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A43817 The militant chvrch trivmphant over the dragon and his angels presented in a sermon preached to both Houses of Parliament assembled on Friday the 21. of July, 1643 : being an extraordinary day of publikhumiliation appointed by them throughout London and Westminster : that every one might bitterly bewaile his own sins and cry mightily unto God for Christ his sake to remove his wrath and heale the land / By Tho. Hill... Hill, Thomas, d. 1653. 1643 (1643) Wing H2024; ESTC R16004 23,718 38

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of his owne arme Manasseh Ephraim and Ephraim Manasseh and both against Judah For all this his anger is not turned away but his hand is stretched out still Fighting or treating can not yet end the controversie we have importuned the sword to be quiet as Jer. 47.6 O thou sword of the Lord how long will it be ere thou be quiet put up thy selfe into thy scabbard rest and be still and as yet England hath received the same answer with Ashkelon v. 7. How can it be quiet seeing the Lord hath given it a charge against Ashkelon and against the Sea shore There hath he appointed it The Lord hath given it Commission to ride circuite in severall Counties of England and who knowes how long what now remaines we reade Mark 5.25 of a certaine Woman which had an issue of blood twelve yeares and v. 26. had suffered many things of many Physitians and had spent all that she had and was nothing bettered but rather grew worse could never be healed till she touched Christ We are this day in a solemne manner drawing nigh unto Christ O that our bloody issue might drive us to improve the blood of the Lambe Could we fiducially put our selves our Church and State our Religion and Liberty into the hands of our Saviour who knows but we might have as comfortable an answer as this woman had v. 34. Thy faith hath made thee whole goe in peace and be whole of thy plague The good Lord vouchsafe an Amen They overcame by the word of their Testimony Christs Souldiers carry on the Churches victories against the observation 3 Devill and his Angels by the word of their Testimony by the Gospel of Christ If you desire to know what is This word of their Testimony it will appeare v. 17. Christs Souldiers are described to be such as kept the Commandements of God and have the Testimony of Jesus and Rev. 1.9 John was banished for the Word of God and for the Testimony of Jesus Christ which doubtlesse was the Gospell And this not as written in your Bibles onely and comprized in your Bookes But having this Gospell of Christ rooted in your hearts by Faith holding fast the profession thereof without wavering Heb. 10.23 Resist the Devill being stedfast in the Faith 1 Pet. 5.9 whereas Heb. 4.2 The Word Preached did not profit them not being mixed with Faith in them that heard it The Gospell will not joyne with corrupt opinions but with Faith it will be received not as a conjecture or possible truth but for a Divine or infallible truth then it profiteth and strengthneth Bearing witnesse to the Gospell of Christ who is the Amen the faithfull and true witnesse Rev. 3.14 Openly with your mouthes Rom. 10.10 by Preaching if Ministers So Paul Rom. 1.16 He was not ashamed of the Gospell of Christ and by confession which concernes all Christians when called to it for the glory of God and edification of the Brethren 1 Pet. 3.15 Be ready to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you Be ready {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} be ready to make an Apology for thy Religion Justifying the Gospell in life and conversation All wisedomes children should be so ingenuous and mannerly as to justifie Wisdome Mat. 11.19 This will be a prevailing Testimony when you walke worthy of the Gospell of Christ Expresse the Gospell-graces in an active Gospell-conversation Commending the Gospel by your patient and cheerefull suffering for it It is a great confirmation of the truth and puls honour upon it when Christians will rather suffer for the Gospell than the Gospell should suffer by them Our losses in this case will be the Gospels advantage Phil. 1.12 13 14. All things which happened unto Paul were for the furtherance of the Gospell by his bonds others waxed confident Such a good Souldier was Timothy who 1 Tim. 6.12 witnessed a good confession before many Witnesses having learned this prevailing method from his Captaine Jesus Christ who v. 13. before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession It clearely appeares how the Churches victories are carryed on by the Testimony of the Gospell reason 1 The strength of the Gospels adversaries lies not in the goodnesse of their cause but in the ignorance of peoples minds and meere mistakes thence arising What is Paganisme Mahumetanisme Popery but a Rapsody and heape of grosse mistakes raised in the darke The Devill uses the same method ordinarily to carry on his designes that he tooke in the Councell of Ariminum The Arrians having procured the exile of the most worthy and learned Bishops and perceiving the company that was left though they were very unlearned yet would not be perswaded directly to disanull any thing which had beene concluded before in the Councell of Nice did abuse their ignorance in proposing the matter for they demanded of them whether they would worship {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} or Christ these not understanding the Greeke word rejected it with execration being as they thought opposed unto Christ Thus have the Prelaticall party surprised many ignorant Congregations with their innovations and easily misled them while they kept them in the darke But when the Sunne of righteousnesse arises when God sends abroad John Baptists as burning and shining lights John 5.35 they by the beames of truth will discover the most subtile errors and by the spirituall weapons of their warfare cast downe the strong holds of the Devill and his Angels Where the Testimony of the Gospel of Christ is held reason 2 forth there is so much of God as convinces and conquers 1 Cor. 14.15 His owne power is there displayed Rom. 1.16 the Gospel is the power of God unto salvation There is the mighty presence of Christ whose Arrowes are sharpe in the hearts of his enemies wherby the people fall under him Psal. 45.5 There the Spirit of God breaths so powerfully that by the Word alone which is the sword of the Spirit Ephes. 6.17 the Apostles though but a few meane men were much more victorious then the greatest Alexander or potent Caesars conquering by the word of their Testimony so many opposite Kingdomes subduing so many thousand spirits and consciences and that in so short a time without shedding one drop of bloud Indeed when we are to deale with Papists and sonnes of violence which illegally invade our persons Religion Liberty and endeavour to take away our birthright from us the very Law of nature teacheth us to defend our selves against such injustice But for the overcomming of Popery we need not other weapons to consume it but the spirit of Christs mouth 2 Thes. 2.8 It is the word of their Testimony by which Christs souldiers prevaile against the Devill and his Angels use 1 If Christs souldiers carry on the Churches victories by the Testimony of the Gospel Then whose champions are they who in stead of bearing