Heaven and earth, sea and dry land, hear the word of the Lord, sounded through an earthen vessel, who hath seen, heard, felt as he doth declare [by] John Suinton. Swinton, John, 1621?-1679. 1664 Approx. 6 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). A94161 Wing S6284 ESTC R42511 36282190 ocm 36282190 150303 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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Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Witness bearing (Christianity) -- Quaker authors. Broadsides -- London (England) -- 17th century. 2007-06 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-06 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-08 Jonathan Blaney Sampled and proofread 2007-08 Jonathan Blaney Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion Heaven and Earth , Sea and dry Land , hear the Word of the Lord , sounded through an Earthen Vessel ; who hath seen , heard , felt , as he doth declare . I Have seen Ariel , the City of Abominations , cast as a stone into the midst of the Sea , without remedy , without recovery . Amen Hallelujah , Glory , Glory for ever to the Lamb ; whose is the Dominion over all for ever and ever . Sing and rejoyce ye Lambs , and little Ones , whose glory , whose strength , whose deliverance , is in , through , and from God alone ; whose expectation is not from the Hills and Mountains , but from God alone ; sing , I say , and rejoyce and shout for joy and gladness of heart , for God commeth with thousands , and ten thousands ; nothing , nothing , nothing shall let the Deliverance ; he will work on your behalf within and without : Sing and rejoyce ye single-hearted Ones , whom nothing can satisfie but God alone , God alone to reign , rule in you , to be over all the Earth , and none besides him ; all flesh laid low , humbled , blown upon , silenced , the glory of all flesh stained . Sing and rejoyce ye little single-hearted Ones ; this shall be , and is the tendency , the plain tendency of all these things , is to this ; Fear you not , nor be discouraged , all ye that thirst , breath after , long for this , and yet cannot see it , but are ready to sink and faint , and be discouraged , by letting many things , appearances , enter you ; faint not , nor be discouraged , God is at hand in all these things , his Hand in all is over all , and will break forth through all these Clouds of darkness and confusion , to your joy and gladness , even to your exceeding joy and gladness of heart ; you simple single-hearted Ones , who seek the Lord God , and not another , who seek , breath after the Exalting of God , and not another ; who breath and groan in the Singleness and Simplicity , and Uprightness of your hearts , that all in you , and every where , that is contrary to God , may be broken down , burnt up , slain , without reserve , for ever , and nothing else . And groan , thirst after , breath after , pant for the day of God , to break forth in Power and great Glory , for the relieving of the Creation , that groans to be delivered , that if possible , all , even the worst of men may be saved , delivered from the bondage of Corruption , and may come to know , feel , possess the Liberty , the Freedom of the Sons and Daughters , the Redeemed of God , and may know what they have been doing , are doing , and may do no more so . O ye Single-hearted , who thirst after the Living God , whom nothing can satisfie but God alone , his Will to be over all established , done in you ; fear you not , nor be not discouraged , nor drawn forth in this hour , but be still , and wait , and be patient , and contented in the stillness of your minds , and keep out of Appearances ; for our God is at hand to execute the Vengeance written ; and your deliverance upon all accounts , lingers not , is the Word of the Lord God to all the Upright-hearted upon the face of the whole Earth , more especially to any that may be under tryal , or deep temptations , inward or outward , whose hearts are single and upright towards God , who love no Iniquity , who wait , pant to be perfectly delivered from all for ever , whom nothing less can satisfie , than to be free indeed , and there abide for ever ; even to be freed from all Deceit and Violence , delivered from all evil , and every appearance thereof , for ever , is your desire and expectation , even that the Will of God may perfectly take place in you , and abide in the Dominion over all , for ever . JOHN SUINTON . POSTSCRIPT . And O , how far from single Upright-heartedness is it , hath it been to rejoyce , be glad at , watch for , the Divisions of Reuben , the Envyings of Ephraim and Manassah ? O that such may find a place of repentance , if possible , for dreadful will be their Cup of Judgment and Desolation from the hand of the Lord. And Israel shall be saved from all adversity , inward and outward . The Mouth of the Lord of Hosts hath spoken it : and all that wish her evil , shall be ashamed , disappointed , and confounded . This is the Word of the Lord God , that shall stand for ever , over the Heads of all the avowed and secret heart-Enemies of Israel ; She shall be built up , and not broken down . Therefore hear and fear , and consider all ye Rebellious Ones , all ye treacherous deceitful Evil-Willers of the People whom the Lord God hath blest , against whom no Inchantments shall prosper , no Violence , no Deceit within or without . This I do declare in the Name and Authority of the Living God , shall stand , is sealed , for ever , Amen Hallelujah . Howl , howl ye Rebellious , tremble ye Hypocrites , be covered with shame , confusion , disappointment , ye Envious Ones : for the Lord our God reigns , and is over all for ever ; and all the Sincere in heart shall see , understand , rejoyce in it , though many may be under mistakes at present : but as sincere , mistakes seen , will not be justified , covered , but given up , confest : and these things God will in due time reveal . In the mean while , let patience and forbearance be the place of all , to be exercised in tenderness and compassion towards all , especially such as are in a measure of Sincerity , in whom Deceit rules not , to wait upon such , and follow them in much meekness and compassion : for to the Sincere in heart God will in due time reveal ; God will not deny himself ; Light is sown for the Righteous and sincere Single-hearted , even though for a time they may be under some mistakes in some things , yea , even in many things sometimes . Therefore let none curse , whom the Lord hath blest ; and will bless for ever : but let patience , and forbearance , and tenderness , compassion and readiness to forgive , and heal , and cover , bind up , be the place of all . Written at Franly in Chesshire the 27th of the 6th Month , 1664. J. S.