Two Letters directed etc. Luke ●1. Matth. 23. 24. Zeph. 3. Rev. 16. 1 Cor 3. Col. 2. Acts 20. 1 John 3. 5. James 3. 4, ●. 2 Pet. 2. 1 Pet 5. THIS present distress, and commotions of wars in the world, whereby mankind is ruined, flow from the external Religions, and contentions of the shepherds, false teachers, 2. Pet. 2. Priests and Prophets, never known, nor sent of God, Matth. 7. by whose wicked, false, and perverse Doctrine, the Devil hath already wholly possessed almost every man with hatred, envy, enmity, Cainicall wrath and bitterness, and overcome and devoured, and brought them under his Kingdom. Epist. jude. Mark 13. Matth. 24. Esay. 1. 5. 24. Luke 1●. Zeph. 1. Jer. 5. Rev. 16. 17. Wisd. 6. Now seeing that Germany, by reason of such abominations, sins, unbelief, and unrighteousness which hath taken the upper hand, is so far gone to ruin in men and beasts, for an example unto other Countries, therefore I signify but especially unto the Lords and chief men of the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland according to the justice of God, from the supreme Judge, unto whom the Heavens and Earth belongeth, according Esay 66. Heb. 4. ●0. Joel 2. 1 Thes 5. 1 Cor. 3. 6. 15. Heb. 3. 12. G●l 5. ● 1 Tim. 1. Luke 10. to my former writings directed and sent to them, yet Once, that that they enter deep into their hearts and consciences, to put away and remove thence all works of darkness, which offend God and the Holy Spirit, and become sober from them, and also remove the causes of the external unquietness or division, according to the true ground, and out of a Christian love, and unfeigned faith, as they are bound before God, to give aid and help, that their Neighbour, or their fellow-members, viz. the poor and 1 Cor 12. Rom 12. Jerem. 30. Psal 72. Deut. 32. oppressed in Germany, which lie already in the dust and mire of death, may be delivered, Dan. 12. But if they shall fail in this, then shall the same God, who in his fierce anger hath so far consumed Germany, by reason of such vices and sins, the same Esay 45. God, I say, who formeth Light and createth Darkness, maketh Amos 5. Ezeck. 15. 21, 22. Matth. 24. 1 John 3. Psal. 14. 109. Jerem 30. Esay 30. 42. 51. 59 Psal. 4. 89. 119. Mich. 7. 2 Tim. 3. 4. John 1. 8. 10. Ezeck. 5▪ 6. Esd 4. 16. Levit. 26. Ezeck 2. 20. Mal. 1. 4. Esay 3. 29. Rom. 1. Matth. 24. Psal. 82. Rom. 9 Esay 10. 28. peace and createth the evil, kindle such a fire among you, that you shall not be able to quench it again, Zeph. 3. The Heathen or false Christians, yea rather the Devil's Christians in Germany, have endeavoured to do the same unto God in the Heavens, and his servant David, whom God in this present and last time hath raised here on Earth for the honour of his holy name, and for the Truth and eternal Righteousness of God; which the Jews did formerly unto their King: whereupon they in many Countries have so fared for a great while, that the one hath been forced to devour the other, far worse than in the destruction of Jerusalem. But the remnant which yet spurn against God, persevering still in their obstinacy and contempt of God, and thinking to be hidden from the eyes of the Majesty of God, never so much as endeavouring to put out of their hearts and consciences their vain devices, their sins, their unbelief, and unrighteousness, which formerly was crept in, nor any ways willing to give any outward aid and assistance, that this ruin, according to righteousness may be removed, that remnant, I say, shall Gen. 6. 7. 19 Epist. Judas. Jer. 30. 2 Pet. 3. have the same God, who drowned the first world through the Deluge, and destroyed the Cities Sodom and Gomorrha with fire and brimstone from heaven, to a Revenger, according to his fierce wrath and judgement, here in time, and there in eternity, Revel. 20. 22. Esa. 63. 66. Psal. 75. 89. 97. Ezeck. 36. Esay 2. 30. 42. Mich. 5. 7. Esay 41. 43, 44, 45. To maintain the honour of the Holy Name of God, and to deliver really the rest of the little worm of Jacob, and poor flock of Israel, namely the herd of Christ, which is very little, Luke 12. Zeph. 3. Dan. 12. Psal. 89. 132. Esay ●… Esd. 4. ●. 6. 7. 9 16. Jerem. 23. Mark 13. Rom. 12. Epist. Judas. A warrior of the Lord, Or, King after the Order of David. If the right truth of the word of God shall break forth, and be maintained, and faith accordingly yet once blossom, bud and grow, Esa. 33. Ebr. 4. 10. 12. then must the hypocrisy and lies of the false Prophets, which do not serve God and the Lord Christ, but the world and their belly, wholly perish, for which purpose there shall be a judgement. Esay 34. 40. 66. Psal. 24. 50. 89 95. Dan. 4. 5. The same God unto whom both Heaven and Earth chief belongeth, who maketh the Lords to be without Land, and suffered the great King of Babylon to go amongst the Beasts in the forest, when he, out of his proud and insolent heart, would not believe, that the most-high had power and dominion over the Kingdoms Matth. 24. Epist. Judas. 1 Thes. 5. Zeph. 1. 2. Esay 60. Amos 5. 9 of men, he hath determined unto the Hypocrites, mockers and despisers a day which they shall not escape. And if all Christian Kings shall not, in humility of mind and conscience before God, afford help and assistance, that Zion may be built, and further destruction, (which even in most Kingdoms is now Heb. 6. Tit. 1. spun and wrought:) according to righteousness, appeased or prevented, than they shall have the same God, who lieth not, Mal. 3. such a consuming fire, as is denounced in his word long Heb. 10. 12. Rev. 3. Mark 13. since to the unbelieving, ungodly, lukewarm, false Christians, being neither hot nor cold, 2. Pet. 3. Mal. 4. Wisd. 6. Acts 17. Jer. 10. Rom. 1. Esay 1. 2. 30. 49. 52. Psal. 82. Jer. 21. and 22. Esay 60. Ye are the Officers of my Kingdom, saith God, who giveth life and breath to every man: but those Gods who have not made Heaven and Earth, who are become vain in their imaginations, detaining the truth in unrighteousness, nay all Heathens or kingdoms, who will not serve God, or help thereto, that Zion may be built, the poor and fatherless delivered, the miserable and needy ones obtain justice, the afflicted and distressed rescued and freed from the violence of the wicked, or hands of the oppressors; those, I say, shall perish and be rooted out from the Earth, and from under the Heavens, Jerem. 10. Wherefore also the mighty ones in Jer. 5. 8. 9 Rev. 10. Matth. 11. Esay 65. 66. Jer. 30. 2 Pet. 3. Ezeck. 21▪ those parts have already long since been called upon, according to the justice of the Lord, by reason of the miseries in Germany. But the everlasting (Revel. 19 Esa. 63.) and fierce wrath of God, Rom. 1. and his vengeance and judgement, 2. Thess. 1. shall not only in one respect alone, but double and triple fall upon those mockers and despisers, who blaspheme the right of the Lord, and pervert all what is upright, going about to build Zion with blood, Mich. 3. Amos 5. James 5. Mark 12. and Jerusalem with unrighteousness, robbing the poor of his sweat and blood, and bringing thereby him, viz. their own Land and their subjects therein, into total ruin and destruction; and moreover suffer their neighbours or fellow-members, who, according 1 Cor. 13. Rev. 17. 18. Dan. 12. 1 John 3. to the justice and judgemet of God, might, could and ought to have been delivered, with body and soul, to perish. Therefore this Cains-generation had best to observe well this power, commandment and message of God, not only according to this, but also many other and former writings sent thither, in the behalf Mich. 3. Heb. 4. 10. 11. Eccles. 35. of the poor and distressed, whose misery and calamity on all sides crieth and sigheth to God in the Heavens, Psal. 10. 94. The WORD of GOD, Mich 6. Rev. 12. Rom. 11. 1 Pet. 2. Which by reason of this present confusion and calamity in the Roman Empire, is directed to the Heathen, viz. the People of the second or New Testament, and by reason of these selfe-revengefull, Cain-like, cruel murdering and robbing wars, hath in particular been sent and delivered to the Kings of Sweden and Denmark, and also often to the Governors in the Low Countries, who will build Zion with blood, Mich. 3. and thereby pervert the judgement of God concerning the destruction of the Whore of Babylon, Psal. 10. and 94. Eph. 4. Hos. 10. 2 Cor. 4. 1 Cor. 3. 6. Rom. 1. John 14. Revel. 20. Jerem. 8. Dan. 7. 1 Cor. 4. Heb. 10. Rom. 12. Psal. 94. Who Likewise by untying and breaking the Bond of the Love of God, are divided asunder, and in Christ the light of Faith blinded; Whereby they, in stead of the Holy Ghost or power of the Gospel, are so mastered and possessed by the Prince of this World, that they by no means will leave off to support and uphold Babel against the justice and judgement of God, and to tread under feet the Son of God, through their own judging and revenging. To reject the Word of the LORD, and to be disobedient to God, is the Sin of Witchcraft; and stubborness is Iniquity and Idolatry, 1. Sam. 15. Deut. 4. 6. 32. 33. chap. Mark 12. Gen. 1. Acts 4. 7. 14. 17. Esay. 40. 43, 44 45, 46, 48, 51, 66. Heb. 11. Jerem. 5. Mal. 1. Esay 48. Rom. 11. Esay 48. 57 1 Pet. 2. Eph. 6. Rev. 20. 2 Cor. 4. Eph. 4. Esay 40. 1 Tim. 6. Gal. 1. 2 Tim. 4. 2 Pet. 2. Heb 4. Jer. 23. Matth. 11. 12. Luke 10. 11. 12. 2 Tim. 2. Eph. 4. 5. Matth. 7. and 24. chap. Acts 20. 2 Tim. 2. 1 Cor. 3. 12. Rom. 16. Phil. 3. Mark 13. Jerem. 23. 1 Cor. 6. 12. Rom. 12. Eph. 2. 1 Pet. 2. Colos. 2. 3. Eph. 4. 5. Luke 21. Matth 24. Mark 13. Jerem. 7. and 11. chap. 2 Pet 2. Hosea 4. Col. 1. and 2. There is but One Only God, viz. the same, who, through the hand of his Divine Power, hath of Nothing, Created the Heavens, the Earth, the Seas, and all that therein is▪ Whom that People, which nameth itself after his holy Name, should justly before all other people, honour, praise, serve and fear, Hosea 13. But these Heathen who brag of Christianity, and yet most obstinately and presumptuously will be counted the Only people of God, are in their hearts and consciences so possessed and blinded by the Prince of this World▪ viz the spirit of Eternal darkness, that they are altogether unmindful and careless of the Eternal, Infinite and Invisible God; nay, they will not so much as acknowledge Him amongst them, in the vain and cursed Doctrine of those false Teachers, whom they have chosen to themselves, nor according to the power and truth of his Living Word, in regard of these present works and deeds. Seeing that God in his Word long since faithfully enough, hath given warning, carefully to take heed and to beware of the false Prophets, viz. of those horrible ravening Wolves in sheep's clothing, who, with their contentious pratings and disputing, are the very prime and principal cause of all division, distraction, concision, confusion and seduction, Esa 3. and 10. chap. Ezech. 13. God speaks in his Word that the true believers being Members of his Body, aught to be compacted, built and rooted together, through the Bond of Peace, and the Love of God. But the Devil, through the mouth of the false Prophets in the stone-Churches and Chapels, or carnal Congregations, saith; Hear is Christ, there is Christ: Heer is the Temple of the Lord, here is the Temple of the Lord: Come hither and hear us, and let your sins be forgiven you, etc. and all this to that people which hath lost and forsaken Christ the Head of the Church and Saviour of his Body, according to his Eternal, Divine and Undivisible Power and Virtue. Now although God (richly and) abundantly hath warned the Heathen as well as the Jewish Nation, not to be haughty & proud in their unbelief; yet notwithstanding they being in and through all Cities and Countries, yea through all Realms, as Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Holland and other places divided one from another Acts 4. Rev. 18. 2 Pet. 2. Ezeck. 13. Matth. 7. Rev. 16. 2 Cor. 11. Dan. 7. Matth. 24. Esay. 59 Psal. 58. 82. Esay 51. Rom. 9 Jer. 30. Matth. 24. Esay 41. 43. Hosea 6. 7. 9 12. Nah. 3. Jer. 8. Hosea 4. Matth. 24. Esay 30. Ezeck. 22. Jer. 2. 7. 22. Mich. 3. 7. Zach. ●1. Rev. 12. 16. 20 chap. Mich. 5. Psal. 33. Nah. 1. Eccles. 35. James 5. Wisd. 6. 12. Esay 24. 34. Ezeck. 34. Rom. 11. 1 Pet. 2. Eph. 4. Hos. 10. 2 Cor. 4. Wis. 2. Rom. 1. 2 Cor. 4. Esay 58. Daniel 12. Rev. 20. Esay 8. 28. 63. 2 Thes. 1. Zeph 3 in the very abyss or depth of their souls, or having no spiritual communion of God any more amongst them; they, I ●ay, dream and imagine to have a way to the Father into the everlasting Kingdom of God, without Christ the unity in the Spirit, or foundation of Faith, by the damned arch-witchcraft of their false Teachers, Priests, and Prophets, being never either sent or known of God, as if they with those false Apostles, by which Satan the very Devil transformeth himself into an Angel of light, had the truth, and God should be their liar, who long since hath foretold the state and condition of this present, last, and lamentable time, viz. that Faith should be extinguished, love by many grow cold, and unrighteousness get the upper hand. But seeing that these people wholly neglect and despise the Lord of Sabbath concerning the real and fundamental alteration and removing of this present distress, misery and great calamity, for his seeds sake; and moreover that they for to maintain the Idolatry and Sorcery of their false worship and religion, wherein is neither faithfulness nor love, neither Faith nor Righteousness, like the Jews in former times, especially about the end of the old Testament, have begun and still do begin one murdering, robbing, and bloodsheding course and enterprise, after and above another, not forbearing thus to bring many thousands of souls to the slaughter, it shall & must so be paid home to these heathens possessed of the Devil, who never would obey nor hearken, but with all their strength still do endeavour to annihilate and frustrate the counsel of the Lord; even so I say, as they have deserved it both of God himself, and also of those poor people, who thereby are ruined, made desolate and destroyed, Psal. 2. and 12. Thus the Heathen, viz. the people of the second and new Testament, who, by breaking the bond of the love of God, are divided asunder, and in Christ the light of Faith, blinded, are from the face and presence of Jesus Christ in these their dark and obscure hearts called upon by Michael the Prince of wars, by whom the Lord God, for to maintain the honour of his word and holy name, and for the fundamental deliverance of poor Mankind shall arise, and make himself manifest and known. Hos. 3. jerem. 23. 30. chap. Ezeck. 34. 37. chap King David the second a Warrior of the Lord, Esay 42. FINIS.