Revel. 19. 1.
Salvation glory and power to the Lord our God.
2.
For true and righteous are his judgements, for he hath judged those which corrupted the earth, &c. and he hath avenged the bloud of his Servants.
6.
Alleluia, for the Lord our God raigneth.
15.
Out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword that with it hee should smite the Nations, hee shall rule them with a rod of yron, &c.
17.
An Angell cryed with a loud voice saying to all the fowles that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather your selves together unto the Supper of the great God.
18.
That yee may eat the flesh of Kings and the flesh of Captains, and the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and those that sit thereon.
Zeph. 2. 8.
I have hard the reproach of
Moab, and the revilings of the children of
Ammon, whereby they have reproach't my people, and magnified themselves.
Vers. 9
Therefore as I live saith the Lord surely
Moab shall be as
Sodome. &c. therefore they shall be a perpetuall desolation, the residue of my people shall spoyle them.
10.
This shall they have for their reproach, and for their pride, because they magnified themselves against the people of the Lord.
Isai. 9. 17.
Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in them, nor have mercy on their fatherless and widdowes, for every one is an hypocrite, and an evill doer, and every mouth speaketh folly.
Isai. 10. 6.
I will send him against an hypocriticall Nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge to take the spoile, and to take the prey, and tread them down like mire in the streets.
Isai. 16. 6.
We have heard of the pride and haughtiness of
Moab and of his wrath, but his lies shall not be so.
Isai. 19. 11.
Surely the Princes of
Zoar are fools, the counsells of the wisest Counsellours of
Pharoah are become bruitish.
12. Where are they, let thy wise men tell thee now, and let them know what the Lord hath purposed.
Isai. 22. 9. 12.
You have seen the breaches of the Cities of
David that they were many.
In that day did the Lord God of▪ Hosts call to weeping, and mourning, &c.
1 Pett. 4. 17.
The time is come that judgement hath begun at the house of God, and if it first begin at us, what shall become of those that obey not the Gospell?
ENglands admired change, who can ascend?
Or show the ground, why war thus near should end?
A Civill War thus in our sinfull Nation,
How far above all humane expectation.
Our sins that caus'd the same as great as those
That ruin'd Germany, Ireland do expose:
Whereby such sad and dolefull lamentation,
With depth of griefe, o're-whelm their Nation.
Oh England! Israels God hath saved thee,
And kept thee from intended slaverie.
The great oppression and Egpytian yoke
He onely hath dissolved, and staid that stroke:
Words are unable to expresse that love,
And tender dealing, whose affections move
To carry on a worke, and heale our bleeding Ile,
This work's intended, for such sinners vile,
Then with what thankfull hearts, obedient,
Oh now delay no time, with speed repent,
Wars dismall voice of late thus heard to sound
Throughout the Kingdome, let not fall to ground.
Shall great salvation from free love appeare?
Shall songs of mourning turne to praise and prayer?
Shall wrath and vengeance turne to tender love?
Shall peace present her treasure from above?
Shall truth and mercy wooe a sinfull Nation?
Shall Justice stay her stroke, what provocation
The danger of relaps, most desperate,
Oh therefore now returne, before too late.
War sheathing of his sword, yet arm'd both stand,
And stayes a while, yet ready at command.
If sin still stay the close, our expectation
Frustrate shall be, without a Reformation.
Our plenty of the Gospells blessed food
Becomes not such sad janglings, 'tis not good
When children strive where plenty there is store,
Then wantonnesse, not hunger, is the more.
This nice disliking if no novelty,
Poore pampred England cannot justifie,
Oh what a sad condition are we under,
That by division thus are rent asunder.
The head and tongue, which so deceitfull are,
Yet most preferr'd, whilst hearts neglected are.
What shall thy comfort be that know'st the most,
When fill'd with pride and sin, then cease to boast:
Go learn to do what yet thou slighted hast,
Then shalt thou know,
The doer shall be blest.
Obedience, that great Scripture-Character,
Accounted now by some a worke of nature;
A faith but to believe, and for dispute,
How greatly valu'd, and of most repute?
But Scripture-Worthies (still upon Record)
Declare the truth, that now obtain reward:
Noah, Abraham, Moses, what indur'd they,
With many others, whom we mention may:
In Holy Writ, there's not a Saint there set,
But still obedience and his faith have met:
Then would we war and pestilence should cease,
That England might abound with truth and peace?
Let sinners all forsake their provocation,
Turne from their evill to humiliation:
Then the destroying Angell quite shall turne
And we no longer sadly caus'd to mourne,
But Hallalujahs for our great salvation,
Shall sound with joy to him that sav'd the Nation.