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<P>THE BURDEN OF BABYLON, AND THE TRIUMPH OF SION As it was &s;een in the VALLEY of VISION: By <HI>GEORGE BISHOPE.</HI></P>
<Q><P><HI>Multitudes, Multitudes in the Valley of Deci&s;ion; for the Day of the Lord is near in the Valley of Deci&s;ion,</HI> <BIBL>Joel 3. 14.</BIBL></P></Q>
<Q><P><HI>Sing and rejoice O Daughter of Sion, for lo I come, and will dwell in the mid&s;t of Thee, &s;aith the Lord, and many Nations &s;hall be join|ed to the Lord in that day, and &s;hall be my people, and I will dwell in the mid&s;t of thee; and thou &s;halt know that the Lord of Ho&s;ts hath &s;ent me unto thee. And the Lord &s;hall inherit</HI> Judah <HI>his portion in the Holy Land, and &s;hall choo&s;e Jeru&s;alem again; Be &s;ilent O all fle&s;h before the Lord, for he is rai&s;ed up out of his holy Habitation.</HI> <BIBL>Zach. 2. 10, 11, 12, 13.</BIBL></P></Q>
<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed for <HI>Robert Wil&s;on,</HI> 1661.</P>
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<HEAD>The Burden of BABYLON, &amp;c.</HEAD>
<P>IN the <HI>Valley of Vi&s;ion,</HI> under the <HI>bottom</HI> of the <HI>Mountains,</HI> and the depths of the <HI>Rocks,</HI> as <HI>I</HI> lay in the <HI>Deep, I</HI> &s;aw <HI>this</HI> Burden of <HI>Babylon.</HI></P>
<P>O ye <HI>Oppre&s;&s;ing</HI> Powers! who have kept the <HI>Seed</HI> of <HI>God</HI> under, and made it <HI>continually</HI> to cry by rea&s;on of its <HI>Oppre&s;&s;ion,</HI> the <HI>Word</HI> of the <HI>Lord</HI> thorough <HI>me,</HI> is to <HI>You. Wo, Wo</HI> unto <HI>You</HI> from the <HI>Lord;</HI> for <HI>his</HI> Day is coming upon <HI>you</HI> like a <HI>Whirlwind,</HI> and who &s;hall <HI>&s;top</HI> it? <HI>He</HI> will <HI>work,</HI> and who &s;hall <HI>let</HI> it? <HI>He</HI> brings it on, and it comes <HI>&s;wift,</HI> and who &s;hall <HI>hinder</HI> it? <HI>I</HI> will not <HI>&s;pare</HI> the <HI>Guilty,</HI> &s;aith the <HI>Lord; I</HI> wil not <HI>con|demn</HI> the <HI>Innocent: I</HI> will <HI>render</HI> to <HI>Every</HI> man according to <HI>his</HI> Work. <HI>My</HI> Day comes <HI>&s;wift,</HI> and who &s;hall <HI>put</HI> it by? <HI>I</HI> will be avenged on <HI>mine</HI> Enemies, <HI>I</HI> will <HI>bring</HI> under <HI>them</HI> that <HI>hate</HI> me. <HI>All</HI> mine Enemies &s;hall be &s;ound <HI>Lyars</HI> unto <HI>Me: Vanity</HI> &s;hall take <HI>them;</HI> the <HI>Wind</HI> &s;hall carry <HI>them</HI> away. But <HI>they</HI> that fear the <HI>Lord</HI> &s;hall <HI>Po&s;&s;e&s;s</HI> the Land; <HI>They</HI> &s;hall <HI>inherit</HI> mine holy Mountain, &s;aith the <HI>Lord.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Fear, Horror,</HI> and the <HI>Pit</HI> is upon <HI>thee,</HI> O <HI>Daughter</HI> of <HI>Babylon: Thou</HI> &s;halt <HI>not</HI> be: An <HI>End</HI> is come, even the <HI>Mea&s;ure</HI> of <HI>thine</HI> I|niquity: <HI>Thou</HI> ha&s;t <HI>long</HI> boa&s;ted <HI>thy</HI> &s;elf, and <HI>gloryed: Thou</HI> ha&s;t <HI>long</HI> made merry <HI>over</HI> the <HI>Blood</HI> of the <HI>Slain;</HI> thou ha&s;t <HI>long</HI> drunk the <HI>Blood</HI> of the <HI>Poor</HI> and <HI>Needy: Thou</HI> ha&s;t <HI>glutted thy</HI> &s;elf, and become <HI>fat: Thou</HI> art <HI>covered</HI> with <HI>Oyntments,</HI> and with <HI>Abomina|tions,</HI> and ha&s;t <HI>enricht thy</HI> &s;elf: <HI>Thou</HI> ha&s;t <HI>&s;itten</HI> as a <HI>Queen,</HI> and ha&s;t &s;aid, <HI>I &s;hall &s;ee no &s;orrow: My</HI> Children are <HI>Many, I</HI> &s;hall not be <HI>De&s;olate. Thou</HI> ha&s;t vaunted it <HI>again&s;t</HI> the <HI>Lord,</HI> and <HI>exalted thy</HI> &s;elf again&s;t the <HI>Holy</HI> One of <HI>I&s;rael:</HI> Tu&s;h! doth <HI>God</HI> regard? Is there <HI>knowledge</HI> in the <HI>Mo&s;t</HI> High? <HI>Thou</HI> ha&s;t made <HI>thy</HI> Ne&s;ts in the <HI>Stars,</HI> and thither <HI>thou</HI> art gone up. <HI>Thou</HI> ha&s;t decked <HI>thy</HI> &s;elf as though <HI>thou</HI> &s;houlde&s;t <HI>never</HI> know <HI>&s;orrow</HI> any more. <HI>Thou</HI> are grown <HI>exceeding</HI> lofty; <HI>Thou</HI> trample&s;t upon the <HI>Foot</HI> of the <HI>Poor</HI> and <HI>Needy: Thou</HI> &s;corne&s;t the <HI>Lord,</HI> and feare&s;t not before the <HI>Mighty One</HI> of <HI>I&s;rael: Thou</HI> art gone <HI>beyond</HI> all bounds: <HI>Thou</HI> en|large&s;t <HI>thy</HI> &s;elf as <HI>Hell,</HI> and as the <HI>Grave</HI> which is never &s;atisfied.
<PB N="2" REF="3" MS="y"> The <HI>Virgin</HI> Daughter of <HI>Sion</HI> was <HI>contemned</HI> by <HI>thee</HI> in the <HI>Day</HI> of <HI>thy</HI> Pro&s;perity: <HI>Thou</HI> derided&s;t when <HI>&s;he</HI> was <HI>spoken</HI> of; <HI>thou</HI> ma|de&s;t a <HI>mock</HI> of <HI>her</HI> &s;orrows, when <HI>tears</HI> covered <HI>her;</HI> when <HI>&s;he</HI> &s;ate <HI>De&s;olate</HI> on the ground, and <HI>A&s;hes</HI> were <HI>over</HI> her; when <HI>&s;he</HI> was bereaved of <HI>Children,</HI> and <HI>without</HI> an <HI>Husband; thou</HI> &s;ported&s;t at <HI>her</HI> Affliction, and took'&s;t <HI>plea&s;ure</HI> in <HI>her</HI> groans; the <HI>Burden</HI> of <HI>E|very</HI> One <HI>rai&s;ed</HI> thee <HI>up:</HI> When <HI>thou</HI> hearde&s;t <HI>them,</HI> thou <HI>rejoiced&s;t:</HI> The <HI>more</HI> &s;he was brought <HI>low,</HI> the <HI>more thou</HI> exalted&s;t <HI>thy</HI> &s;elf, and <HI>thou</HI> made&s;t a <HI>mock</HI> of <HI>her</HI> &s;ufferings: <HI>Thou</HI> putted&s;t <HI>thy</HI> foot upon <HI>her; thou</HI> pu&s;hed&s;t <HI>her; thou</HI> di&s;dained&s;t <HI>her</HI> with <HI>thine</HI> eye; <HI>thou</HI> cryed&s;t <HI>Aha!</HI> The <HI>Lord God</HI> filled <HI>her</HI> with <HI>bitterne&s;s,</HI> and the <HI>tran&s;|gre&s;&s;ions</HI> of <HI>her</HI> youth were upon <HI>her,</HI> and <HI>thou</HI> wa&s;t <HI>glad.</HI></P>
<P>Behold! <HI>Thy</HI> Day is come wherein <HI>thou</HI> &s;halt be like unto <HI>her. Thou</HI> ha&s;t <HI>lived</HI> in <HI>plea&s;ure; thou</HI> ha&s;t <HI>murdered</HI> the <HI>Ju&s;t,</HI> and <HI>he</HI> hath not <HI>re&s;i&s;ted</HI> thee: <HI>Thou</HI> art <HI>very</HI> haughty, and <HI>winke&s;t</HI> with <HI>thine</HI> eye, and <HI>mince&s;t</HI> with <HI>thy</HI> feet: <HI>Thou</HI> art become <HI>exceeding</HI> delicate. <HI>Ma|ny</HI> lovers <HI>thou</HI> ha&s;t, and <HI>thine</HI> eyes <HI>roul up</HI> and <HI>down,</HI> and <HI>thou</HI> think|e&s;t <HI>every</HI> one is taken with <HI>thy</HI> Beauty: <HI>Thy</HI> De&s;truction &s;hall <HI>come</HI> from <HI>far,</HI> and <HI>thy</HI> Calamity from the <HI>Ends</HI> of the <HI>Earth:</HI> And <HI>thou</HI> &s;halt <HI>fall</HI> and ri&s;e <HI>no</HI> more, &s;aith the <HI>Lord.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Thy</HI> Lovers &s;hall leave <HI>thee, thy</HI> familiars &s;hall for&s;ake <HI>thee; thy</HI> Friends and <HI>Kinsfolk</HI> &s;hall &s;tand <HI>afar</HI> off <HI>thee: Thy</HI> Children &s;hall <HI>not</HI> be in the <HI>Day</HI> that <HI>I</HI> will vi&s;it <HI>thee,</HI> &s;aith the <HI>Lord.</HI> Stand <HI>afar</HI> off, look upon <HI>her,</HI> behold <HI>her</HI> torment: <HI>Flee, flee from the Land of Caldea; It's</HI> rowling up as a <HI>Scrowle</HI> before the <HI>fire: It's</HI> ini|quity is <HI>upon</HI> it; <HI>It's</HI> &s;inking into the <HI>Sea;</HI> out of <HI>which</HI> it &s;hall <HI>ne|ver</HI> Ari&s;e, &s;aith the <HI>Lord.</HI></P>
<P><HI>No</HI> more Remembrance &s;hall be had of <HI>Thee, O Daughter</HI> of <HI>Babylon! O Thou Oppre&s;&s;ing</HI> City! <HI>Thou</HI> Bloody <HI>City!</HI> Who&s;e <HI>&s;cum</HI> is in the <HI>mid&s;t</HI> of <HI>Thee; Thou</HI> mu&s;t be <HI>con&s;umed;</HI> Neither <HI>Name,</HI> nor <HI>Remnant;</HI> neither <HI>Son,</HI> nor <HI>Nephew; No</HI> More of <HI>thy</HI> &s;tock from <HI>Ge|neration</HI> to <HI>Generation.</HI> The <HI>Lord</HI> hath <HI>&s;aid</HI> it.</P>
<P><HI>Thy</HI> Day is at an <HI>End; Thy</HI> Night is <HI>Come; Thy</HI> Sorrows and <HI>Perplexities; Thy</HI> de&s;perate <HI>Sorrows; Thou</HI> mai&s;t <HI>not</HI> be <HI>pittied,</HI> O <HI>Daughter</HI> of <HI>Babylon,</HI> who art to <HI>be</HI> de&s;troyed: <HI>Happy</HI> &s;hall <HI>he</HI> be that Rewardeth <HI>thee</HI> as <HI>thou</HI> ha&s;t &s;erved <HI>us.</HI> Happy &s;hall <HI>he</HI> be that taketh &amp; da&s;heth <HI>thy</HI> Little Ones again&s;t the <HI>Stones,</HI> &s;aith the <HI>Lord.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Jeru&s;alem</HI> was not at all con&s;idered by <HI>thee</HI> in the day of <HI>her</HI> Ca|lamity, in the <HI>Day</HI> that <HI>her</HI> Iniquity had an End: When <HI>thou</HI> &s;aw|e&s;t it, <HI>thou</HI> helpe&s;t it on, and <HI>joyed&s;t</HI> in <HI>her</HI> Di&s;tre&s;s, <HI>Thou</HI> &s;hall not
<PB N="3" REF="3" MS="y"> be bemoaned; None &s;hall <HI>&s;igh</HI> for <HI>Thee</HI> in the <HI>Day</HI> when the <HI>Lord</HI> &s;hall cover <HI>thee</HI> with <HI>thine</HI> own Doings, &amp; fill <HI>thee</HI> with the works of <HI>thy</HI> hands; Who &s;hall lay thee <HI>low</HI> and <HI>de&s;olate,</HI> and <HI>compa&s;s</HI> thee with <HI>tears,</HI> &amp; fill <HI>thee</HI> with <HI>blood,</HI> and put <HI>thee</HI> into the <HI>Pit,</HI> Ne|ver to <HI>ari&s;e:</HI> None &s;hal &s;hed a <HI>tear</HI> for <HI>thee.</HI> The <HI>Lord</HI> hath <HI>&s;poken</HI> it.</P>
<P>All <HI>thy</HI> Dayes of Plea&s;ure draw to an <HI>End: Thou</HI> ha&s;t been <HI>fea&s;ting</HI> it <HI>long,</HI> and with thy Jovial Companions ha&s;t been <HI>prai&s;ing</HI> the <HI>Gods</HI> of <HI>Gold</HI> and of <HI>Silver,</HI> of <HI>Bra&s;s,</HI> of <HI>Iron,</HI> of <HI>Wood,</HI> and of <HI>Stone</HI> in the <HI>Ve&s;&s;els</HI> of the <HI>Hou&s;e</HI> of the <HI>Lord,</HI> and there <HI>thou</HI> ha&s;t <HI>Quaff'd</HI> it: Whil'&s;t <HI>Sion</HI> lay <HI>plough&egrave;d</HI> up as a <HI>Field,</HI> and <HI>Jeru&s;alem</HI> in <HI>A&s;hes:</HI> A <HI>Deadly</HI> Draught it &s;hall <HI>prove</HI> to <HI>Thee:</HI> For <HI>thou</HI> &s;halt <HI>Drink,</HI> and be <HI>Drunken,</HI> and be <HI>Moved,</HI> and be <HI>Mad,</HI> and <HI>Spue,</HI> and <HI>fall,</HI> and <HI>ri&s;e</HI> no more, &s;aith the <HI>Lord.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Thou</HI> ha&s;t been <HI>&s;trutting</HI> it <HI>long</HI> in the <HI>Pallace</HI> of <HI>Babylon,</HI> and ha&s;t <HI>&s;aid,</HI> Is not this Great <HI>Babylon</HI> that <HI>I</HI> have built for the <HI>hou&s;e</HI> of the <HI>Kingdom,</HI> by the <HI>Might</HI> of <HI>my</HI> Power, and for the <HI>Honor</HI> of <HI>my</HI> Maje&s;ty? <HI>Thou</HI> ha&s;t thought <HI>thou</HI> &s;halt <HI>never</HI> be removed: A <HI>&s;wift</HI> De&s;truction &s;hall <HI>come</HI> upon <HI>Thee,</HI> and <HI>thou</HI> &s;halt be <HI>thrown</HI> into the <HI>Pit:</HI> The Lord hath <HI>&s;poken</HI> it.</P>
<P><HI>Great</HI> Peace &s;hall be unto <HI>them</HI> who are <HI>thine</HI> Enemies; and of the <HI>encrea&s;e</HI> of the <HI>Government</HI> that's over <HI>thee,</HI> and <HI>Peace, there</HI> &s;hall be <HI>No</HI> End. Upon the <HI>Throne</HI> of <HI>David,</HI> and upon <HI>his</HI> King|dom, to <HI>Order</HI> it, and <HI>e&s;tabli&s;h</HI> it with <HI>Judgement</HI> and with <HI>Ju&s;tice,</HI> from <HI>henceforth</HI> even for <HI>Ever.</HI> The <HI>Zeal</HI> of the <HI>Lord</HI> of <HI>Hosts</HI> &s;hall perform <HI>this.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Thou</HI> ha&s;t been <HI>exceeding</HI> Proud, and <HI>full</HI> of Contempt, when the <HI>Daughter</HI> of <HI>Sion</HI> hath been <HI>bowed</HI> Down: <HI>Thou</HI> &s;halt <HI>go</HI> into <HI>Captivity,</HI> out of which <HI>thou</HI> &s;halt not <HI>Return,</HI> &s;aith the <HI>Lord.</HI></P>
<P>Have <HI>Mercy</HI> upon <HI>Us,</HI> O <HI>Lord!</HI> have <HI>mercy</HI> upon <HI>Us;</HI> for <HI>We</HI> are <HI>exceedingly</HI> filled with <HI>Contempt; Our</HI> Soul is <HI>exceedingly</HI> filled with the <HI>&s;cornings</HI> of <HI>tho&s;e</HI> that are at <HI>Ea&s;e,</HI> and with the <HI>Contempt</HI> of the <HI>Proud.</HI> Remember, O <HI>Lord!</HI> the <HI>Children</HI> of <HI>Edom,</HI> in the <HI>Day</HI> of <HI>Jeru&s;alem,</HI> who &s;aid, <HI>Raze</HI> it, <HI>Raze</HI> it, even to the <HI>Foundation</HI> of it; &s;aid <HI>Sion</HI> in the <HI>Day</HI> of <HI>her</HI> Di&s;tre&s;s: But <HI>thou</HI> vaunted&s;t it <HI>then,</HI> and <HI>cryed&s;t, Aha! She</HI> is <HI>broken</HI> that was the <HI>Gate</HI> of the <HI>People: We</HI> &s;hall be <HI>Repleni&s;hed, &s;he</HI> is <HI>turned</HI> unto <HI>Us. The&s;e</HI> Two Nations, and the&s;e <HI>Two</HI> Countreys &s;hall be <HI>Mine;</HI> and <HI>We</HI> will <HI>po&s;&s;e&s;s</HI> it, whenas the <HI>Lord</HI> was <HI>there.</HI> Therefore as <HI>I</HI> live &s;aith the <HI>Lord God, I</HI> will do <HI>even</HI> according to <HI>thine</HI> Anger, and according to <HI>thine</HI> Envy which <HI>thou</HI> ha&s;t u&s;ed out of <HI>thy</HI> Hatred
<PB N="4" REF="4" MS="y"> again&s;t <HI>them,</HI> and <HI>I</HI> will make <HI>my</HI> &s;elf known among&s;t <HI>them</HI> when <HI>I</HI> have Judged <HI>thee,</HI> and <HI>thou</HI> &s;halt know that <HI>I</HI> am the <HI>Lord,</HI> and that <HI>I</HI> have heard all <HI>thy</HI> Bla&s;phemies which <HI>thou</HI> ha&s;t &s;poken a|gain&s;t the <HI>Mountains</HI> of <HI>I&s;rael,</HI> &s;aying, <HI>They</HI> are <HI>laid</HI> De&s;olate, <HI>they</HI> are given <HI>Us</HI> to <HI>Con&s;ume.</HI> Thus with <HI>your</HI> Mouth <HI>ye</HI> have <HI>boa&s;ted</HI> again&s;t <HI>me,</HI> and have <HI>multiplyed your</HI> words again&s;t <HI>me, I</HI> have heard <HI>them.</HI> Thus &s;aith the <HI>Lord God,</HI> When the <HI>whole</HI> Earth Rejoiceth, <HI>I</HI> will make <HI>thee</HI> De&s;olate: As <HI>thou</HI> did&s;t <HI>Rejoice</HI> at the <HI>Inheritance</HI> of the <HI>Hou&s;e</HI> of <HI>I&s;rael,</HI> becau&s;e it was <HI>De&s;olate,</HI> &s;o will <HI>I</HI> do unto <HI>thee: Thou</HI> &s;halt be <HI>De&s;olate,</HI> O <HI>Mount Seir!</HI> and <HI>all</HI> Idumea, even <HI>all</HI> of it, and <HI>they</HI> &s;hall know that <HI>I</HI> am the <HI>Lord. Son</HI> of <HI>M<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 span">, thy</HI> face again&s;t <HI>Mount Seir,</HI> and <HI>prophe&s;ie</HI> again&s;t it, and &s;ay unto it, <HI>Thus</HI> &s;aith the <HI>Lord God,</HI> Behold! O <HI>Mount Seir, I</HI> am again&s;t <HI>thee,</HI> and <HI>I</HI> will &s;t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">etch out <HI>Mine</HI> hand again&s;t <HI>thee,</HI> and <HI>I</HI> wil make <HI>thee</HI> mo&s;t De&s;olate; <HI>I</HI> will lay <HI>thy</HI> Cities <HI>wa&s;te,</HI> and <HI>thou</HI> &s;halt be <HI>De|&s;olate,</HI> and <HI>thou</HI> &s;halt know that <HI>I</HI> am the <HI>Lord,</HI> becau&s;e <HI>thou</HI> ha&s;t had a <HI>perpetual</HI> hatred, and ha&s;t <HI>&s;hed</HI> the <HI>Blood</HI> of the <HI>Children</HI> of <HI>I&s;rael</HI> by the <HI>force</HI> of the <HI>Sword</HI> in the <HI>time</HI> of <HI>their</HI> Calamity; in the <HI>time</HI> that <HI>their</HI> iniquity had an <HI>End.</HI> Therefore as <HI>I</HI> live &s;aith the <HI>Lord God, I</HI> will prepare <HI>thee</HI> unto <HI>Blood,</HI> and <HI>Blood</HI> &s;hall <HI>pur|&s;ue thee,</HI> &s;ith <HI>thou</HI> ha&s;t not hated <HI>Blood; even Blood</HI> &s;hall pur&s;ue <HI>thee.</HI> Thus will <HI>I</HI> make <HI>Mount Seir</HI> mo&s;t De&s;olate, and cut <HI>out</HI> from <HI>it him</HI> that <HI>pa&s;&s;eth</HI> out, and <HI>him</HI> that <HI>Returneth,</HI> and <HI>I</HI> will fill <HI>his</HI> Mountains with <HI>his</HI> &s;lain Men, in <HI>thy</HI> Hills, and in <HI>thy</HI> Valleys, and in <HI>all thy</HI> Rivers &s;hall <HI>they</HI> fall that are <HI>&s;lain</HI> with the <HI>Sword. I</HI> will make <HI>thee perpetual</HI> De&s;olations; and thy <HI>Cities</HI> &s;hall <HI>not</HI> Return: and <HI>ye</HI> &s;hall know that <HI>I</HI> am the <HI>Lord.</HI></P>
<P>Thus <HI>far</HI> of the <HI>Burden</HI> of <HI>Idumea.</HI></P>
<P>But as for <HI>thee,</HI> O <HI>Babylon!</HI> As for <HI>thee,</HI> O <HI>Leviathan! Thou</HI> pier|cing <HI>Serpent; thou</HI> Crooked <HI>Serpent; thou</HI> Dragon that art in the <HI>mid&s;t</HI> of the <HI>Sea; I</HI> wil puni&s;h <HI>thee</HI> with <HI>my &s;ore,</HI> and <HI>great,</HI> and <HI>&s;trong</HI> Sword, &s;aith the <HI>Lord:</HI> And I wil <HI>&s;lay</HI> the <HI>Dragon</HI> that is in the <HI>Sea.</HI></P>
<P>And as for <HI>thee</HI> Pharoah <HI>King</HI> of <HI>Egypt,</HI> the <HI>Great</HI> Dragon that lies in the <HI>mid&s;t</HI> of <HI>His</HI> Rivers, which hath &s;aid, <HI>My</HI> River is <HI>mine</HI> Own; I have made it for <HI>my</HI> &s;elf. Thus &s;aith the <HI>Lord God,</HI> Behold, I am Again&s;t <HI>thee;</HI> I wil put Hooks into <HI>thy</HI> Chaws, and cau&s;e the <HI>Fi&s;h</HI> of <HI>thy</HI> Rivers to &s;tick unto <HI>thy</HI> Skales, and wil bring <HI>thee</HI> up out of the <HI>mid&s;t</HI> of <HI>thy</HI> Rivers, and <HI>all</HI> the <HI>fi&s;h</HI> of <HI>thy</HI> Rivers &s;hall &s;tick unto <HI>thy</HI> Skales, and I will leave <HI>thee</HI> thrown into the <HI>Wilder|ne&s;&s;e,
<PB N="5" REF="4" MS="y"> thee,</HI> and <HI>all</HI> the <HI>Fi&s;h</HI> of <HI>thy</HI> Rivers; <HI>Thou</HI> &s;halt <HI>fall</HI> upon the <HI>Open</HI> fields: <HI>Thou</HI> &s;halt not be <HI>brought</HI> together, nor <HI>Gathered; I</HI> have given <HI>thee</HI> for Meat to the <HI>Bea&s;ts</HI> of the <HI>field,</HI> and to the <HI>Fowls</HI> of <HI>Heaven,</HI> and all the <HI>Inhabitants</HI> of <HI>Egypt</HI> &s;hall know that I am the <HI>Lord;</HI> becau&s;e they have been a <HI>&s;taffe</HI> of <HI>Reed</HI> to the <HI>hou&s;e</HI> of <HI>I&s;rael;</HI> wher <HI>they</HI> took hold of <HI>thee</HI> by <HI>the</HI> hand, <HI>thou</HI> did&s;t <HI>break</HI> and <HI>rent</HI> all <HI>their</HI> &s;houlder; and when <HI>they</HI> Leaned upon <HI>thee, thou</HI> brake&s;t, and <HI>made</HI> all <HI>their</HI> Loins to be at a <HI>&s;tand.</HI> Therefore, <HI>thus</HI> &s;aith the <HI>Lord God,</HI> Behold! I will bring a <HI>&s;word</HI> upon <HI>thee,</HI> and <HI>Cut</HI> out <HI>Man</HI> and <HI>Bea&s;t</HI> out of <HI>thee;</HI> and the <HI>Land</HI> of <HI>Egypt</HI> &s;hall be <HI>de&s;olate</HI> and <HI>wa&s;te,</HI> and they &s;hall know that I am the <HI>Lord:</HI> becau&s;e <HI>he</HI> hath &s;aid, The <HI>River</HI> is mine Own, and I have made it.</P>
<P>But as for <HI>Thee,</HI> O <HI>Daughter</HI> of <HI>Sion!</HI> O <HI>Virgin</HI> Daughter of <HI>Jeru&s;alem! Rejoice,</HI> and be <HI>exceeding</HI> glad: For the <HI>Day</HI> of <HI>thy</HI> Calamity hath an <HI>End:</HI> The <HI>Mea&s;ure</HI> of <HI>thy</HI> &s;ufferings are <HI>up;</HI> when <HI>this</HI> is Over, which is <HI>now</HI> Coming upon <HI>Thee. Thou</HI> &s;halt not <HI>&s;orrow</HI> any <HI>more,</HI> neither &s;halt <HI>thou</HI> weep: Tears <HI>no</HI> more &s;hal be <HI>thy</HI> Repa&s;t continually: De&s;olation and De&s;truction &s;hal <HI>not</HI> come within <HI>Thy</HI> Borders. Peace &s;hal be within <HI>Thy</HI> Walls, and Pro&s;perity within <HI>Thy</HI> Pallaces: <HI>They</HI> &s;hall Pro&s;per that love <HI>Thee.</HI> There &s;hall <HI>no</HI> more be within <HI>Thee</HI> an Infant of <HI>Daies;</HI> Nor an <HI>Old</HI> Man that &s;toopeth by <HI>Rea&s;on</HI> of <HI>Age: Thy</HI> People &s;hal be <HI>all</HI> Righteous; The <HI>Branch</HI> of <HI>my</HI> Planting; The <HI>Work</HI> of <HI>my</HI> hands, that <HI>I</HI> may be glorified, &s;aith the <HI>Lord.</HI></P>
<P>Palene&s;s &s;hall <HI>no</HI> longer cover <HI>Thee;</HI> nor &s;hall <HI>thy</HI> Cheeks <HI>any more</HI> wax thin; Nor &s;hall Dimne&s;s be upon <HI>Thy</HI> Glory: The Everla&s;ting <HI>God</HI> &s;hall be thine <HI>Everla&s;ting</HI> Light, and the Daies of <HI>thy</HI> Mourning &s;hall be ended. For a little while have <HI>I</HI> for|&s;aken <HI>thee,</HI> but with <HI>Everla&s;ting</HI> kindne&s;s will <HI>I</HI> embrace <HI>thee;</HI> and Re&s;tore Comfort unto <HI>thee,</HI> and to <HI>thy</HI> Mourners.</P>
<P>Behold, the <HI>Day</HI> is Come, wherein though <HI>I</HI> will make a <HI>full</HI> End of the <HI>Nations</HI> where <HI>thou</HI> ha&s;t been &s;cattered; yet <HI>I will</HI> not make a <HI>full</HI> End of <HI>thee;</HI> but will gather <HI>thee,</HI> and re&s;tore Comfort to <HI>thee;</HI> and <HI>thou</HI> &s;halt be in the <HI>mid&s;t</HI> of <HI>many</HI> Peo|ple, as a <HI>Lyon</HI> among the <HI>Bea&s;ts</HI> of the <HI>Forre&s;ts:</HI> As a <HI>Young</HI> Lion among the <HI>Flocks</HI> of <HI>Sheep;</HI> who if <HI>he</HI> goeth thorow, both <HI>trea|deth</HI> Down, and <HI>teareth</HI> to <HI>pieces,</HI> and <HI>none</HI> can <HI>Deliver; Thine</HI> hand &s;hall be lift up upon <HI>thine</HI> Adver&s;aries; and <HI>all</HI> Thine E|nemies &s;hall be <HI>cut</HI> off.</P>
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<P>And, Whereas <HI>Thou</HI> ha&s;t been for&s;aken, and <HI>De&s;olate,</HI> &s;o that <HI>no man</HI> hath pa&s;&s;ed thorough <HI>thee; I</HI> will make <HI>thee</HI> an <HI>Eternal</HI> Excellency; a <HI>Joy</HI> of <HI>many</HI> Generations. <HI>Thou</HI> &s;halt call upon <HI>Me,</HI> &s;aith the <HI>Lord,</HI> and <HI>I</HI> will an&s;wer <HI>thee; Thou</HI> &s;halt &s;peak, and <HI>I</HI> will hear <HI>thee.</HI> For, <HI>thou</HI> I&s;rael art <HI>my</HI> &s;ervant <HI>Jacob</HI> whom <HI>I</HI> have cho&s;en; The <HI>&s;eed</HI> of <HI>Abraham my</HI> friend: <HI>Thou</HI> whom <HI>I</HI> have taken from the <HI>Ends</HI> of the <HI>Earth,</HI> and called <HI>thee</HI> from the <HI>chief</HI> men thereof; and &s;aid unto <HI>thee, Thou</HI> art <HI>my</HI> &s;ervant; <HI>I</HI> have cho&s;en <HI>thee,</HI> and not ca&s;t <HI>thee</HI> away. Fear <HI>thou</HI> not, for <HI>I</HI> am with <HI>thee;</HI> Be not di&s;mai'd, for <HI>I</HI> am <HI>thy</HI> God: <HI>I</HI> will &s;trengthen <HI>thee;</HI> yea, <HI>I</HI> will help <HI>thee;</HI> yea, <HI>I</HI> will uphol<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> <HI>thee</HI> with the <HI>right</HI> hand of <HI>my</HI> Righteou&s;ne&s;s. Behold, all <HI>they</HI> that were <HI>incen&s;ed</HI> again&s;t <HI>thee</HI> &s;hall be <HI>a&s;hamed</HI> and <HI>confounded; they</HI> &s;hall be as <HI>nothing;</HI> and <HI>they</HI> that &s;trive with <HI>thee</HI> &s;hall peri&s;h. <HI>Thou</HI> &s;halt &s;eek <HI>them,</HI> but &s;halt not find <HI>them;</HI> even <HI>them</HI> that contended with <HI>thee.</HI> They that war again&s;t <HI>thee</HI> &s;hal be as <HI>no|thing,</HI> and as a <HI>thing</HI> of <HI>nought.</HI> For <HI>I</HI> the <HI>Lord thy</HI> God will hold <HI>thy</HI> Right hand; &s;aying unto <HI>thee,</HI> Fear not, <HI>I</HI> will help <HI>thee.</HI> Fear not <HI>thou</HI> Worm <HI>Jacob,</HI> &amp; <HI>yee</HI> men of <HI>I&s;rael;</HI> I will help <HI>thee,</HI> &s;aith the <HI>Lord,</HI> &amp; <HI>thy</HI> Redeemer; the <HI>Holy</HI> One of <HI>I&s;rael.</HI> Be|hold, I will make <HI>thee</HI> a <HI>new</HI> Thre&s;hing In&s;trument having <HI>teeth; Thou</HI> &s;halt Thre&s;h the <HI>Mountains,</HI> and beat <HI>them</HI> &s;mall, and &s;halt make the <HI>Hills</HI> as <HI>Chaff; Thou</HI> &s;halt fan <HI>them,</HI> and the <HI>Wind</HI> &s;hall carry <HI>them</HI> away, and the <HI>Whirelwind</HI> &s;hall &s;catter <HI>them;</HI> and <HI>thou</HI> &s;halt rejoice in the <HI>Lord;</HI> and <HI>Glory</HI> in the <HI>Holy One</HI> of <HI>I&s;rael.</HI></P>
<P>So be <HI>thou</HI> of <HI>Good</HI> Comfort; Lift up <HI>thy</HI> head, for <HI>thy</HI> Re|demption draws nigh: Rejoice <HI>greatly,</HI> O <HI>Daughter</HI> of <HI>Sion;</HI> Shout, O <HI>Daughter</HI> of <HI>Jeru&s;alem:</HI> Behold <HI>thy</HI> King cometh unto <HI>thee;</HI> he is <HI>Ju&s;t,</HI> and <HI>having</HI> Salvation; <HI>Lowly,</HI> and riding on an <HI>A&s;s,</HI> the <HI>Foale</HI> of an <HI>A&s;s; he</HI> will joy over <HI>thee</HI> with <HI>Joy,</HI> &amp; rejoice over <HI>thee</HI> with <HI>&s;houting;</HI> and <HI>he</HI> will marry <HI>thee</HI> unto <HI>him,</HI> as a <HI>young</HI> man marries a <HI>Virgin;</HI> &amp; <HI>thou</HI> &s;halt be called the <HI>ble&s;|&s;ed</HI> of the <HI>Lord,</HI> and <HI>thine</HI> off-&s;pring with <HI>thee,</HI> &s;aith the <HI>Lord.</HI></P>
<P>For <HI>Silver</HI> I will give <HI>Gold,</HI> and for <HI>Bra&s;&s;e</HI> Silver, and for <HI>Iron</HI> Bra&s;s, and for <HI>Wood</HI> Iron. <HI>All</HI> thine <HI>Officers</HI> &s;hall be <HI>Peace,</HI> &amp; <HI>thine</HI> Exactors Righteou&s;ne&s;s. <HI>Wa&s;ting</HI> and <HI>De&s;truction</HI> &s;hall be <HI>no</HI> more heard within <HI>thy</HI> borders. <HI>Thou</HI> &s;halt call <HI>thy</HI> Walls Salvation, and <HI>thy</HI> Gates Prai&s;e. And the <HI>Name</HI> of <HI>thy</HI> City from <HI>that</HI> Day &s;hall be called, <HI>the Lord is there.</HI></P>
<P>And <HI>this</HI> Triumph I heard in the <HI>Valley</HI> of <HI>Vi&s;ion,</HI> and <HI>this</HI> Burden I &s;aw in the <HI>Valley</HI> of Deci&s;ion, even the <HI>Burden</HI> of <HI>Babylon,</HI> and the <HI>Triumph</HI> of <HI>Sion,</HI> as I was in the <HI>Deep</HI> the 24 and 25 8 Month, 1661.</P>
<TRAILER>The End</TRAILER>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>G. B.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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