Prayers of warre for the kingdome, iudgment and iustice which God hath promised to execute under heaven here on earth, for to maintaine his word (or holy name) and to deliver this people. Against the rage and fury of the horrible and pernitious beast, which devoureth and breaketh in peeces, and stampeth the residue with its feete, blasphemeth God the most High, and endevoreth to change times and lawes. Daniel. 7. Whereunto is added an earnest voyce or letter to the late Roman emperour. Written and set forth first in the German tongue by one, who through many dangers a long time undantedly hath in person denounced unto the Roman emperour and many kings, princes and states, the iudgement of God over the world, and the deliverance of Israel, and still doth continue to admonish all people of the same.

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PRAYERS OF WARRE FOR THE KINGDOME, Iudgment and Iustice which God hath promised to execute under Heaven here on Earth, for to maintaine his WORD (or HOLY NAME) and to deliver his people. Against the Rage and Fury of the Horrible and pernitious Beast, which devoureth and breaketh in peeces, and stampeth the residue with its feete, blasphemeth God the Most High, and endevoreth to change Times and Lawes. Daniel. 7. Whereunto is added an earnest voyce or Letter to the late Roman Emperour.

Written and set forth first in the German Tongue by one, who through many dangers a long time undantedly hath in person denounced unto the Roman Emperour, and many Kings, Princes and States, the Iudgement of God over the world, and the deliverance of Israel, and still doth continue to admonish all people of the same.

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PRAYERS OF WARRE For the Kingdome, Iudgment and Iustice, which God hath promised to execute under Heaven here on Earth, for to maintaine his Word (or Holy Name) and to deliver his People.

1. GOD THE FATHER, who hath of Nothing Created Heaven, Earth, the Seas and All that therein is, by the hand of his Divine and Almighty power, have pitty, and deliver the Creature of his hands, through the Grace, Vertue and Strength of his Divine Iustice, from the power of the Kingdome of Eternall Darknesse.

2. O LORD JESVS CHRIST, Thou onely Begotten Sonne of God, and Saviour of all those that truely beleeve in Thee, Thou Eternall King and Prince of Victorie, by whom Sinne, Death, Devill and Hell is overcome and destroyed: Have pitie, and deliver those People from the Might and Power of all thine and their Enemies, which Thou hast redeemed with thy most Holy and Precious Blood, and exceding dearely bought to thy Everlasting Kingdome.

3. GOD THE HOLY GHOST, Thou Divine Fire, which art the burning flame, light, vertue and strength of all beleevers, kindle and revive thy members with the vertue [Page] of thy Strength, that they through the power of God may bee preserved to eternall Salvation,

Thou Holy Trinitie, God the [...]ather, God the Sonne, and God the Holy Ghost, in One Eternall, Divine and Vndivisible Essence, performe and fulfill what thou hast promised, concerning the maintaining of thy Word and Holy Name, and the deliverance of thy People, and hast in thy Eternall Counsell decreed and established against the rage and furie of the Devill and all his members.

For there is none like unto thee O Lord, thou art great, and thy Name is great, and thou canst shew it in the very Deede; who should not feare thee, O King of Nations: To thee Obedience is due, forasmuch as among all the wise men of the Nations, and in all their Kingdomes, there is none like unto thee: Thou Lord art the true God, and the living God, an everlasting King, at thy wrath the Earth trembleth, and the Nations cannot abide thine indignation. The Gods that have not made the Heavens and the Earth, even they must perish from the earth, and from under the Heavens. But thou hast made the Earth by thy power, and established the world by thy Wisedome, and hast stretched out the heavens by thine Vnderstanding, When thou utterest thy voyce, there is a multitude of Waters in the Heavens. Ier. 10.

Thou Lord most high art very terrible, a great King over all the Earth, thou reignest over the Heathen, thou sittest upon the Throne of thine Holinesse. Psal. 47.

The Heathens must despaire, the Kingdomes fall, the earth must perish when he uttereth his voyce; he that maketh Wars to cease unto the end of the Earth, that breaketh the Bow, and cutteth the speare in sunder; that burneth the Chariot in the Fire. Psal. 46.

Thou breakest the ships of Tharsis with an East winde; as wee have heard so have wee seene in the Citty of the Lord of Hosts, in the City of our God: God will establish it for ever, Selah. God we waite for thy loving kindnesse in thy Temple. [Page] According to thy Name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the Earth. Thy Right-hand is full of Righteousnesse, Psal 48.

Let the Heavens rejoyce, and let the Earth be glad, let the Sea roare and the fulnesse thereof, let the Field be joyfull and all that is therein, and let all the Trees of the Wood rejoyce before the Lord, for hee commeth, hee commeth to Iudge the earth; he shall Iudge the World with righteousnesse, and the People with his Truth. Psal. 96.

Hee bowed the Heavens and came downe, and darkenesse was under his feete. Psal. 18.

A fire goeth before him and burneth up his Enemies round about; his Lightning enlightens the World; the Earth seeth it and trembleth, the Hills melt like waxe at the presence of the Lord, at the Presence of the Lord of the whole Earth. The Heavens declare his Righteousnesse, and all people see his Glory. Psal. 97.

For the Lord shall Iudge and avenge his People, and have pittie upon his Servants. Deut. 32.

In Salem is his Tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Sion: there breaketh he the Arrowes of the Bow, the shield and the Sword and the Battell, Sela. Thou art more glorious and excellent then the Mountaines of prey, the stout harted must bee spoyled, and sleepe their sleepe, and the Warrious must let their hands sinck, at thy rebuke O God of Iacob, both the chariot and the horse are cast into a dead sleepe; Thou, even thou art to bee feared, and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry, when thou causest the Iudgement to bee heard from Heaven then the Earth feareth and is still, Psalme 76.

For, thou O Lord art a Iealous God, and a Revenger, yea a revenger is the Lord and furious; The Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his Enemies, Nahum. 1.

Thou coverest thy selfe with Light, thou stretchest out the [Page] Heavens like a Curtaine, thou layest the beames of thy chambers in the Waters, thou makest the clouds thy Charet, thou walkest upon the wings of the Winde. Psalm. 104.

Thou art the Lord, Whose wayes are in the whirle-winde and in the storme, and the clouds are the dust of thy feet; thou that rebukest the Sea and makest it dry, and dryest up all the Rivers: the Mountaines quake at Thee, and the Hills melt: the Earth quaketh at thy presence, yea the world and all that dwell therein; who can stand before thine Indignation, and who can abide in the fiercenesse of thine anger; thy furie burneth like fire, and the Rocks are throwne downe by him. Nehemiah. 1.

Thou lookest on the Earth and it trembleth, thou touchest the Hills and they smoake: the earth trembleth and is moved, and the foundations of the Mountaines are moved and doe tremble, when thou art angrie. Psal. 104.

Smoake goeth up out of thy Nostrills, and a consuming fire out of thy Mouth, whereby coales are kindled: thy Pavillion round about thee is darke, and darke thick cloudes wherein thou art hidden: at the brightnesse before Thee the Clouds passe with Haile and lightnings, and the Lord thundred in the Heavens, and the highest gave his voice with Haile and coales of fire: He sent out his arrowes and scattered them, he short out lightnings and discomfited them. Psal. 18.

Who is so great a God as Thou O God, thou art the God that doest wonders; thou hast declared thy strength amongst the People; thou hast powerfully redeemed thy people, the sonnes of Iacob, and Ioseph Sela. The waters saw Thee, O God, the water saw thee and were afraid, the depths were troubled, the thick cloudes powred out Water, the clouds did thunder, and thy arrowes went abroad: thy lightnings lightned the world, and the Earth trembled and shooke. Psal. 77.

Great is our Lord, and of great Power, his vnderstanding is infinite. Psal. 147.

Whatsoever he pleaseth that he doth in Heaven and in [Page] Earth, in the seas and in all deepe places, that causeth the Vapours (and cloudes) to ascend from the endes of the Earth, that maketh lightnings to raine, that bringeth the windes out of his Treasures. Psal. 135.

Who covereth the Heavens with cloudes, who prepareth raine for the Earth, who maketh grasse to grow upon the Mountaines: he giveth Snow like wooll, he scattereth the Hoare frost like ashes; He casteth forth his Ice like morsels; who can stand before his Cold? He sendeth out his word and melteth them, He causeth his Winde to blow and it thawes, Psal. 147.

By the Word of the Lord the Heavens were made, and all the Host of them by the breath of His Mouth. Psal. 33.

For who in the Clouds may be compared unto the Lord, who among the Sonnes of the Gods can bee likened unto the Lord. Psal. 89.

There is none like unto the God of Iesurun, (or of the righteous) who rideth upon the Heaven, whose excellencie is in the Skie, and vnderneath are the everlasting armes Deut. 33.

Who executeth Vengance in anger, and fury upon the Heathen, that would not hearken. Mich. 5.

For the Lord is a great God and a great King above all Gods; in his hand are the deepe places of the Earth, and the hights of the Hills are his, for the Sea is his, and he made it, and his Hands formed the dry land. Psal. 95.

The Lord is great, and greatly to be praised, he is to be feared above all Gods: Honour and Majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his Sanctuarie. Let the Heavens rejoyce, and let the Earth be glad, let the Sea roare and the fulnesse thereof, let the Feild be ioyfull, and all that is therein, and let all the Trees of the Wood reioyce. Psal. 96.

Make a Ioyfull Noise unto the Lord, all the Earth, serve the Lord with gladnesse: come before his presence with singing, Know yee that the Lord he is God. Psal. 100.

For thou Lord, art high above all the Earth, thou art exalted farre above all Gods. Ps. 97.

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The Flouds lift up, O Lord, the flouds lift up their Voyce, the flouds lift up their Waves: The Lord on high is mightier then the Noise of many Waters, yea then the mighty waves of the Sea. Psal. 93.

Therefore will not we feare, though the Earth be removed, and though the mountaines should sinck in the midst of the Sea. Psal. 46.

For thou stillest the Noyse of the Seas, the noyse of the waves, and the tumult of the people, Psal. 65.

Why doe the Heathen rage, and the people imagine a vaine thing: the Kings of the Earth rise up, and the Rulers take Counsell together, against the Lord and against his Anointed; therefore shall his wrath soone bee kindled Psal. 2.

The Indignation of the Lord is upon all Nations, and his Fury upon all their Armies, Esa. 34.

His Anger burneth, and is very heavie: His lips are full of indignation, and his Tongue as a devouring fire, and his breath as an overflowing streame, Esa. 30.

Our God shall come and shall not keepe silence, a fire shall devoure afore him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him Psal. 50.

Hee shall let burning Coales fall upon his enemies, and hee shall with fire throw them downe into deepe pitts, that they never rise up againe. Psal. 140.

Behold he commeth saith the Lord of Hosts, but who may abide the Day of his Comming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? Malach. 3.

Deur. 4. 6. 9. & 32. ch. Heb. 1 [...]. and 12. ch. Psal. 103. Esa. 45. Deut. 10. Exod. 15.For He is a Iealous God, and a consuming fire, that shall devoure all the earth with the fire of his Iealousie, Zephan. 1. & 3. chap.

Therefore bow the Heavens, O Lord, and come downe, touch the Mountaines that they smoake, cast forth Lightning and scatter them, shoot out thine arrowes and destroy them, Psal. 144.

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Psal. 103. Esa. 45. Deut. 10. Exod. 15.For thou Lord of Hoasts art the onely God, the God of all Gods, and the Lord of all Lords; terrible, worthie to be praised, and doing wonders.

Thou hast a Mighty arme, strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. Psal. 89.

Thy righteousnesse is like the great mountaines: Thy Iudgements are great deapths. Psal. 36.

Surely the wrath of Man shall praise Thee, the remainder of wrath shalt thou restraine, Psal. 76.

Great is the Lord, and greatly to bee praised, and his greatnesse is unsearchable: his Kingdome is an everlasting kingdome, and his Dominion endureth throughout all generations. Dan. 2. and 4. Psal. 145.

The Lord bringth the Counsell of the Heathen to nought, he maketh the devises of the people of none effect, but the Counsell of the Lord standeth forever: the thoughts of his heart to all generations. Psal. 33. Esa. 8. & 13.

Make a joyfull noyse unto the Lord al the earth: Make a loud noyse, and rejoyce, and sing praise: sing unto the Lord with the Harpe, and the Voice of a Psalme, with Trumpets and sound of Cornet, make a ioyfull noyse before the Lord, the King. Let the Sea roare, & the fulnes thereof: the world & they that dwell therin: Let the flouds clap their hands, let the hills bee ioyfull together before the Lord, for he commeth to iudge the Earth, with righteousnesse shall he iudge the World, and the people with equity. Psal. 98.

There is no King saved by the Multitude of an Hoast: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength; a horse is a vaine thing for safety, neither shall he deliver any by his great strength. Psal. 33.

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O Lord God of Hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee? Thy truth is round about thee, Thou rulest the raging of the Sea; when the waves therof arise, thou stillest them: thou breakest Rahab in peeces as one that is slaine, Thou scatterest thine Enemies with thy strong Arme. psal. 89.

Thou devidest the Sea by thy strength, Thou breakest the Head of the Dragons in the waters: thou breakest the heads of Leviathan in pieces, and givest them to be meate to the people inhabiting the wildernesse; thou cleavest the fountaine and the floud, thou dryest up mighty Rivers: The Day thine, the Night also: thou preparest the Light & the Sun, thou settest all the Borders of the Earth, thou makest Summer and Winter Psal. 74.

The Heavens are thine, the Earth also is thine: as for the World and the fulnesse thereof, thou hast found them; the North and the South, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall reioyce in thy Name, Psal. 89.

Blessed is the Nation, whose God is the Lord, and the people whom he hath chosen for his owne inheritanc, Psal. 33.

God thy Worke is Holy, unsearchable & incomprehensible are the Iudgements. Psal. 77. Rom. 11.

Thou hast prepared thy throne in the Heavens, and thy Kingdome ruleth over All. Psal. 103.

Thou makest thine Angells windes, thy Ministers a flaming fire, who laidst the foundations of the earth that it should not be removed for ever: ever: Thou coveredst it with the Deepe as with a garment: The waters stood above the Mountaines: at thy rebuke they fled: at the Voyce of thy Thunder they hasted away. Psal. 104.

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Eccle. 43. Esa. 2. 3. 40. 50. chap.The noyse of his Thunder maketh the Earth tremble, & the Mountaines quake before him, for the Glory of his Majestie, and for the Voyce of his Glory shall, the Mountaines depart, and the Hills be remoued. Rev. 6.

The Voyce of the Lord is upon the waters, the God of Glory thundreth, the Lord is upon many Waters; the Voyce of the Lord is very powerfull; the voyce of the Lord is full of Majesty: the voyce of the Lord breaketh the Cedars, yea the Lord breaketh the Cedars of Lebanon; the Voyce of the Lord divideth the flames of Fire: the voyce of the Lord shaketh the wildernesse; the Lord shaketh the wildernesse of Cades, the Lord sitteth upon the floud, yea the Lord sitteth King for ever: The Lord will give strength unto his people: the Lord will blesse his People with peace, Psal. 29.

For he is the Lord strong and Mighty, the Lord mighty in battell. Lift up your Heads O you gates, even l [...]ft them up ye everlasting doores, and the King of Glory shall come in. Who is the King of Glory, the Lord of Hosts, he is the King of Glorie, Sela. Psal. 24.

He shall Iudge the ends of the earth, and hee shall give strength unto his King, & exalt the horne of his Anoynted: But the Adversaries of the Lord shall bee broken in peeces, out of Heaven shall the thunder open them. 1. Sam. 2.

Vpon the wicked he shall raine Snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible Tempest; this shall be the portion of their Cup. Psal. 11.

Hee shall let burning coales fall upon his enemies, he shall let them be cast into the fire, into the [Page] deepe pitts, that they rise not up againe. Psal. 40.

Heb. 1 & 7. Psal. 45. 97. Mich. 4. 5. 7 chap.O God, thy Throne is for ever and ever, the Scepter of thy Davidicall Kingdome is a Scepter of Righteousnesse. Psal. 89. 110. 145.

Praise ye the Lord, prayse the Lord O ye Heavens; praise Him in the Hights; Praise ye Him all His Angells: Praise ye him all His Hoasts: Praise ye Him Sunne and Moone, praise Him all ye Sarres of Light: Praise Him yee Heavens of Heavens, and ye Waters that be above the Heavens: Let them praise the Name of the Lord; for He commanded and they were Created. He hath also established them for ever and ever. He hath made a Decree which shall not passe. Praise the Lord from the Earth, ye Dragons and all deepes, Fire and Haile, Snow & Vapour, Stormy Winde fulfilling His Word, Mountaines and all Hilles: fruitfull Trees and all Cedars. Beasts & Cattell: Creeping things and flying fowle. Psal. 148.

Blesse the Lord yee His Angels that excell in strength, that doe His Commandements, harckning unto the Voyce of His WORD. Blesse yee the Lord all ye his Hosts, yee Ministers of His that doe his pleasure.

Blesse ye the Lord all His Workes in all places of His Dominion: blesse the Lord O my soule. Psal. 103.

Praise and Glory and Wisedome, and Thankes, and Honour, and Power, and Might bee unto Our God for ever more Amen. Revel. 7.

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A Warriour from God, ACcording to His Grace, Truth and Righteousnesse, which God hath promised to keepe unto David and his Seede after Him for ever, (to wit) so long as the Ordinance with Heaven and Earth, Sunne & Moone, Day and Night endureth.Revel. 10. Psal. 89. 2 Sam. 7. 1 King. 2. 6. 8. 9. 2 Chron. 6. 7. chap. Ier. 30. 31. 33. chap. Mich. 7.

A VOYCE or Letter which denounceth Gods Vengeance and Iudgement to the Emperour and his Adherents.
Esa. 30. A Voyce, By which the Lord of Hosts out of Sion warneth thus.

Ierem. 25. Ioel 3. Amos 1. Deut. 1 & 10 Esa. 2 & 3. 1 Pet. 1. Eccl. 1. 10. 35. Rom. 2. 14. 4 Esd. 11. 12. Sap. 6. Psal. 36. 58. Revel. 16.It needeth not many disputes or proofes to shew that the Ruler is no more esteemed in the eyes of the Majestie of God the most High; (by whom there is no respect of Persons, 2 Chron. 19. Gal. 2. Eph. 6. Col. 3.) then he that is under the rule.

Neither are further Demonstrations necessary to prove that the Emperour, (who is the Horne or Temporall Head of that Terrible and hurtfull Beast, which breaketh all in peeces, and stampeth the residue with its feete, Dan. 7.) neither regardeth nor hath regarded either the Lawes of God or of Nature, to conforme his Government thereunto, according to Conscience, but by the Power of Satan domineereth directly against them, upon the Throne of God.

Gen. 4. Num. 23. 24. Heb. 11.The Blood of the oppressed, and the Violence used against those that suffer, hath long enough [Page] cryed to Heaven to the Eternall God. Revel. 6. Deut. 32. Deut. 17. Mich. 5.Who therefore is risen against the Emperour and his Adherents, to bring to nought in them, all the plots and devices of the Devill, which they have devised against God, His Word and believers. Esa. 4. 14. 15. 35. 49. Chap. Zephan. 3.

Ioel 3. Nah. 3. 1 Iohn 3. Rom. 1. 6. Sap. 6. Psal. 2. 76. 137. 2 Thes. 2. Esa. 51. & 5. 4. chap.And because those that serve him, have not only no lawfull calling, but submitt themselves also to the Devill, when they rise and lift up themselves against God, & torment poore men here upon his Earth, by no other then by the power and workeing of the very Devill: They have reason to looke well about them, and consider how their Master will be able to helpe them when they have served against God. Zach. 2. 12. 14. Ierem. 30.

Revel. 13. Deu. 7. 12. Esa. 61. 63. 2 Thes. 1. Sap. 5.Seeing the Emperour, who in poore and afflicted Mankind lifts himself up against God, both in a Coporall and Spirituall manner, is not able to helpe and deliver himselfe from the day of the Vengeance and Iudgement of God, much lesse to assist those that helpe him, or doe desire to fulfill his diabolicall devices and enterprises. Hab. 1. Psal. 137. Esa. 31. 49. 52. 59.

Sap. 18. Mat. 24. Out of Midnight, OR

Mala. 4. 2 Cor. 4. Gen. 49. Gen. 49. Revel. 5. 22. Esa. 4. 8. 11. 28. 42. 59. 66. Mal. 4.IN the midst of the Night, when Faith is extinguished, Iesus Christ the Sunne of Righteousnesse, set, yea no light more is within the Hearts and Consciences of men, Zach. 4.) Commeth the Lion of the Tribe of Iuda, Esa. 65. Heb. 7. 10. The roote of David, by whom God the great Lord, for the maintenance of the Honour of His [Page] Word or Holy Name, Eze. 35. 36. and the full Deliverance of Mankind will make himselfe knowne amongst the unbelieving and ungodly Heathen. Rom. 1. and 11. chap. Hypocrites, Scorners and Despisers, Epist of Iude; or false and titular Christians. Tit. 1. Mat. 24. Mar. 13. 2. Pet. 3.

4 Esdr. 11. 12. Esa. 47. 52. Revel. 10. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. chap.Men shall fall upon thy feathered Wings, O Thou Eagle, and thy clawes and feathers, Kingdome and governement, namly they whole Body or adherents, shall in the DAY of the LORD and IVDGEMENT OF GOD, utterly be destroyed from under the Heavens, Ierem. 10. 25. Dan. 7.

Esa. 66. Revel. 20. 2 Pet. 3. Mich. 5. 6. & 7. chap. Revel. 2. Psal. 49. 96. 97. 98. 99.The Contents of this VOYCE have binn insinuated to the late deceased Emperour many yeares agoe, who for his doings undoubtedly is now under Gods Iudgement and in the bottomlesse pit, Revel. 17. For God will not suffer His Holy Name to bee defiled, nor his people forced against their Soules and Consciences: therefore this Letter or Earnest Voice, Concerning the Iudgment of God is now againe published, that no man assist another in his unjust cause against God His Faithfull, and so bring them both into Hell. But they that will escape the Fiery Lake in regard of these present tumults, they must in all their actions, 2 Cor. 5. not onely outwardly in the Eyes of Men, Psal. 14. but also in their hearts, not goe against God. Rom. 9. 1 Pet. 2.4. Who tryeth the hearts and reynes, Ier. 11. 17. and looketh into the secrets of Men, Esa. 29. Ierem. 23. according to which He will also Iudge, 1 Cor. 4. Ier. 30. Ezech. 34. 37.

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Dan. 12. Revel. 12. & 20. 2 Thes. 1.A WARRIER according to the Truth and Righteousnesse of God & His Iudgement, Crowned with afflictions and Sufferings, armed with Faith, Hope and Patience, Heb. 10. Which is in our Lord Iesus Christ. 1 Thes. 1.

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