
               sister
               .
               that
               I
               shall
               be
               delivered
               from
               this
               body
               of
               corruption
               ,
               and
               clothed
               with
               the
               garment
               of
               incorruption
               ;
               for
               by
               〈◊〉
               this
               mortal
               life
               ,
               I
               shall
               obtain
               one
               immor●al
               ,
               joyful
               ,
               glorious
               ,
               and
               eve●lasting
               ,
               which
               I
               pray
               the
               Almighty
               God
               to
               give
               you
               when
               he
               shall
               please
               to
               call
               you
               hence
               ,
               and
               send
               you
               all
               sufficient
               grace
               .
               ●o
               live
               in
               his
               love
               and
               fear
               ,
               and
               die
               in
               true
               Christian
               ●aith
               ,
               in
               Christ
               Jesus
               ,
               who
               redeemed
               us
               ,
               and
               all
               who
               love
               him
               ,
               and
               long
               for
               his
               coming
               ;
               a●d
               I
               now
               exhort
               you
               ,
               in
               the
               name
               of
               our
               Almighty
               Father
               ,
               neve●
               to
               swerve
               either
               from
               the
               hope
               of
               life
               or
               ●ear
               of
               death
               :
               for
               if
               you
               deny
               his
               truth
               to
               prolong
               a
               we●ry
               and
               corrupt
               being
               ,
               Omniporence
               himself
               will
               〈◊〉
               you
               ,
               and
               cu●
               sho●●
               by
               his
               vengeance
               ,
               what
               〈◊〉
               were
               desirous
               of
               prolonging
               ,
               by
               the
               loss
               of
               your
               precious
               soul.
               Cleave
               to
               him
               ▪
               and
               he
               will
               ex●end
               :
               your
               days
               to
               a
               〈◊〉
               circumsribed
               to
               his
               own
               glory
               ;
               to
               which
               I
               〈◊〉
               God
               bring
               me
               now
               ,
               a●d
               you
               hereaf●er
               ,
               when
               it
               shall
               please
               him
               to
               call
               you
               
               Farewell
               .
               once
               more
               ,
               my
               beloved
               〈◊〉
               ,
               put
               your
               whole
               ●ru●t
               in
               the
               great
               〈◊〉
               who
               alone
               ca●
               help
               you
               —
               AMEN
            
             
               
                 Your
                 loving
                 Sister
                 ,
                 J●NE
                 DUDLEY
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           She
           was
           a
           Lady
           of
           the
           m●st
           amiable
           person
           ,
           most
           engaging
           disposition
           ,
           and
           〈◊〉
           ●●c●mpl●shed
           parts
           .
           She
           〈…〉
           greatest
           〈◊〉
           in
           acq●●●ing
           every
           part
           of
           poli●e
           Li●e●●●ure
           ▪
           had
           a
           〈◊〉
           knowledge
           of
           the
           Ro●●a●
           and
           Greek
           languages
           ,
           〈◊〉
           modern
           tongues
           ,
           and
           the
           elega●●
           arts
           ▪
           the
           best
           of
           wives
           to
           the
           most
           aff●cti●nate
           husband
           ,
           she
           re●u●ed
           being
           placed
           on
           the
           ●hrone
           ,
           till
           〈◊〉
           by
           her
           Father
           ,
           Father-in-law
           and
           H●sb●●d
           :
           when
           she
           had
           been
           warned
           to
           prepare
           for
           death
           ,
           which
           she
           had
           long
           expected
           ,
           she
           received
           the
           dreadful
           news
           with
           jo●
           ,
           The
           Queen
           's
           bigo●●ed
           zeal
           (
           under
           colour
           of
           tender
           mercy
           to
           the
           prisoner's
           soul
           )
           induced
           her
           to
           send
           Priests
           ,
           who
           tormented
           her
           wi●h
           perpetual
           disputations
           ,
           and
           ●
           〈◊〉
           was
           granted
           her
           on
           conditions
           that
           she
           would
           embrace
           the
           ●do●atrous
           wo●ship
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           :
           〈◊〉
           she
           he●d
           Death
           and
           Christ
           in
           greater
           esteem
           .
           Lady
           Jane
           had
           presence
           of
           mind
           (
           in
           them
           〈◊〉
           and
           〈◊〉
           circumstances
           ,
           to
           d●fend
           her
           religion
           with
           a
           christian
           for●itude
           ,
           supported
           from
           holy
           writ
           ▪
           and
           also
           wrote
           a
           letter
           to
           her
           Sister
           in
           the
           ●reek
           ●angua●e
           ,
           exhorting
           her
           to
           maintain
           ,
           in
           every
           reve●se
           of
           fortune
           ,
           the
           like
           steady
           ●erse●erance
           ▪
           On
           the
           da●
           of
           her
           execution
           .
           she
           re●used
           to
           see
           her
           ●●sband
           Lord
           Guil●ord
           ,
           but
           sent
           him
           word
           ▪
           that
           the
           ●e●derness
           of
           their
           ●arting
           ,
           might
           probab●●
           〈…〉
           ▪
           〈…〉
           
           from
           that
           co●●●ancy
           which
           their
           approaching
           end
           ●●qu●red
           of
           them
           .
           Their
           separation
           would
           be
           only
           fo●
           a
           m●m●nt
           ,
           and
           would
           soon
           r●join
           each
           other
           in
           〈◊〉
           ,
           where
           their
           affections
           would
           be
           〈…〉
           ;
           and
           where
           death
           ,
           disappointments
           ,
           and
           〈◊〉
           co●ld
           no
           lo●ger
           have
           access
           to
           them
           ,
           〈◊〉
           break
           on
           their
           happin●●s
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           Extracts
           relative
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           .
           (
           By
           Lady
           Wallace
           .
           )
        
         
           TO
           be
           able
           to
           judge
           of
           the
           discontent
           which
           is
           now
           general
           in
           all
           Roman
           Catholic
           countries
           ,
           as
           well
           to
           draw
           natural
           conclu●ions
           from
           those
           com●●●tions
           which
           seem
           to
           be
           inevitable
           ,
           from
           the
           a●arice
           of
           the
           c●ergy
           ,
           you
           must
           go
           back
           to
           the
           infancy
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           make
           you●self
           acquainted
           with
           the
           increase
           ,
           abuse
           ,
           and
           decrease
           of
           the
           power
           of
           the
           church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           which
           now
           ,
           even
           it
           s
           once
           most
           supe●stitious
           adherents
           begin
           to
           revolt
           against
           ,
           from
           the
           avarice
           and
           depravity
           of
           the
           clergy
           .
        
         
           Begin
           from
           A
           D.
           66
           ,
           when
           we
           find
           the
           marty●●dom
           of
           Pe●er
           and
           Paul
           upon
           record
           :
           and
           the
           appointment
           of
           St.
           Lin
           ,
           to
           be
           bishop
           of
           Rome
           ;
           happy
           for
           Ch●istianity
           ,
           the
           cruel
           〈◊〉
           which
           cru●hed
           and
           ha●assed
           the
           ens●●ved
           people
           ,
           rendered
           them
           greedy
           to
           adopt
           a
           doctrine
           which
           promised
           comfo●t
           to
           their
           sufferings
           ,
           eternal
           rest
           and
           blessings
           herea●●e●
           ,
           in
           proportion
           to
           their
           oppression
           and
           sufferings
           in
           this
           world
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           three
           fi●st
           ages
           of
           the
           church
           .
           the
           bishop
           of
           Rome
           ▪
           in
           common
           wi●h
           the
           other
           ●ishops
           ▪
           preached
           the
           ●●ctrine
           of
           Christianity
           in
           all
           tha●
           purity
           which
           ou●
           S●viour
           commanded
           to
           all
           his
           disciples
           ,
           vested
           all
           with
           equal
           powers
           :
           piety
           ,
           moderation
           ,
           and
           priva●●on
           ma●ked
           their
           lives
           ,
           and
           there
           never
           was
           me●tion
           m●de
           of
           any
           superior
           power
           being
           invested
           in
           the
           bishop
           of
           Rome
           ,
           till
           the
           days
           of
           Constantine
           the
           〈…〉
           new
           mode●●ed
           the
           empire
           ,
           and
           gave
           the
           
           〈…〉
           power
           of
           regulating
           all
           religious
           disputes
           〈◊〉
           church
           rites
           and
           re●orms
           ;
           but
           always
           re●erving
           to
           the
           emperor
           the
           power
           of
           au●horizing
           .
           or
           a●●ulling
           ,
           the
           decisions
           of
           the
           bishop
           This
           power
           ,
           ●he
           e●npero●s
           continued
           to
           exercise
           ,
           without
           any
           bishop
           having
           ever
           hinted
           ,
           that
           by
           divine
           authority
           he
           poss●ss●d
           any
           superiority
           over
           the
           other
           bishops
           ,
           or
           over
           the
           government
           of
           his
           own
           country
           ,
           far
           less
           in
           that
           of
           his
           ●eighbours
           .
        
         
           At
           the
           period
           when
           civil
           discord
           and
           foreign
           wars
           so
           convul●ed
           and
           dis●embered
           the
           empire
           ,
           that
           no
           〈◊〉
           could
           take
           upon
           him
           the
           government
           of
           the
           〈◊〉
           ,
           the
           emperor
           invested
           the
           bishops
           as
           his
           agents
           ;
           and
           they
           assumed
           af●erwards
           this
           power
           as
           their
           right
           ,
           in
           the
           fourth
           century
           ,
           and
           no
           emperor
           afterwards
           was
           powerful
           enough
           to
           re-assume
           his
           rights
           .
        
         
           Upon
           the
           popes
           becoming
           ve●ted
           with
           the
           civil
           government
           ,
           their
           luxury
           and
           v●ces
           became
           scandalous
           .
           They
           were
           followed
           by
           ●l●ves
           and
           mistress●s
           in
           the
           streets
           in
           the
           greatest
           pomp
           ,
           and
           from
           their
           riches
           and
           power
           they
           were
           able
           to
           usu●p
           that
           superiority
           over
           the
           other
           bishops
           which
           they
           some
           time
           a●●er
           a●●empted
           to
           m●ke
           their
           credulous
           adherents
           believe
           they
           had
           been
           impowered
           by
           Christ
           to
           assume
           .
        
         
           The
           high
           〈◊〉
           and
           affluence
           bestowed
           by
           Constantine
           upon
           the
           s●e
           of
           Rome
           ,
           made
           all
           the
           〈◊〉
           bishops
           anxiou●
           to
           succeed
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           ●●storia●s
           tell
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           sa●e
           co●●up●ion
           and
           in●rigue
           were
           u●●d
           in
           those
           days
           as
           there
           is
           now
           to
           make
           a
           pope
           .
        
         
           In
           378.
           the
           emperor
           Gratian
           formed
           a
           spiritual
           court
           ,
           which
           confisted
           of
           the
           bishop
           of
           Rome
           ,
           and
           seven
           ●●her
           bishops
           ;
           to
           judge
           finally
           of
           all
           church
           〈◊〉
           ;
           and
           he
           〈◊〉
           that
           all
           his
           subjects
           should
           ●ddp●
           the
           belief
           of
           the
           Trinity
           ,
           and
           become
           of
           the
           Christian
           church
           ,
           whi●●
           proved
           that
           he
           (
           who
           
           was
           bec●me
           a
           Christian
           )
           was
           head
           of
           the
           Church
           and
           supreme
           in
           power
           ▪
           and
           this
           was
           frequently
           shewn
           by
           the
           emp●rors
           making
           the
           monks
           serve
           as
           soldiers
           ,
           and
           the
           bishops
           of
           Rome
           as
           ambassadors
           :
           one
           of
           the
           popes
           ,
           Sylverius
           ,
           was
           starved
           to
           death
           when
           on
           an
           embassy
           .
        
         
           ●Till
           the
           eighth
           century
           ,
           we
           〈◊〉
           the
           popes
           power
           no
           greater
           than
           that
           o●
           our
           archbi●hops
           ;
           after
           that
           〈◊〉
           ,
           the
           imbeci●●●y
           ,
           superstition
           ,
           and
           often
           the
           poverty
           and
           difficulties
           of
           the
           emperors
           ,
           tempted
           them
           to
           give
           the
           popes
           sovereign
           power
           over
           provinces
           ,
           titles
           ,
           a●d
           homage
           ,
           to
           gain
           〈◊〉
           ,
           or
           pardon
           of
           their
           〈◊〉
           .
        
         
           So
           soon
           as
           〈…〉
           were
           declared
           head
           of
           the.
           church
           ,
           they
           〈…〉
           those
           Pagans
           who
           had
           turned
           〈◊〉
           Christianity
           to
           〈◊〉
           same
           ideas
           to
           them
           that
           they
           had
           to
           their
           〈◊〉
           Druids
           ,
           that
           the
           per●on
           who
           was
           exc●mmunicated
           by
           them
           ,
           was
           degraded
           ,
           and
           deprived
           of
           the
           common
           〈◊〉
           of
           the
           people
           ;
           and
           thu●
           〈◊〉
           began
           first
           to
           〈◊〉
           damnation
           on
           nations
           and
           king
           ;
           who
           devia●ed
           from
           〈◊〉
           politics
           .
        
         
           In
           this
           same
           century
           ,
           Pep●●
           ,
           in
           〈◊〉
           ,
           finding
           his
           sovereign
           ,
           Childeric
           ,
           a
           weak
           p●ince
           ,
           ●o
           〈◊〉
           the
           ambitious
           scheme
           of
           〈◊〉
           him
           ,
           and
           〈◊〉
           his
           throne
           ,
           which
           pope
           Z●cheria
           encouraged
           him
           〈◊〉
           do
           ;
           knowing
           that
           if
           Pepin
           succeeded
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           do
           without
           the
           influence
           of
           the
           church
           ,
           over
           the
           minds
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           riches
           of
           its
           treasury
           :
           for
           which
           Pepin
           promised
           to
           aid
           him
           with
           his
           arms
           ,
           and
           every
           art
           to
           establish
           his
           power
           ;
           and
           after
           Pepin
           by
           these
           means
           had
           completed
           his
           〈◊〉
           ,
           the
           ;
           pope
           was
           attacked
           by
           Allulph
           ,
           a
           Lomb●rd
           prince
           .
           when
           Pepin
           hastened
           to
           his
           succour
           ,
           and
           forced
           〈…〉
           totally
           to
           give●up
           to
           the
           pope
           the
           〈◊〉
           of
           Rome
           .
        
         
         
           In
           the
           time
           of
           pope
           Adrian
           ,
           who
           succeeded
           Zacheria
           ,
           Charlemagne
           ,
           who
           succeeded
           Pepin
           ,
           again
           rep●l●ed
           the
           Lombard
           princes
           ,
           who
           wi●hed
           to
           reduce
           the
           ●avished
           power
           of
           the
           papal
           splendor
           .
           Char●emagne
           ●ound
           the
           Pope
           a
           ve●y
           powerful
           friend
           :
           from
           the
           bigotry
           ,
           the
           natural
           produce
           of
           ignorance
           ,
           which
           reigned
           in
           those
           day●
           ,
           the
           princes
           and
           people
           impover●shed
           themselves
           to
           make
           presents
           to
           the
           pope
           ,
           whom
           they
           believed
           to
           be
           endowed
           with
           su●ernatural
           powers
           ,
           from
           the
           miracles
           and
           〈◊〉
           they
           daily
           〈◊〉
           by
           their
           know●edge
           in
           〈◊〉
           and
           chemistry
           ,
           which
           knowledge
           was
           〈◊〉
           confined
           to
           the
           priesthood
           .
        
         
           Thus
           by
           reading
           history
           ,
           you
           will
           〈◊〉
           by
           what
           almost
           imperceptible
           degrees
           the
           church
           of
           Rome
           emerged
           from
           all
           the
           simplicity
           and
           〈◊〉
           of
           the
           〈◊〉
           doct●ines
           of
           Christ
           ,
           to
           e●joy
           that
           splendour
           and
           corruption
           which
           have
           〈…〉
           many
           ages
           distinguished
           it
           .
        
         
           Surely
           the
           leading
           〈◊〉
           to
           become
           a
           traitor
           and
           a
           〈◊〉
           was
           〈◊〉
           ●o
           the
           doc●rines
           of
           our
           Saviour
           .
        
         
           One
           of
           the
           pope●
           causes
           of
           the
           great
           success
           of
           the
           〈◊〉
           was
           ,
           that
           〈◊〉
           were
           elected
           ;
           they
           were
           〈◊〉
           always
           men
           of
           ●ho●en
           abilities
           ,
           and
           a●ts
           ,
           〈◊〉
           to
           the
           study
           of
           enr●ching
           and
           agrandizing
           the
           〈◊〉
           :
           if
           any
           pope
           turned
           out
           a
           man
           of
           a
           different
           cast
           ,
           the
           cardinals
           lost
           no
           time
           to
           murder
           or
           depo●e
           him
           ;
           whereas
           the
           princes
           who
           succeeded
           their
           〈◊〉
           were
           either
           fools
           or
           wise
           men
           ,
           as
           the
           chance
           of
           fortune
           directed
           .
        
         
           The
           popes
           ,
           under
           pretence
           of
           managing
           the
           〈◊〉
           of
           the
           church
           and
           the
           con●ciences
           of
           kings
           ,
           were
           a●ways
           fending
           men
           to
           undermine
           the
           polities
           of
           every
           cabinet
           ;
           either
           by
           encouraging
           the
           weaknesses
           of
           the
           leading
           men
           ,
           or
           by
           denouncing
           thunders
           which
           〈◊〉
           the
           weak
           minde●
           and
           〈◊〉
           ;
           
           and
           thus
           with
           the
           aid
           of
           all
           powerful
           gold
           〈…〉
           i●fluence
           .
           There●ore
           ,
           it
           is
           〈◊〉
           to
           be
           wondered
           at
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           so
           long
           have
           kept
           all
           Europe
           in
           a
           state
           of
           blood
           ,
           barbari●m
           and
           bigotry
           ,
           which
           〈◊〉
           would
           have
           been
           i●s
           wretched
           〈◊〉
           ,
           had
           not
           England
           ,
           Swi●zerland
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           the
           German
           Principalities
           ,
           by
           the
           will
           of
           Providence
           ,
           re●o●med
           ▪
           an●
           〈◊〉
           from
           the
           u●j●st
           vsurpa●ion
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           .
           Re●igion
           〈◊〉
           that
           period
           has
           ce●sed
           to
           be
           the
           〈…〉
           of
           state
           intrigues
           in
           those
           rival
           nations
           which
           gave
           laws
           to
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           Should
           a
           general
           reform
           of
           that
           Church
           now
           h●ppen
           ,
           which
           is
           very
           probab●e
           ,
           the
           minds
           of
           its
           ad●e●ents
           seem
           ripe
           for
           revolt
           ,
           from
           their
           groaning
           severely
           under
           the
           tyranny
           of
           a
           corrupt
           avar●cious
           clergy
           ;
           and
           we
           may
           expect
           to
           see
           all
           Europe
           enjoy
           pe●manent
           peace
           ●ut
           the
           restless
           spirit
           of
           domination
           in
           the
           Romish
           Clergy
           will
           leave
           no
           attempt
           u●●ried
           to
           secu●e
           their
           power
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           only
           by
           a
           conflict
           which
           must
           produce
           va●ied
           〈◊〉
           of
           blo●d
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           submit
           to
           restore
           their
           usurped
           spoils
           :
           we
           find
           that
           already
           many
           of
           them
           have
           kept
           the
           chair
           by
           ass●ssinations
           ,
           cruelty
           and
           treachery
           .
        
         
           Sergiu●
           the
           Third
           made
           one
           of
           his
           numerous
           bas●ards
           ,
           Pope
           ,
           under
           the
           name
           of
           John
           the
           Eleventh
           .
           John
           the
           Twel●th
           was
           also
           a
           bastard
           of
           Pope
           Agape●us
           ;
           for
           in
           those
           days
           ,
           〈◊〉
           those
           heroes
           willingly
           made
           the
           sacrifice
           to
           God
           of
           that
           generally
           troublesome
           appendage
           to
           a
           libe●●ine
           —
           a
           wife
           ,
           yet
           the●
           could
           not
           dispense
           with
           a
           variety
           of
           mistresses
           .
           Gregory
           the
           Se●ond
           profited
           the
           most
           by
           his
           amours
           ;
           for
           the
           Empr●ss
           Matilda
           ,
           and
           the
           daughter
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           Tuscany
           left
           him
           large
           legacies
           .
           Pascal
           the
           Second
           stirred
           up
           and
           supported
           Henry
           the
           Fifth
           to
           act
           so
           bad
           a
           part
           by
           his
           Father
           ;
           for
           it
           was
           those
           scan●●lous
           ●epresentatives
           of
           divine
           virtue
           which
           armed
           
           ●ons
           against
           their
           fathers
           ,
           and
           made
           them
           be●●me
           ra●●ors
           to
           their
           oath
           and
           allegiance
           .
           Alexander
           the
           〈◊〉
           is
           reco●ded
           as
           a
           wonder
           of
           brutal
           crimes-Clement
           the
           Seventh
           had
           the
           mortification
           to
           see
           〈…〉
           his
           cha●●
           ,
           and
           could
           work
           no
           miracle
           to
           prevent
           his
           being
           dr●ven
           out
           of
           Rome
           .
           He
           also
           〈◊〉
           the
           Emperor
           〈◊〉
           cry
           loudly
           against
           the
           pow●r
           and
           u●urpation
           of
           the
           〈◊〉
           ,
           which
           awed
           him
           so
           ●uch
           that
           he
           lost
           England
           ,
           as
           he
           dared
           not
           give
           〈◊〉
           to
           Hen●y
           the
           Eighth
           to
           divor●e
           Catharine
           of
           A●●agon
           ,
           becau●e
           she
           was
           the
           Aunt
           of
           Charles
           whom
           he
           was
           afraid
           more
           to
           irritate
           .
           Henry
           ,
           enraged
           against
           every
           thing
           which
           stood
           in
           opposition
           to
           his
           wishes
           ,
           bu●ned
           the
           Pope
           in
           ●ffigy
           in
           Lon●on
           ,
           and
           ordered
           every
           ore
           to
           change
           their
           ●eligion
           with
           as
           little
           remoise
           as
           he
           changed
           his
           wife
           :
           thus
           an
           〈◊〉
           people
           are
           for
           e●er
           persecuted
           by
           despotic
           ●ools
           .
           Paul
           the
           Third
           was
           famous
           for
           being
           the
           most
           luxurious
           and
           licen●ious
           man
           of
           his
           time
           ;
           he
           made
           his
           ba●●ards
           cardinals
           whe●
           boys
           .
        
         
           At
           this
           period
           the
           ●lergy
           made
           a
           violent
           effort
           to
           re-establish
           their
           power
           in
           Englan●
           ;
           and
           Mary
           with
           that
           cru●l
           ,
           revengeful
           spirit
           ,
           which
           seems
           to
           have
           been
           the
           most
           powerful
           engine
           of
           the
           church
           ,
           by
           burning
           and
           ex●irpating
           all
           those
           who
           dared
           oppose
           her
           ,
           did
           all
           she
           could
           to
           bring
           England
           again
           under
           the
           yoke
           of
           pop●●y
           :
           but
           such
           a
           co●●uct
           was
           not
           calculated
           to
           make
           pro●elytes
           of
           the
           minds
           of
           men
           ,
           enlightened
           by
           the
           mild
           i●fluence
           of
           truth
           ,
           and
           it
           soon
           pleased
           God
           to
           purge
           the
           ear●h
           of
           such
           a
           monster
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           was
           〈◊〉
           to
           Paul
           the
           Fourth
           to
           see
           the
           mortal
           blow
           given
           to
           the
           power
           of
           the
           S●e
           of
           Rome
           ,
           in
           the
           glorious
           reign
           of
           Elizabeth
           ,
           whose
           want
           of
           ●oleration
           ,
           which
           stained
           her
           name
           with
           a
           Sister's
           death
           ,
           arose
           from
           a
           conviction
           that
           tolerating
           such
           
           opposite
           doct●ines
           in
           the
           chur●●
           ,
           must
           inevitably
           ,
           sooner
           or
           later
           ,
           involve
           the
           〈◊〉
           in
           civil
           disco●d
           .
        
         
           Six●us
           the
           〈◊〉
           was
           〈…〉
           ,
           at
           England's
           having
           not
           only
           thrown
           off
           the
           〈◊〉
           of
           Rome
           but
           her
           sudden
           rise
           to
           grand
           ●r
           and
           〈◊〉
           ,
           that
           he
           promised
           Philip
           the
           Second
           to
           secure
           to
           him
           the
           〈◊〉
           of
           Britain
           ,
           prov●ded
           he
           would
           do
           h●m●ge
           to
           him
           ,
           but
           all
           his
           hol●
           〈◊〉
           and
           masses
           would
           not
           save
           the
           invin●●b●e
           armada
           .
        
         
           In
           latter
           times
           ,
           the
           popes
           have
           〈◊〉
           a
           ver●
           〈◊〉
           conduct
           in
           com●arison
           to
           〈◊〉
           former
           .
           Their
           intrigues
           are
           now
           chie●ly
           〈◊〉
           to
           〈◊〉
           money
           on
           the
           superstitious
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           debau●her●
           which
           so
           eminently
           distinguishes
           the
           clerg●
           in
           the
           Roman
           Catholic
           count●ies
           ,
           where
           the
           harrassed
           people
           revo●●
           at
           seeing
           the
           divine
           representatives
           of
           Christ
           such
           avaricious
           〈◊〉
           ;
           and
           poor
           ,
           miserable
           and
           di●contented
           they
           only
           wait
           an
           opportunity
           to
           throw
           off
           the
           yoke
           ,
           and
           worship
           God
           in
           purity
           and
           sincerity
        
         
           No
           p●i●ce
           is
           now
           so
           ignorant
           as
           to
           tremble
           at
           the
           thunders
           of
           the
           Vatican
           :
           yet
           the
           pope
           c●●tinues
           to
           impoveri●h
           the
           neigh●ouring
           ki●gdoms
           ,
           b●
           selling
           every
           year
           his
           bulls
           nec●ss●ry
           for
           all
           ranks
           of
           the
           priesthood
           ,
           to
           their
           being
           in
           orders
           ;
           it
           would
           appear
           very
           wonderful
           that
           sovereig●s
           should
           continue
           to
           submit
           to
           what
           so
           evidentl●
           impoverishes
           their
           people
           ,
           did
           not
           that
           love
           of
           despotism
           .
           which
           is
           imbi●ed
           with
           the
           name
           of
           king
           ,
           render
           them
           unwilling
           to
           destroy
           its
           chief
           source
           .
        
         
           On
           a
           view
           of
           the
           many
           vicious
           characters
           who
           have
           filled
           the
           chair
           ,
           one
           shudders
           to
           think
           in
           this
           enlightened
           age
           ,
           that
           any
           part
           of
           mankind
           shou●d
           attribute
           to
           such
           sinners
           the
           virtues
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           lo●k
           on
           men
           polluted
           with
           every
           crime
           ,
           as
           ves●ed
           with
           a
           supernatural
           power
           .
        
         
         
           At
           fi●st
           ,
           by
           degree●
           ,
           by
           treac●ery
           and
           us●rpation
           on
           the
           part
           of
           the
           〈◊〉
           of
           Rome
           ,
           by
           interested
           motives
           on
           the
           part
           of
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           and
           b●
           big●try
           in
           the
           people
           ,
           they
           a●●ved
           a●
           that
           wealth
           ,
           splendor
           and
           power
           .
           wh●ch
           th●y
           make
           their
           〈◊〉
           followers
           falsely
           believe
           th●●
           have
           derived
           ●●om
           Heaven
           :
           but
           now
           the
           mi●ds
           of
           men
           are
           ope●ing
           to
           the
           treacherous
           delusions
           which
           have
           so
           long
           duped
           them
           .
           and
           reformation
           o●
           an
           absolu●●
           revolution
           ,
           will
           most
           likely
           soon
           be
           ●ffected
           in
           all
           〈◊〉
           governments
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           An
           Answer
           to
           Doctor
           PRIESTLY
           ,
           And
           all
           other
           Deis●ical
           Unitarians
           ,
           who
           deny
           Christ's
           Divinity
           ;
           By
           a
           Christian
           Unitarian
           ,
           who
           believes
           in
           Christ's
           Divinity
           .
        
         
           THIS
           is
           a
           subject
           of
           the
           greatest
           importance
           to
           mankind
           ,
           par●i●ularly
           as
           their
           eternal
           happiness
           depends
           on
           the
           knowledge
           of
           this
           great
           divine
           m●ster●
           ,
           which
           the
           pe●ple
           who
           imagine
           they
           are
           Christians
           ▪
           concei●edly
           〈◊〉
           themselves
           they
           have
           a
           perfect
           knowledge
           of
           ;
           and
           some
           independent
           people
           will
           spurn
           with
           contempt
           at
           the
           impudence
           of
           any
           spiritual
           ,
           enlightened
           person
           ,
           who
           will
           dare
           intrude
           so
           trifling
           a
           subj●ct
           on
           their
           idle
           fashionable
           hours
           :
           yet
           a
           great
           many
           who
           read
           this
           will
           acknowledge
           that
           not
           one
           in
           a
           million
           know
           any
           thing
           of
           the
           matter
           ,
           not
           know
           how
           to-call-on
           the
           Deity
           ,
           or
           what
           Deity
           to-call-on
           .
        
         
           Mankind
           may
           be
           informed
           in
           the
           new
           testament
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           last
           days
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           shortly
           before
           the
           general
           judgmen●
           )
           fa●se
           Prophe●s
           shall
           appear
           and
           deny
           the
           Lord
           J●sus
           Christ
           ,
           who
           bought
           them
           with
           his
           blood
           ,
           and
           will
           almost
           deceive
           the
           very
           el●ct
           .
           The
           word
           elect
           means
           such
           as
           are
           filled
           with
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           book
           of
           Isaiah
           the
           Propher
           ,
           in
           the
           old
           testament
           ,
           God
           speaks
           frequently
           of
           his
           intention
           of
           essuming
           flesh
           and
           becoming
           man
           ,
           and
           even
           speaks
           to
           the
           humanity
           ,
           and
           the
           humanity
           to
           his
           divinity
           ;
           which
           confound
           the
           unconverted
           ,
           not
           knowing
           how
           to
           separate
           the
           divinity
           from
           the
           humanity
           .
           The
           followi●g
           remarks
           and
           explanations
           will
           prove
           there
           
           〈◊〉
           but
           one
           God
           ▪
           or
           one
           Being
           to
           be
           worshipped
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           invisible
           God
           in
           the
           visible
           Christ
           ,
           and
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           in
           God
           This
           is
           well
           known
           to
           the
           elect
           only
           and
           is
           also
           called
           grace
           ,
           which
           word
           grace
           〈◊〉
           understood
           by
           the
           unconverted
           externally
           only
           ,
           not
           internally
           .
           Whosoever
           worships
           Christ
           ,
           includes
           the
           God-head
           .
        
         
           In
           Isaiah
           ,
           cha●
           .
           1
           ,
           and
           ver
           .
           4
           ,
           God
           calls
           himself
           the
           holy
           one
           of
           Israel
           ,
           verse
           11
           ,
           he
           never
           delighted
           in
           offerings
           .
           Verse
           13.
           incense
           an
           a●omination
           ,
           verse
           18
           ,
           though
           your
           sins
           be
           red
           as
           scarlet
           they
           shall
           be
           made
           white
           as
           snow
           ,
           verse
           24
           ,
           Lord
           of
           Hosts
           .
           mighty
           one
           of
           Israel
           .
           Chap.
           7.
           verse
           14
           ,
           shews
           how
           the
           Virgin
           Mary
           was
           to
           conceive
           and
           bear
           a
           son
           ,
           whole
           name
           should
           be
           ●manuel
           (
           which
           is
           God
           )
           .
           Chap
           8.
           verse
           13
           ,
           14
           ,
           the
           Lord
           of
           Hosts
           himself
           shall
           be
           your
           fear
           a●d
           dread
           ,
           he
           shall
           be
           for
           a
           sanctuary
           (
           a
           holy
           place
           to
           resort
           to
           )
           ,
           but
           to
           some
           people
           a
           stumbling
           none
           ,
           a
           rock
           of
           offence
           ,
           and
           a
           sna●e
           ,
           ●such
           as
           despise
           information
           to
           holiness
           and
           Christ.
           The
           same
           words
           are
           mentioned
           of
           Christ
           in
           the
           new
           testament
           .
           Chap.
           9
           ,
           verse
           6
           ,
           shews
           the
           birth
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           his
           name
           shall
           be
           Wonderful
           ,
           Counsellor
           ,
           the
           migh●y
           God
           ,
           the
           everlasting
           Father
           ,
           the
           p●ince
           of
           peace
           There
           shall
           be
           no
           end
           to
           his
           government
           ,
           it
           shall
           hold
           for
           ever
           This
           chapter
           and
           verse
           is
           sufficient
           to
           prove
           Christ
           God.
           Chap
           11
           ,
           and
           five
           first
           verses
           ,
           shew
           the
           birth
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           is
           in
           his
           human
           nature
           ,
           saying
           ,
           there
           shall
           appear
           ▪
           a
           rod
           ,
           or
           branch
           of
           the
           root
           of
           J●sse
           [
           J●ss●-was
           David's
           father
           .
           ]
           and
           the
           〈◊〉
           of
           the
           Lord
           shall
           rest-upon
           him
           ,
           he
           shall
           be
           filled
           with
           wisdom
           ,
           understanding
           ,
           counsel
           ,
           might
           ,
           knowledge
           ,
           righteousness
           .
           Ver.
           11.
           the
           Lord
           shall
           set
           his
           hand
           the
           second
           time
           [
           Christ
           ]
           to
           recover
           the
           remnant
           〈◊〉
           p●ople
           .
           Chap
           12
           ,
           his
           people
           will
           praise
           him
           ,
           
           and
           say
           ,
           behold
           God
           is
           my
           salvation
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Jehovah
           〈◊〉
           my
           strength
           ,
           &c.
           
           Chap
           17
           ,
           verse
           6
           ,
           7
           ,
           Lord
           God
           of
           Israel
           ,
           man's
           maker
           ,
           and
           holy
           one
           of
           Is●ael
           .
           Verse
           10
           ,
           the
           God
           of
           S●lvation
           ▪
           and
           the
           Rock
           .
           Chap
           40
           ,
           ●erse
           1.
           3.
           the
           voice
           of
           John
           the
           Bap●ist
           in
           the
           wilderne●s
           [
           ●his
           worl●
           ]
           p●epa●e
           the
           way
           of
           the
           Lord
           in
           the
           〈…〉
           make
           a
           straight
           way
           for
           our
           God
           [
           Christ
           ]
           .
           Ver.
           〈◊〉
           all
           s●●sh
           shall
           see
           it
           ,
           which
           was
           God's
           sanctua●y
           ,
           Christ.
           v
           9.
           b●●
           old
           your
           God.
           Verse
           10
           ,
           behold
           the
           Lord
           God
           will
           come
           ,
           with
           a
           strong
           hand
           he
           shall
           rule
           ,
           his
           reward
           is
           with
           him
           ,
           his
           work
           [
           on
           earth
           ]
           is
           〈◊〉
           him
           .
           Verse
           11
           ,
           he
           shall
           〈◊〉
           his
           〈◊〉
           like
           a
           ●hepherd
           ,
           gather
           his
           lambs
           ,
           carry
           them
           in
           his
           bosom
           ,
           a●d
           gently
           lead
           those
           that
           are
           wi●h
           young
           ,
           &c.
           
           Chap.
           41
           ,
           verle
           4
           ,
           Iam
           the
           first
           and
           the
           last
           .
           Verse
           13
           ▪
           14
           ▪
           he
           i●
           Lord
           God
           ,
           the
           Redeemer
           and
           holy
           〈…〉
           .
           Chap.
           42
           ,
           first
           five
           verses
           ,
           God
           speaks
           of
           assu●ing
           fle●h
           ,
           and
           then
           says
           he
           h●s
           cr●at●d
           Heaven
           and
           Ea●th
           ,
           and
           all
           thing●
           ,
           and
           gave
           breath
           to
           the
           peop●e
           .
           Chap
           43
           ▪
           verse
           3
           ▪
           I
           am
           the
           Lord
           God
           ,
           the
           holy
           o●e
           of
           Is●ael
           ,
           ,
           the
           〈◊〉
           .
           Ver.
           〈◊〉
           I
           am
           he
           Lord
           and
           only
           Saviour
           .
           Ve●se
           .
           13
           ,
           before
           the
           ●ay
           was
           made
           ,
           I
           am
           .
           Verse
           14
           ▪
           God
           is
           Lord
           Re●eemer
           and
           holy
           one
           of
           Israel
           .
           Vers.
           25.
           
           I
           b●●t
           out
           transgression
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           remember
           〈◊〉
           for
           my
           own
           sake
           .
           Chap.
           44
           ▪
           verse
           6
           ▪
           I
           am
           the
           Lord
           ,
           the
           〈◊〉
           of
           Israel
           ,
           the
           Re●e●mer
           ,
           〈◊〉
           Lord
           of
           Hosts
           ,
           I
           am
           〈…〉
           and
           I
           am
           the
           last
           ,
           a●d
           b●sides
           me
           there
           is
           no
           God.
           Chap.
           45
           ,
           verse
           15
           ,
           God
           of
           Is●ael
           ,
           the
           Sav●●ur
           .
           Chap.
           48
           ,
           verse
           12
           ,
           〈…〉
           ,
           I
           am
           the
           〈◊〉
           ,
           I
           also
           am
           the
           〈◊〉
           .
           Verse
           17.
           the
           Lord
           ,
           Re●e●mer
           ,
           holy
           one
           of
           Israel
           ,
           the
           Lord
           God.
           Chap
           49.
           this
           chapter
           entirely
           requ●●es
           to
           be
           expl●in●d
           ,
           out
           it
           is
           suff●cient
           to
           say
           ,
           〈◊〉
           the
           humanity
           and
           〈…〉
           ,
           
           to
           ,
           and
           of
           ,
           each
           other
           .
           In
           verse
           26
           ,
           God
           concludes
           ,
           saying
           ,
           ●ll
           fleth
           shall
           know
           ,
           that
           I
           the
           Lord
           am
           Saviour
           ,
           Redeemer
           ,
           and
           mighty
           one
           of
           Israel
           .
           Chap.
           50
           ,
           verse
           1
           ,
           2
           ,
           3
           ▪
           God
           speaks
           in
           the
           divinity
           ,
           and
           in
           verse
           4
           ▪
           5
           ▪
           6
           ▪
           7.
           &c.
           he
           speaks
           in
           the
           in●ended
           humanity
           ▪
           and
           says
           ,
           I
           gave
           my
           back
           to
           〈◊〉
           ●miters
           ,
           and
           my
           che●ks
           to
           them
           that
           plucked
           off
           the
           hair
           ,
           I
           hid
           〈◊〉
           my
           face
           from
           shame
           and
           spi●●ing
           .
           Ch.
           ●1
           verse
           1
           ,
           he
           speaks
           in
           the
           divinity
           ,
           and
           calls
           himself
           the
           rock
           .
           Chap
           ,
           53
           ,
           God
           calls
           his
           humanity
           [
           Ch●●●●
           ]
           his
           arm
           ,
           he
           has
           no
           beauty
           extraordinary
           ,
           but
           〈◊〉
           in
           his
           human
           form
           be
           de●pis●d
           and
           ●ej●cted
           among
           men
           ,
           a
           man
           of
           sorrows
           ,
           and
           acq●ainted
           with
           g●ief
           ,
           shu●●ed
           by
           men
           and
           not
           esteemed
           ,
           he
           bore
           manking's
           grief
           and
           sorrow
           ▪
           though
           they
           believed
           he
           was
           〈…〉
           ,
           and
           afflict●d
           of
           God
           ,
           with
           his
           sufferings
           to
           the
           end
           of
           this
           chapter
           .
           Chap
           54
           ,
           verse
           5
           ,
           God
           sa●s
           ,
           I
           am
           Creator
           ,
           Lord
           of
           ●●osts
           ,
           Redeemer
           ,
           holy
           one
           of
           Israel
           ,
           and
           God
           of
           the
           whole
           earth
           .
           Jeremiah
           ,
           chap.
           2.
           ver
           13
           ,
           God
           is
           the
           fountain
           of
           hving
           waters
           .
           Zacariah
           ,
           chap.
           12
           ,
           verse
           10.
           they
           shall
           look
           〈◊〉
           whom
           they
           have
           pierced
           .
           Having
           made
           a
           few
           observations
           out
           of
           many
           ,
           from
           Isaiah
           the
           prophet
           ,
           proving
           God
           to
           have
           become
           Christ
           ,
           by
           taking
           on
           him
           human
           nature
           ,
           and
           appearing
           like
           man
           :
           it
           now
           remains
           necessary
           to
           prove
           Christ
           from
           the
           doctrines
           of
           the
           new
           testament
           ,
           to
           be
           that
           same
           God
           spoken
           of
           in
           the
           old
           by
           references
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           new
           testament
           ,
           and
           first
           chapter
           of
           Matthew
           ,
           verse
           21
           ,
           22
           ,
           23
           ,
           it
           appears
           the
           Virgin
           Mary
           was
           to
           bring
           forth
           a
           ●on
           ,
           who
           should
           save
           his
           people
           from
           their
           sins
           ,
           and
           his
           name
           shall
           be
           called
           Emanuel
           [
           that
           is
           God
           ]
           reference
           to
           Isaiah
           ,
           c.
           1.
           v.
           18.
           c.
           7
           ,
           v
           14.
           c
           43
           ,
           v.
           25
           ,
           c
           44
           ,
           v.
           ●
           .
           Mathew
           ,
           chap.
           2
           ,
           v
           1
           ,
           2
           ,
           his
           star
           in
           Heaven
           guided
           the
           wise
           m●n
           of
           the
           East
           to
           .
           Jerus●lem
           ,
           to
           worship
           Jesus
           
           and
           the●
           called
           Jesus
           King
           of
           the
           Jews
           a●d
           worshiped
           him
           .
           〈◊〉
           ●●
           ,
           and
           they
           fell
           down
           and
           worshiped
           him
           .
           Ma●hew
           ,
           c.
           3
           ,
           v
           3.
           
           John
           Bap●it●●●id
           ,
           prepare
           the
           way
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           make
           his
           path
           stra●gh●
           .
           Refer
           to
           Isaiah
           ,
           ch
           40.
           v.
           13
           ,
           in
           Isaiah
           Jesus
           is
           called
           G●d
           .
           Mathew
           .
           chap.
           4.
           v.
           4
           ,
           man
           shall
           ●ve
           by
           every
           word
           that
           proceeds
           out
           of
           ●he
           mou●h
           of
           God.
           〈◊〉
           7.
           
           Jesus
           said
           to
           the
           Devil
           ,
           it
           is
           written
           again
           ,
           thou
           〈◊〉
           not
           tempt
           the
           Lord
           thy
           G●d
           :
           here
           Jesus
           calls
           himself
           God
           twice
           .
           V.
           10
           ,
           the
           Devil
           temp●e●
           J●sus
           a
           third
           time
           ,
           and
           Jesus
           grew
           a●gry
           and
           bid
           him
           〈◊〉
           ,
           and
           desired
           him
           to
           worship
           Jesus
           ,
           for
           he
           was
           the
           Lord
           God.
           Ch.
           7.
           v
           ,
           23
           ,
           Jesus
           pronounces
           〈◊〉
           as
           God.
           Ch.
           9.
           v.
           2
           ,
           Jesus
           forgive●
           sins
           ,
           refer
           to
           isaiah
           .
           c
           43
           ,
           v.
           25
           Mathew
           ,
           c
           9
           ,
           v.
           18
           ,
           a
           great
           man
           wo●ships
           Jesus
           C.
           12.
           v.
           8
           Je●us
           is
           Lord
           of
           the
           Sab●th
           ,
           C.
           15.
           v
           22
           ,
           25
           ,
           the
           woman
           said
           to
           Jesus
           ,
           have
           mercy
           on
           me
           ,
           O
           Lord
           ,
           and
           worshiped
           him
           .
           Luke
           ,
           c
           2
           ,
           v.
           11.
           
           J●sus
           Christ
           is
           Saviour
           and
           Lord
           ,
           refer
           to
           Isaiah
           ,
           c.
           43
           ,
           v.
           3
           ,
           v.
           11.
           c.
           45.
           v.
           15.
           c
           49.
           v
           2●
           .
           John
           ,
           c.
           ●
           .
           in
           the
           beginning
           was
           the
           word
           ,
           and
           the
           word
           was
           God
           ,
           a●l
           things
           were
           made
           by
           him
           ,
           and
           without
           him
           was
           not
           any
           thing
           made
           ,
           in
           him
           was
           life
           ,
           which
           was
           light
           .
           [
           or
           spiritual
           knowledge
           ]
           to
           mankind
           .
           And
           the
           light
           shined
           in
           darkness
           [
           mankind
           ]
           and
           the
           darkness
           [
           of
           stubborn
           man
           ]
           comprehended
           it
           not
           .
           He
           was
           the
           true
           light
           ,
           he
           was
           in
           the
           world
           ▪
           he
           created
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           the
           people
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           they
           did
           not
           know
           him
           ;
           he
           came
           to
           his
           own
           [
           the
           Jews
           ]
           and
           his
           own
           would
           not
           receive
           him
           .
           And
           [
           God
           ]
           the
           word
           was
           made
           flesh
           [
           Jesu●
           ]
           a●d
           dwelt
           among
           mankind
           on
           earth
           ,
           who
           behe●d
           the
           glo●●
           of
           the
           father
           in
           him
           .
           full
           of
           grace
           and
           truth
           .
           Ver.
           18
           ,
           no
           man
           hath
           seen
           God
           at
           any
           time
           ,
           the
           only
           begotten
           son
           (
           or
           human
           tabernac●e
           )
           which
           is
           in
           the
           bosom
           (
           o●
           pro●ection
           )
           of
           the
           father
           ,
           hath
           d●clared
           him
           .
           Verse
           29.
           
           St.
           John
           says
           ,
           he
           takes
           away
           the
           sins
           of
           the
           world
           .
           
           V.
           33
           ,
           Jesus
           baptizes
           with
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           [
           rivers
           of
           living
           water
           ]
           .
           This
           chapter
           proves
           Christ
           the
           same
           God
           [
           as
           has
           been
           observed
           from
           the
           book
           of
           Isaiah
           ]
           the
           fi●st
           verse
           prove●
           him
           God
           [
           or
           rather
           the
           earthy
           〈…〉
           th●ough
           ]
           The
           second
           and
           third
           ve●●●s
           prove
           him
           from
           the
           beginning
           to
           be
           God
           ,
           the
           Creator
           of
           all
           things
           .
           The
           tenth
           verse
           proves
           J●sus
           she
           same
           God
           and
           Creator
           .
           And
           in
           the
           14th
           verse
           the
           word
           (
           God
           )
           was
           made
           fl●sh
           ,
           and
           lived
           in
           the
           world
           .
           In
           the
           18th
           verse
           ,
           the
           divinity
           [
           or
           God
           ]
           was
           invisi●le
           ,
           speaking
           in
           the
           〈◊〉
           Jesus
           ,
           or
           Jesus
           the
           〈◊〉
           ,
           decla●ing
           God
           In
           the
           23d
           ve●se
           St.
           John
           says
           .
           he
           is
           the
           same
           God
           spoken
           of
           by
           Isaiah
           the
           P●ophet
           .
           N●w
           ,
           if
           he
           was
           not
           God
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           forgive
           〈◊〉
           nor
           dispose
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           as
           he
           pleased
           ▪
           nor
           create
           all
           things
           ,
           nor
           did
           he
           commit
           sin
           himself
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           was
           no●
           God
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           suffer
           the
           people
           to
           worship
           him
           frequently
           .
           There
           is
           no
           nec●ssity
           ●o
           re●er
           to
           Isaiah
           ,
           to
           corroborate
           the
           observations
           made
           in
           this
           chapter
           ,
           as
           most
           of
           the
           quotations
           from
           Isaiah
           〈◊〉
           it
           .
           Ch.
           4.
           v.
           10
           ▪
           if
           Jesus
           was
           not
           God
           ,
           he
           c●uld
           〈◊〉
           offer
           the
           w●man
           of
           Samaria
           ▪
           living
           waters
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Holy
           Gh●st
           Refer
           to
           J●remiah
           ,
           c.
           2.
           v.
           13
           ,
           in
           v
           ●4
           of
           St.
           Joh●'s
           ,
           4●h
           chap
           Jesus
           said
           ,
           whoever
           drinks
           of
           the
           wat●r
           I
           give
           ,
           it
           shall
           be
           a
           well
           in
           him
           sp●inging
           up
           to
           everlasting
           life
           (
           which
           water
           is
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           )
           Refer
           to
           Jeremiah
           ,
           as
           before
           .
           A●d
           in
           John.
           c
           4
           v.
           23
           ,
           24.
           
           Jesus
           said
           ,
           true
           worshipers
           shall
           worship
           ●he
           ●ather
           in
           spirit
           and
           in
           truth
           .
           Now
           observ●
           God
           [
           out
           of
           Christ
           ]
           is
           a
           co●suming
           fire
           ,
           therefore
           he
           is
           to
           be
           worshiped
           in
           Chinst
           ,
           [
           the
           sat●ctuary
           and
           propitiation
           for
           〈◊〉
           .
           ]
           Ver.
           42
           ,
           Christ
           the
           Saviour
           of
           the
           world
           Refer
           10
           Isaiah
           ,
           c
           43.
           v.
           3.
           
           1●
           .
           J●hn
           ,
           c
           8
           v.
           16
           ,
           17
           ▪
           18
           ▪
           19
           ▪
           〈◊〉
           says
           ,
           my
           judgment
           is
           ●●ue
           ,
           I
           am
           not
           alone
           ,
           but
           I
           and
           the
           father
           tha
           sent
           me
           ,
           this
           prove●
           God
           in
           Jesus
           ,
           
           the
           earthen
           vess
           I
           which
           God
           made
           and
           sent
           ;
           and
           again
           he
           says
           ,
           the
           test
           mony
           of
           two
           are
           true
           .
           God
           and
           himself
           ;
           and
           again
           he
           says
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           if
           ●e
           had
           known
           me
           ,
           ye
           would
           know
           the
           father
           also
           .
           V
           29
           he
           that
           sent
           me
           is
           with
           me
           ,
           the
           father
           has
           not
           left
           me
           alone
           ,
           for
           I
           do
           alwa●s
           the
           things
           that
           please
           him
           .
           V.
           58.
           
           J●sus
           said
           before
           Abraham
           was
           ,
           I
           am
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           old
           testament
           God
           is
           called
           the
           great
           I
           am
           .
           Ch.
           10
           ,
           Jesus
           said
           I
           am
           the
           door
           of
           the
           sheep
           .
           by
           me
           man
           sh●●l
           be
           saved
           .
           I
           am
           the
           good
           shepherd
           ,
           I
           giv●
           my
           life
           for
           my
           sheep
           .
           I
           am
           the
           good
           sh●pherd
           ▪
           I
           know
           my
           sheep
           ,
           and
           they
           know
           me
           ,
           I
           lay
           down
           my
           life
           for
           my
           sheep
           ,
           no
           man
           compels
           me
           or
           takes
           it
           from
           me
           ▪
           I
           lay
           it
           down
           of
           myself
           ,
           and
           take
           it
           again
           ,
           because
           I
           have
           power
           ,
           I
           and
           my
           father
           are
           one
           ,
           the
           father
           is
           in
           me
           and
           I
           in
           him
           Refer
           to
           Isaiah
           ,
           c.
           40
           ,
           v
           9
           ●0
           .
           11
           In
           John
           ,
           c.
           ●2
           ,
           v.
           45
           ,
           Jesus
           says
           ,
           whoever
           sees
           me
           .
           sees
           〈◊〉
           father
           also
           ;
           c.
           14.
           v.
           7
           ,
           whoever
           knows
           me
           k●ows
           the
           father
           ,
           and
           have
           seen
           him
           and
           known
           him
           .
           V.
           9
           ,
           he
           that
           knows
           me
           ,
           sees
           and
           knows
           the
           father
           .
           V.
           10
           ,
           I
           am
           in
           the
           father
           ,
           and
           the
           father
           in
           me
           ,
           and
           the
           words
           that
           I
           speak
           are
           not
           sp●ken
           by
           me
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           father
           that
           dwells
           in
           me
           ;
           he
           does
           the
           works
           .
           Acts
           ,
           c
           20
           ,
           v.
           28
           ,
           G●d
           was
           crucified
           ▪
           and
           purchased
           his
           people
           with
           his
           won
           blood
           Corinth
           c.
           5.
           v
           ●9
           ,
           God
           was
           in
           Christ
           ,
           reconciling
           the
           world
           to
           himself
           .
           The
           first
           epistle
           general
           of
           John
           ,
           c
           3
           v.
           5
           God
           was
           manifested
           in
           the
           fl●●h
           [
           Chri●●
           ]
           to
           take
           away
           sins
           .
           Rev.
           c.
           1
           ,
           v
           7
           ,
           8.
           
           J●sus
           is
           God
           ,
           behold
           I●come
           in
           the
           clouds
           ,
           and
           every
           eye
           shall
           see
           ,
           and
           also
           them
           that
           pierced
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           people
           shall
           weal
           ;
           then
           he
           said
           ,
           I
           am
           Alpha
           and
           Omega
           ▪
           the
           beginning
           and
           the
           end
           ,
           saith
           the
           Lord
           ,
           which
           is
           ▪
           a●d
           which
           was
           [
           on
           earth
           ]
           and
           which
           is
           to
           come
           again
           on
           earth
           ,
           the
           Almighty
           .
           V
           11
           ,
           I
           am
           A●pha
           and
           Omega
           ,
           the
           fi●st
           and
           the
           last
           .
           V.
           12.
           like
           the
           son
           of
           man
           [
           Jesus
           ]
           V.
           17
           ,
           18
           ,
           I
           am
           the
           first
           and
           
           the
           last
           .
           I
           am
           he
           that
           lived
           ,
           and
           was
           crucified
           ,
           and
           behold
           I
           am
           a●ive
           again
           for
           ever
           more
           〈◊〉
           2
           ,
           v
           8
           ,
           J●sus
           is
           the
           first
           and
           the
           last
           ,
           that
           was
           crucified
           ,
           and
           is
           a
           live
           .
           Ch.
           4
           v.
           8.
           9.
           10
           ,
           11
           ,
           Christ
           proved
           to
           be
           God.
           Ch.
           5
           ,
           v
           5.
           
           Jesus
           is
           called
           the
           Lion
           of
           the
           tri●e
           of
           Juda.
           Ch
           20
           ,
           v.
           12
           ▪
           J●sus
           is
           called
           God
           ,
           opening
           the
           books
           and
           judgi●g
           the
           world
           .
           Ch
           21
           ,
           v
           5
           ,
           6
           ,
           7
           ,
           and
           he
           tha●
           sat
           up●n
           the
           throne
           [
           Jesus
           judging
           the
           world
           ]
           said
           it
           is
           done
           ,
           I
           am
           Alpha
           and
           O●ega
           ,
           the
           beginning
           and
           the
           end
           .
           I
           will
           give
           u●to
           the
           thi●sty
           the
           fountain
           of
           living
           waters
           .
           But
           unbelievers
           ,
           liars
           ,
           &c
           ▪
           shall
           be
           cast
           into
           the
           lake
           that
           burns
           with
           fire
           and
           brimstone
           .
           Ch.
           22.
           v.
           12
           ,
           13
           16
           ,
           behold
           I
           come
           quickly
           ,
           my
           reward
           is
           with
           me
           ▪
           to
           give
           according
           to
           people's
           works
           .
           I
           am
           Alpha
           and
           Om●ga
           ,
           the
           beginning
           a●d
           the
           end
           ,
           the
           fi●st
           and
           the
           last
           .
           I
           Jesus
           have
           sent
           my
           angel
           to
           testify
           unto
           you
           these
           thing●
           in
           the
           churches
           [
           among
           the
           people
           ]
           Ver.
           20
           ▪
           he
           that
           testifies
           these
           things
           ▪
           saith
           ,
           surely
           I
           come
           quickly
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           〈◊〉
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           most
           effectual
           Plan
           ,
           To
           Prevent
           a
           French
           Invasion
           .
        
         
           THE
           people
           who
           are
           to
           execute
           this
           plan
           ,
           are
           that
           class
           ,
           who
           are
           possessed
           of
           perpetuities
           of
           upwards
           of
           One
           Thousand
           Pounds
           yearly
           ,
           after
           a
           deduction
           of
           two
           thousand
           pounds
           ,
           principal
           money
           ,
           for
           each
           of
           his
           or
           her
           children
           ,
           except
           the
           eldest
           son
           ,
           who
           should
           have
           200l
           .
           yearly
           from
           the
           age
           of
           21
           ,
           and
           the
           remainder
           at
           his
           father's
           death
           ,
           except
           200l
           .
           yearly
           to
           the
           widow
           ,
           if
           a
           widow
           should
           be
           .
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           bare
           necessaries
           of
           life
           ,
           are
           such
           total
           strangers
           to
           the
           lower
           class
           of
           people
           that
           they
           are
           always
           looking
           for
           a
           change
           in
           the
           government
           favourable
           to
           a
           total
           annihilation
           of
           the
           wealthy
           ;
           and
           the
           wealthy
           ,
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           believe
           keeping
           the
           poor
           in
           profound
           pove●ty
           and
           darkness
           ,
           the
           best
           way
           to
           keep
           them
           quiet
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           not
           ,
           and
           only
           resembles
           a
           fire
           to
           be
           quenched
           by
           putting
           dry
           fuel
           on
           it
           ,
           which
           will
           make
           it
           burn
           more
           violent
           ;
           oppression
           always
           terminates
           in
           human
           slaughter
           ,
           though
           the
           fire
           may
           be
           a
           century
           kindling
           ,
           or
           centuries
           :
           it
           is
           better
           for
           the
           wealthy
           lose
           a
           liable
           voluntarily
           ,
           than
           lose
           all
           with
           the
           loss
           of
           life
           ,
           i●voluntarily
           ,
           
           like
           a
           death
           bed
           repentance
           ,
           which
           God
           does
           not
           listen
           to
           ;
           for
           what
           man
           worth
           five
           ,
           ten
           ,
           or
           twenty
           thousand
           pounds
           yearly
           ,
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           a
           banditti
           of
           assassins
           ,
           would
           not
           give
           it
           all
           for
           his
           life
           .
           Here
           follows
           the
           preventative
           :
           take
           a
           poor
           man
           ,
           and
           settle
           him
           in
           a
           comfortable
           situation
           ,
           making
           him
           pay
           (
           or
           fecure
           )
           a
           reasonable
           valuation
           ;
           then
           see
           what
           family
           he
           has
           ,
           and
           for
           himself
           ,
           wife
           ,
           and
           children
           ,
           abate
           twenty
           shillings
           yearly
           ,
           each
           ,
           on
           the
           following
           terms
           ,
           give
           him
           the
           book
           called
           the
           new
           testament
           ,
           and
           then
           say
           ,
           do
           you
           and
           your
           family
           read
           this
           as
           often
           as
           ye
           are
           at
           leisure
           ,
           and
           whilst
           you
           perform
           its
           contents
           ,
           I
           will
           keep
           you
           in
           the
           comfortable
           place
           I
           have
           given
           ,
           but
           no
           longer
           :
           wealthy
           one
           ,
           you
           must
           do
           more
           ,
           establish
           a
           school
           in
           your
           parish
           ,
           or
           neighbourhood
           ,
           and
           pay
           the
           teacher
           also
           ;
           and
           thus
           do
           ye
           wealthy
           ones
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           poor
           ,
           and
           idolatry
           goes
           to
           destruction
           ;
           the
           poor
           will
           all
           love
           you
           ,
           and
           God
           will
           love
           you
           ,
           the
           poor
           will
           revolt
           at
           the
           idea
           of
           invasion
           ,
           or
           revolution
           ,
           or
           any
           change
           that
           should
           di●comfit
           their
           comfort
           .
           Or
           if
           you
           will
           not
           do
           this
           ,
           subscribe
           a
           million
           of
           guineas
           ,
           and
           all
           people
           you
           suspect
           for
           wishing
           your
           overthrow
           ,
           give
           them
           a
           guinea
           an
           head
           to
           each
           in
           their
           families
           ,
           to
           go
           to
           America
           .
           But
           this
           last
           advice
           will
           not
           prevent
           an
           invasion
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           only
           a
           foolish
           act
           of
           charity
           ,
           that
           God
           reqnires
           ;
           besides
           ,
           it
           wonld
           depopulate
           the
           nation
           ,
           and
           lessen
           the
           rent
           roll
           ,
           then
           would
           the
           wealthy
           cry
           out
           ,
           O
           my
           rent
           roll
           ,
           my
           rent
           roll
           is
           not
           half
           what
           it
           was
           ;
           but
           God
           
           will
           answer
           ,
           O
           thy
           rent
           roll
           has
           shut
           thee
           out
           eternally
           from
           me
           ,
           thou
           did
           not
           send
           my
           messenger
           among
           the
           nations
           (
           that
           is
           to
           distribute
           the
           new
           testament
           among
           the
           poor
           )
           ;
           thou
           did
           not
           propagate
           the
           gospel
           .
           You
           will
           say
           your
           Ministers
           did
           propagate
           the
           gospel
           ,
           but
           the
           Lord
           will
           say
           .
           your
           Ministers
           are
           ordained
           with
           human
           forms
           ,
           but
           my
           Ministers
           are
           ordained
           with
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           from
           the
           foondations
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           but
           ye
           and
           your
           Ministers
           persecute
           them
           :
           and
           perhaps
           he
           will
           even
           say
           ,
           ye
           have
           also
           called
           yourselves
           Lords
           ,
           and
           great
           ones
           who
           are
           but
           earth
           ,
           which
           names
           and
           titles
           are
           for
           me
           only
           ,
           and
           how
           can
           you
           look
           in
           my
           face
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           EXTRACTS
           ,
           FROM
           DUPATY'S
           TRAVELS
           ,
           IN
           ITALY
           .
        
         
           IN
           my
           way
           to
           the
           capitol
           I
           met
           a
           coach
           ,
           in
           which
           were
           two
           recollet
           Friars
           ,
           the
           one
           seated
           backwards
           ,
           the
           other
           forwards
           ,
           holding
           between
           their
           legs
           something
           I
           could
           not
           distinguish
           .
           Every
           one
           stopped
           and
           saluted
           with
           profound
           respect
           .
           I
           asked
           to
           whom
           this
           reverence
           was
           addressed
           .
           It
           is
           ,
           answered
           one
           of
           the
           standers-by
           ,
           to
           the
           Bambino
           ,
           which
           these
           good
           Fathers
           are
           carrying
           to
           a
           Prelate
           ,
           who
           is
           very
           ill
           and
           given
           over
           by
           his
           physicians
           .
        
         
           I
           afterwards
           procured
           an
           explanation
           what
           this
           Bambino
           was
           .
           The
           Bambino
           is
           a
           little
           wooden
           Jesus
           ,
           richly
           dressed
           and
           ornamented
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Convent
           ,
           which
           has
           the
           good
           fortune
           to
           possess
           this
           image
           ,
           neither
           has
           ,
           nor
           needs
           any
           other
           patrimony
           .
        
         
           As
           soon
           as
           any
           person
           (
           who
           can
           afford
           the
           expence
           ,
           )
           is
           seriously
           ill
           ,
           they
           send
           for
           the
           Bambino
           ,
           and
           always
           in
           a
           coach
           ,
           for
           he
           never
           goes
           on
           foot
           .
           Two
           Recollets
           conduct
           ,
           and
           place
           him
           by
           the
           sick
           man
           ,
           where
           they
           remain
           ,
           at
           his
           expence
           ,
           until
           he
           dies
           or
           recovers
           .
        
         
           The
           Bambino
           is
           constantly
           running
           about
           ;
           they
           sometimes
           fight
           who
           shall
           have
           him
           at
           the
           gate
           of
           the
           Convent
           ,
           and
           tear
           him
           from
           each
           other
           ;
           in
           the
           Summer
           ,
           especially
           ,
           he
           has
           extraordinary
           business
           ,
           though
           he
           makes
           them
           pay
           very
           dearly
           for
           his
           visits
           ,
           on
           account
           of
           the
           demand
           ,
           and
           the
           hot
           weather
           .
           This
           is
           but
           fair
           .
        
         
         
           THE
           progress
           ,
           insolence
           ,
           and
           intolerable
           tyranny
           of
           the
           church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           is
           now
           become
           of
           serious
           consideration
           and
           publick
           complaint
           ,
           the
           establishment
           of
           which
           will
           infallibly
           be
           the
           destruction
           of
           church
           ,
           state
           ,
           laws
           ,
           liberties
           ,
           properties
           ,
           and
           lives
           .
           The
           Protestant
           writers
           ,
           ever
           since
           the
           Revolution
           ,
           have
           frequently
           and
           effectually
           exposed
           and
           confuted
           this
           pernicious
           doctrine
           ,
           calculated
           to
           plunder
           and
           rob
           the
           ignorant
           and
           illiterate
           ;
           to
           whom
           only
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           pretends
           to
           be
           the
           mother
           and
           mistress
           of
           all
           churches
           ;
           and
           domineers
           the
           vulgar
           and
           wicked
           into
           that
           belief
           ,
           or
           faith
           ;
           always
           exerting
           her
           tyranny
           to
           continue
           them
           in
           the
           grossest
           darkness
           ,
           and
           from
           a
           knowledge
           of
           the
           Gospel
           light
           from
           generation
           to
           generation
           .
        
         
           The
           Pope
           always
           imposes
           a
           belief
           on
           the
           ignorant
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           successor
           to
           Christ
           ,
           St.
           Peter
           ,
           &c.
           and
           such
           blasphemy
           ;
           and
           none
           can
           be
           saved
           but
           his
           subjects
           :
           and
           eating
           of
           all
           the
           luxuries
           and
           dainties
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           on
           a
           friday
           or
           saturday
           ,
           sends
           people
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           except
           meat
           ,
           which
           sends
           to
           Hell
           ,
           but
           all
           his
           ,
           wicked
           doctrines
           
           being
           contrary
           to
           that
           of
           Christ
           ,
           he
           takes
           ●are
           the
           gospel
           light
           shall
           be
           kept
           from
           them
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           he
           can
           ;
           well
           knowing
           a
           general
           knowledge
           of
           it
           ,
           would
           destroy
           his
           craft
           ,
           as
           St.
           Paul
           did
           that
           of
           Alexander
           the
           Copper-Smith
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .