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aywithfjirn ofGod,Tiiel y«ut£xocll«i bemmeisin iTMnelexveci lutrtnuybe ingandftfeng piritfitforgte ed you wiuia d and poured you^d tlio^ ,wiucbisand

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i tie Mcefity of the timefut me t$ pe&ch upom

' thisju^e^^he City heing ingreatfeare efd

P' ?***' -jmn^-epmrmhg agam(i it in the name

p eftheKin^^andthe aeceptjtf the ftthje^

' jorthu time made me not unmBing teyeeld'

t9thf making^imeduations ufonthis fitijeiJ, yetmtre

^diMlfC^.a'd^ait^tBwe enlarged', ejpecial/yinthar-

fftmeniofiuftifyingthefrefent taking np armes fi much'

crjed devm^if it vsere againfl the Kingytohetjctm-

mijiimfr9m the Lord of Ho&s^vthich is difca^ed fage if..

andfoon: the fatisfationof the cmfcieKCesof meainihii'

thing it> offo gr^eat conpquenci in this time^hat every man

it bound to ^ord vfha helf hereunto he is ahle. I pituldf

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ihttp^He 'itiok^wat-'i^ffan-arj^menfi rvherein ;«: 'inM-> tumhaK^dtmugh ; jertt>Jiat{eever ffit^r in />, >mi tM" t^efuU^lhave eneught This J can [ay, if I ever did-^ gr'am< like tout^Mi am t^ng tn the u^i^htnes of my heart,aim-i«tg»t^^t^''^<7td,andthf good^lhlejfe God I have^-ccmfo}^tinthUi,andinthis(xvhatfeeverthei^uehe)Ijbdr€-joyce. Certainly things hadnevercome to that pa^e th'eyare^ M\ifmens conjciences had kn rightly informedta the lUer* ties Godhath given them.The infuftng contrary frincif lis, srtd,mating men heleeve thatthe Juh]e5tmttfi'andtvouW f»0r my thiitg rather then, rife ufttmMntMnt-hisown'

To the Reader.

right hath heette the CMfeofthehU adv gmcngU us.

what I havefud is heife, comming t» ji it Ciuld not admit ef Idr^er difceuffe, huti it wmldmt be verjdipct^ to enUrgethefi tbervf*y, S.e*dfprtkffreft,4itdlMvem]

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'rophccic of Zechma&y chaf, i. vcr.j.vrciiAvcu lurcc times in •nc verfc, and in one • (hort Chapter, Z«A. 8. wc have it there eightcenc times.

But why is it ufcd fo frequently in that Prophecic ^f/. more then others ?

Becaufe the fcopc ot that Prophecic was to en- Anfw. courage the -people of God in buUding ap Urujklew and the Tcmpie,in which work they had many ene-mies,and therefore they had need of a fpirit of magnanimity and fortitude in it. Hence it was the Lord revealed himfclfc cothcmfo much by the name of

Times of Reformation, Temple-work, ufually meets with muchj with ftrong oppefition. We had need therefore to have this name of God ia our eye, and fantfiifie it in our hearts,in fuch times,white fuch work is on foot.

It is true, God did this work without bloud-ihed, it wasdone w;^f«rfrflr/i^ mighty hui bjtht Spirit if_ the Lord^x^ we have it Ze£h.^.6.but becaufo the work was fuch, as in regard of fecond caufcs, needed ao. Acmy to effc^ it ; although God did it himfelfe, yet his Name was to be fandified in it, as theLordef Befis. In the New Tefiamentwefeldomefindthis title; it is but twice that I remember in all the New Tcftameot, and in one of thofe two places It is quoted out ofthe Old Tcftament, j&>»».^2*t Thcrcthe Hebrew word is rctained,T^f Lord$fSid^th^^QH of K^ Sahbath^ as many take it. There is a great difference ■^^''■ between thefe.two, Tie Ltrdtfsihhdth^^tidTl^Lerd —^ efSabhaeth: TheotKistieLfrdofreJt, thcothcrisiAr^itw" Lordfiffiffjls.'thoic words come from a different root MiUtia. B 2 in

the Letd ofHoftsGcting upon his Mercy-fcac: and

thus.

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trv&^ LardofHofis.

thus am I to prcfcnthim this day unro you. ^ Now Godls czlkd The Lcrd cf ffcfis intworc-W^y,po<^

£^ A^ .IS called

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Firft*, bccaufc aU creatures in heaven* and in earth of Hop. are his armies. He is the abfoiute great Lord ovct i• them alt^ The AngclSjSunne^MoonjStars^thc Dra-gons^thcDeeps, the Fire, Haile, Snow, Wind,the Mountains^Trces^Gedars, the Bcafts^ and all crecp^^ mg tbingSythe flying Fowks^the Kings of the earth, and aii people arc the Hofts of the Lord. PfsL i48*

\^ Secondly, in regard of that fpeciall providence of 2.

God in the great affaires of virars and battels in the

1^ world. It is true, the providence of God is over the Icaft' things in the world, but God challcngeth a more fpeciall and peculiar ackowledgmcnt of his work of Providence about War-like affaires^ in re-

[ gardwbereofhe takes this title to himfelie, Th€L$rd

* 0fHofh •

If I ftiould fpeaK of the firft, the time woiiid foon, begone^ for there is much in it, it is more geacrall: >

therefore I will confine my folfe to the fecond, thc^ more fpeeialt^^nd now moftftjrfbnablc.

God is the God of Armies* That he might ex-pr^lle him fclfe^c more crearly,a«d fully, interefted in Wa:r-liki^affaires^ Ex$d. 1 5*3. heftykshimfclfc

\ A miin ^fVdr^Cod feemes to glory much in his wor^^

I kings^out War-like affaires* Hence P/i/-24.8; Who:

\ if the King of gkry ? The E$r4ftrmg^ n9$gh$jr the iMrd:

flight fin hatteA. The ProvideiKcof God is great in-jSfcliwars, but efpeciaUy in thofc wars that ccmcemc iiis people, whether iaa way of chafiifing them,, or dcienfive ta fave them,^ or offenfivc ia avenging,

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TheLordofmfis,

^d^emhm, mehf mth SmI and ^on^anthtreuias fomd, I Sa1n.13.ia.

FifcJy, Itis the Lqrd that gives his people their \ i?4;^wr/to difplay, />/. 50.4. Thou hafiWtn afak

mrtothimth^furthcc, thatitrnajhedilUyedbccMCe of the truth. There are a generation of men chat (ight againft the truth, they would take away the Gofocl from them, and becaufc of this th0u hd ^h;e;» tiem Banners that they f»sj he dij^ajed, htOiuLf this trmh . God would have us coatcnd for the trmh, Jude i ?'. Yea C4rnefih «Wfight for it, if that coies in que-' 5.3r^ ftion,ifwe bcm danger to lofe/y&4f,GQd gives usour ^ Banners,not to be folden up, but to be dilbUjed be-caulc of the truth. ■ T

Sixtlj^,God himfelfe comes into the field with his 6

people,he tels them often that he is withthem thcr " ^'f'.^'^-^-J^^Ltrdyoftr Goduhethatgmhmth'im to fight When God fayes, Im mthyL you m^v write down what you will to make up this promife a compleat one for your fafety and comfort .A s thus ^

\^r»ithy0uto^xfiyoxx,l4mmthjmtoA\xtawou J 4m mthym to encourage you,to blclfe,!© fave vou' to conifort you,to reward you.ikcJak ^hhymLti God. This IS as K were a piece of a line that our faith muft make up.. If we once have this promife got into our hcarts,whatfoeyer we want, we may adie to it and then our peace and joy may be full.

*i.^^.j*^**^*^' ^«^^« 4-8. *'»•'»* would not goe into the field, except J^^^^r^^ would goe with him. It is il gomginto the field, except God goc with you. but if youhave this promife in your hearts, you cannot but have ftrength in your hands, zac. 10. 5. rhey,M ^c^ mghty men which trend dpfvne tbetr eL liu.^ ^ ntks

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9.God is the Reremrd of his people in times of fiat- p« tailJ/k. 51.11 .TeJhaSfmgo out mth hsjle^ nor hj flight: f^r the LordmU goe before jou: a»d the God of IjrAet will hc^oHT RercwMrd. Not the itw^ir^f, hut jReniPard^ the \guaf d & defence behind. When an Army is ftrong ia cthe Rereward as wel as in the Front^it is fafe^Goa is ,both before and behind in the Armies of his people.

I O.Gods providence in Wars works in the con- j^j tlnuance of them. How long they fhall abide in a Land^and when they (hall ceafe^ is wholly from the appointment of the Lord of Hofts. He workes in the upholding parties»bringing in fupplyes^ breaking a« fuhder treaties, &c. We arc ready prefcntly tx) cry out, iHw loffg JhaS the fiMrddevour f but when God gives Commiffion to the fword,it muft ftay 5 it muft goe on devouring till the Commiflion be out. ^er^ 47.6,7. oh thou Jtvordofthe Lordi how lopgwikk bt^ ere thou be quiet ffut up thjfelf into thefidbbard/eft and bejiiil. The anfwer is there, 0O0 can it be quiet feeing the Lord hath given it a charge agmnfi Askclon,(^againp^ 4hefea'jhorei there hath he appointed it. Hof* 11 .6*Thc^ fmofd fhall abide on his cities, andconftme hisiranchesj andjhall devour them^ becaufe of their mn counfels. We are troubled at the fword comming neare our Qties; bik how fore would the hiifery be, if it Ihould come into our Cities < but if abide in our Cities, what mi-ferable fpdik and rdine would there be i If wee would be delivered from fo great an evill, let us take heed of our own counfcls: If God leaves Parliamjsnt or Gity to their own counfels, the {word will abide amongft us longer time then we for the prefen; imagine, evea until it hath devoured. God ufually is a long time before he draws his fword^hc is whetting,

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prcparing,dclaying it ^ but when it is once drawn^he many times will not put it up again, untill it bee ba-thed) filled^ fatted^ fatiated, drunke with blood. Ail thefe -expreifions we fiode in Scripture. Ef^j 34. 5^6. My fmrdfljdll h bdthtdin hcdven^ itjhall C0me Anvne uf-^ 0nld$$m€A , ufM the fi&fle tfrnycmfc^. When Gods fword hath to deale with the people of his wr/i,then .it ihall be bathed indeede^ And (urely God hath a people ^f his curfe amongft us this day ^ who they are , is eafie to know: You may know them to bee curfed of God by the horrid blafphemies, and hideous ) unheard-of curfes that come out of their mouthes* The earth was never ftained with fuch dreadfull execrations and blafphemies (ince man lived upon the face of it, as tiow it is by theife mep* Surely the brand ofGodscurfe is upon them^ fear^s them not. Ver. g. it is faid ^Thefw^ra of the Lifrd isfU led with bUod^ it is made fat mthfatneffe: znd^er^ 4^. I o. TbefipprdjhaU devpure, itJhaU hefatiate dnddfunkL^ with their bl$9d.

Zt^is ^^ ^^^° ^^ ^^ plcafed to give the word, hee ' makes wars to ceafe. Pf4L/^p.9.He makes wan to ceafg unto the endoftne earthy hebreaketh the bow, astd cutteth thejpeare ittfunderj^e bnrneth the chariot injire.

Of Gods worke in ftilling wars^ we have a moft admirable example, i Kings 12. a i • we have not the like in all the Booke of God, neither was there ever the like before or fince in the world. King Rehohano was incenfed agaiafl; the ten^ Tribes falling 0^ from him, he was in as great a heat and rage againft theot as we can imagine a man could be put into. This fire of his lage was blowne up to the height by thoft young dariiig Cdvaliers that were about nim, nc had

got

got an Army together, ftrong enough^ anhufldrcd

^and fourefcorc thoufand men, a mighty forehand it was but to bring the Kingdome to the hoiife of 2>4-wd: Well, >thcir power was great, their rage was fierce, their caufe they qucftioned not^ they were going forth with a high han^with cruel and bloody intentions.How was all ftilled now i You fhall find, that Tht wrd $f tht Lord came to ShemMAh the Frofbet^ fayipg,Sf€ak to Kehoboam^ — rh$tsfaith the Lord^Te fhall mtgoe f$p to fight againfiiour brethren^ returne every man to his houfe . The Text uycs, they heark»edto the word of the Lordy and returned to defort, according to the word of the Lord. What a mighty work of God was this t what pawcr hath God ovcrthcfoiritsof men, yea of the greateft,who think it an unmfFcrablc dilhonor to be controlled in any thing they have fet their hearts upon 1

Rehoboam^ a wicked man, in the heighth of his pride and wrath, thus ftrong, apprehending him-felfe exceedingly wronged, (o much of his ifing-dome rent ftom him, and there comes onely a poore Prophet and fpeakes to him in the name of

1 This Lordff H^s^ that hie Jhouldnot fight againfi hi$ hrethrenfixiA all is ftayed, he returnes back again,.and fits down quiet*

Oh that now fome Prophet of the Lord might haveacceffeto His Majcfty, and tell him fhathcc mull not goe this way he doth, that he is drawn a-

. fide by evill men about him, that there is a mifun^ dcni^aading betwe^e him and his people, that no ^ thing is done by us but according to the mlnde of God,that we doe not endeavour to deprive him of

i^^ny lawful! power he hath given him by God or

C 3 man.

TheghrioMti.

<nely to prefervc < i he is born unco tfa icacc enjoy the G s MajcAy in our ot providence of G( irom one-place to i the fword coran: and to anocher < : Jfingdome unto ag a fwirduptn thm t LdKiiffi that I cut: lath faeene in man^ ^ Q thcutmoHpiTts y.Northamherlofui and : two extremities of the T^and , as Dan n the Xand oiCAtKun. Juft were it with it commii&on to goc up and 'dbwnc in it, yea, in great part hce hath done it allow is it devouring, evcnalmoft round r guilt of the mifcry our brethren have s guilt of their blood is upon the whole 1 as much as the whole jcingdome hath aas one man to prevent it, but wee fuf-iren in feverall places to bee devoured [hcr:onccountrcy hopes it will not come )iher countrcy hopes it ftiall cfcape, and in the meane time we^ fuf&r our brethren to bee fpoyled.

^tr. 12. II. The ff oilers are come ufon aB high pU-ces through the wUderiteffe. {"They are come from t%.t^ Countrcy to the City, the Countrcy istothembutas awildcrncfle in comparifon of the City) For tht^ StverdJhsS devoure from the one end of the Land tithes other , m Jiejh Jhaff kdve ftase^ ^er.i-j, i j. Tijc

Lord

thcfe 24. ycctes,Spain, Itdly have liad it,a little of the lo^otitSeftldiulhid-jV/c were afraid ot it then here, and they ind wc cryed to GoCi^lfitbefofiUe let this tuf of bloodfd^e from My^nd God in his great mercic caufcd it to pali'c from us , but it went to our brethren in/rcMW, they havcdrunke deepeofit, and ftill are drinking.and whether God intends that wcc flaalldrinkc the dregs of it wc know not, wee had nccde doe as Chrift did in his Agoniej£«i:.22.44.ycc ivmvK^-ffdy more earriefily jthc fecond 2nd third time, Jfitbefof- P""*, ""er fble, let this cup of hloudpa^efrom /w.Ifan Agony cai fc '^''^"' Chrifts fpirit to rile in Praycr.it fliould then do ours; k is a fad thing to have our fpirits heavy, dull and ftraic in fuch a time as this^

12. The workof this Xord of Hofts inWarre is to give wifdomc and csmfell for the managing of * the affaires of it, and hcc takes away wifdomc and counfcll whcnhc plcafeth. i Sam.ii.-^'y.Thoattd' shefinijhtmdstovnr,imdmyfn^erstofight. The fame ■wee have, P/i/.144.1. Other Generals have their ■GouftcellotWarto help them, that they may not mifcarry in it-,but tbisiflr/tf///*/f gives all the coun-icll and wifdomc from himfelfe to all under himr And in this there ismuch of Gods glory .f/ijr 28.J4, 25,26,27. The Xord accounts it his glory that hcc ceaAeth the Plowman to plow his ground,- td fow his feedc, to thrcfh his corne, his God doth inr ftruA him to difcretion, the Text faycs • much more thenistbe glory of God in givitig wifdometo ordo^ A

and ■

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L Jut BeciufeZMB was the Metropolis of £,S7;», where

• thcgrcatcounfailofB^rft was, aad«r;ii4. rAtJ

Ltri hmhmiltiUdtflrvirleffmtMlhc midfithiraf:

mi the) imic imfii gg^ft u em in evtrj mrkt thtraf.

\erethin bifvomit^^rom upon the «''«»■» KprefTe the meaning, iVw falnm '■'*'-'9'*' w-flr? dractnU (^fwcre djpiditm in-li unkciijbut vomiting cfie fury pf blc hiry of Alpcs. And is not : adverui-les at this day, who arc ind rage againll us, yea, againfl; his Saints ?

v^alour and courage is alfo from i j. When the Spirit of the Lord , Gideon, and others of the Wof-?hat great things did they i Heb, t^k fifth Ju^dued Kingdomes ,ft9^-tsfiut ofmakmjfe were mudeftrongy tturneduflight tht Armies efthc^ mgh faith they were enabled to ;etcht valour and courage from /ij. I. I /i,.The Lord flnreduf the^ ma thefftrit */JoIhua, and the^ If ^tM fe$/U , mdthey f4wcj MidMavftrkei»tht btufitftbeLord tfBofis their G»d, It was a warlike fpiritto refift their enemies, to encounter with dangers.

God hath ftirrcd up a fpirit in many of our Nobles, in our Worthies of Parliament » in fome of our people t, if a fpirit were now ftirred up in the remnant of our peopIc,our worlce would foonc beeacancnd. Itwerc the unworthieft, yea, the raofthorriblethingthateverwasinthis world,that now people ihould forfakc Nobility,thofc they have chofen in Parliament, and MiniQcrs who have had a fpiritto ftand up for God and their liberties. Oh tbatarpiritofinmgaatbnwouldarife in the whole ^ . D Kingdom

KingdomCj chat ehcy may not fuffer themfelvcs to be baffled out of their Rcligion^thcir Liberties, their* tfiates^by a genetationrof vile men that are rifen up amongftus.

2?4^.i0.3,5« The LordrfHtfis hath vijiied his fi&ck the hiufe of^udsh^ and haih made them as his goodlyljcrjfi » i^ the battel. They Jball be as mighty men which tread down their enemies in the mire ofthefireets in thebatteU It feems they prefumed to come into their towns and Cities^ther^^j^icjiycs the Text, They jhaUtread them^ downtumih[i^heJk:€ets. They arc vile, and there* fore to be trodden down as mire in the ftreets. The fpirits of thofe that fccm ta be the gifcateft terror amongft us^are mean and bafe: What worthy thing have they ever done i have they ever ftood before thofe thit oppofed them.^AU their valour is in going Hp and down to Countrey houfes in a poore unworthy manner, pBaging and filfring: A fpiritin people . T^ifedby God, would fcornc to be brought under by men of fuch fpirits as thefe. Further, as God gives a fpirit of courage,{o he takes it away when he -pleafes, If. 19.16* And inthdt day fhaS Egypt be like ttn^ , to women^ndfear becaufe ofthejhaking of the hand of tbt Lord ofHoftSyVohich hejhaketh ovei^ it-^andthetand of^u-dahjhalbe a terror unto Egypty every one that maketbjneni-tion thereof (balbe afr^idin himfelf^ becanje oft he counfeS fftheLordofHofis. Ir may be they will not^onfelfe that they are afraid, but may make their boaft as if they had got thebctt^r: but markc the words, every ^^nefhallbe afraidin^imfelf:}^ytc could look into their bofomSjWc fliould fee blacknes, tremblings, the terror ofohe Lord upon ihcia. Pf.^6.^ The fionthearted ' axojj^ikd^thty bavejleft iheirjleef^^ mm of th( men if

mght

might bofue found their handsy 4t thy rebuke^ 0 L^rd^ the h$rfe^ehari0t^re-cdfiintcadeadjleep:3ind w.ii. He fhdl y'mdim^^ €Utoff the fprit of PrincesT,he is urrihle^to. the Kings of the ^^^' €4rth, he jhaUtvtfethem off as Aman willdoe a flower be^ ttveen his fingers^ orase^^ly as abunch of grafes iscnt off vine.

14. The Lord of Hofts hath the abfolute power xs^ -.' over all weapons in battel^to let them proiper or not profper as he pleafcth.: This is.beyond all the Generals in the world. j^4jf ^^^.I'i.No^i^^^sformeddgdinft theefhiUfroffer. If any Ihal fay^ Tlw^saipeciaU pro-, aiifato thera at that time-, mark whar fpUow^j "Tm in

ihei^ritageoftbefervantsoftheLordfThisiX^^^ promife of the Lord) is the inheritance of his fer-

yants. Now we of late have had the benefit of this

our inheritance, the laft Lords day fortnight we did

. inherit this promife, when there were 17. Canons

"difcharged from the Adverfary, and not one man

flain by thcm-How was this made good^that no toea^

fon formed againfi theejhaUfroff erf The ad ver fary was-

enraged at this>they faid, they thought the devil was

In the powder: No,it was God that was thereof ulfiil-

ing this promifeof his to his fervants.

15. All the fucceffe in battels is from the Lord of ^ J^ j Hpfis. It is hot in men^ nor ammunition^ nor in advantages. Bcclef. 9.11. The battfl is not to theflrwg. A

. h^rfeis but avaine thing for fafetj^PfaL^^Aj. Bthold, is it not of the Lord of Hofts that the pioflejhail labour in the very fire ^ andthefeofleJbaS tpearythcmfehesfor very va* nity? Hab.i.ij.

'■. Yea laftly,the whole battel is the Lords, when it 16^ is a juft caufe. x Sam. 17. 47. the battel is thcj JL»as,

T>]% Now

(trism Nam

c what th :e in b«Utc E>gethcr, in to thofc V

tucftioH be in Armies is, i.Becai u In chcm

„ , r ctetnall eftajes. ir DQtalparrovr^

Anniei. aotabalrc irom the head falls to the grouixlvricl^ ^' out providence, much kflc the life of a cseaune appointcdfor eternity.

3. BecaufeofchegreU'thingsc^confcquenceihaC:

depend tipon War: the mighty turnes of Nations^..

and changcs-of Kingdom^dcp«Ml Hpoftth«mi.

^^ Bm how contes it to paffe^ feting God istfauit

7ht tvrdt^ Htfis-t that ycc the adverlatiesx^f God&

people doc WtenpFcvailc in battel?

'Anf«i- '■ I. It is k»r the chaftiicmcnt of bis people. Ajhw

Why ihc is made fometimesthe rodof Gods w^ef.^er.11,7.

raiics. 'f ^''' enemies. She is the dearly beloved of Gods foule, yet fhe is given into the handsof hercncrarcs, Wcmflftnot j«€lgebythc prcfcm pFevailingj th^ic Godloveslhofewhohavetbc dily, antJ hathrcjeft-cd choitTwfcofeemcto havf the worft. G«d forac-tHncs for chaftifcmcnt, bring* the worft of men up-onthem-. Eztk.y.ti^.Imffbtni^t^ mrfiif theAea-then:, andthij JhaUfojft^e their h'ouj'es. The Lord hath yaired up againft usmany that arc the worft, the vi-jfrft upon the faeeor,thc eattfr, artd they have pof-' ieflcd the houfcs of man^ of h^ Samts, the dear^ ' beloved

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Iwlovttlaf Gods foule*^ Wc ufe to take I'be vileff^ •d:^ worft of men to be Hangmen 3 the ivorft rags and cloists to fcoure withalh It isan argument chat wc are very foulej that Godhachchofenfuchwifps ami clotsto fcoure us witb» / ' Secondly^ God fufifers this^ becaufe his people ^^ «pe HOC humbled throughly. The want of through bumiliation before God^coft the lives of forty thoa-iind men, Judges 10. although in that battel they Itasdagood caufe. A good caufe is not enough for fafety in lime of battel 5 there muft be humiliation . b^re this great God.

Thirdly, the adverfary may prevailej. becaufe ^l iSte Saints doe not awakes the Lord of Hofts by Prayer, ffd. ^9.9. rbmihereforto L^dCodef H0fii *fe God, ff Ifrael^ dwake u vifit aU ^e hesthen^be not mrrcffiUfo tofckedtranfgrefm. Bfitj^^i.g. Amkc^^ jtwahjfut onfirehgth^ a arme of the Lord^ake as in the Mcient dajes^ as inthegenerations of old. Art not thou he thM hi^ cut kahab^ and rootmdedthe dragon ? We have here in one verfe three times crying to God to atpake. God hath ikengih enough to help his people. There is an ArmeofrhtLord^bM yet this Arratc otche lord may be for a time as it were afleep, therefore the churchctytSyArvake aArmeofthe Lord: And that ftetrmay be lure the Lord fhould heare, (Ift cries a-gaiti and again^ AwakeyOt^^eyO arme of the tordypt on Jhrtngth. We are now to look back 10 former times^, to ftehow God hath manifefted him fell The Lord&f ffojis^ and to cry to- him, that now m our dayes hcc would ffiew forth the glory of this glorious title of !^^s hehath done in the generations of old. , iafHr^God hath many fecret paffages of his pro-

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vidcnce to be brought about, which in after times we come to fee clearely^ but for a time asc hidden^ and therefore the advcrfaryis fuffcredio |M:evaiie^ The 45. Pfdmei^tzkts much about the fury ^f the advcrfary^and ot this Title of the Lord •, and the Ti-C^V tie of that Pfalme is ^ A fot^g ufonAlanmh^yihich word AbfcomUt {tgnidcsfecrets^^ becaufe of the hidden couofailes of Godinwars«

Thuf you have had the do£frindl fart ^f one branck efthis gloriom title of the Lord prefemedto^you : The apflicationneerelycor^cjernes us in theft times.

Firft^it bcfeemcs then thofe who are in Armies, to be godly, becaufc their great Gcnerallis Tbc^ LordofHofisi, and this Lord of Hofts is likewife Thc^ holy one of ifrael. Even in this verfe^^^^MjI/^isjoyned to his warlike^r^4/jf ^. And Bxod^ 15 • he is magnifi*. cd as 4 man of war overthrowing the enemy: and ver. 11. heeis faid to bee glorious inholimffe : and Efay 6.5^ where the Cherubims and Seraphims are magnifying his glory, they cry out^ Hdy^ holy, holy^ Lord of Hop. It is very obftrvable, that Gods holinejfc^ is joyncd with this title of his The Lordofffofs-^ furcly then hoIineiTe and valour in us are not onely confident one with another, but fubfcrvient one to ano* ther Jt it is an abominable maxime of Machiavil, that Meligion makes men cowards ^ the moft valorous fouldi-eis iftpc world have beene the moft eminent in Re-IJSl^' , Souldiers ufe to endeavour to be like [tGcnerall in any thing, yea, in theirif^a/Ar .• Jlex-^/Souldiers accounted it a gracefuU p^fture to ^ibald their H^ads afide, becaufe Alexander their

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City by chicfe men in tbe Army, thu the greie things in the Army were ione by thafe that are ctl^^ led Round'heads f Wc hope our Governours will c*"" very day be more and more convinced that their ftrength is in thcfe. Ktvd. 17-14. Hte is the L9r£ pfHcfiSyihe Kingcfjiings^ and they thdt tare mth him 4rr called, if/^^/chofen, And faithfulU^;^ there&te ic is hid she Ldmbjhallpvercomc^: They arc not ftich as are called faithFuil, but fuch as are called and faithfuU: There was one in our Army whole name was J^4/V^^iBf that turned head againftus, buttheie that are with the Lamb are called and faithfujU. It \% a blefled thing for a Kingdome when their Army may be faid to be as it was fatd of that Army, Lukc^ 3.13.4 heavmlj Hefi.This great Lord of Hofts, whQ is the God of Heaven will certainly doe great things byfuchanHoft. 2, Secondly, Jf God be the Lord of Hofts, if this be An honou- One of Gods glorious titles, then the worke of « p*o^*^"^7 fouldicr is an honourable imployment* As the CO b^''^ edate 0F marriage is much honoured in thatChrift is «ouJdicr. plcafed to expre(re('the greatmyftery ofthc Gofpcl) the bleifed union betweene him and his Church by it, which is a great engagement to thofe in fuch a con<-dition, that they walke fo as their lives may puc in minde of the cxcellencie of Chrifts Communion with his Church: So the calling of a Souldier i$ ' much honoured in this, that God himfelfe will fet forth his glory by this t itle. The Lerd pfHefis^^or^ Tht Z$rd$f Armies. Pfaim 24.10. The Lord of Hofts u the King ^gl0rj:,futc\y fomc beame of this glory muft needes mine upon fouldiersthat ferve under him. The Remans honoured a Souldiet muck; Th^latint^ I

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- cxpiciTcs afouldier and a Knight by the fame worJ^ Miles. The ferving untler this or that Ca^caine, they exprelTcd by this phrafe, Uereri fuh hoc vel ilhduc^^. H^ncc^milesemerituf^foT an old fouldiicr that was to take ^jis cafe. In any ](awfu)l fcrvice,yoij fervc under, The L$rdofH4ifiS'^ but the njorctthe £ervice cdaccifts his glor/ and the good of his Saints, the more will God own it* The very Chronicles or Records of the wars of the Church, the Ziord is pleafcd to have ftyled, TheBoBkeoftht mrs pfpk^L^dy Numbers zi. i4«Tl;ie Name of the Lord i^e^cceedingly much in-terefTed in thefe wars. You young ones, who are willing to offer and venture yourfclvesin this fer-vice, you honour your felves betimes^ yea, God and his people doe and will honour you*, God will remember the kindncfle of your youth. You tenderhearted mothers, bee not unwilling to give up your children, the fruit of your wombes to this fervice, but blefie G^od that ever ve bare any in your wombes |obeofthatuiie,toftandupfor God andhis people, as your children have an (^portuiiity now to doe: If (as you heard) when God hifled for the fly and £br thebee they came, much.mocc doe you come when <;od calis,4nd chat aloud^to ceme and he^ him sgMfifi tbcfmghj.

And when you are in the fervice, feeing it is fo Cowardifc iionourable,take heed you ftain it not as others have ^^^^^ dpjf^e^f whom it may be (aid as it was of the chil* ^Ic. " * dfen qf Bfbmmj fid. 78.9* T:ht childn»$f Efhnum bcingarmcdtwrn^bdckinthedayefhattd^ Thtj kept not the cevendnt of Cod. The covenant of a fouldier is the Covenant of God. Henccthe oath that a foul-dtti: took when he^ame to his Captain,the Ron^ns

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cftUcd S*cr4memim. A brand of cKflKmotur was upon Efbi^aifih ftuigff 12 «4« Tee fit^^hivts tf Efh*m. Let noc fucha Btiftd be upon *ay o£ytM,ye Fagkives of fuch a coittity,<^ fuch acown^your G^crsd the Lord of Hofts is wofthyof all you can poffibly do £» him. tiHt4ftshtie]h<ii Scim Afncmut, (hewing a friend of his thr^e hnadred of his fouldiecs exerctfing their Armes nearc the Sea where there was a hightower, Tktii^is nevtrs 9fte»f Mtkefiy faid he, bnt if I Hd him cUft^f^fhMfiitfeiimtr^MAfrtmfhe t9ftf tteajt Hm-^ fttfiMft imt tktfen^bmiiemtl rtMHij 4» it. What, wiil not you be ready to (hew more relped to vonr Ge-f neral this LtrdvfHP^s^ then any heathen maU do to a ff«4ti€4 General ? be witling to ventore your Ihres fiar hin ^ this is yoar'glory,fbr be accounts it his.

If in this cau&yoa flx>uld turn your backcs upon your cwemies, ^th what face could you ever after ioofc npDft yDtir friends i Tjil^ 69. '6. Letntt^iemt^itt. mUK^iMeOUiirditfmfts^ ki^hmedfp^myftic^i T^kt this TeiEt wvth you into the Army, tmd pray tor Gfsd, o LtNlgimm mt tmn ft hehtevtmy fdjfemthii gratt btfmffellmft mdeftMe»^ ihm nomof th§fefh»t luutewvktimd^ vUt httwffUjtAfvr^ ttnd/tti^ wayttpr

I have read of one Aiag* a Tmarkw, chat liad th%s devkeco note cowtirds v«iiBtR,he caufied them that otn away t&Mi the bsttdt ever afrerto w caie ^ b-mats ctodhes ^ Ldo4Mit fay that thete^cmldlie^'hts bfind^of tiifiKWicyar, l^ut one lM^dorother^ii% ftonid be upon iCuoh 1^ |^My iferBAce 'fodi anhb-ftoardsleworkfe/uchwi honourable caufc asthis i$. jjA 2. Thicily,If God bc*&r Lfrd tfH^, hence thdrc is no WW t)o t« 4M}daiti^«hbcit f or Gtni and acc<^^

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mull bee by conmil&on fioni this Togoe incQthefiddwuhotichiini; to go againft him is ^fpemcf/.jo. %h' lardwiUvefaufmrlHmmi, lU fay. We aw afraid ive goe not by oh. ioCThe LtrdtfBtfs, bccaiife we-goo j; Doth Gcxi jjive Commiffioo fpr cagsikiftthe ji:i/>{?

rbcfatiadoftbeiewnxdsiijichecares ^n/nt. tancfficacie havcibey! But when led and applyed* Ais bufioeile, (he ■< natbing at aUinthemro noy mM snail, s oat againft the Kiogi it is dctenfive

,, »d our lawfijjl liberties, our cftates,

wkichwc iaherit as truly as tbe King inherit; any ihingfaebath. Itisto<icf<S(i<w»Kdigi«]o,wbichi$ our cbicie'iBbeiriiaacc.Tbe law of Nature and Scripture tcaoheth us to defend out £ilve$ frocn violeace andwEon^

GDdtaatbaotpntinan,and whole Kiggdomioto *<WQiiii:£andiciaB then bouecrcsiutcs, and jet they byanisllinft of nature deicnd thcnfclyes agaioft manthat would hurt themaad yet they vwK imde Ibcmn^ but jringdene were «cit luadef ar Kings, . butJCingsc2tfa£rlmr Kangiioflis.

And the SciiptttKnactants this, yen know n<vi^ is>in.>3. gadicrcil tfoo.jouldieistogetherCO defend himfeUe *'' tgainft .any njuty Salt intended «idind<«rau(ed iKanftlnin. .^d wfaen^tbechiUvenofSii>f4n>iiaDd yiiiifay>fuiiicJpiaimito:tfae.hQJld,iC^WB.jaag,i7,ig. The ipitit came upon Am^M^ and^heiiud, Ptdtuh 19 tiu,midfmikiimt*i] klfm, firtiyetd iilftth Ea tttt.

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thcc. What D4t/ii did in this kind was no other but what God helped him in.

2 • It is not 4gmf^ the King^but/irr the King; it is for the prefervation of true Regall power in the iTiog and his poftoritie ^ it is torefcue him out of the hands of evil men^who are his greateft cnemits.The Scripture bids^ that the mckidJhwUbc tdkenfrom thethrone $fthe iT/ngr. Who fliould take them away ^ if he had a mind to doe it himfdfe^ he need not fufFcr theai to come to his throne^ but when he does fuffer them to come there and abkk there, yet they m$fi be taken a^ ir^y 5 if a Reprefentative kingdome teith not power to take them away^who hath i

3. That which is done is not done againft the power of the King-,His power is that which the Uwes of the landinvefts him withall. The Scripture bids us bejutjeif to the higher fowers^ Rom. 13. i. It doth not bid us to be fub|c& to the mils of thofe who are in higheft place. If we be either a^ively or paffively fmieSi to the Lawes of that country wherein we live, we fulfill the very letter of that iSrrip^^r^ that commands us to he frnjeSf to the highefi fov^ers. Wherefore that w^hich is now done, is not againft the iTing 3 though it be againft the ferfonal command ohhcKing^ yet it is not ajgainft the LegaUfower of the King^when we fpeak of^ King^ we mean fuch a man invefted ' i with a Regal power by the lawes & conftitutioas of ^ that country he is the King of. Now if nothing be done againft this power that the laws and conftitutioas of our country iavefh him with,thcn nothing can be faid to be done againft the King. People are much miftaken who do not diftinguiUi between a man in authority and the authority of that man^ A

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But may wc go agaiflft the command of the King? ob.

Irisnot [againft his aiithorative command. Many, 4nf^ -. if not moft men miftake in this, they think the autho-rative commands of the King chiefly confift in his perfonall verbal commands^but the truth is y his au- ^ thority is in his commands by his officers Seals, and Courts of Juftice^we may appeale from his perfonal verball command, to his command in his Courts of JufticeJ & whatfoever is his command in one Court of Jufticc^maybe appealed from to a fuperior Court, and To to the higheft^and there we muft reft.

But the King fayes. That this which is done , is oh. done againft Xaw.

Ifwhcnthemoft inferior Court of Juftice deter--^>?/* mines anything to be Xaw, it is not the /Tings perfonall diffent ^ and faying it is not Law that difanuls it, but the judgement ot fome fuperlorCourt-,theaif the higbeft Court in the Land, which is the Parliament, fhall judge a thing to be Law, furely the perfonall diffent ofthe iring,and faying it is not Law, cannot difanulit.

But although the Parliament tels us that what oh. they doe is Law,yet they <tee not (hew where that Lawis-,where (hall we finde it extant.?^

We.are to know that our Common* wealth is go- Anfw . ^ vemed not oriely b^y Statute -taw, but by the Common Law 5 now this Common Law is nothing clfc but re&dratio^ right rea^n, fe'adjudged by Jddges appointed thereunto by £aw, >nd this is various according as cafes doe occiir^ fb that although fbnk p^fidents^ fome^'geherali maximes of this

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Law be cxtmt, ^ctif acw caies ariCe, cl lauin: bee dcccrmmation accordmg tothe fuch a new cafe, which dctenniiucioo bj atre appointedJudgesisnow Law, altboui ho wnerc wrUteo before. And ccttainlj now tuch things fain out^u no former time prcfidcncsof: As, ThacaJTingftiouldgQe Farliaincnt,ro.asoursdoih:ThacaKii^ih . __ up Atms,as now he doth ^ with many other things of confeauencc, of a high nature, which our'Hou^ of I^arl. in their 0cclaracionspubliIh, which our cares tingle to hear of^ and our hearts tremble at the mca-tion of. Thcfe things were never heard of fincc Mttg' imd was a Kiagdom,therefore wc can expe^ no prc-^dentsofwhat determinations there cui be in tb^fe cafes ^ and fome detcrmioacions of acccfltty we muft have,or clfe Wee ihall run to confiiiion.

The determination thcnofthehighcft Court of Jufiiceiatlie Kingdome, wee muft -account Lawia. this cafe. ThisisUiewayofdetecnuning Cafes that ^11 out in the Common law.

f iri>, the determinatioa muft nor b^ againft any Statute Law, and fo is the determination of Pju;lia,-, mcntnow,there is no Statute Law againft it.

Secondly, itjpuft be according to fome gencrall

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pecfple is the fuprcame Law: and according to this

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nuA) which he thinks is not right, then he hath a Writ of Appealc nd fnx$?mm Fdrlsammttm^ to the next Parliament t, fo that it is apparent by the frame of Government in our Kingdom^that the Parliament is iupreame Judge of what is jRf ^4r4/i^,Kight rcafon in cafes of diificuky and concrovcrfie ^and thi$not being againft any former Statute Law, & agreeable to the received Maximes ofCommonLaw^it is to be accounted Law,although we finde not that C^e, ot that Determination written in any Book before.

This is needefvil for the facisfying mens confcien-ces,thiit things are carried according to the conftitu-tion of the Government of our Kingdom, Scthcre-ibre in this we do not (in againft Authotity. If mens cofifcienccs be not fatisfied in thefe things^what ftal they do^Now therefore becaufe that which is urged upon m<^n$ cpnfciences is theauthorky of tfian^tnat we muft obey,we<an never fatisfie our confciences untill we know what this autboricy of man is^ «c that mfc cannot know but by the Law of the kingdom • Ic is heceflfary therefore thatmen imderftand what kind of fovcmment they live under, that they may know wrcn they offend agattrfl Authority^and when not ^ that they mtynot be deluded, and brought into fiiajresiatid things of dangerous confequence, mecrly by the name of Authority,

But yet it may further be (ajd, Orunt the P^dia- oi. meht to be the Judge, how can k judge without thie Kiiig f^ Pdrtfee Parliament confifts of diree Elbat€6, thfc Hotifcof Commons^the Houfcof Lords^iwad^h^ ISng :«ow^n tfeatthen befatdtobe the detcwni-natSbiirf tbe Parfiament; Which istiot At determi-tiatitinof the jriiig 1*

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ught to be fhs wed to their anions, in regard of thcit-

Cings of J-udah ? Many of oh, ley ought, and yet we doc d,but obeyed.

y were rcfiftcd,as appears An{. tlic cafe of Z)iW(^,gather-himfelfe againft Sad. \ have killed ^omthm^t )uldnotfuffer him. 2 .when the King of Ifrael Prophct,thc Prophet be-the people, calls the King bade that they ftiould fhuc the door againft the meflcnger, and hold him faft at the door .The former Tranflation hath it,HatjMe him ««^6/jf,though fent by the King: Yea the King him-fclf was foUowing.yet his meflcngcr comming with his command muft he handled roughly. The Hebrew word is c:Dnfn'7r(i« /haHtpfrcfehim, fo Jrias Mentaiittttrinfl3.iesit,epf>rimetu,y0»fhallufe great rigimr tohim. It is a vaine conceit inpeople to think that the command of the j^fing is enough to bear out an 0{&-ccrin illegall and unjuft ads, as if every one were bound to obey, if he comes by the command of the King: thtrre is no fuch thing: if any man doth any thing illegal,although the iiling bids him,he muft an-fwcrforitisifitwerehisown ad: therfore it is that ■ the Ads of Authority that come from the Kiiig,they fomc by Officers, bccaufe the Subjed may have fomc to call to account in cafe of injury ,not being fie : to moleft the Kings own Pcrfon for every dammage .ihcSubjcdfuffcrs. F ' Theft

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bk: And if4¥e would^oc4tfbascicMn¥{^te^fr«^i^ finde that tenThbcs brake off from iCri&^^Mw^becaiife tiC'WOUldtfolUMr che^ounfel of<lHS'5^ui% Cavaliers^ '40 mate tbsir yooks ^beavie ^ «o mife i^Ar UftUrfinget heavier tken Jw,fmkirrl^fi$is: yea AHd iSo^^fsiyoSiit "V^s of himyvmt^v/tsdone.

But fbrther;cbts is tio certain rule > that |u(twfatft pow'er the Kii^sof ^^M^ii&liad^ xhat and nu inoo& ^loukl.all-^Ckigshave-. If: inibtisethin^ttbey may have a(K>re>then!iC cannot fi^ow>be&aufetfa2^ (hui itbfeor tbat iKmer^herdForc^Ujrings muft bave the -&(ifc» If chek examples be the :rule f or ^dlocoigs IpOwer^ then their eKamples muftais.iweU :be4»> Ihnit «He power of firings, a^ enlarge it: >btit*iirings\woiiiid ;xhilik it mucbiabe iimited^y their power^thecei&ffit 't^Ky^Muftnotwge^be^odai^cinent fcotntfaeir:^^ -wei! too hard>

I will inftance in one thinig , wherein the idngs -^f£)^^ii^^vvould«o(^villinglybe hy'thek

teiBimplcjntfraiely^Tli&con^ning'of thcf^ fiiccefiSda totits heire^Riitk^ iThe4daaghce%s»£tin:^2riiigsof §Av^^ '^dikd^ ttooinhetit^^iHefy theimles;^-bflc^the daii^-* teifs ot our >iirings<to»I£ this <!^^^^ /in (bme coumnayes oicely tht Mate i^^hcrits, asiti jyFJ^^^e^inMDtbePs^ the fcinaky tilMiwife^sin Bi^ii^ vwhyiin^^foore Ommonsitbe'Kfiig is^k^iN^^^^^^^ aM>MMrj[r and < others V'^ och^rsit is^hereditai^y, ^as •t^biasr ♦^hc'Anfwerwilll*e gnr«i. This is ffiwa ^the divcrfity of the Z^ws^of ifingdotns. So tbcmt ioMowsnot^ becjurfcfome ieTingsiia^ripturewefe Hhustanid titai$^thereiore ail ictegswofl iieedfl be fo; 4Mtacc^^ni^ lothe disfvrfiiy^^ thcXaws^FflTifig- j

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«hBC«a!nti»ywSer»,tle;*s.iEiag. OvU Govcinonent ■'» «left6Qtti«wif(i9^aeaniJju(|iiii;e<«£wery Copiary, e„J ittthe coaftUiition of ics Tl»cy nwy ctirfer pc^wcr ">«, t^(»i«w«llM3giftrat£sby,ftvf_r»l|lp9rti9iK,^sfl)4 '^, tteme8i{att)ic£oodofth|c Cowtrcy. Thai i;hste "Sa SmMhad/'iGQvctimmi^ G<9dlj«b,apfP)ait<}i 'J^' BiiIth»t.it_fliq«Ul>c:,thasorthi|S, jlUnpM, or<)ivi. /i/i 4cdiMQnai)yitbiicisl<ftti9khiiiii3n<)pni<^iiic«,goiDg ?"^^' accordingtftialesof Jhlfliw, fwt^cpuWiqM'good. J,J I£th«liiM$<l£Civile(0l«i«Qcnt«er°of pivioc is- usr* IHtutioo, it»nftl»«alitbe femeinovetyconiplaijt "'"'• Comi«M)ii-we»Uiiw))ich,now»»tlutlknowwiUf-Btm-Bcclfifittftiail Governnientjbctca^ ill is fpiriti^ «U,aa<ih»b a. fpiritinlUfiicacie in it,muA therefore oniecejSiiy be oM>iviDe m&iwuon^S^ fo the fanae in aUplac»in the world wWe Chnrchn are coplcn.

Biitwtaatfli^weefaytothecxaiBpleofcheChri- ^^ fliaiisinthePrimi(ivctim.c9, whp{t]0ered.ro ntuch mosg umfcr Ty»ms,iwl wouWncvM refift i

The Civil Govemiaaeni wider which they lived j^fff^ wis&<:h,asit gave power to tiKtie Emptiors to doe iiich tfaiogsas they did; the laws of thofc Cowries being agaiaft them,theye9a)d not help thenvfelves, kiticisiiatf«wichiisc fbe LawsefwrCoKatr^ «e br u%>a4 wttoknptluaglMitte luiittiaip th)^ F » libtt-

liberties we have by Law 5 Wc have iegall waycs ti help our fcIvcSjWhich they had not.

oh. But above all Objedioos this (licks moft with us^

Djth not the Scripture ftraitly charge us not to touch Gods Anointed^

'j^fif^ Firft, This doth nothing coiicerne this raifing of Armcs^for it is for defence of our felves, not offence againft Gods Anointed.

But further,that I may fatisfie fully J wil fay three things to this Objedion: Firft, we will examine the Scripture out ofwhi^h this Objefiion is raifed, and fee whether there be any fuch fenfe in it as is ordina* rily taken for granted: Secondly^ I (hallifbew that . Anointing is not proper to Kings^ but belongs to p* thcrs as well as Kings : Thirdly, I will ftie w the difference bctweene that anointing that Kings had in time of the LAvo^tova that they have nm.

For the fitft,This Scripture is i Chron. 26.2 2 . and Pjal. 105.15. it is the fame in both places, i. They both fpeak of times before ever there had been any Kings of IfracL 2 • The Anointing here is apparently meant of the people of God, of the Church, of the Saints-, God gives here a charge, that none, no Hot wrings (hould touch them to doc them any hurt. It is . not here meant that people (hould nOt touch JSTings that are anointed, but that jRTings (hould not touch people that are GodsAnointed.The Church of God being ftfparated from the world to God, bemg con-fecrated toGod,Gods fan€kified ones are here called Gods anointed: and that it is meant of people,it is plain it you confider this Scripture/rom the 12. wrXo this 15.Iffr. ivhtn they mrebMfcvo in nunnery andftrangtrs in thi Land, rohen^they mnt from one NMion to another.

UrdefHofis,

therftfple, hefuffered at t$ant0 •f roved Kings ftr their jtkts, Jay. ipted: To whom did he fay it i igs : Whom Ihould they not iftt were few in number, that. ey to anothcrj them for whofc >vcd,hc faid thuttheje anointed ichcd .-though the Kings.and uught them to be but ordinary-mti them his anotnted ants, and ched-, butif JiTings (hall meddle n any huit,hc will reprove the ly {ec how God reproved tbac or their fakes, ^er. 50.17. Thtt. jxevHcaaane^r Kotn oroken tbetr bones j obiervc the cx-preflton, Jois Nebuchadite^: he makes but a [thisJi miNehnchadne'^r a great Jfing, when he comes to re-. |)rove him for the fake of his anointed ones:and mark further how the reproofs is, when their inheritance isbuttouched, ^w.12.17. Thm faith the Lord dgAinji oH the eviU ntighbtitrs that touch the inheritance^^c. pe-beldlmll fUek them out ef the Laad-jK they do bat touch my peoples inheritance, I will pluck them oiil of the Land.Aad JJfi.10.j7.all this care of God over his people is laid upon their anointment, 7hebitrden P}ai be taken ejf their fhoulder, and the joake front thiir ntch , dad the yoake jhall be defiroyed becaafe of the ji-vointing. I foppofc now every one that lookcs into this Scripture, Touch not mine anointed, will fee that it hath been grofly abufed, and made to Fpeak rather the conceits of men then the meaningof the HolyGhofl. But for fiithcr rittis&Aion,confider, it is not pccu-F 3 lia

wuLwuiiubu waayiiiuiui> *vuuuliici>. .

Ci. BnwhaejftlicjciiigitonilKgotfajiCaBtiicS^the right come in that wa]i^ Thofe

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rpbisnnybc .wken/£:ings aicxle&ive> but -whflC O^. <vrill'yDuiayi£Dncerning sii£ings:tbat arc heredica^y .t

iKir^tlminhent,inhcritno'niQrc thenthctf fa- Jiif, Miietsmd, anditbeir Writers na more then chofcbe-^rethcm^ tii itliat yaa muft; c£unc;at .length j:o the 4oetyK]ctlte:firftwho-hod this j?ii]^ly.f>ower;inveflett -iq»]n:hini.;:atKi:by whom was he inv^ftcd with tbi^ :4Hnby%hr.peo[^r xndwhat fubje6tedthc£onfc** 3ences33ifpeflnph:Ltoacktu>wlcdgcth4Hiafi. or this &• ani^jmoreiTTcmuiDther raan,or.^aotber! family,hue -only tbeJ^;ixcmcnt.thatrpaf&db«£VKenthts .peapicy - and fucha^mait or femily' f

Bairtheecisycc one Ob jeftion more oat of Scrip- cK '■^UK ', Wcreade that Vavhis heart rmotc hiip, but for Mcnttin^ oftthe tap of &tu/j^anitent^becau(e SmI-vus •Gods Anointed.

Thcxonfequencethac follows fromh«t)ce is cIccf-"^ly thisyThac na priratc mtn in his ow» oau(e> (for to-«fras 'D4vidtheu) by his ownpower may icizc upoa 'this-perr0nota>s:»g inianoffenfivc way^ cfpcfiiaHy 'ikch'^jriing which hidhis-caUiffiniedtacly.from' hea-!vm:^hat fiitthcrconfequcocc thatcoflCcrDsour.bu<-%ios id Inpd^ecany; flaowi£ra«i.du&^cth2tcair.

But

cb, But is not this a Popifli tenet, that in cafe of R<

gion Subjedts may rife up againft their Xing ? Anf. Papifts hold and pra^ice againft this,and for tt andbcycmd thisj as they fee they may fcrve it own turns:in their pra^ifcscfpecially of late tl have laboured to infufe into people, yea, andii Princes an opinion of their abfoluce power, as conceiving it for the prefcnt moft conducing to their eiids,who have preached up that all is theJifings,that his wil is ourLaWjthat whatfocver he comands rauft be obeyed, either by doing or fuffering.Prelatesand prelatical men have infuf^ this do&rine,fo that to queftion this was dangerous enough, yea not to bee zealous in it was enough to have the brand of aa 1^ 'Antimonarchical Puritan. Andthereafonwhy the Popifh party labours fo much to cry up abfolute and arbitrary Government in JCings,is,bccaufc their being but few, they hope to gain fome of them at Icaft to them,and thcnthis abfolutc power ihall be made ufc offer the extirpation of the truth, and upholdine Popery: In gaining one A'ing they gamcalmoft whole Jfingdome, if this JiTing may rule by his al lute power J ifontehebca Papift, then this at lute power is chc Popes abfolute power, it is Prelates abfolute power,for if he ufcth it not as i pleafe, they can excommunicate him, they can theirSubjcfts from theii;allegiance: yea, being themexcommuaicatcd. Markc what follows, can.nx- ' oneof the Canons of Pope Wr^-*»j, We take them """'l""'' in ofiyveifeto hem.m jltfers, who in a certainehm cxzAbyY.'^dt towards the Catbolique Church their mother^ y*w« in fj^^pea to kill an excemmunicased perfea. This t to'Pftw'.teach andprafticc, if they doc not gaine then

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full Papifts, yet if they can by popifb matches, OX by any popilh party. in the jKTingdoaigaia thera to be inclinable any way to themyor Kxnmt in the profielfi-On of thcrruth^they getigreat advantage bychis ab«-£oliit( power of die i^'ing ^ the Prclats have upheld cheictyrannicall power by infufiag this principle of the abfoiutc power of jTings into their cares aad the catesofthcLpeopkjbutif thePapiftfees he faathiM bepe CQ gaioe the/ring, or ad vatitage by him^then ht^ turnes his tenets another way^n'd laycs that for the promoting of the Catholiquc cauTe, yea ^ although Xing& do governe by thejLaws oi their iiriAgdom,yet bfc^tifetocy ate agiiuft the Gacbolique Rttigiot<> Sabje^iimay rife up againft their Kingand kill him; This dodrine of theirs we abhor, wee fay, that if power be given CO JTings byXaw^yca, or to other ft^ifirites, though it be againft Religion, we have DO faelpt but fuflcrii^ or ilying until we ^aii be helped by a legall Way) but if wnen wehaveXaws for our Religion and liberty,the^ King out of his own will,or icduced bv ochers,ilmll in an illegal way (eeke to dc* ipcive us ofchem,now we may defend our felves^ttdl intfais we refift not the Kii^y authority, but the Wil offuchaman,

Afidyetfurther^itbepoffibleihatwe maygive fatisfaAiOftiathisthii^,ithemiftake wbereot is (o^ exceeding daneerous> confider , if the taking up^ Aims to defend ReHgioii and Ubenies that wt nave byXawbetreafoBor rebellion, then all the refar-medChurches mre ttaytors and RebielssHave^tioe the^ idBcirmed Churches in nMmd^ frmU \ in G^mMf 4€Ae this ^ Did hot QuecAci/ir:^ -kndfiis taking cq^ Acmes to defend thek Religira \ I G and

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uf Armes.His words in anfwcr to Perron arc ihcfc ? / Jartfrjomifeio mjfdfeihat mj mgfi homureJi br^thtr the King of France wiH oeare in mind the great andfaithfull fp[Pk^€ rfihpfe who in matter of Rtligion dijfent from Hit ^4^f^f^ojtheoneljmentha havefreferred ardfaved th€<:nwnfor theKing hkFather^ofnooPgUriom memorp Jamferf^adedmj brother of France mSbeleevey that hit tiegefeopU Pretended hy the Lord Cardinal! to he bereticks^ are m^alffo bad as my ^oman CatholikjtfttbjeSfSy who by feoratffaSficts undermine my life^ ferve aforraigm Spve* raigne^4^boundibytheMaximos4nd rules ptmfbed and maintdmdin^favour of the Fofe^ before this fuBand fa-^ mo/ssaffemblyoftheBfiates of Paris) to hold me for no lawful Kingiare by his Lordfhip thert taught MdinfiruH* . td^thai Pzuls commandment concerningjubj(0ion to the higher fowerSfddverfe to their profejjed Jteligi^n, isonely A froviponaUfrtceft^ framed to the times, and watching foropforiumtytojhakeoffthepke. Surely then it isim-foflible but that His Majcfties heart muft needs confide in us, (although feeking to maintain oar lawful! liberties) rather then in any Papifts whatfoever. Yea yet further, hcarc what if. ^l^^wfr/his thoughts were of the Protcftants in France^ towards the latter end of his former Anfwer to Cardinall P^rr^;^ he hath thefe words, Duringtheminoritjof K. Francis f^^/e-condythe Prsiteftants oTFrance were only a refuge ^fuccour to the Princes ofbhttd, when they were i eft from the. Kings frefence •, and by the over-fowring power of their enemies, were no betfer then plain driven and chafed from the Court. Jmeanethe Grandfather of the Kingmwraigmng^andthe Grandfather ofthe Prince ofCondcywhen they had noplace of fife retreat befides in the whole Kingdomt^. In regard of which worthy^ and honourable fervice , it may feeme

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tke Frtncb King h frirKcij Ark •fhu^ rftaQCsbckeptiBi membranccofa becaftoutofthc oncly for defend wayf Cod forbid Proceftantstoch rthelUemrmfid in tht P0f€./mdthejn Kingt$yem'e^th And ac this d bctwccnc three Souldiersforthe

- nions, he maiata _, ^ ^, ..

mandccs being ProicAants, as contidkig efpecially \r Proteftants for their fidclhyiand certainly fomiy our King doc, he ftiould finde none more faithfull to-him, Mid ready to venture their cftatcs and lives in defence of him and h^LcgaU power,ehcnthe Parli-amcnt^and thofe who adhere to them , and this no queftion even thofe about His Majcfty doe* belecve inthcirbcarts,whatfoeverthcy fay',they ocherwifii would never venture to put His Majefty upon fuch ' wayes as mightexafperatcthem (o as they doe. Was it ever knowne whenParltantents have been Papifts^ and the Kingdonic Papifts, that <tver any dared venture to put Kings upon fuch things as might provolcc fijch a Parliament, and the pcoplethat then would adhere to them ^ Certainly other manner of effc^ yrould have followed the provocation of thcnj at feeh times. Why was it that the Laws againf! ?*fiPs have been fo remiffely followed^nd not onely Law,

but

iivc becnc To hotly puN aidof pdpiAsthac they but for FurttMs, they lot Air, they wot^d doc before they ntight doc icy hcedcdnot ftart exasperating them, they were taught obedience to Governors out of conference, and lb they had them fiirecnoughjbutthe princqirles ofthe ocbers would not bear coo hard uragr,thercforechey mu(l be ntore fairely dealt withall. lam confident, if wee could' have fccne into many of their bofomes, wcftiOUld have found thcTe reafbrungs in them > It i& tfub,' puritans have bcenetaoght obedience to Authority' outofconfcieacCjandhowfocver Princes m^aybee ciafpcratcd againft FmranicaE Frtdchtrs , as they . / ^Uhem,yeciheyarcas much Beholding to tbem »t03ny;pcoplc in their Kiogdomes for bringing people out of confcience to obqy Authority ^whereas others obey only upon ne(;cffitjes,& fo fcrve Princes , asthcymayfcrve thcmfclvesby EheBT,buein theti' tcachingobedience to Authority they never tagghc .(^edicnccoutof confcience to any mens bare wils. How far obedience is due I have fhewnc before.'

Whefcforc although honeft men are ftill bitterly inveighed againft byihciani*eofBf»»»?/?j iaiid 5r* fitirfw, and tmjts feldome or never mentioned,yet' wc cannot thinkc but chey in their coftfciences ar< pcrfwadcdthattheyare fiocthc dangerous men for refiflir^ authority. How is it poffiblc for any mart. -to ttuake th%a JrAvm/^ whoonely differs from ui in maftner ofChijrch aifcipline,buf agrees with trs in I>o€trJneani±CrviIGovernnwnt,yctthathcm:tyftOt .

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The glorious NamtofC^d^

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be fufFcred to live in a Kingdom, when a Psfifi may be embraced in a Bofome ^ Surely the confciences of the mcaneft are as dear to tbcm as the confciences of the greatcft* . ;. j

ol. Bu| it is laid that a great part of che Areyx^f the Parliaments are AmdfAftiJts.

jMf. There is no great fcare they can do much hurt, if there be /p.Pufifis to oppofe one Anddptifi-^^vx fare-' ly it is an unhappymiftake to fay that there is any QHt Anatoftijl in the Army, but a mi(lake> like many o-thers. For it is one of the tenets that wif;ir4^4pf//?j ftif-ly maintain^that it is unlawfuU to take up Armes upon any occaiion: and therefore they are never found to ^eare fword, nor in their Ships to carry CaHons for their own defence*

^L But doth not the King profeffe that he will main-

tain the Proceftant Religion, and governe onely by the Laws? What need we trouble our felves then any farther i

A»f. The Anfwerto thp Kings ProfeifionsandProte-fta^ions the Parliament hath already given ^ it is far more (it for them to anfwer, then that any particular fliould: Onely this thing let me fay, I put it to every mans confcience to judge, whether he can think that it is more likely for the ^ing with thofe Cayaliers that are now about hioi, and the aid of Papiftsxom* ming in» and called in unto him, to maintainthe Pro^ teftant Religion,and Government by the Laws, then the iPingjtogethcr with his Pari. to maintaine the Pro-tcftant Rcli|ion,and governe by the iaws.Sujdy- wc muft unrcafon our felves before we can think fov ^ Q^^ But yet further, perhaps fome may fay, We doc not take that which is done to be done by both

Houfcs

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the id 11 da ma theuowi»>;

.3^ There arc not fo many, gone as arepretcn({c if chcy were chc greater pait chat dilUked the otht .procordiflgs, chcy might come and out-vote chei and carry what they would agaioft thcm>

^-Whce I heafe p/fuch and i^ch mca goi fi:pm the Parliament,, who o^ghc to flay, it puts i in mind of what 1 have read oiMMds Sylviut^hcfc fae was Pope himielfe^ie was of chat judgement ti agenerallCounfeL ^asabovethc Pope,, and ioi yet wondting why fomany ibrlbokthe Counrel,a .would ^leavc to the Pope, he gave this reafon,. T Pope had Bifliapricl's,andDeanacics,andPrcbcnc iies,& fat Benefices to bcftow, but chtCoijnfdlfe ItOirHcbthings; They ftw whicli way pcefcrme Wcnc,and which way it was like to goe; They ha: fOtteovOffices and great placcs<orpre£ernunc h ftowed by the Parliament , ■■;■

J. 4t, Suppofenwcewcrc gonedicnyetaic» «etil Kingdomchatha Parliament ia being:,, untillbb fidufcs have agreed CO diJTolve it} and.ii fo,..tli ciAcr.thofccbaiarcrgpne, fic.the&jt^tcemain^ riK I>arli»ieiii„^lp6iwhoi|i'ego^" "■'""■"" ^Jb kogeittathcmielv^iuaai'iiwie&l^i vj

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he Members lefubjciaion her Houfcs, Vlembers a-pendince of

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ar members

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ers to joync

nittingunto

ioBSjOrders ,

iTarics coart

who is the

lawi Now

al^ughchere beOrdinaiKCS from the higheftCourt

of Judicature in a Kingdom, thefc men forget what

ar^imcnts they were wont to ufc to poorcCountry

men in their Courts to be obedient toAuthority,ana

and what are you wifer then the Governoars of'che

Church>whoprefumetofticwthemfelve$wifcrthen

their Governour^ now.

If any fliall fay^hp^foevcrthi^c who yccld not to Ofdinanccs (rf Pari.ctnnot be accounted Schtfma-<■ tiqdeSgbecatife thw isa rending from the Ghurch,

TheHoufcci^rl.mayasirulyhaveehcdenomi- Jtif" ■■■^_ natidiojofthc Church as tbcftdats, their Chancel ^-

,. lorSjCommiflaries &Officiats^wn they not acluiow-fjedgetheHoutc<)fPari, tohaveasmuch power to '-govern the Charch as they have? furelythey dart nISt fpeafc out,Yea, thcHoofesbfPjrl. are as tttity GodbClergiCji^though there be never aPrcJatthere, ast;bc]^^psorMinJftersare} itisaprondarroga-L. ":> H tion

uc» I.U fcuvic duuve tiKuipmen mn lu luivc mcu wus

Upon

them J chey would f ainc in/"Wfffejthat theGentry cy and Couniers, and al! iams, bcc under them as ; bondage under theGcn-rc Cavallicrs. the world, where couB-ic yeomandry, yea, and 1 under them, doe live in IS they doe in Ettgland, in vesin comparifon, their icy arc not worth the en-iiencc at all into the go-nothing to doe in the ma-conf^tingtothem, but hers, according to their 'cry Free-holder hath an nd confcnting every Law i ownc with as true a title vhatfoeveris his. This »ud Gentry are vexed at, rife fo againfl thofe that igainft their Ordinances. :o difceme this more then e io wife as co hold their icy have,

any man is of before he uld be no prejudice to his /cftcdwithic. If a Prince Lcane condition, as many . obeyed as a Prince, not-, ^gathcUsj and'others f in high qffcnce,yca Trea-i % fon

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ion for any to refufe ob ground, that when he: perhaps neither he nor 1 ableft that might have I in the choice being mad inthis,aIcboi^h the deg fupremc man in authori the fupremc Court of J authority.

3. Yet furihcr,thc h( Houfe of Commons co perfonally fome of then ty,yet they arcieprefeni tieSjCitiesj whereas the not thus rcprefentative 3

fclf,and for the good of the Kingdom ,becaufc in regard of his eftate and honour th«t he is born co, hec hath a deeper ftiare then other men in tb^cgoodof thekingdomc.

4. Sochis the conftitiwion of the Government of this ii:ingdom,that the Commons of the iand choo-iinglbmany to reprefcnt them, have that power that they may fo moderate theGovernmcat by Nobility & Monarchicjthat neither of them may grow into a Tyratuiie, but govern by Statute Law made by the three Eflates and the Common Law, judged by Courts of ludlcttiffc that Law hath enabled thereunto.Andthispowcr,fceingthcy haveitby the conftitution of the Government of this kingdome,& that futablc to the very law of Nature^bothHis Ma-jcfly and the Nobles do belccvc/o far as the Law of God and Naturewlll give leave, they will maintain with all their might'

. But

s or CoramoBS have ? ok ycolded cothem,almoll ?hy doc they now ftand

:h a^l humble thankful- Anj. ■'* for what he hath donci I iTingdoHi, Aircly is for and if it be fa worthy liB royall affe/it to thoic

_. p - 'orhis Majefty andthe

idngdome^thcnfuroly th^A^of Cotpi»CKis & Lords [ mufthave their due praifis in preparing fuch good

' ^ things firfl-, in voting them and prefcnting them to |)r '*■ his Majefty,for his Royall affcnt to them. I Sut then you fay. What would they have more ? oh» ■

what doe th«y ftand for more i ■ Thcydefirethat,and(landforthatnow, withouE^;*/»'.

which all is done is nothing, all that theyfluU doe

will be nothing,yea,theythemre!v^s wU be nothing:

No marvail therefore, although they and the Ktng-

domewiththem ftand forthat.

But what is that ^ ob,

[ Itisthatthcdcfenceofthe jring, xingdome^and Anf.

Parliainetit^rAtn thcdanger of the plots 6c attempts I of Papifts, and all Malignants, may be put into the

bandsoftbofe that they may confide in. To wh<u L pHFpol^ arc good Lawsmade i To what purpofe \f

• »?arl.fittittg,if Papifts,Prclats,Popiftiand prclaticai

' nacn, Athcifts, Diuinquents fo infinitely difcOTtenr,

I whom we had caufc enough to it^ i\m they woul4

[■ en^e^fMirto^tpowertnatch^y might di^nulall^

andaccording tochofc f«ar« wee fee what is come to [ paflc i \i wee jnay not have x\imMilki4 of the King-

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fjirchlng^bucwhenltcllhimofgrcat danger bythc way,many lye in wait to furprifc me and my money, and I require of him to joyne with me to aiford me fuch aid as Imay goe fafcly,tor go I muft, if he rcfii-feth,and will onely confent to fuch aid as I not wtth-outgoodgroundshavccaufetofufpcd tobeas'dan* gerous even as thofc that lie in wait for me, yea, it may be I can prove that even fome principal ones of thofc he would have for my aid & Ufcty, are confc-deratcandofthefamecompany withthofe that lye in wait for me. Now I demand what advantage is it to me that the debt is paid rae,fuppoiing I muft go & have no other way to help my fclf but that which he denies to me^is it not all one to me as if he had refii-; . fed to pay the debt? Doe you think that good words would be enough to you in fuch a cafe, if hcc fliould fay,Ile warrant you,you may be iafe, when I know certainly thcfc men are of the company with thofc who lie in wait for me,& I have other men by, whom I know will befaithfuU, and can be no prejudice to the other party, and I defirc him that hee would fufferthofcto goe along with me for my fafe* ty,and he refufethit 1 ob. Buthowfoevcr wercit not better toharkentojK*:*, if polfibly there may be waycs of Accommodation j* >f »/*. Peace is indeed a voft lovely and dcfirablc thing;

peace, Gpd him-vould be more ac-ictheKinginwaics re Ihould jn all out waies Ihew our Iclves the children ofpeace.Wc could make large orations in commendaticMi of peace, as well as others 5 yea in the raidft of all the clattcrings of our Arms^and founds of war-like inftrumcnts, yet peace is in oureyes and hearts: As faithful! Miniftcrs in all the terrible threats they denounce ia the name of God againft impenitent finncrs, fceke the true peace of their fouls: fo the true fouldicr who is faith-Full to God and his Counircy, although he hath the fword in one hand, and fire in the other, yet it is with t\asMotta,Sic^uarimatfacfm.

For a full Anfwcr to this ObjeaionJ flial firft an-fwcr mcerly as a Divine out of the Scripture, and then wc may confidcr what may be faid in true wif-dome of Politie.

, Forthefirft. The Scripturetcis us, 5p4»;M3.17, The mfd«me that ii from above, ufrjifure, thett ftaceit-' kie-j. Such an expreflGon, did it not come from an Apoftle, would be fcorned by many profane Athei-fiicall fpirits amoogftus^ yea they would accufc ^ames himfelfe,if they darcd,for a Puritan, for fpca-. king thus. The Scripture frequently joynes Peaces iGyjs..^. and truth, feace and minejfe, ftace and rightetitfriffe^, Heb.iz. ^iffandfwe together: We muft be furc fo to fccfc R^.14. peace,as we muft feek the God of pjacc, the Gofpel |7-of peace: That were a fcarfuU peace that fliould T"^-^" miakewarbetweentheGodofpcaceandus, orde-privc usof the Gofpel of peace. Let us not dif-joyn or difordcr the Angels Doxologtej clsrj be teCoden

^Zht*^6 on wtb^fitdffiU citrthjiis glory may be to G will^he *»^^ ofthij out C

\r«],(hat God ^ould have Oh chai (his Angelical dift might plwfe U3 all 1 The tri ihofcwhichare thought enemies to it, priy ahun^ dred (Itnea tnore to the God of peacc,tor peacejitltttt Shoffl who plead To much for it. Peace is to be pur-. f;hftfed at any rate, but with the lolTe of Truth ^ if thi$bechepi'iceofit,wcbuyiitoodcare.Wcufe to (iy»We MAy bwf g»ld tot dcart ; Ic would be a hard bar-gaineif [he glory ot God, if the liberty of his Ordi* nanceSjthat now wc have an Of^tmunicy to enjoy, if the md^l religious party in the i^ingdome (hould be now facriiiced ibr a fuppofed pe3ce,which upon fuch terms certainly will not hold tong:This would make God our enemie^not only bccaufc his gIory,truth, & Saints are dear unto him, bui bccaufc thole who arc 'raoft religious, have Auckmoft cotheParltaneiiC; theyhave ventured their cilaics,thclr lives,their cbiI-< drcn,their fervants for the fafety ot JTlng, JiTingdooK and Pari. Never was Pari, fo engaged to any ^arty in Mi^l4nJ,tfi they are engaged cothSe now:Taerenre j

it were the moft horrible injuftice that ever was ta *|

the worM^if the Parl.lhould leave thcm,yea fachfice them to their adverfaries, only to provide for a 6dfc^ un(;ertain, diflioaourable peace tor themfelvcs and others. It cannot be imagined that fuch a thot^bc could enter iiKo them J God would nevecfu£Ecrmch iojufticc as this to paflethif world,', witfaow the ex* pKffioiuofhishtghrindigttatiofiaipunftit. -

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they fee in all probability may follow upon giving' the avcrfary that advantage hcdcfircs* though the ftandcrs by fee not the cunning of it.

a. Great care muft be had in the propofitions of,& conditions about peace. We rcade i Sdm. 11 .z .when die men of^ai'ejhGiUad would make a covenant v?ich 3tf^i/%jhe told thethat upon this condition hewould make a covenant with them^ thdt he might thrufi o»t aS their right ejes^ndUjitfor a re^roAsh uyondlllfrael,

3. You muft be (ure you make fuch apeaceas you may confide in it,fo as you may not be afterwards at thcmcrcie ofyouradvcrfaries, whether they will Keep the conditions yea or no: you muft take hccdc of difinabling yourfelvcs, to maintain what your conditions of agreement bind to, efpecially if you -have to dealewith PapiftSjwhofe principle is,that no , faith is to be kept with Heretiques, and for the Ca-•tholiquccauTc leagues may be brokci if your peace ■ '' X hinder

hinder your Arcngth to maintain \ fccuriry 'can you have in your peace

4. As things now ftand great ca taken that the hearts of people w themfelvcs forward, venturing t -faaufting their eftates,may not be di; Parliamennts ever nccde the people -g-„.,^..v^ ..v»v. finde them appcare for them, flicktothem-, andca-fcs may fall out that there may be neede of the pccn pics Handing by them hereafter as well as now, or elfc their priviledges may foonc vanifh, and their power be ovec-powred, and fo come to nothing. Wee know bow foon auihorkyis contcmned,wherc power is not joyned with authority, ' oh, But do not our adverfaries grow ftronger then wc?

if fOjit b in vain tor us to oppofc. Anf. It is impoifible to conceive they fliould, except the Kingdomc be fo bcfotted,as never yet any King-donw was uponthefaccofthc earth. For

I, How canmcn of undcrftanding, who have e-ftates in the Kingdome, and have poftcritie to live here, imagine that the Kingdome ftiould be better governed by the King, withthofe Cavalliers about him^then by the King with his Parliament t

3. Ifthe Parliament (bould now be ovcr-powred and (poiled bccaufc they have gone according to their conferences for the good of the Kingdom,muft not all Parliaments hereafter lye at mercic f

3. Ifthcfcmenprcvaile, is there not danger left things ihould be carried as they pleafc ? if thcygct power into their hands,who knows but tliat they wil prcfume to give Laws to us,that things (hal be done according to their minds rather then the Kings? doth

nor

urcngm m (neinnaetatigaDie laoours nigoc ana aay, waftingthcir eftates, and hazarding chcic lives for them J wherefore it cannot be imagined that the ad-vcrfaries fliQuld ever gather more Areogth then we. . 3. Suppofc they could be more in number ;ycc confidcring how vile and wicked, what notorious blafphemers and curfers they are, they are not much to be feared. flutMrth reports of one CjReat, piutwcb difcourfing of the opinions of the Epicuriansj that '^^ ^ ''*= they thought the gods tookc no care of, had no ° ^^""^ regard of mens doings^and that the onely happincffe was to live in pleafure, torfo the gods themfelv?s did; Fahritfut hearing this,cryed aloud, and faid, Tfn

^, ftJll diftupbance itt thcJiringdom,and mens cftates are confumcd in the extreme charge of thefc Wars, and what fiuU wc think will become of things at laft f It is true,whcri^ a bone is otrt of joynt,there is much-jifl/. pain •, biir-if the care bcnot ot fetting it right,ihe very fetting wilt breed much more pain: There is much difturbantc, but it is onely the breaking out of what liach layn in the j^ots and fccret workings of our ad^

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his enemies, in juft caufes 3 and if he himfelfe di J other wife then Juftice, to ufe then his power againft ^ h^malfo.

And as Minifters, fo people that have been moft coafcientious, they have been cry^d out of as diftur-bcrs: Thus it was in the Primitive times, if there were any evils upon cheCountries where the Chrifti-ans dweit^they cryed out of them as the caufe ofall^ the voice prcfcmly was, Chrijiiams ad Laoes , bring forth theChrlftians to the Lyonsifo now^e Roundheads the caufe of alL M^n that will exiii)^ things, and are not mad with malice^ wonder how fuch an apprehenfion can arifc 5 They fufFcr the wrong, and

et they are accufed for the trouble o^ the Kingdom;

y reafon of their fuffcriogs they arc more in the view of people then other men ^ and therefore when men are in a rage, they fall upon them that are.nexC hand. They indeed will not yeeld to fuch iilegall things as others will-, they think tbemfelves bound what lies in them to keep the King<lome and their pofterities from flavery 5 and for this good fervicc^ although it coft them deare, they muft be accounted the,<Jauie of all the evill in the Kingdome. Did they ever plot any Trcafon, as Papifts have done from. j

time to time i Did they even in times of Popery ever feek to blow up Parliament houfes, as Papifts have done ? There is a great deale of ftir about thefc men, ^

but what have they done ? the very foundations of this our Land are out of courfe^ but what have the righteous done ? So far as they can they yeeld a^ive obedience to what Law requires of them, & in what they cannot yeeld afl:ive,they yeeld paflive,and what jcan man require more of them < Oncly they wil not

yeeld

Us and lufts beyond that authority lem, and who wil that hath the fpi-

not friends to the King, vho obey To far, cannot without cx^ e accounted enemies to the King; for the King,then any people doc: c for him and his,tn a right way then Who have ventured fo much of :ducc Inland to the obedience of the ic arc thus called Koand-heads ? Will lac fome few of thefe in the City of turfed more of their eftaccs for the this thing, to kcepcthis his lawful! >po£rcirion^andtorhispolicrity,thca ds that are now with the King in his leretofore, who were the men that with their cftatcs to aflift the Pari, vcred the Palatinatc,but thefe kindc ever now God fees, and the world requited at this day, and we hope in time, Nfanalfowill Jublcrs of the Kingdom rather then judge between us and our advcrfa-

;at coft & charge the Kingdom is at, know thofc who have done Icaft in plainc moft^ thofe upon whom the len ofthe work hath layn, you hcate 1 complaints of the charge, mure halfe then lofe all. In this g is true, Vimidijtm flus mo : If wc >w, it is the obely way to lofe all: it

itnocabfurd for hitn to cry out againft breaking of the tiles,becau{'c ic wil put him to chargcs^There is a (lory of a man who in difcontent hanged himfelf, Sc hisicrvant comming into the room at thatinilanc^ feeing his mafter hanging,he prcfently cuts downxhe rope,& fo favcs his lite .-after ward this man being ex-trcamly covetous, wrafigles with his fcrvant bccwfe he would rather cut the rope then uncye it, & fo put him to more charges: Doth not all lie at the {take f is not the very life of the Kingdom in danger ? is it not time for us now to have our hearts raided above thcfc things ? Let us cake heed our covctoufneflc be not our undoing-,andif our enemies tindcreafure with uSjthen how juftly may they mock and jeerc us r

When ConfiMtim^le was taken,in the yecr 1455.it appears by the Turkifh Sifiorythai it was loft through the Citizens covetourneffe-jThc Citizens were full of gold and filvcr when it was taken,but would not pay the fouldiers that Ihould have defended chem> ana fo their enemies made merry with their riches. The like is reported o^Heydelbargbju^kcxi bytheir enemies not many ycers fincc,upon the like ground. ■ God hath been beforehand with us in many mercies, and he hath yet more rich and glorious mercies for us, that furcly will pay for aU at laft over and o-

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covering your ftlves not to be^Qund-heads. Whatfo-cver you be, yet if they prevailc your goods will be foqnd to be Round-heads. They area little faire mannered now and then as yet, bccaule they have not the day -, but if once the Jay be theirs, and they have power in their hands; then they will call ypur goods by what name they pleafe. Platirta tels us, that when the citizens of-Pj/i/'j in//j/y were at diflfentionby rca-Ibn of the ftiiiion-betweenethe Gml^hes and the Gihel-lines :.The G/i^/Z/w^ procured aiavomcr of theirs cal- _^ led Facinm Cajm to aflift them, covenanting that he<; fliould have the goods of the Gadphes for his labour^. but he being once come into the Citie aad prevailing, he fparedthe goods of neither of them; whereupon the GihSinef complained, iaying, that their goods alfb were fpoiled •, he anfwercd them that they themfelves ■vitxfGiheUineSj, but their goods were Guelphes. You may perfjaps.be Royalifts, butyour gopds will be Hound-heads.. ■

^db 27.8. what hopth^h an hypocrite though he hath ^aififiJyfrhett God taketh away his foule •: Ifmcfr byhy-|«l<:riucall.devifes fliould gaine as they defirCjyec when Gpd,takes, away their fmils, what good have they, ihen^Buf how miferable then will it be for them^when Gpd cprfes chem for the preient,and when their fouks are talten %way at laft f vhu hope can chey have;

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DCiubii an loucuuic uiixtauci upuii utiy pcuuii, sl:i ,

nothing can ever pofllbJy put it out f Whether that which is by compafi and covenant, do not bind mutually 1 Are not they then hke to perjiidice the King more then any ? If there be any poflibity of fuch thoughts riftn in people, what can occaficm them fooncrthcn the doing (uch open violence, and committing (uch outrages aganft the Subjefts in all places, and that with boldncffe and confidence in the name of the King if If it were a:s they fay, if people did belceve riiele men, it might cau/e ftrange thoughts of heart in them, even fiich thoughts, as thcte. How can we bee in a worfe condition under any f What, hath God eyed us, if once a (upreame Governor be acknowledged, that be muft ever be acknowledged, Whatfoeverhedoth againftus, even to delttoy us-r Where doth the Scripture fay fo ? It need be a very clearc Scripture that ihall tye us to riiis, to lie tfoiwn under fuch intollerabfe burdeiK as thefe are, to fte our ruine, & the ruiric of our wives & chileren before oar faces. We muft not refift thoii who have high power. True, fo lopg as they goe ac-cordingitotheir power given them, or as long as they hftvc it, but may they not pebbly be difcharged of ki Refiftii^the Pricfts is condemned in Scripture; what f can nothii^ therfore difcharge the Prieftof his prieftiy office, and my acknowledging of hi? ^■emy power ? What, did om forefitSiers fo

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r ftlves withall^ What hath God made fuch between man and man, as that one fhould deftroy, and do what be lift, and whole ,

iLinguuiucS fliotdd lie downe under him and fay nothing, and doe nothing to hcipe themfelves -' Hath Geo made all the world to bee under the Iiirts of twenty or thirty men i- Nature hath not made fuch a difference betweene one man and another, wee fee thcmtobeeofthefiimemouldweeareof; Godhath !

notrevealed from heaven by his Prophets, that this }.

or that fiimily muft be io much above others, rather ■

then other families. That then that now makes the difference between man and man , is from men kt-ting up this fomily rather then another, or this perfon rather then another; but is it poffible to conceive that J

any Common-wealth (houldietupanytotheirowne j

ruine < Wereitthat men kept indue order, or that *

when the moft abominable in)ufl:ice and violence that is offered, men did not prefume fb audacioufly to make uft of the name of the Kii^, thele reafonings would never bee occafioned in mens hearts: woe therefore to them by whom fuch dangerous offences come. The Lord deliver us, and the Lord deliver His Majefty ftom theft mcn,and fiich fcarefull fcandals as they caft upon him. How dangerous a ten^ptation is diis to Princes, • to have fuch an apprehenfion infuftd into them, whatfoever they doe, whatfoevcr Ipoilc of Kingdomes they raake,and violence they oifcr,they fhallftulenjoy what they had, and be aclmowledgcd as they were k That Land is in a fad condition where tiicfe thoughts are applyable to the Prince thereof, ^

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enemies, roarir^ of Ganons, clatteriug of weapons, beating of drums, neighing of horfes, lo long as God, our Gvais the LordofHofis,

Now I come to what I promifed , to (hew you this name of God ■ written upon the Mercy-feat. Xerxes ufed to pitch his tent on high, -and ftand looking upon his Army, when they were in fight, to encourage them. This our great General! ftands on high, looking upon his people in their battels, lee

■ them looke up to him, and there is encouragement enough to fill any heart in the world. This Title is an

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afarie of coniforc andtncourage* Heart 0 Jfrael^you approach this day r efiemiesy let not your hearts ftiMj ' thUySeither ke terrijied. Obfervc the ns, Faimmty Fea^gmtj Triwhli . Why^ For the Lord your God ts he o^ghiforyou. If fo touch encou-rom Gods going with us to fighc e from all thofc leverall workings which this Lord of Hofts is- plea-elfein ■: Pfal, 46. 7. The Lord of Godof^aggb is our refuge: and ver, tp ^ that I am God, 1 tvillhe exalted : '.xaltcd. Quiet your hearts in this. nking,difcouraging thoughts arife them all with this. And therefore Yords he r^)eats that agajnc, The ' us^the God of^acob is aur refuge. : in fad tumultuous times CO fay to ome,letusfingthe46.piah It is a ; for tbefe times to be fung often. . rhouth^ ihtmfhouldeji be afraid of io&ft noc know what thy privi-?cft not what intereft thou haft in [hat tho^i art afraid of a man that it followSjf. J 5./ am the Lord thy ffa^ The Lord ofHoJts is his Name. Ah ! ifwc knew indeed that the ours, that he were with us, then fort our felves in thcfc times of, die queftion to us, ft«: want of the beans are troubled, ou doe noc know certainly that you

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^eJhaS reignefcrevermore^O thatthj Kin^doniemi^ht

{f^f^infi¥tpji^hyipe/tf^e nrfllin^'tb yek^^ as

tpeddyU endnre dnjhdrdjhip, tpfdrt mihour efiattSy-is^ that^Afitkhyijt miiy nii;er rule dmongfi/u^ dghme^hui tBdtiireidHdfkfpi^^mi^ Be undkr VHe Kingddme of ^^w\ChYifi: 'Sureti<^,Whis^ rs>the' v6?ce ofthofe Whb hivctTieLoidofHdftstobjetheiVGod. That is ah* everlafting rdc. If he be thy *^/;ij^^ he is thy^ i^^ Now tSefiNVfof.thd foil cdtofort $h^ chcbmgfe-' m^ntrfw Cihtti'd^of €od teiaV take;ftom this: gldri-' ©tii ftameV Cortfid^t the^Relltion that the ChurcF hath to Wi^^ird^H$pi,^ ^fldthfe RcJaiiQli thjs LtM^d efmp hathto'thedtr^ir,&;• > ^^ • • * '^''\-'' ^ -

anMthis Title, ffhir^it.Bf Alw-^^e hm^Jo hdvi mfiitnU thei Oitjf »/ »%' -iiiri/ *fildfs y Wee aia^.

Counmesjwnen mai was oeiiegea, it was looji won by the Aciny of the PiiaceafOfM^«,hwaiifctfaat Ci. \y. wasiJK Ptin??? own City, .hispro|i».<nbetitaDce-5 hchad»fpccallcyeand CMB overthatCity. Surtly the eye and care of this Lord of Hofts, though it be o-ver, Towns atid .Conn^ries, and WftUed CieieSj yet it is moft qver his .efiurclxj if tehatUany powerin allthe Annies in heaven and eiiith,it fliil bi^ut forth fotfhe defence of and fuppiying good unto iHi City. Hence that paitag? in the prayer f^Soloman^j Kiftg.% 44. If.

tie,Gajl^cAtJiti'J'ff ilxfiAjtienfn^tmiitnith Jo-rufaiijisi was the City God th^ choftj Which was but *type ofeveryChHr^hi*vtheti»ieofthe Gofpcl.

a. TheChurchistheyint}»4^.ikt Lni^'Hiftt.B-fitiS-.j.ftrth^fitqaKlt^tftklptritfStp.it'riitBHiC' </j/Mi:/.CettaliiIyGi»d»U««ftfttifH"wild'bt«fts wdboarpof the lield.,co devoitttaijdkywaAehis Vineyatd., A l5o*r»UwiUb*«ry arefoll in lBep« iog^nojiif s («)(,^ff))itg|ll:Gq«i(»'iefj,-bot'sipociaUje o«f offlis,ownyiRey»rriirW«'lgadt?)bl*r)uiiaii iv, »« Kow Iptn ««4iJ(^ W4f. V> pjtn;wiih-,ihiB Vineyard, AangD£uK-^^/<^ wiiS fKlE forie, fSiilnl/ffiW t&a. £

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5^. It Mtbe M$UMUm cfthe'lordffmp. Zm'ti ^? 3 in whidi Dcgard God profcflfeth bttrifelf very /ealou$' fork :T^usfu$Sf^cL0nl3^M^^^^

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^erufaiem^M be caBedth Cky af trut^^ offd mt ^pufh Mn^fth Lifrd(ffUB^s^the h»ty MMniainy As ff the

Lwd lliddd fay> • Wpat 'f irrtbsy '^ome'^tfei^M^ Moimtaine, «ny holy M^untake, my Ghur^ii ^ ^B^' liftth up in the face of God prefendy. Yea,\Eff.3 j/,4, When the Lord comes to figit for inminl Shn^ ; becomes; forth ^ the ^n^ L4m roaring on bis frej^ fofhaS the Lord ofUojti oomedop^htfo fighf for mmt Sloh. OpH' wiMJeaVft heaVettto fight % will ntsrt

y^u leave your ihops and ybwr houfes i

4. The Church is the BoUfe ofthe Lord of Hoffs, 4. HMg. t.ti^f The TcKt hyts^Thtfdidworke in the ^ bMftpftkLordofHofts.whicb^^ Church; *

A Ceneraii will f%ht to maintain his own hotiTe, it were a fignc the enemy had prevailed indeed, ifhcc ihould come and plunder theGteneralsi^vrrhoilie. In regard oFthii ^U is iaid^f t\ic Chnr^xxihtt^Sois B«uff^^t\^^thkt eipt€ttiOG;Pfitt. a4. 9^10. Lift ^ yimrModsOyoCdM^e^en Uft tbem u^yetveHiifi^m^

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ftod precious to hipi.i^lx is a.great pr - grants to his Church j (bat it is thetUc^ jet his name there, Sxtd. to.z/^. Nehem. would have lis highly toefteemthatp afterthat place, as Deat. i j.y. Uitfp the pi Jhall choofe to fut hU ndme^therejhaUye feei Jbalttheucome,dr thither (hallytit bring yi rings dnd^46rifces^i^{.-- So fiirely God himftlf wits^ a hi^ price upon that place^aftd he will prcferv&it. . tf. The Church istheplaccoFthe glorious reign of-the Lord of Hofts,//^. 24.2 ij .7"Ae JtfMff^tftf ii f(i»/ff«»^, ded^Mdthe Sun ^Amedyivbe» the LPrd ofhdflspialreign in.MoitntSicnAKdin ^erttfalem before hJs uUtrs gleri,^. ouJly.God haihycta further aftd;Boreglorious/ring-dome to be fet up in his Church then ever hath been, at which all the glwy of the world {hall.be darkned by,reafongfchebright:neireofthis:glory, &.;it.is.the • Lord of tiofts that /hall; thu^ rei^e. Surely' thenall. the Hofts filial} h^-^e their- ftr<!ngth pOt forth in defence of, aflfipn^vidiflgfor^is place, of this sjjorious, reigneo^theifgreatGcncc^U. ■ ,.;: ;,-'. ,■ , t 7^;1rhcQivu'chis the people of tbsLofid^ofHQftSj r Zef:z. 10,1J .Xhis P^H-they:Mve'ffr, their prfde^^eMup: ^ they havfi r4froAche4& magnifed-themfekj^s fig^itfi tie ■ ftfif^ie ofth iHfrd t^B^Jti, The ^tirdmfi btt iirtibU «m9\ -. thim'T\it^,m^^v^rmUSc-Aip,^W^^^^^

company of fiUyweafcriffft, they vdoe not ihpjv.that-tHcy are die pei^ofthC: Lord ofHofrSjthefeforc Qod

threatens there th^ he fff/l^h fert^Oik m^* thpnt. j •

^/^idthus,yQU-^veitcReJwG(n\6tlhe,<ihu^ G&^y i^eaJk^g liimfelle'injiiis^ii*?^ TMf^M^-A«/7/,yecinarkefiinher^ tbeRsUsi^aitett^GQd ham ^t^icmin chtshisnan^ ;As i> 7j6c

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ye beat my fe^U U pitcts^ 4nd grifkl p^e fatis #/ th^ ^fMre f fakh tht L$m ^ Hofls. God here (peaks ang^rr Ivj What am I the Lord of Hofts^ and will you offer this i What mean you ^ As when wc flic upon a man in anger, (whom wc fee doth things to qui pcejudtcc^ or the prejudice of any nirtr to tfs, in an i^uid itiaoer) wc lay. What doe you mean to do thus^ what are you mad i Doe you know what you doe i Doe you know who they arc you thus abuft; ^

Froipr all ihcfe gracious expreflionS of this I,ard of Hoftsto the comfort add encouragement of his peor pie,the refuh:is that in the 8- oiBfay i a,i 3. Say net,A €$nfedaacyuthfmthatfiy^d confederacy x, oh!many of their forces arc joynpd together % feart\ m^ their feare^ bUifanBife -tke lW . ^ Hofi^ himfelfe^r and let ^/w;^ ywr fear e^and let him be ymr dread r^hft Name of God is a {bong Antidote to drive feaifc put of the hearts c^ tl» weakeft. Upon what we have ieene iathis title of God) we may well (ay to the fearful in htixtjhftrim^^ fearenM^zi we have it ifa^ 35 i 4.. Let woOaen and all iucbas are naturally feareful^take heed of Hnfull feare. The fearfukeffe ot women hanging about their Huf-bands,and children,and fnend$,crying Qui when they fhould goe forth in this iieryict> and going up ^ down wringin|| dieir hands^ and making dolefull out-cries^may do abundance of hurt, exceedingly hinder the work that the Lord hath how in hand^Le( wonieii ^€^lKtdthey]^be rak hmdcataces^ but let thfia leatrne t6' «^erdfe uicti abd tal&e ipirit to them^v^Sj diat Aieymay lurther their Husbands, children» and ^ends in this wwk of the Lord of Hods. Marke that ScripturCj i Pet. ji ifv tu4n the doi^kters »f Sarak ff lu^ iilf!f$kdt^mU^i»iAe7tMi afiu^iwhh atty am4»emef$t.

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tw, who ipeakiftg to tJtinltians who lived m troUbic-(brie and dangerous times, teu ]haSJkexv ymr [elves the d»ughtef! of Sdra&^if you have fuch a fpiritis Sarah had, nof u he dfrdid tPtth any affrazimem/ not fihrpugb your inordinate feire;. chhcrbinder-ydur fclves, yoiil: husbands, or any other in the fervice of the Lord. If Cod call you orthemtofuffer,youmu(tnOTthrpi^h fearc pull backe, but go bn whh courage lindaunt^wj*,' then you are indeed the daiigHters-df/i^Sifiri)^,. l.h.ci'!^. And that a fpiritrhay be fait'even mtb'womfln/'ia ihefc times that call for all to be 'abov^ imtuU fti,x)i9^ letthcmconfiderthcfe three things. - 'j;'ii-;vii;„' oth • J'/ryJjThe; flrft tlmertlnatifeTieii asrfi'^e^kiii^i^fGi^ called hiinhy^xHsmvaethe-Mmdlef^Hiefiy^t^^i ?^W9r man,and that was W*ow^*,'ii5aMk!i. ij,;. Skee.vfffedr.iif vow, Oftdjaidy 0Zerdof U'ofis'if.th^ vrilti»4ke4:^9lcii wtheaffii£fi6nfifthlnehmdmaid^c-f:.i'\ i ,,iijjq!ijc^ - ff£-Wi^,One of the principalis fj^iwAWv^^iid

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title of the Lord of Hofts is moll magnified, is a , rfdme tuned to that Mu^cal inflriiment that \rirgin& and women ufc to play on, from whence the Pfdmt hath its title^ AS9nguf0n Aldmath^ P/.46. Which is. as much as Af$ng upnthe Firgimls: for the Hebrew word comes of a root that lignifies tahiie^ and To we-formerly riiade ufe ot it: but from thence bccaufe Virgins ufed to be covered aad bidden, hence Gm^ , Umith fignifies Virgins find here ufed for the mufical inftriuHjent of Virgins. Virgins and Women it feems had wont to fin^ this P/4/. atid play to it upoi^ the in -^ i]kroment.N«w it is foppofcdthat their hearts iliould be fome way futabk to what they fang & played«^ & here they rcjoyctngly fing,TAe Lord$fHofis u with m^ the G^d^^AC$b i$ our refitgeyVer.j.And z^ZAtiyThilord ^H^s is mth us^he God ff^acd is our nfisgi^ vtr. 11; beiides other paifages^ yea almoft alt the fkme tending this way.

3. The moft brave expreffion of a ftrong, valiant 3 fpirir, triumphing over enemies in time of battel, is from a woman^j^^. 5.21 .it is the fpecch oi Dehor ah, O npffouLfhou hafi trodden downfirength. As if (he ihould have faid,They come with a great deale of ftrcngth, that they think to prevail with, but to me all their ftrength is but as the dirt in the ftrcets,my foul is a-bove it-,though my body be weak, yet O my fouly thon haft troden dorpnJtrengtb.Vihct^ have we a braver expreffion of a more raifed fpirit either in Scripture a-in6ngftanyoftheLor4s valiant ones, or in humane i3:ory amongft any of the great Captaines and Con-qucrours that ever were? I cannot but repeat it again, Qf^^nde^honhafitroddendovmfirength, Let not wo-Vkm theft fo cpmpiain of thciir wtafcnes^as thereby t» i M think

he fireng $» the living Ged, If the ^iric of ike Lord »f-Hofis were wkhyou^ even you may daunt your-cnc-mics.You may make fuch preparations for your own' defcnce,as not to let your lives go at a cheap rate,buc that the loflc of every one of yours may coft the life of one of them at Icafl^ven you may caft fliamc upon them .If there were fuch a fpirit in you,they would iy before women, for their fpirits arc bafe and vik^ ^ft6. If God be the Lord of Hoftsjif he hath fuch wonderful! workings of his. providence in wars and bat-tels,hcm:cin aH war and battels there is fomcfpceialt thing of Godtobc looked at.Surely this great Lord , of Hofts doth not ufe to raifc War,to go into the field for nothings there is fome great thing-ainicd atjcfpc-tially where he appears in more then an ordinary way ■■, ascercainly he doth in thcfcwars of ours.

We flwuld not hearken after or ipeakcof Warrcs ©nely as matter otncws^butobfcrve what the way ©f God is in them^what his aim looks to in ordering' ©f them, what his intentions work at, how "he brings--bisown ends to pa{Fe,,& furthers his glory by them, ■Wliofoeyctli*cstafcc the iffue of tncfe great ftirff. 9Bdwai:likc commotions amongftus, ihallfeethae

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[ in chcm to bring great things co ;rcy he intended for us was worthall i have brought upon us, yea all the : precious bloud that hath been fiicd [ hath manypromifes to hisChurchcs any Prophecies to fulfil,many glori-:iare, many mercies for his Saints to Insamong'd us wil make way for all. much mercy fromGod on frcc-coftj is to come, it may be is of an higher c God intends it {hall be morccoftly : many of out livcsjbut we or our po-hat when it comes it wil pay for all. )f Hofts had great thoughts of hearc SngUnA when he raifed thefe Civil I, though itbctheforeftjudgcmcnt, : way to the grcateft mercy. It is tly to obfcrve howGod works in his le attaining fuch ends of bis. '■ Lord ofHofis. Hence know from : we have enjoyed fo much peace as ic comfortable fruits of it 5 it is frOm , who hath all power in his hands, to jwarasheplcafeth. It it is he alone )ff from us thofc hideous things o-;rcd 5 it is from him that we have not dlowed, dot fwelcrcd in our bloud i ts have not been fowled in bloud,as ave •, but we have enjoyed our hou-i, wives, children • we have had all ule and body about us. Micah^.^. 1 matt under his vine, and under his fg-Smake them afraid. From whence is '. -f Ml this?

rfiis^ The words fallowing wil tell you, Tkt mmth of the Lfrd^f Hofishmh l^^enU, The Vines aiid Fig. trees wc have face under , have not beene empty VincSj nor barren Fig-trees to us-, we have not onc-ly had refrefhment from the fliadow of them y but much comfort from the fruit c£ thiem. It wa^ this Lord that promifed to Ifrael that he would caa£c their enemies not to dcfirc their land^when they wedt . up to Jcrufalcm to worfhip. What a mercy is it for us to be as Gcdeons fleece^ dry, when all about us have been wet, not with dew, but with bJood^ Thefe beginnings of wars tell many Countries and Shires in ZngUnd^ what a blefling peace was, which they never undcrftood before. Peaice is fweet and good, but let us take heede we buy not our peace too dearc* ^^ 7. This name <jod flbews us how ncerlyit coii» cefnsall people in times of wars, to fceke to make up tlwir peace with this God^ When wc goe forth Co war againfl: our enemie/,vve had need take heed that God be notour enemy too 5 If face be, all our Armies and power wcean raifc are to iirtle purpofe to helpws^ Let us dcale wifely for our felvcs^ tomai^e (ure that he fights not againlit us. If this be aotdone,, againft whomfoevcr elli: we fight^we fight with ia-^nite difadvantage. Now we muft (cck to make oar peace wcch liim, by our unfairicd'humiliations bcfouc *him^ and om* fincereitformiatioTis in tiiraing to him * iFor the ficft^wc are ioth t»> humble (Our fdycs before our enemies-, this we think is our ftiame. Let us hum-Wt our felvcs before this God, this is our glory •You make Fortifications, and in that you doc well •, but except you adde thereunto humiliations ^it wiW be tx> little purpofe^ £/iy 2 2.11 ,i a^r. ^t made a diu^jttfr

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\Ssf(fr$h«w4tirpfthe aid pMl«,lmtfe kcwdkertieruf, ltfoilows,^Hd iff rdGodafHefis caH to wefing^ 4fdt» 'id,)6j,gUdneffe, killing fxen, drinking tiled m mine edres By the Lord of Bojfs^ fhaU not be f urged till you dye^ jkiib M»rkj three times in that verje'a 'TheLordofHoJlt. He takes (pccial kad the rather ftiould wcc get opr d humbled under the mighty hand aufe Qiu- advcrfarics are fo proud, lish hand oiptide andblafphcmie chwichallagainftOod. There is no Fwarlike this to get the advantage Sj m this very thing. Doc wc hear* [ blafpiiemics ? let our hearts be th« fore the Lord-,let us labour fo much idifie the Name of this holy God^ Angels cdebrate, as 0oly, holy^ holy,

nUat'iops, let Reformation, turning

ided. It muft needs be axi^ngerouB ,

'Wars, CO carry with us, or tiarbour

"raitors againft this Lord of Hoft^s,

fin$thatwc retainc arc. Wbat-ao-

: then expeiS from him, or fucceflc

ow what trouble the accurfed thing

«^ «.»-r. ^^v.^™ .n the Camp ^ it made the Children

of/Jr«/fly before the m«nof-rf/. If any accurfed

thing (though fec«c) be fuch adifturbancc in-the

Onjp, much more accurfed Officers.

Beif 12-5,6. Even the Lord God of Hop, the Lordk his me/tmiiU, therfftre tnrae Phw to thy Gid.

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Zach.u 3. Soj tothem^ Thusfaith the Lord^fUofis^ Xi^rne yt unto mC:, jarthshcLordt^Hdfti^ and I wiB turn ufftoyou, fdfth thfXord^Hofis. Hcic wc have alfo this name of God three times, as a provocation to us to rccurne unto him. Let us all know,and efpeciall^ thofc whoarc ift fervice in the Army, the great Ge-. neral^the Xord of Hofts cals to us, he cals tot you to returne to him, and ptomifes to rcturne to us , toi^ turn to you. As if he (hould fay, You have been very vile and wicked, your conicicnccs cannot but tell you fo, and I know it 5 yet rcturne now to me, and I profcflfe my felfe not with (landing all that you have done, I am here ready and willing to returne to you,all (hall be forgiven,as if it had never been com-mitted.Surelythereisnofuch valour, as in a fpiric cleared from the guilt and filth of fin.

8. Thisname of God (hews us our duty to fcek hira much.by Prayerin times of war,and to depend upon him wholly for fuccefleia it,for he is theLordofHofis^

For the firft. Where (hould wefcek for light, but in the Sun i where for water,but in the riverstr where for heat,but in the fire ? where for valour & vi^ory^ but in the Lord of Hofts?The Heathons were wont to offer their Sacrifices to God in times of War, Hence a Sacrifice hath the name Hofiia^ becaufe when they went againft enemies^they oftcred it. Sdd thought it a very hard thing to goe forth to War, not having offered Sacrifice before.I Sam. ij, ii. Therefore [aid JyThe Philifiines mR €ome down notp upon me to Gilgal, dndlhave nop madefuff lieation unto the Lord : I forced my jelfe therefore and offered d burnt offering. When^P^-Jiofdpf3M heard of an Army com ming put againft him, before he would goe out to battail, he fet himfelfe w

tb»t${dnd)heef^Mdthr tele ere and twelve tbeuUnd hee'i mdthreefcore undoneiheufandAjfes^ andtoirtjmd ihoufand vtomen that had net known man^ ver. 3 2,33, 35. Now here was the wonder of this battel, tha all this great vtftory the Children of Ifracl loft j one man* for fo faicsthe Text plainly,v^.^.; fervants have taken thejumme»fthe»t$n ef vnr wh an under eur chArge, andthert lacktih net one man of And mark what was done when they wcnttortti this battel, ver.6. The holy injirumehtsatidtht tr^mf fiundedmthe h^ds ef Ele^r the Prie^. It was^an^ dinance uf God amongft them, that the Pnc fliould found with the filvcr trumpets, whenth wentforthtobattail, Numbtio.^, Which was c fcrvcd here,and'fec what a viftory was obtained.j Army of prayers is as ftrong- as^nyArmy of ir wbatfoever^yea one man praying may-db-mote tli many men fighiiog. Zli|h^^^\^l\i his fword to flay,, ^_. ' \

frxyer^ Nm for thefrmtof frof^er^ anilfothcirfpirUs . wercraifcdtomore then an ordinary height, ai^ they prevailed mightily,flayitig nccr ten to onc-

Whcrc-

truftcd not to their flrcngth or skill, but ver^io.They N cryed

The glomus JV,

erjeduntoth: L9rdj and hi ■ t»ejtrufiedinhim. There added to crying ujttoGtd-^v make account here is g< ftrength and hclpc whc blc fpeech that ^tfefbm Souldiers, it came from t well bcfeeme the mouth an Captain,Somc may fa

but wc are few and weak -, where truth and ;ulticc e, there is God, and where God is, there wants neither multitude nor fortitude. It was an obfervation of Ow^«,that othersfince have obftrved, that<Sodin all the vii^iories he gave his people to poffeffe them of C<WAJw,he never u(ed the help of horfes. Thcad-vctfary had horfes and chariots, both the Egyptian and the Canaanues-,bm Gods people had none. Wcl, if our enemies ftiould exceed in horfcs/which yet wc hope they flwU not; but of that they boaft^ yet let us look higher: we may have C((ww,thOiigh we ftould want horfes. After all our endeavours,:hen maft all be referred to tVisLordof Hofts.It was a moft br^ve cxprcflionofavaliantCommandcv o^04h,iSdm.io. ' iz.Be of gotd cottrnge^Ut us flaj ttiemeri for oar people i^ ferthe Citjtsofoar Ged^anathLorddewbatJeemethfnm good. , '

Ufe 5. From this glofibus nameof G6d,wc Icarne how infinitely fit it IS that thofe who have a fpcciall intcrcft in this GodjWho havehim to be their God,thcir Fa-ther,that they ibould have fpirits fiill of couragc,ami fortieudi'-, fuch a foirit as befeems-the fcrvanEs,much more children of uich a God whofc they arc, wboin they fervc.God loves to fee the impreffion ot his fpirit

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ufe otchc ipiricoaU Armour,butot bodily ailb. Who ib fit [o be uTedinche battels of the Lord, as they who have mc^ intcrcft lothe Lord i who fo fitto venture his body to the fwordiatimetofwar^ ^she chat can give his body to the fire in time of peAcef

if*yiS-i' Souldiers whom God choofcthfor.his batcails ace called kit fMiUftdtnes^ an h<»idurable

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imit fmitia [epotis ot a Heacliemlh people, wno N 3 J, ■»

may have fliifts anc fay this day as M»fii with your brethrtityhe Mdkefurejcitrjin m

3. Afpiricofval fpiritotafouldieru ncfTcjwhen trouble iTim.j.j.Jsa^Mif B«. Manyfccmcoi but when they com ififmiafatf, a fpee< Chrifiiarmm efifmU great things jtnuchi ty,aud cannot fuflei Nimis itlimus «,fa:

The Eagle fhew: that though fliefufl noifcjas other fowl not for a fouldiertc meale or two,of hai

From this abilit] I. He doth not rcpc hath undertaken or blcs>and many fore

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is vciy obfervablefor this -, God (ayes there, that he would not lead the people of Ifrael through the Und ofthcPhiU{lims,althoughthatwasneaTe^ for God (aid, Lefi veradwrnure thefeoflertMntthtmwhtu they feeTVi^^nareticrointo Egjft. Godfawtbey wcrcofa low,mean fpiritjthough thcygroancd under the bondage of £gypt^nd cryed for deliverance^&Godhad dfliYeredthem with a mighty hand, yet whcrithcy.

dangcr,thcy would begin to repent t;b3t le out of E^yptj arfd wifli chcmfelvcs \nd indeedvrc find in tbcHiftory o| the Wildcrncflej ihat upon every ftraic [hey began 10 muvRiur, artdoftertfaid, einSgyftagitin^ But wh« would they rri'itthcy hadptefemlymctwich-waFSi « toM them of the children of /#*fjt, Itfightwith i When they wcirccvcn at fC-w«;;,theyweiC(0fccHjriiged,&wcrc ; elMmfclves'« Gaptairficd return to-^J wercmcnofapocwevilc fpirit, hence iinftthcm,thatnoneofthem fliouldc-I Canaan^ oncly CaUb and ^cfhua, who

.., ,. ._, mshef^irit^ as theholyGhofttcftifies

of thcm,they fhould go in & poflcffc the land.Thus it is this day with us, hovr did we not long agoe groan under oufbondagc < our liberties, our religion, oi» ^fiates were almoft gone, wc fcarce knew what wis oUrown^ our Minifterswere banifliedi every mxn that departed from evill made himfclf a prey, fuper-ftition, oppreflion, cruelty prevailed throaghout the Land. The whole Kingdome was filled with'eom-plaints,and fighs,and groans,by reafoh of their cruel bondage. Vile men were exalted, and men of precious fpiiits were caft out as filth. Now when wee hnew no means of help, but lay down under ourbur'-dens, and were as a Kingdomedevotedtomifcry, ' then did the Lord appearc in a glorious manner, * when be faw there was no man that would ftind up and help. Nayfoch was the malady, as it fcemcd even toi*e paft help. The Lords ownc arme hath brought falvationj never did God more wonderfiilly

p8 ThegUriBHs Name efCody

appcare for anation^then he hath done for u$-,ftrange bavc^hc workings of the Lord bin, aftd behold how great a deliverance hath h^ wrought,and he hath^r; ven an opportunity to this Kingdom to deliver it ^1£ fully: if we have hearts ^the thing is foon done. But now becaufe fome troubles arUe, becayfe we fee war in our.gates^how yile'& unworthy are %\\t fpirijEs: of manyfthey begin to wifh themfelycs to be as formerly,they would rather return into %jf/ragainjwc* were better be w wc were^wc were not wont to hear> the beatings of the Proni, tj^e nQife of the C^noSi; the ratling of warlike inftrtiments anlongfi: us. r

2 • This ftrength of fpirit doth fo fupport him un-. 4er the heaviefi, foreft affli&ions^ that he will never fce^ to deliver himfelf oii; oCthem> by forfaking the caufeofGod, orufing any fliiftlhg indire^ means^ but as Psuliold thofe officers that were fent from the Magiftratcs o£philim to fetch him out ;of prifon, AUs i6.^s^!}6^^j.TMyk4vec4fiusmofnf0»^^ letthm c^i$cthcmfilyes md fetch Hi out: in this Paul ihewed what a fpirit he had> he flood upon an honourable way of deliverance 5 the fame doth every true loul-dier of Chrift ftand upon^God himfelf hath brought me into afBii^ion^now temptation (hcwes fome back door to get out of it (lily. Nay, faies a fpirit of courage, certainly I will never go out that way, let the Lord come himfelf and fetch me out.

Fourthly, A fpirit befeeming the childe of this great Captain, aims at doing great things for God^ and enjoying great things froni God, although with hazard of great troubles and afflidions, rather then will fit down with fmall things that are to"be done ox enjoyed with eafe and fafety 5 fometimes GocI

bath

sMeIn I SMfiT. j8. When yWj ictvants told Z>*w<i ihac he might betheKuig;sibnite inlaw, Ddvidwas troubled at k^anddid not feemc loentercain the mo-iu»i> v£f.it,i$. but when tlicy after told himoF t)^^ ittaas upon -which he fbould have this honour put upon bitn^ tfaotic •^m&t»brin^4»hMdred§fthc^ ftmkmr $/ the pkiiffimf, 'ver. i $. which was a work ofditficultyandhaEard,foron ^«v/f ^art it was propounded on puppofe to-be a fnare to him^for fo fayes the Text, Saui tiei^ht t» mgke IHvid ftS hj tkt^' kmd 9f the Philiftms-j now marke, vir. 16. whc& £10/5 iervatic$told Pivu/thde things, it pleafcd pjt- . w^well robe the Kings fonng irt law: that whicti he fecmed tobc troubled at, when it was propounded xbfolutely, thacheiswellpka(ed with, when it is, [wopoundcd with fuch a condition as had fome difEeulty in it,wbcrby h« had an opportunity to fticw forth ibe exccUcncieofhts fpiritrA bafe lowfpi-Bit would, have bcene beteerpleafedwithittohavcf hfldfiicbathif^ without any fuch condition. Itis . fepottcdofthcLyon, thacmehishisfpirJE) asifhe mceceswitb^pFcy that another hath killed before^ bcwiUno^mcildicwitbit^ but he wlUfeckeforonft^^

ric IS m nis efuc ciemcnE wncn iic is id cue mioic or ui the hardiliips of warres, he loves to live and dye lit fuch a condition. TbustheApo(Ue, atrucfouldicr ofChrift,ilo».;.2. Wegli^yintribitlatUm, jw^^ac-co\x»cdtinFtfreafh«f Chrifl gruttr ric'itfstktMdStBt treafiircfifEnPtf Hw. 11.27. <?**'** hatb this ex-prdBon, Bt had rsther h <t MMrPfr ti>t9» Jiotwfch'r When be heard his boOescrafiibetwewchcvnkle' beafts teeth, N9»y f^eshc, JtegiatohdCkriJikuo'y CntdelitM ve^t. ^ ^tn^ ho^a^ £^c»To(Mm»» ta 0 J the

(be pcrfecQCors, Your crude oftlic Martyrs prepared th« rings> as Bhdcs u£e to prcpai BridcgroomcSjWith joy and g] wouods they receive in the more glory IfTuc forttf. from tl are an ornament to them, th« chcm. They account it farb then to enjoy for themfclvesitt Chcypanwithiaagoodcaufe, ^ „

pare of their eftates; they account themfelves more rich in that^then in what they ftill retainedf^. 10.54. Tbey take jfyfitSy the $»iliag tftheir goods.The rcafon of all is, bccaufc their fpirics aie raifed above creature-comforts, their happinefie conHAs nocin them; chey are not beholding to them for their peace and joy, they can (inde matter of joy in the parting with them, as well as in the having them, through that divine principle oihoUneire that God hath put into them.

9. A fpirir of true courage hath all its fearsfwal-. lowed up in the fear ofGod ^ it hath learned to feare nothing but God; and in ordcrto God,it fcts the fear ofGonagainft all other fears. One man fears povcr^ ty^ but I ^ar the God of heaven; another fears re-preachfbut I fear the God of heaven; another impri-fonmenttbuc I fear the God of heaven^another death, but 1 the God of heaven: It fan^fies this l*rd$f ^ir/?j,and makes him to be the fear and the dread of it onely. Cmulim the Souldler, the Centurion of the ItiiliAn band,is commended for his feare of God,^^. io,2. a ftrange commendation of a fouldiet to be cemmen((ed for fearc,yes,fbr the feare of God: This

drives

rfearssby this he comes to fear no->e feared by his enemies, all his valour for this lM'd$fHtfis, y. at all for lin, there he is very iear-es at the very temptation to it, and of it: there he feems to a worldling ird.Othcr men have fpirit & valour we may call it valour) but none for 'alouris all ibr God; in his owne cxible, he manifefts little fpirit^but is-Gods, then his heart rifes, there \, many people have paffionate gun-bon on fire in their own caufe: If 1 their wils, oh how refolutc arc , and they will; they care not, they :omesoichem, as if therewereno men of refolutionllke them ^ but In have no fuch fpirit, they are far e* utencffc and courage thcre,theyarc trtttbjts^er. fpeakSjCj&^/.y.j.Butit ■ we have any metall in us,any fpirit lavifhitout in meanand unworthy tnmgs,m ourown caufes, but to rclcrvc it for God, God may call us to fuch things as we may find need of all the metal and courage we have in our hearts, though it were much more then it is. When (bldiers have out a little powder, andfeareanenemie, they will not fpend that they have vainly, but keep it till they have ufc of it; they know not what they may need. Be not you fo prcfently on fire ^ if you becrof-fedjkccp the a^ivity, the vigour of your fpiritsfor . God, tor the maintenance of his truth and caufe. Laflly, hcchad rather dychonourable,thenltve bafely.

cmc ourcinics ana lives lo preicrvc ivciigiuii, l.i-b«rtics tb ottr (elves and our poAericy,God may,and wc hope he will give us our lives, Religion and Liberties, and Co wc may enjoy them- with comfort and hooouT: Or it' our eftates and lives fliould be li)ft,(uppofc the iworft, they wil be loft honourably: The ioife of them wU be better then that enjoyment wefliaUhave ol them (if I may at all call it tn en* joymcnc; that wee are like t6 have ofthem, if nothing now be ventured i What will our cftatesor lives be.worch, if our Religion be gone, faithhil Minifters be gone, the Saints be fled, imprifoned or maflacred f When our Liberties arc gonc,our Lives then wil hardly be worth the account of the lives of Men,much Icffe of ChriftianS-Hemnft needs be very greedy of a life,that defires it upon fuch terms. Wee readc of Aachijes , Mnedt his father, when JEntas would have fiived his life in fuch a way as he judged Hotto be honourable, he makes thisanfwcttohitBf^ Ahfient exciptp^fimfupervivere Trtja,God forbid that I (bould out-livc Trijy. If it be fpoiled,what is my life wdtrh i Wil our lives be worth the taking tip in the ftreets, if we but-live our Religion and Liberties ? -, Putali thcfc together, and here is a fpirit indeed be-feeming our relation to this i^r/fl/i/*/?/.- Had wee fuchfpiriiis, how comfortably may we pafie this bur pilgrimage f" we might goc thrbughill difficulties an3 oppofi-nonSjCOHquering and to c'onquer.Thc ' ■■■ world

htUrdofHop.

would have little hca

lid free our fclvcs from

d honour our profellioi

ice of fcrvice,& at laft h

to the cvcrlafting Kingi

irJclusChrift.AnArmj

:hc moft glorioos light Suns ftandingftiloncc,

rcflc o£^ep)ua,thzt brav

conquefl:s:If ever it ftan

to admire fuch a glorio

leratioti of the glory (

each us to give glory tc

ijoy by 'Armies, it is ;

seen cxcecdiug graciou:

limfelfc indeed The Le.

mttn. This was tlie ackr

1 > CaptaiBS and Souh

uch a bufinelfc, never n

ccn in the Moufit-, tic i

by a multitude that hee

lis rpirit comming mig

rrc left in comparifon <

eadverfarythought, y

leirs, God turned it fi how free is the grace

lat Scripture ^^^r.j 1.5. i

\el hath ntt been ftrfakei «.,- o«^y .«t ^w/dtf Hefts 5 thtugh their with Jin agdiffft the Hffly one of rfraeLThc tuinelle ot un in us hathnot abated the fuInciTc of grace in God towards as.The Lordis God, the Ltrdis Ged, he is the Lord. of BBfis^hitlj and reverent is his NM$e,

P ' There

Theglon

There have been ti: dealt m another manne: & chac I may fet forth t ncffc of Gods goodnc from being delivered v will fliew you what the hath been .owards hisc thy of mercy as we. V particular is to bcafY^

rail ;thus{ar the confideration of the jrievourafHi-dionsofchcChurchtijrmerlyjfetsoutGodsgoodncs to ns in preventing fuch evils amongft us: So that it cannot be faid it is with as as it was with them. Not long after God had ddtvercd his people ■out of their Captivity, therein fulfilling many gracious promifes to them, and they being returned, builtthe Tcmplb and the wals oi^entftlem; there was aglorious rcfor-mation,the work ot the Lord went on profperoufly, throughmanyandgrcatdifficulties. Yet after atic-tle time, yvhta Jmieckm roCt up againft them, GftH fuffcred him to prevaile exceedingly in all his VVar-likeaffaires aeamftthem. VOH.S.^.Tkrectime aUt-tle hortiy vhick wsxed exeetding great, hot oncly ft -.teards the South, and tnmrds the Eajly hta towards the^ fleafant Land, that is, towards the Land of ^Wm^ for indecdeitwasapleafant Land. The wordfignififfs VecMyglWia^ornamentum^ towardsthc^lory andcT-Balnent of the whole woiid. So was that Countri;y cf^ciallymregard the Wovlbip of ^odhadbeetle n^ly fet up againe iathat Countrey: Yet AtttiKhnv comes^^inftit, and waxcch great for a whilcjal-. though at firfl: he was but a little hornc, for he was a younger brothcr,aBd bad beenc a prifoncr not lopg

magtunehunfelfcaadblafphctne, furdyne can ne-

. \,W1U1 llCili:i.& lUllUE lUllUW CUUUgU, U<JU KUUWC)^

He^ long pull the vifon be eonctrmng the daily fucrifee, and thetranfgrefsitn 0f def§Uti»nJo give hth tie SMCh-Miy and the Ho/tt be troden under feote ?

HcK you fee thac for any to fee himfclfc againft Gods worfhip, is to fct himfelfe againft God himfclfc, proud malicious adverOiries, cfpccially aimcatthis, and God here fufPercd the adverfary to prevailc even againft this; God proceedes againft bis people for their tranfgrel^on,anHoft comes upon them • yca.thc Text faycs, it we obfcrvc ic, that an Hcjl VIM given him ag/unft the daily Sacrifce, by rej^tn tftranfgrepion: Antioch$tt had never been able to raifc fuchanHoftjhaditnotbcenc for the tranfgrclHons of Gods people • ycafo far was God provoked with the tranfgreflion ot his people, as that hec fuffered thistfoftraifed againft them, tecafi dov^netbeiriak totbegrotmd^ofraSiife andti frffper. Wchlvecaufc to lay our hands upon our hearts, to acknowledge our tranfgreflions asgreatasany they were charged with; and y^t although God hath thus f^r chaftifed us as to raife an //oft againft us, yea' fuch a one (to many of them being Papifts, ana fuch horrid blaf-phcmers) as wc have caufe enough to fcarc they would take away the daily Sacrifice, and caft down

Co

^

Ufis, 109

is builc up already, and the ground, but oh the ffc of our gracious Godl j

ehath turned the rage of 1

ti wrought glorioufly for jj

)f their power, (.although hard thingsj we may yet [the Sanfiuary, that is, longft us if wc will, yet ;

Congregations, it is held .^

xcelTcncie of it, it is not :y indeed have pradifed, '

to usthey have not pro-f Hofis^ let this glorious y us for ever, fctting out mercie to us, his Lord of Hop, Con )

: fayes, ^'fr. 23, 24, 25, Gods taking advantage ins, which hee hath not es this day. Whenthcj'^"''"X ;3

ml, a Ktngof fierctciun- pia«. ■

idtirin^ ffirtty a Pripce^ <er4te thugs^ as few prin 4

^oventitreufom the like-, if j

f before him and ffeake My •dejignesy he loekeswitha i

is ceumemace jhejving the j

it: Heacc it was that his i

Iff hmes 10 Ef(manes, for 1

: his ficrcenertc, hefliall J

: fhall be one that under-s wit and &btilty, and ? . by

J10 . TheglortMUN.

by the help of thofe abou enpofitions of darke things at it, no man could have could havcbecne pickt ol pick up, and by this he i colour upcyi the fbuleft chir veiy fpecious to many. And his power likewift

fuferirim fa gretv teagreat j^..^.., __ ^

*oipir,fofaycsthe Text, althoughyoucouldnoike how he could raifc any (uch power of his own, yet freJbdlifiavedgreat fn/eryhe&all hive money, Ammunition, Arengch, from forreigne Princes, or as fbme would have ic,Godhimfelre IfasU give power cohim, bcyondwhathchathof hisoWD, Surclyif thcpower againftthe Churchbe Gods rather then the advcrfarics own, then the power for deliverance of the Church muft be ackiliowlci^ed to bee Gods rather then our own, but I rather take the former fcnfe to be the intent of the Holy Ghoft in that place. It ioMowSfhejhallproJper andfra^ije, he jballnu ht^ . dw^s emfulUBg^ det>fttrrifig,Jel4jing, bnthefUUtu P^ dtingf lOM thereby he jhaHprfi^er : The word is ftcitt,. " helhaUdocfomething, The profperoms Aicce^oif' war depends mucb upon action.

Alexantleryf^s asked. How he did fo great things in fo little a time 1 He aofwcred, ^3y negk^ing wdd-vttmage. I have read of Cj&«-/ej, the fonnc of Cj&4r/rj Duke of^«/«,who was King of ^*£i/jrand5ferw/<i/o», he was called C4r»lm CunHmsr^ that is> Cbaries the^ X></470',butnot inthat fcnfe thu j4^/«v,who wastiie Shield of Kwte in his time, he -was called likcwifc C0i04tfryh\x that was becaufe he ufedtoft^till

oppor- J

»/«

to be delivered From many troubles by comming in to him. Surely hewiUhavtthe better ofit^ it it beftftr tur j^fetj {ifvre wmld held our Unds And ejlates) to come m ^ jojnemth him^znA thus by hit peace hefiaU deftrey mMj. Or 3. JnfMce, in peace, Cdvin interprets thus: Jn Afilent quiet wty he jhall mthdratp himfelfe and his Forces 5 there flutU net he much neife of him^ hut hee^ Jhall tveary the ftrees of the tther and their forty , <wd gaine time and advantages efthem. When he fccms 10 be quiet, and comes not againft them in a ho-Aile way, even then fhaff he defiroy many^ yea hee jhaU fiaod uf a^ainfi the Prince of primes. He ftiall not acknowledge the Ma)cfty,thc power of God, he (hal fethimfelf againft thofe waics of Providence thac are apparently againft him, howfoever he \vill not •feeiti&utthenfayesthe Text, be^aUiehrekenwitb-mhand, God himfelfinfomewonderful! waythat you know not of Aiall break him, when all means' faiU>and all people Ihall be afraid chat all will come

tty i thtn PmS he bi ir^enwithmt

much of Tad things that we fuficr, : fuch things as the people of God, 1, futfcred in thofc times. Otiriins-rs for the like mifcrics ^ but God is It is ftom the Lord of Hofts that rrom fuch fearful evils as chcfc. : may fay>Why, are we in any dan-es as the Jews fuftered under An-

If bloody Papifts, and curfing and blafpheming Cavaliers might have their wils on us, ourmiferies would Toon parallel theirs, if not rife above them, feeing io many of them are got together, and they are growne to fuch a height in their rage, itisonely from this great Lord of Hofls that they break nocin upon us as a deluge of the mod hideous woes, and drcidfiil miftries that ever befel any Chriftian Nation upon the face of the earth: but blcffcd be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. Let the Crown of all our mercies, and moreerpcci-ally of chat great mercy in the late battel be fct upon the head of this glorious Lord of Hofts. We readc •3.Stm. 12.27,18. when 5^*4^ fought againft £4^^, when the work was almoft done, he fcnt to Davidto come and take the City, that he might have the glory of it, that the Kings Crownc which was of

fold and precious ftoncs might be fct upon Bnvids ead. Although God hath made ofc of inflruments in this great work, and due honour is ro be given to them, yet let the crown of the work be fet upon the";. head of the Lord of HoAs.

to6 T&eg

«%>' f Lor- I find in A Xreacire o

T»ia»- taking honour to ones I Pyth^ who havlogilai

vtSw&t^ trey,whofc namcwas (

j**?*!?^-' people were ftriving w

;^^^^..nour,nc Ipeaks thus un

- it^t, the^cds hdvedtne • tufi

thu wtrk.lt is crue,the <

tains and Souldicrs hai

ti:ue thai they^ have onely lent their hands to this -wotk. ThcLord ofhoftshath done this great thing, toth for them and us 5 If wc would cxprcffe our rc-fpei^ to the Generahjond honour him as he hath dc-{erved, in thisthing erpecially> wefhoulddoeieco' fycakcweUofhtmheforc this Lord o^ffgfis ^^nd to ■ pray muchfw him.

It was a cuftomc among the Romans, when: a-vidorywasgotjtoufcroIcmncProceflioqsfor many

^ ,daycs together, offering Prayers and Sacrifices to • their gods in bchalfe of their Gencr ail. Thcman-net was,3fter the vidory to fend tatbe Senate Lct^ cersdighc with Laurel, whereto was required:that they would decernertSufflkationes^ appoint fuch fo^ Icmae Supplications for the Gcncrall. The conclu-iron ofall is, the glory of this great: work muft fliclE no wherc,butpaflethroughall^tothisour-ftrongrcr dccmcr*/-? Lordvfhtfis^ Letthat Doxologie ofthe -AngelSi^E/ijftf.j.be ours this day,,i/fli;, htly, holy, lariolHefis, Tht tvhUcdrth ufuH efthygloty. Let our flreetSj cm'congregations, our families, our hearts be now full of the glory t^h^iaHolj^holy^holu Lerd'

And

ve ffdd tttefMTt tfthe glcry fiftXw greap i efentJAttd^iffijtd, c mc but a liulc time more, I will tle:gUmpfcofchc other pan otttu^ d wind up all fuddenly. rdof Hofts inrcfpcA of that abfo-! hath over all creatures^ he hath all rnand earth-usderiiiin, asa Gcne-uldiers : The Aogels ihey arc bis \Tht Char-im of God dre twenty thtu-is9f Angels^ TbeLtrdu itmngthem t Hebrew, the word is in the fingu-h4ret , to note the joynt-fcrvice of ^ey arc but as one Charet, although ^ufands, yea Myriads of thoufands :,there never is any mutiny amongft :hcir harmony is moft bleflcd, their folable. That which your Englifli mftitd, t-ven thwfdnds, is Mjrftides ihc word tranflaced A»gels is not in Scripture in that fignification, it to fecood, as being fecond or next Princts^ the NthUs »f Gods Cturt, as mt one of the chiefe frinees: The Se-■thc word iuSufwrTBTj The chedrf$ii lis Lord of Hofts readily, and fiec-1 his wars, they derive it from the ^hich Signifies to bccin tranquility w, that i*, as God was in Shdi with his holy ones when hee gave the x^AWrucm. jj.i. fo he is inf fMlikewife, the Angels Godsffoils, makes ^im as dreadfull to all her ene-inic5,asthofc>l0^fZf as appeared ta Gad ah Mount

up agamft fkAtMkifr^i ahd/w, /^*and tmrfU-^ nrt 5 They were all the Artntes ot Cbd againft him v tiodgavecomminionco thtfre and it burfttup^o-^omtshe gave Gommi{n<Hicothe»ffj&» andicfWaU lowed up CDfik^dthdn tiod Ahirxm.

Sue the chtcfe thing t intend iti this is co fliew you cbc glory of God in this wlc of his, f torn this conltderatton.

I. Godisgloviousin this that he hath an excec-dii^ great Army :'Thc grcatncflc df an Army is the glory of a Generally now Gods Army oncty of his Angels that are ftbout him, is very great, Dm. 7.10. Tihsafdftdthoitjmds ruMfirednitahim, amltmtht^tml times ten thet^dJtKdbefore himMU Mvay otZtemfit

Qi

fThegUrioiu N,

\ word upon you. rfil. i<

[ htt Anpli tbdt txctU in j

\ JetneBtsJtearkmng unit tht

[. How many men,who

^ jneanc thcmlelvcsasif

^ bovc Gods Commandi

exctl infirtngtb^ihej eUt hi

U the void ^his wtrd .• T

whatitisthic Qodhith I ready to obey. And xh

\ ^els,i% cruc of allGods Hi

Bl<§ejethe Lerdallyehis.

hispleafftre: Blejfe ye the i

cf his dept'tmon. God fay

4ffj&/>jC0atI0Chcr, Come,an»oecemmaa:yzA ouus

Armies arc ready to dcftroy therafclvcs iiithcfcr-

'■'■• viceof cheir Lord. The command ofaGeocrall in

an Armie is powcrfuUihe may keep his Armicfrom

Epoile if heplealc. Flatarchmthe life of Fcmpejtcls

of him,tha.t hearing of hisfoldicrs offering violcacc

in an unjiA way.be caufed all their fwordsto be iea-

ledupifoasnomandaredbreakopenchc fealewich-

out leave. He did more thenbidthcm, yeatnore

4t chencommand themthat they (bould not fpoile.

2/"?d" ^* ^^* ^°^ forccth his enemies to fight for him,

\ TjfLdtt and can turn their weapons againft themfclve^

ab Mt!-it, which is a high -power beyond all other Captains

"'"^""'^and Gencrals-iothe world. Socmen and Nicephena

main*

mi- tell US of a great woik of God in the defence of that /;«r*/fcn-gQQjj Empcrour Thtodoftm^ byamighty wind the rativLi^ arrowscf his enemies were turned uponthcin,which *?'■"' ClmdiAnX'k^'mKtmt^vsiXK'i'^O^thoi^btkvtdjtexcuding viMi' nmchef God, fir whom the skies and themffdfght, &c.

Thttt

rheLordefmfis,

ler creatures buc devils and men but

^thfuUy. fight for God, and even

estoiigbc for him whether they will

'n when tbcy Teemc to fight mofta-

many men who fay they defie che

then are the Haves of the dcvil^ and

many whofe hearts and wayes are

, yctcvcn then God ufeth them to

dtoaccomplinihtsowopuTpofcs, ■.

of Gods infinite wifdom appeares

,in putiingof them into moft comc-

;, keeping them conftaruly in thctt

bich order and fhining wifdom in it

Ifcc^t would amaze uswiih the luftro

s faid of the Locufts, TheyJhAStrtto-ch

wajes, and they fhaS got breake their

'onethrujiamthirythtfjhAUwdk every

To order.aod guide in j-anksfuchinw

of'Armies, is infinitely beyoadthc

)aoder upon the earth. When David

cditating upon the glory of God in

14; InthcmidftofhismediEationhD

,. but breakcs forthwitbadmiriag.

JGods wifdome in them all> 0 Lord

thy works! in wifdome- hafi thou madej^.

h it fuliof thf riches-. Let our hearts

meditations of the riches of Gods-

iring in marfiialUng all his Armies.-

\c did look into thisj andcauf&our-

:luponit, it-would cure us of our A-

hts. How is it poilible but aGod mufl:>

pledged, where fuch admirable arv

iarcs^cvcnia the works of naturc,T?vhich.

r

they know noct any man that ih long all iacomi men ^n into th came running u vinccdihathcrc fomcskilfuUO virion of a Go: bc.tf we faw in

8. AH thcfe .™w...j ««j».

hif own charge, and To hach done fince the beginning ofthcworld.They live vrfioUy upon him^and ytt are not at all burdcnfome unto him. He is yet as rich as ever he was,as able to maintain them all as ever; yea andmanythoufandsmoreifhcpleaTcd. This iliiely is a great God.

9. God is able co put as much power as he pleafeth into the leaft creature, to raife it above the nature of it, foas though it be never fo poore and weak in ic felfe,he can make it irrefiftiblc. Hence it is that God by contemptible means hath fo often brought down the power,the rage,thc pride of t!w great ones of th« earth: how terrible was he to Phsrd»h in the very flyeiftWat is obfcrvableiwhcreas upon the judgement of the H^Uy he did but promifc that he would let ff-raelgoe^Extd.^.zi. but upon Gods Army of ^m he bidsrhcm goe, Chdp. 10. 8. But that place jlf^/a, is moft remarkable torthis-, obfervc what high ex-prejTions God hath of a mighty Army of his, and tht -truth is, it was but an Army of £«fjv/?^ and CttterfiU Urs, Ver. %. he calls the day oftheir commiiig» A(U^ fifJdrkfitfpfy ifglpgmmelfeydd^efthUktUrkmfe: hee caIs them a great petflca/tdsfirmg^ thcrthath futlxeit

rtA. J-:**;

••■(Ma

The LardofHofis. ^ 11

^vtrthehh^nftr.^. Ajircd&ucvHih before them^ and be-

-Mndthemdfiameburneth %the Land k as the garden pf

£den^eferethem, andbehindihem ^ defolafemldemeffCj

yjeadnd mthingcanefcafe them 7 And ver.^. The ap^a^

ranceefthem ts as the aMearknfe ef hrfes , andasii0rfe-

ntenyjo^aUthej run.Like the notfe of charms on, the tofs

'^mmmamsfbaU theydtape^ like tJ^e noife of a flame (^fife

.that'devoureththepAbley as aflrongfeofU fetin battel

arraj.l kno^ fomcinterpret it of the B^byiomaas thus

<dekribed-,but if^he Text be looked into, wee iball

f leerely fee it meant of the Looufls and Caterpillars^

4:bereforedie expreflions are metaphorical all along t

\Ashorfes^afiro9§gfoofkinbMt£larray: And vir.6.

>3efor€ their face the people fl>aU be much pained: all faces

^11 gather blackn^eytwGx thofe who hod impudent,

brazen foreheads in wayesotwickcdncfle, & would

aot feare the mighty God^even thefe (lout hearts

iflialltfemblc before the Locufts. God will put fb

tnnchterror into thefe poore creatures y that dlfaces^

fballgather blackne^e^thty (hall look fwartc-v|6r fearc

of them,r<fr.7. Theyjhall run like mighty men^ theyjball

climbethe wall like men of war: Andver* Z. When they

JbaUfalluponthefword^ they Jballnot be^ounded^ They

frallhm toMtdfro intbe Cityy they Jhall cHmbupuponthe

hottfes and enter tn atthewindews. Fer. 10. The earth

/hall quake before them, the heavens (hall tremble ^ the fnn

sondthofnoofte (hall be darke^and theftars jball withdraw

theirJhining, They (hall bripg fo much terror with

them, as even to affca the very heavcns,it (hall be

like as if the funand moone had lodk all their lighty^s

if there were earth-quakes in every place where they

come. Ver. 11. And the Lord (hall utter hi^ voice be^

fore his Armie. As Commanders fpcak with a voice

TheghriMt Nmh tfGi

of oiajeftie before their Artnies,{

cer lus voice before tbis his Arm;

fytobethe Leader of fuch an i

iaich the Text, Hit e*mf if vtrjg

txtCMmh his wmrd: the dtj •fthe JU

ttrrible, Midwhi ea» shidt ft ? AH

^(Lpti^s and Wtrms^Qt to ic is vi

ytn theyMts tbtt tht LeCMfit hdve <*»», *W6 >wmHr-irw««,

Mudthtcmr-filler^mithgfalmer-ivtrm, mj^mAhm

pbichlftindmettgjtit* Nowif Godcaorail'e to this

height Loeufis and Wirm to be fuch a d readful At-my»

how dreadful! then is the Lord able co tnaJuraU his

ochergrcatHofts^ Swtttf i$itri»m ItrdefHtft/is

this Ctd,

lo. Thi^ great Genccall is himfelfe^heAreflgth ofall his Armies, and he hath inHnite Ilrongth ift himfclle alone, beyond what all his Armies in heoi-Ytin and earth have, the power of hisHbftsisbut A Uttlfe 6f his power given to them ^ amongft nien it isothei-wife, thefttcngthofaCaptaindGc&erail^iS kitheftrcngthoftheSoldicrsofche Army, not the ftrength ot the Army in their Capuin ot General! ^ tbch wifdomc aird courage iodccde hel^ much, but their ftrength lyes iathe Army; if «he SsHldiers ttiave them, it chey faile, what can the Generaldoef but it isothetwife here, Gedp^ti all the ftrength, Kftfupportsit.hedraws it out, heble0cthit, itisone-' ly in the power oi his might that any of thcffi is abk to doe afty thing ^ and if all their force next united irt 6ne, God hath inBnitetytnore in lumfelie withoiit them,and can doe infinitely mote by his word alotifc tft an infhtht, then they can doe as long as the wofrld ftands.Oh how grtflt is this a«d^, this Z«n/tf^^i^^f

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To apply it in a few words. \ I. Who would not fcarc this God then f gW i j • I i • ShdU not his txcclUnck mskt jpu a/raid f Behold here a great part of the excellencie of his name *, let it ftrike a reverentiall feare into outhOAXS.Ffal.'^e.j^. Th$u mmfft j^Uriom dndtxedUntthm the mc$$nt4in$ offrtj.rhejlottt-hcdrtedareJboiUd: At thy rtbuh O God of^dc^^ tht charm and the norfe are cafiinte a deadjleef.' Thepthei0ference>t;/r«7. Then^ even thanart t$ hc^ fiarf^^ and n^hp m^fiand in thy fight when once thou nrt angryf

%. Surely then it is good being on Godsfide^to ^l

U? be of his party, this is the firongcft fide, this certain** ly will have the viAory« It is fafeft to joyn with the Lord, and it is tooft honourable. Youknow what . Chriftfaid to his Difciples to ftrengthenthem a^ gainft feare>f conldoray to my Faoher^ Mdhe imddfend me itoehe Legions of Angels. Vavid^ Pfal.ij. though alone, yet he thinks 1i;iimfelfe faf e enough with the Lord of Hoks^ver,J. Though an ffofiJhaUencMmfc^ againfi me^ my heart Jhould not feare $ Thoueh Warre ihould rife againft me, in this will I be confident: In what? ver.i. ThM the Lord is his Ught^ksfahation, andthefirengthofhistife. If we be with the Lord^we may be fure that we (hall ever have with us more

^ , then againft us. t Chron.^^ ^^7^^ Befirong andcouragi-i omJH n^ afraidndr dismayed for the King ofAJfjfia^ nor for aU the multitude that is with Inm: for there bemoem^ m then with him. Withhimisanstrmeofflifh^butwtfhssi lithe Lordour God, to hdf m^dtofgbt onr bmels. And theteofie^ fayes the Tcxt^eftedufon the words ofSeS^ kian. Here is a fiill objeA for our faith to reft upon. If we look upon G^ onelyinthis iacter confidera-

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tion of him as The LordofHofiSy want of Souldicrs, feeing all crt earth^are his armed trained- So (cite is InBnite it) hinvfclf..' Oh h hct if wccouldinall- our ftrait Lord .ot Hofts, looking upon ration \

You will fay. It is true, this dcedafiiHob}c& of faith, vvei fordyptovokcd him to come< are afraid he is now appearing i . IwillgivcyouoneTcstotS asthisis,- whcivjiourprovocati upon you^iand it is as fwcec,.ai' ■ ging a Scripture as any I know had profeflcd inthe beginning hchadbcen fore drfpkafcd wii t. yea and icappcarcsby the j were no- better then their Fat iaid,rbeLirdof Hefs-had h^di^ fitltmihe[etbreef:ore.sridte»jtert prcfentwhmihe Prophet fpp God' was inCuch a way -towairi nition-appcarcd againftthem: might break, and their faith be raifcd- marke what a.gracious.promife, coottsrintothem iivcnnow, itv this 17. 'Vtr.Crjyit,fa.'fi»§, thm faith thLerd'tfHtfts^ Jtfjr cities thrvit^'frofftritj (or througk ^^mJ^ fo the word isin the Hebrcw;yft*//jif/ he [pr^ad dro*d, and ih^LerdjfiaUyet camfortSton, and (hmyet chocfe ^rufa-Um: Markj here arc foure jsts in this ver. and they ^rc very gracious oncs.Crjr^^/, fhdUyetiefpread, (hall ^ean^ort^avljhAlLytttiotft ^trufaltm, andallthcfe

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romthe Lortteffft^s was frovokedtoin^g. et. Wc have provo-, We ai'c miicrable cffmftn, Wcarcun-ic tree: grace of out .ledjdiftreffedfoulc, feUe Icnowne by this :his name, LordthM

give C6jmnandemiHt rt of mine , H yeeld t9 ! dgamfl thce^ that they 'd,in any ■difficultJes we W he JtjcMragedyWcji

brought dnvnt .• But in one da»^ he Jhdl tH~ the LfraGodaihajiid-

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are cxcrcifcd.in his praifcsybut BLclativcly^.hci^i

ptai£e and honour to his Satms^his Saints glory ia

this,thntheyfeive'underfuchaCommander.Tlure

arc cwo Captains in; cbc world,uodcrwhoie com*

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mand ill the world fcrve,this 1 Devil, for he alfo hach his Arh the Dragon and his Angels; al der him, and fight for him; hi >^M»Vj&rf/?,Itisnodiflioaour to mandcrs, to gee under the Bd Hofts.

3. Let us honour this Lord liag to be put into what rank fa ordered in what placehc flail keep our rinks. If Godwil pit where there is hotteft fervicc,i< hotter the ferviceis, thegrcati We maft not choofc our own p tures, except the Angels, are work of their Lord in ordering aftiveinyceldingour fclvesft and be well pleated with it, anc an eaiie matter to keep rank wl but when we come to fight,we

Laftly,how dreadfuU mnft t God needs be to all ungodly or waves ofenmity againll fuch a 1 » him thtt flriiiiii whh he Mi

ftrive^thtktfetjhiMrds ef the u.

nite indigi^atioh muA God needs look upon fuch vile wormes, whodarerefififucha glorious Majeftyas he is r God can but fpeak to any humour of thy body, and it fliall make thee lye roaring out inanguilli, and grievous torture 5 thy life fliall be more mttet then death unto thee. This God may givecommiffi-onto'the sextcrurabe of bread, anditflHtlchoak thce,and fend thee down to hell.

: is agamft thee,he walks contrary u> :u;ibuc<>.Thefwotdspoiiicoi hisin-ic chine heart. AU the creatures oi ^.armcdagainftthec, and would fly rod did but give out the word. The epated, LerdJhaUbuttmof aegoeattd eh mh$ ddris prtfume to blt^ikme thj mjelfe againfi thee ? As AbjhM laid to 16.9. whj^ouldthudetddogcmfemj let me gu Mdtske ^his bud. The ifhiU I etmvti^h infeEHev imthisbst^. The Water, ShaUl pp hisirtathf I ftizeM bim, and imriUhim ? The », Aod fivaHom him •/» ?. The bcaftsofi verm* ttpan him, atidttarhimt Thy , shall vechtsk him, oriehatut»himf mIdftofGods HoftSjCompafTcdv idc \Cbron,i-iJ.^~WhtH^udah lo9!^ Sehrndftitt before *ndhebi/ul, sad they 0rd. Look about thee oh diftreflcd e Hoils of the Lord before thee and d cry to the Lord. Certainly there & re tnee, buttiiou.hafkcaafe to looke laking heart:t^u Juioweft xkx but ^y nunc, {can of God to cut thee off, teft go to thine owne place. Ccnain-but ere long fome creature oc other on thee, ana be an execocioner of: on thee, if not prevented by thy rc-:n God awaJfccns aguilty-confcicnce, is terrible, to h, the wrath of God is ^ :e of every creature; C</»ctyesout, tetsme^willki&mt. Why

brief c JTOwcr to DoAor Fernes Ba6ke, tending to rcfolve Confciciicc^ about the Sub/efts taking up of Anns.

By J £ R; BllR&OUGHBf.

THii:e C4me to mj hand a I^qo^^ o^ D. Fern, tending to refolve Confcienct in the cafe of the Subje^is tal(ingHf Atmes. I findit cojtyed on without giving any ill termes^ but mfakf exfrejjiotis ^ fstable to^ a Treatife that coin.tines Confcience^ And the more lil^c/y to prevail with it, Onely noiv a^td thmfomt bitttrnesbieAf^es forth i I jhaU very briefly ^et faithfully give you the fiicngth of it :fVbere he fieal^es rigbt, I will acl^nowledge it j am where he mifidfies^J will fairly difcujfe andjhew yon whence the mijtal(e5 arife. I confeffe he haihgi'e^t advantage in theffibje^^ bicaufe it is for the l^mg : i\ BecAufi itu fafer to flead far the K^ng, thottgh a man mtfial(^es y but if there be a mftake in leffening the KM^sright^ a man endangers his utter undoing, i. Truth about this argument Jjoth'Alwayes been tender lyhAJuUed i thofe who have fleddei fortheJ^ingjifAvev^ith courAge vrated themfelves to the utmfi ^ but others hAve been forced tfJte filent^ orflj'e but even to whiter and ^aI(^ halfe out, leji they fiefently meerwUh Cnot m-guments^ but) things of Another nAture to anfwer them. In which regArd the power of Swings hAtb been rAifed to the height^ and men have drunk ^ I'^ch opinions ofAbfolute power in them, as they hAvehcAri confidently affirmedjra^ifed^andfeen in Boolis, and feeled by many taxAtions and fenfures. 5 but whatfoever might informe them hath Uynein the dank^, not dari^ to appeare : Therefore wfU might the D. call what now, people begin te - - \ heare^dnd enquire After,a new dojlrlrine-y^it. is an old trutbjfut newly difcovering itfelf The name of King hath tal^enfuch imfreffion in the hearts of people,thai for a while they will be preiudiiedagAinft whatfoever may but founiof limiting ^ hi p9Wjtf,0r maintaining bur right ^gainfi i$.

f^'hat there is in the Epifile that may prejudice at^mAnsconfdense,will befnr fwered in wbAt follows.

Preamble to S E C T, I.

SO moHji good people that t^^exome to a f^e, of K^ligion and godlinejje, are " -niferably cotryed Away by Aftrange implicitefAith,to beleeve whaifoevtr is /aid oidone in the name of the ?arUAment,&c. to be infallibly true and fufi. It (ectns thole wh<» have not a fcnle of Religion^ do not fo eafily beleeve the jf^fl tfvah and juftice of what is done in the patne of the Parliamj^'nt. This is moft "^ * cciftaine, who are hardtft.to h^l^ye wjxat the Parliament faycs^ but Papi^s, aad Aotw»riou$ blafphemers, and prophane liven ^ I condemnc not all, bi^t co;n|>are the generality of the one fide, and of the oiher^ youihall finde ati apparent difference in the lives of the one, from the lives of the other : Yea, Co k is now that if a man as heretofore were not prophane, or loofe at Icaft , or zeialous R)r ceremonies,he was accounted a PuritAn-y fonow a Roundhead, chat ^s, in their ordinary interpretation.one for the Parliamem«

If it be faid, Tbi?; is becaiife Religion is pretended on the Parliaments fide : -So.i^ is on the other, with as loud a cry asthe Parliaments. In fuch things where .'^ivX X mud have regard to humane leftimony^to what part I fee die moft that have theieniie of Religionto adhere^ that £de I will be m, except I ft? better .grounds

A then

A iritft AnfyMT gc the D. brJngi tt> dtmr nx from it. Prnt. % waj efioML mtHi iMd l(eeft tht fihi af the r<

SECT. /. i<e IK two fpccial thin^ confideiablc in thia Bondly, wtat be fayo ve gruic. He grana : King, not oncly in tEiinct unlawAill by th

Aicd Limofikc Lind. Ir it well this iigntiKMi ncrciMorc wck«mt ] K die gennall Tenet, whulocvcr was commaniied by tbe King, yea \fj I m in autlioriiy, if but hy a Prelate, except it were againft Gods La«jre' DUfld to obey ii^ any thing that was not iuin:,inu& be yeeldcd to and rax ifcicnce fake. ThcOrin thitis Jn^fnuoai; he Cont'eOctiithat notrndy Law,bat tnaml-aw limin Kingi power:Thi( is a great cale to mnymcni mces GO know lb mudi.

1 fiinhcr, ifthii b« Mile, that all thofeScripCHFct thttiuce •bcdiemet* tmlmeninauthonty-jimillbeiHKierilood widi this limitation , tfaaiii, 'CoaiinandaccordiiigtaibcLawsofCod, andaccoi^ixigwtfae Lawsof UK u<unircy over triudi AtVf arc.

I. Herayes, Jnfnnttfrtfifianniwtptoitit mujib* infuck » esfewbettlurt tft Omnet onlinet ic^ cMKTcfnicnteSjM msxtmtuf tmfint (ft^^tvroHnfrt. Ami . Tbcte it no <tocrt mn3 liott dat the greater pan prcfentof either Houfca-

C;reeiiipon,butbx*trtllyvdi<land^g^,at if dicie wore an unuumotucoR-Ktn of ihcDiboth. It is fi> in all bodes where things are carried by vok. a. He fayes, n't ynld it mufi it t wurrt dtfnfiiie rififigiKt, j£f,f Ifdie King fhouid fqid any to niifthiefe iis,to lay, we rouft onely defend on

J' felrci^lb at notto ottbid d>cnt,b a oontradiftinn; as for dte Kings perioa, is it not dtc prote£on of dn Pari, to defend u^dterefote we necdc not difpHte mw^ about^cfending oui felresagainft h.

3 .He fayn, tbu IH^wift k ^rMttdtbMt tht Friust mujf firft ke iatt n *cff-tbrtwKtUfJM^LibtttitsjindLxmi^mimttintiiftbttitkistrufiJkt^tthm MmA ii rtpftmei.

By this he would infinuaic that our Arnu taken up arc unlawfiiU , bcctufi . the Kinghaihnocdeclaredhimfclfethus. ,.-Af^} What need we be put to meddlcwiiih any ibiBgUutI» inibe ca(einhand?Tbt

s Kingdom feciiig it ^f in nnunmcdangei of encHuet to infringe die liboda of tcpnay ftrnkd up to defend it lelfe; ycaaUwu^ ilicy cone tordi againft it In ^ ibc nunc of die King : Thii isoitf«arc,'aiidifdieD.dilii»ctagainft anyduac butdiit^bcfigfau widiEuiomilhadow. ,

Ifihis be cale as Geminly it is,ihen a grcK part of die Dofton bucA if aB' podncnito the %ufine& of tbe Parliament)ra^ng^tfcet; For forces may bcc railcd.uponoiIierguundsthcniheKiaes being brat to ovctrhrowRclieion,

sE?T. n: ^

THc ftm^ of thit 5rAMi,and almoltall dw book.ii in that place of »m. I %. and in dm place 1 belecvc die D.will fee, or if he doth noc^odicn ffiU] jhac he is utterly miftaken in tho feafe of chat place, -. T^ Apeftle fayes cxfie&f,ffh«fitvtr rtfipjfull rtcavt i4miatiau.

Ajtf. But licdodi net fay exprelly, whelbevct rcfifts die higheft men fliall:rBCeiK'.

damnation^ Imk wbolocTcr di^ rriift die power: Itttvtrymtb* fuhitS» ' totbcwiUsoftI]ttiigh«ftDien,buttiiti!>f bi£fc«'^nr«r.-<hcixis agicatdedi; \

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lii&i»iice betyrct»echefetwo:Tiic higher powcr^ that is, chat amhorlcy that God &

laa hath put upon fuch a man^it is i^^^nnt jW«fiif,chat mulk be fubjeded to,& not

fiftedrWe profcfle againft rcfifting oowcr, authority^ tboi^b abuicdtlfthore wh«

Lve.power to make Laws, Aall make nnfiill Laws, and fb |ivc authoriqr to any to

:ce obcdience:;» we lay hm there mujft eicfaer be tiyingor paikve obediencc^biit if one

It is in authority command out of his own wiU,and not by Law,I refift no power^no

luchortcy at all, if I neidwr adively nor pafiively obey,no I do not fb much Irs idift

abided authority^ This may feeme ftrange atdie firftsbut if you thinkc of it^ you will

' bdieeve it. The D^thinkes the an^r to this place isoacly from the limitation of the

Sibil, or the cauie of refifting^as if we held that no panictilar men upon any^caufe. States niay refift upon fiich and (iich cauics;wheceas wc cbe not anlwer (o^ but we diHing^i^ beoireene the man that hath the power^and the power of ^t man, andiav, aitbougC the power muft nqr be refifled accordii^ to iheiccter., and the fenie of tne Text, yet the iilegall will and wayes of die m^ iway bo xofifted, without the leajR oilendtng a^tinft uie Text. But we ihall mette with this Scripcure again and again, and ihail foUow it with ai)(wer$ accordingly.

He comes to examples^ se fir^^ the peoples refcmng offotuttbmfrm SMulMe ftjes^ , Sam. 14. lir feofU y^ere in Arms aireoiy^Mtddid but ufe d loving ^ioUncOm

This exanqple is 4inely brought to proYe that Subjeds may widdland illegal con- j^r nands of JCiugs, and no iurther,and that it phunly proves; onely^ he fayes, it isdlo^ V* vMg violence* Well thenit isa violence; they re&lVe that die Kiaes command fhall flotbefitlfiUed^yeadiooj^hheeadilsaaoathooit. ItwasindcedeaToviitfvblenCeio fonatbanrSo is all the violence diat the Parliament olFers a loving violence to the Kiagdwne,vea and there is trueloyc to dieKing tooin'iiuThe Kinghath not yctfivorn t^thewUlhaTeiuchthingsastheParl.wallnocfuffcr,(basoD OHnecoour cogni-fince; but Sdul fwore that he would have fiich a thing done, and yet the pcoplewould not fiiffer it to be done,aiidyet you dare not Uame cfaem for this, nay you ctnimend I diem for it.

i The fecond example isjOdvid refifttng Sdnl^ (he D. fayes^I^ wm to five his per^ x Sam. if. fm ffom Cnt^tbroats. *

Andis not our Arn^ to iave ParLft people from CutHhroao? 1. He Cxycsfidvid did no all ofhofhlkpjfut only defended bimfelfe. David had no authority over any thu followed Sanljhrhc Was then a private mans ^m/ but our Parl.hath audioricy over Deli^ucma that follow the King. I X. David was loath indeede to venoire upon a pitcht battail,or to exafperace Sdhl \ or hb SubjeAs, bccaufe hb fttength was weake, ^tfo. to a King, therefore hi flies up and downe and takes not every aiWantage, that If it were poirible he mig^t gainc favour in the eyes ofSanl and hb Svbjtm: but if they had falne upon him^ and hb wwer hadb^ene eouallto theirs, who knoWes what he would haye done ? but we are lure as it U^t is defenfive, andtEiat is aS it bto prove dut Subjedsmay take up Arras 10 defend tfaemfelves againft die injiiftioe of their Kings.

For that exampUof navid at J^/eilahjoU the anfwer to that is. tkia it is an unctt" ..^^ . ^ i^fuppofition. iiam.13.

B^uc examine tbe place,you ihaU^ finde it as certain as a fuppofition can be y It ap> ^j f »tes plainly that !&its;idhad foaieexpeftationth^tdie tSAnoi^jiUah would have ^* ^

k

tood to him'and kept off 5tf«/«0i^ngaeam(t him. and if they would, itisappa-"^thy the Text, that J^avld wodd Kavt ftood 10 it tnoug^ Saul had come againil k. In the Text it is 2u plain, as thb: Suppofe the King were neerc HM goio^ a-

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againft Sir_^.H»ibaM and Sir/.H«b#m fliouUfeek lo make and enquire wlitihcr ihcy w<wld dejiver him "r not if the K^n come toknow that certainly diey would, and upon that very g now »n unccrtaine fuppoficioitthat Sir J'ohn,H«tbam would wil ilandtohini,andifcncy would Hand, to him he would ftay thei againft the K^Of^i ?3icci^

Hi, /«Jt aitfo'tr l» Darids txample (/, that hit txamfle wai hiwat antinied ttbt Kjng afwisai. jf^r But yet fbrihe prefeni he wua pcivate man, although God had bellowed honbla^

■' extraordinary upon him mote then upon other men ; but it ti^om not [herefbrethat

inthiscaTehehadancxtranrduiary powerlotefift the Prince: Pttncc Cfeitr/j hath n" more power to rciift his Father then the Parliament hath,

Fir.ibefxamfleofElijbaufiiigtlieKjiifsmijfetgtTititghlj^btt tame t^^tai^KHiq his bead, hrfeyts it fayes little to tke qutflim m hand. • ■

I uipf. Yet he srants as muth as it is brought&r,ihat ikfence is lawful agaiivft fudden ami

illcgatlafliiults of Meflcngcnrcniby the iCii^^ ; if againft fudden , why not againft deliberate and plotted > for ,they are warfe : 1 his i* one end of iheraifing of the Army ,ta prevent fuch aflaults:lf it be lawful to be done by violence by i.or j. when the mc^agerisbuione^thenitmay bcdoocby i.or jooo.whcnthemeti'c^ers areiooo. iCfcro.itf F»f the extmflteftbi Fritfii thmfiiKi out the lepreut iC'»|:. Affft ^hat which rfiitis brought to prove, is ^us much. That there inay be liich undcM-

nefle in a IOng,that may caufe Subjcfts lawfully torefifthtm, when he would doc a wicked aft.

, The Doftor &jcs Fkji Gtds hand wm ufm him. ' Atlf ^^ wbcaCed.Dull leave a fCing ^ &nwn9rrible way of evil, ccrtauily Gods.iiand

■' is upon him then. .

„ , He anfwcK, But be bn/Iedtagae tuthimftlft. AttJ, But the Scripture icts ui,thc Prieft* likewile thruft hfva out; they would not fufier ''

I'ijn to be in the Temple.

. The next ihii^ in the Seft.l9,afimiliaKle fiom the namrall body: Thungh d mrti^ m*y defend it felftMgdUifiiii'tward vicltnce^ Jtt nemtmbtr miifi be fit afMi*fitbt head, fgr thtttrndsta thedifftlutitmeftbtvhele. jffff If the fimilttiide may be fbllfiwed,we fay, that Tome memtwri ar? asneccflaryioihe

■" life otthe h:ad,as the head is neccflary to the life of ihofe members.

X. A iOngdomc may fiHneiiincs have iMiehead,fometim<s another, biu fe cannot a J namrall b«ly. '

fuT^t^^raotSjPtyfmall defence detbiMt^nl[t»t (be order and ptwer that » over mjttt geueiajl refifimt by Arms {hefiuth) doth. Atijt No it maymaijntainandFegulatcordcr'jiiiriilietcmaybeas little injuAice on dr

one tideasjheotiur. BM the cafe Knot as Etil»Ms,for tbt l^ffofefetb be wiUufe m vtoiaue,aid'»t cannot \noivbit heart. Aflf' But that example of £///£< Is brought to prove the law&ilnesofufingtwveaga>>A

^'np '" "'i"g vioIencc:iiHd wftai violence tiach been almdy uled,ibc world fcnof >' 'jffjf ■ Pfl?;« i^.Hecomcs.KtScripturcs, AsyHTj ci-jf/fiWCf ;Ieius feewhat full ScrifWiW J' ihefe are.

The&iaUjNitm.i£.i.(^c.2'bean^aeieif co'abMdhir ttmpmf tgmnjiMofit and^a-en. Anf. Ic is ftrangethat this cxainplemiiitbe parallcid with ouii'i^airl.taking up Aims; Waf

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vile confpiraciejineetly oui of the pride of malicious (pirits > ihink^hacin juAifying Arms inromecaft, wc- juftifie allvilU-at-ragcs> ,'

kmnsrifingup againIlihcPrieft,as well as the (^ing.Yea cer-jgarnft the meaneft ofRcttchat God had appointed in Church here iliey did againft Mafts & AtrM^w would have bin a ver/ (Mu/ii hinifelfihould have thus rifen agajnft anyOfficerap-^ _ .. bin a vile fin in hinijtherefore this proves no raoreagamft fiib-■ Jefts rcfiftiog Pcinces,then Piinces ittfting )iibjefts,or one fubjcft reCfting another. Fiirjicr,we do notriic ag:;inftHis Majefty.as they rofcuf againftiWo/«& W«m j wedeficenoc that he ihould have lefle power thcnCod& the Laws have given him, ^ we would pcefttve this iniiim,and keep oft the ftroke of any fiirther power Jbtbai: we newLnoi for dus thing fo much as examine the caufc upon which they rofe ,wliciiicr it were fuppofed ornoc,tt>T the cale is fir ditTering in the end of the riling-Bitt Corah md his tempMiy ftfjif»ftd the ctufefuSiciati,

Suppjfed caufes for any tiling is not enough; now we are hoc es^mining die truih jfifT ofibe caufe of takingup Aims,iait whether ihcy may not be tafcen up by the Subjeft agjinft the mind ot the King fat atiycaiiie. Wei out eonlq^nces ncednotbe much fccupledfroni this Scrip.urei.Lctus examine the left hcbrjngs. Thc(ccoadb,i Stm.%.ii,iZ.whtye tbr apprtjpvi ol ibt Kfniis matmed, and n» mrmi efhilp mattientdbuc c/yigito iht Lard.

JsUiebareicUuoBoftheopptdrioBotaK'ng without memion in that place of any jf/fr mfars of helu,bui crying to Ood,a fufficient proof that though K'ngs opprefie never ■' * fn much,ycttli«cbiio help > Suppofe ] brii^ a placep: Sctipture.wlicce there is a K-lanoRot SulijeAs tirmg up ina wicked way againJtiheitPrincCj&ln that place tliece is no other helpmcntioiicd,but only the Prince ccnnmitiedihik to Cod,& Cod revcn-CeditjCanthereiKdrawnfiomtbenceonargtBnent, th^cwh.n Subiefbf rife a^aiiift Princes that tlieyhive nooihcrhelpajjainft them, but cotnmitiing thecjule toGod;? We need iwtgofai' for a Scripmre in 5us klnd.ihe vtTy place th: D, brought before wildo it;^u».i!.whcn Ctfj'oA. and his company rofe againA Mefis , we there read of BOM&er helptbt^o/^itiri.'d,huche committed the thing toGod,& Cod revenged it. V >6uc you wilfay^ct there are (nherjilaccs that fliew that Princo may mike u&ofo-iherhclp.

So ihere is for Subjefts to mie ufc of other belpsagainft the opprellion of their Axif, Princesjmany Scriptures have been memloned formerly and cleered.

Further glides uiis,we anfwer,that the ^>owcr oi all K'ng* is not ilifcc, it is no awu-mcntbecau&oiicKi'>ghaihfuchandluchp3wer,iKeretorcall mult needs have. The .powerof Kings is limited or cnliigcd by ihefeverall Lawsoflcverali Countries. ■ ^ ,

Let w [le what the third Scripture fujis, for yet auyconfc'ftnces a: f not fc,itf Ifd .it kiiaah.\x>.Thtttbepe»pltmiibtn»i»t9 v>4Y butbj vfdei frpm himthilkailbt fewervftht Trumptt.

BetauTe there was a pofitiveorder ihtre that Mafis muft make trumpets and thus jifff, ulc them;Doth it fellow that ihis-nuft be To every wh;re=you may by as true a con-re<pieiKc Bi^ the neceffiiy of filver tru[npeis,and that the Priefts (houldblow them, >^w^ as the fotm^i: The.conlequcncc wouldbc full as good.NoKing canufeTruirv-pnji»w«r&«btO'^ bIowin|!of thePri^fts,fbFitis corcanMidedthctc, as ihatjio pcoplceaaignw.war.tlir the Ma^iAratesuleihe Trumps , becaufe it is To ordered uKiti vrc kiM4)Ae tvn k judicial!,a«d fbrthoEc jtkltciallLaws thr enmrv hinds no ^1 -=» A3 .* :-■*«■ .Ivr J^I 1 . .

further th^tccardiiig to rules of pnuicncc and jufticc, every comxttf hoofcfuU fbrchcir condidoAS. Bcfides ifch s did binde^ then it were afinntfftf^ CO pallc to puc ilycMtfuU for any time into any other nands, ^ certainly ic not ih:n be donc,n«,n?r with Mfifes and ^4r«ix confenr.

The nexc Scripture is,i Sdm. i4, ^. pfh^ can fbeubout bis band againfi tbe Anoirtted and be hUltUffe?

. Why dodi the D. fpcake of ftretehing fbnh the hand againft che Lords Anoi ^^

Altf* who endeavonrs it' doth not the Parliament proftfle che defence of the Kings Perioa^ 2. DoAor mUit upon this place gives yoa this Aofwer^ That ind^ it is ncc lawfidl for a private man to lay hauidt^ no not upon a tyrant ^ for it is noc iawfiiU for a

Eiratemantokillfttfaiefeor a murderer, much Idfe a Magiftrate, a Prince. But Dondly^y hetels us of fome that have laid hancb upon a King, and yec l»ve faeea I gaildeue,as £|r«d uponf^to King of M^tf^rch^refore frv>m that S«ripmie there caih nM be a generall Proportion drawn, that no man in any cafe may ftretch forth hk handagainftaKing. Yea Oo^or ^/4^;r aafwers In die third plaoe^ chat yet Tjpuut and wicked Governours may be removed by the whole State. He indeed limics th^and iayes^ it mud be underftoodof flich Kingdomes as goe by ele^ion, as in Paltmdy and givesthis reafon^From whom Kiiigs receive dieir authority, by them may they be coth ftrained tn keep within bounds. This it leems was good Divinity in tjiofe da)«s. This diftinftionhe ufed,to deliver the opinion from oppofition in England ; but if the di- \ ftindtonbeexamtned,therewiUappeareliccle Arengthinit: We doe not find due I l>,mlltt was ever reproved, or his writings cenfured for diis thing.

Concerning that reftridion of his to Kingdomes by ele^ion, we {hall, when VKC c«ne toihew tixHn whence all Kings have their power, (ce, that if it proves true of , tiiem.ic will proVetrue of others; for che foundation of all power that fuch and iiich men have overochen^ will be found either fk-om eleftion or covenant^ which will come to all one.

D,Fei7H proceeds thus, if tbe I^jng bad cme inte tbe battel^s peffm "migbt bmt , been bnrt m weUm awf, -

This had been but accidentally • Ifa^tiier (hould voluntarily roe into the Ktmei

jlf$r^ die common encmy^ arainft whom the childe is in (ervice, and die child in difeiiar-

ring upon the enemy mould flay his father beine there, cfpecially h»being defiisd t

SeTecchedby anymeancs n»c to be there^but to widMb^awhimfelfcj doth the child qbor

traft gttiit in (iicha cafe >

His next Argument from Scripture is, Tbat tbe PropbH reprebendhfg tbeJiings tf ffftul and JnAabfar Idelairy and affrefflen^tam ever called nfon tbe fefle /W* this dnij of refinance.

Firft, iWe is much difference betweenc Kings now, and chofe Kib^ The peofic dieiidid neidier give them their power,nor limit their powers TheydoelvMh Aowim firftdieyaicfetup.

Secxmdly^ if this be a good argument, that becaufe when Kmgs opprefid, tbe ^ ^Kx did nottatupon peoplcfoKrefifbmee^cfaerefore allftfiftancemanycareisunlawfid> dien^if when people have refifted,8t caft c& theGovernment of their King,ftdie Prophets have noc reproved them for it; dien ic is law&H for oeople m fome caff mre-JUt. He that will harken to his own reafon, mull acknowle^e theic is fait fjCir. If the Prophets exhoned not to refiffamce^ tfapithere may be no refiftance^ uycs the O^ aor : Thenifwhendierebrefiftance,the-Prophctsrd>uke not that rtfiftancCy^i^ dieremay with atgoodrealbnberefiftance/ay I.

Whenidie ten Tribes «A of die GorermMit oiK^tkaam for lut oppreflJoM''

km*

Anf,

^anllicisabout him^iithcrthcn lo kii incient pa Vecounftlj ^bukc the ten Tribn for what dicy di^^butraihcrleeiiiedi* ii.H.RetmTnver;/mMt9 bit heuftj'er thuthing is frammit. biigreatfldteagtMfKom,. ij.wbiib^ffayti iiwitlfififrom

: «f that. The tiuth is, he vercr io mudi a nuntioiis, an jfffT •tton, wbich duly aun&de[cd,will cleai (be Tcxtto be noiluiic ■"'

J Firf hejhfftftt <ir<tf the KL''>g "7<^ fufrttam,£s Pcur m/^ 6iw, «■ iA« ^^ ^i«-tr,M bert.

■ I. kuinte,P«fr'''CakibeKiiig5»^«W»,butinihc famepfaceheisKuJcaBot-^/fT I 4uancc of nun aod tbcTcterc M be limiccd by man. He nuybetbcchicfieiiun ia ati-

^ Aorkv^and yet limited iii chat authotiiy; he a fuprcaioe, but not abroliuci Wc gnuK [ duuthcHcttLfesrifParlianKnt/aiulwcaI!j3tch^Sub}cfts, but not Subjcfti to hi» ' "nlUhtii to tlKit power of his that Lawgivcs hinn,

! I- iie ij^et foe gTanced the King if the higher pcwcr. Here obTerrc hit miftakc, .Let 'i^t granceddiat the King hath die h^;hc{l power, ya what pcopriecy of fpecch ■ vtoraychatheischcJiieheft power? It» proper to God to &7 thathvii Power ii Ac abftraa. Well, Tbt King lf^l> 'be hkbiS pn>er,aitd wemuji bcfitkje£i tatbis fawtr if kit, miwt ftjift it. Who Jellies all this^ When all this isgtantnl^tcl>. hath got aotbinf ac all; for if wc rcfUl Roi thai power which Law hath given him, wcdo iwt rcfift the bgbct power ^although wedo^noido i^r fu&er what hee would have us to do or JuKr. Then be reafms ffWH the ferJiii^wb»fMver,ei/eryftu/t.There wm tbm layethe, the I. SntU, &c.

But what power the Senan hvl for the pcdcnt upon agreeaiefic, or Imw audko( m^ dicir power watnowgivenupto the Emperouct^ agreement^ diew$not; andiflic ^* Atewii nocthis,he fayes noihing.

, Tbm bt tels MS tf (be ctuji Chripsiu bid tt refiji^ btctuji tbrir Emftrmrs tiHre «• ^4aiuti t9Retiii<ni,*)uLbMifut,tyrrm LtMi ad liberties.

\\ I^ihe Bfft we acknowledge wc muft not relifl fur Religion ; if the Lawi of dK Jnf l-an<lbeagahiftit,weauifteiiherluffer,or feektoenjoyour Religioninchetuccmoft ^* . fxrti ot the cardi,ra(her then rclifl.

I For the Emperon fubvetcing Laws and Libert<cs,heinLift prove ^uu the people ft 1 Souue had iwt given obfohue power id dietn fK chc pre Jenc,for the pFevcmmg Amher I <'^tbey^afed,orellcitrcadieih»6tourc«ft, for wc (now out people and Senate ' «*c not g^enanyiuchabfolute power. Wemuftii«cbeput[opTovc,ihey had^ fx'»

■ hit arguflKBt; diercferc if he wil nafce ic good he muft prove they had HOt.And ]pct •VV^^ they had noi,if wc ihould gradfie the D.m that diing,yet dieAi^umeAtwouU

< wnitwcak .-(brthe Apdftlerequircsihemnot K>refifttbcirpowei,theirf^wfa[ kee \ wxbaocchatccdicnaottorefifttheir tyrannle. CertainlvAcy could have no power wtthat whichwai given thenil:^ ItHnettreeinencjiftlKycnallengedftiidKrjitwasno "ithBrity ai all-.ruch kind of tyrannic as Oiey wauld afliime to thwalelvej, die ApoftU fotbidi not die refinance of in that place. As for diat he faj^es that feme affirm ikat fnMMm Wm ttmfwtryjtt tbtm mm-: *a*it thtt tffrnt it:l am fid of the O jnind in that,diis prohibidoa is a ftanCff itde. AifirtbMdipKSliMwbi(bbef»/esJimiihil(ttbMttbtj rt0 tut tbt power, but •bt tbnfeTif the fmier. Wc Mtfwcr^t is not rctftii^ abuTed pow«/or it it refifting no ]

power is thciUufcofwhiiclsgireniorofnilHU the ill i them moie,ihcn lo any oihei,is abuleof ihcii wili,bu[ p Power I do not mean Strcngih,bui Amhority.

Funh:r, ht tayes,Tbf/ir Mm^trom's ruled abf»litttlf,U mi^bt refijljffcr any thiag. AmJ, *■ AUhoughch: Emperors might.ufi;ri>Bie force to bt

power,yet wnethei the people were no: broughtloconfe tliatmuft be difproved.whcnour cafe ever fils, fo as we an-abrolute powcr.althwejh it be owof fcMc fwhich Go will concerne ui,but not before. * J. Whatthey got and held nicerly by fotce,wi[hMiC any content and agfeemere^was,

n^toweriiioaucboiiiyataUUit migitcbe iefi{ted,ao.wkh{tanding that prt^ibition. i

"fit la^ ihiiigiiKh»t SeS.ii -Brheieaf Ji^e faf ihdtm,- RiligicniieliidflijBed by i.atv tktirs-wM mi-.HeMJwm -i.thtttgs. i.Shall tht ptohibitiim begaejagainfl chrifitans undo Empeiwi ptrfecKt'mg Religion^&m! ggaiajl SuhjeBstnisjing their Religion ? Attlt If thofe who hive paweltomalte Laws fhould prove lb wicked as to KLikc wicked

Liwii againft Keligion,yec 1 ani rather buund lopailive obedience in tliatcafc jlhsn if men never Cj good IhouU command according to their own will, and not accordineto'. Law i for [here is ail avithtrity in theone^theugh abul^d^bui none at all in iheciher.

His fecond anfwer is. This fr^ibuim did n»timcerii cbiiftiMi eiily, bit all feoble | under the Emffit'ir. jffff Ai before,!.we know n:>tbui thele people had giv^upcheii tight, i.If they had not,

J' that prohibition dorh not reach them in thofe things wherein they hod not. .

Tiiui iiis Scriptures arc anrwered, and I profefle I hjve not anfwercd from a humour of fccking to overcome in a difpjte, 10 put gloflb upon the one fiuQ, ortoieeic i evalions from the ftrengthcf cheothi^r butas mifejMreienceofGod tofindoui truth^ j ' and [ofatbfic Confcience that hath to doe with God ina fpeciall tnannet. i

S E C T. / I I.

THefirft^e^.iirpentabautthecriginalofthepowerofKIngs. '

He firfi contends that the power is from Goii,and tliat he needs not conteiwl fbf, wegrantthnt the power notonlyof KingSjbutof.'llIaw&ll authutity is Gods Otdir nance.but that fucn and fuchmcn lliouLlhave this powcr,«nd how .much ofdib power ^ouid be pucupon this man,L:ml how muchiiponthat,that is ftom man.Hence it is vc- j ry obfervable when the Apoftlefpeakiofihepower^R^w.ij.hefaye'ijii isofGed-^M. \ when Ptitf Ipeaks of the men upon whom that power is put, whether King* or thole J feniby-him,he laye*,/fe*£(ii hitmmefff^nanct.,1 Prt.i.ij. yea, ahummeCreaeita, ft 1 the wAtds are, ai^fotvin kTi«(- ^ei the D.grants this,that chough the power be frsm ' Cod,yet the de%ning the perfsn to bear that powec,yea,andthc qualification and li-nit^tion ii from men by the Laws made with cenfeni:. rhtfufftme Magi^rate is caUtdtht Minijieraf Giid,Rom.Ti. yf/ff We acknowlcdg him fo.he isalfo laid in the fame p\acc,tami>ufte)'fi))'th<fge*tL '

■'' Iba.vefaid,TetrtCods. . . '

This b true of intetiourMaglAraiesa-s well as fuperiour, and yecnone wiU lay, but in&riois may be iclifted. > '

His condufion is in this 5ffl^t though the power be of God, ycttheperlbn dc- ' figncd,anx{ the (pialiHcadon of pawer in levetal forms of government, & linucuionof I ihis,isby the]awsofnien;This isasmuchas wedclEre. Manygo do further then the | defignation ef the perfon to be from inan,but theD-ismote giir he fayes tiK qualifies^ ; tion is framman allb.IffOjmark what foUows^then no msncan have any of tlus rulii^ ^ poHBTjbuc occordiiig as he is deiigned to it^qualified for it limited in it by men. wklMi vcrAfrnaiiighfhvwhifhvnurnn lum.Empcror.KinE,Prince.Duke.Lord I

OMttiepowetofpcopIe torcai Uigillraitt, altliiHi^ Gods pa

Mirer to an inftrior Magiftratt frooKjod, for To Hie Scripture f hii power bercaflumtdtherefi: >te are tlot above KUigt, as Kii

Iiiae to the argianciR. The arg

■ ,TFtliepo«rerI>cofCod,itc^iliotWre.a&umedk h power of inferiout M^iftracet it of God^ and jrct it n ' faisconfeqnenceisnotgooii.

Further, a fenrant by liipulatioa makei a man hii li NowthepowcTaftbeMlKcrit Godi, ma; lie therel power ? Sctvanci muft fetve Chrifl in ferviiK the it W tniiil^>cy GodinQbcyingthcirPiince. Paitonand' t)unillctiall power, and tUipoweriiGod*, mayittl ftomtbeBU

Hit feoind Argument i^ IftUHM0tnt4ltltbatii i/ottd.

■ .That can never be proved, that a thing deroted lawfully be imfdoyed Eoiiootber. Tbiiu agroandle nopnoUfor'tttEtdimfdciluattTtJieirur.^M ajjir of U a civitl thing. Am fa i^faftttiat ibtfanr ti M;'« he gives thai reaTona BtcMuJt tbt ttrds hiniani ' So the L(Hrds hand and oyleit upon Capcaint and a ZeMfbtjIie/are called Themovnuitiat. Prophet*, oyle upon thctnisnd cannot the power for nocaufe m how conSdcntlydoth themancondidc, thk Wil« (£f»roi/e«. Certainly HotwithflandingaU tbeinfiM may doe it.

But he proceedsJIdw CM (m/cmii^ k/iH*^»rl«i

iti upon tUBianditd dtrivatitn tffmn tM btvtfi

(ItlbeCrcintdtfieHi/tbjiiubtriiawaiindbttktfnM

I. Thereiinobody herethatyeihathntenpcdt

the King that Law haih given him,

1,. Howfoever, the point of inheritantt or comiu noiKinheritsbuf thatwhiclihtsPr«^«litDC*liad,& cviginally then by confcnt was given themttheteforci t>y in~heritaRce. and Kings byeleAion, in this cafeil i ihatonely fettles foimtr rirair, or nukes way to foinel what was former. The right comes not from power I piw, but from fome agreement, Mecedent,orcoiifeif He further argues. It it frebibU indtti that Kingt Id tlftwbrTi ;b«t fM Canfiiettct refitipoM fiicb rcKSi ntbink'^stfufi tkGiiiawiUi:<ve f elver Mainfi?t\ I. Is it hut a remote probabilitie that iUnes were jsaod, what (irA inveftcd fach aFamily with Regal It nufi be ciikr God from heaven dcligni[i!> it. at 'i

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Anf.

or taken by foccet there is no qamal. Tt«r»iidtt(Kfirfl

thp ti^ Vs aa *ur<ia» wt«n{ lo the Kittg. If mact (wcc iss

roevcilsinoftfotcibktMthi'i^ t it DinftdMRfinbelbl

that bebutthecsnfcKsfptsfiletofudiaftmU^) whld

eleSi«n. VounwjF gireit what nlitrt yon trill, iti* Not

tubiticic) but a mat cnnknvf, thir (yen bttc Kin|

cfaoicctor bytliat wiiichln«fte&ii^l«»<.

. The ttaSOx {ajtti i\m t(M|l o/Exg/iM ^MrrfalM

le may be they uf« iwetluuwoH ; baiif AvDoiftar

iheir cliime itA ihem^ and tliink to get i better ml ftM

nicnt of people^41 (be RegiJl vawtt &aU be ■ n feh « ft

o thinks forhis labour. Let him taVe heed of this. Al

aW fileOioa aftndtr pfri,'^ I baleen kictinwbrMl ' He ii Ml bit ft^(4 in Rom.t.j.#gMlflrrWitft tbi atjmmn fimian^ oj no/mjie

Tliu luA bean anCwnctl ;^iM ami agam.

£e/ateJ. A«dbntletttni*Mrli,higsart1iiHgibeftTt tbtjitJittTintiltHCtVt-'

j^r Al[houghthey)>e Kings before they fxirTonallydacoreiunt orfwearejyettlttfir ■'* ti^tcoaief ikbyebeitProge ni taaB , wliolui(Mr H^ cOAfttKdupontbernby feme ^teedaeiK «* Mhet i to thattlNf )i*M oMcnttMld in Atm.

. gM ffcftfawfownte d 'wi M iiit«>iMf»iinweiy «gw, ffrirft»M^At»fjmr

WeXe not ftftind fe BKfa tfWdtt «nh thll »W»y KM|$ Met, » nj^ Av«rf-|iHaU ^gtcetntM bciwtan {ibapt(aniKfng,*rltHtbf'tftiBydtt<tt waseotiArtvd Mt MfonCuch a fontlyv flrti ftif ttnt «ft fay ttMl h»ttlM«^i»ertra» Mnferrcd tfien wM(l6*ebj?e<»K«ftlMtagrtcitia)r} sMiwIrtcbtKfliiMMndtbeelw hrtnefei-' foA in t'M CswMnt bttfMOK s CaMMKy <tllrf il PMlf iA AOtim 4ftb AM twc,>s tkmis M Mkai CnuAim MtteliKftimiS letita Dwabrflk*^ orMffW him.

ThfDodMa«n(cfitk»J^I«;AMi«C rUrM«irllV>ftlefeffNIWbf

Sirf at IttKikafter thcMoAmirfltiv Wfiwtt,lK tittyM iMt 10 MffueUf forfntucc oTt^Kt iif Ueakit4|ii4liWMIMtt i»M IBWrfttWimt t^NOWA. ton muiWleevehimjbecatirehefiiyctra : If hislMttttdfd «^»M M^Atyftl^vtM atthkaToha^jMiMBBcIft. -

' te[wew4iiUtwrahM«Ml4irkda#,ttew«4dilMlt*AVh)RtFttty!)Kiehd^ , proii»f(,aiUttHpnf3tMtan(x«£coTAunKittflW^A^^^ iBdcedwetc'adaftgetMaeoArfqMntt BAthe^jUciMA U^^lMtttAflgbTUChttf

.'wiUiag.teA^weibMnofiHnrci

fit pTeftml}fic)iKtregMmttmfitnm)t*e^fimf4rti mtlut tfiriMnoriii

^„r Uttt*pam^»fiii^mTtkav»t6tmtmik one toMtticr in <::m11 O0Vtt1t» «en^bcXombMd««lrtitadaft,nflvckv«tiM(4icice.t]r(olHtkindofq$r(ClttU at thervft^tet Aa DMferdM* IwwdlisKil^dbibeilfRttl.

B»twbMU^ibi%jnwigim^tt]Hniti«Kamitt0kirt*e nb}t9 ihev¥-

tpinsftt»Dt.i^K¥rs,tHft9llH99fifiinmetKH9 f11iHita,^idt^iMf _ *i/bimSabfdittandgj'di. "^

to p. Fenjcs 'SteU "' ■"■^' 'f^

^^Tethi^nd there twd be no cefi(i»«e i

ipsaiptort«tt4rea/*)tfi>rbi4tir.

id reaTon lies tiidfromutaa jqt, wf have ck^dMiw^ tJa^row

: hjeie Swti4 plwi miOalwi in the ^Wgii^g thifvf^

s . 5 T. y, . r , • ■-

tftaimZfiit they aii^ktjv«.ttGfiifi%Uea>nGai kith Mi allliclptj they muQ needs perilh.

xttTbatiltitfiit" Aicvriu ihatitvfid fn tie Pt/utcar-iMCf if) fdfttfiiwjift Af^fWJi ti>f C^»A(>iw4 uaxdiO/

b isfpiritu^lijinj G))^ fatifa givm it (^intu«U awaMfluiij^b t^f. .

|yMi!Jl)i«ightliofe fee ftp fticb sown of tht pone over

the ChUKb wiH pnAr^ and QopriiMd I9 fpuint^ eeaiuic

Pot* WtPriBWtopwferw it.

vfOPn iinvill iiodnjitiiraIlttltn*for«itmuft (laMcirill amI

tfVfit k]feky ipf^«flf^«^er.'Uenccth^ alibcwghiibe

nnuy bypow*r(|f,AivK»<»r{>iUn|*,' and iiecaufa dfecb^

inoc be pf^fervcdt y« t' ra^y be^a gmxl vigiumnt ihc fvjfie

p AfW 10 dtftni cbc'fqralvet^aiBfl^iattnce , dthoM^ (he

ent> bftWft Ot^frcKf th* civtlTa^ oaMraU goodof QKn in ,

jKrftmd. ■:■

910 O^ar { foe thpf were not tb« Scm^i lliottgb nian^ partl-»SUte, n^r^r<ly,bcbraoghcistofBi^'ac«a(lirioAaithey ty, but they mii{l neaft« fwltr j iSpd fa many $t3teiy«i4i«n tJv W^^ong-^ tfiem i hpc wlMn God ttidnatufiglTcsthem ■here^i no (leffifiiicEKey IboaU pcfiQi. When the DuAor dif-tWCf willeitberflyerfuS'ar. > -

tHbytbeycouldn^nfift, theDrJmkuofaMlTon^hnht ' itbKWfethiiieiweFerocna&d byLMr^tbtFcfere(hey could Le^TWtbeif eMin|}le>a5iwalidin oureafejBndfoic WCM welt (Id loRvrofi'utigWgi EhtCHemayneverhean of.Uieexvnplc C priniiiirC limw sipplyerf to oot tde mote': iEor ehaugh k atfiritview,yetit iiiiotliiqg«HHnitiie«aininetI. '

ht SdiMi (bit fftuamederbers *>tHATbitMtf. :bafh bean already^ithetfhe peofde ihcngave up tbc}rwhole ^^ ft, whifbwehaircnocdoiic. toeurK<Dgi,.eroiheT(*ireitv(y . ™' tir Afbiccary^ggvwmncnr, bnc might bare refifitdfor thtjr

BmHfPaiiiamgnttSmid tkffmmt MigTt» ijmmitt^it ■fhat mtann 'of/dft-tfcvUdtkmbefofAStvt*

Iconfcfle thccohdiiionoffuchaStatcwotildbeverydangfraiBandlikc to come ^/inf, .toeoufH^t'piV[H«l9''m«nfDulds<»cbt(iJThcinlciMi> and the whole S<an oujiht jl

fufpofe a Pailiament fofw to degcmrrate,* thty ftwnid Kii^ to dearoy the Kingdomc.nnd to pofitffe the lardi thcmfclveiitn ttiiJcaTeMheiher a Law of Nature itoul defend our frivo, yea to re- afltitne the power |iven to that power ihey had, and faupfome oiher,l kave toi You will fay,thiscanfU]t bejbecaufe the higher powei ■A>if% This ii not properly to refift the power, but to difc

power elfewhere. The feivant doth not rtfift the power jufl ground! leaves him, and goes to aneth<r,ifhebc (i by \m owne choke, for fncb and fuch endi am) purpof< by aereemenc.

I know ihii will be ctyal out of at of dangeroni c

deliver tu f as 1 hope he will) Uft ever malting nfe of fu

It is hard to ronrerie it puffibk that a ParliamAit can

condition morcgiievoni by nnjuftadt, then it would I

^ fhould teiumcioihelaw of naHK,from whence at firft

3ivm iinei togrtbtrtfintbt »bjtftie» frem want

tinj^oj BarlitmMt bt jptndt intcmmnditig tbi ttir

thet EfiiHttj'mithtmtUiniffftinediiitPiptrjonbi

M»f. b) the one I Joyn with him but foriKe other, luff

i^^nxhen lions of diflridiom inihe Parliament .The m

frottParliamem^Ailfolw^atitihroimhfmiltttudet

tfpecially in thcfe tincsj arr exceeding ^Ife tuiivrnt

^ ibiogi will feemc crooked, when the uhye& ii fen) thn

mtJium < Reporti doe To gather foile before ihcy came:

(key are an exceeding thick titdmm to IVc Parliatnent

ff^btteti it it/^d, ibatmati/ fte mvrt tbaumtf m

judgtMHJu »f m«j ibtn tta» HiMfwirs, H'hy fM

Ctmwunsfit mtn thiK ttnt bundrtdftni ivtntj is i

„j^ Jhct}.t}mm»t •itittT*Tjrfiidgtmtntt

r*'9* H there wetc fa many of a coMrarie judgement more

■oicoBie and«W-vatc thenin what ihingsareamifle

i, ThisadifcSfDuctiTaliditielncominonreafonto I

we alwaia a coin|Kteni number,alhiwable by Law to

■hey i^ate and dttenniiMihinga in fuch an Aflcmbly t

allthc CoHRiieyi and Citio in rhe Kingdom hive cho

iradi&aiihevihinkfit. Suchdecrrmina(iam,alttHnK

arcounced infa}lil>Ie,yetthercarry with ibeBtmoff )

are carried by a few in feme fecret way.

Fonher,why IbouUfudranObjcflion bc-made sgaii thai no Court of Iuflicr,noSectetie[hat cairiei thingt once fct.^ that in fucbAflcraUies there fliatt' ber«ma ^trec tiine»ncit*,yet lb ipany (nakci up the AC mbly, fuch purpofrs. How can thii Obicflirn, without wrax many were of another mind, or fowe belonging t* the i.„„„., „...„„, r........

AfitTib'u the'DeatTfttiMds to the etamtt>ditigojil»H0(bf abovtArififcra^, and tbiKjttf,sHtgativ€v»'ct. '^r Thiiii nothing to our bulimile. What though Monarchic be the bcft? andwVt

■'• ihoughihcKii^fiKHildhaveptmnofaiiigaiHeTvkefAtlwpaffiiw ^ Di!|?Thisii

fgaivtthti ij.ioibtSi'ti'.

frtm tliis place is worn exceeding bare by thii time, Jf^r

'ull to rein fitntr atiijtd.ii vtmid•pen a -maj to pitplitt Bvtr- ■' *

•fy adminijlrtd. ,

»y that power abufed fiKiuld be tcliflcdj but H^iM, wbete t^creit j^/

isdangerinthepcopIciabufingtheirlib»ties,and dangerin M»>

heirpower.

tntisvat ttUj theleafi bkmijhiftn tbt Parliamrnr.

ebefureheftyMjTbeTcmjKrof ihe-PacliaBirot isdiflbkKd't and ^^f 1

icdifttaftions ia theCommon-weakh. lliew thediftempers, and '* )

^,. Rtlufioii, and what it the caufc of it. It would fill moch paper to

latheriogetherthcbirminiMthacthiEnuncaftsuponthc Parltameht,crpedaily ia lallpage.Bui that ii notiny work,I wouldgladly have confcitocesreiolved, ■it proccedt toilKW tbcdtKreacc bctweentlte Low-Countrcys and us, which no filMiisromcthing.bucnotfo as can aiake what they have done Uwfull, and yet Dodots icncistight, norwbuwcbaredoDCunlawftiil, He fanktr tnla.f^tibi»fti)iti Ji/twjt tb§iit ibt evilt that tstttvfany rtfifiing pt»tr.

Still we fay powetiiiould not bettiifted, anilwheteit is refiftcdfiafidlyjyea where «^»/t niiipower 3rereBfied,anyway>ttKrearclike tofotl«w fad c»nfequence»of af-Hon. But wbat is all this for the fatisfadion toconfeienee about the Lawfulnclle unlawfulneileofrefifliiieaKnihathavC'powerin anyc3(e i

[btH bt t§^ex 19 tbt oath of SMfttmaejr and tbrtroitfiatMn, ^

The Anfu^ to this depends upon what-hsth been fnid, wefwear wnely to the ^^r 3 gal) power^weprtficftRufunfacrthentheiniintenanceof that. '' |

■ie/iies,u»f£iint€ wiil /oek^ tbatfo^n It batb m ibectdinaKcc ef^od. ,

riiie nbai power bchath, thai is, what the i.awsgife him,we fay is an orilinance jf Go/, ■" J'

Btttbaahvficffvwttissiadgfwttntfgtd, tbtfrntrntfitwytt QidSgnvf, \

i a trme inhrmed ttn/cittut in tktt taft -mlt ntbir fii ffrr i ben rtfifi, j

HeitilltakesaburcvfhispoweTiBbc the doii^ whatfocvcr he pi cafe ; wedenie ^

utobeabureofhiipower. We fay in that heilothnot exercife his attthorative i

wcrU alltthereforehedothnotabnfeit. IfindetdfommniuftLaw Ihoald give I

nanypowettodewrongjthecxeciitionofthiswouldbc the abufe oi his power, .]

dtherejniiisgrantedanuelnfonacdconfcienceweuldiather ftiiltMhbn refill; I

itia.thsothcrcaTrjWfaenhedotbwhatLawinabks-noftodo, all the arguments ■■'' '

the Dodor canooc fa ii^ona our caBTckncet, at to bektvc thr State mutt tather -,

Fer iheti reGft. , • . 1 !

KowtheDo&orcalbiip hitreckoniif ,xiid thinks he linds it comes «o thus ich,ithat be hath found Sciiptute and itafi>n,fpc^ plsdnty agai He cries vi^torie iq bimfelf^hc lels himfelf what the ifluc of neto^-buti^rccfcois wi;^t btt Hoi^ki*coD<iiKfti9io»h t niad. U «

I willonely ^bTerve one thing more iBtbcconclufion of tMsS Ifan/JhaBbtfatritdaWfifmibtheMam-gfaFvHamfiHtMl imttf tbt CbUTib.drt'

If the Chufchcould doas much invattmof Rdt|.ion,at ihi iinatKif>'of theStaie^hePapiftiHneiwtle mcbwDc blu B 1

romucti with tlic name of the Charsh, » we are not for being taken

- ihcn-imeuf theJPi«W»aBf«f. Fori.Thc Church MfiRptmakencw Aiticln.of F^th , ffciwUif

the Patliantentcan Ki3lu new Maximcs to be accounted Law,that h

- and i^a vthu wne bcfixe, X. ThcChuEchhathnutaiudiciall power of inietpreiing the law of God, but '

rIw-Pulta(n«n Intha tudicUUfowcrafintcqifctiagtDeLawDf the State^as tbat utot)caccbuiicecl£,3w,»liich thcyinicTpret cobero. Jdvimt^^that weaiehouiwl to heleevei that whaifoevcr istetpKixioo they nuke wai the fcope ukI inttntioB of ibatLaw.tthenit wMfiiftin>4jE:Btit chiil fsy,thatitheit iBCarretanon mttt be nccoiiniedajiTmchkiMtBgtQ'iu/arob«iicncr,astIte Tcope and iocoiuieoof that Parliaiiiem thit lirft nuile that Lm. . -

, Thutl haw done with his S(Tifiwn,a«idd« toiionall fare of hi5<BotA> aaj %

\ ^ hopeorherswillhareJoRewitliiteoo.

^. . Iftnnu c«n&kncc»hB (atuficdinthe WfulDeireoftbethingitfelf,SDbief)c ca":

y. king i^iAriniagainfl the vriirofthtKJi^Uii other [fatt,ever;oiiewbuutid«'fland»

■. bow things arewithusjchatitwilliaetobe rnuSecf wdl be Toon Me to HuisSe

bimfclf. Thervbfiince-ofaU th«fo{hi«c is, iv^aXt that Subicas majr take up Arms ? yec whether ihcre he fufficiem caufe for us to do it.

.■ Toward the condoHofi-oi'the book thepr.beginiMbehotjaqAromewhaibitterj

' . hutliballnat bcfefulloAhiminptitinilira, bucinihegeiwtttlllbai.

What the (iniditionof^ur Kingdom it,,whuha in danger at not ? Wbatriie^M'. ditionof onrIlourctofPacliatiKnr,wbethcrthey beraFeorODt? wbccber their j>ti> ■rileifee) be broke or not ? ludge you whether Doftor Ferae or all the Kasunftrances ■ and DccUratiMt we have had from hech Houres be able befl to cenafe ut t we have receive^ioformicion enough)and fees andfclc moughte make i»beleevcthae«tr Kingdom is in ^reiE danger .-huiiimay betbcDodar lits in hit Andy like another ^r<frtnte;/irdrawii^ bit lines, and the SwoiJamnft he about bic caret beface (>6 will fee or belecve anydangcc to wardi m, .' The-DoAtffpin&thecaCe thus,whctherthcconrciencccan beropcrCwaded, ibac

■""[• theKing is fuchandfoiuindedjai that there ina]^ be fufficientcauleiotafce upArim ^ainlLhimiinthisheicai mil^crahlf niflaken, alia ^ hit other grounds from Scripture, and his rcafonstif lie thinks ihh be the controTtrfie.

; For i.wccakcupno ArtKiagainfttheKing.

; 1, WhatfoevBrthc Kir^iinindbeytbcrv isfufficient canfe to take up Ama todci

fetid our Celyesagainfl otlxts tliat feekovi nBOC. We know of thefioKof bringing the Armies in the North upon Parliment and City; Wc know of the ere at prep nations of Arms in fot'reign part* to fcod ow« hither, msj time iiath dlkwered their further at iC4nptSj although ic hath indeedwithall ditoveredtheycould nothring ' . their attempts to thurdtliredjffue^We know of many DclincpRBtt that are fled froin thcIu&icGofibeParlianicntfWhichiraimaibeKiacbed withoutforcc; umI if thef.

^ ' ^lyroCcapeas they do, to what pwpofcdoihaPactiaBUntGtHt will feon be made

ridicukiKSiiiEhec.ydQifthei^wld. Weloiow. wKatiEdone in-tbe exKUtidn of the -CommiitrDnoCArn^,and chat by fcniet^Atms^atil all thefe chinas' bytboCpwh« areundfc theatuht>rity«fEht-HDi^of:Ailiraaeiiti whcrefoiTif theycotiROt prevent thefe uiltimTn{aent,norr«ai&'tbe{cdifordcrsnraMt, bitt bypower addedlu their authoritie, although there he no fiKh horrible things as the Doflor fpealis af^ oimcly,U)e Kingsinreniiont.tofiihvttt Kel%iaa, and our Lawtaid llbertiet, if the {^ing do but denic to afllQ-in^he ddirctiiig us from didC: daageis, not uponground-

:x,-r -^

;- ;:'^-'^ - ^ >^T>. Femes

fete jcateulSe$feireJ,T)tftUp6ttcifttlBdnpr^^ know v^aitfft^ itttdinAcrfclifer-iftgi4> of fiicli^climjtsfiritt ds jirftiicttetift ftot,ottr fiifttv cannot fi^fiw to dc^,*heit lot caiife enoikgh to Citiifie oiif eodfeiencesin the h^tfiiliidre ottnxt taking «p Ann§. Ycdyotflir pmteihtton and dttty, thMgh wc had nertt To t«otefkti^ binds u$ tdtnaki-tarn by ail otfir ftreiigtb the Parftmnent in rte; {i«4^n maintaining,thetn^ we do not at all prcjtidrct the King in any lawftiH powtf of hft. " ^'

Thi$ generall i$ enongh to iatii fie in what it faid in tht vtr^hAftiitimi *. As for. , pattiefllart mentibned th<w, maiiy of thetn arc anfwttcd alitadie in the fothicf dif-eqwfif 5 othrrJ behig mattaJ of wft, iti$ more eafie for any o«e to anl^ter that hath i mind to ttamine v»hat {Mffagjcs have fadne ont. To go thtoi^ them part!t«lar1y i fluillcJte to fome who havemore time to ^»e then I, they ane f^r more calie to an* fwer then what, was before^hut not (b proficable^nd yet the anrvrer would etafper^fe , moitjthiey att $Qh)t{ksttiotc fttteahle for lawyer and Stddfb to treat about then f^ Drviiiw. ' ., "^

ff^hftfiffe'mkfe as In th antlnpon tf nUt tht ^My^iefhet Hvjf^ i»U*»iil run a

^nitfrnfienrinrfftt thtyviUttcnfttim tUn *»hm tbt^ h^e/kd htt<rd^uj^^ Wt fuj^fidduy tfhut i»oatd tHange tUtitUniO^mbrc^ fiUrtks. * * • Hid Doftor, We earne<5mforfAlf,jflW"Witt freely and rraily ftt otrr tonftfertce ht^ ftwGodttrihnWilUn this cafe,hut v« will tot makeihat ont plea, but wt will ftatdthtts before the Lord*

Lord th^ whdiwtthe feanthtr of oi1rh<aiiy,and out l«lge,thbiri:hOwefl we aim-eti at tto hurt to otir fCif^ We defined to liveriiif peace, we according to ouf folemiic i^cm «idftt)teftatten*, terye onlytntfeavotflrtd to drfivet our Kingdom ft Pariiament from the raee of tmgcidiy,^ tlofent Moi^ tnenJto bring forth the wicked Qmb ju-•ke, to ptemc what Ay IM^tieftfe, wh^the law of narflre,and the taw of the Vand h*thtna5!ifouf own. If thon wlttpfcafe tocali ostofiJiferfbrthy Name, we hope wt (todlbereadie, bnt becTsufe thou telleft m A« it ia not the- piirt of a Chriftian b«« <^ an IniS*ill, not to jwotidt For hit family, thet^ote we have not fubmittcd our felvet,wiveyandehMdrento theragt of thtfe bloodyinen:for the fubftance of what #ehat^tfone,ith^ been in thy Name,-that we tnay be faithfull to the King, j Kingdom, f arii^menr, and ro joftetitie. What failings thou hA feen i n the mj^na- ' giij^trf it, tofd pardon to iwwChtift his fafce. " I

Tmiswe ate wSTiiig toiweetthe Doftbr at Gods Trib(w«dl, but he ihall not W , d*fpfe&ibrtis,wel(fearhewflfha^enoughtod6to5miWetlbi hitnfelf, yea roan. i?wef ft* th^ft Bdbk he h:rth putfotfth l^nfuch a time t»s this.

rjk ftomthfnk thsft though we thas iuftifte tlikiftg\ip ArtftlR.that therfotc we^are of f ^ Adfe that ddfoht in W^ j <Sod fethid. Out fouls defitt affcr peace,we prayAtf |

P^?^JL^^^^'il !^ ^¥ ^^^S^HX^\^^ we know our ownlieam) for peace. i,

^ - ^ " 1^.. . - - ., rin there was«

whereas thhew - ^ ^ ^ ^ - :Houfe. Thuis.

»t'M a^themetty of every maMgnantrpiri1:,if he Can get a Pklnier to aflift him, to tPCtemflreidtbthtWdtldasodioui ashcolerfeth. A^greatan injury I fuflfcred be-feltj'thottgjif ih anothet natutc, when a tew pieces of a Sermon 1 preached to young nm wett "gSlthetrd t<»ether^ and patched up with a dcale of non-fenfc, and addict onsofthcirowneasehey phafed, and then p«t out aS mine. Although we live a* mongll men fct on fire, yer God ferbid bvt we iioiM felloe peace: but it rouft be the peace of ^fn«/ifc»?, not the pe«e OiBihfhh. Aoi^