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SI Preached before the Ho- IS 

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^PARLIAMENT,^ 

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•OS imdiffeefeekfl>li»t,hemUii^oiad<f]tni; S«» 
51 iutifjieefirfaifhm,hemlif(irfakeji0u. |S 

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, 2s By Stephen MA8.sHALL,BaKheloui §5 

•0§ in Divinity, STraifter of Fwaim^cW && 

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^ . nourable Houfe of Com- . • !«• . 

■sae mons, now aflembled ill so. 

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ttfiict m.ircticlimg ,u-^^ 
fHhfiis Eafi, im. rejilpejtii 

: . O'J'^'Kf'H'i'UBliirifmifroixoKrii^ 

faves wholtj 1ojeet{e wbtttthe Lord tpaiild ^fM^t^ 
mtndut tt- deliver inhijNtoK, ittj^hatime, 
t^fHchaHH0H0Mri^kMtd'iffpfHll.a^ilfi4j:^:mih^^'^^-** 
«fi!lalldet^ttl^(iu\fcti{a.., .'. „, .,, ■ 

l/eeifeffmtftluexpcfip^ffy/ur/clvtfta.tliffifk^ 
lite mv jjiet, , Ymtifpffrftix^ttiermfe, *et 
hid it eqiiJlilitt thcjiyKt e'ntreagr o/rftlVepf^ 
ffintative ^oAy-tfthfinShileCp^muaiitfofthi 
KngdtmefieMiereiiirdcd^milJiji'Dfchtfii^rt-^ 
tier that iityripcuifiteifiire.Hsiif^uketie^^ 
tbaHYoaficuld gfiar^e.vt rpitlf pifpbfdrfr>i;^t{ 
T«ur Reqliefl; hiifi^ naiejfi. ttita 4- <jon)iiMi)ct,j 

thiHgl aftheiujelves hotb means and xeorthldjeyi . . 

Ifherifin according, te^ Mr l>Uj.iji»jril- 

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Ungfyfit the confeioufntjfe ^f oar Render. perfof 
Bfances would permit y xete ohpi foiir Ord^et, 
And doe itovpy MhoHgb fefHevphathte^ hnmbfy 
offer thefe two plaitte Sermons (jar ^ whoexpeSs 
etherinaFaji?. ) at'tbefpotftooUefXoxa'Xnz' 
hUM\l%^*lajftft^Mhtii^tftafOitr Gratitude 

lenine Thanks for oar jveakg ettdevottf;f rrt the 
preicbittg oftheiu.' 

Jfjnfomefiaets T^^ehawtaJffnihtitJiuAUhl^ 
i)i»m Ml'otkei'sha^^. doni '&rk'mfitf^ 



itJhuUnpt'hei itapktedijifo'iig^t ik 
mattriitfl paffager wet "have '%ep'i to^^e "Att^ 
wordr which st firfi veet ufed,Jhprreai thit 
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hahefk]^)tdthpomthifMcihH^f^ 

. fP'ee'^tnfe'ln^edpdWdiffJh'i^^^ 

■ which iitjp^a^ing hadthiitujs'^ 'f^/ddre. to ifi- 
tulcate , . and the hettirtpfet ^ tR/k^aiter , ^J»> 

hmmmfh'mg toir'arud'.' tf^ee have^i^tc>ife(an- 
trMedfffme exprijftous , whid iH mfcturfis fff 
fomuckUngth,, cou\dhardly beeji co^cifeaVwee: 
def'redy Memory being not almaiei at hand to 
give birth to every conception efour mindes ip 
fuch jormes at wee intended. And tome fevt> 
things wee have addedt wberefiraites eftime^ or 
defeU of memory made fame bathes in the firji der ' 

■ livery. ■ ' . ■ . 

^hateverifHrferformimeetbeef mehnmbly 
leave 



lemc thcmnrnr hmdi,Mimitr tmrHmew 
rMftdfSiim, ahith wa unhid to exfiS, 
ietmfe thtf »e hffimr mm /tU drmttfrim 
«/, Mdthtl imtiimcft qMajlf ad difttapmj at ' 

am iardlt hare that Food or Thyfickf vhich it 
tiadfidlfirit. s«U»«Kdoth9wirea.eproofc,« 
««^ry'E«horMrioo, trtuholfomc Doftiine. 
i«eetwJ/*«> rfjedicot Eaw. 

The Ood>fHe4vtnftareiM four VHigfitj con- 
fldtatioai iff his ovme COunftUto hit Iwnc Glorf, 
covtrXoafiillkndir his t»>KWil^, aiid tiukf 
Yoathe>iioJiaczomp^ikc,l>iftamicd,jBdmoft . 
fncceirefuU md glorious Hopfc of Commons 
that evtr file in that High Caatti but chitfelf 
in tbi eftlf)l(fi cndtavOHriag of a further SanBl- 

eaff,jtiiH-Wh^' Guard atotit our PMidiam . 
m/e Irue^tS^Slfi already iJlaUifled among us, 
^Vit'ftrfSltnirifthe (Reformation of it j in the 
ere3ing,inaiutaimng,frottSinl, tndvicourage- 
ingofan able.godtfjaithfuS, i,ealous profitable, 
»rwJ<«*.M;illi'^I'y>'''^«"'^ /""■'* Church and , -nit „„ 
Chappettthrouihot^^^^^^d and V/ileii and in asTjoym and 
ihMt^cediugtoiheKing,facr!dMaj,Jl,forlhe\'l^J';j;»__ 
fitting up of a faithfuU , ludicious , and Zealous chin|, snivn 
Magiftracy, where fet thefame is wauling, to be nowiB-iotb.- 
evtr Jit handio haehsfuch a Miniftcry: »"''*»»« f"',™.".,'." 
either jfvhid', not (wrffMu. power.ofgodli- >nd hjudiio 
ndTe ««/«w.i*4mer^feV*M.Fora.a«ty, '»'i*;;j»''*-» 
reals into Lukivurintmjje : but Popery, Ar-jj„j_,^„i,„ 
minianirme,Socinianifme,Pr<iphanencire,Apo-Ptta«.in7»- 
ftacy, and Atheirmcir/eZ/i willmoreandmore'^^^^- 
ertud in upon us , and frevaik agai'nji us, V, ,': 
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tUeYoaallXoaeMilyiaU'ctbermMiiet, ; 

And now, commeruliag Yon to God, and to 
theWotdofhisgraM, whkh is «ble to build 
<<*"»• I ■• r«( Dp farther, and to give Yon an loheritance 
among all them which b«fanaified J imdtbtfi 
ourLabmrsto hii further blejfiag^h ertiijiaU miy 
fpttdiljfhe brottght mHeknbclineofhjiCov^ 
Unfamnitof Wat, thich iimr &kiy; thtthcetngi 
bochSffmoBi. continue ifi/A «', vhich f/eur ' 

Glory i and weewithhim, 
trjirtit rx our bappindii:; 

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Tours, molt devoted to 

theferviceof your 

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A Sermon PrcacHed ' 

. h<jufe;iaf Gominbnsy at , : ' -' 
^ ^(^icpubtikcFafi. 

fhttiriiiwitijimvUUjetittTtithtiiii, mi^jtt '' 

iimiktmillfirf'^ffi'- , 

itfisponkno^niptuK, bi^rtohotniM: 
(iSermbn preached to Ak wh'dt *'"*■'«" 
, body bf the KtngdpiM ,of >A* i'i^t 
t and ai^iet t doc not kncnir.in all (He «%«r-, 
^Bibtelob«pi«<l>«I^^iij>ogjtt;^^^™f^^ 
yRepr^entative bfidjiin AGinRiia 
^ ^atei efpedallyupQna daf'wbo^ 
^itjmJrai>i»gm$hta ecJ. The more intjcuiiilp 
Ihotddlbwin^wnjinri^.tpfliVii'liiiy we»kwft at 
^s dme, in ilm placid wetelnotaBle tociiidKniqll 
B ' tfigh 



3mt*f Hightowimefle, that nothing but conrcience of iiiy> 

?i2i— dntykeptiiie(witlf/i)»jA) from ranmngjway from 

Amo* 7. the Lords woric.But Ames the htMr^mtn miA prophcw 

*♦»'*■ fie at,ihciEi«^^cA<^^e/; when God commands him. ..' 

Thefpeciallendofyonrraeetmgthisday, istorf- 

fiia)i>HrfotileibrfonGoi,iiMCo'nthk%rii,yeam\'g\ii 

. feekj' r/st>> mi^jov fete , wiAe .i^igS^ »6 

faires of his Majefty, and the whole State : and the 

Eir. I. >. fpfcciall efrand I have to deliver from the Lofff J is fo 

„ affutey6aofrfiefamettutbial<hooghihotherwordSj 

"■ which EzM told the rw^«» Eoiperonr, that theband 

'JO'ApMl'nfUvSvitSUiatJeAtbigibHrhlf.tA'er 

imdicrtit isMJilmm tbatiJ^As *!«i.,4ik.- ftat 

GidmUlxfntky*f,»hikfiiibc!»itiiim..\ 

Iraof WhidiTeitlhatyoaraayttiebetterutid'erhaild.give 

the iimm lie leave to carry ybriiafele Sict.iWteive you a plain 

'^hiS'' vicwo£theftateo£«heChutchofJiBiiaMbaMi«e, 

r.«oi»T In 'tw dayeiof Re*M«w»F: ^ei^ bad beene an hor- 

i« Toe. phl<;a(!gf aq5(i9miiepsr\tjrf Ctodt^QiftiB ■ .Re», 

ligton was very nrach corf apted, afid'the forces of the 

Kingd6m-we«4«Aartgly*iakde».Ahai8c^«,;/A6, 

srworfeandwof6-^6«jtpiM«i»hi<fra(^ 

. ,„. WJfaiP'i-o.tb'Crqwne, hebeginsat 

.-'iiB,„« lamalcefithisfitOworketoletnpon 

t: i',., 1 Sffi^iiiB.tikingawiy thet^ltmcftie 

■'s°",,' ' {'f,''^'^}!''»'t^'''li^i>»>KtheIiiuigtt, 

^'* <'l'^»*8rJ^; 'axdtme the Lab mdthe 

S "^ingoutwhatfoeverwas* ftench 

ip the Lords noftrills, and heprofteredin whatfiever 

licpiithii'handnhtd. ■ •'t- '■ ■ : ; 

'" This'dfere ,<He6' thfch calSsffbh Wobtesaid Prin- 
^tfSj atldEidras together,an(ftelIi th&tfejt th^had 



tifoiethtCtmmnthiiifeofPtaliiimeHt. 3 

Ibught the Lord inraarters of ile/rji««, andGodhad incroda. 
bceac found«(^ thcro , and thac now, they fhoald goe **'"*■ 
^ fdrcMe (he Kingdome ^ andfo they did ip all the^^, 
Citiesandpro^xTed. Bur iinhe midftof tfaisworke '* 
comes our Zerib the Cttptite^ the Ethiopian ( or rather 
the^r4ii»,E«iwf Allying beyond B|[^fOwith anAr- 
biybf a ibii^Mdtiiiifi*d,imithmhiindrtd Cimett,. 
(it iiuybetbc,gi»ieft Army thatev^ yburead of in 
ianyfto^lwitbtbeleUebraalcesin fiiddenlynpoa i(/& 
Eathehiiinbl«biin&UebetoTeGod,betakeshinifeIfe 
~ ^prayer,tcllstfaeJU)rdthatiswas tf^tfse]ri/i&£i«i/# 
he^'^mMjiJtrfmt And in Che Ldrdsname he weiic 
oattoeDCOonta with that hoge Am^; over which ' 
theLordgavehimagloriousviftory, and the Ipoyle 
oftheenoniesConncry to boot. 

' Now as they were comming' backe to Hien/akm , jJIk c<^ 
the tadcaHnfatt^'^i'ktktfiinit ffOJedttoiBiie^'^ 
the zraiplaciii^ oration fiir their lafe letnrne and con- Irb. 
qoeftjinthefe words that Ihive read, and ib forward 
to verfe tbedgbthiand fa I am come to my Text. 
'■ InwhichCtbatlmaymakeasbiiefiiawayas Ian 
pcffible to the matter that I fliall irifiHupbn / two 
thingsaretobetmfolded. V' 

FirH, tbelcopeandihtento(ifaeProphet,andchat 
islMddowneintiielatterend6fhis(peech,»« tfriu«5ygj|ig . ■ 
therefore ytutdktnotjfourbtnds be weakt: tha[is,goe' 
on with thegoodwotkipf Reformation of B.eligion, ^ 
wherewithyoawereinhandbefore.the enemy enter- 
rupted yon. 

Sccondly.the argdments whereby this is prelled,and 
'they aretwo. 

ThefirlHstakenfttiii their i»iwepi^«« iif^m/Tt, 

whowereinCodsvi^ayet : TbeUrdii withjounhik 

B J J" 



■••^■^^^r^TT 



A Semm Preached 4t a Fuji 



^ttUu- jeejite mth hfi^t Mtdifjfee/itkrhim be mUbefotmd of 

^^*' yitui butifyvejorfakshimhewillftrftAtjNm. .■ 

^ V Thefeccndtscalcetofr(unthew^/^i7/#i6«ie»l'ril«/, 

"^ who ttere out <)£Gods waw , concerimig Mrfaom bed 

fpeakes to thise^di, thutUrahni time tfrael ( that is 

fjac teatnhes)hAdbm xfiitUnt GoiatidatithMf a teaeh^ 

ift^rti^i^sudmikha«t Lmv : and as Aey had caft ^ 

God j(b God l|ad caft off dieni:hbwbeit^ ifthey wonki 

have foi^hc to God, and turned to him , God Would 

have bin found of them t but thej goit^ on in the wajr 

of defperate Apoftacy the Lord vexed them evety 

where,in the Cit]r,in tbeGointry,in ti)e f:»EQUy,ev6iy 

where Ged was too (tnng for rtiem,(M certaioeljrdod 

^ qiake every oneto know that heehath a.hard 

matdfi to encounter with, thar dam cobnut Armo a- 

gunft dieLord.)And fbfixia) thciram^f^hee prcfleth 
., ,' I; .4/41 and his people CO goe Oft^ntberightxxlviei, tO 
'<! pevent the fikefoicomiAu^ upon tbqpi(ehi^/i 
Tius fkond a^ument of the ui&jeiy of ib6 tea 
Tribes belongs not to 11^ worke, 

I betake my &l6s dKrefore to the odief, wherein t 
fiiatt ^pend dKallottedtiine Bat thisexerci(e^namdy^' 
4The ai. Xhe frefent hafpineffi of the Church of the imtt^ that 
** • were in Gods way:tn which <^£rve diefe two things. 
Firft^ what the bgffinefie was that they enjdyed, m 
thtdi yfordi. The Lend is mtbjtm, ' 
, Sec<^diy, the {7tf»</i#/d« upon which they enjoyed 
dus ktpfift^e, or the tearmes npcxi whik^ th^ held 
it; and that is-, 

Rrft more generally propounded} rieZior<//xjr/7A' 
fOUi whilnyottaremthhim* 

Secondly , more particularly and cMgetically ex* 
d in the next words , Jfjaefec^e him^ be mB 

bee 



a § I |T4 



teftre the Caimmt bmfe tfParliaiat. ^ 

tefimd tfym tm •fffirfih tim be mUfcrpksyoii. "■ c^- 
■ I begin with the firft of iheni, The trifent haffimjle „^ 
of theChnrdi of the »•«», lehivab is v>iitjteii,Whai ^r-— 
thne is but one queftion to bee Jnfwered for tbe clee- ^°f »!» 
ring of the Doatine,thiit I (hall a while inGd upon,and Ttciaf-'' 
that a,»h^tti-feHce ofttad ii here mtendtdby the Pro- ,'^jf 
rihet? uhivmitivaf)iWe;li'hitl»rJhMllg<Kfri)mt!,x_,l^ 
thy prefenccftiiytbc a not onely prefent every where, 7. «t. 
but he manifefls his preftnce every where, every herbe 
fliewesit,aU the Creatures fpeake God in them. Not 
onely fo^but oft times the manifcftation of Gods pre- 
fencefetbetortime and nufcry of the people to whom 
hei«prefeBt.Ia5ii.99.(*.whenOodftn(fathemword 
thafhe wodld come among themjirefintly it follows. 
Thefiiuers i«Znn <re ,^iiid,fixrefiiliKi h^hfiirfrized 
theH)fKriU,tAo miilV Jh'^dBnUmtbitviiHrwg 
Jfre?*&li<l»m««yWJ'*!'«'''''"' everbftingiKmingit. 
Al»d in ftr. ,4. aj.tic Prophet beheld the earth, andhe 
it mt mlhautfirm^nd Wfdi tbe mountaimi, mdln 
)itftTemU>dilhetuti1»,mdthejiwerewifiUttm>- 
♦fcirfj whatwMtherealbnir t«M(^o/»4eprrfe»«o/ 
jie twi Wha«J»^»f« then is here intended > 

Forthat,throoghGodsprovidcnee,themomings 
^Kjtkehath faved me part of my labonr. For in effeft 
lhefrrf«««intend«hinthisTextisGodsjr</i«e in 
die C«/»»« tfOrue, in which he is fo joyned with a 
pecple, that they alfo are joyned untohim. God to be la. ,<,., 
i».»7d with a people,iBdto be in Camnuit with them, if"^ 10. 
jritheScripratephrafe is all one. So that the Leffon '• ' 
Which itaftordsis this. 

rhtPrefmatfQKl>i>bii CcvenmlofGrueinthiiit »•»• ■. 
pt^.itOtitut'fisliir/.MdiallitHfethitlhex 

""•^ ; ,3; The 



■H Sermn Pttat^edat aPa^ 



Jjc^- The PrpphcthereeDcouraging them cogoconand. 

*Si? tofearenpthing, ufahcwielychisrentttice, that God 

, '. willbemA'thefn: As ifbehzd^id, jioudiallhaveail 

the happincHe that you can wiftijGtfiwitfiejrr/A/tfw. 

la profecuting thia poynt I ftiaH ehdeavoar two 

■ things. 

Firft, to demMJirate til truth of itoutctf the: 

' "Saipture, ■ '; i 

. Secondly, eo make a briefe application ofir. ' 

pinfffe'^ Forihefirft, reehowdeareitisintbeScriptures, in 

tbtcbunb DeMt.^*7,%. Mafej fpcakci of the ifrMelite* after thif 

^Sfstnp- °iann^- ^^'** N*/w» (ittdUtBe »orUi)ijfo great as 

tant. thou art f all their neighbours flKAild fay, furely this: 

iii great peffplc, air*/?, ahappypcoj^ .* I pray you 

what was their condition vhsaKAtofet thmitii^Dified 

Aem t there were 6ooooo.men of them in a delblace, 

barren,howling wildemefle :There was not <»]& hoa& 

for a mah to hide his head $ but onely flodi^ Tencsj 

ibme covered with cloathes, fbrne widi boughes : 

Dukx^fNoIand that they could dther fow, <»plough, or 

reape : No trading} hardly a nlan that had tws Inits iq 

|iis backe, fbut as fome thinke ) as thdr bodies grew; 

their cloaths grew: as their feet grew, their ffaooes 

grew : wherein then was their bappine&f Mark what 

Mi>fes{zit\iverf,j,H^hat Nation is there fo great ^ who 

hath Godjb nigh unto them as the Lerd«ur God is in all 

,, V /j6jK|/,d"<^^ Therewa3thcirhappinefle,that/ej&tfn*& 

WAS nigh the/a y and marched up and downe before 

theai.So you fhall lee in Exod.^^ . the Lord was o^n- 

ded with the people for makingof the golden Calfejin 

thebeginning oftheCf&^p.heipeakes alter this manner 

toMofes, ta^e this peopU , and carry them tp the Land 

that I have fromifeato give them: ItitaLattdfiaveing 

with 



hefaretbtCimmimhmfeifPaluiiieiit. -j ~ 

with Milken atttlHfiruji. JmSfendmj y^n^eff hef)re^tii.chir.': 
fttl, HtejhMJrivetutMthctlaHont, aid plant yml^l^i 

irtthdtgaaellfCfiWttrj : onely 1 mjfelfe mil not goe-* '— ■ 

with them , for I (hill bee To farre |>rovoked by tbeit 
finneSj th'cttTfiiaU}aU«pentlKmfKtMmly, and con- 
fitmiithem.i%xit-my Angell (hall not leave theni til}-. 
iAxcy>\gA^^intfi^t ^ffdZand. One would have 
thoi^^ tbat this had be^c an excdlep t oQcr, ' thou- 
finds wonld'haye e[^med ic a glorious, thing to have 
an y^'ttgell pf Gc!<t,to goe and plant ihein in th6 
gaodlicft Country that^asunder'the cope ofhea- 
^/Batj.iwrkei \fff^ .mfit j'lixfit. O.Lord,' 
rxfcer Wltnjattin the Wil^lemfitt, le'f us never ftijrc 
afopMi iffhy-preifncegOB not With us. Ipray thee; 
tf/h*»i fepodifinvovir with thee, goe with us thy 
felfeii!.i«wll,'aUh>Godin,yprc(£nife(hall goe. Ms/- 
^jjpnifciji' »g%i|!es Jetitbefi jhatef oot^ing^ ) J^ot 

iSfpenfH hkr/e-fiyrndgtaceintbiiligiitf .Jt it not in 
ihatthiu'geeji'tiifthHsf SoJh»U»eeleftparattdy I And 
th^ ptoft^ritit itlUhe jwp'e tfmt afi lifan thefdc^ ofthf 
SikHi. -iThjs bithefvaWB? of .that.Cbapier. --Igains 
,»iuBiiB6adc3fl"?^«(a^. 3^i.if4m iS'- •^f^'^ 
nra^gely toagmfies '^B^HfaUat above all tbfc Ci- 
'rieS in tHe> World :: Excellent are the (Iraines bf 
Jttetdrickeflpwing frprn the Spirit of God in feting 
fotth.theglPW.gf.ttetjCiQf;, whic|i . iq ^^word jwis , , 
Inch J as AUkingt of the Earthjhould come gnd loo^t ■ \ 
Mytaijiimdtmfi^dittit. Withqi!tqueft;6n^*«t>'- 
/o«/or Nr/riae^ ex(;e(Jed Hitritptlem^m Pavids time 
&t6trar«d glory, a'8 fatrcastheC/f^of tiwi(/»» dpth 
'onfeofoMweMie,Qoijn(ry.Town)K. W^atwas the 
glory of BiemTiJeiK Ami Too (hajl 'read' in thofe 






tPsH Uofve them. That place in Hofta Chj^cr p, 1 1 • ^^ Chtr^ 
is very remarkable ; jisfor Efhraim (that is, the ^2*''*^ 
Children of //r^rf,, the ten Tnbe$| his glory (halt flee 
atpay as a birdr, that is, fiiddaiMy, fwiftiyj irrecover- 
ably, . he (hall be utterly undone . What is the mat- 
ter^ The next Verfc rcUsyou, WoeuMothemi^henl 
d^fi^t^fromtbemM If Godgoe, woe comes ^ all goes, 
if God goe. It is a laid wne ftoiy in the i Samke^. - 
that when the Arke ("that was called the gUry of God) 
the vifible token of Gods prefence in the Covenant of 
Grace, was taken Captive by the Fhilifiines ^ as Phir 
neas his Wife bowed her felfc and travailed , an4 * 
though they sftertoidherthaitaii/4i^^/^9^^i&^^^ 
fhe regarded it not, but caUedlus na^ 
The nor J is gope-^ becanfe dien Gods frefonce^f^^ 
ted trom them* 

What need I fay any more If Theworkeof Uie/fr 
coTfuttiogsx^ t^e Sonneof ;Go4 ^ the Redemftim o£ 
the World by him, was fuch, that one maineend 
of making this goodly fttxmc of Heaven and Earth 
W|is , that it might bo^ the ibge upon which that 
Worke (hpuid bee a^i^d. A .worke wherein not oth 
ly all mans happineflfe lyes,and whence it flowcs -, but 
wherein all Gods Attributes are glorified to the liighr 
eft-, and for which the Church Triumphant; (haljl 
; thinke Eternity fliort enough to praife God . Of thi? 
work (I fay) thefumme isgiyeninoocword, ipnffMr . . 
nuel Gjod is mth us . • . ^ : .1 u 

And plaine Reafojo may demonftrate that it muft ^ ^y^. 
needs bee Jo. What i^gtoryy \m the ftiining out of (oh. :; 
excellencie ? What is h^fpine^e byt the Jruition. of < i 
the greateft good? Now there is ho excellencie th^f: * 

jhines out in any thing, like to that which bcames \ 

C out 



A SermitPrtMhttl at* FoS^ . 



ibt Omr- out ftom God in tlie Covenant of grace to' his people.. 
tbti t«ffi- fhere is no gptd tha any people can enjoy like the 
"^'' inutioh of God indiat Covenant. ,' It is trUe, God ma- 
l\ift<ts hinrifcUc to all the Nations in the World iip 
it'm thn live, unci trnve^ dfidhavt their being :) yet it 
k as in a darkc Cloud, they gtopcafter him, and can- 
not ffele him -, but in the Covenant of grace men be- 
sCi:r.;.isi(^ iliM'rstA tfoi'fict, like theSuhnelhining inhis 
tedngth, asthrongh a Mirrmir : Such a Minour as the: 
Prince of i'r'WJ^^ h ad, that would fliew the firnne in his 
fiklbigneffeandbeauty. TimsGodihinesintheCo- 
• ,;v«naBtrfgracc. ■■- ■■' 

T*he Pnmce is virimlljr prcfentiftallplacesof his ' 

"Kisgdoffle, liilt-his Ceurt ii histf/»J> .• Sd where God , 

i5 "Jh liisCoVeMflt, ihece-/feitt'f»isrtherefofc this is 

ufually in the Scripture phtafe called \!ac Kingdom of' 

■msiMn '' -..y.'T :- .,:■■ V .;,.,■;.■ ■ 

■ «ilti ifytt more pitiSulwly you requite,; what. 

■6^ prt/cw« /»At^C(WoM;tf impjyes: As he, who be-- 

'ing aslitwhat God was, required firft a day,theii two,, 

:«hen three^ alleging, thatthertK>tcheftudiedit, the 

idle able heefoUtd bimfelfe toanfwer it. So the 

..more Ithinkef this, the Itfoie unable I fee ray felfe to ■ 

make'afatislaftoryanfwer: whatIcan,takethus.,To 

the Nation of the /nr« it implycd fomething which- 

oancd-ncs not us, but myfticailyor analogically : As 

,^Qi,„.ti>1i8*e ihej4fit, Vtrlm and Tiimmim : To have God' 

, tbti hap- to rcveale himfclfc in f^ijions and Dreames : To an- 

•Jrthlrex- ^^ ^'jTlnoi^i 6t- which my hade allowes me not: 

pbncim leifuretbcxplainc. Buttothem, and to all other peo- 

'»Jj?. "pis HMtfreftwl is the Csvount ifrrue iniplyes diefc 

;2f,f thrtelhitigsv .- 

iiiti*. Btft; the owning and acknowledging of ihem to: 

be.- 



i^Mk^ 



'be his . ownc fcparatcd people, knit to him in aicaguc ^^ cw,- 
of love : he \%their God) thelyiare his feofU ^ they have Se.**"^ 
a propriety in Godiand Goo hathaprop&rietyinthcai, ■ , ' ., _ ^ 
fo thattheymayfayof Him,7)&itfG«/iftftfrGprfj arid 
Godot ihemyTh'is people rrmy people. Nowthisisrfic 
greatefthappineflc, nothing can exceed it: Ithathbin 
■often qucftioncd, what was the greateft favoorthat 
ever AJmkhty G o d did for ^nan 1 Somcprdeac 
Creation wherein Man received his being, arw excel- 
lent endowments: ^omc Redemption^ whCTeinmanis; 
recovered to a better and furer eftatc than hec enjoyed 
id Cre/ititn : butoutofqueftiontobca/&/;(^<f*&,bclE»- ' 
vedof God,tobe»f«:ito Godashischildrcn, ashis 
Spoufc i is the comprehcnfibn ctf"aU that can be faid or , 
thought of the happitiefle of a people. And if you 
look into the Scripta^, you ihall lee that Gods love - 
to his. peculiar people, is fuch.a bve as carrtts with ic 
ttU relations : It is the love of a Father to his chibdrra ; 
/ tvilthe yourFather\ Jttd yoa fhdShee my Smnes, and ^ ^jg. 
DM^hters, faith the Lord Almigkie, Itisthcicv/cthat 
a.manbcarcstotheWifeof hisbcrfomej Imttmany ^ 
thee tome in rifhteoufnefe, and truth, ana mercie. It is 
the love of a friend \ I have eafled you my friends : AntJ loha^. 
Abraham, the Father of all that are in CovcDantjhee 
■wa& i^^ed,The friend of God. ' ■ ■ ■ ■ 

. And from this intereit in God flow iimdmeirable 
privfledges, for being thus bdovedof God,and preci- 
ous to him, it followes that they arc accepted in their 
Cervices, that all their finnes arc pardoned, and that 
■ thq' have liberty to aske any thing that is good for, . ^ .. 
them. When^o/dw^wwasbelovedof ^o-b;iKing. 
3.5. Godbidshim, AsketvhatI fliMidoef>rthee:K 
is but askc and have, i/tnd thisU the confdence that 1 it^r.ii- 
C 2 w« 



«fM*ai*««HaMMi«M 



It AStrmnPnachedataPdU 



^beCimf' ipt have in him, that if ipceaske any thing according ti^ 

2? **"*' his mll^ he htarcth w. They have fricndfhip with all 

2i-— his friends: In Zach.S. 2^. Ten men fhall lay hold upm 

thi skirt of one that is a lew, of whom they bee able to 

fay, Wee have he^d that God is mth you. Indeed, to 

have God thus making himftlfe over to a pcojde, to 

be their portion, to love them , and to owne them, is 

not only an heaven i^on earth, but the very heaven of 

heaven. 

yCXQais Secondly, Gods prefirfice with a people in his Co- 

^T^t venant, implyes Qo^afipngthtta^znd^xo^^tm^ 



pcring of all the. workes they put their hands unto. This 4s the 

diem ordinary exprcflkm ofthe Scripture : Every tHng^r^^ 

iClir.B.f./^^^> where Godis^ It isfaid of Danjidj wkitherfoever 

.{Saul) fern him y he^profpered : for God rP4S mth him. E- 

Ccii.j^. very houfc where tofeph came, profpered, for Godvo^ 

with him. I« all undertakings, in all epunfels for war$, 

for pcacc,for trade,c$^f . Gods aid and aflSftancc comes 

lob x%A%^ inv If they decree a things Godmll eBMiJh it* If they 

Prw^.s. ^Qjftff^itfljcir imrke to him^ the very iho^ughtf of thiir 

Pfalm.!. heasrts\jhallbeeHablifhed'^ Whatfaevertbey'dde^Godmiil 

*" *^' **• m^e it: tofrofjfer. Thou jLord^ mrhjta/l our 'ivorhs . 

;. , forus^: ^- *•■..• * •"'■•• -•- ^ 

Where^nowif God be abfcnt^all mens endeavors 
Ifalxi7 . are to no purpofe in any kind . Except the Lord build the 
• hokfey. they Imom but in iodine that build it. It is to no 
, prrpdfe to .p!o%h that field that God will have lye 
fallow- Ye camcmuch faith God, but it comes to no- 
thing, ye fo w much and bring in little.y e eat and have 
Kaja.tf,> not ^noughy ye drinkc and are not filled •, he that earn- 
.eth Wfiges, puts it into a bottomlefle purfe. What was 
the reafoa 'T the Lord blaftcd all. And it muft needs be 
£%, all the fecoiid Vaufes worke onely by vertue of tlic 

firft 



before the Commons U&fe of farUameta, % ) 

firft, thcgreatWhcclecarricsonalltheothcr. rf^Sj: 

A notable example ot this^thatGfJsprjfeitceaiiKiriSngft. --l 

profperity, we have in ffag.z. whcie when God had 

told them that the reafofl of a! their iU ftcceffcin dieic 
cnteiprizcs came fram GoJs withdrawing from them 
for tticir unfaithfull walking with him in the msttcc 
'of retnirtdiiig his houfc, ami ihatthereujKlnibc people 
Vere ftirfed =uj) tbcoriGdei-<hcirwaycs, andTtetnjJld 
■ff^^Tiw^/fjtheLoi'd tells them, ver.iB. thatihougli • 
■Ihcir feed Was not yet in their Barnes, nor any of their 
trees had broi^hc- forth theii burUieh;- -andfo for 
oi^ht ■ they (Sjufd-fee, they were l&e to:^have as-haida 
ycare asbcforc : yet iKiW,{aith thcLard, ffemihird^t 
•^ mUble^ejou. Now you ftial have a cfop,that there fiial 
^rot bee roortic enoughto receive it : for if they' would 
build hisTirwyfc^he wouldcomc4«i(/»w;?B';»rA«wi _, 

' Thirdly, Gods prefittict (ri his GoV^nt im{dye?his JrSai^ 
frm^on^ and dwence of that people agairift m cne- kA defea- 
mics. It is faid of /o/f/A, hewentinfojE^^(,hcwasjJ^'^ 
pUioi a flavc : but faith the Te^rt," Gad-wns mtk/iStj.f^ 
him, i^d'delivtred h'tm om ef hU a^^6tfs'.< ^Oiie 
dduld hiirif him, while God was with hirti, ' Abouti- 
danee. of excellent Scriptures fpeakcsthistri«hi Ob* 
fcrvc two or three comparifom which the Holy Glioft . 
fiwjuently ufetli, in Tfky^. thelatt^rcnd, tnctord 
fpcakcs thus of the Churches of the (?e»wfcj,'thathe 
wouldtfT^-tf^ upon aS the affemblks fiipon all the pla- 
ces where the people fhouldaflemble CO fcrvc him) a 
pillar of a Cloud, and a fire tokccpcthcmfa&day 
and night : for npon dU i^e ^tory ^all bee a defeme. 
Marke, GoDS-^ffefencie in his brdimrtcesi5.the& 
ff/wy, and upMiair.the GkrfCo & vWiild5jCr&- ^ . 
afc a Defence.- Hec -comparcth j^ipfclfc" to a^""'*''* 
' C3 mteld. 



1,1 - -*' • - 



14 \^A^jfm^ \ 

r<^2«r. Shield^ / *i5» thy fhffdi*. NQW.tte. nature of ^Shield is 

5 "^'" ^ take 8ll;fc^bl€W«sr,jthj* the bo^^ 

— tilLtlie ShieWmpi€i»cd ihrough.. %Zach.2 .5 . : Go4 
liiitfi he wiUr bd S ir 4// cfjir^ rmnd ahm them : allud- 
ing to the cuftornte of Travellers in wafte wildcmeC- 
fes, who wf^ to inake fir^s round about thena dn the 
njghi, atid tiicn o0nc brtbe/wfldbeaftsdiffftcQ^c 
neare thaci;^ |wc^ ade&ncc is God to his people lA^nd 
heofttofaith^hc^jeares/i^f;^ upon Eagles wings. Some 
obferve, that other birds, carry their youngones in 
their :clii\«esy Uod. then the young one may be killed^ 
add: t\» fi)Wf!Qnftjlitth'bwrt):but;tKe'Eaglq-c^^^ 
yptag(up(!«>,1tieV back^i^^ wiogs^aod fo they can- 
noJE w hart till (he be (hot through,^ Bxcellent is that 
cxprcflion in /py the 46. where: God comparing him- ' 
felfe with the Idols-of thetfcathehs; fpeakes to tW? 
■] \ puipoCe^ Xh^ Jd$U mti.fi hi Imifl^ r but God beares his 
\ ; people • They muft be fit m their placid : an^ bee Ifept 
Icaft jdicy be Aolne or broken • tbey^mujft dcf^ 
gods, but ZfAw/iA defends his people: In many places 
God calls himfelfc the Watch-man of his pJf opie^ the 
Leader of them, the Defender of them : dliignify ii^ 
thus much, that the fafety and defence of his pa)ple 
refts upon his prefence with them. 
; Some whcrcT have read a Dialogue betwixt a/w 
add zff(atke»: After the Ita^cis returnc firom the Cap- 
^ tivity^ all the Nations roundabout them < b«ipg ene- 
mies to tbcim j a Pagan ssktd a leiv how they could 
have any hope of fefcty : bccaufe ffaith hit) every one 
of them is as.one filly flieep compafled about with fifty 
Wolves, I, but faith the/w/weeiarekeptbyafhep- ^ 
4>«a^di\tbat ;can kill thefe fifty Wolves wloenhce plea- 
&tih; This God, where ever he comes^jcbc/Protcftpr 

of 




MttfhiiMHtaMMMMMdMki 



*>— *'^g«i« Ml W ; 



befii^^be'QmmntMoufo^tf^arliameiit, <«i5 



m* ■ — ^ ~ ■ ■ ■ 

0f::lm.'pcot)lc •, who, if he fpcakc butthc word, ^1^^ ^**f- 

tfit V^°?j^ ^f 1^^ people are cojifiitacdJatid brpijgl:^ »irj/> ?'* 

to nothing- And this is thcfoaTtncb£aU^4//ii|f^>imr -^ 

iwcrxdBMdaCyNimf.2^. and 24, thatiicith^r fared jior 
fraild couldi hurt the pcopleof Ifrael whUe God was . ^ 

withthcAi. ' ' ; • . 

.On the:atlicis fide^ if God leavea pifopie^^all their 
ytrength-is.^ne, zs^ Sam^fon was when:' his Lockes : i^r. 
Were cut? off/ A notable inftance of this you (hall find 
in /ir. 57. God was then withdrawingfrom his peo- 
ple^took away the fignes of his prefence^and toTd thehi' 
they ftioiild be delivered up into the hands pfthc Chdl- 
deans : they thought yet to hold ir out. But faith thie 

ans, 4tui mne of them had beenel^Sut a. few mwded 

weh, they Jhonld come andhume your Citie. Amaz»s obi's i C6f k;V* 

^afe alfais moft fftmoiis'^ he had W?irrewitha^oeat 
compariy of malicious fteighiwwl^^rWesitliatiwtal 
him, . and hee hires 1 00000 valiant men of ifraelyJoSi 
jivy nes-them^. with his owfae forces : : iBikt thercicdrnes 
^: Prophet, and bids iiim* fend thef? xooocopcoplfc 
backe t why t fot Godup^t wkktShe^^Affek^ 
As if he had faid, Jmaziak-k wdreal^neTOStbeeto' 
carry 'looobo wifps orftraw , oir u diwhdrdJ .Qiour- 
land dead Carkdfes into thp Heldmdfighty./^asa' 
hundred (hMpind vali/int mfn, df G o uiS^ee flopvvvth 
them*- • •■ •'• ■' --"^ ■ •Ml' ^'V-'^-'^ ^^>-'- 

While God was* with ^•^/>7&!^, -He ts^xAd cany thft 
;ates of a City upon his (h&uldersy ^wheaiGoa left 
lim, when his Z^<?/{r<?^werc<irt(i;g^kb:w^^^ 
►f Gods prefence}theAtht^ti»ltkh^ ORRfcafaotc 

if himattheir|icafurei^ >"."-i5*^' !lii:;;{jcv^y^^^:r .\J 

If you bcnot yet fatisfie4that«itftkefe^ 

arc* 



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.,^M^— —————— —■^■■——— ■ — — — 1*11 I I II I — — — — ^i^ 

T* ^^ I arc . imptytd in G^^/j fre fence : obfervc further that nofc 

J^IT' oncly otlefmMh^ buccvcnof allthcIdoU^dlr^*** 

~ i^f/wii, tlfcHkc things arc fpokcn. 

As'firft^thcy arefaid to be fathers mdfriendsoitht 

rcrv48.4^ people that worfliipped them. Thus the people o£ 
Moat who worfliipped Chemojhy are fl:iled the people 
ofchemojh. When /i^idijAjoynedhimfHfc in marriage 

piattiJ* with Idolaters^ God faith of him, Hehahtakcn^ke 
daughter of a ftrange God : , And eUcwherc when God 
chargeth his people with Idolatry, the indidnKOt nins 

i^x,n. thils^ThcyfcytoaftockjthouartmyFather-^thatis-^ 
thou art my God^ as neare unto me as a Tatha to his 
Children. , ^ ' . , 

- ' LScciondty^iaU their /^r^«r///V was fd^^^ 

thek gods fuppbfedly prefent^tiong them, and pro- 

^"*"^^-^itious to them. Wilt thou mpdjftfe th4t tphkh 
5Chenaoih, thy god giws thee tp foffejfe ? {ziiXmhak 
to the Tiixv^'S^ Affmon, who tookc Chem^ for his 

't .Thirdly, their fafcty, their vilfma^tcevet^itar 
J)utcd to ilicir gods whom they tookc to bee among 

^c TaH tb'be inadc againft their gods : as in Ifi^ah 45* 

a . where there is a prophcfie of the taking of Babylon 

by Cyms^ it, is thus pc^^Q^^dy Bell bin^ djmne ^ 

Nebo Jloofethy &c. Their Gods m gone into cAffwiue. 

S6 in rt Kings^ 18. 34. Mdfljdkeh vaots, :that in his 

Mz&ct^osoAciWh^jtarethf^g^^^ 

pac^ &c. And kis ohferyedasart ordinary pradife of ' / 

the JJwwwj Ittet:.^^ ' 

ty^ they would firftintfeatc the godsof that Cittyt^ 

l«Vtf:t& |*r«c^iiE>n of it, a^^^^ 



f 



$efirfthi Cmmt^ Houft nfParliameHt. H 1 7 



as whoihouId&y,lcaveyoa ofFcheir prottdion^nd Tbizctm'^ 
then ici xii alone with them : So tbco,the fiimme of !t[l ^*'*' 
^IljtfaispatcQ^ether) amotmtt to thosmpcb^ chat 
G^J/ pufemxia his CaiDenaut with'acy peopieimr 
plycs x\Mihty zxtJearljhtltyi^do^himi thathcc 
ipork^ ail their works for them fiXxdJhhUszvidJc fin 
them agaioft all* their enemies. 

Icome now to thtJppUcatim bfit^wherein (be^ 
caufe I chieiSy intend ihe next point ^ the Coadithi 
^f G&dsprtfence ) I will briefly make two or three 
CoUeftions bnely ^ which I conceive may be mofi; 
leafonable and futile to yonr office^^and to the oc- 
cafion ofyonrmeetiag^here thisday. v 

Firftjis it fo^^that the glory and bappinejfe of a nation vfc 1 . foe 
ftands in thcprefi»ce ofGodva his Covenant: Then^ I <*ifc®vf ry 
hnmbly pray you all to take notice , what are the |Ltrfi^ 
greateft evilS) and iihcx are thembft de(perate Tiay- Trajtors: 
tom^^ zgzvci&ihtXing^^fbnrcb^ mdStafe.of England 
at this day. Idoubtiioibucyoahaveamtfltit^of 
coplaints of Grievance/ prefente Jto thtfarliament 
Houfi: all fatJeaft pretended to fae| contrary to the 
welfare of the State : ^ive me leave topur upont 
Great One ; & taioferme y.6a<wbo be tne Audi^MS 
of die jgreatcft Grievances, and Evils tharcan pol^ 
(ibly betide the Kingdom of £«r;i!^ir^,eventhey thae 
wouldri?^ nj ofourGod.Solomon^^3itb^^man thatmifii 
bis Fatherland chafeth dppof bismothfr^ h a rxCiitx^t 
wretch. And I know, If evidence (hpald be broij2h|i 
into this Honourable Aflembly againft any oaei-tbisfti 
hacl deprived the King of a Subje^^'^ovL would tbiois; 
him worthy offevere pasifhment^ButhiglXf^if ypv6 
fiiou^ li^t t^spOtOne^thac fliDuId ciuleavQariordc^ 
pf ive^he King and tKingdome of a wife CounfeBonr^ 

D and 



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tg / T^^vMil^^ F«/^> 



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f^aSl. cf«hcKingdoiB€.Batl]ig|Mryct,ifm^ 
^^^^^ fonidchatfaactliftDphirhaodagittQfth^ 

4Locds asoyoted^ lodho^is tht.,inathcf.tie niBfirih^ if 

aoy foch (hofild be cfifcoveied^would you qqc fay of 

1 Sam^iy. tbcmjas (he fiid to DsmJ^Ut thijank rftvjtUtJk 

x9. ' hnndupinthehMndk0flifi^mdUttbtlArdJH9gth$ 

fmlesafbis t$$imks ms eutrft&tMfiJdktfdJlMg^yca 

would not ererv traeheaixedfabje&iatbeKk^ 

dome £ay*tlmsal(a> O hot (Honoun^le 8c Bebt^ed) 

they that woold rob as of the ghry of our King mi 

KiDgdome, chat moald take away all pnr haffimjfe^ 

zndpreteSiom ^ aiidpn^ersnf^,. that woald leave as 

oaked to OQr ihame, that we (kmdd become afooro 

aod (poy le^are they ooc worfe than any of the for- 

Hcft.T- 1- mer ? You will (ky, Whoiihn i Mdnj^rt is bttbat 

follaiii^nrec flUclu^xieKepoym 
thM9few^t9$g Oodbt tmtolded : intbenoiqaae time) 
kike lUB-io parc:I pray QoddieiebefibDe facfa met 
das day to faft 8c pray befoce the LordJIvery foa of 
jBk/!fci/,ef esy one that it a RjebeU againfi God^ every 
one that works wickedod^;, mtb^^ wk^fdHavua^ 
that fek H^r^ and all her people to deftruftioo. If 
Aierebcany ibch here,yoa wUl give me leaveCbeing 
^iodbMkiifter, aDdyoi»Scnraat)todifcharge my 
Office £dthfolly« Shodld there be but one fuch, I 
fiiy^among you th% are called together toiie the Sm^ 
fslrerj^bi hrtschesj^ fiich a one let me thus (peai^ 
If thoQbeefotuidtobethe^r&i0, thatiieepsGod 

iy to oaft away the flup, fi> that there is ao ho^of 

thee 



thee tint ihouMcacliildof»«8<^ tn ldolM«r,arq-'. "l*^ 
perfHtions fesSoa^ prophape Efn: l«y ttils<aofe«b JJi'SJ 
liiy he;M, bow miferifcle to^ wi«ched*iiiatf Aon^^^ 
art , ^t not onely advemui^ft thine otra foute td'' ' 
aalt ceRaln tAtk in oppofingtbe Lord ( bui,ai aBO> 
thetSj**) tlioa pliickeft ontihy~fath«n purple 
huicianddeptiteft tbeKingdotitf of theg/t^ dfit i 
lb thtt it imjr&K«rictentipbBtby Gfave-ftone, !<"<!'■<• 
TUtiiMBvMtiemimtfiljKfieMilCmirihjt. "*■ • 

And for the Lords fafce(Hodoii»bleaDd5eI6ted) 
t^eittohsattjdndlayitupwiAvoB, «Iiitife<Kj|r 
pnfiiKibtoat^ty jttua At>(iiytatwiatiir(i6»» ' ";' ' 
«f tf iire our greitett«i)ni>/u.Tbi(i^ ofilieni a>),ashe . 
Oipcm leSe grduBd ) (kid of the Children of o«i^ 

And fecondly.let mce tjcfeech yon lllinthii yrtir ^8 MiS 
greitNationM CouaceU,«nd Aflei!Aily,totakereri- <ln *'? 
t»flyiiitoyontthbn|;h«,»Iiatniay bethebeft >iiiiijfio:W,&- 
ofkfgtkiriiigDitnTtnitpiimf. Belored, all tht|^J^ 
Nations in Ckrifieadme have been in grievous p»r kngiiicii 
ple»*fe»Bianyyete roaBd abort nsrwefiilvetffli »-?« ?» 
Aettbtept as aoolhefljbd ofO.>»,-wlrere-Hgto^'"*'' 
bath'ffill fUtied, iidien all oihen hire been in dark- 
nes .And I Imow the hearts oflbm^ nfyofl bare fadly 
e^cpcdcd vben God (hoold come 8c ereA fat^ THflin 
fist *naoi^tisior,g?re the fword a Coaraiflion agmbft 
US : now yon are t&et for this very tfiing.to prOtide ■ ■ '.' 
fi»ronrweIfaA:rfbrtbe'LordsHake take tare tofecep 
faimwitbns:lffce^oe,allgoes:wecaose>erHght - i • 
o<iiC>ndte,!fthbSnabebefet:weBun Bereriill '"i^^ 
onrBacketSgif^sFonnnnaefaellint up. Aliyouii 
ceuiirels andadvifing Willbee Bl)thhg,ttG0d Ta^,! 
9UlJI>jiith}>ieri»ti)i\iiid .'We ftali^henlwe^'Ki.jr. lo 
D» fpoyle 



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J Yfe of 



W^fii •f\ rppile taaoy eaemyja fe wunai mcd nea will be too 

ngggl^T . Iq is recorded of the P-^ffi^^/i!^i»ipT>ef5tb« while 

tbac I mage remained there, the €ity was impregoa- 

ble^nd chat till the 6rf e^Iightedon chat ftratagc» 

|(> ftealie fdbat IdoU away , they could neyefwinoe 

. f he City* What ey^er fancy there \ya6 in chat ^ ypu 

r : ' know howiBuch k conceroes us to keep^Cur God 

* ' wich US; let your maine care be to fix and fettle 

him therefore amougus, audtheDweare (afe : if 

you let hiqa QDe^ we are auundoqeoeople. 

y Thirdly 1^ if(7^4f/prfjfr0r^iQbisCQveDantbet& 

^es^ha*^ ^/#i^ and/^jSof; of a people } iheamay all ef yott^ 

pinefle.^A undertaklog anyfervice for God« aodbis Glory ^ 

groand of moft Comfortably and fecwely reii; oq Godtode-^ 

fnji^^ feodwdprofi&jm againft all daogers. It is qq que- 

AtttAipg: (lion but your euemieB are mighty 9 naalicioud, aod^ 

^rGo4^ cuQaipg J aod it may bee they a^e digging as deep 

a^ Hell for Couniell to doejon mifchiefe io this. 

great way and work chat you are in* Butwhile^^ 

. > v:^ are mthC^dj G^d mB-ketmthyou^ Are npc ^^ 

* ' Spammts frld for ajkrtiikfgy faith our Saviour ?^ 

Are not youmore worth chan all the Sparrowes in 

^ ^ the World l are you not in Gods Work? As Ca- 

***"'^^'^' kKzidy The Lordis with u«i feareaot them , Thyh 

JbaB aU be hesdfor usJ3o on boldly, u(e what pro-* 

Prov. is. ¥idenceyou can to prevent dangecs^ butcomfprta* 

^* blyremembeVy thzt tie Name of tie L^r J ij0jiro0g 

Expof; 'mTev^er^iighteoMrHnf$et^iP^andarefafe. 

*fiy so* I IwillcondudethiswiihaftoryofZUr/i&ar, whicE 

'^^•*^' hctels ofaBifhoprpf A«^g^if«^;irrg,A D^\UofSaxe»j. 

prepared war againft him ; the Bilhop hearing o( it,. 

. . .f|i%to praying^ reforming of bi& Churchy and amqir 

• diDff 



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before ^'tnim^i B^ftefParliamenu 21 



tttmrnmrntm 



iding what wj»amifle. One of the Dukes (pics, tfaeo ^^ ^^- 
' ia ina€<!)k9^wheo he faw biminake uo prep^^ Z]j^iZ] 

what the Dake was prepariogagatnft'hkn? Yes^ . . 
£uth he^ I doe ; but Ego curaba Bcckjiam mesm^ {^ 
Jeufpromepft^Mkifi\auftl6Qktow(H:kya^^ 
f^nce of «ie beloagsm G6d;r whieh when the Duke 
faeardy'fie disbahdedhis^forces i and^cknowledged ^ ..; , / 
that heefhould prove too weak to dealc with that' 
man that ingaged God in the quarreli againfthiin. 
So follow you on the wdrk^bc yee for the Lord,and 
comfortably reflryoQi: febres under Cpd^wug, to 
pf oTper and prpccd you* So ©uch/for their prd(eac 
hap^iM^yTbtL^rJiftpifbyifff: ■ ' 
Iproceednowtotfaefecoadparr^thecoditioQUpOQ iTic fc- 
which this happinesis to been joyed : for Oo J is mth /?"^ p^^ 



I Cron, 



^MjfPh^kj^mitrcmiti 2/»«Tbis Adverb vphilejlmpljes c^duim 

\ Ititf^i^tduraihBOf^ o' enjoy. 

withyou^{6iMgasjmantkithQ^^ fo/fl;»gand no h^|p*^fl-g 
iwr^^^jfor fo it is ufedla dhc very next words of chc 

lemon ^ hffVifitbiit tbeG^diifthfJifh^sjfndfir^^ ^im 
mth a perfi^hidrt andmtha ml/i»g f^iadt :• if thou 

bim.^befipiBcafi thee off for evif. .. .; 

Secoiadly, ffOKSfe' fignifidtfe Iike\¥if(p th^^^^ 
and mtafnrt of Gods pre fencfj,, .This is the beame 
fcy; which GQD weighes out hk prefeifce^ tlie 
Sfap9d4rdwhcKhyhccmeafiiresit^ that isjin yhaf 
4/?gr«e.peopIfcare»^ifi&<5^i^ ift|hat dc^re€^hcis;yj[ich , 
them. If they Ae i^iVi^ G^^'in oue\7^rd)^rjwi//^/ei(,Qnr =^ 
ly^Godwillbewkhthem in outward ^/^]/inp ^ .^^^^ 



' « * 

Mo ' 



grafe)doc afe out of fuch condicioiiaUScii^res^w j^Sb^ 

nncercfdn, fiifpcnded patporc of doing good to s ' 

peoplCiwUch is oio ve(^ti8oged,oz detcnidaed,ao 
eor&igto dieet^MOgs ud fiowbgtsfchdr carriage 
towatdsidcn. 

Afurwc^dsmayfenreinthisAlIeilibly ithefc 
eutSMoBS fliew not thei«tf{iufgriUir/eofGodstir&- 
reace,bat defcribe the '?jir4/fdori'«()p^ with wDoqt 
he is prefem : the basd of the Dia]l miiiij not tb^ 
Clock to go,bacihewc9 hov it doth gow Thcfe £i7»* 
jAfJM/qaickm us go out duty .ami tell tjB upon wfanc 
tcrmeawe rau{tlo0kfor6f^V/<?iettw^£«j, btathee 
bintfelfe is not thereby ]inued,bat Hill ^ liberty to 
work in ns the Cotiditio^ wiuchbimfelf reqUlreclt of 
!Us:Godsloveof Fnendlhip(whichistiis mani&ft-^ - 
iag tumfelfe in his Covenant) we cannot cspeiQ, ex- 
cqic we bctft/ii £x0jbut no Lawis hereby laid upoa 
his befietidcitma , his free fa?or, whereby he witt^ 
hththe viSoMti the iiteJ, ami ci!ti[ahbU'peop\e^ to 
walk in hie wayes. God gires conditions to i^, biic 
fakes n(»ie&omHs. :■.'['■.' > 

Secondly, much lelTe need we ftick at the glofle 
of the P^^, vliooatofrachcondttionaUScrip- .: . 
Earea nfc coargue ODTperfeEmance eftbe ccndidorf, 
^Mui^fKJttr/f Gods gracious pixfence j&fb'thejr 
will hare ic to bee readied by twQ, not 36' a iiw>;;i^l? ' 
jjcvr, bnt ada/v/7i«<4f. TkeScnpnireispluoeto 
the continry^our ment |» no^ingbac Gods niei<cy> 
Wc grant indeed Gods prcfeDcetotuBpea^deriaJi .!«- . ^ 
re»ifdi]ftt^obedi^ii-^>i^i<i^^^^i«^(>cof ' 
jollice^at of mercy Jo&ithciBp£Dptlct£Vt]Aa(jn&r» *■ . 
. i o Urd 



24 J.Sem^fr^^^ 



fffi^ge. .- Thirdly i nor 7«cmttft.wetliink> chat when rftls 

'* p/a£:6i. C0ffdithu\% required of a Nation , that it is (b linii* 

**• ted, that onlefle the uDiverfelltic of the people fliall 

performe \i , the reft caioDot expeft Gods prcTefice 

with them : for that w^s never done, no not in Da^ 

i^iJs^^Ptlin Solomohs time. But it is chiefly nicant 

. of ?hfe PiincesjRukrSjMiniftcrSjand the face of the 

people, whofc wayes (whether good or bad^in re-? 

^^ardof Gjbds national! proceeding with them) arc 

ever interpjretcd t6 be the wayes of tiie<wfaolc body. 

Tbefe blocks removed^ I rctnrne to the JLcflbn, viz. 

That -Ctodk mtb hk people while they arepith himm 

the fenfc before giver. For the making this more 

proiitablep[ (hall endeavour^ 

% Further ' Fhft^o ihtw J ou wbat in the Scriptttre language 

cxplicn- (he being;^f a people vpith Ood doth implyt 

Jcfe^ving^ Secondly^io make applicsti&n of it to our fclves. 

of a qrc- Firftj w hat ii it for a pe opic to he mth Ood. 

ftion. I niuft ^cw iirft Nfg-i/te'^/>>what it is not,Secondf 

whftit Ij.^ofitivelj^vihkux \u^\x%liegatively^\th not bare- 

is to be ly to bcare Gods Nanii. .a \d to be called his people j 

^w/L^'^' It is not mecrly to draw neer to him in the extcrnaJl 

Negative performance of certain duties: // is not to hapg dotip» 

^ .. tie hcadiikg a Buhpjbfor sday^i hough in fefting and 

ifai. vs. prayer : J t is not to bring thousands of Rams ^ and ten 

Micah. 6. thwpMd rivers qfOylehcfonGodJYonknoytt many y 

and many people have done all thefe things^ yet 

.Cod hath protefted ^ thcjv^ere.not mtb him ^ nor 

iAffimt. htiWi$h,tl^9i\ /. i ^ . ' - 

lively It Sccoodly;pofiti\teiy and 'affirfflativdv what kis. 

imports I t^. ._^ 1 •' * ■• r iM^\ ^1^*-^ ^ 

chin«. 1 1 implyes thefe ttirfec things* . - 

^ /i . Flrft 



/ 



Fiift,cabea holy people, a fifiurm, trighmms rbta», 
JfielM, to be thole that «ndertal«ihecoTiKcr-part ^^ 
of tbc Coveoant, thatasGod maltcs himrdfe over ttfpiB^. 
tobe their God , and ilxir fcrtini, fo theydelivet ^ ^^ ■ 
thcBifelves up to him aj a people renewed aiii^ Taaai- a hoi, 
fied, to become kt furtin. Thatisacbicfeibiog poflc- 
nrhich the Scripture amaycs iiie!inetb,when it Tpeab ""•<••» 
apeop]pt>^mr<&^^(/,thattbey muflbe 4 htjfetfU^ 
fcpataied fiom all iniquitie unto God^as was dearely 
and largely opened ib the morning. Read overall tlie 
bookeofGod,andygu<baUneverfindthat apcople 
areCudtocomchomeco-God, but when they puta^ 
way all their abhominadons, threw away all tbeir 
lufts and Idols uttte Metes ttidtttbe Site/, iMtbiug 
Mditetefiitigtbemfelvts ftr /AtfM^being as the Dtvei m xai, t. 
- tht vJUjt every one mourning for tbeir owne iniqui. HoT. 1 4. 
■ties, hilly deteremibg aadtefolvlog never to nenime *^'v'* 
to them any more. Aad indeed if this E»e not dooe^it 
Jsimpoffibleforapeopleto^«tiix»'(t?«i/,or to endure 
Godtofcoitltik* : For God is *dmmr§frtu> 
wkfccd laen ;and all wicked men to hia aieas Strtm, 
Htj, snUle, and ^<«, which the nearer they are 

brought to the fire, the fooner they are dcroured 

Therefoie you fliall read chat the nearer wicked ncn 
liaTcatany timebeenebroifhctoGod, tbegteater 
their mile^. And formyownepart Iqueftionaot 
but if an ungodly man Ihould be lifted up into flea- 
veo,whcr God moft mamfeftcdi htmlelfe in glory ,he 
irould there be moll miferabk.C&iiKw AUxtubimu 
fpeakesof a Tcn>pIe,upon which was wrinen,MMi- 
My tiing mificimciutrt lUif Ua.Jbii is Gods my 
iafcriptitio.A4t. t. ij-lt—trtrffmrtrt/u^taoSt- 

E Looke 



»6 \^ Sermon preached at Ai^4fi 

Tht'**- Lof>teeover alKh^ Epittles in the new Teilam^ic, 
«S*»« and you (hall iibiJ^hathowevcrtbccxccmalprofeflS- 
hafffmt^i onot Chriftianity admits men to the ezternalt privi- 

""■ kdgcs of Gods picfence^et unleffe they be inwardly 

renewed and farwilified ,thac is no being nigh to God, 
^Ames ^. 8. DrdwrngbttGod^andbewUldrAwnigbt* 
yw.CleAnft jour hsndsytefinHtrSyOndfiirge your hearts, 
&(• 

This is moft cleare in that great worke ofmans 

Jte<&M^»'wby3efusChrift .- when God had created _ 

man holy and righteous, God delighted to bee nigh 

unto him : but fo foonpas-iniquiry was found in bim, 

there was a wall of reparation built, and a gulfe made, 

that never cduld bee filled up, till the Lord Jefus 

Chriftljy his infinite fuf&ripgs did ic : And\ whoa 

.: : : : thatwotkeisdMieby CbriftjtheLordwillno&sroto- 

■ '^ ^ rounicatehis Chrift to any foufc in the World, but 

, upon thefc abroluteterines,(& God hath fwotn that 

. it Ihali be ro)thac fo fobne as be hath delivered them, 

! and brought them neare to hlmfelfe, in calling then 

,<«oparricipaDethat Redemption, they pMuldftrve him 

in ffolinefe and Rigbteoufntfffi all the dnyn of their 

lake I. life. This is the firft thing, they rauft be a h$ly 

fnplt. 

Secondly, tobejvithGed^istobe true Wcrjhiff err 

*«*»". '^*«»»™aintaining the purity of his Ordinances from 

Jhippmef Idolatry and Superiiition.Tbis is abundantly proved 

GeJit ff^iea 1 1. 1 2. Epbrsim {(aith the Loid)compaffethme, 

^ '' ^ One would have thought that Efhr/dm was neare to 

God, when bee cimjuftdhim : Butlaith God,ff« 

comfrajfeth me with lies. What is that < with Idolatry, 

foritis ufualtyrxprcnedintbeold'Teftament, that 

Idols are £»,and lies are put Ibi Idofe .as in //it.^p^o. 

Is 



Ufwt the Qmnms koufitof^^rtMrnent. 27 



Is there me a lie in mj right hand i TbuS f,fhrAim Tht^m^ 
(that is the ten Tribes; comfi^jfetk me^ faith the Lord, ctJIJS^^ 
but ^udnh remaines faithfuU with Ged^ therefore he haffmft^, 

ruieth with the Saints. What was ^ndahs faithfulnes ? 

it was her keeping of the marriage Covenant with 
mdrecare^when in ff«rfcWi&itinie( to which the Pro- 
piiet referr eth)Religion was reformed and advanced/ / . 
thcn^udahmdsfdithfMllmtk God. For the more full 
Onderftanding of this fecond branch^let me commend 
one obfervation to you concerning all the Kings of ;/^ 
raelmdr^udah after SdUmens time jthe Scripture lets 
downea charaderofeverieoneof them, that all the 
world might know what judgement God had of them. 
You (hall find that ofall the Kings of /yr4r/) though ^ 
there were (ome very brave men, yet; ther is not one 
ofthem that God acknowledged to have fffri/ireiiri>^ . 
i/ffii, becaufe rfaey wd:e all Jtfr#^M»ii^^^ ^. v 

of the Golden halves. And when he fpeaiys of any ^ 
l^mgoi^udah^ he ever fii^le^ out one thingas the 
chiefe matter of his commendation ; and that is , how 
he flood a£[e£led in poynt of Religion : Suchamsn 
n^ds upright mtb Gedi the meaning i$, all his dayes Ar 
mdintasnedG^dsWerJbif. And let me tell you (bme s 
of their moralities were no better than they fluMild 
be. i^fa in the Text was a cholerick paffionate man, 
and cwetous in his old age, and many other weak- \ . . 
ncfTes were fourid in him j yet be4ratire he went tfaioK 
row- ditch in the reformation of Ridigion, d^fd's 
beart was faid to be uf right mithVedail his dayes. With 
this God ufcth to cover all their infirmities as with a 
■veile. -' .. •? ..'. .r :■: • 

Bijt if any of the good Kings did but bait in this 
pointy God hath Idt it upon record , as a blot upon 

£a their 



warn 



2« jt^Samk ptt^^ dT.AJfi^ 



nAnk. 



■>'< t.uyLU»— ,j.^.j 



7*|bf ra». their honours, therefore are tbey bUmed^iff throngh 
Sv*« ^^^^ dtk\x\t)the bigkflMCcsmere mt t^km amsy thogh 
bufpimfi. the Idolls fetup in thole places were reaioved. And ia 

' the new Teflament, throughout all the time oSAwti^ 

chrsp apoftafie, the true Church of C^i/?,that walked 
with him aright^are defccibed by this Charader, that 
fter.A 4- thev are a virgin com^^y ^mtdifiltdwhh W9m€i^ikm 
is^taey were never guitty of the fpirM:ttAU poUiitioos 
ofthat Apoftaticali Church of Jt^ifirr. Tsbi$«8sltf % 
pHththetamb^aifdtafUhmhimwhmfieVirhtf^^ 

That is the fecond^ to keepe dofe to Giodiahls w»{« 
ihip. 
j.Tobcc Thirdly, rt^r>pwi*ff#i/^ to beon:(7*i/^^^ 
on Gods engaged Sn Gods canfc^ to appeace inthpT^^fhtOg^ 
g^^f wherein God looks that aU his friends rOiould ftand 
iBLx,i%.x6 for hkn« Whenthe Ltvitcs would k^m mitberfiuh^ 
iKtoe.i9 «wriwrAf^,but/Z4j^f^d«;ii»4W 

or neighbour ^ that they might avenge Gods quarrell ; 
thrrwBsto be on^^^x/^.i When EliMstmLs.x4hMi(of 
God, atia titne wherein ;aU the ^kimgdonie (as hee 
<boi^t >played the A pbdaces : ^hen Phimhds goes 
iikich his laveliQ^and'^ceetxes :^to($Qance on .j^i^ 

Nnin^tf.'*^^^^^^^^®^^^ ^^aBdin\tlle'gap.-^«^hen•( in* 

£2e.i a . iibimi )^ people aref or God ttnd hb i^aufei^s IthejbA^ 

%c\J^ ,/A4r{aid htmziioxJiib^^^Mf 4sth0M4$rf,i^\mypeppifi 

is.s. Mf thy p§flt : My horiesas thy horfes, and > my Cha- 

-f»ititsras^hyiGh«iots^tirl$is 

x*^^ 'And.isideed ifithis beWi^niing^peopie catmot he ib* 

rJurpreCQ^W i^Mf^^^^jbetoatik God is not «ckBOVK' 

>kg6djnfais due place, unkfie they belbri him witji 

allthdr hearts, and with all their foole, m^^l 

« tthcar ^ftnengtb, M!fara>tieeiadiiinoft'neeri Dfthem. 

ifoftuUiaQwULdoe^inaiiy. tfaifigs fi(iriher:iii)9b|tnfi 

^yct 



4J^..A4i l|ll|II J I H | ,.J.J . 11 ^ ■ ■■ I M^p— ^— 



yci if her heart goc more after her Puppets, her JJ* '^•^ 
idoiirhs, her fervants, th^n after him,erpecially in cJJSk 
timesofhisneceffitie, her heart cannot be interpre- i^vi^ 
tedtobewith her husband ^becaufe he is not acknow- • 

hedged in the due place of an husband* So if their bee 
any thing, any caufe^oypcrfon, that wee rather in- 
gai^e our ftrlves tor^, than for God ^^d his ^aufe, wee 
caootot be faid to ^^ 9;/7i( <7^ii. 

So,nowyQu have the meaning of the Conditicn of 
Jti^opvg Godi, while je t are mth him ; It is, 

J Toberc(;onciledtoQpd>andto.walkw 
z$^nhlyf<0pie. 
. ■% To ^continue with hirn in the purity of his ttorjbif. * 

3 ^ojiand ij him ineverj.^Mfi^ whldi doth coi- 
cernehis,gIory. 

The dedu^ions which might flow from this Do* 
j£b:ine foi: oi^i^i^fc a^e pianv $ I (hall confine my felfe to 
thefe t wo,as being moft iutable aod feafonable to the 
,time, and your ivorke- 

Fir((, matter o^HumiUatm^ and mourning before 
God for time paft,* 

Secondly, matter of A^^^y^ for time to come* 

For tbejRr()f, Honourable and Beloved, youftand Qfei^or 
this day before the Lord to afHi^your foules and ^fecfecond 
X though you be the chofen men oJF your Tribes, tS'it 
; lifted up above your brethren ) yet you arenow cal- a vfc of 
led, not oncly to bemoane your owne iniquities , ^X*^' 



wUu. 



but to beare the iniquitie ofthe whole Kingdome. 
And ( me thinkesj Ilookeuponyou, as upon the 
Prophet Ewkiely when he was to beare the iniquitie Etct 4. 
of fjie hovScoVfraet and ludah^ he was to lye upofi 
-hjs ii(ie, ar^d to.eate his bread made of W&f4^ 
,aad IS^rhy^zndiH^ffSyUpt^^^^ P/>ir^rx,mifcrablc 

E 3 courfe 



n 



|0 . ,JSemMf>re(tcheilataf4(i 



i^«b 



t vfc of coarfe 6read, and baked with the dung ofmsn^ and r# 
Mnu^ ir/nfc 4 ///r/^ vfotcriox many daycs together. How 
■ ' * ■ ■ ■■' '' fad & heavy the Prophets fpirit muft needs be, when 
he was thus to beare fuch a burthen, is eafie to judge. 
Such a temper of fpiric would this day well beconie 
you. And now could I but fpeak to you fro the Lord^ 
' bow fad things t here are againft EngUndyiu this point 
of no^ being with God, could you with patience and 
grace heare me • and would the Lord zScGt my heart 
and yours inhandUng and hearing of them, wc (houid- 
mal^ this place a Bochim^ a place ofmepers^tht fiou- 
Nahumis. teft heart would be as Qaccnff n^^zah^ and her Ladies^ 
when they went into captmiic^ taberwg on their 
hreafisy and mourning as Doves, yiea ho wliog after the 
ntdnner of Dragons. Could f, as in a mirrour, (et be- 
fore your eyes, how infinitely farre off the body of 
this Kingdome is froiti heing tvith the Lord^ we (hould 
wonder that the Lord hach not wholly foi'faken us 
long agcnej and that in fttad of enjoying this liberty 
of pleading with God for our lives, for our Prince 
and Countrey, and for wbatfoevcr is precious to us, 
we are left like unto Sodom^znd made like unto Gomor- 
rah. Takea view of all the three particulars mentio- 
ned in the poynt* 
Bccaufc Firft, aire we an holyfeofle ^ ( I am now pleading* 

iN^an Godscaufe, and though a poore unworthy man^ I 
lotj pto- Aand betwixt God and a Kingdome ) I aske againe, 
/'^* - Are we an holy people i Are our Princes, our Rulers, 
our Magiftrares, our Minifters,. and the body of the 
people W;^ i Doe we walke according to the rules 
of Chriftianitie,the fumme whereof for the pra^icall 
part is layd downe in the ten Commandements^ and 
thofeexpofitions chat our Lord gives of them < Doe 

we 



rtMMfa 



htfart the Qommmsbnufe ofTarUamtnt. 3 1 

we walkc thus i 1 know there is no ma n here foisno- ^*« VJ^ 
rant as to imagine that wee do;?. Alas 1 the Prophets '{^'j'^r 
fpeech too well befits us : Ah ! finfitllNathn^ apeo^ p9/nt. 
fk laden With iniqmtie^ a feeJofevill doers ^ Children .- - 
t/f4t are corrupters : The mole head isfi^ke , the whole 
heart is faint :fr(^jn the file ofthefoot^ even to the heady 
tbfrei$nofi(4ndne£einity hut mundSyand brut fes^ and 
futrified fores. t/£gypt was never more befpread with 
: Locufts and Frogges^than our Kingdom is with hor- 
rible prophaneneue, uncleanneflfe, oppreflion, deceit^ 
. and whatfoever is a ftench in the Lords noftrills.The 
generality of people wearing indeed the t^ords Live- 
ry , (being Chrijlenedystnd doing the Devills work e all 
the ycare long. Nay^is there any thing this day fo ha* 
ted as holinejfe i Have we not gotten ternoes to fcoflfc 
down all goodneflfe? Is not almoft every man who wil 
. not fweare and be drunke, and be dcboy ft as a Turhy 
orworfe^ cryed downe with the odious name of a 
Puritan i That as K^mbrofe faid of Palinus, a young t 
Noble m;m ofRomey^z whom when he was converted 
to Chrift^and k ft the Wotlds glory, to carry Chrifts 
. CroflTe, there w^is more wondring than if a Mule had 
caft a Foale. And as Bede faid of the ancient Sritains, 
immediately before their deftru Aion by the A^^at^x, 
that they were come to that heigh of wickedneflc, as 
to caR odium iff Religionis frofejfires tanquam in ad* 
verfarios. God knowes many thoufands are guilty of 
the fame in this Land, this day :. the raeafureof our 
iniquity feemes to be more than fulL O that our 
hearts could this day bleed for it t 

Secondly 5 fee w hat wonderfull caufc we have to with^God 
beabafed for all the inju^ the Land (lands guilty of, in the 
in abufiog God iii the pbynt of his Worfhify which is Jjf ;J^^f.. 

the jhii». 



BK 




A Sirnion preached at a Taji 



* vf€ •/ the defitiog qF the marriage bed betvri:«tt God and bis 
JJ/jifc*"' PCbpfcGod hath vifited all the rcfoTined Churches, " 
— -^ brought irioft of them altnoft to nothing :ycu pafTe 
over & fee, w hether ever any of them have provoked 
the Lord in this kind fo mdch as we have done. Lee 
me name foure or five things^ too much pi^aftifed, 
and toor little lamented: God ih mercy etfeft our 
hearts with them this day . 

Firft^tbe Articles of our faith, the dcfofittttn^tbig^oi 
thing cemmttid to MS ^ which wee received from our 
fore Fathers jand (hould tranfmitemireto ourpofte- 
rity : Oh the miierable defeftion that wee haVe made 
froim God) adulterating thereof 1 Tell me, beloved, 
what one point^what one Article of Faith controver- 
ted betwixt lis and the Church ofR^me is there, that 
our PulpitSjahd Prefles,and Univerfity A As havendt 
b«n bold withall i as if we were weary ofthe Truth 
which God hath committed to us : as if indeed, f6r 
our not receiving the truth in love , . God were giviftg 
the Nation up to believe lyes. 

Secondly, let me inftance in the Lords Day ^a day 
which is a ngbe betwixt God and his people, that He 
is their Godthdtfdnaifieth them. That as Idbll-wot- 
- ' fhippeis are known by keeping holidays to their gods 
fo Gods people are known to be his peopIe,by obfer« 
ving of his H^lj day. 

It is mod true, that our aocient Doftrine ellablt- 
flied, is purer in this poynt than can be found in moft 
ofthe Churches,af^ excellent Lawes we have for the 
backing of it : but I believe there hath not been in all 
the Chriftian World fuch high afironts offered to tjie 
Lords day^as of late hath been in BngUnd, and f I am 
> confident)they ^1 lie in the Deck charged,as the fin of 

the 



ifw l^itiOQ , dn by Ibitie poUick Aft , the fbonh 
CMnan^demcBt bee tcftoredto itsdae place and^^ 
fk>dottr« 

Thirdly, goe to another biaodi , 'the point of 
preiehhgtheWpfd. Thepreaddngo^the Wofidii 
the Svtfter of Chrifts Kili|dome,me gf^ of a Ha- 
^c«,i;he^liirHf nponirhieh life 8c falvatioA comes 
kldio^ i iudi a treafore as that any infe Merchant 
moxAA fell all to bay the field wherein this treafiire 
lyes. O that G«d would hamble EMghmd for the 
great abafe of tt& invdnableaercy INVhatlittle cade 
htth the State in geberall taken to piOTide thtt 
^hrifi mifi^t ride in Ttiomph npoa Ms whin B*tfif 
that the Word oFGod mi^tfpread into every coc^ 
ner of the Lund) Bar,oh the tnielty that hath beta 
ofl^ed eo many ooore Congregations, in taking 
tway the brilad of Lifefrom their niotidies,witbo(it 
•ny j^f a^ iftbe (hriring and mordbieriBg of fonles, 
ifi»r wUkrh Jefhs Cbiift fted fabblbod , were a mafr- 
tcr of no moment^. Andohthei^oyle, and hatock 
that h«(ch be<^e i^id« among many IRntl^li and 
^sdnfeUMiraftcrSj'for fach triflies arWill not endure 
cry all It the Day of the Lteds appearing ^ Could 
«ree as in a mirteur, behold the great gaUt we6 
Me nnder for dicfe things , and amreh^d what 

Seat wradi is Idndled. ag^nft the Kingdome. fot 
em , how would <qi|^ hearts tremble before^od 
thisday? 

Fourtiily,|}ntai)iOTe all, the extream daring, bpl4 
andadbufiieCe of a generation of men,.iliar hare ad- 
teiitar^ as much is in them lies , to cotrapt Gods 
worfiiip, that fnot only reijoyc^ to ^ethetdokr 
ttf and Snperftitbaof iE9«« prifiSTedbjr others, 

F t«t 



^J^Jhld^tad to dreflc out all Gods worftiip , accordiag 
— :_' to their own fancies, things too a^arent to need 
^ any further proofct 

It may be fome may thiok,thls isno great matter, 
asd much compliunt need not be made aganft it : a 

few diftiodiions will (aire all that it dose ^o quit tc 
from Idolatry and Saperftition. Bat as UdgvUtit 
Vhes faith of the f shifts in his daycs, that for ought 
he fiwy they (in elFeA) gave the fame rererence to 
their Sajnt8,which the Tags»s did to their gods ;. So 
I may truly 67 oTchefe men, (chat notwithftanding 
all their diftioftions) little difFcrences is to be found 
betwixt their praaice,and the fapcrftitioB* andido. 
latries ofthc Church of i£*»f^ 

Will fome (ay,let it be granted that men have bin 
jco blame (as, doubtlefe multitudes have been too 

bold; in this kind, yet God forbid that wee ftoald 

judge fofar, as to make them as odious to God, as 

., if they were the bringers of Gods wrath upon die 

Nation ^ as if they were as bad as whoremongers i 

or blafphemctSiOr th^ we fcoqld offer tocompar* 

them with the groflc Idolaters of the Ghnrch of 

iSfl»« fGod fprbid fuch a ftaine fliould be aft upon 
them. Thus fome men drawa fine v«ilcoven*eIe 
feule ene^nities. . 

^ ^09d Li^xl,, that the gl'orioM light of the Go* 
foel in eighty two yecrs (houfd not take away thb 
«mc from the>yct.ofmenl Judge y on the ca(c yoa 
*at are Hasbandsjyoathat have afpirit^f Jcalouifie 
hp yee Arbitratour* between the Lord and this 

Generation 5 and fay^fa wanton look in your- own 
wiftjift wwwUhdieffcjIfthc i^viog,or rcceiviDg of 

love 



tf^0ni»^M9kfi if P^liatitent. ^ 



if 



love t^cnSjlfthc Icaft dcgtccSof dalliance would'' ^gjf 
not render your own wife m&re abominable to^^/u^ 
yoa^thantheknowo foraicationj^oridalcery of^ny ■ ' ' 
other womafiuwiiacroever > DoejfM npc know that 
the Church of Chrift is ibiiSpoufe? DoejTMBOt 
know that God is more eafily provoked by a peo-^'^^^-lJ-' J^ 
pie among whom he walks, than by any other peo 
pie u^tfocfrer ? I befcech ypa lay tbefe things to 
heart. ^ * ' / '■• ' ■ .' *'-v';\: ^ : •- 

And let the remembrance dPthhday help you ia 
it. This day eighty two yeersagone, the Lord fee 
up dbe Gofpel among us^ and took «s to te a nitioEi: 
in Covenant with him. Oh Ae progrelTe tfaatieme 
nations wotdd have made ! The thankfulneffe and 
fruidfalneffe that ibinepeople would hafve attained 
to in fo long a time ! but that we (hould grow wor(e 
and:worfe4n pdinb W^Gddii :i0ii90i^ , that^wei^ 
hankarafterldolatryia&cJlSupiSdlditi^ h&^MZf 
wprfe dian any^of our dei^bbui^ that God ha^ 
t^t^d (b feverd^ wh^t ihall we jay, when God 
cofides to reckon with^usloriheft things h '^ h. : 

VMfy ad4e;it£ie^lK>rrible {[Mro^hanatson fsStht^ 
holy S^dwmut of the i^rii'anj^h f die prondifcQ^. 
ova multitude every where,; not'only alk^wed^bue 
even cdmpelled to the re^ceiving of.% : Multitudei 
of whioni, know not; whether Chrift were k'xsMk be 
a womtn^Qorhow many Gods there bej multitiddet 
^all^wingin all prophaneneffd^d licentiouffaefle^ 
yi^t jf they profeCe that they be. do Papifts ,.<aIpiQ^ 
every where thty are admitted to the poIJucing oit 
tbcfc Teyereid Myftericis , as tf we would compell ^"^^^ ^• 
the Lord to depart; aiway from ils, \ r . i Not 

, Af^thea^weOiouldtaktlnthcthirdibranchof;^^^^^ 

F2 ifi^fgi^giMmiCMiifi 



\ 



Jjlf^'dicici fe« Gad ? Tl»e wfoogs. and cniektes chac arf 

pidMi aod (o^ispclut «IUop«ii thdcmoatM) 
or ^ppeate to pl«3^ any aafc which GOD will 
own , abaodsoKly proctutncjcbthis. Veiily , bek>« 
««r4.«j v«d}Weteyou;ftll 93 inqocemt at £!&«■<« was of cho 
Fa&ain0Pf^ctl9 /ot^^ of the wretchtcbicfle of th« 
peofkle of iffitelx If you did know what Cod iooln 
fciLai^yOSf htfifkiJ^ day»jK>tt WQiaM (cac the 
very Cnle of your heacci be^ethe Lord, and 
fit .dimmff; widi Mm ^t&osaSietdiy ahA kB^ eo 
h«»iCQnlferEcfl|>^di iwoodea^ t^ Cod bath: nof 
vhoKy Icdft at, iindf4k]if«nd up ctaatr* gkxpy«& • 

CSovcnaoi;^. ; .. r! .. • 

loyoiii owocbotQciMfr^ \?*ha^'ifyoii yoiu idinea 
l^gOH^biLy o£ diefiitfaingl>T(»t>iJiae^e.the fiioweir 
ei your Trivet ^ the dficfe of .-diie Thoofiddi of 
Ca^AMb/ .r ¥oa^»etarrfi&£d:i»abaM lUKurBfe^ 
fhhlh::^ whoarOod hatih-jnadothe' H^ad,^ and 
BOirMhs)^E^eoft^^ic«s:wiuiryo»fti(e^vwhoa 
Goi^ n^hc bavo Inc yon to bee 6nfu^ .tfWo§d\ 
waMmtutft tf m4g^&f* And. Hce hath madriibno 
oJSyoaiHebleincii^ibme Ka^gbti, aadtOevdemen ^ 
isxkvim cailid .yoQ. to ho die Re^iaUvrs of obf 
IbrMchf toheaid^uidiptcfttncoEirffiine. 'What if 
oootyoniiiciwfthavfradiefhaQdin thefe ttEaaf^eCi 
Sons {.Whatif imaDgyoabe foan<ifrfwearera yXxat- 
fins, aduItereN, deunlurd},, -haeeys of Gckkwaf esy. 
Tcomers of his OiUdtfe% hA)xBiOti&Damc^ inea> 
' vfao goelh ybw fii^^ «^ay^^ w<ii^ refoftre to 

■ - ' doe- 






4oerotaofllbcc4ureyoaare|^«ac,inllchfrefoKbe *' rfi ^ 
duMra^ <^5eA«l,fcninag w eatsj Cods yoak what J^/^"' 

1^, BvcifcheieOMWildisea^f Coch, IbcTeechyou 

alboBCyou t^cfe will bce> wb<in God comes to iSode 
foa^^Dii to. sedlfioii wich 7011 i 

A)se/<>fi cooie tOrFf^^d ^''^r Wore the Lord> 
PQ^/Mcoax&toftaiid hetwixc Cod and ch« Na> . 
doD , whea yton wollMf i& focb^wayee as C od<s< 
feulfC abboneft? Doe,^ GkU tbia^ as ar^ Re- 
\^i$stMi ag^bftOod, and pull donwetus TcogcMnce 
on as 1 Doe /mt call this an a^ctptM^ D^i' 
C>QjE^«^ tfaitic tbc; Loffd uioU accept of anji iecvke 
aii;4N»handib^ Beafiuusied) aidtComfosmdec^aBd 
never nfe up taU Ciod bav« broken yoar heans, and^ 
fp«ifcc(i p£ac9 CQ yQtt:i& t^^^Qod^of Cbrift. Lee 
dl^ faimHiRS^dioilg^ fit* c^sjCe tMogs^, bee aoir 
t^y^oe CskniiM as tboCc bittec iijearisGrt^fewitb 
thicij^fii'^Kn^/QlFo^dMctf.tbc Pafieover. Boctf 
yea m^c notbiag q£ ail tbi^ but will g»e on aure" 
Id^ , and wa&e conoviy so Goi>, Go-d< 
imH lealke caaarafcy> to: yon, thir L»^x»r will 
»<;/ ^« mth^M* I'his is the firft ofi; l(ur Humiffifor 

tUfK ' 

Sec«odl9( , I add« bat aombtr of Sxhtrthmy » ^ >^^ 
iadtI&a»6doQet.(lbc&«E:hryQKp«doBdieLibar- f^'"' 
ti»,.vbicl^yQvrcaUi^vemce;.i w^caawort&y ExtMnatS 
ever to ^wak mote ^ if 1 (hoiiW not now fjpeak g* "f ; 
fwdf.) Yon ibtdfll alt tbia ds^i belcMrethe Lord , bnuchcc 
{^iidhave' beena eseBCtfiKi in tbe Daties of F<c(?- 
f^Si and Pt^at : I . belcecfa yon tell ne in. God» 
prefeoce (or racbec aiCwct God iftywcowi^- * 

if hearts); 




* Y^ !rf hearts) what was the thiag ycm proponinelcd to 
\opH. your fcJves > was it to keep a day tor Formality ? 
~^ becaufeit is now a rcceircdthiag in England^ in the 
beginning of a VarHsment to keep a Faft ? Or was 
it,rliac by han^g the head as aButrifh for a day, you 
might expiate your finnes with God^and take a Be# 
Ticket to (ione againe ? As it was faid of Lewis the 
eleventh, that he would kiflc his Crucifx^htn he 
had done evill, and then God and he were friends, 
and he might goe on in his eld way againe* If it be 
To, exped a fad reckoning for this dayes work :^yoii 
doale with a God that will not be mocked by the 
greateft of you. 

Yoa (hall read in £«it 14* divert of the Elders 
came to the Prophet to inquire of Cod. Tbefe me$$^ 
(aich God, bavefet up their Idols i$$ their hearts^^md 
they come to enquire of me : Tell them I will an-* 
fwer them with a witnefTe^ / n4S fet fnjfsce agMtsfl^ 
them^ndmaks them dfi^me^ 'and a Traverh. So I lay ^ 
from God to the greateft of you^who brought your 
fins in the morning , and purpofe to retura to them 
ifi the eveiiing , and keep fuch i (blemne day only 
for a formality^ aid there an end, God will reckon 
with you for it. 

But if you defire indeed to meet God 3 and r^ ^^ 
with Gcd^that God m^y hewithjou^thcn weigh what 
1 (hall fay from the Lord j land if it appeare to be his 
willsthen (as yon were taught in the morning) draw 
it lap into a Covenant j Covenant bNCtwixt God and 
yanr foulet ^ come^ tadreceiye the S^cramtnt Jipon 
It, and lye at Gods feet tootounegcaireforperfoiv 
nance. My exhortation fiiali be anfwesableco the 
liiree hrancbes of the Dofiiine. 

Firft, 



Til 



iefire the Cemmms' Heufcef Parliament. 39 

•o turn to God, to caft out all yoar abominations, J^^/ 
never to turn to any of your wicked ways from this j xomra 
day forward. It may be this motion feemes harfh, unu G«d 
and'will not cafily down : (bccaufe in oor wretched ^^^.^ 
^ayes , as the Tifr^f ufc to account all Fools to bee 
S aiDtsjfo men with usacconnt all Saints to be fools.) 
Bat this mnftbe done^neceifary thingsfall not under 
ckliberacion.To livt in hell you would not j^ to lire 
with God you cannot:har<i it will be to be damned j 
tmpoffible it will to bee fared , unlefTe with full 
purpofc of heart you turn to God^ind become new 
creatures. I muft fay to you as the Prince of Orange 
faid to his fouldiers at the battell of Newpart , when 
chcy had the Sea on the one fide^ and the SpsnUrds 
on tkc other : If (faith he) you will live^you muft ci- 
ther eat xxf thefe Sfanlards^ot drink up this Sea ; So- . 
muft you^cher conquer your lufliS) eat up the Spa-^ 
midrds^ ordHnk up the Sea, the devouring Gulfe of - 
Godrwrtth^ and none of you know bOw foon thi» 
time may cbme, that will yee y nill yee , ycc muff 
be brooght neer to God, who is a JeveHrif^ firijUt^ 
tcrly to confumc you, tf you be Straw Mdstnbbky 
or to glorific you if you be <7^At 
' The iP^g4/9i King of NiMive faw this , that without 
mmiMgeveiy man from the wkkfJaeJetHatmasw his 
MfiM hands y there could not be hope ofefcaping the. 
wrath of God. And therefore you who are Chri* 
ftians cannot expe& that God fiiottld he mtbjftm int 
any thing that you take in hand : till tliis betdone », 
God will not only loath you.but the works of your ^ Be witk 

hands alfa Sfrcr^of 

Secondly, this done 9 he pith Ged^in mttters of xS;^ 

Kali. ^ 



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4 



ilfcl —Ill ""• 1..,,.,..^..^^^.— -^^...^t^ 



*fc* *? S ^ **%'^* ®y fflcaning plainly is thb : bee 

2«r > Firft, fuch as deatre to the purity ©ffcis worffiip 

-ftag.^.' in your own practice. 

Urf»aEc. Aad thenio your great ComftsU^ beeyeeptirgtsfs 

, aad prcfcivers of oarRefi^on. Look thiougfrly 

what is amifle , and plndc vp erery plant that God 

tath not planted j throw to the Moaht and to the 

»/«f/, cTcry rag that bath not Gods ftamp and name 
npoa it. That it may befaid of this P^f/;;<^«f jq 

matter of Religion^ it is faid oiUftsh^There was kf 

mr any U^ him btfart him/t»r 4Wf ^fer bm.So there 

was ncrer znyf arliameitt before this^or aever any 

aftet ixjihatflfBrnedthe Lord with aS their hearty ami 

aB theirfiufe^gJaa their might, aecordiiu ta all the 

chcieuiiiB And to ptovok^«n, give me leave to ghre yon a 
ftom Ao bnefe view of the hedge that God hath made a&ooc 

^^^^ the fecondCommandement. The latent of that 

4tmm, Comnundraent is,that Godspeople (honld worfiim 

fcim Txdth his own woifliip^d his own Ordinance^ 

and never dare to tjcndct to him the dei^cea and tia* 
ditioDs cf men for a korn^e. Now the Lord know- 
lag die itch, and pronenefle in men to be tampering 
*? *¥ ^rihip of God, to fet their thr^olds by bis 
#Ar;^Ai( hithfetrncb ahedge about it^hatifamaa 
did coniider it feHoofly , hee cbald not but admire 
that ever mortall man flioold dare ia the matter of 
Gods worfliip , «o meddle any |ot fbrther tfian the 
Lord him(elte bath commanded: it ftrnding like the 
-_ Cherabimsj Jlnd the flaming Sword , which turned 
•«'»^4i every way to keep the way of the Tree of Life. 

' F|rd,heei8^^«Aw/G'(,4f,asifhee(houId&y,the 

aattCT of my woiihip i$ w »€ as the Mawiagc bed i 

lod 



hfirefheCiffmnf H^fftfFMrfUmenu 4 1 



toil am z HasUnd eafiiy provokc4 to jtuflp/fif, » ^ jj[ 
which ii*tie r4gf ffa mfm^nivO^^^^ §0 fg^fft/u, £«?'''* 
SecoBdly, tU fych »M &»d to Iwtf God ^ / wiif fpi5t$^ 
^P thtfims ♦/ tUm fb4f hate m9. Tbfly siU prec^qcl \ a 
coac they are loven of bio). They that made mea 
Iqffi) the Calviei, y«t vioald have them fweare Tf-> 

CO God, aod to God» people, whm he Tec up hiai 
Q4k)*siCo cfaeTe men pretend reverence aod i^enera- 
tfon CO GodsOrdimacea ; but God protefia that all 
^? huD, which may appear e by the odipQiiOamei 
%%9i gives to their fione, calliog ie Cometmie^ R^ 

t^es ;^iaS»A'^ the mo$ unpardonable Hn bsevixc 
QOB aod wife, E»«k:t6. Aod (omcumfif^^Jifmit. 

Thirdly, it i9 a finne thac feach veogeaiict,apd pw 3 
aUbmeociorailed i^on ic to the thki tmiftHrthgt" 
mriHtm, The Bms iay to chia d&y, that f i^eft; »<«/ 

nt^fufi^ c4lM^itifi4«d*hth N4th»ijip4f_th9^/ 

Q0kk9^feimif, Itiiaii|ine|hacGODf«le9noit 
t» vjfic . upon €hil^h» , uutt tbt tl»rd tutdfttirtb 

A^mAQwiQDt;htcdi^i(i4ifi^^!>*dp^Jimmet'<ytti 4 

4b(«mMA Hc>wia«hat^ Thie I^dincirprets them co^ 

faMefcimchac(Nii«ly woiihiphi^ -As a ni*Dwfio 
fiiid^ hia mk 4ttfaf<9ll in. tiwimriiage bed? j^c|g^ 
thatibeloveahialijAodchat her heact is one with 
b% wbuK cyai other lo&miiciM d^n ipay hav«v ^ 
Yea , they are iaceiinreced to keep all hb ConuBao- 

G d«nenc8. ^- 



4i' ^ SermenfTedchedatMi^aJi 



^^/i^'dfmehts. God will truft them forali faisComaan- 

^igl dcmcnw, whom bee findes fakhfatl in hit *c rlhip : 

.- Yea io*ihowf$ndGentratiom , bee will remember 

them^ which ii longer thanthis wickedworld fiull 

ftand. The kiodoefle aod ^ichfalaciTe of them thac 

maiat^e ud [vcCerve the pure Reiigion and wci* 

ftlpofGod.fluJleverbcia thefighc of God for 

them and their poftericy. 

Oh ! let me help your leckonkig in the day of che 

lab ly. iy> Lord 1 iotreaciog you for the cUlirtm fgks of your 

9»m hotfyf to lay what I hare fatd to heart, that yoa 

may provide that theOrttiaaQces of God^be neither 

taken away, dot defiled> that God may be purely 

wotfhipped id hii owne way for time to come. And 

Cii^ thatbyaGenerationofmeD,who^i^*«»/^/i»^&iy 

*' ' to«iirf^/jiwebeaot)aglcdoatofoerEleltgion,n(v 

mif-Jed in fuch a way of fervice, as tha£ Gtdsjiuh 

fiionld tj^e n» pUdftiri i»iu. 

Thirdly atrdlaftly, (which is the comprcbeoH- 

3'Be wtdi on of all the reft) Aw on Godtjide^ ingage yonr 

*'**^ '"^ fclves in every caufc which is Gods: own what God* 

ye«t 6WM. AsChriftfeid, r»ufhsB nta hsve mte dlw^, 

that b^n my ^ctCon^bm thepMreyoufidSfuvealms^, 

, andwhenyouwill,yotimaydoegoodtochem. So 

I fay^ yon hare not Chrift with you in hi9perfoa:bnt 

70U al ways have his Am/c, bit fratfA^his On/faw»re/, 

- his Da^t ha Miifijltfs , hU ChiUreWf thcfegruof 

theaffli^ed | sUctttjesafb^icetrndkigbteoufaeffe^ 

theft *H Godt CduftJ. GOD woald have all bis 

friends zealous for him, and ippoaie for bioa, his 

Church, and his Canfe. And to ioBama yonr beartt' . 

MoUm to tbis, be pleafcd to coofider tbcfc few «wmw4W#- 

Firft, 



Firft, God htth deferved ic ac yoor bands^ chat » ^/^ < 
k you fliould appeare for Him , Hcc hath appeared f^^J/^ 

for you when none coold ; Hw fonee lejMf Chrijf ;■ ^ ' ^ ' ^ 
gave his owne fi?ult a raQfomc for your iiones ^ or hath de« 
cJfeyouhadperiOicdia Hell for ever. Hec hath J^^'^J^ 
made yoa the Hm^, rather than the Tdile : Hehath handl 
iieaped upon yoa Hooour, Wealth ^d Fi iendsjaad 
yoa cad give no other reaibn why you are nor more 
btiierable than the pooreft Vagrant^that wants both 
houfe and home, but only this, that C O D bath 
beem omjottrfije: Doth not he then deferve to be 

-oi^ped } They fay, Lm u laves LoaJflom^ifndkvej 
wHitfione. 

Secondly, Gods C^ft^ his Churchy and CbiJ^ ^Sc^£i 
dr»^ have few Friends , and many Enemies, and ^^ene. 
thofe Enemies no Babies , but MnHpalHUs d»i »iesj ami 
Tmers , Cruell, Cunning, Malicious, and un>eea- 1^^^ 

. riable : And more now than ever. Sittam kbowes 
' his time isflkort , hee ft^s up all bis inftrumenc^ 
as if one fpirit pofleft them all. A ad is it got a ihame, 
that the Lords friends flionld bee more backward 
in his ctu(b than the Vaflals of Satan are in the|r 
Maft«s? 

I adde thirdly, the Lord, to pnniJh the Pride, s 6 o d 
Sloath, Hypocrifie , and FortnaUty of bb people, ^^^^ 
hsKh of late fpffisrcd the enemies of the Church to ^^t ro 
pre vailc exceeding farre. ThchcccfCbrifiemJame hu^burch^ 
this'day fo miferably rent with Warres , Sedition, g^^S 
Hercfies, and Schifmes, is a moft ruchfoll (peda^ toftevmt 

. cle. Who can look upon poore Gtrmanj ^ and "^i ^ 
not even bee compelled to weep over the Bookc 

'.oftheI<^«r/«fii^^^/»/againe? And GODknowea 

who£b Lot is^oext : Little ^uiet I feate is to bee 

G% expeO:cd 



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' * Pf« >f expefttf d iA Chif indole ^tiil the Btdft bis Eaigdoffl 

™''] . " l4d# Wcfc Mo# that itil Lord itc«oviDt» duit 
tlie mojffc feasible tiilie fbt hii fdeddfe ro owoe his 
taufe, when the enemies are tiadft tiokm «^bft 
k: thea6odrdth,in&^0 ^M>/iir, j)»i6«fi WhcQ 
the preffures of the Chtifch are gir«iteft» the 
opj^ortonities of appeatkig ibr the L O Re O aie- 
Eiioft Gatoiiible y «hd gtisA '^it thek Rcvitda 
who tbttt ftick to him* Ev«tfy dde wottld gladly 
embrace a glorified C n k H T « btst whea lAtt 
#hol8 (^Qb^ll 4)aII rb/eaMita) then, ^th Nf^ 
. gfidem/f to.pIead for him , this is hoooaraU«. WhcfD 
hadgitig xipoh the Q:e^ , h&~ Difc^es ninae 9^ 
ir»7 ftom Mcdytheo with li>/^ of AHmM^a bold- 
^bi^te IN&^^ to ffiew lo««tol^„thk h adeep- 
tablfc-.", ■■ . • . 

thteh th6 people of t^. Lsuid Woald mtmg iewiir^ 
*Tbit smMtiHuKt would helpfc to lifiiM die l%9a»>. 
fh , when the P^r/SHk Emperoifir b t l^iepd ico 
^ dhv/rl i Btit dtkr LoF^ &4rhV^^ laeehave 
the manthat will notA^ 4/S'4xm</ 0f ATM i«|)&fr »j^(*- 
' ; wtrdifftd idulM<fm;^S^e*t>r<»i4». Mbrfce, he doth> 
' \ not dxf in ^aciotts Oeneradon ( &en ne- iBab wiU 
bealmiii^of hiin ) bat in itn yd£tr//«^Mnr, ««4^^^ 

^ eWif t^ouithly, when y6ufti4keiflOi the LORD^ 
|tsHJfe >ji^«,'oia hk €hutches fide, on his ottolbs fidie^ 
to'Sj* yoa^ll not only ftfike io witkthe bfeft fide,. 
will pme witib the bcft Gauft , but with the an^ prevw- 
•tiaft^e lio^. ^f^ith that fide Which A^ «^ Aalf have 
|;^7"<(irel!ii^r| tt tbe loog liett^. kiKMld oMklea 



■un iKvcrtob»afrfiid'to belogaged kia qadrreU * ' 
wbcrthce U fiiro of the Vi^ry. The Bark >^ 
whejtio OW^i, im Chtrei riaA entfir.ut, n»y — 
bee toffedjibBttaihlitverbte dK)iBierfi..Pop«|!()r rt. 
Komaam ffpt pralie vifyr.^tfia^tm Mle; The 
Stmtiu loft-many BiKCele , bat they -were nerer 
meisciDciiialetWwtei^atiiiie lang:rifoncjb«]' 
.crofhed^ali-cbdreivmks-. ^osU the eoeoiiescbK 
fee!iie<cc« jwrd (be Giiiltt eaofe, Md! U> Chweli, 
miiftpcriA>.Heiduftnik,it0irfUi><«>nr/<te«M! ■'lU 
Utjmtfipalt. : ' : 

1 in,^i<rji then, ifaett actfoan aifiK. admi- 
inble ^nitiisFi Thf iBhiwh » t u nn mrttttra 
MnMl6 ^fri In iheniidftilf a m»^. . IdK ir«r«i 
tfFin in the niiM of a skti^i Wboibei ehe 
-H'M, tx the Fire, the nnrioc the ^A«)^ wU 
haveiheviftoryfudgeyec,. Inavz-jfthefocon^e 
^compnedtotCi^ir^n^yniJtlKt wiHihidrtQIcni 
. who tliJD& to -dcvdurc Jr^ ^Xota bewieiStofair^ 
that willfcnn>eB(»ntfaoretDtltdi»iBeriifat>'etr- 
.Jtavow to Catif it iwajr. So fiall it bsertiitb 
,«U Natiomthat-^ht^gainftiihe.'Cbnfdh/aiid'oaHiie 
"of CbfiiK: AQdiMDyilnm^ioidgl<hap^7toiJi»1fe Dm 
UitifeiiitbrLofdrqQand}^ aitheTJf'iSa^^anltb T 
atnM, itetfiidl.fiMd i^k/lmMiiix &aU.<Sfc ,"° 
afig-aiKt (bUsw JQaAiS-r, cldaikad irtih^l«r °ic> 
,T^ i2i(eeA!»il«>/tbciiIlleleeab,iibcjAni>AaiJlU«» ^l, 
MB, ih4t foUbafed ChtUfa itiiulaphilK Ghoaofc, ^i i 
were'fecha$wercA^,andjU/£)E»/r, Mt^Afve^jMtf ^" 
tknr^ittiluJuti. Woiddiiocilli9iB«feao]t f^s 
' aiaaiobeoaCod>fide> : , ■>«» 

l.alUy,CHoDoteed,aDdM(»letfiBtkeI:aM(;net ^^ 
«he cwifitoaciaiiiatyonr graicpladt^iMl o fc c iha tbci 
- G }• God
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Full text of "A sermon preached before the Honourable House of commens, now assembled in Parliament, at their publike fast, November 17, 1640. Upon 2 Chron. 15. 2 .."

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