A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, now assembled in Parliament, at their publike fast, November 17. 1640. Upon 2 Chron. 15. 2. The Lord is with you, while yee bee with him: and if yee seek him, he will be found of you: but if yee forsake him, he will forsake you. / By Stephen Marshall, Batchelour in Divinity, minister of Finchingfield in Essex. Published by order of the said House.
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             A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, now assembled in Parliament, at their publike fast, November 17. 1640. Upon 2 Chron. 15. 2. The Lord is with you, while yee bee with him: and if yee seek him, he will be found of you: but if yee forsake him, he will forsake you. / By Stephen Marshall, Batchelour in Divinity, minister of Finchingfield in Essex. Published by order of the said House.
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           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           the
           Honourable
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           now
           assembled
           in
           PARLIAMENT
           ,
           At
           their
           publike
           Fast
           ,
           
             November
          
           17.
           1640.
           Upon
           
             
               2
               Chron.
               15.
               2.
               
            
             
               The
               Lord
               is
               with
               you
               ,
               while
               yee
               bee
               with
               him
               :
               and
               if
               yee
               seek
               him
               ,
               he
               will
               be
               found
               of
               you
               :
               but
               if
               yee
               forsake
               him
               ,
               he
               will
               forsake
               you
               .
            
          
        
         
           By
           STEPHEN
           MARSHALL
           ,
           Batchelour
           in
           Divinity
           ,
           Minister
           of
           
             Finchingfield
          
           in
           ESSEX
           .
        
         
           
             Published
             by
          
           Order
           
             of
             the
             said
             House
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             :
          
           Printed
           by
           
             J.
             Okes
             ,
          
           for
           SAMUEL
           MAN
           ,
           dwelling
           in
           St.
           
           
             Pauls
          
           Church-yard
           ,
           at
           the
           signe
           of
           the
           Swan
           .
           1641.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         A
         Sermon
         Preached
         before
         the
         Honourable
         house
         of
         Commons
         ,
         at
         their
         publick
         Fast
         .
      
       
         
           2
           CHRON.
           15.
           2.
           
        
         
           
             The
             Lord
             is
             with
             you
             while
             yee
             bee
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             if
             yee
             seeke
             him
             he
             will
             be
             found
             of
             you
             :
             but
             if
             yee
             forsake
             him
             ,
             he
             will
             forsake
             you
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           
           THis
           portion
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           is
           a
           part
           of
           a
           Sermon
           preached
           to
           the
           whole
           body
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           
             Judah
             ;
          
           and
           a
           fitter
           I
           do
           not
           know
           in
           all
           the
           Bible
           to
           be
           preached
           upon
           to
           the
           
             Representative
             body
          
           of
           a
           Christian
           
             State
             ;
          
           especially
           on
           a
           day
           when
           they
           are
           
             drawing
             nigh
             to
             God
             .
          
           The
           more
           inexcusable
           should
           I
           be
           in
           adventuring
           to
           shew
           my
           weaknesse
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           were
           I
           not
           able
           to
           call
           the
           most
           High
           to
           
           witnesse
           ,
           that
           nothing
           but
           conscience
           of
           my
           duty
           kept
           me
           (
           with
           
             Jonah
          
           )
           from
           running
           away
           from
           the
           Lords
           worke
           .
           But
           
             Amos
             the
             herdsman
          
           
           must
           prophesie
           at
           the
           
             Kings
             Chappell
          
           when
           God
           commands
           him
           .
        
         
           The
           speciall
           end
           of
           your
           meeting
           this
           day
           ,
           is
           to
           
             afflict
             your
             soules
             before
             God
             ,
          
           that
           so
           with
           
             Ezra
             ,
          
           you
           might
           
             seeke
             a
             right
             way
          
           for
           your selves
           ,
           and
           the
           weighty
           affaires
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           State
           :
           and
           the
           speciall
           errand
           I
           have
           to
           deliver
           from
           the
           Lord
           ,
           
           is
           to
           assure
           you
           of
           the
           same
           truth
           ,
           although
           in
           other
           words
           ,
           which
           
             Ezra
          
           told
           the
           
             Persian
          
           Emperour
           ,
           that
           
             the
             hand
             of
             God
             is
             upon
             them
             for
             good
             that
             seek
             him
             ;
             but
             his
             power
             and
             wrath
             against
             all
             them
             that
             forsake
             him
             ,
          
           
           viz.
           That
           
             God
             will
             be
             with
             you
             ,
             while
             you
             be
             with
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
           Which
           Text
           that
           you
           may
           the
           better
           understand
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           carry
           you
           a
           little
           back
           ,
           and
           give
           you
           a
           plain
           view
           of
           the
           state
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Iudah
          
           at
           that
           time
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           dayes
           of
           
             Rehoboam
          
           there
           had
           beene
           an
           horrible
           apostasie
           from
           the
           purity
           of
           Gods
           worship
           :
           Religion
           was
           very
           much
           corrupted
           ,
           and
           the
           forces
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           were
           exceedingly
           weakned
           .
           And
           in
           
             Abijahs
          
           time
           things
           grew
           worse
           and
           worse
           .
           But
           now
           when
           
             Asa
          
           (
           being
           a
           godly
           man
           )
           came
           to
           the
           Crowne
           ,
           he
           begins
           at
           the
           right
           end
           ,
           and
           makes
           it
           his
           first
           work
           to
           set
           upon
           reformation
           of
           
             Religion
             ,
          
           taking
           away
           the
           
             Altars
             of
             the
             strange
             Gods
             and
             the
             high
             places
             ,
             brake
             down
             the
             Images
             ,
             cut
             downe
             the
             Groves
             ,
             commanded
          
           Judah
           
             to
             seeke
             the
             Lord
             God
             of
             their
             Fathers
             ,
             and
             to
             doe
             the
             Law
             and
             the
             Commandements
             ,
          
           
           casting
           out
           whatsoever
           was
           a
           stench
           in
           the
           Lords
           nostrills
           ,
           and
           he
           prospered
           in
           whatsoever
           he
           put
           his
           hand
           unto
           .
        
         
           This
           done
           ,
           hee
           then
           calls
           all
           his
           Nobles
           and
           Princes
           ,
           and
           Elders
           together
           ,
           and
           tells
           them
           that
           they
           had
           
           sought
           the
           Lord
           in
           matters
           of
           
             Religion
             ,
          
           and
           God
           had
           beene
           found
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           now
           they
           should
           goe
           and
           fortifie
           the
           Kingdome
           ;
           and
           so
           they
           did
           in
           all
           the
           Cities
           and
           prospered
           .
           
           But
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           this
           worke
           comes
           out
           
             Zerah
          
           the
           
             Cushite
             ,
          
           the
           
             Ethiopian
          
           (
           or
           rather
           the
           
             Arabian
             ,
             Ethiopia
          
           lying
           beyond
           
             Egypt
          
           )
           with
           an
           Army
           of
           a
           
             thousand
             thousand
             ,
             and
             three
             hundred
             Chariots
             ,
          
           (
           it
           may
           be
           the
           greatest
           Army
           that
           ever
           you
           read
           of
           in
           any
           story
           )
           with
           these
           he
           breakes
           in
           suddenly
           upon
           
             Asa
             .
          
           But
           he
           humbles
           himselfe
           before
           God
           ,
           betakes
           himselfe
           to
           prayer
           ,
           tells
           the
           Lord
           that
           it
           was
           
             all
             one
             with
             him
             to
             helpe
             by
             many
             or
             few
             .
          
           And
           in
           the
           Lords
           name
           hee
           went
           out
           to
           encounter
           with
           that
           huge
           Army
           ;
           over
           which
           the
           Lord
           gave
           him
           a
           glorious
           victory
           ,
           and
           the
           spoyle
           of
           the
           enemies
           Country
           to
           boote
           .
        
         
           
           Now
           as
           they
           were
           comming
           backe
           to
           
             Hierusalem
             ,
          
           the
           Lord
           calls
           out
           
             Azariah
             the
             sonne
             of
             Oded
             ,
          
           to
           make
           the
           gratulatory
           Oration
           for
           their
           safe
           returne
           and
           conquest
           ,
           in
           these
           words
           that
           I
           have
           read
           ,
           and
           so
           forward
           to
           verse
           the
           eighth
           ;
           and
           so
           I
           am
           come
           to
           my
           Text
           .
        
         
           In
           which
           (
           that
           I
           may
           make
           as
           briefe
           a
           way
           as
           I
           can
           possibly
           to
           the
           matter
           that
           I
           shall
           insist
           upon
           )
           two
           things
           are
           to
           be
           unfolded
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           the
           scope
           and
           intent
           of
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           laid
           downe
           in
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           his
           speech
           ,
           
             Bee
             strong
             therefore
             ,
             and
             let
             not
             your
             hands
             be
             weake
             :
          
           
           that
           is
           ,
           goe
           on
           with
           the
           good
           worke
           of
           Reformation
           of
           Religion
           ,
           wherewith
           you
           were
           in
           hand
           before
           the
           enemy
           interrupted
           you
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           arguments
           whereby
           this
           is
           pressed
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           two
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           is
           taken
           from
           their
           
             owne
             present
             happinesse
          
           who
           were
           in
           Gods
           wayes
           :
           
             The
             Lord
             is
             with
             you
             while
          
           
           
             yee
             are
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             if
             yee
             seeke
             him
             hee
             will
             be
             found
             of
             you
             :
             but
             if
             yee
             forsake
             him
             he
             will
             forsake
             you
             .
          
        
         
           The
           second
           is
           taken
           from
           the
           
             misery
             of
             the
             ten
             Tribes
             ,
          
           who
           were
           out
           of
           Gods
           way
           ,
           concerning
           whom
           he
           speaks
           to
           this
           effect
           ,
           
             That
             for
             a
             long
             time
             Israel
          
           (
           that
           is
           the
           ten
           Tribes
           )
           
             had
             bin
             without
             God
             ,
             &
             without
             a
             teaching
             Priest
             ,
             and
             without
             law
             :
          
           and
           as
           they
           had
           cast
           off
           God
           ,
           so
           God
           had
           cast
           off
           them
           :
           howbeit
           ,
           if
           they
           would
           have
           sought
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           turned
           to
           him
           ,
           God
           would
           have
           bin
           found
           of
           them
           :
           but
           they
           going
           on
           in
           the
           way
           of
           desperate
           apostasie
           ,
           the
           Lord
           vexed
           them
           every where
           ,
           in
           the
           City
           ,
           in
           the
           Country
           ,
           in
           the
           Family
           ;
           every where
           God
           was
           too
           strong
           for
           them
           ,
           (
           as
           certainly
           God
           will
           make
           every
           one
           to
           know
           that
           he
           hath
           a
           hard
           match
           to
           encounter
           with
           ,
           that
           dares
           to
           beare
           Armes
           against
           the
           Lord
           .
           )
           And
           so
           from
           their
           
             misery
          
           hee
           presseth
           
             Asa
          
           and
           his
           people
           to
           go
           on
           in
           the
           right
           course
           ,
           to
           prevent
           the
           like
           for
           comming
           upon
           themselves
           .
        
         
           This
           second
           Argument
           of
           the
           
             misery
          
           of
           the
           ten
           Tribes
           belongs
           not
           to
           my
           worke
           .
        
         
           
           I
           betake
           my selfe
           therefore
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           wherein
           I
           shall
           spend
           the
           allotted
           time
           for
           this
           exercise
           ,
           namely
           ,
           The
           
             present
             happinesse
          
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           the
           
             Iewes
             ,
          
           that
           were
           in
           Gods
           way
           :
           in
           which
           observe
           these
           two
           things
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           what
           the
           
             happinesse
          
           was
           that
           they
           enjoyed
           ,
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             The
             Lord
             is
             with
             you
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           
             Condition
          
           upon
           which
           they
           enjoyed
           this
           
             happinesse
             ,
          
           or
           the
           termes
           upon
           which
           they
           held
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           is
        
         
           First
           ,
           more
           generally
           propounded
           ,
           
             The
             Lord
             is
             with
             you
             ,
             while
             you
             are
             with
             him
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           more
           particularly
           and
           exegetically
           expounded
           in
           the
           next
           words
           ,
           
             If
             yee
             seeke
             him
             ,
             hee
             will
          
           
           
             be
             found
             of
             you
             ;
             but
             if
             yee
             forsake
             him
             he
             will
             forsake
             you
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           
           I
           begin
           with
           the
           first
           of
           them
           ,
           
             The
             present
             happinesse
          
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           the
           
             Iewes
             ,
             Iehovah
             is
             with
             you
             .
          
           Where
           there
           is
           but
           one
           question
           to
           bee
           answered
           for
           the
           cleering
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           ,
           that
           I
           shall
           a
           while
           insist
           upon
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           
             what
             presence
             of
             God
             is
             here
             intended
          
           by
           the
           Prophet
           ?
           
             Iehovah
          
           is
           every where
           ;
           
             Whither
             shall
             I
             goe
             from
             thy
             presence
             ?
          
           
           Nay
           ,
           he
           is
           not
           onely
           present
           every where
           ,
           but
           he
           manifests
           his
           presence
           every where
           ,
           every
           herbe
           shewes
           it
           ,
           all
           the
           Creatures
           speake
           God
           in
           them
           .
           Nor
           onely
           so
           ,
           but
           oft-times
           the
           manifestation
           of
           Gods
           presence
           is
           the
           torture
           and
           misery
           of
           the
           people
           to
           whom
           he
           is
           present
           .
           In
           
             Isai.
          
           33.
           14.
           when
           God
           sends
           them
           word
           that
           he
           would
           come
           among
           them
           ,
           presently
           it
           follows
           ,
           
             The
             sinners
             in
             Zion
             are
             afraid
             ,
             fearefulnes
             hath
             surprized
             the
             Hypocrite
             ,
             who
             among
             us
             shall
             dwell
             with
             devouring
             fire
             ?
             who
             among
             us
             shall
             dwell
             with
             everlasting
             burnings
             ?
          
           And
           in
           
             Jer.
          
           4.
           23.
           the
           Prophet
           
             beheld
             the
             earth
             ,
             and
             loe
             it
             was
             without
             forme
             ,
             and
             voyd
             ;
             the
             mountaines
             ,
             and
             loe
             they
             trembled
             ;
             the
             nations
             ,
             and
             they
             were
             wasted
             to
             nothing
             :
          
           what
           was
           the
           reason
           ?
           
             because
             of
             the
             presence
             of
             the
             Lord
             .
          
           What
           
             presence
          
           then
           is
           here
           intended
           ?
        
         
           For
           that
           ,
           through
           Gods
           providence
           ,
           the
           mornings
           worke
           hath
           saved
           me
           part
           of
           my
           labour
           .
           For
           in
           effect
           the
           
             presence
          
           intended
           in
           this
           Text
           is
           Gods
           
             presence
          
           in
           the
           
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
             ,
          
           in
           which
           he
           is
           so
           joyned
           with
           a
           people
           ,
           that
           they
           also
           are
           joyned
           unto
           him
           .
           God
           to
           be
           
             joyned
          
           with
           a
           people
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           in
           
             Covenant
          
           with
           them
           in
           the
           Scripture
           phrase
           is
           all
           one
           .
           
           So
           that
           the
           lesson
           which
           it
           affords
           is
           this
           .
        
         
           
           
             The
             presence
             of
             God
             in
             his
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
             with
             any
             people
             ,
             is
             the
             greatest
             glory
             ,
             and
             happinesse
             that
             they
             can
             enjoy
             .
          
        
         
         
           The
           Prophet
           here
           encouraging
           them
           to
           goe
           on
           and
           to
           feare
           nothing
           ,
           useth
           onely
           this
           sentence
           ,
           that
           God
           will
           be
           with
           them
           :
           As
           if
           he
           had
           said
           ,
           you
           shall
           have
           all
           the
           happinesse
           that
           you
           can
           wish
           ,
           
             God
             will
             be
             with
             you
             .
          
        
         
           In
           prosecuting
           this
           poynt
           I
           shall
           endeavour
           two
           things
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           to
           
             demonstrate
             the
             truth
          
           of
           it
           out
           of
           the
           Scripture
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           briefe
           application
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           
           For
           the
           first
           ,
           see
           how
           cleere
           it
           is
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           in
           
             Deut.
          
           4.
           7
           ,
           8.
           
           
             Moses
          
           speakes
           of
           the
           
             Israelites
          
           after
           this
           manner
           :
           
             What
             Nation
             (
             in
             all
             the
             world
             )
             is
             so
             great
             as
             thou
             art
             ?
          
           All
           their
           neighbours
           should
           say
           ,
           surely
           this
           is
           a
           
             great
             people
             ,
             a
             wise
             ,
          
           a
           happy
           people
           :
           I
           pray
           you
           what
           was
           their
           condition
           when
           
             Moses
          
           thus
           magnified
           them
           ?
           there
           were
           600000
           men
           of
           them
           in
           a
           desolate
           ,
           barren
           ,
           howling
           wildernesse
           :
           There
           was
           not
           one
           house
           for
           a
           man
           to
           hide
           his
           head
           ;
           but
           onely
           floting
           Tents
           ,
           some
           covered
           with
           cloathes
           ,
           some
           with
           boughes
           :
           No
           land
           that
           they
           could
           either
           sow
           ,
           or
           plough
           ,
           or
           reape
           :
           No
           trading
           ;
           
           hardly
           a
           man
           that
           had
           two
           suits
           to
           his
           back
           ,
           (
           but
           as
           some
           think
           )
           as
           their
           bodies
           grew
           ,
           their
           cloaths
           grew
           ;
           as
           their
           feete
           grew
           ,
           their
           shooes
           grew
           :
           wherein
           then
           was
           their
           happinesse
           ?
           Mark
           what
           
             Moses
          
           saith
           
             verse
          
           7.
           
           
             What
             Nation
             is
             there
             so
             great
             ,
             who
             hath
             God
             so
             nigh
             unto
             them
             as
             the
             Lord
             our
             God
             is
             in
             all
             things
             ,
             &
             c
             ?
          
           There
           was
           their
           happinesse
           ,
           that
           
             Iehovah
          
           was
           
             nigh
             them
             ,
          
           and
           marched
           up
           and
           downe
           before
           them
           .
           So
           you
           shall
           see
           in
           
             Exod.
          
           33.
           the
           Lord
           was
           offended
           with
           the
           people
           for
           making
           of
           the
           golden
           Calfe
           ,
           In
           the
           beginning
           of
           that
           
             Chap.
          
           he
           speaks
           after
           this
           manner
           to
           
             Moyses
             .
             Take
             this
             people
             and
             carry
             them
             to
             the
             Land
             that
             I
             have
             promised
             to
             give
             them
             :
             It
             is
             a
             Land
             flowing
          
           
           
             with
             Milke
             and
             Hony
             .
             I
             will
             send
             my
             Angell
             before
             you
             ,
             He
             shall
             drive
             out
             all
             the
             Nations
             ,
             and
             plant
             you
             in
             that
             goodly
             Country
             :
             onely
             J
             my selfe
             will
             not
             goe
             with
             them
             ,
          
           for
           I
           shall
           be
           so
           farre
           provoked
           by
           their
           sinnes
           ,
           
             that
             I
             shall
             fall
             upon
             them
             suddenly
             ,
             and
             consume
             them
             .
          
           But
           my
           Angell
           shall
           not
           leave
           them
           till
           they
           be
           setled
           
             in
             that
             good
             Land
             .
          
           One
           would
           have
           thought
           that
           this
           had
           beene
           an
           excellent
           offer
           ,
           thousands
           would
           have
           esteemed
           it
           a
           glorious
           thing
           to
           have
           an
           
             Angell
          
           of
           God
           to
           goe
           and
           plant
           them
           in
           the
           goodliest
           Country
           that
           was
           under
           the
           cope
           of
           Heaven
           .
           But
           marke
           how
           
             Moyses
          
           takes
           it
           .
           O
           Lord
           rather
           kill
           us
           all
           in
           the
           Wildernesse
           ,
           let
           us
           never
           stir
           a
           foote
           if
           Thy
           presence
           goe
           not
           with
           us
           .
           I
           pray
           thee
           ,
           if
           I
           have
           found
           favour
           with
           Thee
           ,
           goe
           with
           us
           thy Selfe
           :
           well
           ,
           sayth
           God
           ,
           my
           presence
           shall
           goe
           .
           
             Moyses
          
           presseth
           againe
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           that
           or
           nothing
           :
           for
           
             wherein
             else
             shall
             it
             be
             knowne
             to
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             I
             and
             thy
             people
             have
             found
             grace
             in
             thy
             sight
             ?
             Is
             it
             not
             in
             that
             thou
             goest
             with
             us
             ?
             So
             shall
             we
             be
             separated
             ,
             I
             and
             thy
             people
             from
             all
             the
             people
             that
             are
             upon
             the
             face
             of
             the
             Earth
             .
          
           This
           is
           the
           summe
           of
           that
           Chapter
           .
           Againe
           you
           shall
           finde
           in
           
             Psalme
          
           46.
           and
           
             Psalme
          
           48.
           
           
             David
          
           strangely
           magnifies
           
             Hierusalem
          
           above
           all
           the
           Cities
           in
           the
           World
           :
           Excellent
           are
           the
           straines
           of
           Rhetoricke
           flowing
           from
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           in
           setting
           forth
           the
           glory
           of
           that
           City
           ,
           which
           in
           a
           word
           was
           such
           as
           
             All
             the
             Kings
             of
             the
             Earth
             should
             come
             and
             looke
             on
             ,
          
           and
           
             stand
             amazed
             at
             it
             .
          
           Without
           question
           
             Babylon
             ,
          
           or
           
             Niniveh
          
           excelled
           
             Hierusalem
          
           in
           
             Davids
          
           time
           for
           outward
           glory
           ,
           as
           farre
           as
           the
           
             City
          
           of
           
             London
          
           doth
           one
           of
           our
           meane
           Country
           Townes
           .
           What
           was
           the
           glory
           of
           
             Hierusalem
          
           then
           ?
           You
           shall
           read
           in
           those
           
           Psalmes
           
             God
             was
             with
             them
             .
             God
             is
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             her
             :
             God
             is
             knowne
             in
             her
             Palaces
             .
          
           And
           every where
           this
           is
           the
           thing
           he
           cries
           up
           :
           it
           was
           a
           glorious
           place
           ,
           because
           
             Iehovah
          
           was
           there
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           
             Psalme
          
           144.
           
           The
           Pen-man
           of
           it
           so
           farre
           extols
           even
           the
           common
           mercies
           that
           God
           oft
           times
           bestowes
           upon
           a
           people
           ,
           that
           they
           then
           become
           Blessed
           ,
           
             When
             their
             Sonnes
             grow
             up
             as
             plants
             ,
             and
             their
             Daughters
             as
             the
             corners
             of
             the
             Temple
             ,
             polished
             after
             the
             manner
             of
             a
             Palace
             ;
             their
             Garners
             affording
             all
             store
             ,
             their
             Oxen
             strong
             to
             labour
             ;
             that
             there
             is
             no
             breaking
             in
             ,
             and
             carrying
             into
             Captivity
             .
             Blessed
             ,
             sayth
             he
             ,
             are
             the
             people
             that
             are
             in
             such
             case
             .
          
           But
           marke
           how
           hee
           gives
           a
           dash
           to
           all
           he
           had
           said
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           that
           he
           had
           to
           say
           of
           the
           blessednesse
           of
           Gods
           people
           ,
           
             Yea
          
           rather
           
             happy
             are
             the
             people
             whose
             God
             is
             the
             Lord
             .
          
           You
           shall
           see
           also
           in
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           
             Ezechiel
             ,
          
           Chapter
           40.
           and
           in
           
             Revelation
          
           21.
           such
           an
           Hyperbolicall
           description
           of
           a
           most
           glorious
           City
           the
           new
           
             Hierusalem
             ,
          
           as
           never
           had
           parallell
           .
           And
           what
           is
           the
           
             Glory
          
           of
           that
           
             City
             ?
          
           Read
           but
           the
           last
           words
           in
           the
           Prophesie
           of
           
             Ezechiel
             ,
             The
             name
             of
             that
             City
             from
             that
             Day
             shal
             be
          
           THE
           LORD
           IS
           THERE
           .
           As
           if
           he
           had
           said
           ,
           would
           you
           have
           an
           abridgement
           of
           all
           the
           excellencies
           of
           this
           City
           and
           Temple
           ?
           This
           it
           is
           ,
           
             Jehovah
             is
             there
             .
          
           And
           in
           
             Revelation
          
           21.
           
           
             The
             Lord
             God
             Almighty
             and
             the
             Lambe
             are
             there
             .
          
        
         
           On
           the
           other
           side
           you
           shall
           see
           it
           as
           plaine
           ,
           when
           the
           Lord
           threatneth
           the
           greatest
           plague
           and
           curse
           that
           can
           betide
           a
           Nation
           ,
           he
           never
           mentions
           other
           ,
           above
           this
           ,
           that
           He
           will
           
             depart
             from
             them
             :
          
           As
           if
           hee
           had
           meant
           to
           strike
           them
           dead
           at
           a
           blow
           ,
           by
           saying
           ,
           
             He
          
           
           
             will
             leave
             them
             .
          
           That
           place
           in
           
             Hosea
          
           Chapter
           9.
           11.
           is
           very
           remarkable
           :
           
             As
             for
          
           Ephraim
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           Children
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           the
           ten
           Tribes
           )
           
             his
             glory
             shall
             flee
             away
             as
             a
             Bird
             ;
          
           that
           is
           ,
           suddainly
           ,
           swiftly
           ,
           irrecoverably
           ,
           he
           shall
           be
           utterly
           undone
           .
           What
           is
           the
           matter
           ?
           The
           next
           Verse
           tels
           you
           ,
           
             Woe
             unto
             them
             when
             J
             depart
             from
             them
             .
          
           If
           God
           goe
           ,
           woe
           comes
           ;
           all
           goes
           ,
           if
           God
           goe
           .
           It
           is
           a
           knowne
           story
           in
           the
           1.
           
           
             Samuel
          
           4.
           that
           when
           the
           Arke
           (
           that
           was
           called
           
             the
             glory
             of
             God
          
           )
           the
           visible
           token
           of
           Gods
           presence
           in
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           ,
           was
           taken
           Captive
           by
           the
           
             Philistines
             ;
             Phineas
          
           his
           wife
           bowed
           her selfe
           and
           travailed
           ,
           and
           though
           they
           after
           told
           her
           that
           a
           
             Man-child
             was
             borne
             ,
          
           shee
           regarded
           it
           not
           ,
           but
           called
           his
           name
           
             Ichabod
             ,
          
           saying
           ,
           
             The
             glory
             is
             gone
             ;
          
           because
           then
           Gods
           
             presence
          
           departed
           from
           them
           .
        
         
           What
           need
           I
           say
           any
           more
           ?
           The
           worke
           of
           the
           
             Incarnation
          
           of
           the
           Sonne
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Redemption
          
           of
           the
           VVorld
           by
           him
           ,
           was
           such
           ,
           that
           one
           maine
           end
           of
           making
           this
           goodly
           frame
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           was
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           be
           the
           stage
           upon
           which
           that
           Worke
           should
           be
           acted
           .
           A
           worke
           wherein
           not
           onely
           all
           mans
           happinesse
           lyes
           ,
           and
           whence
           it
           flowes
           ;
           but
           wherein
           all
           Gods
           Attributes
           are
           glorified
           to
           the
           highest
           ;
           and
           for
           which
           the
           Church
           Triumphant
           shall
           thinke
           Eternity
           short
           enough
           to
           prayse
           God
           .
           Of
           this
           Worke
           (
           I
           say
           )
           the
           summe
           is
           given
           in
           one
           word
           ,
           
             Immanuel
             ,
             God
             is
             with
             us
             .
          
        
         
           
           And
           plaine
           
             Reason
          
           may
           demonstrate
           that
           it
           must
           needes
           be
           so
           .
           What
           is
           
             glory
             ,
          
           but
           the
           
             shining
             out
             of
             excellency
             ?
          
           VVhat
           is
           
             happinesse
          
           but
           the
           
             fruition
             of
             the
             greatest
             good
             ?
          
           Now
           there
           is
           no
           
             Excellency
          
           that
           
             shines
          
           out
           in
           any
           thing
           ,
           like
           to
           that
           which
           beames
           
           out
           from
           God
           in
           the
           Covenant
           of
           grace
           to
           his
           people
           .
           There
           is
           no
           
             good
          
           that
           any
           people
           can
           enjoy
           like
           the
           fruition
           of
           God
           in
           that
           Covenant
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           God
           manifests
           himselfe
           to
           all
           the
           Nations
           in
           the
           World
           (
           
             in
             him
             they
             live
             ,
             and
             move
             ,
             and
             have
             their
             being
             :
          
           )
           yet
           it
           is
           as
           in
           a
           darke
           Cloud
           ,
           they
           grope
           after
           him
           ,
           and
           cannot
           feele
           him
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           covenant
           of
           grace
           men
           behold
           
             him
             with
             open
             face
             ,
          
           
           like
           the
           Sunne
           shining
           in
           his
           strength
           ,
           as
           through
           a
           
             Mirrour
             :
          
           Such
           a
           Mirrour
           as
           the
           Prince
           of
           
             Orange
          
           had
           ,
           that
           would
           shew
           the
           Sunne
           in
           his
           full
           bignesse
           and
           beauty
           .
           Thus
           God
           shines
           in
           the
           Covenant
           of
           grace
           .
        
         
           The
           Prince
           is
           virtually
           present
           in
           all
           places
           of
           his
           Kingdome
           ,
           but
           his
           
             Court
          
           is
           his
           
             Glory
             :
          
           So
           where
           God
           is
           in
           his
           Covenant
           ,
           there
           
             Heaven
          
           is
           ;
           therefore
           this
           is
           usually
           in
           the
           Scripture
           phrase
           called
           the
           
             Kingdome
             of
             Heaven
             .
          
        
         
           But
           if
           yet
           more
           particularly
           you
           enquire
           ,
           what
           
             Gods
             presence
             in
             his
             Covenant
          
           implyes
           :
           As
           he
           ,
           who
           being
           askt
           what
           God
           was
           ,
           required
           first
           a
           day
           ,
           then
           two
           ,
           then
           three
           ,
           alledging
           ,
           that
           the
           more
           he
           studyed
           it
           ,
           the
           lesse
           able
           hee
           found
           himselfe
           to
           answer
           it
           .
           So
           the
           more
           I
           thinke
           of
           this
           ,
           the
           more
           unable
           I
           see
           my selfe
           to
           make
           a
           satisfactory
           answer
           :
           what
           I
           can
           ,
           take
           thus
           ;
           To
           the
           Nation
           of
           the
           
             Iewes
          
           it
           implyed
           something
           which
           concernes
           not
           us
           ,
           but
           mystically
           or
           analogically
           :
           As
           to
           have
           the
           
             Arke
             ,
             Vrim
          
           and
           
             Thummim
             :
          
           to
           have
           God
           to
           reveale
           himselfe
           in
           
             Visions
          
           and
           
             Dreames
             :
          
           To
           answer
           by
           
             Thunder
             ,
             &c.
          
           which
           my
           haste
           allowes
           me
           not
           leisure
           to
           explaine
           .
           But
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           all
           other
           people
           
             Gods
             presence
          
           in
           the
           
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
          
           implyes
           these
           three
           things
           .
        
         
           
           First
           ,
           the
           owning
           and
           acknowledging
           of
           them
           to
           
           be
           his
           owne
           separated
           people
           ,
           knit
           to
           him
           in
           a
           league
           of
           love
           :
           he
           is
           
             their
             God
             ,
          
           they
           are
           
             his
             people
             ;
          
           they
           have
           a
           propriety
           in
           God
           ,
           and
           God
           hath
           a
           propriety
           in
           them
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           may
           say
           of
           Him
           ,
           
             This
             God
             is
             our
             God
             ;
          
           and
           God
           of
           them
           ,
           
             This
             people
             is
             my
             people
             .
          
           Now
           this
           is
           the
           greatest
           happinesse
           ,
           nothing
           can
           exceed
           it
           :
           It
           hath
           bin
           often
           questioned
           ,
           what
           was
           the
           greatest
           favour
           that
           ever
           Almighty
           God
           did
           for
           man
           ?
           Some
           preferre
           
             Creation
          
           wherein
           man
           received
           his
           being
           ,
           and
           excellent
           endowments
           :
           some
           
             Redemption
             ,
          
           wherein
           man
           is
           recovered
           to
           a
           better
           and
           surer
           estate
           than
           hee
           injoyed
           in
           
             Creation
             :
          
           but
           out
           of
           question
           to
           be
           a
           
             Iedediah
             ,
          
           beloved
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           be
           
             neare
          
           to
           God
           as
           his
           Children
           ,
           as
           his
           Spouse
           ,
           is
           the
           comprehension
           of
           all
           that
           can
           be
           said
           or
           thought
           of
           the
           happinesse
           of
           a
           people
           .
           And
           if
           you
           looke
           into
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           you
           shall
           see
           that
           Gods
           love
           to
           his
           peculiar
           people
           ,
           is
           such
           a
           love
           as
           carryes
           with
           it
           all
           relations
           :
           It
           is
           the
           love
           of
           a
           Father
           to
           his
           Children
           ;
           
             I
             will
             be
             your
             Father
             and
             you
             shall
             bee
             my
             Sonnes
             and
             Daughters
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             Almighty
             .
          
           
           It
           is
           the
           love
           that
           a
           man
           beares
           to
           the
           wife
           of
           his
           bosome
           :
           
             I
             will
             marry
             thee
             to
             mee
             in
             righteousnes
             ,
             and
             truth
             ,
             and
             mercy
             .
          
           
           It
           is
           the
           love
           of
           a
           friend
           :
           
             I
             have
             called
             you
             my
             friends
             :
          
           
           And
           
             Abraham
          
           the
           Father
           of
           all
           that
           are
           in
           Covenant
           ,
           he
           was
           stiled
           ,
           
             The
             friend
             of
             God
             .
          
        
         
           And
           from
           this
           interest
           in
           God
           flow
           innumerable
           priviledges
           ,
           for
           being
           thus
           
             beloved
             of
             God
             ,
          
           and
           precious
           to
           him
           ,
           it
           followes
           that
           they
           are
           accepted
           in
           their
           services
           ,
           that
           all
           their
           sinnes
           are
           pardoned
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           have
           liberty
           to
           aske
           any
           thing
           that
           is
           good
           for
           them
           .
           When
           
             Solomon
          
           was
           beloved
           of
           God
           ,
           2
           
             Kings
          
           3.
           5.
           
           God
           bids
           him
           ,
           
             Aske
             what
             I
             shall
             doe
             for
             thee
             :
          
           It
           is
           but
           aske
           and
           have
           .
           
           
             And
             this
             is
             the
             confidence
             that
          
           
           
             wee
             have
             in
             him
             ,
             that
             if
             wee
             aske
             any
             thing
             according
             to
             his
             will
             ,
             he
             heareth
             us
             .
          
           They
           have
           friendship
           with
           all
           his
           friends
           :
           In
           
             Zach.
          
           8.
           23.
           
           
             Ten
             men
             shall
             lay
             hold
             upon
             the
             skirt
             of
             one
             that
             is
             a
             Iew
             ,
          
           of
           whom
           they
           be
           able
           to
           say
           ,
           
             Wee
             have
             heard
             that
             God
             is
             with
             you
             .
          
           Indeed
           ,
           to
           have
           God
           thus
           making
           himselfe
           over
           to
           a
           people
           ,
           to
           bee
           their
           portion
           ,
           to
           love
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           owne
           them
           ,
           is
           not
           onely
           an
           heaven
           upon
           earth
           ,
           but
           the
           very
           heaven
           of
           heaven
           .
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           Gods
           presence
           with
           a
           people
           in
           his
           Covenant
           ,
           implyes
           Gods
           
             assisting
             them
             ,
          
           and
           
             prospering
          
           all
           the
           workes
           they
           put
           their
           hands
           unto
           .
           This
           is
           the
           ordinary
           expression
           of
           the
           Scripture
           :
           Every
           thing
           
             prospers
             ,
          
           where
           God
           is
           .
           It
           is
           said
           of
           
             David
             ,
             whithersoever
             (
             Saul
             )
             sent
             him
             ,
             he
             prospered
             :
             for
             God
             was
             with
             him
             .
          
           
           Every
           house
           where
           
             Ioseph
          
           came
           prospered
           ,
           
             for
             God
             was
             with
             him
             .
          
           
           In
           all
           undertakings
           ,
           in
           all
           Counsels
           for
           wars
           ,
           for
           peace
           ,
           for
           trade
           ,
           &c.
           
           Gods
           aid
           and
           assistance
           comes
           in
           .
           If
           they
           
             decree
             a
             thing
             ,
             God
             will
             establish
             it
             .
          
           If
           they
           
             commit
             their
             worke
             to
             him
             ,
             the
             very
             thoughts
             of
             their
             hearts
             shall
             be
             established
             ;
             Whatsoever
             they
             doe
             ,
             God
             will
             make
             it
             to
             prosper
             .
             Thou
             O
             Lord
             ,
             workest
             all
             our
             workes
             for
             us
             .
          
           
        
         
           Whereas
           now
           if
           God
           be
           absent
           ,
           all
           mens
           endeavours
           are
           to
           no
           purpose
           in
           any
           kind
           .
           
             Except
             the
             Lord
             build
             the
             house
             ,
             they
             labour
             but
             in
             vaine
             that
             build
             it
             .
          
           
           It
           is
           to
           no
           purpose
           to
           plough
           that
           field
           that
           God
           will
           have
           lye
           fallow
           .
           Ye
           earne
           much
           saith
           God
           ,
           but
           it
           comes
           to
           nothing
           ,
           ye
           sow
           much
           and
           bring
           in
           little
           ,
           ye
           eate
           and
           have
           not
           enough
           ,
           yee
           drinke
           and
           are
           not
           filled
           ;
           he
           that
           earneth
           wages
           ,
           puts
           it
           into
           a
           bottomlesse
           purse
           .
           
           What
           was
           the
           reason
           ?
           the
           Lord
           blasted
           all
           .
           And
           it
           must
           needs
           be
           so
           ,
           all
           the
           second
           causes
           worke
           onely
           by
           vertue
           of
           the
           
           first
           ,
           the
           great
           wheele
           carries
           on
           all
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           A
           notable
           example
           of
           this
           ,
           that
           
             Gods
             presence
          
           is
           mans
           prosperity
           ,
           wee
           have
           in
           
             Hag.
          
           2.
           where
           when
           God
           had
           told
           them
           that
           the
           reason
           of
           all
           their
           ill
           successe
           in
           their
           enterprizes
           came
           from
           
             Gods
          
           withdrawing
           from
           them
           ,
           for
           their
           unfaithfull
           walking
           with
           him
           in
           the
           matter
           of
           rebuilding
           his
           house
           ,
           and
           that
           thereupon
           the
           people
           were
           stirred
           up
           to
           consider
           their
           wayes
           ,
           and
           to
           build
           
             Gods
             Temple
             ,
          
           the
           Lord
           tells
           them
           ,
           
             vers.
          
           18.
           that
           though
           their
           seed
           was
           not
           yet
           in
           their
           Barnes
           ,
           nor
           any
           of
           their
           trees
           had
           brought
           forth
           their
           burthen
           ;
           and
           so
           for
           ought
           they
           could
           see
           ,
           they
           were
           like
           to
           have
           as
           hard
           a
           year
           as
           before
           :
           yet
           now
           ,
           saith
           the
           Lord
           ,
           
             from
             this
             day
             I
             wil
             blesse
             you
             .
          
           Now
           you
           shall
           have
           a
           crop
           ,
           that
           there
           shal
           not
           be
           roome
           enough
           to
           receive
           it
           :
           for
           if
           they
           would
           build
           his
           
             Temple
             ,
          
           he
           would
           come
           
             and
             dwell
             with
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
           Thirdly
           ,
           
             Gods
             presence
          
           in
           his
           Covenant
           implyes
           his
           
             protection
             ,
          
           and
           defence
           of
           that
           people
           against
           all
           enemies
           .
           It
           is
           said
           of
           
             Joseph
             ,
          
           he
           went
           into
           
             Aegypt
             ,
          
           he
           was
           
             sold
          
           for
           a
           slave
           :
           but
           saith
           the
           Text
           ,
           
             God
             was
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             delivered
             him
             out
             of
             all
             his
             afflictions
             :
          
           
           None
           could
           hurt
           him
           ,
           while
           God
           was
           with
           him
           .
           Aboundance
           of
           excellent
           Scriptures
           speake
           this
           truth
           .
           Observe
           two
           or
           three
           comparisons
           which
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           frequently
           useth
           ,
           in
           
             Isai.
          
           4.
           the
           later
           end
           ,
           the
           Lord
           speaks
           thus
           of
           the
           Churches
           of
           the
           
             Gentiles
             ,
          
           that
           he
           would
           
             create
             upon
             all
             the
             assemblies
          
           (
           upon
           all
           the
           places
           where
           the
           people
           should
           assemble
           to
           serve
           him
           )
           a
           pillar
           of
           a
           Cloud
           ,
           and
           a
           fire
           to
           keepe
           them
           safe
           day
           and
           night
           :
           
             for
             upon
             all
             the
             glory
             shall
             be
             a
             defence
             .
          
           Marke
           ,
           Gods
           presence
           in
           his
           Ordinances
           ,
           is
           their
           
             Glory
             ,
          
           and
           upon
           all
           the
           
             Glory
          
           GOD
           would
           create
           a
           Defence
           .
           
           Hee
           compareth
           Himselfe
           to
           a
           
           Shield
           ,
           
             I
             am
             thy
             Shield
             .
          
           Now
           the
           nature
           of
           a
           Shield
           is
           to
           take
           all
           the
           blo
           vs
           ,
           that
           the
           body
           cannot
           be
           hurt
           ,
           till
           the
           shield
           be
           pierced
           through
           .
           In
           
             Zach.
          
           2.
           5.
           
           God
           saith
           he
           will
           bee
           
             a
             wall
             of
             fire
             round
             about
             them
             :
          
           alluding
           to
           the
           custome
           of
           Travellers
           in
           waste
           wildernesses
           ,
           who
           used
           to
           make
           fires
           round
           about
           them
           in
           the
           night
           ,
           and
           then
           none
           of
           the
           wilde
           beasts
           durst
           come
           neare
           them
           ;
           such
           a
           defence
           is
           God
           to
           his
           people
           :
           And
           he
           often
           saith
           ,
           he
           
             beares
             them
             upon
             Eagles
             wings
             .
          
           Some
           observe
           ,
           that
           other
           birds
           carry
           their
           young
           ones
           in
           their
           clawes
           ,
           (
           and
           then
           the
           young
           one
           may
           bee
           killed
           ,
           and
           the
           old
           one
           not
           hurt
           )
           but
           the
           Eagle
           carries
           her
           young
           upon
           her
           back
           ,
           upon
           her
           wings
           ,
           and
           so
           they
           cannot
           be
           hurt
           till
           she
           be
           shot
           through
           .
           Excellent
           is
           that
           expression
           in
           
             Isaiah
          
           the
           46.
           where
           God
           comparing
           himselfe
           with
           the
           Idols
           of
           the
           Heathens
           ,
           speakes
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           
             Their
             Idolls
             must
             be
             borne
             :
          
           but
           God
           beares
           his
           people
           :
           They
           must
           be
           
             set
             in
             their
             place
             ,
          
           and
           bee
           kept
           least
           they
           be
           stolne
           or
           broken
           ;
           they
           must
           defend
           their
           gods
           :
           but
           
             Iehovah
          
           defends
           his
           people
           :
           In
           many
           places
           God
           calls
           himselfe
           the
           Watch-man
           of
           his
           people
           ,
           the
           Leader
           of
           them
           ,
           the
           Defender
           of
           them
           :
           all
           signifying
           thus
           much
           ,
           that
           the
           safety
           and
           defence
           of
           his
           people
           rests
           upon
           his
           presence
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           Some where
           I
           have
           read
           a
           Dialogue
           betwixt
           a
           
             Iew
          
           and
           a
           
             Heathen
             :
          
           After
           the
           
             Iewes
          
           returne
           from
           the
           Captivity
           ,
           all
           the
           Nations
           round
           about
           them
           (
           being
           enemies
           to
           them
           )
           a
           
             Pagan
          
           asked
           a
           
             Iew
          
           how
           they
           could
           have
           any
           hope
           of
           safety
           :
           because
           (
           faith
           hee
           )
           every
           one
           of
           them
           is
           as
           one
           silly
           sheep
           compassed
           about
           with
           fifty
           wolves
           ?
           I
           ,
           but
           saith
           the
           
             Iew
             ,
          
           wee
           are
           kept
           by
           a
           shepheard
           that
           can
           kill
           these
           fifty
           Wolves
           when
           hee
           pleaceth
           .
           This
           God
           ,
           where
           ever
           he
           comes
           is
           the
           protector
           
           of
           his
           people
           ;
           who
           ,
           if
           he
           but
           speake
           the
           word
           ,
           all
           the
           enemies
           of
           his
           people
           are
           consumed
           and
           brought
           to
           nothing
           .
           And
           this
           is
           the
           summe
           of
           all
           
             Balaams
          
           answer
           to
           
             Balaak
             ,
             Numb.
          
           23.
           and
           24.
           that
           neither
           force
           nor
           fraud
           could
           hurt
           the
           people
           of
           
             Israel
          
           while
           God
           was
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           On
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           if
           God
           leave
           a
           people
           ,
           all
           their
           strength
           is
           gone
           ,
           as
           
             Sampsons
          
           was
           when
           his
           Locks
           were
           cut
           of
           .
           A
           notable
           instance
           of
           this
           you
           shall
           find
           in
           
             Ier.
          
           37.
           
           God
           was
           then
           withdrawing
           from
           his
           people
           ,
           tooke
           away
           the
           signes
           of
           his
           presence
           ,
           and
           told
           them
           they
           should
           be
           delivered
           up
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           
             Chaldeans
             :
          
           they
           thought
           yet
           to
           hold
           it
           out
           .
           But
           saith
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           
             If
             yee
             had
             smitten
             all
             the
             army
             of
             the
          
           Chaldeans
           ,
           
             and
             none
             of
             them
             had
             beene
             left
             but
             a
             few
             wounded
             men
             ,
             they
             should
             come
             and
             burne
             your
             City
             .
          
           
           
             Amaziah's
          
           case
           
           also
           is
           most
           famous
           ;
           hee
           had
           warre
           with
           a
           great
           company
           of
           malicious
           neighbour
           Princes
           that
           hated
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           hires
           100000
           valiant
           men
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           and
           joynes
           them
           with
           his
           owne
           forces
           :
           But
           there
           comes
           a
           Prophet
           ,
           and
           bids
           him
           send
           these
           100000
           people
           backe
           ;
           why
           ?
           for
           
             God
             is
             not
             with
             the
             Armies
             of
          
           Israel
           ;
           As
           if
           he
           had
           said
           ,
           
             Amaziah
             ,
          
           it
           were
           all
           one
           for
           thee
           to
           carry
           100000
           wisps
           of
           straw
           ,
           or
           a
           hundred
           thousand
           dead
           Carkasses
           into
           the
           Field
           to
           fight
           ,
           as
           a
           
             hundred
             thousand
             valiant
             men
             ,
          
           if
           God
           bee
           not
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           While
           God
           was
           with
           
             Sampson
             ,
          
           he
           could
           carry
           the
           gates
           of
           a
           City
           upon
           his
           shoulders
           ;
           when
           God
           left
           him
           ,
           when
           his
           Locks
           were
           cut
           (
           which
           were
           a
           pledge
           of
           
             Gods
             presence
          
           )
           then
           they
           took
           him
           and
           made
           a
           foole
           of
           him
           at
           their
           pleasure
           .
        
         
           If
           you
           be
           not
           yet
           satisfied
           ,
           that
           all
           these
           three
           things
           
           are
           implyed
           in
           
             Gods
             presence
             :
          
           observe
           further
           that
           not
           onely
           of
           
             Jehovah
             ,
          
           but
           even
           of
           all
           the
           Idoll
           
             gods
             of
             the
             Nations
             ,
          
           the
           like
           things
           are
           spoken
           .
        
         
           As
           first
           ,
           they
           are
           said
           to
           be
           
             fathers
          
           and
           
             friends
          
           of
           the
           people
           that
           worshipped
           them
           .
           Thus
           the
           people
           of
           
             Moab
          
           who
           worshipped
           
             Chemosh
             ,
          
           are
           stiled
           the
           people
           of
           
             Chemosh
             .
          
           
           When
           
             Iudah
          
           joyned
           himselfe
           in
           marriage
           with
           Idolaters
           ,
           God
           saith
           of
           him
           ,
           
             He
             hath
             taken
             the
             daughter
             of
             a
             strange
             god
             :
          
           
           And
           elsewhere
           when
           God
           chargeth
           his
           people
           with
           Idolatry
           ,
           the
           Indictment
           runnes
           thus
           :
           They
           say
           to
           a
           stocke
           ,
           thou
           art
           my
           Father
           ;
           
           that
           is
           ,
           thou
           art
           my
           God
           ,
           as
           neare
           unto
           mee
           as
           a
           Father
           to
           his
           Children
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           all
           their
           
             prosperity
          
           was
           said
           to
           come
           from
           their
           gods
           supposedly
           present
           among
           them
           ,
           and
           propitious
           to
           them
           .
           
             Wilt
             thou
             not
             possesse
             that
             which
          
           Chemosh
           
             thy
             god
             gives
             thee
             to
             possesse
             ?
          
           said
           
             Iepthah
          
           
           to
           the
           King
           of
           
             Ammon
             ,
          
           who
           tooke
           
             Chemosh
          
           for
           his
           God
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           their
           
             safety
             ,
          
           their
           
             victories
          
           are
           ever
           attributed
           to
           their
           gods
           whom
           they
           tooke
           to
           be
           among
           them
           ;
           
             Our
             God
             hath
             delivered
             into
             our
             hands
          
           (
           Sampson
           )
           
             our
             enemy
             .
          
           
           And
           the
           attempts
           against
           the
           Heathen
           ,
           are
           said
           to
           be
           made
           against
           their
           gods
           :
           as
           in
           
             Isaiah
          
           46.
           2.
           where
           there
           is
           a
           prophesie
           of
           the
           taking
           of
           
             Babylon
          
           by
           
             Cyrus
             ,
          
           it
           is
           thus
           expressed
           ,
           
             Bell
             boweth
             downe
             ,
             Nebo
             stoopeth
             ,
             &c.
             
             Their
             gods
             are
             gone
             into
             captivity
             .
          
           So
           in
           2.
           
           
             King.
          
           18.
           34.
           
           
             Rabshakeh
          
           vants
           that
           ,
           in
           his
           Masters
           name
           ,
           
             Where
             are
             the
             gods
             of
          
           Hamath
           ,
           
             and
             of
          
           Arpad
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           it
           is
           observed
           as
           an
           ordinary
           practice
           of
           the
           
             Romans
             ,
          
           that
           when
           they
           came
           to
           besiege
           any
           City
           ,
           they
           would
           first
           intreat
           the
           gods
           of
           that
           City
           to
           leave
           the
           protection
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           come
           over
           to
           them
           :
           
           as
           who
           should
           say
           ,
           leave
           you
           off
           their
           protection
           ,
           and
           then
           let
           us
           alone
           with
           them
           :
           So
           then
           ,
           the
           summe
           of
           all
           this
           put
           together
           ,
           amounts
           to
           thus
           much
           ,
           that
           
             Gods
             presence
          
           in
           his
           
             Covenant
          
           with
           any
           people
           implyes
           that
           they
           are
           
             dearly
             beloved
          
           of
           him
           ,
           that
           hee
           
             workes
             all
             their
             workes
             for
             them
             ,
          
           and
           
             shields
          
           and
           
             defends
          
           them
           against
           all
           their
           enemies
           .
        
         
           I
           come
           now
           to
           the
           
             Application
          
           of
           it
           ,
           wherein
           (
           because
           I
           chiefely
           intend
           the
           next
           poynt
           ,
           the
           
             Condition
             of
             Gods
             presence
          
           )
           I
           will
           briefely
           make
           two
           or
           three
           Collections
           onely
           ,
           which
           I
           conceive
           may
           be
           most
           seasonable
           and
           sutable
           to
           your
           office
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           occasion
           of
           your
           meeting
           here
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           
           First
           ,
           is
           it
           so
           ,
           that
           the
           
             glory
          
           and
           
             happinesse
          
           of
           a
           nation
           stands
           in
           the
           
             presence
             of
             God
          
           in
           his
           
             Covenant
             :
          
           Then
           ,
           I
           humbly
           pray
           you
           all
           to
           take
           notice
           ,
           what
           are
           the
           greatest
           Evills
           ,
           and
           who
           are
           the
           most
           desperate
           Traytors
           ,
           against
           the
           
             King
             ,
             Church
             ,
          
           and
           
             State
          
           of
           
             England
          
           at
           this
           day
           .
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           you
           have
           a
           multitude
           of
           complaints
           of
           
             Grievances
          
           presented
           to
           the
           
             Parliament
             house
             :
          
           all
           (
           at
           least
           pretended
           to
           be
           )
           contrary
           to
           the
           welfare
           of
           the
           State
           :
           give
           mee
           leave
           to
           put
           up
           one
           Great
           One
           ;
           and
           to
           informe
           you
           who
           bee
           the
           Authors
           of
           the
           greatest
           Grievances
           ,
           and
           Evills
           that
           can
           possibly
           betide
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           even
           they
           that
           would
           
             rob
             us
             of
             our
             God
             .
             Solomon
          
           saith
           ,
           
             A
             man
             that
             wasts
             his
             Father
             ,
             and
             chaseth
             away
             his
             mother
             ,
          
           is
           a
           miserable
           wretch
           .
           And
           I
           know
           ,
           if
           evidence
           should
           he
           brought
           into
           this
           Honourable
           assembly
           against
           any
           one
           that
           had
           deprived
           the
           King
           of
           a
           
             Subject
             ,
          
           you
           would
           think
           him
           worthy
           of
           severe
           punishment
           .
           But
           higher
           ,
           if
           you
           should
           light
           upon
           one
           ,
           that
           should
           endeavour
           to
           deprive
           the
           King
           and
           Kingdome
           of
           a
           wise
           
             Counsellour
             ,
          
           
           and
           
             States
          
           man
           ,
           in
           the
           
             multitude
          
           whereof
           is
           the
           
             safety
          
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           .
           But
           higher
           yet
           ,
           if
           any
           should
           be
           found
           that
           had
           lift
           up
           his
           hand
           against
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           the
           Lords
           anoynted
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           
             breath
             of
             our
             nostrills
             ;
          
           if
           any
           such
           should
           be
           discovered
           ,
           would
           you
           not
           say
           of
           them
           as
           she
           said
           to
           
             David
             ,
             Let
             the
             soule
             of
             my
             Lord
             bee
             bound
             up
             in
             the
             bundle
             of
             life
             ,
             and
             let
             the
             Lord
             sting
             the
             soules
             of
             his
             enemies
             as
             out
             of
             the
             middle
             of
             a
             sting
             ?
          
           
           yea
           would
           not
           every
           true
           hearted
           subject
           in
           the
           Kingdome
           say
           thus
           also
           ?
           O
           but
           (
           Honourable
           and
           beloved
           )
           they
           that
           would
           rob
           us
           of
           the
           
             glory
          
           of
           our
           King
           ,
           and
           Kingdome
           ,
           that
           would
           take
           away
           all
           our
           
             happinesse
             ,
          
           and
           
             protection
             ,
          
           and
           
             prosperity
             ,
          
           that
           would
           leave
           us
           naked
           to
           our
           shame
           ,
           that
           wee
           should
           become
           a
           scorne
           and
           spoyle
           ,
           are
           not
           they
           worse
           than
           any
           of
           the
           former
           ?
           You
           will
           say
           ,
           
             Who
             is
             he
             ?
             and
             where
             is
             he
             that
             dares
             presume
             in
             his
             heart
             to
             doe
             so
             ?
          
           
           (
           I
           pray
           stay
           for
           a
           full
           answer
           till
           the
           next
           poynt
           touching
           the
           
             Condition
             of
             enjoying
             God
          
           be
           unfolded
           :
           in
           the
           meane
           time
           )
           take
           this
           in
           part
           :
           I
           pray
           God
           there
           bee
           none
           such
           met
           this
           day
           to
           fast
           and
           pray
           before
           the
           Lord
           .
           Every
           sonne
           of
           
             Belial
             ,
          
           every
           one
           that
           is
           a
           Rebell
           against
           God
           ,
           every
           one
           that
           workes
           wickednesse
           ,
           is
           
             that
             wicked
             Haman
             ,
          
           that
           sells
           
             Hester
             ,
          
           and
           all
           her
           people
           to
           destruction
           .
           If
           there
           be
           any
           such
           here
           ,
           you
           will
           give
           me
           leave
           (
           being
           Gods
           Minister
           ,
           and
           your
           Servant
           )
           to
           discharge
           my
           Office
           faithfully
           .
           Should
           there
           bee
           but
           one
           such
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           among
           you
           that
           are
           called
           together
           to
           bee
           the
           
             Repairers
             of
             the
             breaches
             ,
          
           to
           such
           a
           one
           let
           me
           thus
           speak
           ;
           If
           thou
           be
           found
           to
           bee
           the
           
             Achan
             ,
          
           that
           keepes
           God
           from
           
             going
             out
             with
             our
             armies
             ;
          
           the
           
             Jonas
             ,
          
           that
           art
           ready
           to
           cast
           away
           the
           ship
           ,
           so
           that
           there
           is
           no
           hope
           of
           our
           safety
           till
           thou
           be
           cast
           out
           ;
           if
           thy
           conscience
           accuse
           
           thee
           that
           thou
           art
           a
           child
           of
           
             Belial
             ,
          
           an
           Idolater
           ,
           a
           superstitious
           person
           ,
           a
           prophane
           
             Esau
             :
          
           lay
           this
           close
           to
           thy
           heart
           ,
           how
           miserable
           and
           wretched
           a
           man
           thou
           art
           ,
           that
           not
           onely
           adventurest
           thine
           own
           soule
           to
           most
           certaine
           ruine
           in
           opposing
           the
           Lord
           ;
           but
           ,
           as
           another
           
             Sylla
             ,
          
           thou
           pluckest
           out
           thy
           fathers
           purple
           haire
           ,
           and
           deprivest
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           the
           
             glory
          
           of
           it
           :
           so
           that
           it
           may
           be
           written
           upon
           thy
           Grave-stone
           ,
           
             This
             man
             was
             the
             ruine
             of
             his
             King
             and
             Countrie
             .
          
           
        
         
           And
           for
           the
           Lords
           sake
           (
           Honourable
           and
           beloved
           )
           take
           it
           to
           heart
           ,
           and
           lay
           it
           up
           with
           you
           ,
           that
           if
           
             Gods
             presence
          
           be
           our
           
             glory
             ,
          
           then
           those
           that
           would
           
             robus
             of
             it
          
           are
           our
           greatest
           
             enemies
             .
          
           Think
           of
           them
           all
           ,
           as
           he
           (
           upon
           lesse
           ground
           )
           said
           of
           the
           Children
           of
           
             Dan.
             
             You
             have
             taken
             away
             my
             God
             ,
             and
             what
             have
             I
             more
             ?
          
        
         
           
           And
           secondly
           ,
           let
           me
           beseech
           you
           all
           in
           this
           your
           great
           Nationall
           Councell
           ,
           and
           Assembly
           ,
           to
           take
           seriously
           into
           your
           thoughts
           what
           may
           be
           the
           best
           way
           of
           
             lengthening
             out
             our
             tranquillity
             .
          
           Beloved
           ,
           all
           the
           Nations
           in
           
             Christendome
          
           have
           beene
           in
           grievous
           perplexities
           many
           yeares
           round
           about
           us
           :
           wee
           have
           beene
           hitherto
           kept
           as
           another
           Land
           of
           
             Goshen
             ,
          
           where
           light
           hath
           still
           shined
           ,
           when
           all
           others
           have
           beene
           in
           darknesse
           .
           And
           I
           know
           the
           hearts
           of
           some
           of
           you
           have
           sadly
           expected
           when
           God
           should
           come
           and
           erect
           his
           
             Iustice
             seat
          
           among
           us
           ,
           or
           give
           the
           sword
           a
           Commission
           against
           us
           :
           now
           you
           are
           met
           for
           this
           very
           thing
           ,
           to
           provide
           for
           our
           welfare
           :
           for
           the
           Lords
           sake
           take
           care
           to
           keepe
           him
           with
           us
           :
           if
           he
           goe
           ,
           all
           goes
           :
           wee
           can
           never
           light
           our
           Candle
           ,
           if
           this
           Sunne
           bee
           set
           :
           wee
           shall
           never
           fill
           our
           Buckets
           ,
           if
           this
           Fountaine
           bee
           shut
           up
           .
           All
           your
           counsells
           and
           advising
           will
           be
           nothing
           ,
           if
           God
           say
           ,
           
             I
             will
             stay
             no
             longer
             in
          
           England
           :
           
           Wee
           shall
           then
           bee
           a
           
           spoyle
           to
           any
           enemy
           ;
           a
           few
           unarmed
           men
           will
           bee
           too
           hard
           for
           us
           all
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           recorded
           of
           the
           
             Palladium
          
           in
           
             Troy
             ,
          
           that
           while
           that
           Image
           remained
           there
           ,
           the
           City
           was
           impregnable
           ,
           and
           that
           till
           the
           
             Greeks
          
           lighted
           on
           that
           stratagem
           to
           steale
           that
           Idoll
           away
           ,
           they
           could
           never
           winne
           the
           City
           .
           What
           ever
           fancy
           there
           was
           in
           that
           ,
           you
           know
           how
           much
           it
           concernes
           us
           to
           keepe
           our
           GOD
           with
           us
           ;
           let
           your
           maine
           care
           bee
           to
           fixe
           and
           settle
           him
           therefore
           among
           us
           ,
           and
           then
           wee
           are
           safe
           :
           if
           you
           let
           him
           goe
           ,
           we
           are
           an
           undone
           people
           .
        
         
           
           Thirdly
           ,
           if
           
             Gods
             presence
          
           in
           his
           Covenant
           bee
           the
           
             glory
          
           and
           
             safety
          
           of
           a
           people
           ;
           then
           may
           all
           of
           you
           ,
           undertaking
           any
           service
           for
           GOD
           ,
           and
           his
           Glory
           ,
           most
           comfortably
           and
           securely
           rest
           on
           God
           to
           defend
           and
           
             protect
             you
          
           against
           all
           dangers
           .
           It
           is
           no
           question
           but
           your
           enemies
           are
           mighty
           ,
           malicious
           ,
           and
           cunning
           ;
           and
           it
           may
           bee
           they
           are
           digging
           as
           deepe
           as
           Hell
           for
           Counsell
           to
           doe
           you
           mischiefe
           in
           this
           great
           way
           and
           work
           that
           you
           are
           in
           .
           But
           while
           
             you
             are
             with
             God
             ,
          
           God
           
             will
             bee
             with
             you
             .
          
           Are
           not
           
             five
             Sparrowes
             sold
             for
             a
             Farthing
             ,
          
           saith
           our
           Saviour
           ?
           Are
           not
           you
           more
           worth
           than
           all
           the
           Sparrowes
           in
           the
           World
           ?
           are
           you
           not
           in
           Gods
           Worke
           ?
           As
           
             Caleb
          
           said
           ,
           The
           Lord
           is
           with
           us
           ,
           feare
           not
           them
           ,
           
             They
             shall
             all
             be
             bread
             for
             us
             .
          
           
           Goe
           on
           boldly
           ,
           use
           what
           providence
           you
           can
           to
           prevent
           dangers
           ,
           but
           comfortably
           remember
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Lord
             is
             a
             strong
             Tower
             ,
             the
             righteous
             runne
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             are
             safe
             .
          
           
        
         
           
           I
           will
           conclude
           this
           with
           a
           story
           of
           
             Luther
             ,
          
           which
           he
           tells
           of
           a
           Bishop
           of
           
             Magdenburg
             .
          
           A
           Duke
           of
           
             Saxony
          
           prepared
           warre
           against
           him
           :
           the
           Bishop
           hearing
           of
           it
           ,
           falls
           to
           praying
           ,
           reforming
           of
           his
           
             Church
             ,
          
           and
           amending
           
           what
           was
           amisse
           .
           One
           of
           the
           Dukes
           spies
           then
           in
           that
           City
           ,
           when
           he
           saw
           him
           make
           no
           preparation
           for
           defence
           ,
           came
           and
           asked
           him
           ,
           if
           he
           did
           not
           heare
           what
           the
           Duke
           was
           preparing
           against
           him
           ?
           Yes
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           I
           doe
           ;
           but
           
             Ego
             curabo
             Ecclesiam
             meam
             ,
             &
             Deus
             pro
             me
             pugnabit
             .
          
           I
           must
           looke
           to
           my
           worke
           ,
           and
           the
           defence
           of
           me
           belongs
           to
           God
           ;
           which
           when
           the
           Duke
           heard
           ,
           he
           disbanded
           his
           forces
           ,
           and
           acknowledged
           that
           hee
           should
           prove
           too
           weak
           to
           deale
           with
           that
           man
           that
           ingaged
           God
           in
           the
           quarrell
           against
           him
           .
           So
           follow
           you
           on
           the
           work
           ,
           be
           yee
           for
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           comfortably
           rest
           your selves
           under
           Gods
           wing
           ,
           to
           prosper
           and
           protect
           you
           .
           So
           much
           for
           their
           present
           happinesse
           .
           
             The
             Lord
             is
             with
             you
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           
           I
           proceed
           now
           to
           the
           second
           part
           ,
           the
           condition
           upon
           which
           this
           happines
           is
           to
           be
           enjoyed
           :
           
             For
             God
             is
             with
             you
             ,
             while
             you
             are
             with
             him
             .
          
           This
           Adverb
           
             while
          
           implyes
           :
        
         
           First
           ,
           the
           
             duration
             of
             time
             ,
          
           how
           long
           
             God
             will
             be
             with
             you
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             you
             are
             with
             God
             ;
          
           so
           
             long
             ,
          
           and
           no
           
             longer
             :
          
           for
           so
           it
           is
           used
           in
           the
           very
           next
           words
           of
           the
           Text
           ,
           
             If
             yee
             seek
             him
             ,
             he
             will
             be
             found
             of
             you
             :
             but
             if
             yee
             forsake
             him
             ,
             he
             wil
             forsake
             you
             .
          
           So
           
             David
          
           saith
           to
           
             Solomon
             ,
          
           
           
             Know
             thou
             the
             God
             of
             thy
             Fathers
             ,
             and
             serve
             him
             with
             a
             perfect
             heart
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             willing
             mind
             :
             if
             thou
             seeke
             him
             ,
             hee
             will
             bee
             found
             of
             thee
             ;
             but
             if
             thou
             forsake
             him
             ,
             he
             will
             cast
             thee
             off
             for
             ever
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           
             While
          
           signifieth
           likewise
           the
           
             Degree
          
           and
           
             measure
          
           of
           
             Gods
             presence
             .
          
           This
           is
           ,
           the
           beame
           by
           which
           GOD
           
             weighes
          
           out
           his
           
             presence
             ,
          
           the
           
             Standard
          
           whereby
           he
           
             measures
          
           it
           ;
           that
           is
           in
           what
           
             degree
          
           people
           are
           
             with
             God
             ,
          
           in
           that
           degree
           he
           is
           with
           them
           .
           If
           they
           
             bee
             with
             God
          
           in
           outward
           
             formalities
          
           only
           ,
           God
           will
           be
           with
           them
           in
           outward
           
             blessings
          
           only
           :
           
           If
           they
           be
           
             with
             God
          
           in
           all
           things
           as
           
             Amaziah
          
           was
           ,
           but
           not
           with
           a
           perfect
           heart
           ,
           God
           will
           be
           so
           
             with
             them
             :
          
           if
           they
           be
           
             with
             God
          
           absolutely
           &
           intirely
           as
           
             Iosiah
             ,
          
           and
           
             David
             ,
          
           and
           
             Hezekiah
             ,
             &c.
          
           were
           
             with
             God
             ,
             God
             will
             bee
             so
             with
             them
             ,
          
           
           fulfilling
           that
           in
           
             Isai.
          
           26.
           
           that
           
             the
             most
             upright
             God
             ballanceth
             out
             the
             wayes
             of
             the
             just
             :
          
           hee
           
             weighes
          
           out
           their
           way
           ,
           and
           gives
           them
           a
           just
           proportion
           ;
           according
           to
           that
           in
           the
           eighteenth
           Psalme
           ,
           
           
             With
             the
             pure
             God
             will
             shew
             himselfe
             pure
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             froward
             hee
             will
             shew
             himselfe
             froward
             :
          
           that
           is
           ,
           hee
           will
           deale
           with
           men
           as
           they
           deale
           with
           him
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           fully
           laid
           downe
           in
           
             Levit.
          
           26.
           where
           God
           saith
           ,
           if
           they
           walke
           humbly
           with
           him
           ,
           hee
           will
           walke
           graciously
           to
           them
           :
           if
           they
           
             walke
          
           frowardly
           and
           stubbornly
           ,
           and
           
             contrary
             to
             him
             ,
          
           hee
           will
           
             walke
             contrary
             to
             them
             :
          
           If
           they
           vexe
           him
           seven
           times
           ,
           hee
           will
           vexe
           them
           seven
           times
           .
           So
           in
           the
           seven
           Churches
           ,
           when
           some
           of
           them
           had
           
             a
             few
             things
          
           for
           God
           ,
           God
           would
           be
           with
           them
           in
           
             a
             few
             things
             .
          
           If
           they
           will
           have
           something
           
             contrary
          
           to
           God
           ,
           hee
           will
           ever
           have
           
             something
             against
             them
             :
          
           and
           as
           their
           wayes
           are
           to
           him
           ,
           so
           the
           most
           High
           God
           will
           
             measure
             out
          
           himselfe
           to
           them
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           the
           
             Doctrine
          
           that
           I
           am
           to
           handle
           ,
           
             viz.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             God
             will
             bee
             with
             his
             people
             to
             bee
             their
             glory
             ,
             their
             portion
             ,
             prosperity
             ,
             and
             protection
             ,
             just
             as
             they
             are
             with
             him
             .
          
        
         
           Before
           I
           proceede
           further
           with
           this
           poynt
           ,
           give
           mee
           leave
           by
           way
           of
           Caution
           to
           remove
           two
           or
           three
           stumbling
           blocks
           ,
           which
           lye
           in
           the
           way
           of
           many
           men
           .
        
         
           
           First
           ,
           when
           you
           heare
           ,
           
             that
             God
             will
             bee
             with
             his
             people
             as
             they
             are
             with
             God
             ,
          
           take
           heede
           you
           understand
           it
           not
           as
           some
           ,
           who
           (
           that
           they
           may
           set
           up
           the
           rotten
           
           
             Dagon
          
           of
           mans
           
             free
             will
             ,
          
           above
           the
           
             Arke
          
           of
           Gods
           
             free
             grace
          
           )
           doe
           use
           out
           of
           such
           conditionall
           Scriptures
           ,
           to
           argue
           ,
           that
           God
           hath
           an
           
             antecedent
             ,
          
           undetermined
           ,
           uncertaine
           ,
           suspended
           purpose
           of
           doing
           good
           to
           a
           people
           ,
           which
           is
           moved
           ,
           changed
           ,
           or
           determined
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           ebbings
           and
           flowings
           of
           their
           carriage
           towards
           him
           .
        
         
           A
           few
           words
           may
           serve
           in
           this
           assembly
           :
           these
           
             conditions
          
           shew
           not
           the
           
             moving
             cause
          
           of
           Gods
           presence
           ,
           but
           describe
           the
           
             Subject
          
           or
           
             People
          
           with
           whom
           he
           is
           present
           :
           the
           hand
           of
           the
           Diall
           
             makes
          
           not
           the
           Clocke
           to
           goe
           ,
           but
           shewes
           how
           it
           doth
           goe
           .
           These
           
             Conditions
          
           quicken
           us
           to
           our
           duty
           ,
           and
           tell
           us
           upon
           what
           termes
           wee
           must
           look
           for
           
             God
             to
             bee
             with
             us
             ,
          
           but
           he
           himselfe
           is
           not
           thereby
           limitted
           ,
           but
           still
           at
           liberty
           to
           worke
           in
           us
           the
           
             Condition
          
           which
           himselfe
           requireth
           of
           us
           :
           Gods
           love
           of
           Friendship
           (
           which
           is
           his
           manifesting
           himselfe
           in
           his
           Covenant
           )
           we
           cannot
           expect
           ,
           except
           we
           be
           
             with
             him
             ;
          
           but
           no
           Law
           is
           hereby
           laid
           upon
           his
           
             beneplacitum
             ,
          
           his
           free
           favour
           ,
           whereby
           hee
           
             workes
             both
             the
             will
             and
             the
             deed
             ,
          
           and
           causeth
           his
           people
           to
           walke
           in
           his
           wayes
           .
           God
           gives
           conditions
           to
           us
           ,
           but
           takes
           none
           from
           us
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           much
           lesse
           neede
           wee
           sticke
           at
           the
           glosse
           of
           the
           Papists
           ,
           who
           out
           of
           such
           conditionall
           Scriptures
           use
           to
           argue
           our
           performance
           of
           the
           condition
           ,
           
             formally
             to
             merit
          
           Gods
           gracious
           presence
           ,
           and
           so
           they
           will
           have
           it
           to
           bee
           rendred
           by
           him
           ,
           not
           as
           a
           
             mercifull
             giver
             ,
          
           but
           as
           a
           
             just
             Iudge
             .
          
           The
           Scripture
           is
           plaine
           to
           the
           contrary
           ;
           our
           merit
           is
           nothing
           but
           Gods
           mercy
           :
           Wee
           grant
           indeed
           Gods
           presence
           to
           his
           people
           is
           a
           reward
           of
           their
           obedience
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           a
           reward
           not
           of
           justice
           ,
           but
           of
           mercy
           .
           So
           saith
           the
           Prophet
           
             David
             ,
             Thou
          
           
           
             O
             Lord
             art
             mercifull
             ,
             for
             thou
             rewardest
             men
             according
             to
             their
             works
             .
          
           
             *
          
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           nor
           yet
           must
           wee
           thinke
           ,
           that
           when
           this
           
             Condition
          
           is
           required
           of
           a
           Nation
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           so
           limited
           ,
           that
           unlesse
           the
           universality
           of
           the
           people
           shall
           performe
           it
           ,
           the
           rest
           cannot
           expect
           Gods
           presence
           with
           them
           :
           for
           that
           was
           never
           done
           ,
           no
           not
           in
           
             Davids
             ,
          
           nor
           in
           
             Solomons
          
           time
           .
           But
           it
           is
           chiefely
           meant
           of
           the
           Princes
           ,
           Rulers
           ,
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           the
           face
           of
           the
           people
           ;
           whose
           wayes
           (
           whether
           good
           or
           bad
           in
           regard
           of
           Gods
           nationall
           proceeding
           with
           them
           )
           are
           ever
           interpreted
           to
           bee
           the
           wayes
           of
           the
           whole
           body
           .
           These
           blocks
           removed
           ,
           I
           returne
           to
           the
           Lessou
           ,
           viz.
           
             That
             God
             is
             with
             his
             people
             while
             they
             are
             with
             him
             ,
          
           in
           the
           sense
           before
           given
           .
           For
           the
           making
           this
           more
           profitable
           ,
           I
           shall
           endeavour
           ,
        
         
           
           First
           ,
           to
           shew
           you
           what
           in
           the
           Scripture
           language
           the
           
             being
             of
             a
             people
             with
             God
          
           doth
           implie
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           to
           make
           
             application
          
           of
           it
           to
           our selves
           .
        
         
           
           First
           ,
           what
           is
           it
           for
           a
           people
           
             to
             be
             with
             God
             .
          
        
         
           
           I
           must
           shew
           first
           
             Negatively
             ,
          
           what
           it
           is
           not
           .
           Secondly
           
             Positively
             ,
          
           what
           it
           is
           .
           First
           ,
           
             Negatively
             ,
          
           it
           is
           not
           barely
           to
           beare
           Gods
           Name
           ,
           and
           to
           bee
           called
           his
           people
           ;
           It
           is
           not
           meerely
           to
           draw
           neare
           to
           him
           in
           the
           externall
           performance
           of
           certaine
           duties
           :
           
             It
             is
             not
             to
             hang
             down
             the
             head
             like
             a
             Bulrush
             for
             a
             day
             ,
          
           
           though
           in
           fasting
           and
           prayer
           :
           It
           is
           not
           to
           bring
           
             thousands
             of
             Rammes
             ,
             and
             ten
             thousand
             rivers
             of
             Oyle
          
           
           before
           God
           .
           You
           know
           many
           ,
           and
           many
           people
           have
           done
           all
           these
           things
           ,
           yet
           God
           hath
           protested
           ,
           they
           
             were
             not
             with
             him
             ,
             nor
             hee
             with
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           positively
           and
           affirmatively
           what
           it
           is
           .
        
         
           It
           implyes
           these
           three
           things
           .
        
         
         
           
           First
           ,
           to
           bee
           a
           holy
           people
           a
           
             Ieshurun
             ,
          
           a
           
             righteous
             Nation
             ,
          
           to
           be
           those
           that
           undertake
           the
           counter-part
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           that
           as
           God
           makes
           himselfe
           over
           to
           be
           their
           God
           ,
           and
           
             their
             portion
             ,
          
           
           so
           they
           deliver
           themselves
           up
           to
           him
           as
           a
           people
           renewed
           and
           sanctified
           ,
           to
           become
           
             his
             portion
             .
          
           That
           is
           a
           chiefe
           thing
           which
           the
           Scripture
           alwayes
           meaneth
           ,
           when
           it
           speaks
           a
           people
           
             to
             be
             with
             God
             ,
          
           that
           they
           must
           be
           
             a
             holy
             people
             ,
          
           separated
           from
           all
           iniquity
           unto
           God
           ,
           as
           was
           cleerely
           and
           largely
           opened
           in
           the
           morning
           .
           Read
           over
           all
           the
           booke
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           never
           finde
           that
           a
           people
           are
           said
           to
           come
           home
           to
           God
           ,
           but
           when
           they
           put
           away
           all
           their
           abhominations
           ,
           threw
           away
           all
           their
           lusts
           and
           Idolls
           
             to
             the
             Moles
             and
             to
             the
             Bats
             ,
          
           
           
             loathing
             and
             detesting
             themselves
             for
             them
             ,
          
           
           being
           as
           the
           
             Doves
             in
             the
             valley
             ,
          
           
           every
           one
           mourning
           for
           their
           owne
           iniquities
           ,
           fully
           determining
           and
           resolving
           never
           to
           returne
           to
           them
           any
           more
           .
           And
           indeed
           if
           this
           be
           not
           done
           ,
           it
           is
           impossible
           for
           a
           people
           to
           
             be
             with
             God
             ,
          
           or
           to
           endure
           God
           to
           
             be
             with
             them
             :
          
           For
           God
           is
           
             a
             devouring
             fire
          
           to
           wicked
           men
           ;
           and
           all
           wicked
           men
           to
           him
           are
           as
           
             Straw
             ,
             Hay
             ,
             Stubble
             ,
          
           and
           
             Waxe
             ,
          
           which
           the
           nearer
           they
           are
           brought
           to
           the
           fire
           ,
           the
           sooner
           they
           are
           devoured
           .
           Therefore
           you
           shall
           read
           that
           the
           nearer
           wicked
           men
           have
           at
           any
           time
           beene
           brought
           to
           God
           ,
           the
           greater
           their
           misery
           .
           And
           for
           my
           owne
           part
           ,
           I
           question
           not
           but
           if
           an
           ungodly
           man
           should
           bee
           lifted
           up
           into
           Heaven
           ,
           where
           God
           most
           manifesteth
           himselfe
           in
           glory
           ,
           he
           would
           there
           be
           most
           miserable
           .
           
             Clemens
             Alexandrinus
          
           speaks
           of
           a
           Temple
           ,
           upon
           which
           was
           written
           ,
           
             No
             unholy
             thing
             must
             come
             neare
             this
             place
             .
          
           This
           is
           Gods
           very
           inscription
           .
           
             Hab.
          
           1.
           13.
           
           
             Thou
             art
             of
             purer
             eyes
             than
             to
             behold
             evill
             ,
             and
             canst
             not
             look
             on
             iniquity
             .
          
        
         
         
           Look
           over
           all
           the
           Epistles
           in
           the
           new
           Testament
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           finde
           ,
           that
           however
           the
           externall
           profession
           of
           Christianitie
           admits
           men
           to
           the
           external
           priviledges
           of
           Gods
           presence
           ,
           yet
           unlesse
           they
           be
           inwardly
           renewed
           and
           sanctified
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           being
           nigh
           to
           GOD
           ,
           
             Iames
          
           4.
           8.
           
           
             Draw
             nigh
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             hee
             will
             draw
             nigh
             to
             you
             :
             Cleanse
             your
             hands
             yee
             sinners
             ,
             and
             purge
             your
             hearts
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           This
           is
           most
           cleare
           in
           that
           great
           worke
           of
           mans
           
             Redemption
          
           by
           Iesus
           Christ
           :
           when
           God
           had
           created
           man
           holy
           and
           righteous
           ,
           God
           delighted
           to
           bee
           nigh
           unto
           him
           :
           but
           so
           soone
           as
           iniquity
           was
           found
           in
           him
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           wall
           of
           separation
           built
           ,
           and
           a
           gulfe
           made
           ,
           that
           never
           could
           bee
           filled
           up
           ,
           till
           the
           Lord
           Iesus
           Christ
           by
           his
           infinite
           sufferings
           did
           it
           :
           And
           when
           that
           worke
           is
           done
           by
           Christ
           ,
           the
           Lord
           will
           not
           communicate
           his
           Christ
           to
           any
           soule
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           but
           upon
           these
           absolute
           termes
           ,
           (
           and
           God
           hath
           sworn
           that
           it
           shall
           be
           so
           )
           that
           so
           soone
           as
           he
           hath
           delivered
           them
           ,
           and
           brought
           them
           neare
           to
           himselfe
           ,
           in
           calling
           them
           to
           participate
           that
           Redemption
           ,
           
             they
             should
             serve
             him
             in
             holinesse
             and
             righteousnesse
             all
             the
             daies
             of
             their
             life
             .
          
           
           This
           is
           the
           first
           thing
           ,
           they
           must
           bee
           
             a
             holy
             people
             .
          
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           to
           
             be
             with
             God
             ,
          
           is
           to
           be
           
             true
             worshippers
             of
             him
             ,
          
           maintaining
           the
           purity
           of
           his
           Ordinances
           from
           Idolatry
           and
           Svperstition
           .
           This
           is
           abundantly
           proved
           
             Hos.
          
           11.
           12.
           
           
             Ephraim
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Lord
           )
           
             compasseth
             me
             .
          
           One
           would
           have
           thought
           that
           
             Ephraim
          
           was
           neare
           to
           God
           ,
           when
           he
           
             compassed
          
           him
           :
           but
           saith
           God
           ,
           
             Hee
             compasseth
             me
             with
             lies
             .
          
           What
           is
           that
           ?
           with
           Idolatry
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           usually
           expressed
           in
           the
           Old
           Testament
           ,
           that
           Idols
           are
           
             lies
             ,
          
           and
           
             lies
          
           are
           put
           for
           Idols
           :
           as
           in
           
             Isa.
          
           49.
           20.
           
           
           
             Is
             there
             not
             a
             lie
             in
             my
             right
             hand
             ?
          
           Thus
           
             Ephraim
          
           (
           that
           is
           the
           ten
           Tribes
           )
           
             compasseth
             me
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           Lord
           ,
           but
           
             Iudah
             remaines
             faithfull
             with
             God
             ,
          
           therefore
           hee
           ruleth
           with
           the
           Saints
           .
           What
           was
           
             Iudahs
             faithfulnes
             ?
          
           it
           was
           her
           keeping
           of
           the
           marriage
           Covenant
           with
           more
           care
           ;
           when
           in
           
             Hezekiahs
          
           time
           (
           to
           which
           the
           Prophet
           referreth
           )
           Religion
           was
           reformed
           and
           advanced
           ,
           then
           
             Iudah
             was
             faithfull
             with
             God
             .
          
           For
           the
           more
           full
           understanding
           of
           this
           second
           branch
           ,
           let
           me
           commend
           one
           observation
           to
           you
           concerning
           all
           the
           Kings
           of
           
             Israel
          
           and
           
             Iudah
          
           after
           
             Solomons
          
           time
           ;
           the
           Scripture
           sets
           downe
           a
           character
           of
           every
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           world
           might
           know
           what
           judgment
           God
           had
           of
           them
           .
           You
           shall
           finde
           that
           of
           all
           the
           Kings
           of
           
             Israel
          
           (
           though
           there
           were
           some
           very
           brave
           men
           ,
           yet
           )
           there
           is
           not
           one
           of
           them
           that
           God
           acknowledged
           to
           have
           
             walked
             with
             him
             ,
          
           because
           they
           were
           all
           
             Ieroboamites
             ,
          
           worshippers
           of
           the
           golden
           Calves
           .
           And
           when
           hee
           speakes
           of
           any
           King
           of
           
             Iudah
             ,
          
           hee
           ever
           singles
           out
           one
           thing
           as
           the
           chiefe
           matter
           of
           his
           commendation
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           how
           he
           stood
           affected
           in
           poynt
           of
           Religion
           :
           
             Such
             a
             man
             was
             upright
             with
             God
             :
          
           the
           meaning
           is
           ,
           all
           his
           dayes
           
             he
             maintained
             Gods
             worship
             .
          
           And
           yet
           let
           mee
           tell
           you
           some
           of
           their
           moralities
           were
           no
           better
           than
           they
           should
           be
           .
           
             Asa
          
           in
           the
           Text
           was
           a
           cholericke
           passionate
           man
           ,
           and
           covetous
           in
           his
           old
           age
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           weaknesses
           were
           found
           in
           him
           ;
           yet
           because
           hee
           went
           through-stitch
           in
           the
           reformation
           of
           Religion
           ,
           
             Asa's
             heart
          
           was
           said
           to
           bee
           
             upright
             with
             God
             all
             his
             dayes
             .
          
           With
           this
           God
           useth
           to
           cover
           all
           their
           infirmities
           as
           with
           a
           veile
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           any
           of
           the
           good
           Kings
           did
           but
           halt
           in
           this
           poynt
           ,
           God
           hath
           left
           it
           upon
           record
           ,
           as
           a
           blot
           upon
           
           their
           honours
           ,
           therefore
           are
           they
           blamed
           ,
           if
           (
           through
           their
           default
           )
           
             the
             high
             places
             were
             not
             taken
             away
             ,
          
           though
           the
           Idolls
           set
           up
           in
           those
           places
           were
           removed
           .
           And
           in
           the
           new
           Testament
           ,
           throughout
           all
           the
           time
           of
           
             Antichrists
          
           apostasie
           ,
           the
           true
           
             Church
          
           of
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           that
           walked
           with
           him
           aright
           ,
           are
           described
           by
           this
           Character
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           a
           virgin
           company
           ,
           
             not
             defiled
             with
             women
             ;
          
           
           that
           is
           ,
           they
           were
           never
           guilry
           of
           the
           spirituall
           pollutions
           of
           that
           Apostaticall
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
             .
          
           This
           was
           
             to
             be
             with
             the
             Lamb
             ,
             and
             to
             follow
             him
             wheresoever
             he
             goeth
             .
          
           That
           is
           the
           second
           ,
           to
           keepe
           close
           to
           God
           in
           his
           worship
           .
        
         
           
           Thirdly
           ,
           
             to
             be
             with
             God
             ,
          
           is
           to
           be
           on
           
             Gods
             side
             ;
          
           to
           be
           engaged
           in
           Gods
           cause
           ,
           to
           appeare
           in
           those
           things
           wherein
           God
           looks
           that
           all
           his
           friends
           should
           stand
           for
           him
           .
           When
           the
           
             Levites
          
           would
           
             know
             neither
             Father
             nor
             mother
             ,
          
           but
           
             slay
             every
             man
             his
             brother
             ,
          
           or
           
             companion
             ,
          
           or
           
             neighbour
             ,
          
           
           that
           they
           might
           avenge
           Gods
           quarrell
           ;
           this
           was
           
             to
             be
             on
             Gods
             side
             .
          
           
           When
           
             Elias
          
           was
           
             zealous
          
           for
           God
           ,
           at
           a
           time
           wherein
           all
           the
           Kingdome
           (
           as
           he
           thought
           )
           played
           the
           Apostates
           :
           when
           
             Phinehas
          
           goes
           with
           his
           Javelin
           ,
           
           and
           executes
           vengeance
           on
           
             Zimri
          
           and
           
             Cosbi
             ,
          
           when
           men
           stand
           in
           the
           gap
           ;
           
           when
           (
           in
           a
           word
           )
           a
           people
           are
           for
           God
           and
           his
           cause
           ,
           as
           
             Iehoshaphat
          
           said
           hee
           was
           for
           
             Ahab
             ,
             I
             am
             as
             thou
             art
             ,
             and
             my
             people
             as
             thy
             people
             :
          
           
           My
           horses
           as
           thy
           horses
           ,
           and
           my
           Chariots
           as
           thy
           Chariots
           ,
           this
           is
           
             to
             bee
             with
             God
             .
          
        
         
           And
           indeed
           ,
           if
           this
           be
           wanting
           ,
           people
           cannot
           be
           interpreted
           to
           
             bee
             with
             God
             ,
          
           because
           God
           is
           not
           acknowledged
           in
           his
           due
           place
           ,
           unlesse
           they
           bee
           for
           him
           with
           all
           their
           hearts
           ,
           and
           with
           all
           their
           soule
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           strength
           ,
           when
           he
           hath
           most
           neede
           of
           them
           .
           If
           a
           woman
           will
           doe
           many
           things
           for
           her
           husband
           ,
           
           yet
           if
           her
           heart
           goe
           more
           after
           her
           Puppets
           ,
           her
           cloaths
           ,
           her
           servants
           ,
           than
           after
           him
           ,
           especially
           in
           times
           of
           his
           necessity
           ,
           her
           heart
           cannot
           beeinterpreted
           to
           be
           with
           her
           husband
           ,
           because
           he
           is
           not
           acknowledged
           in
           the
           due
           place
           of
           an
           husband
           .
           So
           if
           there
           be
           any
           thing
           ,
           any
           cause
           ,
           any
           person
           ,
           that
           we
           rather
           ingage
           our selves
           for
           ,
           than
           for
           God
           and
           his
           cause
           ,
           wee
           cannot
           be
           said
           to
           
             be
             with
             God
             .
          
        
         
           So
           now
           you
           have
           the
           meaning
           of
           the
           
             Condition
          
           of
           
             enjoying
             God
             ,
             while
             yee
             are
             with
             him
             :
          
           It
           is
           ,
           
             
               1
               To
               be
               reconciled
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               to
               walk
               with
               him
               as
               an
               
                 holy
                 people
                 .
              
            
             
               2
               To
               continue
               with
               him
               in
               the
               
                 purity
                 of
                 his
                 worship
                 .
              
            
             
               3
               To
               
                 stand
                 by
                 him
                 in
                 every
                 cause
                 ,
              
               which
               doth
               concerne
               his
               glory
               .
            
          
        
         
           The
           deductions
           which
           might
           flow
           from
           this
           Doctrine
           for
           our
           use
           are
           many
           ;
           I
           shall
           confine
           my selfe
           to
           these
           two
           ,
           as
           being
           most
           sutable
           and
           seasonable
           to
           the
           time
           ,
           and
           your
           worke
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           matter
           of
           
             Humiliation
             ,
          
           and
           mourning
           before
           God
           for
           time
           past
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           matter
           of
           
             Duty
             ,
          
           for
           time
           to
           come
           .
        
         
           
           For
           the
           first
           ,
           Honourable
           and
           beloved
           ,
           you
           stand
           this
           day
           before
           the
           Lord
           to
           afflict
           your
           soules
           ,
           and
           (
           though
           you
           bee
           the
           chosen
           men
           of
           your
           Tribes
           ,
           lifted
           up
           above
           your
           brethren
           )
           yet
           you
           are
           now
           called
           ,
           not
           onely
           to
           bemoane
           your
           owne
           iniquities
           ,
           but
           to
           beare
           the
           iniquity
           of
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           .
           And
           (
           me
           thinkes
           )
           I
           looke
           upon
           you
           ,
           as
           upon
           the
           Prophet
           
             Ezekiel
             ,
          
           
           when
           he
           was
           to
           beare
           the
           iniquity
           of
           the
           house
           of
           
             Israel
          
           and
           
             Judah
             ,
          
           hee
           was
           to
           lye
           upon
           his
           side
           ,
           and
           to
           eate
           his
           bread
           made
           of
           
             Wheate
             ,
          
           and
           
             Barley
             ,
          
           and
           
             Beanes
             ,
             Lentiles
             ,
          
           and
           
             Fitches
             ,
          
           miserable
           
           coarse
           
             bread
             ,
             and
             baked
             with
             the
             dung
             of
             man
             ,
          
           and
           
             to
             drinke
             a
             little
             water
          
           for
           many
           dayes
           together
           .
           How
           sad
           and
           heavy
           the
           Prophets
           spirit
           must
           needs
           be
           when
           he
           was
           thus
           to
           beare
           such
           a
           burthen
           ,
           is
           easie
           to
           judge
           .
           Such
           a
           temper
           of
           spirit
           would
           this
           day
           well
           become
           you
           .
           And
           now
           could
           I
           but
           speak
           to
           you
           from
           the
           Lord
           how
           sad
           things
           there
           are
           against
           
             England
             ,
          
           in
           this
           point
           of
           not
           being
           with
           God
           ,
           could
           you
           with
           patience
           and
           grace
           heare
           me
           ;
           and
           would
           the
           Lord
           affect
           my
           heart
           and
           yours
           in
           handling
           and
           hearing
           of
           them
           ,
           we
           should
           make
           this
           place
           a
           
             Bochim
             ,
          
           a
           place
           of
           
             weepers
             ,
          
           the
           stoutest
           heart
           would
           be
           as
           Queene
           
             Huzzab
             ,
          
           and
           her
           
             Ladies
             ,
          
           
           when
           they
           went
           into
           Captivity
           ,
           
             tabering
             on
             their
             breasts
             ,
             and
             mourning
             as
             Doves
             ,
          
           yea
           howling
           after
           the
           
             manner
             of
             Dragons
             .
          
           Could
           I
           ,
           as
           in
           a
           mirrour
           ,
           set
           before
           your
           eyes
           ,
           how
           infinitely
           farre
           off
           the
           body
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           is
           from
           
             being
             with
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           we
           should
           wonder
           that
           the
           Lord
           hath
           not
           wholly
           forsaken
           us
           long
           agone
           ;
           and
           that
           instead
           of
           injoying
           this
           liberty
           of
           pleading
           with
           God
           for
           our
           lives
           ,
           for
           our
           Prince
           and
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           for
           whatsoever
           is
           precious
           to
           us
           ,
           we
           are
           not
           left
           like
           unto
           
             Sodom
             ,
          
           and
           made
           like
           unto
           
             Gomorrah
             .
          
           Take
           a
           view
           of
           all
           the
           three
           particulars
           mentioned
           in
           the
           point
           .
        
         
           
           First
           ,
           are
           we
           
             an
             holy
             people
             ?
          
           (
           I
           am
           now
           pleading
           Gods
           cause
           ,
           and
           though
           a
           poore
           unworthy
           man
           ,
           I
           stand
           betwixt
           God
           and
           a
           Kingdome
           )
           I
           aske
           again
           ,
           are
           we
           
             an
             holy
             people
             ?
          
           Are
           our
           Princes
           ,
           our
           Rulers
           ,
           our
           Magistrates
           ,
           our
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           the
           body
           of
           the
           people
           
             holy
             ?
          
           Doe
           wee
           walke
           according
           to
           the
           rules
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           the
           summe
           whereof
           for
           the
           practicall
           part
           is
           laid
           downe
           in
           the
           ten
           Commandements
           ,
           and
           those
           expositions
           that
           our
           Lord
           gives
           of
           them
           ?
           Doe
           
           we
           walke
           thus
           ?
           I
           know
           there
           is
           no
           man
           here
           so
           ignorant
           as
           to
           imagine
           that
           we
           doe
           .
           Alas
           !
           the
           Prophets
           speech
           too
           well
           befits
           us
           :
           
             Ah!
             sinfull
             Nation
             ,
             a
             people
             laden
             with
             iniquity
             ,
             a
             seed
             of
             evill
             doers
             ,
             Children
             that
             are
             corrupters
             :
             The
             whole
             head
             is
             sicke
             ,
             the
             whole
             heart
             is
             faint
             :
             from
             the
             sole
             of
             the
             foote
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             head
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             soundnesse
             in
             it
             ,
             but
             wounds
             ,
             and
             bruises
             ,
             and
             putrifiedsores
             .
          
           
           
             Aegypt
          
           was
           never
           more
           bespread
           with
           Locusts
           and
           Frogges
           ,
           than
           our
           Kingdome
           is
           with
           horrible
           prophanenesse
           ,
           uncleannesse
           ,
           oppression
           ,
           deceit
           ,
           and
           whatsoever
           is
           a
           stench
           in
           the
           Lords
           nostrills
           .
           The
           generality
           of
           people
           wearing
           indeed
           the
           Lords
           Livery
           ,
           (
           
             being
             Christned
          
           )
           and
           doing
           the
           Devills
           work
           all
           the
           yeare
           long
           .
           Nay
           ,
           is
           there
           any
           thing
           this
           day
           so
           hated
           ,
           as
           
             holinesse
             ?
          
           have
           we
           not
           gotten
           termes
           to
           scoffe
           down
           all
           goodnesse
           ?
           is
           not
           almost
           every
           man
           who
           will
           not
           sweare
           and
           be
           drunke
           ,
           and
           be
           deboyst
           as
           a
           
             Turke
             ,
          
           or
           worse
           ,
           cryed
           downe
           with
           the
           odious
           name
           of
           a
           
             Puritan
             ?
          
           That
           as
           
             Ambrose
          
           said
           of
           
             Paulinus
             ,
          
           a
           yong
           noble
           man
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           at
           whom
           when
           he
           was
           converted
           to
           Christ
           ,
           and
           left
           the
           worlds
           glory
           ,
           to
           carry
           Christs
           Crosse
           ,
           there
           was
           more
           wondring
           than
           if
           a
           Mule
           had
           cast
           a
           Foale
           .
           And
           as
           
             Bede
          
           said
           of
           the
           ancient
           
             Britaines
             ,
          
           immediately
           before
           their
           destruction
           by
           the
           
             Saxons
             ,
          
           that
           they
           were
           come
           to
           that
           height
           of
           wickednesse
           ,
           as
           to
           cast
           
             Odium
             in
             Religion
             is
             professores
             tanquam
             in
             adversarios
             .
          
           God
           knowes
           many
           thousands
           are
           guilty
           of
           the
           same
           in
           this
           Land
           ,
           this
           day
           :
           the
           measure
           of
           our
           iniquity
           seemes
           to
           be
           more
           than
           full
           .
           O
           that
           our
           hearts
           could
           this
           day
           bleed
           for
           it
           !
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           see
           what
           wonderfull
           cause
           wee
           have
           to
           bee
           abased
           for
           all
           the
           injury
           the
           Land
           stands
           guilty
           of
           ,
           in
           abusing
           God
           in
           the
           poynt
           of
           his
           
             Worship
             ,
          
           which
           is
           
           the
           defiling
           of
           the
           marriage
           bed
           betwixt
           God
           and
           his
           people
           .
           God
           hath
           visited
           all
           the
           Reformed
           Churches
           ,
           brought
           most
           of
           them
           almost
           to
           nothing
           :
           yet
           ,
           passe
           over
           and
           see
           ,
           whether
           ever
           any
           of
           them
           have
           provoked
           the
           Lord
           in
           this
           kinde
           so
           much
           as
           wee
           have
           done
           .
           Let
           mee
           name
           foure
           or
           five
           things
           ,
           too
           much
           practised
           ,
           and
           too
           little
           lamented
           :
           God
           in
           mercy
           affect
           our
           hearts
           with
           them
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           the
           Articles
           of
           our
           faith
           ,
           the
           
             depositum
             ,
             the
             good
             thing
             committed
          
           to
           us
           ,
           which
           we
           received
           from
           our
           fore
           Fathers
           ;
           and
           should
           transmit
           entire
           to
           our
           posterity
           :
           oh
           the
           miserable
           defection
           that
           wee
           have
           made
           from
           God
           ,
           adulterating
           thereof
           !
           Tell
           mee
           ,
           beloved
           ,
           what
           one
           poynt
           ,
           what
           one
           Article
           of
           Faith
           controverted
           betwixt
           us
           and
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
          
           is
           there
           ,
           that
           our
           Pulpits
           ,
           and
           Presses
           ,
           and
           University
           Acts
           have
           not
           beene
           bold
           withall
           ?
           as
           if
           we
           were
           weary
           of
           the
           Truth
           which
           God
           hath
           committed
           to
           us
           :
           as
           if
           indeed
           ,
           for
           our
           not
           
             receiving
             the
             truth
             in
             love
             ,
          
           God
           were
           giving
           the
           Nation
           up
           
             to
             believe
             lies
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           let
           me
           instance
           in
           the
           Lords
           Day
           ;
           a
           day
           which
           is
           a
           
             signe
          
           betwixt
           God
           and
           his
           people
           ,
           that
           
             He
             is
             their
             God
             that
             sanctifieth
             them
             .
          
           That
           as
           Idoll-worshippers
           are
           knowne
           by
           keeping
           holidayes
           to
           their
           Gods
           :
           So
           Gods
           people
           are
           knowne
           to
           bee
           his
           people
           ,
           by
           observing
           of
           his
           
             Holy
             day
             .
          
        
         
           It
           is
           most
           true
           ,
           that
           our
           ancient
           Doctrine
           established
           is
           purer
           in
           this
           poynt
           than
           can
           be
           found
           in
           most
           of
           the
           Churches
           ,
           and
           excellent
           Lawes
           we
           have
           for
           the
           backing
           of
           it
           :
           but
           I
           believe
           there
           hath
           not
           beene
           in
           all
           the
           Christian
           World
           such
           high
           affronts
           offered
           to
           the
           
             Lords
             day
             ,
          
           as
           of
           late
           hath
           beene
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           (
           I
           am
           confident
           )
           they
           all
           lie
           in
           the
           Deck
           charged
           ,
           as
           the
           sin
           of
           
           the
           Nation
           ,
           till
           by
           some
           publicke
           Act
           ,
           the
           fourth
           Commandement
           bee
           restored
           to
           its
           due
           place
           and
           honour
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           goe
           to
           another
           branch
           ,
           the
           poynt
           of
           
             preaching
             the
             Word
             .
          
           The
           preaching
           of
           the
           Word
           is
           the
           
             Scepter
          
           of
           Christs
           Kingdome
           ,
           the
           
             glory
          
           of
           a
           Nation
           ,
           the
           
             Chariot
          
           upon
           which
           life
           and
           salvation
           comes
           riding
           :
           such
           a
           treasure
           as
           that
           any
           wise
           Merchant
           would
           sell
           all
           to
           buy
           the
           field
           wherein
           this
           Treasure
           lies
           .
           O
           that
           God
           would
           humble
           
             England
          
           for
           the
           great
           abuse
           of
           this
           invaluable
           mercy
           !
           What
           little
           care
           hath
           the
           State
           in
           general
           taken
           to
           provide
           that
           Christ
           might
           ride
           in
           Triumph
           upon
           his
           
             white
             horse
             ?
          
           that
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           might
           spread
           into
           every
           corner
           of
           the
           Land
           ?
           But
           ,
           oh
           the
           cruelty
           that
           hath
           beene
           offered
           to
           many
           poore
           Congregations
           ,
           in
           taking
           away
           the
           bread
           of
           Life
           from
           their
           mouthes
           ,
           without
           any
           pitty
           !
           as
           if
           the
           starving
           and
           murthering
           of
           soules
           ,
           for
           which
           Iesus
           Christ
           shed
           his
           blood
           ,
           were
           a
           matter
           of
           no
           moment
           .
           And
           oh
           ,
           the
           spoyle
           ,
           and
           havocke
           that
           hath
           beene
           made
           among
           many
           faithfull
           and
           painfull
           Ministers
           ,
           for
           such
           trifles
           as
           will
           not
           endure
           tryall
           in
           the
           day
           of
           the
           Lords
           appearing
           ?
           Could
           wee
           as
           in
           a
           mirrour
           ,
           behold
           the
           great
           guilt
           wee
           lye
           under
           for
           these
           things
           ,
           and
           apprehend
           what
           great
           wrath
           is
           kindled
           against
           the
           Kingdome
           for
           them
           ,
           how
           would
           our
           hearts
           tremble
           before
           God
           this
           day
           ?
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           but
           above
           all
           ,
           the
           extreame
           daring
           ,
           bold
           audaciousnesse
           of
           a
           generation
           of
           men
           ,
           that
           have
           adventured
           as
           much
           as
           in
           them
           lies
           ,
           to
           corrupt
           Gods
           worship
           ,
           that
           not
           onely
           rejoyce
           to
           see
           the
           Idolatrie
           ,
           and
           superstition
           of
           
             Rome
          
           practised
           by
           others
           ,
           
           but
           have
           dared
           to
           set
           
             their
             thresholds
             by
             Gods
             threshold
             ,
          
           and
           to
           dresse
           out
           all
           Gods
           worship
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           owne
           fancies
           ,
           things
           too
           apparent
           to
           need
           any
           further
           proofe
           .
        
         
           It
           may
           be
           some
           may
           think
           ,
           this
           is
           no
           great
           matter
           ,
           and
           much
           complaint
           need
           not
           be
           made
           against
           it
           :
           a
           few
           distinctions
           will
           salve
           all
           that
           is
           done
           to
           quit
           it
           from
           Idolatry
           ,
           and
           superstition
           .
           But
           as
           
             Lodovicus
             Vives
          
           saith
           of
           the
           
             Papists
          
           in
           his
           dayes
           ,
           that
           for
           ought
           he
           saw
           ,
           they
           (
           in
           effect
           )
           gave
           the
           same
           reverence
           to
           their
           Saints
           ,
           which
           the
           
             Pagans
          
           did
           to
           their
           gods
           :
           So
           I
           may
           truely
           say
           of
           these
           men
           ,
           (
           that
           notwithstanding
           all
           their
           distinctions
           )
           little
           difference
           is
           to
           bee
           found
           betwixt
           their
           practise
           ,
           and
           the
           superstitions
           and
           Idolatries
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
             .
          
        
         
           Will
           some
           say
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           granted
           that
           men
           have
           been
           too
           blame
           ,
           (
           as
           doubtlesse
           multitudes
           have
           been
           too
           bold
           )
           in
           this
           kind
           ,
           yet
           God
           forbid
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           judge
           so
           farre
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           them
           as
           odious
           to
           God
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           were
           the
           bringers
           of
           Gods
           wrath
           upon
           the
           Nation
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           were
           as
           bad
           as
           whoremongers
           ,
           or
           blasphemers
           ;
           or
           that
           we
           should
           offer
           to
           compare
           them
           with
           the
           grosse
           Idolaters
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
             :
          
           God
           forbid
           such
           a
           staine
           should
           bee
           cast
           upon
           them
           .
           Thus
           some
           men
           draw
           a
           fine
           veile
           over
           these
           foule
           enormities
           .
        
         
           Good
           Lord
           ,
           that
           the
           glorious
           light
           of
           the
           Gospell
           in
           eighty
           two
           yeares
           ,
           should
           not
           take
           away
           this
           filme
           from
           the
           eyes
           of
           men
           !
           Judge
           you
           the
           case
           ,
           you
           that
           are
           husbands
           ,
           you
           that
           have
           a
           spirit
           of
           jelousie
           ,
           bee
           yee
           Arbitrators
           betweene
           the
           Lord
           and
           this
           Generation
           ;
           and
           say
           ,
           if
           a
           wanton
           looke
           in
           your
           owne
           wife
           ,
           if
           a
           whorish
           dresse
           ,
           if
           the
           giving
           ,
           or
           receiving
           of
           
           love
           tokens
           ,
           if
           the
           least
           degrees
           of
           dalliance
           would
           not
           render
           your
           owne
           wife
           more
           abhominable
           to
           you
           ,
           than
           the
           knowne
           fornication
           ,
           or
           adultery
           of
           any
           other
           woman
           whatsoever
           ?
           Doe
           you
           not
           know
           that
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           is
           his
           Spouse
           ?
           
           Do
           you
           not
           know
           that
           God
           is
           more
           easily
           provoked
           by
           a
           people
           among
           whom
           hee
           walkes
           ,
           than
           by
           any
           other
           people
           whatsoever
           ?
           I
           beseech
           you
           lay
           these
           things
           to
           heart
           .
        
         
           And
           let
           the
           remembrance
           of
           this
           day
           ,
           helpe
           you
           in
           it
           .
           This
           day
           eighty
           two
           yeares
           agone
           ,
           the
           Lord
           set
           up
           the
           Gospell
           among
           us
           ,
           and
           tooke
           us
           to
           be
           a
           nation
           in
           Covenant
           with
           him
           .
           Oh
           the
           progresse
           that
           some
           nations
           would
           have
           made
           !
           The
           thankfulnesse
           and
           fruitfulnesse
           that
           some
           people
           would
           have
           attained
           to
           in
           so
           long
           a
           time
           !
           but
           that
           wee
           should
           grow
           worse
           and
           worse
           in
           poynt
           of
           Gods
           
             worship
             ,
          
           that
           we
           should
           hanker
           after
           Idolatry
           ,
           and
           Superstition
           ,
           and
           fall
           away
           worse
           than
           any
           of
           our
           neighbours
           ,
           that
           God
           hath
           visited
           so
           severely
           :
           what
           shall
           wee
           say
           ,
           when
           God
           comes
           to
           reckon
           with
           us
           for
           these
           things
           ?
        
         
           Fiftly
           ,
           adde
           the
           horrible
           prophanation
           of
           the
           holy
           
             Sacrament
          
           of
           the
           
             Lords
             Supper
             ,
          
           the
           promiscuous
           multitude
           every where
           ,
           not
           onely
           allowed
           ,
           but
           even
           compelled
           to
           the
           receiving
           of
           it
           :
           Multitudes
           of
           whom
           ,
           know
           not
           whether
           Christ
           were
           a
           man
           or
           a
           woman
           ,
           nor
           how
           many
           Gods
           there
           be
           ,
           multitudes
           wallowing
           in
           all
           prophanenesse
           and
           licentiousnesse
           ;
           yet
           if
           they
           professe
           that
           they
           be
           no
           Papists
           ,
           almost
           every where
           they
           are
           admitted
           to
           the
           polluting
           of
           these
           reverend
           Mysteries
           ,
           as
           if
           we
           would
           compell
           the
           Lord
           to
           depart
           away
           from
           us
           .
           
        
         
           
           And
           then
           ,
           if
           we
           should
           take
           in
           the
           third
           branch
           of
           
           
             ingaging
             ourselves
             in
             Gods
             cause
             ,
          
           how
           little
           zeale
           is
           there
           for
           God
           ?
           The
           wrongs
           and
           cruelties
           that
           are
           done
           to
           many
           ,
           the
           teares
           of
           the
           afflicted
           ,
           and
           oppressed
           ;
           and
           so
           few
           that
           will
           open
           their
           mouths
           ,
           or
           appeare
           to
           plead
           any
           cause
           which
           GOD
           will
           owne
           ,
           abundantly
           proclaimeth
           this
           .
           Verily
           ,
           beloved
           ,
           were
           you
           all
           as
           innocent
           as
           
             Ezra
          
           
           was
           of
           the
           fact
           among
           the
           
             Iewes
             ,
          
           of
           the
           wretchednesse
           of
           the
           people
           of
           
             Israel
             :
          
           If
           you
           did
           know
           what
           God
           looks
           for
           at
           your
           hands
           this
           day
           ,
           you
           would
           rent
           the
           very
           Caule
           of
           your
           hearts
           before
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           sit
           downe
           with
           him
           astonished
           ,
           and
           refuse
           to
           be
           comforted
           ,
           and
           wonder
           that
           GOD
           hath
           not
           wholly
           left
           us
           ,
           and
           delivered
           up
           our
           glory
           as
           a
           spoile
           ,
           and
           severely
           revenged
           the
           quarrell
           of
           his
           Covenant
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           come
           nearer
           yet
           ,
           and
           bring
           it
           home
           into
           your
           owne
           bosomes
           ;
           what
           if
           you
           your selves
           bee
           guilty
           of
           these
           things
           ?
           You
           that
           are
           the
           flower
           of
           your
           Tribes
           ,
           the
           chiefe
           of
           the
           Thousands
           of
           
             England
             ;
          
           You
           that
           are
           lifted
           up
           above
           your
           Brethren
           ,
           whom
           GOD
           hath
           made
           the
           Head
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           Taile
           of
           the
           places
           where
           you
           live
           ,
           when
           GOD
           might
           have
           left
           you
           to
           be
           
             hewers
             of
             Wood
             ,
          
           and
           
             drawers
             of
             Water
             .
          
           And
           hee
           hath
           made
           some
           of
           you
           Noblemen
           ,
           some
           Knights
           ,
           and
           Gentlemen
           ,
           and
           now
           called
           you
           to
           bee
           the
           Repairers
           of
           our
           breach
           ,
           to
           heale
           and
           prevent
           our
           ruine
           .
           What
           if
           you
           your selves
           have
           a
           chiefe
           hand
           in
           these
           transgressions
           ?
           What
           if
           among
           you
           be
           found
           swearers
           ,
           cursers
           ,
           adulterers
           ,
           drunkards
           ,
           haters
           of
           Gods
           waies
           ,
           scorners
           of
           his
           Children
           ,
           and
           his
           Ordinances
           ,
           men
           who
           goe
           on
           in
           your
           sinfull
           wayes
           ,
           and
           resolve
           to
           
           doe
           so
           :
           and
           because
           you
           are
           great
           ,
           will
           therefore
           bee
           children
           of
           
             Belial
             ,
          
           refusing
           to
           carry
           Gods
           yoake
           :
           what
           if
           any
           such
           should
           be
           here
           ?
           The
           Lord
           of
           heaven
           forbid
           .
           But
           if
           there
           should
           be
           any
           such
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           thinke
           what
           a
           
             Magor-mizzabib
             ,
          
           what
           a
           terrour
           round
           about
           you
           there
           will
           be
           ,
           when
           God
           comes
           to
           find
           you
           ,
           and
           to
           reckon
           with
           you
           !
        
         
           Are
           
             you
          
           come
           to
           
             Fast
             ,
          
           and
           
             Pray
          
           before
           the
           Lord
           ?
           Doe
           
             you
          
           come
           to
           stand
           betwixt
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Nation
           ,
           when
           you
           wallow
           in
           such
           wayes
           as
           GODS
           soule
           abhorres
           ?
           Doe
           
             you
          
           such
           things
           as
           are
           rebellion
           against
           God
           ,
           and
           pull
           downe
           his
           vengeance
           on
           us
           ?
           Doe
           you
           call
           this
           an
           
             acceptable
             Day
             ?
          
           Doe
           you
           thinke
           the
           LORD
           will
           accept
           of
           any
           service
           at
           your
           hands
           ?
           Be
           ashamed
           ,
           and
           confounded
           ,
           and
           never
           rise
           up
           till
           GOD
           have
           broken
           your
           hearts
           ,
           and
           spoken
           peace
           to
           you
           in
           the
           bloud
           of
           CHRIST
           .
           Let
           deepe
           humbling
           thoughts
           for
           these
           things
           ,
           bee
           now
           to
           your
           soules
           as
           those
           bitter
           Hearbes
           wherewith
           the
           
             Israelites
          
           of
           old
           did
           eate
           the
           Passeover
           .
           But
           if
           you
           make
           nothing
           of
           all
           this
           ,
           but
           will
           goe
           on
           carelessely
           ,
           and
           walke
           contrary
           to
           God
           ,
           God
           will
           walke
           contrary
           to
           you
           ,
           the
           Lord
           will
           
             not
             be
             with
             you
             .
          
           This
           is
           the
           first
           use
           for
           
             Humiliation
             .
          
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           I
           adde
           but
           another
           of
           
             Exhortation
             ,
          
           and
           I
           have
           done
           :
           (
           I
           beseech
           you
           pardon
           the
           Liberty
           ,
           which
           your
           call
           gives
           mee
           ,
           I
           were
           unworthy
           ever
           to
           speake
           more
           ,
           if
           I
           should
           not
           now
           speake
           freely
           )
           You
           stand
           all
           this
           day
           before
           the
           LORD
           ,
           and
           have
           beene
           exercised
           in
           the
           Duties
           of
           
             Fasting
             ,
          
           and
           
             Prayer
             :
          
           I
           beseech
           you
           tell
           mee
           in
           Gods
           presence
           (
           or
           rather
           answer
           GOD
           in
           your
           
           owne
           hearts
           )
           what
           was
           the
           thing
           you
           propounded
           to
           your selves
           ?
           was
           it
           to
           keepe
           a
           day
           for
           Formality
           ?
           because
           it
           is
           now
           a
           received
           thing
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           a
           
             Parliament
          
           to
           keepe
           a
           Fast
           ?
           Or
           was
           it
           ,
           that
           by
           hanging
           the
           head
           as
           
             a
             Bulrush
          
           for
           a
           day
           ,
           you
           might
           expiate
           your
           sinnes
           with
           God
           ,
           and
           take
           a
           new
           
             Ticket
          
           to
           sinne
           againe
           ?
           As
           it
           was
           said
           of
           
             Lewis
          
           the
           eleventh
           ,
           that
           hee
           would
           kisse
           his
           
             Crucifix
          
           when
           he
           had
           done
           evill
           ,
           and
           then
           God
           and
           hee
           were
           friends
           ,
           and
           he
           might
           goe
           on
           in
           his
           old
           way
           againe
           .
           If
           it
           bee
           so
           ,
           expect
           a
           sad
           reckoning
           for
           this
           dayes
           worke
           :
           you
           deale
           with
           a
           God
           that
           will
           not
           be
           mocked
           by
           the
           greatest
           of
           you
           .
        
         
           You
           shall
           reade
           in
           
             Ezek.
          
           14.
           divers
           of
           the
           
             Elders
          
           came
           to
           the
           Prophet
           to
           inquire
           of
           God
           .
           
             These
             men
             ,
          
           saith
           God
           ,
           
             have
             set
             up
             their
             Idolls
             in
             their
             hearts
             ,
          
           and
           they
           come
           to
           enquire
           of
           mee
           :
           Tell
           them
           I
           will
           answer
           them
           with
           a
           witnesse
           ,
           
             I
             will
             set
             my
             face
             against
             them
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             a
             signe
             ,
             and
             a
             Proverb
             .
          
           So
           I
           say
           ,
           from
           God
           to
           the
           greatest
           of
           you
           ,
           who
           brought
           your
           sins
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           and
           purpose
           to
           returne
           to
           them
           in
           the
           evening
           ,
           and
           keepe
           such
           a
           solemne
           day
           onely
           for
           a
           
             formality
             ,
          
           and
           there
           an
           end
           ,
           God
           will
           reckon
           with
           you
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           you
           desire
           indeed
           to
           meete
           God
           ,
           and
           
             to
             bee
             with
             God
             ,
          
           that
           
             God
          
           may
           
             be
             with
             you
             ,
          
           then
           weigh
           what
           I
           shall
           say
           from
           the
           Lord
           ;
           and
           if
           it
           appeare
           to
           bee
           his
           will
           ,
           then
           (
           as
           you
           were
           taught
           in
           the
           morning
           )
           draw
           it
           up
           into
           a
           Covenant
           ;
           Covenant
           betwixt
           God
           and
           your
           soules
           ,
           come
           ,
           and
           receive
           the
           Sacrament
           upon
           it
           ,
           and
           lye
           at
           Gods
           feet
           to
           obtain
           grace
           for
           performance
           .
           My
           exhortation
           shall
           be
           answerable
           to
           the
           three
           branches
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           .
        
         
         
           
           First
           ,
           resolve
           every
           one
           of
           you
           for
           his
           owne
           part
           to
           turne
           to
           God
           ,
           to
           cast
           out
           all
           your
           abhominations
           ,
           never
           to
           turne
           to
           any
           of
           your
           wicked
           wayes
           from
           this
           day
           forward
           .
           It
           may
           bee
           this
           motion
           seemes
           harsh
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           easily
           downe
           :
           (
           because
           in
           our
           wretched
           dayes
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Turks
          
           use
           to
           account
           all
           fooles
           to
           bee
           Saints
           ;
           so
           men
           with
           us
           account
           all
           Saints
           to
           be
           fooles
           .
           )
           But
           this
           must
           be
           done
           ;
           necessary
           things
           fall
           not
           under
           deliberation
           .
           To
           live
           in
           hell
           you
           would
           not
           ;
           to
           live
           with
           God
           you
           cannot
           :
           hard
           it
           will
           bee
           to
           be
           damned
           ;
           impossible
           it
           will
           bee
           to
           bee
           saved
           ,
           unlesse
           with
           full
           purpose
           of
           heart
           you
           turne
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           become
           new
           creatures
           .
           I
           must
           say
           to
           you
           as
           the
           Prince
           of
           
             Orange
          
           said
           to
           his
           souldiers
           at
           the
           battaile
           of
           
             Newport
             ,
          
           when
           they
           had
           the
           Sea
           on
           the
           one
           side
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Spaniards
          
           on
           the
           other
           :
           If
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           you
           will
           live
           ,
           you
           must
           either
           eate
           up
           these
           
             Spaniards
             ,
          
           or
           drinke
           up
           this
           Sea
           ;
           So
           must
           you
           ,
           either
           conquer
           your
           lusts
           ,
           eate
           up
           the
           
             Spaniards
             ,
          
           or
           drink
           up
           the
           Sea
           ,
           the
           devouring
           Gulfe
           of
           Gods
           wrath
           :
           and
           none
           of
           you
           know
           how
           soone
           this
           time
           may
           come
           ,
           that
           will
           yee
           ,
           nill
           yee
           ,
           yee
           must
           be
           be
           brought
           neare
           to
           God
           ,
           who
           is
           a
           
             devouring
             fire
             ,
          
           utterly
           to
           consume
           you
           ,
           if
           you
           be
           
             Straw
             and
             Stubble
             ,
          
           or
           to
           glorifie
           you
           if
           you
           be
           
             Gold
             .
          
        
         
           The
           
             Pagan
          
           King
           of
           
             Niniveh
          
           saw
           this
           ,
           that
           without
           
             turning
             every
             man
             from
             the
             wickednesse
             that
             was
             in
             his
             owne
             hands
             ,
          
           there
           could
           bee
           no
           hope
           of
           escaping
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           .
           And
           therefore
           you
           who
           are
           Christians
           cannot
           expect
           that
           God
           should
           
             be
             with
             you
          
           in
           any
           thing
           that
           you
           take
           in
           hand
           :
           till
           this
           bee
           done
           ,
           God
           will
           not
           onely
           loath
           you
           ,
           but
           the
           works
           of
           your
           hands
           also
           .
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           this
           done
           ,
           
             bee
             with
             God
          
           in
           matter
           of
           
           
             *
          
           
             Religion
             :
          
           my
           meaning
           plainly
           is
           this
           ,
           be
        
         
           First
           ,
           such
           as
           cleave
           to
           the
           purity
           of
           his
           worship
           in
           your
           owne
           practise
           .
        
         
           And
           then
           in
           your
           great
           
             Counsaile
             ,
          
           bee
           yee
           purgers
           and
           preservers
           of
           our
           Religion
           .
           Looke
           throughly
           what
           is
           amisse
           ,
           and
           pluck
           up
           every
           plant
           that
           God
           hath
           not
           planted
           ;
           throw
           to
           the
           
             Moales
             ,
          
           and
           to
           the
           
             Bats
             ,
          
           every
           ragge
           that
           hath
           not
           Gods
           stampe
           and
           name
           upon
           it
           .
           That
           it
           may
           be
           said
           of
           this
           
             Parliament
          
           in
           matter
           of
           Religion
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           said
           of
           
             Josiah
             ,
             There
             was
             never
             any
             like
             him
             before
             him
             ,
             nor
             any
             after
             him
             .
          
           So
           there
           was
           never
           any
           
             Parliament
          
           before
           this
           ,
           nor
           never
           any
           after
           it
           ,
           that
           
             followed
             the
             Lord
             with
             all
             their
             heart
             ,
             and
             all
             their
             soule
             ,
             and
             all
             their
             might
             ,
             according
             to
             all
             the
             will
             of
             God
             .
          
        
         
           
           And
           to
           provoke
           you
           ,
           give
           mee
           leave
           to
           give
           you
           a
           briefe
           view
           of
           the
           hedge
           that
           God
           hath
           made
           about
           the
           second
           Commandement
           .
           The
           intent
           of
           that
           Commandement
           is
           ,
           that
           Gods
           people
           should
           worship
           him
           with
           his
           owne
           worship
           ,
           and
           his
           owne
           ordinances
           ,
           and
           never
           dare
           to
           tender
           to
           him
           the
           devises
           ,
           and
           traditions
           of
           men
           for
           a
           homage
           .
           Now
           the
           Lord
           knowing
           the
           itch
           ,
           and
           pronenesse
           in
           men
           to
           be
           tampering
           in
           the
           worship
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           set
           their
           
             thresholds
          
           by
           his
           
             threshold
             ,
          
           hath
           set
           such
           a
           hedge
           about
           it
           ,
           that
           if
           a
           man
           did
           consider
           it
           seriously
           ,
           hee
           could
           not
           but
           admire
           that
           ever
           mortall
           man
           should
           dare
           in
           the
           matter
           of
           Gods
           worship
           ,
           to
           meddle
           any
           jot
           further
           than
           the
           Lord
           himselfe
           hath
           commanded
           :
           it
           standing
           like
           the
           Cherubims
           ,
           and
           the
           flaming
           Sword
           ,
           which
           turned
           every
           way
           to
           keepe
           the
           way
           of
           the
           Tree
           of
           Life
           .
           
        
         
           
           First
           ,
           he
           is
           
             a
             jelous
             God
             ,
          
           as
           if
           hee
           should
           say
           ,
           the
           matter
           of
           my
           worship
           is
           to
           mee
           as
           the
           marriage
           bed
           ;
           
           and
           I
           am
           a
           Husband
           easily
           provoked
           to
           
             jelousie
             ,
          
           which
           is
           
             *
          
           
             the
             rage
             of
             a
             man
             ,
             and
             will
             accept
             no
             ransome
             .
          
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           all
           such
           are
           said
           to
           hate
           God
           ,
           
             I
             will
             visit
             the
             sinnes
             of
             them
             that
             hate
             mee
             .
          
           They
           all
           pretend
           that
           they
           are
           lovers
           of
           him
           .
           They
           that
           made
           men
           kisse
           the
           Calves
           ,
           yet
           would
           have
           them
           sweare
           
             Iehovah
             liveth
             .
             Jeroboam
          
           pretended
           nothing
           but
           respect
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           Gods
           people
           ,
           when
           he
           set
           up
           his
           
             Calves
             :
          
           so
           these
           men
           pretend
           reverence
           and
           veneration
           to
           Gods
           Ordinances
           :
           but
           God
           protests
           that
           they
           all
           hate
           him
           ,
           which
           may
           appeare
           by
           the
           odious
           names
           hee
           gives
           to
           their
           sinne
           ,
           calling
           it
           sometimes
           
             Rebellion
             ,
          
           as
           being
           a
           denying
           his
           
             Soveraignty
             ,
             Iosh.
          
           22.
           16.
           22.
           
           Sometimes
           
             Apostasie
             ,
             Ier.
          
           2.
           13.
           
           Sometimes
           
             Adultery
             ,
          
           the
           most
           unpardonable
           sinne
           betwixt
           man
           and
           wife
           ,
           
             Ezek.
          
           16.
           
           And
           sometimes
           
             Blasphemy
             .
             Isai.
          
           65.
           7.
           
        
         
           
           Thirdly
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           sinne
           that
           hath
           vengeance
           ,
           and
           punishment
           intailed
           upon
           it
           to
           the
           
             Third
             and
             fourth
             generation
             .
          
           The
           
             Iews
          
           say
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           that
           
             there
             was
             never
             any
             calamity
             betided
             their
             Nation
             ,
             since
             their
             comming
             out
             of
             Aegypt
             ,
             but
             there
             was
             an
             ounce
             of
             the
             Golden
             Calfe
             in
             it
             .
          
           It
           is
           a
           sinne
           that
           GOD
           failes
           not
           to
           visit
           upon
           
             Children
             ,
             to
             the
             third
             and
             fourth
             Generation
             .
          
        
         
           
           But
           now
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           
             God
             will
             shew
             mercy
             to
             thousands
             of
             them
             that
             love
             him
             ,
             and
             keepe
             his
             Commandements
             .
          
           How
           is
           that
           ?
           The
           Lord
           interprets
           them
           to
           love
           him
           that
           purely
           worship
           him
           .
           As
           a
           man
           who
           finds
           his
           wife
           faithfull
           in
           the
           marriage
           bed
           ,
           judgeeth
           that
           shee
           loves
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           her
           heart
           is
           one
           with
           his
           ,
           what
           ever
           other
           infirmities
           shee
           may
           have
           .
           Yea
           ,
           they
           are
           interpreted
           to
           keepe
           all
           his
           Commandements
           .
           
           God
           will
           trust
           them
           for
           all
           his
           Commandements
           ,
           whom
           he
           finds
           faithfull
           in
           his
           worship
           :
           Yea
           ,
           to
           a
           
             thousand
             Generations
             ,
          
           hee
           will
           remember
           them
           ,
           which
           is
           longer
           than
           this
           wicked
           world
           shall
           stand
           .
           The
           kindnesse
           and
           faithfulnesse
           of
           them
           that
           maintaine
           and
           preserve
           the
           pure
           Religion
           and
           worship
           of
           God
           ,
           shall
           ever
           bee
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           for
           them
           and
           their
           posterity
           .
        
         
           Oh!
           let
           mee
           helpe
           your
           reckoning
           in
           the
           day
           of
           the
           LORD
           ,
           intreating
           you
           for
           the
           
             Childrens
             sake
             of
             your
             owne
             body
             ,
          
           
           to
           lay
           what
           I
           have
           said
           to
           heart
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           provide
           that
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           God
           bee
           neither
           taken
           away
           ,
           nor
           defiled
           ,
           that
           GOD
           may
           be
           purely
           worshipped
           in
           his
           owne
           way
           for
           time
           to
           come
           .
           And
           that
           by
           a
           Generation
           of
           men
           ,
           who
           
             seeke
             onely
             to
             glory
             in
             our
             flesh
             ,
          
           
           wee
           bee
           not
           jugled
           our
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           nor
           mis-led
           in
           such
           a
           way
           of
           service
           ,
           as
           that
           
             Gods
             soule
             should
             take
             no
             pleasure
             in
             us
             .
          
        
         
           
           Thirdly
           ,
           and
           lastly
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           the
           comprehension
           of
           all
           the
           rest
           )
           
             bee
             on
             Gods
             side
             ,
          
           ingage
           your selves
           in
           every
           cause
           which
           is
           Gods
           :
           Owne
           what
           God
           ownes
           .
           As
           Christ
           said
           ,
           
             You
             shall
             not
             have
             me
             alway
             ;
          
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           my
           person
           ,
           but
           
             the
             poore
             you
             shall
             have
             alway
             ,
          
           and
           when
           you
           will
           you
           may
           doe
           good
           to
           them
           .
           So
           I
           say
           ,
           you
           have
           not
           Christ
           with
           you
           in
           his
           person
           :
           but
           you
           alwayes
           have
           his
           
             Cause
             ,
          
           his
           
             Truth
             ,
          
           his
           
             Ordinances
             ,
          
           his
           
             Day
             ,
          
           his
           
             Ministers
             ,
          
           his
           
             Children
             ,
          
           the
           
             Teares
          
           of
           the
           afflicted
           ;
           
             all
             causes
             of
             Instice
             and
             Righteousnesse
             ,
             these
             are
             Gods
             causes
             .
          
           God
           would
           have
           all
           his
           friends
           zealous
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           appeare
           for
           him
           ,
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           his
           Cause
           .
           And
           to
           inflame
           your
           hearts
           to
           this
           ,
           be
           pleased
           to
           consider
           these
           few
           
             incouragements
             .
          
           
        
         
         
           
           First
           ,
           God
           hath
           deserved
           it
           at
           your
           hands
           ,
           that
           you
           should
           appeare
           for
           Him
           ,
           Hee
           hath
           appeared
           for
           you
           when
           none
           could
           :
           His
           Sonne
           
             Iesus
             Christ
          
           gave
           his
           owne
           soule
           a
           ransome
           for
           your
           sinnes
           ,
           or
           else
           you
           had
           perished
           in
           Hell
           for
           ever
           .
           Hee
           hath
           made
           you
           the
           
             Head
             ,
          
           rather
           than
           the
           
             Tayle
             :
          
           Hee
           hath
           heaped
           upon
           you
           Honour
           ,
           Wealth
           ,
           and
           Friends
           ;
           and
           you
           can
           give
           no
           other
           reason
           why
           you
           are
           not
           more
           miserable
           than
           the
           poorest
           Vagrant
           ,
           that
           wants
           both
           house
           and
           home
           ,
           but
           onely
           this
           ,
           that
           
             GOD
             hath
             beene
             on
             your
             side
             .
          
           Doth
           not
           hee
           then
           deserve
           to
           bee
           owned
           ?
           They
           say
           ,
           
             Love
             is
             loves
             Loadstone
             ,
             and
             loves
             Whetstone
             .
          
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           Gods
           
             Cause
             ,
          
           his
           
             Church
             ,
          
           and
           
             Children
             ,
          
           have
           few
           friends
           ,
           and
           many
           enemies
           ,
           and
           those
           enemies
           no
           Babies
           ,
           but
           
             Principalities
             and
             Powers
             ,
          
           Cruell
           ,
           Cunning
           ,
           Malicious
           ,
           and
           unweariable
           :
           And
           more
           now
           than
           ever
           .
           
             Satan
          
           knowes
           his
           time
           is
           short
           ,
           hee
           stirres
           up
           all
           his
           instruments
           ,
           as
           if
           one
           spirit
           possest
           them
           all
           .
           And
           is
           it
           not
           a
           shame
           ,
           that
           the
           Lords
           friends
           should
           bee
           more
           backward
           in
           his
           cause
           than
           the
           vassalls
           of
           Satan
           are
           in
           their
           Masters
           ?
        
         
           
           I
           adde
           thirdly
           ,
           the
           Lord
           to
           punish
           the
           Pride
           ,
           Sloath
           ,
           Hypocrisie
           ,
           and
           Formality
           of
           his
           people
           ,
           hath
           of
           late
           suffered
           the
           enemies
           of
           the
           Church
           to
           prevaile
           exceeding
           farre
           .
           The
           face
           of
           
             Christendome
          
           this
           day
           so
           miserably
           rent
           with
           Warres
           ,
           Sedition
           ,
           Heresies
           ,
           and
           Schismes
           is
           a
           most
           ruthfull
           spectacle
           .
           Who
           can
           looke
           upon
           poore
           
             Germany
             ,
          
           and
           not
           even
           bee
           compelled
           to
           weepe
           over
           the
           Booke
           of
           the
           
             Lamentations
          
           againe
           ?
           And
           GOD
           knowes
           whose
           Lot
           is
           next
           :
           Little
           quiet
           I
           feare
           is
           to
           bee
           
           expected
           in
           
             Christendome
             ,
          
           till
           the
           Beast
           his
           Kingdome
           be
           ruined
           .
        
         
           Now
           wee
           know
           that
           the
           Lord
           accounts
           that
           the
           most
           seasonable
           time
           for
           his
           friends
           to
           owne
           his
           cause
           ,
           when
           the
           enemies
           are
           most
           violent
           against
           it
           :
           then
           God
           saith
           ,
           
             Who
             is
             on
             my
             side
             ,
             who
             ?
          
           When
           the
           pressures
           of
           the
           Church
           are
           greatest
           ;
           the
           opportunities
           of
           appearing
           for
           the
           LORD
           are
           most
           seasonable
           ,
           and
           great
           are
           their
           Rewards
           who
           then
           sticke
           to
           him
           .
           Every
           one
           would
           gladly
           embrace
           a
           glorified
           CHRIST
           :
           but
           when
           the
           whole
           Councell
           shall
           reject
           him
           ;
           then
           ,
           with
           
             Nicodemus
          
           to
           plead
           for
           him
           ,
           this
           is
           honourable
           .
           When
           hanging
           upon
           the
           Crosse
           ,
           his
           Disciples
           runne
           away
           from
           him
           ,
           then
           with
           
             Ioseph
          
           of
           
             Arimathea
          
           boldly
           before
           
             Pilate
          
           to
           shew
           love
           to
           him
           ,
           this
           is
           acceptable
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           
             Jewes
          
           had
           an
           exalted
           
             Mordecay
             ,
          
           then
           the
           people
           of
           the
           Land
           would
           
             turne
             Iewes
             .
          
           The
           
             Samaritanes
          
           would
           helpe
           to
           build
           the
           
             Temple
             ,
          
           when
           the
           
             Persian
          
           Emperour
           is
           a
           friend
           to
           the
           
             Church
             :
          
           But
           our
           Lord
           saith
           ,
           let
           mee
           have
           the
           man
           that
           will
           not
           
             bee
             ashamed
             of
             me
             before
             a
             froward
             and
             adulterous
             Generation
             .
          
           Marke
           ,
           he
           doth
           not
           say
           in
           a
           gracious
           Generation
           (
           then
           no
           man
           will
           bee
           ashamed
           of
           him
           )
           but
           in
           an
           
             adulterous
             ,
             and
             froward
             Generation
             .
          
        
         
           
           Fourthly
           ,
           when
           you
           strike
           in
           on
           
             the
             LORDS
             side
             ,
          
           on
           his
           Churches
           side
           ,
           on
           his
           Causes
           side
           ;
           you
           shall
           not
           onely
           strike
           in
           with
           the
           best
           side
           ,
           with
           the
           best
           Cause
           ,
           but
           with
           the
           most
           prevailing
           ;
           with
           that
           side
           which
           must
           and
           shall
           have
           the
           victory
           at
           the
           long
           runne
           .
           It
           would
           make
           a
           
           man
           never
           to
           be
           afraid
           to
           be
           ingaged
           in
           a
           quarrell
           where
           hee
           is
           sure
           of
           the
           Victory
           .
           The
           Barke
           wherein
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           his
           
             Church
             ,
          
           and
           
             Cause
          
           are
           ,
           may
           bee
           tossed
           ,
           but
           can
           never
           bee
           drowned
           .
           
             Populus
          
           Romanus
           
             saepe
             praelio
             victus
             ,
             nunquam
             bello
             .
          
           
           The
           
             Romans
          
           lost
           many
           Battailes
           ,
           but
           they
           were
           never
           overcome
           in
           a
           set
           Warre
           ;
           at
           the
           long
           runne
           they
           crushed
           all
           their
           enemies
           .
           So
           all
           the
           enemies
           that
           seeme
           too
           hard
           for
           Christs
           cause
           ,
           and
           his
           Church
           ,
           must
           perish
           .
           Hee
           must
           rule
           ,
           
             till
             all
             his
             enemies
             be
             made
             his
             footstoole
             .
          
           
        
         
           In
           
             Zacharie
          
           the
           12.
           there
           are
           foure
           or
           five
           admirable
           expressions
           .
           The
           Church
           is
           compared
           to
           a
           
             Hearth
             of
             Fire
          
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           a
           
             Wood
             .
          
           Like
           a
           
             Torch
             of
             Fire
          
           in
           the
           middest
           of
           a
           
             Sheafe
             .
          
           Whether
           the
           
             Wood
             ,
          
           or
           the
           
             Fire
             ,
          
           the
           
             Torch
             ,
          
           or
           the
           
             Sheafe
          
           will
           have
           the
           victory
           judge
           yee
           .
           In
           
             verse
          
           the
           second
           shee
           is
           compared
           to
           a
           
             cup
             of
             Poyson
             ,
          
           that
           will
           end
           them
           who
           thinke
           to
           devoure
           it
           .
           To
           an
           heavy
           Stone
           ,
           that
           will
           returne
           upon
           those
           to
           their
           ruine
           ,
           who
           endeavour
           to
           carry
           it
           away
           .
           So
           shall
           it
           bee
           with
           all
           Nations
           that
           fight
           against
           the
           Church
           and
           cause
           of
           Christ
           .
           And
           if
           any
           man
           should
           happen
           to
           lose
           his
           life
           in
           the
           Lords
           quarrell
           ;
           as
           the
           
             Angell
          
           said
           to
           
             Daniel
             ,
             Hee
             shall
             stand
             up
             in
             his
             lot
             :
          
           
           Hee
           shall
           rise
           up
           ,
           and
           follow
           CHRIST
           ,
           cloathed
           with
           glory
           .
           
             Revelations
          
           the
           nineteenth
           ,
           the
           Armies
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           that
           followed
           Christs
           triumphant
           Chariot
           ,
           were
           such
           as
           were
           
             holy
             ,
          
           and
           
             faithfull
             ,
             and
             loved
             not
             their
             lives
             to
             the
             death
             .
          
           Would
           not
           this
           move
           any
           man
           to
           bee
           on
           Gods
           side
           ?
        
         
           
           Lastly
           ,
           (
           Honoured
           ,
           and
           beloved
           in
           the
           Lord
           )
           let
           the
           consideration
           of
           your
           great
           place
           ,
           and
           office
           that
           
           God
           Almighty
           hath
           called
           you
           to
           raise
           up
           your
           spirits
           to
           endeavour
           great
           things
           for
           the
           LORD
           .
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           am
           too
           weak
           to
           fathome
           in
           my
           thoughts
           ,
           what
           the
           great
           worke
           is
           to
           which
           you
           are
           called
           together
           by
           God
           .
           You
           are
           met
           to
           seeke
           the
           good
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           the
           good
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           a
           greater
           charge
           than
           the
           salvation
           of
           your
           owne
           soules
           ,
           is
           put
           into
           your
           hands
           .
           It
           may
           bee
           not
           onely
           our
           welfare
           ,
           and
           peace
           ,
           and
           Religion
           :
           but
           even
           the
           welfare
           of
           all
           
             Christendome
             ,
          
           under
           God
           depends
           upon
           your
           meeting
           .
           That
           God
           that
           might
           have
           left
           you
           (
           as
           I
           said
           )
           to
           bee
           
             hewers
             of
             Wood
             ,
          
           and
           
             drawers
             of
             Water
             ,
          
           hath
           called
           you
           to
           bee
           
             Repairers
          
           of
           all
           our
           
             breaches
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Prayers
           ,
           and
           blessings
           of
           all
           GODS
           people
           are
           upon
           you
           .
           The
           eyes
           of
           all
           the
           Nation
           next
           under
           GOD
           ,
           and
           our
           gracious
           Soveraigne
           ,
           are
           fixed
           upon
           you
           .
        
         
           Oh
           what
           a
           mighty
           tye
           doth
           this
           put
           upon
           the
           soule
           of
           every
           one
           of
           you
           ,
           to
           lay
           aside
           all
           businesse
           ,
           and
           pleasures
           ,
           and
           lusts
           ,
           and
           ends
           of
           his
           owne
           ,
           and
           solely
           to
           study
           how
           to
           advance
           CHRISTS
           cause
           ,
           and
           appeare
           where
           Christ
           would
           have
           him
           appeare
           .
           Your
           work
           is
           great
           ,
           our
           evills
           are
           many
           :
           but
           be
           not
           discouraged
           ;
           onely
           rememember
           ,
           that
           
             God
             is
             with
             you
             ,
             while
             you
             are
             with
             him
             .
          
           As
           it
           is
           in
           
             Zech.
          
           4.
           
           
             Who
             art
             thou
             ,
             O
             great
             Mountaine
             ?
             before
             my
             servant
          
           Zorobabel
           
             thou
             shalt
             become
             a
             plaine
             .
          
           If
           God
           be
           with
           
             Zorobabel
             ,
          
           Mountaines
           shall
           become
           Plaines
           before
           him
           .
           God
           can
           make
           those
           things
           ,
           that
           you
           apprehending
           as
           
             Hydra's
             ,
          
           and
           Monsters
           would
           tremble
           to
           thinke
           of
           ,
           to
           fall
           before
           you
           as
           the
           leaves
           of
           a
           tree
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           a
           notable
           storie
           of
           
             Luther
             ,
          
           when
           hee
           first
           came
           out
           against
           the
           
             Pope
             ,
             Albertus
             Cranzius
          
           (
           a
           
           Bishop
           that
           liked
           well
           his
           project
           ,
           but
           thought
           it
           impossible
           to
           bring
           it
           to
           passe
           )
           wrote
           to
           
             Luther
             ,
             Frater
             ,
             Frater
             abi
             in
             cellam
             ,
             &
             dic
             ,
             miserere
             mei
             Deus
             ,
          
           Frier
           ,
           Frier
           ,
           goe
           to
           thy
           Cloyster
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           Lord
           have
           mercy
           upon
           mee
           ,
           this
           worke
           is
           too
           hard
           for
           thee
           ;
           yet
           
             Luther
          
           wrought
           wonders
           .
           One
           
             Luther
          
           will
           doe
           great
           things
           ,
           if
           GOD
           bee
           with
           him
           .
           
             One
             Parliament
          
           may
           doe
           great
           things
           ,
           if
           
             God
             bee
             with
             them
             .
          
        
         
           Resolve
           upon
           it
           this
           day
           to
           bee
           for
           God
           ,
           make
           this
           another
           blessed
           seventeenth
           of
           
             November
             .
          
           But
           if
           through
           feare
           ,
           treachery
           ,
           cowardise
           ,
           pride
           ,
           or
           sloth
           ,
           you
           withdraw
           your selves
           from
           Gods
           work
           ;
           
             Deliverance
             shall
             come
          
           to
           Gods
           people
           another
           way
           ;
           and
           you
           for
           your
           part
           shall
           not
           onely
           lose
           your
           share
           in
           the
           comfort
           :
           but
           you
           shall
           bring
           all
           the
           guilt
           ,
           and
           sinnes
           that
           the
           Nation
           groanes
           under
           ,
           to
           stand
           upon
           your
           owne
           score
           before
           God
           .
           Yea
           ,
           (
           you
           will
           think
           it
           is
           a
           great
           word
           ;
           but
           I
           speake
           it
           not
           rashly
           )
           it
           may
           bee
           more
           guilty
           ,
           than
           the
           very
           Authors
           of
           our
           mischiefes
           ,
           who
           have
           beene
           firme
           to
           their
           owne
           principles
           ,
           in
           the
           bringing
           of
           them
           in
           :
           and
           you
           contrarie
           to
           your
           light
           ,
           and
           office
           doe
           further
           them
           ,
           if
           you
           not
           withstand
           them
           .
           As
           hee
           who
           solicited
           an
           Emperour
           for
           a
           pardon
           for
           one
           that
           had
           killed
           two
           men
           ,
           and
           received
           a
           denyall
           upon
           that
           very
           reason
           ,
           that
           the
           delinquent
           had
           twice
           imbrued
           his
           hands
           in
           bloud
           ;
           replyed
           to
           the
           Emperour
           :
           Nay
           ,
           you
           killed
           the
           second
           ;
           for
           if
           hee
           had
           beene
           cut
           off
           for
           the
           first
           ,
           hee
           had
           never
           killed
           the
           other
           .
           So
           ,
           abundance
           of
           evills
           committed
           by
           private
           men
           ,
           are
           not
           the
           sinnes
           of
           the
           Rulers
           and
           Princes
           at
           the
           first
           ,
           but
           may
           afterwards
           through
           their
           connivence
           or
           want
           of
           zeale
           ,
           be
           truely
           
           reckoned
           and
           accounted
           theirs
           .
           God
           forbid
           that
           you
           should
           bring
           so
           great
           a
           burthen
           upon
           your
           own
           soules
           and
           consciences
           .
           
             Vp
             and
             be
             doing
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Lord
             be
             with
             you
          
           in
           his
           cause
           .
        
         
           Now
           although
           your
           wisedomes
           best
           know
           what
           is
           to
           be
           done
           ;
           and
           it
           may
           seeme
           unfit
           to
           prescribe
           such
           a
           Colledge
           of
           Physitians
           a
           way
           of
           a
           Cure
           :
           Yet
           give
           mee
           leave
           onely
           to
           propound
           one
           thing
           (
           even
           the
           same
           which
           was
           prest
           in
           the
           forenoone
           )
           which
           I
           suppose
           would
           prove
           a
           
             Catholike
          
           remedy
           for
           all
           our
           evills
           ,
           and
           the
           greatest
           meanes
           for
           the
           lengthning
           out
           of
           our
           tranquillity
           ,
           and
           the
           healing
           of
           all
           our
           distempers
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           promoting
           ,
           establishing
           ,
           and
           maintaining
           a
           faithfull
           ,
           learned
           ,
           painfull
           ,
           preaching
           Ministery
           :
           that
           every
           
             Candlesticke
          
           may
           have
           a
           
             Candle
             ,
          
           that
           every
           
             Flocke
          
           may
           have
           a
           faithfull
           
             Shepheard
          
           to
           guide
           them
           .
           This
           is
           the
           thing
           I
           would
           propound
           to
           you
           .
           This
           was
           the
           course
           
             Iehoshaphat
          
           tooke
           ,
           who
           sent
           
             Princes
             and
             Levites
             ,
             who
             taught
             in
          
           Judah
           ,
           
             and
             went
             about
             through
             all
             the
             Cities
             ,
             and
             taught
             the
             people
             .
          
           
        
         
           Blessed
           be
           God
           for
           the
           light
           that
           shines
           among
           us
           .
           Yet
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           that
           of
           nine
           or
           ten
           thousand
           parishes
           ,
           which
           they
           say
           are
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           I
           believe
           there
           are
           many
           thousands
           ,
           which
           these
           eighty
           yeares
           have
           not
           had
           the
           blessing
           to
           enjoy
           (
           at
           the
           least
           any
           long
           time
           )
           a
           setled
           ,
           faithfull
           ,
           preaching
           Ministery
           .
           So
           that
           I
           believe
           ,
           (
           and
           I
           speak
           somewhat
           from
           experience
           )
           that
           many
           thousands
           ,
           if
           not
           thousands
           of
           thousands
           ,
           know
           not
           the
           right
           hand
           from
           the
           left
           ,
           in
           the
           very
           principles
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Christ
           .
           What
           ever
           bee
           the
           cause
           ,
           whether
           it
           bee
           that
           our
           Lawes
           and
           Constitutions
           are
           defective
           :
           whether
           the
           negligence
           or
           corruption
           of
           our
           Governours
           ;
           whether
           the
           want
           of
           a
           
           preaching
           maintenance
           ,
           or
           whether
           all
           these
           bee
           the
           fault
           :
           Certaine
           it
           is
           ,
           there
           hath
           beene
           hitherto
           a
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           somewhat
           which
           hath
           hindred
           the
           spreading
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           it
           is
           worth
           your
           most
           diligent
           enquirie
           ,
           whether
           the
           neglect
           of
           this
           hath
           not
           beene
           one
           maine
           cause
           of
           the
           ill
           successe
           of
           so
           many
           former
           
             Parliaments
             .
          
           Could
           you
           provide
           mercifully
           for
           people
           in
           this
           ,
           you
           would
           make
           all
           safe
           ,
           and
           
             England
          
           would
           thanke
           you
           as
           long
           as
           it
           is
           
             England
             .
          
        
         
           To
           incite
           you
           ,
           be
           pleased
           to
           consider
           but
           these
           two
           things
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           we
           deserve
           no
           further
           the
           name
           of
           a
           Christian
           Nation
           than
           this
           is
           done
           ,
           nor
           any
           further
           than
           this
           is
           advanced
           .
           This
           is
           the
           Scepter
           whereby
           Christ
           rules
           :
           The
           dwelling
           of
           his
           Word
           with
           a
           people
           ,
           is
           the
           greatest
           proof
           of
           their
           owning
           him
           for
           their
           
             Prince
             ,
          
           and
           his
           acknowledging
           them
           for
           his
           owne
           
             Subjects
             .
          
           Is
           any
           Country
           esteemed
           a
           part
           of
           a
           Princes
           Dominion
           ,
           that
           is
           not
           ruled
           by
           his
           Lawes
           ?
           Neither
           can
           any
           Land
           be
           accounted
           Chists
           Kingdome
           ,
           where
           the
           preaching
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           
             Rod
             of
             his
             power
          
           is
           not
           established
           .
           And
           the
           Lord
           hath
           ever
           esteemed
           the
           hinderers
           of
           his
           Word
           ,
           to
           bee
           the
           men
           that
           would
           not
           have
           Christ
           rule
           over
           them
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           if
           all
           the
           good
           Lawes
           in
           the
           world
           were
           made
           ,
           without
           this
           ,
           they
           would
           come
           to
           nothing
           ;
           order
           what
           you
           can
           ,
           leave
           this
           undone
           ,
           you
           will
           never
           doe
           the
           thing
           you
           aime
           at
           .
           Magistrates
           and
           Ministers
           of
           Justice
           will
           not
           execute
           them
           ,
           and
           people
           will
           not
           obey
           them
           .
           
             The
             darke
             places
             of
             the
             Land
             are
          
           ever
           
             full
             of
             the
             habitations
             of
             wickednesse
             .
          
           
           But
           if
           Christ
           
           
             smite
             the
             earth
             with
             the
             rod
             of
             his
             mouth
             ,
             the
             Wolfe
             shall
             dwell
          
           
           
             with
             the
             Lambe
             ,
             and
             the
             Leopard
             shall
             lye
             downe
             with
             the
             Kid
             ,
             the
             Calfe
             ,
             and
             the
             yong
             Lion
             ,
             and
             the
             fatling
             together
             ,
             and
             a
             little
             Child
             shall
             lead
             them
             .
          
           There
           shall
           nothing
           hurt
           nor
           destroy
           ,
           where
           Christs
           Scepter
           rules
           :
           Your
           Lawes
           cannot
           give
           men
           new
           hearts
           ,
           nor
           new
           strength
           ;
           that
           is
           the
           priviledge
           of
           the
           Lawes
           of
           Christ
           .
        
         
           The
           Poets
           speake
           of
           excellent
           Musitians
           ,
           who
           by
           the
           power
           of
           their
           Musicke
           made
           stones
           leap
           into
           Walls
           ,
           beasts
           to
           bee
           tame
           ,
           &c.
           
           This
           will
           doe
           more
           ,
           this
           will
           take
           the
           stone
           out
           of
           mens
           hearts
           ,
           this
           will
           give
           them
           a
           new
           heart
           ;
           this
           will
           make
           all
           the
           Commandements
           easie
           ;
           there
           is
           a
           kinde
           of
           omnipotencie
           in
           it
           .
           Ibeseech
           you
           amongst
           all
           your
           excellent
           purposes
           for
           our
           good
           ,
           let
           this
           bee
           the
           first
           ,
           and
           chiefest
           :
           If
           this
           will
           not
           doe
           ,
           nothing
           will
           :
           
             If
             they
             heare
             not
          
           Moses
           
             and
             the
             Prophets
             ,
             they
             will
             not
             believe
             though
             one
             rise
             from
             the
             dead
             .
          
        
      
       
         FINIS
         .
      
    
     
       
         
           
             LONDON
             :
          
           Printed
           by
           
             J.
             O.
          
           for
           SAMUEL
           MAN
           ,
           dwelling
           in
           St.
           
           
             Pauls
          
           Church-yard
           ,
           at
           the
           signe
           of
           the
           Swan
           .
           1641.
           
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A89580e-240
           
             Introduction
             ,
             setting
             forth
             1
             The
             fitnesse
             of
             the
             Text
             .
          
           
             Amos
             7.
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             Ezr.
             8.
             21.
             
          
           
             Verse
             22.
             
          
           
             2
             The
             state
             of
             the
             
               Iewish
            
             Church
             ,
             which
             occasioned
             the
             Text
             .
          
           
             Chap.
             14
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             Verse
             7.
             
          
           
             3
             The
             coherence
             and
             Analysis
             .
          
           
             Verse
             7.
             
          
           
             4
             The
             division
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A89580e-1040
           
             The
             first
             part
             ,
             
               viz.
               The
               happinesse
               of
               the
               Church
            
          
           
             Psal.
             139
             ,
             7
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Jer
             50.
             5.
             
             Isai.
             56.
             3
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             
               Doct.
            
             1.
             
          
           
             The
             happinesse
             of
             the
             
               Church
            
             proved
             ,
             1
             By
             
               Scriptures
               .
            
          
           
             Deut.
             29.
             5.
             
          
           
             2
             By
             Reason
             .
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             3.
             18.
             
          
           
             The
             
               Churches
            
             happinesse
             further
             explaned
             ,
             to
             consist
             ,
             1
             Of
             Gods
             owning
             them
             .
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             6.
             
          
           
             Hos.
             2.
             
          
           
             John
             14
             
          
           
             1
             Joh.
             5.
             14.
             
          
           
             2
             Of
             
               Gods
            
             assisting
             and
             prospering
             of
             them
             
          
           
             1
             Chr.
             11.
             9.
             
          
           
             Gen
             39.
             
          
           
             Job
             22.
             28
             
             Pro.
             16
             3.
             Psal.
             ●●
             Isa.
             26.
             12
             
          
           
             Psal.
             127
             
          
           
             Hag.
             1.
             6.
             9
             
          
           
             3
             Of
             
               Gods
            
             protecting
             and
             defending
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             Acts
             7.
             9.
             
          
           
             Gen
             7.
             
          
           
             Vers
             .
             10.
             
          
           
             2
             Chr.
             25.
             
          
           
             Jer
             48.
             46
             
          
           
             Mal.
             2.
             11.
             
          
           
             Ier
             2.
             27.
             
          
           
             Iudg.
             11.
             24.
             
          
           
             Iudg.
             16.
             24.
             
          
           
             Use
             1.
             for
             discouery
             of
             the
             greatest
             Traitors
             .
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             25.
             29
             
          
           
             Hest.
             7.
             5.
             
          
           
             Iudg.
             18.
             24.
             
          
           
             2
             Use
             of
             the
             
               Churches
            
             happinesse
             ,
             direction
             how
             to
             lengthen
             out
             our
             happines
             .
          
           
             Ier.
             37.
             ●●
          
           
             3
             Use
             of
             the
             Churches
             happinesse
             .
             A
             ground
             of
             protection
             in
             any
             undertaking
             for
             God
             .
          
           
             Num.
             14.
             9.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             18.
             10.
             
          
           
             Expos.
             in
             
               Esai
            
             30.
             v.
             15.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A89580e-4820
           
             The
             second
             part
             
               viz.
            
             The
             
               Condition
            
             of
             enjoying
             that
             happines
             .
          
           
             1
             Chron.
             28
             9.
             
          
           
             2
             Chron.
             28.
             2.
             
          
           
             Vers
             .
             7.
             
          
           
             Vers
             .
             26.
             
          
           
             2
             
               Doct.
               
            
          
           
             1
             Cleered
             of
             Cavils
             ,
             by
             a
             three
             fold
             
               Caution
               .
            
          
           
             *
             Psal.
             62.
             12.
             
          
           
             2
             Further
             explicat●d
             by
             the
             resolving
             of
             a
             question
             .
          
           
             
               Quest
               .
            
             What
             it
             is
             to
             bee
             with
             
               God
               .
            
          
           
             
               Answ.
            
             1.
             Negatively
             
          
           
             Isai.
             58.
             
          
           
             Micah
             6.
             
          
           
             2
             Affirmatively
             it
             imports
             3
             things
             .
          
           
             1
             To
             be
             an
             holy
             people
             .
          
           
             Deu.
             32
             9
             
          
           
             Isai.
             2.
             
          
           
             Hos.
             14.
             
          
           
             Eze.
             7.
             16
             
          
           
             Luke
             1.
             
          
           
             2
             To
             bee
             
               true
               worsh●ppers
            
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             purity
             .
          
           
             Rev.
             14.
             4
             
          
           
             3
             To
             be
             on
             Gods
             side
             in
             all
             Causes
             .
          
           
             Exod
             32.
             26.
             
          
           
             2
             King.
             19
             
          
           
             Num.
             25.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             22.
             30.
             
          
           
             2
             Chron.
             18.
             2.
             
          
           
             Use
             1.
             
             Of
             the
             second
             poynt
             ,
             which
             is
             ,
             a
             Vse
             of
             
               deephumiliation
               .
            
          
           
             Ezek
             4.
             
          
           
             Nahum
             .
             2
             
          
           
             Because
             we
             are
             1
             Not
             an
             
               holy
               people
               .
            
          
           
             Isai
             1.
             
          
           
             2
             Not
             with
             
               God
            
             in
             the
             matter
             of
             
               hisworship
            
          
           
             Exo.
             33.
             5
             
          
           
             Ezek
             8.
             
          
           
             3
             Not
             with
             God
             as
             
               in
               gaged
               in
               His
               Cause
               .
            
          
           
             Ezra
             9.
             
          
           
             2
             Vse
             .
             Of
             the
             escond
             poynt
             .
             Exhortation
             consisting
             of
             3
             branches
             .
          
           
             1
             To
             turn
             unto
             God
             as
             an
             
               holy
               people
               .
            
          
           
             2
             Be
             with
             God
             in
             matters
             of
             
               Religion
            
          
           
             *
             Hag.
             2.
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
             &c
             
          
           
             Motives
             thereunto
             from
             the
             second
             
               Commandement
               .
            
          
           
             Gen.
             3.
             24
             
          
           
             1.
             
          
           
             *
             Prov.
             6.
             34
             
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             3.
             
          
           
             4.
             
          
           
             Job
             .
             19.
             17.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             6.
             13
             
          
           
             3
             Be
             with
             God
             ,
             in
             
               every
               cause
               of
               God
               .
            
          
           
             Motives
             hereunto
             .
          
           
             1
             GOD
             hath
             deserved
             it
             at
             your
             hands
             .
          
           
             2
             Gods
             cause
             hath
             many
             enemies
             ,
             and
             few
             friends
             .
          
           
             3
             GOD
             hath
             ,
             for
             punishment
             to
             his
             
               Church
            
             permitted
             the
             enemy
             to
             prevail
             very
             far
             .
          
           
             4
             Gods
             Cause
             is
             the
             best
             ,
             and
             his
             side
             will
             prove
             at
             last
             the
             prevailing
             party
             .
          
           
             Florus
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             110.
             
          
           
             Dan
             12
             13
             
          
           
             5
             The
             consideration
             of
             the
             office
             and
             calling
             of
             this
             house
             of
             Parliament
             should
             provoke
             them
             hereunto
             above
             others
             .
          
           
             2
             Chron.
             17.
             7.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             .
             74.
             20.
             
          
           
             Isaiah
             11.
             4
             ,
             &c.