Here is something following of a vision and a few words of prophesie concerning the fall of Babilon, and destruction of her people, this signifies the time at hand, therefore I warn all in the fear of the Lord to turn from the evil of their waies. Rogers, Lewis. 1663 Approx. 8 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2008-09 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A91940 Wing R1819 ESTC R182775 45789394 ocm 45789394 172705 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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The 4th . of the 7th . month 1663. ABout the tenth hour in the morning , as I was at my Employments , the glory of the Lord God shin'd round about me , and I was taken so with the glory of God , that I beheld no other thing , and in that I laid me down a little while flat upon the floor , and after a little time , I saw beneath this , a great Pit , out of which there arose a mighty great smoak , and all the Inhabitants of the earth was even ready to joyne hand in hand together , and out of the Pit arose a mighty great power , after which power the Inhabitants of the earth went forth , and followed it to their destruction : So this is a great day that the glory of the Lord doth so gloriously appear , that it even covereth the whole earth , and as this day is great and the glory of it is greater , so as no mortal eyes can behold it , so will the daies be that is coming upon the earth , when this glory shall be hid in God from the eies of all men : then shall woe , lamentations and wailings be upon all people who refuseth to receive the Lord of glory in this his day , for this is a day that he profers himself to dwell with the Sons and daughters of men , and this is to all you who refuse to receive the Lord of life and glory , a great day of gloominess and thick darkness is ready to come over you , then O your wailing , O your mourning , and O your lamentations , that you had made better use of the daies and time that you had upon the earth , when the Lord Christ Jesus preached himself in your streets , and in your high-waies in and through his Servants and handmaids , whom he had made choice of to preach the everlasting Gospel of glad tidings ; but you would not beleive though the noise of wisdome was oft heard in your streets , Market places and Steeple houses , now what pitty and compassion shall I take over you O you Sons and daughters of Adam , Oh my bowels within me is filled with pitty and compassion that you would yet return whiles there is a little space and a little time before the glory withdraw it self from you . This I was made to do some daies after I saw this thing . From a Lover of Truth , Lewis Rogers . A Salutation , and Revelation of God , unto His seed , Concerning his People which he hath chosen unto himself . THis hath often been sounded in my heart , and many deep and serious queries have there been made by the spirit of life in my heart , and now hath the Lord answered , and now with force and commission from the Lord , am I made to publish it and declare it and to sound it forth : This hath the Lord often spoken concerning his people , you are mine saith the Lord , and I will be your God for ever , and you will I keep hide and preserve in the day that is coming , I will cover you , yea I will hide you from the eies of all that rise up in opposition against you , for verily you are mine saith the Lord , and I have wooed you unto my self and I will be your God for ever therefore fear not O ye little flock , yea I say fear not , yea it is the Fathers will to suffer this day to come to pass , but he will preserve ye and safe keep ye in the day which is hasting . O dear Lambs , lift up your heads and rejoice , for the glorious day of Sions King is come , and he hath adorned himself with glory and beauty , and he is going forth to gather unto himself all that will be saved , therefore Oh rejoice and be exceeding glad , for the glory of the Lord is come into Sion yea verily the glory of the Lord is appearing and is revealing and manifesting it self , therefore ye dear lambs and babes of the heavenly Father , whom God hath called , and chosen to himself , to bear his name amongst a crooked and perverse generation , in that I say rejoice and be exceeding glad , that you are found worthy to bear the name of the Lord in this his great and mighty day , for verily a great and mighty day is coming , yea verily the Lord hath spoken it in my heart , and I dare do no other then to publish it , yea a day of great joy to the righteous , but a day of fury and indignation unto the wicked , and all that dealeth treacherously with the Lord , for it is such a day that hath not been known in many ages or generations past , which now the Lord is revealing , but yet the wicked will not beleive , but unto you its given to beleive the mistery of the kingdome , you I say who are called and chosen of the Lord , and are come to beleive in the light of the Covenant of life , Christ Jesus , whom the father hath revealed and is revealing in this his day of great and mighty power , by which power the earth shall be shaken and the heavens shall melt , and all shall be astonished and amazed at the work which the Lord is bringing to ●ou , yea the Heathen shall know that they are my people , and I will destroy all that rise up against them saith the Lord , yea all nations shall know that they are my people and that I will preserve them unto my self : Therefore in vain doth the Heathen rage , and the people imagine vain things , for it s I the Lord that will work a work in your daies , that you will in no wise beleive , though an Angel from heaven did bring the message unto you , but this am I doing I am destroying Babylon , and building up the Tower of Sion and it shall stand for ever , therefore in vain do you work , O ye foolish Potsheards of the earth , for it is I the Lord that is a working a great and wondrous work for the deliverance of my people Israel , and the redemption of Sion ; for I will in no wise suffer you to destroy them from off the earth sor they are mine saith the Lord , who hath the zeale and testimony of Jesus in their hearts , and the word of Prophecy in their mouths , these are them which I will keep and preserve to the end , to the utter ruine and destruction of all that rise up against them : So dear friends be all bold and valiant in Gods cause , in bearing your testimony here upon earth for Jesus , whom ye have received , yea friends I say let noneneglect , for this saith the spirit , be ye all bold and valiant , yea be bold in this Gods day in fighting Gods battel on earth , yea I say not with carnal weapons , but in spirit and in truth , preaching forth the coming of Jesus in your lives and conversations , and the generations to come will glorifie God on your behalf ; so this is my message unto you all , in the fear and dread of the everlasting God of heaven and earth dwell all in the power of the Lamb of life and dread him over all , yea dread him over all who is come and coming to reign and rule upon earth in the hearts of the children of men , him I say fear , and dread his holy name , and fear not man whose breath is in his nostrils , but fear the Lord ye dear lambs and babes of the heavenly father , This is my Salutation unto you all as being one with you in the Spirit and life which is not of this world , dwell in the spirit and power which hath begotten you , and the Lord of power will be with you and keep you and preserve you to the end . So dear and pretious Friends the peace of the Lord be with you all , continue and abide for ever , so farwel . Bristol the 6th , of the 8th , month . L. R. Printed for M. W.