YOu are as a City that is ſet on an Hill, that cannot be hid, you choſen ones of the Lord God, who hath followed the Lamb in the regeneration, You hath God brought through many and great tribulations, and hath waſhed your garments in the blood of his Son, you hath he compaſſed about as with a Munition of Rocks, and hath redeemed you, and made you a purchaſed poſſ • ſſion unto himſelf; You hath he cloathed with ſtrength and beauty, and hath made you as bold as Lyons, he hath gathered you by his Arm, and hath upheld you by his mighty power, and often hath he ſpread your Table in the ſight of your enemies; he hath tried you as Gold is tried in the Furance, and he hath purified you by his Spirit of Judgement, and burning, that he might take away your droſſe, and purge away your Tin; he hath ſuffered the wicked to plow long and deep ſurrows upon your backs, that he might try your faith and patience; And in all this you have not fainted, for your Bread hath been ſure, and your refreſhment hath not failed; He brought you out of Egypt by a high hand, and thorow the Sea by his mighty Power; His wonders you have ſeen in the deep, and his marvellous acts among the Sons of men; He hath given you the necks of your Enemies to tread upon, Yea, he hath not withheld any good thing from you, whoſe wayes hath been directed according to his Truth; Many hath been the hard-ſhips and difficulties which he hath led you thorow, and great hath been the deliverances which he hath wrought for you, many ſtrong Oaks have bowed before you, becauſe the Lord was ith you, and the ſhout of a King was amongſt you; You have been ſmitten, but not deſtroyed, you have been caſt down, but not forſaken, the Lord hath been with you in all things, and hath not failed you, who have put your truſt in him; Oh! let the high praiſes o • the Lord be in your mouths, as a two edged ſword in your hands, for ſtrong is the Lord who pleadeth your cauſe, at his rebuke the Mountains of the Earth tremble, and the little Hills are moved; O • ! continue you ſtedfaſt in his power, and keep ye the Word of his patience unto the end, that you may be crowned with everlaſting Dominion, over all your Enemies for ever.

And now, Oh my dear brethren & ſiſters, who are called choſen and faithful, a peculiar people unto God, and zealous of good works, whom God hath known above all the families of the Earth; Dear is my love unto you, beyond what at preſent I can expreſs, thorow the ſtrength of which I cannot but expreſs, and declare openly, what the Lord in ſecret hath ſhewed me; I have ſeen the Camp of the Lord in ENGLAND compaſſed about with many Enemies of ſeveral ſorts, the B • lwarks is laid round about, and a ſnare at every Corner is prepared, and laid by the enemies of ZIONS converts, the Enemie as a roaring I you, is now going about ſeeking whom be may devour, for in great wrath he is with the woman who i • cloathed with the Sun, and with th • remant of her ſeed, who keep the Teſtimony of Jeſus, and the Word of God; M • ny hath he ſtirred up to betray the Innocent, who lies lurking in holes and corners, to catch their prey; Great miſchief there is intended againſt the Lords choſen, now muſt the Beaſt exalt his horn as hi • h as the Hoſt of Heaven, for the purging of the Sanctuary of the Lord; And now ſhall baits of divers colours be laid whereby to ſnare them whom God hath made free, and now will the Enemie of God muſter up all his forces, that will bear a weapon for him, in hopes to overcome them that keep the Teſtimony o • Jeſus, and the Word of God, but they ſhall turn againſt them one way, and flie before them ſeven wayes, for a total overthrow hath God decreed to come upon all who exalt themſelves againſt him and his children, but firſt muſt their iniquiries come to a full growth, which is nigh at hand; Therefore my beloved, put on ſtrength as a Garment, and courage as a B • eſt-plate, and live out of mortal terror, and beware unto whom you let forth your ſelve; for perillous times are come, wherein brother ſhall betray brother to death, and the murtherer ſhall walk in the twilight, who ſeeks for the precious life; Many falſe ſpirits are now abroad in the World, the reign of Antichriſt draws near an end; And bleſſid are they who now watcheth and keepeth their Garments clean, for now muſt the beaſt be taken, and with him the falſe prophet that wrought miracles before him, and be caſt together into the Lake of fire, for it is their portion from the Lord; The great whore muſt now be plagued, who hath long ſitten as a Queen, and ſeen no ſorrow, ſhe now muſt be caſt into a bed of endleſſe torments, then ſhall JUDAH be ſaved, and ISRAEL ſhall dwell ſafely, for the Lord i • in the midſt of them, who feedeth them of the fineſt of the Wheat, and with honey out of the Rock; So all dear hearts, who are of the Camp of the Lord, go not forth leaſt you be taken in the ſnares of the wicked, which they have prepared for you.

Let neither their frowns nor f • atteries overcome you, both of which you will be much aſſaulted with, and when the Enemy cannot overcome you one way, he will try another, for many will ſpeak fair to your faces, which hath murder in their hearts towards you; and becauſe iniquity doth abound, the love of many ſhall decay, and turn into hatred, and then bleſſed are you who are not offended, but patiently waits for the ſalvation of God, which aſſaredly he will accompliſh in his appointed time.

And though the Seas rage and ſwell, and lift up themſelves againſt the banks, yet he that did decree that it ſhould not paſſe its bounds, is the ſame to day to them who truſt in him, and not a hair of your head ſhall fall to the ground without him; So be bold and valiant for Truth upon the Earth, that God in all things may be glorified, for he is now getting himſelf a Name in the Earth, and rearing up a Government that ſhall ſtand for ever, againſt which the gates of Hell ſhall not prevail; And though the Mountains be caſt into the midſt of the Sea, yet his decree ſhall ſtand ſure and firm, for his word is an everlaſting Covenant, which who doth believe ſhall never be moved.

Now therefore all you choſen ones of the Lord God, who are the Lords Hoſt, be ye all wiſe as Serpents, and put on ſtrength and courage, for the Lord is with us of a truth; and walk all circumſpectly, not as fools, but as wiſe, for Wiſdom is better then ſtrength; In the Eternal Light of the Son of God, have I ſeen ſpies ſent from far to behold your ſtrength, and plottings among many how to invade you, and enter into your fenced City, that hath Salvation for its Wall; great courage hath the enemy taken to invade you, becauſe they ſee not your ſtrength; but I have ſeen them as driven ſtubble before you, & as the wind ſcattereth the chaff, ſo the breath of the Lord ſcattereth them, never more to come together; But firſt, muſt you ſuffer many things by this Generation, whom God hath raiſed up for that end, that your utmoſt ſtrength may be tryed, the tryal of which will be much more precious then Gold, to all them who are found faithful in that day which now approacheth near, where in the whole ſtrength of Antichriſt ſhall appear, and his laſt engagement very great and ſubtile, ſuch as was not yet known; But the day is the Lords, and the conqueſt is by him alone, for his is the Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory, for evermore; Then ſhall Judgement be given to the Saints, and the Antient of dayes ſhall ſit upon the wicked, and they ſhall eat the fruit of their doings; but the Lord ſhall be unto his Saints and Servants, an everlaſting Light, and the dayes of their mourning ſhall come to an end.

So all dear Brethren and Siſters, be ſtrong in the Lord, and in the Power of his Might, and put on the whole Armour of God, and give no place to the enemy in the particular nor in the general, let not the Multitude of Pharaohs hoſt make you afraid, nor the ſtrength of Antichriſt cauſe you to fly, for though they turn againſt you one way they ſhall fly before you ſeven wayes, and though they flouriſh as a green Bay tree Winter & Summer, yet in a moment ſhall they be conſumed from the Earth, and their glory be turned into everlaſting contempt, the mouth of the Lord of Hoſts hath ſpoken it.

And all dear hearts who are convinced of the Eternal truth, and are not yet come to feel deliverance from the bondage of Corruption, but ſees your enemies many within and without, and are as it were between hope and fear, truſt you perfectly in the Name of the Lord by which you are called, that you may ſee him your Wall in the time of ſtorm; for many will the aſſaults of the enemy be, to draw you back again into Egypt, and many dangers will he ſet before you, that he may overthrow your faith and patience, and he will ſeek by all means to vaile that which ſhould let you ſee the Lords ſtrength; and then will he bring in weakneſs and fears upon you, and cauſe you to ſtumble and ſtagger at the promiſes which are yea and Amen to the ſeed of God in you; for he will ſift you as wheat, and fan you in the wind of his wrath; but the Lord will be with you in all theſe things, who will not ſuffer your feet to be moved, but will be a preſent help to all you who truſteth perfectly in his Name, by which you are called.

And though he may ſuffer the wicked to triumph for a time, and to incompaſs his heritage as a flood, yet their root ſh • ll ſoon become rotten, and their bloſſom ſhall fly up as the duſt, for Gods controverſie is nigh to be Sealed againſt them (never more to be revoked,) who have hardned their hearts and ſtifned their necks againſt his Government, and they that will not that he ſhould now rule over them, muſt now be ſlain by the word of his mouth.

Therefore dearly beloved, be not ſoon moved from the hope of the Goſpel in Chriſt Jeſus, but remain ſtedfaſt in him, that your ſtrength by him may be renewed, and be kindly affectionated one to another and bear one another burthens, that ſo you may be ſtrengthened one in another, and be refreſhed one by another, that ſo the Eternal Name of God by which you are called may be Adorned by you and in you; for God hath not called you to wrath, but to obtain Salvation thorow his Son Jeſus Chriſt, who is King of Kings and Lord of Lords, to whom be Glory an • Immortality for ever and ever, Amen.

Again, all you plants of the Lord God who are Rooted in the Truth, wait upon the Lord that you may grow in the ſame, and let your moderation be known unto all men, For the Lord hath a Glorious work to accompliſh through you, which few yet underſtands; and for that end is he now fitting you for himſelf, and giving you a heart to do his will, that he may abide with you for ever; for he hath choſen you for his Portion and for his peculiar Treaſure; Oh therefore be you Zealous for his Name and his Truth upon the Earth, and walk circumſpectly, not as fools, but as wiſe, • edeeming the time becauſe the days are evil, not in chambering & wantonneſs, not in ſtrife and envy, but in truth and ſincerity, be ye patterns one to another in the way of life, that you may increaſe your ſtrength in him, who hath all Power in his hand, who aſſuredly will now make a ſhort work in the Earth, for his • lect ſake, which hath long cryed, How long Lord holy and true, &c. for this hath he remembred in the multitude of his mercies, and nothing ſhall be able to hinder him from relieving of it, for it is his own, and his delight is in it, and he will rebuke oppreſſors of it, and chaſten them with his Iron Rod, and break them to pieces as a Potters veſſel, and none ſhall be able to reſcue them out of his hand; for he is jealous of his honour, and his renown will he not give to another, his Name ſhall be great in the Earth, and his truth among the ſons of men, his glory is appearing as the morning without Clouds, and his brightneſs is going forth as the Noon-day, the whole Earth ſhall be filled with his glory, and the ends thereof ſhall look unto to him for Salvation, which he is now accompliſhing for all who truly wait upon him, they ſhall ſay the Lord is our God alone, our ſtrength alone, our deliverer alone, our Rock, our refuge, and there is none beſides him in Heaven or Earth that is able to ſave or deſtroy, the Kingdom is his, the power is his, and the glory his for evermore.

Then ſhall the Lord be known to be one, his Name one, and all the Gods of the Heathen ſhall be famiſhed, and the Idols of the World ſhall come into everlaſting contempt, and perpetual ſhame which ſhall never be blotted out, and the living God ſhall be the God of the whole Earth, and all Nations ſhall flow unto him, then ſhall a little Child play upon the hole of an Aſp, and the weaned Child ſhall put his hand in the Cockatrice Den without any harm; for the deſtroyer ſhall be caſt out, and there ſhall be none to hurt in all the Holy Mountain of the Lord, for it ſhall be reſtored into its former perfect Beauty; and the Earth ſhall be filled with the knowl • dge of the glory of God, as the waters cover the Sea; and many ſhall ſay come let us walk in the Light of the Lord, up unto the Mountain of the Lord, and he will teach us of his way, and we will walk therein, for the Lord is our God, and we are his people, and the ſheep of his Paſture, who will make mention of his Name in the deep, and his glory upon an Inſtrument of ten Strings; for the beauty of holineſs is come to be ſeen, and the Image of the Heavenly is fully renewed; This thing God is haſtening to accompliſh, and he will aſſuredly bring it to paſs in his appointed time, for all who continues in patience and well-doing unto the end; for this is the reward of the Righteous whom the Lord is now bringing thorew many Tribulations, in whoſe Mouths ſhall be the high praiſes of the Lord God for ever more.

Then ſhall the Merchants of • abylon be plagued with a fore deſtruction, for the reward of iniquity ſhall be given unto them, they ſhall howl for pain of heart, and rore for grief of ſpirit, and none ſhall pitty them, reprobate ſilver ſhall they be called, becauſe God hath rejected them, for their manifold tranſgreſſions hath reached to Heaven which hath provoked the moſt high to wrath dayes wi • hout Number, Oh! that my head were as waters, and mine eyes a Fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the miſery that is coming upon them; for th • y have been treacherous both to God and man, and hath far overpaſſed the deeds of the wicked deceivers in the dayes of Old; what ſhall I ſay of them, they are fit objects for Gods eternal vengeance to be poured upon without mix • ure, wch will be their reward from the God of Heaven for ever; all the I mean King, Parliam • nts and Protect • r • . Mountains wch from time to time they have cried unto to cover them, under which they have crept many ages ſhall not then hide them from the heavy ſtroke of the Almighty God, who is now ariſing to plead with them by his ſword and by fire; they ſhall not cumber the Earth very long, neither ſhall they grieve the Lord many years longer, but he will eaſe himſelf of them, in over-throwing them in his hot diſpleaſure; for they have long ſlighted his mercy & often diſp •• ſed the offers of his grace, therefore will he laugh at their deſtruction, and mock when their fear cometh, which now haſteneth apace, out of which none ſhall be able to deliver them.

So all my dear bretheren and Siſters in the Lord, and in his pretious truth, which ſhall abide for ever, let not your hearts be troubled, neither be ye diſmayed, for the Lord will r • ſtore Sion as at the firſt, and Jeruſal • m as at the beginning; and his Name ſhall be great among his Children, and his bleſſing ſhall reſt upon them for ever; therefore all prize his Eternal love, and walk all worthy of it in your particular places & callings, where the Lord hath ſet you, that you may bloſſom as the Roſe, and ſpring as the Lilly in the field, and may ſend forth a ſweet Savour to the Lord God in the Land of the Living; often are you in my remembrance, even in the night ſeaſon, when deep ſleep falls upon men, then do I enter into the Sanctuary of the Lord, and behold your beauty and comlineſs which my Heavenly Father hath adorned you withall, with which my heart is raviſhed; and when I conſider the unexpreſſible love and mercy of God to us-ward, I am even overcome therewith; So this I write unto you, being part of the overflowings of the Fathers love in me towards you, which runneth forth freely unto the elect of God every where, among whom I deſire this may be read in their particular aſſemblies in Gods fear and wiſdome, to the edifying, preſerving, and ſtrengthning of the whole flock of God, for which end it was given forth.