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<P>THE DAY OF IVDGEMENTS Modell.</P>
<P>By the LADY ELEANOR DOUGLAS.</P>
<Q><BIBL>REVELATION, Chap. 7.</BIBL>
<P>To day if yee &s;hall heare his voice.</P></Q>
<P>Printed in the Yeare, 1646.</P>
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<HEAD>FROM THE La: <HI>ELEANOR DO&V;GLAS.</HI> Vpon the 7. Chapter of the REVELATION.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_THe</HI> Time come to remove, the <HI>Covering</HI> having NO &s;hort &s;pace been &s;hutt up in the <HI>ARKE,</HI> our <HI>pre&s;ent</HI> &s;tate <HI>al&s;o</HI> have <HI>pre&s;ented an Olive-Leafe plucked from the</HI> Tree <HI>of</HI> LIFE, <HI>of the</HI> VVaters <HI>abate dryed up,</HI> as it were, <HI>tho&s;e</HI> Teares <HI>from the face of the Earth,</HI> as appeares fini&s;h'd a tedious <HI>&V;ale of &V;ani|ty:</HI> for <HI>&s;oules</HI> impri&s;oned without <HI>re|lea&s;e</HI>
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and re&s;tle&s;&s;e, till <HI>Times</HI> utmo&s;t minnit run out, or <HI>Expired.</HI></P>
<P>So of the <HI>DOVES-LAST return findes re&s;t for the</HI> Sole <HI>of her foote,</HI> as fol|lowes: Revealed even the mo&s;t <HI>holy and re&s;erved of</HI> Time <HI>and</HI> Sea&s;ons <HI>con&s;eald Mi&s;tery;</HI> Except that of the unknown DAY and Houre imparted NOT to <HI>Angels:</HI> Namely, <HI>NOT Yeares;</HI> But forty <HI>dayes,</HI> The day of <HI>Judgements</HI> La&s;t <HI>Warning-peice;</HI> AS the number of <HI>forty</HI> no &s;tranger to the pre&s;ent either: which here bears date from <HI>Ea&s;ter-weeke</HI> 1646. to the <HI>ASSENSION</HI> thereabout, for appearance before the <HI>Judge of quick and dead;</HI> His great <HI>Tri|bunall</HI> extracted out of that <HI>&s;ealed</HI> Num|ber, <HI>a Hundred forty foure &amp;c.</HI> Saying, <HI>he heard the Number of Them</HI> Revelati. 7. Chap. Wherefor the Keeper of the great Seal, and the Cryers voice, Thus <HI>(ver&s;e</HI> 2.)</P>
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<P>VVhere farther contains The&s;e, be|longing to Our <HI>Clymate</HI> or <HI>Jland</HI> de&s;cri|bed for a <HI>Tryall before a Thron of Judica|ture,</HI> NOT <HI>heard till &s;uch an appointed</HI> Time: witne&s;&s;ed by tho&s;e re&s;trained <HI>Winds foure,</HI> withall points at <HI>Ea&s;ter</HI> Terme in <HI>May,</HI> the fir&s;t Terme; VVine&s;&s;e the fre&s;h Boughes in their hands, <HI>(all in white Robes) Where the in|nocent Lambe,</HI> as it were, <HI>araignd before Them:</HI> And by Them al&s;o evident, where the <HI>Jury</HI> called by Name <HI>Judah,</HI> the <HI>Fore-man</HI> of tho&s;e Twelve <HI>godfathers</HI> or <HI>Elders &s;ealed in the Foreheads,</HI> or <HI>&s;worn-men;</HI> And &s;uch innumerable attendants as though the great day <HI>Come: Such Le|gions of ANGELS &s;tanding about the Throne, and about the Jury,</HI> where <HI>face to face the foure</HI> VVITNESSES <HI>all</HI> Thronging <HI>to heare their</HI> Te&s;timony, <HI>Namely the foure Bea&s;ts,</HI> what they pro|duce,
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The&s;e makes it plaine enough: About this <HI>Pri&s;oner,</HI> his holding up the hand at the <HI>BARRE,</HI> the very <HI>MODEL</HI> of a Court, repre&s;enting it: where &s;hewes withall in the Peer|le&s;&s;e Lambs Livory and po&s;ture<HI>;</HI> This his humble Servant, <HI>(by the Lambe re|pre&s;ented)</HI> pre&s;ents his Per&s;on before the <HI>Throne,</HI> together with the woefull &s;tate of &s;o many Pri&s;oners at this Time, being accompanied there-with:</P>
<P>But proceeding with this, the day of <HI>Judgements &V;&s;her;</HI> doubtle&s;&s;e where made by Them, &s;uch Lowe <HI>Obey&s;ance</HI> to <HI>HIM &s;itting on the Throne, &s;ub&s;crib|ing &amp;</HI> &s;ubmitting to his Plea&s;ure, &s;ay|ing, <HI>Amen, &amp;c.</HI> (ver&s;e)</P>
<P>And &s;o the <HI>Jury</HI> al&s;o, tho&s;e <HI>Elders</HI> No ordinary MEN: declares this Pri|&s;oner one of their owne degree: NO
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<HI>Common</HI> ONE, pleading Not guilty, neither de&s;erving <HI>death</HI> or <HI>impri&s;onment:</HI> The <HI>Lamb acquits HIM here, though</HI> Condemn'd. Neverthele&s;&s;e; <HI>The white Robes</HI> &s;uffers, where &s;o many hands (as it were) held up; AS goes the <HI>&V;ERDJCT:</HI> SO the &s;entence <HI>LORD have mercy on Them; And &s;o theirs the</HI> KINGDOM <HI>of</HI> Heaven, as declared; <HI>The</HI> Lambe <HI>hath Compa&s;|&s;ion on them; HIM-SELFE &s;hall Lead Them to</HI> Living-Springs <HI>and</HI> Foun|tains: <HI>Coele&s;tiall FO&V;NTAINS</HI> and <HI>SPRJNGS, which never fayle, or &s;hall be taken away,</HI> intayld &s;o &s;ure.</P>
<P>And in which portion of Scripture, as inclu&s;ive <HI>Whit&s;ontydes</HI> mi&s;tery: Sha|dowed too under the <HI>White Robe,</HI> (as much to &s;ay) <HI>The great and dreadfull day</HI> in the Moneth of <HI>MAY:</HI> NO
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more <HI>Whit&s;ontides,</HI> as by the Suns not <HI>Lightning on them, &amp;c.</HI></P>
<P>And &s;o much for <HI>Ea&s;ter</HI> and <HI>Pentico&s;t,</HI> a <HI>fea&s;t</HI> ob&s;erv'd by <HI>Jew</HI> &amp; <HI>Chri&s;tian,</HI> cleer|ly expre&s;t <HI>by that &s;ealed Number, and by the</HI> others <HI>without</HI> Number <HI>of &s;o Many &s;everall</HI> Nations, <HI>whereas</HI> Noting with|all; <HI>Bapti&s;me,</HI> and the LORDS <HI>Supper</HI> admin&s;tred (only) at tho&s;e two Fea&s;t-times, as heretofore an Old cu&s;tome<HI>: (ver&s;) So they &s;hall</HI> Thir&s;t <HI>no more,</HI> NOR <HI>hunger</HI> either <HI>in that Kind,</HI> an unlawfull re&s;traint, with|out doubt points at the Pre&s;ent. VVhere <HI>Virgins</HI> excluded from <HI>living Waters tho&s;e.</HI></P>
<P>Herewith, one Thing more: Ma|king known, touching That que&s;tion By one of the Grand-jury-Elders, &s;ay|ing
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<HI>(ver&s;e) What are The&s;e which are Arrayed in white, and whence come They?</HI> An&s;wered <HI>HJM,</HI> Sir, <HI>Thou knowe&s;t;</HI> (as much to &s;ay,) The pre&s;ent <HI>Reigns character</HI> or Colours: Serves both for the Yeare 1644. to bee accompli&s;hed before the Church her Triumphs or re|joycing &s;hew: And his <HI>Crownation</HI> &s;olemnized in <HI>March</HI> 1624. compleat about <HI>EASTER:</HI> HE, the foure and twenteth &s;ince the <HI>Conque&s;t,</HI> of tho&s;e <HI>Elders Jn-Thrond:</HI> As Not unknown, both Father and Sonne about the afore|&s;aid RESVRRECTION <HI>Fea&s;t</HI> Crown'd. VVho needs Then inquire what <HI>STRANGERS</HI> The&s;e? Much like as in the <HI>Gla&s;&s;e,</HI> one knew not <HI>his owne FACE:</HI> Or the&s;e in the SPRING, as it were, going a PRECESSION, <HI>with tho&s;e Palms in</HI> Their <HI>hands,</HI> extended from the
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yeare, 1625. to the yeare, 1645. That deliverance <HI>Time:</HI> Hetherto for born, (as it were, <HI>the Winds re&s;traind)</HI> as &s;ince <HI>Yeare,</HI> 1605 &s;o long &s;ince that <HI>Powder-Blowe</HI> intended.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>Revelation,</HI> CHAP. XIIII.</HEAD>
<P>ANd thus, abrupt for Expedition &s;ake; Farthermore a touch <HI>of This the finall blowe, for the &s;ake of his Cho&s;en: As</HI> the <HI>Time</HI> &s;hortn'<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> in con&s;ideration <HI>of which,</HI> the ha&s;tened <HI>END,</HI> So &s;hewes how the VVO<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="3 letters"> <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="2 letters">ni&s;tical Weeke abated,</HI> how much, <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"> the houre COME</HI> of HIS <HI>Judgem<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">nt:</HI> By that great ARMEY <HI>a hundred forty &amp; foure Thou&s;and, &s;inging both one &s;ong,</HI> with the former &s;ealed Number, as <HI>Chap.</HI> the 7. informes: Extoling &s;uch a Yeare accompli&s;hed of our SALVATION, with the&s;e harping <HI>The &s;ame</HI> Note, <HI>The yeare of our</HI> Redemption, 1644. to bee
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accompli&s;hed, <HI>Accompanying the Day of J&V;DGEMENTS houre, imme|diately which followes, Who before hand tune the</HI> MARRIAGE-SONG, <HI>&s;o all following the</HI> LAMB <HI>whether&s;oever he goes.</HI> Al&s;o which Number includes the 4000. <HI>yeare</HI> of the <HI>world,</HI> his Incarnation Then. <HI>Chap.</HI> 21</P>
<P>And &s;o much for <HI>the Brid,</HI> prepared the <HI>LAMBS Wife: Compared to &s;uch a uniform CITIE;</HI> where <HI>a Hun|dred forty foure Cubits</HI> the mea&s;ured <HI>wall;</HI> (called <HI>Salvation, I&s;aiah</HI> 60.) Namely, the afore|&s;aid Yeare of GOD, and &s;erves for Dayes and Houres too, with the 4000. yeares of the <HI>World,</HI> our Saviours fir&s;t Comming.</P>
<P>As here the MISTICALL-VVEEKE <HI>of &s;ix</HI> Thou&s;and <HI>Yeares</HI> current, expre&s;t in the Number of the <HI>Lambs followers:</HI> The <HI>Hundred forty and foure, &amp;c. &s;tanding on the</HI> Mount:</P>
<P>Even the <HI>Houres</HI> fulfilling of SIX
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DAYES, amounting to a <HI>hundred forty foure Houres;</HI> or Six times <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">24 (or 12 times 12.) As the equall Houres di|&s;tributed to <HI>DAY</HI> and <HI>NJGHT</HI> about EASTER: <HI>And &s;ix dayes, and &s;ix thou&s;and yeares, all one with</HI> HIM <HI>Eternity,</HI> &s;o much &s;uffices.</P>
<P>VVhere al&s;o <HI>forty odd</HI> DAYES, <HI>(Chap.</HI> 14.) between <HI>Ea&s;ter</HI> and <HI>Whit|&s;ontyd:</HI> By his &s;itting on the <HI>WHITE CLO&V;D proclaimed, One like the Son of MAN crown'd;</HI> (to wit) <HI>Whit&s;on|tyds figure or expre&s;sion:</HI></P>
<P>As this for another, <HI>Ca&s;t in the &s;ame mould,</HI> (Chap. 19. <HI>&amp;</HI> 20.) <HI>&s;eal'd with Him that &s;att on the White HORSE, with his</HI> Albion-trayn. And again, <HI>Hee, who &s;att on the great white</HI> Throne: from who&s;e dreadfull face, <HI>EARTH</HI> and <HI>HEAVEN fled away;</HI> And
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<HI>hell and death delivering up iheir</HI> Pri&s;oners, <HI>as the</HI> &s;and <HI>of the</HI> SEA: as the VVorld <HI>Then</HI> to receive <HI>Condigne reward,</HI> NO better which have improved their <HI>preci|ous Talent</HI> of <HI>TJME,</HI> &s;ixteen com|pleat <HI>Centuries</HI> &s;ince <HI>O&V;R ble&s;&s;ed</HI> Sa|viours <HI>JNCARNATJON,</HI> pro|ved by Scripture account.</P>
<P>VVitne&s;&s;e that <HI>&V;niver&s;all</HI> impo&s;ed <HI>Taxe,</HI> in the Yeare ONE <HI>and</HI> FOR|TY of <HI>Cae&s;ar Augu&s;t-reigne:</HI> Yet not like to the pre&s;ent heavie dayes &s;ince (1641) but <HI>weighed:</HI> Of who&s;e difficult Number 666. &s;o ob&s;cure; The <HI>truth of it,</HI> even &s;o many Moneths as &s;tiled the Number of a MAN. And the Moneths of <HI>WOMAN</HI> her <HI>Reck|ning too;</HI> As fullfils HIS 55. yeares Reigne and a halfe. VVherein the <HI>peace-maker, the Lamb of</HI> GOD, <HI>came in|to</HI>
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<HI>the World:</HI> So the cruell Bea&s;t, <HI>bea|ring &s;even heads and ten horns (Chap.</HI> 13.) it being con&s;idered, who Needs to bee unre&s;olved, <HI>who the</HI> MAN <HI>of &s;inne; Or</HI> what Date that writing bears <HI>(mi&s;tery-Babylon)</HI> Or whom it Concerns <HI>(Chap.</HI> 17.) No le&s;&s;e then the <HI>LORDS &s;econd Comming</HI> which points at it; The day of <HI>Judgements</HI> expre&s;&s;e <HI>Character,</HI> by tho&s;e <HI>Sabbaticall heads, and &s;infull horns tenne:</HI> VVhen as the MAN OF SIN, the ROMAN <HI>Bea&s;t</HI> aged 17. <HI>Centu|ries. And the &s;ervants of the Lamb as &s;ealed in the foreheads with his Fathers</HI> Numbe<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">: Likewi&s;e the <HI>Bea&s;t with his marke,</HI> &s;hews what <HI>Communion</HI> his Factors have, with <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"> their <HI>Father.</HI></P>
<P>And thus in the 15. Yeare of <HI>Tiberius</HI> Reigne, (as Saint <HI>Luke</HI> beares witne&s;&s;e) Our <HI>Saviour</HI> about <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="2 letters"> Yeares of age <HI>Then,</HI> That was about the age of Yeares 15, When as <HI>Augu&s;t|us HE decea&s;ed,</HI> &s;ince when the Moneth of <HI>Au|gu&s;t</HI>
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Continues in the Name of the <HI>BEAST</HI> ever &s;ince; So then the afore&s;aid Monethes his Numbred reigne. Who that Other, with <HI>two Horns like a Lambe, That exerci&s;eth all the Power there, where NO Man buys or &s;els, &amp;c.</HI> No more but referred to them&s;elves.</P>
<P><HI>So pray&s;e him the ancient of dayes, for ever more Day and Night, his ancient &s;ervants, Hee that hath begining None or ending.</HI></P>
<P>La&s;tly, for which premi&s;es concerning <HI>Pri&s;oners</HI> araignd, <HI>The&s;e keyes of darknes,</HI> excluds Not the&s;e, of expre&s;&s;ing the Churches power <HI>of</HI> binding &amp; loo&s;ing: As here The Model or patterne Ther|of: What Di&s;cipline Agreeable with the APOSTLES, Rules Included: where The PEOPLES approbation and Con&s;ent: As it were &s;hadowed under That Multitudes Holding up their HANDS, with Tho&s;e Sealed ELDERS Verdict or Iudgement, joyning Their Voyces, &s;aying; AMEN, &amp;c. As directed to <HI>Ea&s;tern and We&s;tern Churches</HI> both, (Ver&s;e 2) By that <HI>Angels a&s;cending from the Ea&s;t.</HI></P>
<P>And thus concluding with the Number of <HI>his</HI> rageing Reigne, the <HI>Antichri&s;tian Bea&s;t:</HI> Even &s;ince that <HI>Sea-Mon&s;ter</HI> 88. With <HI>that Admirable</HI> Victory, <HI>Ju&s;t</HI> 666. <HI>monethes,</HI> or 55. Yeares and a halfe; <HI>So ju&s;t and true are Thy wayes: Thou King of Saints.</HI></P>
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