The Voice of the Rod, Postscript
A Postſcript to the Readers.
Sirs,
IF any thing in theſe Sheets ſeem to be born out of due time, know, that they have had a hard Travail. They were at firſt prepared for 1665; but, through the aſtoniſhing difficulty of our late Junctures, the Author's unbefriended Obſcurity, and want of thoſe Minerval Powers, which are now become eſſentially requiſite in ſuch caſes, they have lingered hitherto.
And though ſome of thoſe Judgments are come and paſt, which the warnings of this Voice related to (which alſo are inſerted here in their bare mention, on ſome late review); yet I hope the main deſign of it is not fruſtrate, nor rendred unſeaſonable; yea, rather let what hath been already accompliſhed ſtrengthen your Faith and open your eyes to ſee what may be yet behind. Though one. Wo be paſt, may there not come two Woes more hereafter For as this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is ſtretched out ſtill. God hath not yet done with us, nor will he leave us thus: Nay, both Friends and Enemies ſhall be brought to another Paſſe, before he ſheath up that ſword he hath drawn out againſt us. His work is on the Whell, and he will finiſh it; The Wheel whirles a pace, and a ſhort work will the Lord make upon the earth.
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FINIS.
End of the text · Samuel Stodden, The Voice of the Rod (1668)