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A86504	A sermon, preached before the Right Honourable, Thomas Foote, Lord Maior, and the right worshipfull the aldermen, sheriffs, and severall companies of the City of London. Vpon the generall day of thanksgiving, October the 8. 1650. at Christ-Church, London. / By Doctor Nathanael Homes, teacher of the Church at Mary Staynings, London.	Homes, Nathanael, 1599-1678.	1650 (1650)	Wing H2576; Thomason E614_4; ESTC R202565	34,476	51

yet the last-named Tribes will neither fight nor praise Therefore in this Chapter where their part should come in there is as we say in Musick a Large-Rest They sing not keep not tune nor time Yea their part is smeared with a blot upon record by God himself to disgrace their evil deed to this day The Case of David mourning over that Victory of which others were glad But there is a greater wonder then this of David 2 Sam. 18 c. that when the danger was neer even in the bowels of the Kingdom of David and the foundation of the Insurrection was laid in the hearts of the most of his own Subjects headed by his own leud son likely to pull the Crown from his fathers head who now with his petty Army is fain to flee from his own Throne yet upon the obtaining of a glorious Victory against that Arch-rebel and Rebellion David is so far distempered in spirit that he mourns over the matter and means of his deliverance and not unlike some others would comply * See 2 Sam. 19.2 as the manner is with a King or at least frown upon them that wrought the deliverance But Joab and his Army were glad as they had good cause You will say Can ye blame David Absalom that was slain was his son And some of Davids BRETHREN fell in Battel with him Was he The Rebellion was the more horrid the danger far the greater if Absalom had prevailed and therefore the merciful deliverance was of the same size and should have been the measure of Davids joy And to our business the Objection is our advantage Absalom was his son and that was neerer kin to David then any King to us And they that were beaten in Battel were Brethren and therefore neerer allied to David Joab and to the conquering army in Notion and Nation in form of Worship union of Policy Blood Territories and Temple then the Scots are to us yet for all this 't was Davids failing his great failing to mourn over Absaloms death See D. Har. in Absal funeral and his armies downfal .. So learned and godly Divines urge the story for the proof of Saints weaknesses and unto that form and shape the divine story most emphatically limbs it out to the life And Joabs wise carriage on the contrary part Chap. 19. is as singularly pourtrayed his honour emblazoned and he commendatorily described for rounding the King to purpose for his indiscretion 2 Sam. 19.5 c. Thou hast saith Ioab to David shamed the faces of all thy servants this day which this day have saved thy LIFE and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters and the lives of thy wives c. in that thou LOVES thine ENENIES and HATEST thy FRIENDS for thou hast declared this day that thou regardest neither Princes nor servants for this day I perceive that if Absalom had lived and all we had died this day then it bad pleased thee well Now therefore arise go forth and speak comfortably Heb. to the heart to thy servants c. A notable speech and looks keenly with a piercing eye on some that now mourn for our Victory and worse then David who did it in his private chamber but they in their publike prayers With this ●ouzing home and just Oration David is convinced of his folly he ariseth yea and goes and sits in the gate to incourage and comfort the people for winning that victory Now therefore was it not well done of Joab and his Army to rejoyce in the victory though the King was the head and chiefe of them that would have turned it into a day of mourning But is there no regard to be had to the slaughter of Brethren and shedding of blood for which Israel mourned in the Case of Benjamin Judg. 21 Marke it once for all we rejoyce not at all in the shedding of blood precisely considered as shedding of blood much less in the shedding of the blood of Brethren But that the wronged English party as the several Declarations of the Parliament have demonstrated do rather Conquer then are Conquered therein we justly rejoyce and praise God for it though because it could not be avoided it cost blood and the blood of Brethren Benjamins Case discussed touching the Israelites mourning after their overthrow So in Hamilions invasion and in the relations of it in print and from other good testimonies to the Author as in the Case of Absalom For the Case of Benjamin we will refer our Case to that to be tryed It sures to our condition and is exceeding much for us The story is in the 19 20 21 Chapters of Judges I need not relate it but onely apply it The cause of the other Tribes of Israel warring against that of Benjamin was far less then ours against the Scots Ours was their pub-like invasion of our Country with a mighty Army by authority of the Parliament of Scotland wasting a part of our Nation killing some of our men occasioning the death of others taking away our children captives making their parents to redeem their own children with money and some more then once undoing many families with intolerable taxes plundering men of their goods and cattle calling our land Scotland as they further invaded us threatning death to them that contradicted them therein And since that they have proclaimed a King over this Nation of England contrary to the Declaration of our Parliament And for all this have refused to give in any satisfaction But the cause of the Israelites war against Benjamin was but personal some vile fellowes of Gibea ravishing the Levites Concubine to death that town and the rest of the Tribe of Benjamin refusing to give satisfaction in delivering up the malefactors though Israel were warned and wo●ed thereunto that so guilt might not lie upon the land Yet for this cause inferior to ours the Israelites make warre upon the Benjamites farre nearer brethren to them then the Scots to us Therefore thus farre no cause of sorrow to Israel or us a good cause is no cause of sorrow In prosecution whereof Israel asked counsel of God several times as did we they were bid by Oracle several times to go as we were by many clear impressions upon our Spirits upon solemn daies of Humiliation So it was impressed upon the hearts of the Army and of the Churches in London as they gave in their accounts after the dayes of Humiliation kept for that end to know the minde of God So that nor yet was there any cause of sorrow to us or them The ultimate event of the totall overthrow of the Army of the Benjamites sealed it to the Israelites that God was with them as the same seal was given to us in the totall rout of the Scotish Army And in this also precisely considered as Gods answer of prayer his performance of his own Counsel the manifestation of his presence with the innocent with punishment upon the wrong-doer

or convinced by spirituall meanes to comply with the Holy people is not a judgement punishment or vengeance according to the language of the Text but an high mercy Sixthly Add to all that God hath already not onely of late but anciently fulfilled this Text literally to make his Holy people subdue Kings Nobles and Nations 1 Chron. 16.21 Psal 105. with many instances in the Old Testament and promises yea Prophesies hee will doe likewise for future of which the Revelation is full as we shall hint by and by From all with all care thus explained this Doctrinall observation naturally springs up Doct. The Lord Jehovah performing his promise of honouring his Holy people to be instrumentall in the overthrow of Kings Nobles and Nations their enemies commands those his holy people reciprocally to praise him For illation and inference t is so eeven to the Text that he that sees the one sees the other And agreeably to the Text the Doctrine sounds of a holy people armed as well as the Text. For confirmation you cannot but see by this time that the Doctrine is the absolute quintessence of the Text and the inmost minde of the very soule thereof and that the Psalme it selfe if looked on but Narratively is in the head and heel thereof the Saints duty of praise and in the middle the heart and liver that minister good blood and life spirits to nourish that praise is The dignities of victories and vengeance and judgements of equity on opposing princes and peoples that the Saints shall attain unto But if this Psalme be looked upon prophetically according to the proper nature idiom and very minde thereof we shall finde it to have a long prospect terminated with nothing but the full salvation and settlement of Jews and Gentiles into a most glorious Church So that if in part it be fulfilled in any eminent atchievements afore that they are but types one greater then another of some greatest thing to come at last They are but as panelia severall Images of the Sun formed in the upper elements the weaker or dimmer next us whereby we look to the next which is brighter and so at last to the Sun it selfe They are but severall marches of the Holy Army of the Lord of Hosts severall Forlorne Hopes and Parties skirmishing and conquering before the whole Field be won in a set Battalio Therefore Israel new delivered from Pharaoh in AEgypt now marching in the Wildernesse towards Canaan praying and fighting against Amaleck assaulting them utterly overthrowing Amaleck in a pitcht Battell Exod. 17. 't is written in tables Exod. 20. I am the Lord thy God that brought thee out of the Land of AEgipt which they carried with them as their Motto in a Standard to presignifie to them what God would in future do for them and by them against the Kings and Nations in their way towards and in Canaan and therefore they should obey his Commandements Accordingly God againe appearing for them inabling them to conquer severall Kings and their Nations as they marched on towards Canaan to wit Sihon King of the Amorites and Og the King of Bashan Numb 21. as after the Kings and Nations in Canaan as we have it in the Book of Joshuah 't is put upon record and turned into a Divine Act or Law still in force unrepealed Psalm 136. to command all Saints in the present Tense in their severall generations then in present being three times together in the beginning of that Psalme Hodu Hodu Hodu that is O now give thanks O now give thanks O now give thanks unto the Lord c. descanting the wherefore the causes Viz. the Victories aforesayd in parts to wit Vers 18. c. O give thanks to him which smote great Kings for his mercy endures for ever And slew famous Kings for his mercy endures for ever which conveniently comprehend the Kings in Canaan having spoken of the overthrow of Pharaoh King of AEgypt afore Vers 15. And then nameth the Kings whom Israel overthrew afore they came into Canaan He slew Sihon the King of the Amorites for his mercy endureth for ever And Og the King of Bashan for his mercy endures for ever And gave their Land for an heritage for his mercy endureth for ever Even an heritage to Israel for his mercy endures for ever Who remembred us in our Low estate for his mercy endures for ever And hath Redeemed us from our Enemies for his mercy endures for ever As if the Psalmist should say These performances are pledges that Gods mercy endureth for ever to make his people doe the like exploytes in future Ages Which very thing of the Israelites Conquests unto the attaining of Canaan the Apostle extends as the true intent thereof downe to all Ages till the Saints or Holy people attaine the Great rest of all Epistle to the Hebrewes Chap. 4. Vers 4 5 6 7 8 9. Where evidently the Apostles designe is to prove that to that day wherein he wrote to the Hebrewes there remained yet a Rest for them c. that were the people of God How doth the Apostle prove it With what premises Marke he layes downe two First because God instituted a rest for his people from the creation But that was but weekly Viz. the seventh day Vers 4. For hee spake in a certaine place of the seventh day on this wise and God did rest the seventh day from all his workes Secondly Because God did give them a certain rest in Canaan for some hundreds of years by Joshua v. 8. by Jesus that is Joshua so in your margin in your Bibles But that rest also was but for a time and since all this God speaks of another rest saith the Apostle v. 5 6 7. namely by David in Psal 95. that people should not harden their hearts to hinder them from entering into his rest From all which premises the Apostle solemnly concludes v. 9. THERE REMAINETH THEREFORE A REST TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD. As if the Apostle should have said for they that have their eyes open and acute can make no less of it that the former RESTS and in particular that in Ganaan were but types of a greater Rest on earth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 For the Apostle cannot mean by Rest or SABBATISM as he calls it in the Greek the state of supernal glory as we have demonstrated in another Treatise but to adde one word now he calling this Rest THE WORLD TO COME names it in the Greek with great emphasis * Heb. 2.5 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 That INHABITED WORLD that is to come I speak short in this because I have been large in another Treatise which I hope the world shall see ere long And this name of the world when the Apostle speaks of the world to come is the name used to signifie the world when 't is said all the world was to be taxed Luk. 2.1 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 So that 't is the same world wherein the

and thousands of thousands saying with a loud voice Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive POWER and glory c. And every CREATURE in heaven and ON THE EARTH c. heard I saying Blessing honour glory and power c. Surely if God will honour his people by glorious performances they shall honour him with praise Psal 50. Psal 113. 7 And last word is SUCH honour namely to subdue Kings and Nobles and Nations If as 't is twice spoken and almost together Rev. 21. to wit vers 24. and v. 26. The Kings and Nations shall so love the light and glory of Ierusalem that is of the holy people to WALK in it and bring their honour and glory to it well If not they all fall before and under my Text The Holy people shall execute vengeance upon the Nations and punishments upon the people To binde their Kings with chains and their Nobles with fetters of iron THIS HONOUR HAVE ALL HIS SAINTS And for that the Saints shall praise as 't is in the Text. HALLELU-JAH Praise ye the Lord as the 19 of Revel sings concent and consort to it Hallelu-Iah Hallelu-Iah Hallelu-Iah Hallelu-Iah Hallelu-Iah Praise ye the Lord so often is the repetition in the first six verses because the Lord judgeth the whore and the beast and the false prophet and kills their army with the edge of the sword as is the close of the Chapter Then shall the Saints begin to have a Rest upon earth Satan being bound Revel 20. according to the type of the Israelites rest in Canaan after their subduing those Kings and Nations as we have a clear hint Heb. 4. touched afore To this things will come be sure of it Thus of all the seven words of the Doctrine according to the terms of the Text The Antitypicall consideration of the Doctrine and Termes of the Text. considered typically Next a word of all joyncly considered anti-typically and I have done We do blessed be God bless the Lord this day with Gospel-celebrations of singing praying preaching praising as the Iews did in this Psalm with religious musick and dancings And why praise we Because on this day in a most eminent manner and measure this text is fulfilled in our cars Bear witness and wonder Have not the Holy people had SUCH honour as to binde a King and some Nobles and to execute judgement upon them Have not the Holy people as this days mercies tell us taken Nobles prisoners of War named in our Narrative and executed vengeance upon the Nations now of the Scots as before of the Irish and English enemies to Godliness They all 't is plain now at last drave on the same designe and therefore I justly put them together this day as the sword of the Lord and of Gideon blessed be Jehovah hath put them together into the same mortall incapacitie to hurt us any more The meer name Scots pleads but little perswasive Oratorie in mine eares to put the generality of them in any higher predicament then the English or Irish enemies afore named Of these we have had sure intelliligence partly by letters and partly by them that have seen and beard the mannerof these things and partly by the carriage of their commissionministers here The High-landers are Heathens Their Common-people as they confesse are Vassals to their Lords and we know they are to great vices The best of their Ministers for the generality sweare at least petty oathes Their discipline of their Stoole of repentance and their iron hoop which they call Christs yoake put upon them that will not ascend that stool to a verbal recantation are but ridicles Their Classes are Claves keyes to shut mens mouthes that nothing may be debated out of the Scriptures beyond their stinted common roade A wofull hinderance to the increase of the light of the Gospell I will not trouble my self to set forth the treacherous and hypocriticall dealings of their Parliament with ours because our Parliament hath limb'd them out to the life in their several Declarations and Editions of the Scotish Letters and papers and our armyes swords are now convincing them whom words would never convince And these things hath God adjourned enquire the cause untill now Whiles the generality of the Parliaments were not Holy people little was done Whiles the Army in general was not so Holy a people little was won And whiles Non-Saints were the Non-such in places of Trust there was little hope of any thing to be done God you see reserved this honour to the generality of the Holy-people in all those rankes They that have eyes to see let them see least they stumble and tumble and utterly fall before they open their eyes For they that uphold the upholders of Antichrist are opposite to Christ and Christians and must therefore fall But they that uphold the present Kings of the earth uphold the upholders of Antichrist call experience to testifie therfore those that uphold such upholders must fall Call experience againe to testifie this Nor English either Bishops or Barons or Bores that took part with the late king nor after them the Irish nor last of all the Scots and Scotish and Scotified adherents do stand From the Declarations Letters and Sermons of this third and last party named partly to be seen in print the late proceedings against the King had their first maine rise Since they have changed their cause God hath changed their successe but they will not see it Therfore that of Isai 26.11 and chap. 10.6 threatens them Lord when thy hand is lifted up they will not see but they shall see and be ashamed for their envy at the people I will send the rod of anger against an hypocriticall nation The hypocriticall Pharisees are by Christ accounted worse then Publicans and Harlots Lay all together and the result soon appeares the more the holy people in place increase and the hypocrisie of the enemies break forth to the prejudice of Christs interest Mat. 21.17 the sooner they fall before the Holy people Is it not yet possible for men to see that all that will not joyne with the Holy people of the Parliament Council Army Fleet Magistrates and Ministers fall under them and fall a maine God suffered a long time the World to domineer over the Holy people But now God no longer trusts his Holy people in the hands of the World but makes the World to trust themselves in the hands of the Holy people And the world work themselves amaine if men can see into this condition If Military men will not manifest themselves meet to guard the peace of the state Regiments of the Holy people must If the great Dons will not be fit for place of Magistrates a choice from among the Holy people must If Kings will not rule the Holy people well the Holy people shall rule them well If the Irish Nation murderously rebel and the Scotish Nation unrighteously invade neither submitting to Equity though tendred

there is found no cause of sorrow for either of us But in the middle transactions did Israel fall in battle twice for some secret sin as they did at Ai we ever blessed be Jehovah fell not at all before the Scots Therefore the Israelites might well mourn more and have less cause of rejoycing then we But mark by the way for all the Notion of Brethren the Benjamites mourn not for the fall of the Israelites that we read of 'T is just as if now the contrary minded among us should mourn for the overthrow of the Scots because as they cry they are their Brethren but they never mourn for them few that were killed of us or for our distresses by weather or want of provision for the whole army or for the distresses and wounds of many of us as if we were not Brethren to them Benjamin will not mourn for Israel though in two battles they kill of Israel fourty thousand men Judg. 20. If Israel will they may at last mourn gratis for Benjamin and the mean while for themselves for their twice falling before Benjamin Benjamin regards it not whence I observe that if the Israelites had conquered the Benjamites at those times the Israelites would have saved their mourning and would have been glad of conquest For they are in the case immediate contraries 'T is true that afterwards that the most part of the Tribe of Benjamin were cut off and the whole Tribe even extinct the Israelites mourn But the formal consideration and precise reason would be weighed and heeded especially by men that most pretend to most reason The Israelites cannot mourn for standing up for a most righteous cause nor for Conquering the Benjamites to which God encouraged them by three severall answers bidding them go What then 'T is upon another account 1. A Tribe was cut off The distinction of Tribes being then much preserved to distinguish the comming of the Messias of the Tribe of Judah as was fore-prophesied Now this consideration of Tribes contributs nothing to our case to cause us to mourn or hinder our joy for our victory over the Socts 2. And mainly the Israelites mourned for their Rash COVENANT Which they choseing rather to break then keep they were pacified Judg. 21. But the Israelites were so farre from mourning for the slaughter of the Benjamites that now after all they send twelve thousand men against Iabesh-Gilead to destroy it and in it all both man and woman that had layn with man for that they came not up to help them to conquer Benjamin * Judg. 21. If possibly men may be convinced this would if weighed conconvince them Obj. But there was no solemn thanker for these victories against Brethren Answer Those that make this Objection can tell us if they please that extraordinary duties and daies as of Fasting and Feasting or Praying and Praising are to be taken up by the people of God e●renatâ occasionally as some extraordinary cause is offered by divine Providence So that we are not tyed to rules or example when to set such times apart but as God acts for and makes impressions upon the hearts of his people But if this answer will not serve their turnes we adde that though David blubbred for the overthrow of Absalom as we heard afore 2 Sam. 18. yet after he was not onely Convinced Chap. 19. as hath been declared but in the 22 Chap. hath a solemn psalm of praise for his deliverance from all his enemies in which Absalom must needs be included from the first opposition of Saul down to that day as the Title of the Psalm Canonical Scripture as well as the rest hath it And is twice upon record v. z. there and the 18. Psalm left for all Israel to sing and praise God But to leave disputes the truth is the greatest Core and cause of non-praising God is the corruption of mans heart if the heart be out of tune it will not praise be the cause almost what it will 1 Thess 5.18 though the Holy people are bound and obey In every thing to give thankes much more in greater mercies We have a renowned instance of both in Ezra 3. ver 10. to the end of the Chapter One could not but thinke had not the event shewed the contrary that all the Iewes would have praised God at the laying of the foundati on of their second Temple The Case of the compound of sorrow and joy at the laying of the foundation of the Temple after their return from the Babylont an Captivitie and with an heigth of joy answerable to the depth of sorrow they had been in for the ruine of the first and their long inslavement there But lo in stead thereof a many Mal-contents howle and mourn while others joy A confusion to be wondred at which will more appear and serve this day if we do but shew you barely the roots of ten remarkable observations natively growing there which transplanted by your selves into your own hearts will spring up to a great talness by a little meditation Namely That the beginnings of reformation are times of great discrimination of the complexions of mens Spirits In this Third of Ezra 10. c. upon the said occasion Iew is distinguished from Iew. They are not all of one mind some take content some discontent in and about the same thing They are all fire-brands but newly taken out of the fire some flame with joy but others quencht and hisse with teares of sorrow In such times of reforming will arise counter actings contrary transactions For the self-same thing some here sing and praise others weep with a loud voyce In the like times the afflicted endeavour to o're-top drown and swallow up the actions of the well-affected with their peremptory counter-actings the cryings of the lamenters almost overcome and confound the shoutings of the rejoycers Of those that are so ill-affected there are Ministers and ancient Professors Neither learning nor experience without the help of grace are able to act graciously and they are the men chiefly that conterpoise against the well-effected both of Ministers and Professors in the solemnity of that dayes praise For the Text is express And when the builders layd the foundation of the Temple of the Lord they set the PRIESTS in their apparell with Trumpets and the LEVITES the sonnes of Asaph with Cymhals to PRAISE the LORD after the ordinance of David King of Israel And they sang by course in praising and giving thanks unto the Lord because he IS GOOD FOR HIS MERCY ENDURETH FOR EVER See with what manner of solemnity and high observation of the day the Sweetly-composed Ministers and People praise God And observe with a judicious eye what is the matter of their song and praise even part of the 136 Psal as now further fulfilled as before it was fulfilled in part in their deliverance from Egypt and their Conquests in the wilderness c. and in Canaan as before we