A vision in the temple. The Lord of Hosts, adored

However, if People will go on to deal unjustly in what should be a Land of Uprightness, and will not behold, or believe, the Majesty of the Lord, and the Churches are so little in Frame, that they cannot or will not attend their Duty, it is not unlikely, that the Glorious Lord of Hosts may Interpose with Immediate and Astonishing Operations of His Providence, and be Terrible in His Holy Places, and make all the Churches to know, that He takes notice of what is done among them▪ His Churches will still be Terrible as Armies with Banners, when the Lord of Hosts, will please to come down among them, and His Works, and the Operations of His Hands, make them feel, that for their offences, instead of Building them up, He will Distress them, and Humble them, and multiply the Tokens of His Burning Indignation upon them. Ah, my poor Neighbourhood, ⟨p. 34⟩what, what, wilt thou See the Lord of Hosts do unto thee: what wilt thou see when the Day of thy Watchmen cometh upon thee! But from the Experience of this Unhappy Neighbourhood, I am Sure, there is one Thing, which they that have Ears to hear, should hear as a Thing Spoken by the Spirit unto all the Churches. Tis this; A Day of Temptation will prove a Day of Confusion to them that have it brought upon them. A Dark and an Hot Strife, But, Oh! what will those Two Qualities make an Emblem of! Such a Strife; with all the Cursed off-spring of it, will cause the Sun to go down at Noon in such a Day. Most Wisely our Glorious LORD has taught us to make that Petition, O Our Father, Lead us not into Temptation. With much Wisdom has He Charged us, Watch and Pray, that ye Enter not into Temptation. If you are so Watchful as to discern a Day of Temptation begun, O Stop, Stay, make a Pause; desist for a while from any further proceeding; and with a Prayerful Patience, wait for an Issue which the Lord of Hosts, will Guide the Meek unto.

However, if People will go on to deal unjustly in what should be a Land of Ʋprightness, and will not behold, or believe, the Majesty of the Lord, and the Churches are so little in Frame, that they cannot or will not attend their Duty, it is not unlikely, that the Glorious Lord of Hosts may Interpose with Immediate and Astonishing Operations of His Providence, and be Terrible in His Holy Places, and make all the Churches to know, that He takes notice of what is done among them▪ His Churches will still be Terrible as Armies with Banners, when the Lord of Hosts, will please to come down among them, and His Works, and the Operations of His Hands, make them feel, that for their offences, instead of Building them up, He will Distress them, and Humble them, and multiply the Tokens of His Burning Indignation upon them. Ah, my poor Neighbourhood,