Ezekiel, Cap. 2.  
WHereas this Vision, styled The appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord: whereby as appears then a warning-piece of great Babylon's preparation, reports some greater judgement of more moment or importance than their Captivity: above all his fellow brethren the Prophets, though then others he no more timorous; nevertheless by such several admonitions given him, doubtless intendeth (no other, or no less) than captivity lead captive, attended with innumerable chariots: The Lord of Hosts marching on the winged winds, much rather than the King of Assyria his Army: The great days Alarm sufficiently visible.  
And so of these vigilant living creatures in this Vision, This watchman's Looking-glass, the first visaged like a Man looking upward, another a Lion's voice, the third the laborious Ox, the fourth for speed to an eagle's swiftness likened; whose faces every way besides full of eyes before and behind, other motion none but strait forward, requisite; in Prophets those watchmen or seers especially, who bend their course that way, the future the mark they shoot at: And having had such a full view of this glorious Vision, every one so many faces, fell on his face, by a voice commanded, Stand upon thy feet (to wit) I am the Resurrections voice, unlike that of the tempter, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: And where the Devil threw him down, when the evil spirit cast out, thus stood up instantly, gives him withal to understand (Verse) I ordain thee one of the order of Prophets, my Spirit I have appointed to to enter into thee, and Jure Divino, no less, at all points armed with his commission, he with a writ of Rebellion to serve them, saith, I send thee to a rebellious Nation, Cap. 2. that have rebelled against me: And they, whether they will hear or forbear, who stop the ear like the deaf Adar, I send thee unto them, say thou thus, Thus saith the Lord, whether they harken or refrain, choose them, for they a rebellious house, yet shall they know there hath been a Prophet amongst them, verse 5. And thou, be not daunted or dismayed howsoever they look, of their looks be not afraid, though they a rebellious house, leave that to him, the Holy Ghost who will not be so answered, protesting though Noah, Daniel and Job were present, they should but save themselves.  
And line upon line, even the Lords own words again and again expressly, what can be said more plain; then thou shalt speak these my words unto them notwithstanding as aforesaid, whether they will hear or forbear, for they are most rebellious: But thou, hear what I say, Be not rebellious like that rebellious house, weigh not their favour nor frowns, let them know they have been visited, give them warning howsoever, Open thy mouth, eat what I give thee; standing on thy feet receive it, the Resurrection tidings, and as expressly commanded, so to a tittle observed; of which Angelical food, the Evangelist John communicated even the little Book opened, etc. where heard such a noise of Trumpets, an Angel the crier, stood roaring like a Lion, so many Thunders uttering their voices, as Drums, a Criers voice too, he in the Isle of Patmos, in that Desert, crying, He that hath an Ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the Churches, Rev. cap. 2. etc. besides, Fight against the Holy Spirit; forewarning all to beware, proclaims the judge of quick and dead his coming; and both of these agreeing thus in the sad condition of the time, as it were, not to be awakened, bidden in another place, Son of man, sigh with breaking of thy loins, smite thy hands, etc. an end, the end is come upon the four corners of the earth (or land, as signifies both) now the end; an evil, an only evil, behold is come: Thus saith the Lord, Cap. 7. An end is come, it watcheth for thee, behold it is come, as it were, all is accomplished, the day of judgements forerunner is come, smothered although by our Overseers, fast asleep for all, as in this City of late, some sleepers (characters of the carriage of the time) women, never the like, awakened not not by the pains of their travel, but as fallen asleep many days before, so continued still sleeping, whilst in the bed the Babe choked, etc. Another whose Arm lay broiling on the fire (lately gone into the Hospital) she in the mean while asleep.  
Furthermore for whose commission before this Prophets being dismissed, thus much without aggravation or augmentation he, unto such an unexpected Banquet invited, being not sent fasting away, of Lamentations, Mourning and Woe spread before him.   

Cap. 3.  
Moreover saying, having caused him to eat, bidden freely to fill himself, etc. I send thee not to the Cottages unto Day-laborers, those of a rude speech, them of thick or great lips; surely had I sent thee unto them they would have harkened unto thee, and have answered.  
And with motives and admonitions such, this Messenger of his prepared; and this no news, of a Prophet to be least honoured where best known; for the most part there dishonoured most: Even these the Lords gracious warning, his words expressly shall go on with them.  
Saying, Go, get thee to the house, speak with my words unto them: who hardly will hearken to thee, receive thy testimony, whom neither pestilence, the like unheard of; the sword, Brother against Brother, Children against their Father; Famine, evil Spirits grown familiar acquaintance, as though Satan now fallen from Heaven: And thus mixed new and old like a Scribe in both instructed, etc. proceeding with the Commission saying farther, for as steel they be of a stiff forehead; But thy face I have made strong against their faces, and thy forehead against their foreheads, as an Adamant.  
Harder than flint, embrace or salute them not; shake off the dust of their houses, go not amongst them, who say in their hearts, He delays his coming, or, We will not have this man to reign over us; as though of some other nation, we know not what he says, moreover Bring them forth, and slay them before me, as appears by that Prophetical Parable, when as supposed the Kingdom of God immediately to appear, as it were, even, Mine eye shall not pity them, though they cry aloud, I will not hear them etc.  
And therefore that will by no means incline or hearken to thee, with none of them communicate, for all their looks, see thou be not weak or daunted, though they a rebellious house, verse 9 receive and take it into thine heart, and hear it with thine ears, For all my words shalt thou speak unto them, etc. Look, see thou forbear them not, having a watchman's care, speak unto them and tell them, Thus saith the Lord &c. (ver. 11.)  
Verse, who then taken up in the Spirit, shows how he heard behind him from its motion, a voice of a great rushing, to remember him; again another warning, as a clock its Alarm before it strikes (cap. 1.) likened to the voice or speech of an Host, those Alarms, or unto the noise of great waters their rushing, and the like; as compared to the Almighty voice, coming from Heaven: Their wings and wheels one within another, etc. Thus what before he saw, now his ears witness bears of it.  
Much like as when all they were sitting or assembled, Penticost when fully come, Acts 2. which filled the House where they were, suddenly such a sound, a rushing of a mighty wind from Heaven.  
When Elias like also this Prophet ascends, lifted up the King of Glory his fiery chariots from above sent down, drawn by the aforesaid living creatures four; swift as the wind, with their two joined wings on this side, and on that side sparkling, likened to burnished brass, and burning coals of a brightness unspeakable, yet not flying, but went or ran: even the workmanship of clocks and watches with their crystal covers, so dreadfully expressed; besides the shadow on Dial's (these the emblem of Prophets) not to go backward in the least degree, all their motion straight forward, who when they went or ran, returned not, although in another place shows they returned; a contradiction easily reconciled: from their recoiling likened to the Heavens perpetual motion, in a moment though as a flash of lightning, retire at the King of Glory his appearance or presence, Verse 17. They returned not when they went, etc.  
And of this sacred essence; each grain or dram requisite to weigh it, annexed to a charge thus given upon life and death; whether they will, or will not: as afore declared; much more every fathom and quarter, to sound of this deep: a calling to discharge of more consequence than his voyages: or any Bellman or Watchman, showing what hour of the night, and what past: But let that pass, moreover whose charge, thus (verse 12.) where heard that voice Blessed be the glory of the Lord; from this place, to wit, in the Church, sufficienty manifest where the Sun's Tabernacle, the clock stands, shadowed under the Tabernacle, as from the head to the sole of the foot drawn, the Cherubins by witnesses appearing more than one, shows they had round feet; according to the Hebrew; and straight with faces and hands stretched upward, and what living creatures these, not deemed difficult to discrens, adding when those went these went, when those stood these stood, plain enough to be understood: besides Ringers no strange creatures: these having under their wings the form of a man's hand; informing clocks their plumits and weights drawn up those feet too: together with Ringers their posture stretching their loins, standing on their toes, as by the soles of their feet, etc. the length of which easy to be taken, unto calf's feet likened, to wit, Neat's leather their shoes, or Calf's leather, each expressed, as this Prophet portray could, we understand.  
And so far for Aaron's Bells, these their rushing heard into the utter court: Bells a glory, wherein we surpass other Nations.  
Besides this for another, (cap. 9) where those six men standing, beside the brazen Altar: Amongst whom one with a writer's inckhorn by his side: among the wheels, the Sexton or Clerk that keeps it in order: He for one withal, & showing, he reported had the matter as he was commanded or ordered to do, in the next place as refers to the Rolls Office, it's six Clerks, those reports of theirs by the said Roll or Writ, that woeful lamentation, etc. likewise certifies with the inckhorn, that slaughter weapon too wit) the penknife, to beware of cutting men's throats therewith, such do, etc.  
Cap. 10. Thus running over the words of it, from the beginning of the Book to the end, as the Alphabet the literal sense, he that runs may read it, hidden although from Rabbis, Fathers & Modern both, taken with that admiration into consideration, giving thanks to his Father, that had made of his great Counsel: He that shuts and no man opens; opens and no man shuts: Behold the little book sealed with the Seven-stars; which book holds in his right hand, no man worthy, or so wise, for all their libraries, so much as to behold the out side of it; they held at such distance, no looking within the shadow of those Hierglipical Cherubin Curtains, The Spirit and the Bride's bed, thereof to touch a loop, so much edge or selvedg, like the scattered bones out of hope, cap. 37. Though here brought bone to bone, as it were, Live O obstruse Oracle; containing the living creatures, namely, The Holy Ghosts Heralds, betokening not only this terrestrial Tabernacles clothing of rags, covered with vermin for vermilion, celestial forthwith exchanged, with the whole Creation's Restitution, figured forth; the renewed estate of men and Angels, each in its order.  
But even engines of War, the great dreadful days likeness, as in his hearing (cap. 10.) O wheel, cried unto, where he between the wheels, the man in linen, & match made of linen, pointing there to great Ordnance, even gives fire to them; beware the brass Piece loud enough, cried whose motions straight forward, whether the head looked, mounted on their beril coloured wheels, all put into a colour, compared to the Almighty thundering voice, when he speaks, plainly spoken, what a noise utters when their monstrous shot discharged, compassed with no little smokes and fire, as the appearance of the glory of God, etc. their terror represented by the cloud in the day time, and the fiery pillar by night; these living creatures likewise in the Brazen serpent's likeness, when bitten in that manner, whose souls so much loathed the Manna, could not digest such light meat (Num. 21.)  
And how lightly soever esteemed; nevertheless with the Prophet's last instructions, shall proceed to give a taste of it; where showed him the forefront of the house eastward, all the form of the house charged to observe it; to be brief, Church-Reformation demonstrates, cap. 40. with its Chambers, inner Chambers, and outer Courts, namely, the several Courts of justice likewise to be reform; as by such exact dimensions for a rule given, with the Temple and inner Temple, every corner surveyed, as of late disordered Coledges, called Temples in this City, repaired too, set forth in this Map of Isralites days: The holy waters answering thereto, like one deep calling to another, tokens of no inferior consequence, when at so low an Ebb, issuing from the threshold that became an ocean for fishers, exceeding many from Eng. to Engl. etc. not to be circumscribed within so narrow limits, reserved to a larger table.  
Have only sounded the trumpet, here given the word, O house hear, Thus saith the Lord, etc. for they a Rebellious, etc. for their standing in contempt, served the subpena: Thus hard and slow of hearing, removed the pillow from their elbows: of some passages and tokens, touching the woeful present given a touch to call them from the foreruners of his coming, what an overturning goes before it, whose voice as the sound of many waters, even the floods voice. Noah's days 1700. When as repent him he made man, as in this present century appears, un paralleled for such surpassing sins and judgements.  
But going on with the words of his commission to perfect the same. Cap. 3. Verse. 2.6. Thou shalt not go amongst them, etc. for they a Rebellious house; a multiplied phrase after the manner of clerks, in drawing bills or books; the aforesaid as it were, the word book authorised otherwise, called a bill of divorce, as thus styled the book of Ezekiel the Prophet, signifying both book and bill.  
Cap. 12. verse 2. thus enlarged, Thou dwellest in the midst of a Rebellious house (Verse 3.) For they a Rebellious house: though they a Rebellious house, etc. And hath not the Rebellious house said unto thee, etc. concluding the matter thus, For in your days, O Rebellious will I say the word, and perform it saith the Lord, Verse 25. Acts 13. Therefore beware, lest that fall upon you: behold ye despisers, and wonder and perish ye, for I do a work in your days, which ye shall not believe, though one declare it unto you.  
Where last of all, because if the cause should depend beyond what was expected, before ripe for a hearing (Thus) a cloud about breadth of a hand appears, Verse 27. Thus saith the Lord, He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth (to put in his answer) let him forbear: for they, etc. altars both mood and number, hereby showing what though some be dumb or wilful, yet he at least, let him open his mouth, and not with one voice, Shut him out whilst he made stand at the door knocking, making as they asleep were, bears witness, Revelations 22. he that is unjust, let him be unjust still, and he that is filthy, etc. and come saith the Spirit and the Bride (revealing before the glorious Throne, our appearing immediate) and let him without delay answer that heareth, and say come, etc.  
The Grace of our Lord, etc. Ezek. cap. 3.   

Postscript.  
Lest that come to pass, Friend, how camest thou in hither, not having a Wedding garment? and he was speechless etc. without his robe of Parliament, without doubt (in adding thereto) many called, but few chosen, an Item to both Houses. Mat. 22.  
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