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A79831	Emanuel, or, God with us. Wherein is set forth Englands late great victory over the Scots armie, in a battle at Dunbar, Septemb. 3. 1650. And by many particulars of Gods acting and appearing then for us, it is certaine (and so much is clearly proved) that our armies marching into Scotland, and the wars undertaken and prosecuted against that nation, to be upon grounds of justice and necessity, as the Parliament of England hath declared. Also here is shewed, how grosly the Covenant is abus'd, and what an idoll it is now made. With the fraud and falshood of the Scots, and their kings hypocrisie and dissimulation. Moreover such objections are answered, as seeme to have any thing in them, against the point here asserted. / By John Canne. The first part, published by authority.	Canne, John, d. 1667?	1650 (1650)	Wing C439; Thomason E614_11; ESTC R206534	45,110	52

further thus As it is a * Canem rabidum Hier Catalog Script Eccle. mad dog as Julian was cal'd biting where it should not so it is a dumb dog in the Presbyterian sence not barking or biting where it should doe and where there is just cause and reason for it The Scripture sayth p Gen. 9.6 He that sheddeth mans blood by man shall his blood be shed q Num. 35.31 Ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a Murtherer which is guilty of death but he shall surely be put to death r Deut. 19.13 Thine eye shall not pitty him c. ſ Pro. 28.17 Let no man stay him from the Pit Now howsoever it be acknowledged by the Presbyterians that the late King was a man of blood and did most unnaturally murther and kill many thousands of his best Subjects yet they say by the Covenant Oath men were bound although clearly against the Law of God to preserve his person and not to put him to death notwithstanding all the innocent blood which he had shed and other high crimes committed As his Excellency sayth away with the Covenant if this be so a Heathen could say † Nihil honestum esse porest quod justicia vacet Cicero offic lib. 3. Nothing can be honest which wants justice And 't is a Maxime in Law * Contractus vel pacta contra legem prohibitam n●●ùnt jure nulla L. non dubinm C. de 11. l. ●bemujs nulli Prohibited contracts or Covenants against Law are by right nothing Againe ‖ Conditio turpis vel impossibilis vitiat actum de Verb. Obligat A condition evill or impossible makes the Action voyd Our Divines also affirme the like * Si factum sit juramentum de rebus quae non sunt nostrae pocetatis ill●t●● Alsted Ca●● c. 15. p. 288. An Oath is unlawfull being taken concerning things which are not in our power † Nihil honestum esse porest quod justicia vacet Cicero offic lib. 3. It is Tyranny sayth another to oblige others unto impossible things So Rivel ‖ Tyrannicum est ad res non possibiles ali●s ad stringere Pareus Com. in Gen. 24. v. 8 No man ought to be constrained by Oath to act any thing that is unjust His Reason is Because obedience to Gods Commandements which never disagree among themselves is to be preferred before all things That it is not in mans power to preserve the life of a Murtherer whither King or Subject the word of God clearly holds it forth and so much I have in another place proved and therefore it is Tyranny in the Covenant to force men to do that which is not in their power neither can they do it possibly Or if they should * Nemo juramento cogi debet ad aliquid inique perpetrādum Quia obedientia erga divina mandata quae inter se nunquam pugnant Omnibus est praeferenda Explicat de Catalog 3. prae p. 90. it were then a sinfull and most unjust thing ‖ Non tantum non obligat sed si observetur auget reatum Ames cont l. 4. c. 22. Amesius goes further If a man saith he should sweare that hee would not doe his duty and office he is so far in such a case from keeping his oath that keeping it he encreaseth his sin So then by this it appears if men by the Covenant did bind themselves not to doe what God required of them and what their duty and office was to doe namely not to put a Murtherer and Tyrant to death yet they ought not to keep such an unlawfull Oath or Covenant but rather repenting of it fulfill the Commandement and will of God t Pro. 13.14 The law of the wise is a fountaine of life to depart from the snares of death 5. Howsoever the Scots and some here cry up the Covenant as they did the Image which fell down from Jupiter Great is Diana of the Ephesians Neverthelesse and let it be well minded what the Covenant is it is not yet known not the Negative or Affirmative parts of it neither can the Takers of it agree among themselves about the particulars contained therin Some think it was in taking like the Jewish Manna in eating of which a report goes that it tasted as every one would have it so it is supposed that the Covenant might be applyed every way and to any thing as men did desire to please their pallat But here was not that way which David desired the Lord to lead him in u Psal 27.11 Margent A way of plainnesse here would be no x Jer. 4.2 Juramentum licitum est de rebus veriscerto cognitis Polā Syntag. l. 9. c. 23. p. 628. swearing in judgment that is consideratly knowingly and understanding what they did But here rather the doctrine of blind obedience and the Colliars faith was countenanced and what * Hos Confut. Petti c. 14. p. 18. Hosius saith ignorance in most things is best of all to know nothing is to know all things And Cusan ‖ Obedientia irrationalis est consummata perfectissima scilicet quando obeditur sine inquisitione rationis sicut jumentum obedit domino suo Cusan Exercit l. 6. Irrationall obedience is the fullest and perfectest that is when obedience is shewed without enquiry or asking any reason as a beast obeys his Master This blind obedience in taking the Covenant I much pitty and howsoever the time of this ignorance God winked at neverthelesse let men take heed of presumptuous sins as not to plead for Baal against knowledg and conscience the Lord of Host hath begun to cast dung in the face of it he will every y Rom. 1.18 day more and more y Rom. 1.18 declare his wrath from heaven against all ungodlinesse and unrighteousnesse of men who hold the truth in unrighteousnesse 6. That the Covenant the Scots Cause was the Achan who will not think so if he duly consider how after a Scots trick it serves to make men hypocrites and lyars Of their King made to * Qui nescit dissimulare nescit imperare dissemble before God and the world and that by the Covenant I shall speak no more only it is worthy of note as one saith of Traytors ‖ Proditores etiam ijs quos anteponunt invisi sunt Tacit. Annal. lib. 1. they are odius to those even whose instruments they are So many men although they make use of the Covenant as a Traitor to further their design yet is the same detested and hated by them The Covenant usually hath been taken as men do physick in extremity and for necessity sake not but the purge is bitter and loathsom to them so in extremity to prevent sequestration and the Kinks curse they have swallowed it but sore against their wills Neither would they have done so if necessity had not been As a monster occasioneth griefe to those that

bred it even so my mind gives me the Covenant is now matter of shame and sorrow to some who had a chiefe hand in the first promoting of it 7. Neither in the last place may it be forgotten as another cause wherefore the Covenant could not stand before the Lord of Hosts Namely because as it is used it serves to heighten and strengthen formality prophanesse and loosenesse of life What an enemy it is unto Gospel-truths and the power of godlinesse I have shewed before this only here may be added how it leads men unto humane Formes and builds them in a carelesse spiritlesse and fruitlesse worship The Spanyards say of Aquinas he that knows not him knows not any thing and he that knowes him knows all things The Covenant is the Scots Aquinas he that takes it is no Malignant no Sectary or Schismatick but * Vox pietatis excusatio iniquitatis Aug. in Psal 38. a geud Christian whosoever refuseth it is an enemie to the Kirk the work of Reformation and the great cause of God so that the Covenant is lifted up above faith and the grace of God in Christ as if it were that man of sinne opposing and exalting it selfe above all that is called God The Turk keeps a lock on the crown of his head thinking he shall be drawn up into heaven by it such is the vanity and madnesse of some as they think God loves them and that they shall be saved and upon this account because they are Covenanters not having besides any appearance of piety or fear of God before their eyes a Jer. 50.38 It is a land of graven Images and they are mad upon their idolls b Josh 7.12 I will not be with you any more except ye destroy the accursed from among you Having thus shewed that the Lord of Hosts was above the Covenant and why against it I shall now in the Close humbly propound something to the consideration of our State The c Numb 21.8 brazen S●rpent howsoever set up by Gods appointment yet afterward was d 2 King 18.4 broken in pieces being abused to Idolatry If this Covenant had been of God which never was but ‖ So the Temple howsoever built by Gods commādement yet being abus'd and made an idoll as this Covenant is the Lord would have it to be destroyed Nehushtan bras at first it being now made an Idol like e Judg. 8.27 Gideons ephod a snare to Israel England I mean whether it be not fit following the good example of that great Reformer Hezekiah that it should be put downe by publique Authority Methinks there should not any relick or monument of it remain in the Land but what hangs up in Westminster-Hall and the rather seeing the Lord of Hosts hath gone before us and cast the first stone at the Hulalah The manna which the Lord gave Israel when it f Exo. 16.20 stanke and bred wormes they having kept it against the word of the Lord they threw it away Flowers though they pleas'd us wel when they were fresh yet when the sweetnesss of them is lost when they stink and are offensive wee cast them off Had this Covenant like Manna been good at first a lovely and sweet flower which never was Neverthelesse seeing it is now a worm in our bowels most offensive something should be done in a publique way to shew our disowning and rejection of it I know that maxime in Logick * Arist 2 Pol. tollatur abusus maneat usus seu substantia but that rule cannot be applyed here because this Covenant was sinful and unlawful in the very matter and substance of it g Isa 57.14 Cast ye up cast ye up prepare the way take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people 8. Concerning this Victory it is further related thus They staid only two shocks and soone left their Train their Foote threw downe their Armes and both Horse and Foot ran severall wayes I have read of a certain mercenary Souldier who would with many disgracefull speeches exclaim against great Alexander Memmon the General of Darius Army lent him a blow with his lance saying that he had hired him to fight against Alexander and not to raile at him It is not credible how the Scots Souldiers aspersed his Excellency with their bold and base reproaches but in Battle were like the Satyr that winded his horn and ran away from the sound of it fulfilling that saying in the Prophet h Isa 33.14 fearfulnesse hath surprized the hypocrites And here was another clear demonstration that the Lord tooke our part and by his acting and appearing in this manner against them manifested himselfe an Enemie to them and their Cause It is usually Gods manner when he comes to visit i Isa 10.6 an hypocriticall Nation and purposeth to tread them downe like the mire of the street for maintaining an unjust Cause to send k Levit. 26.36 a faintnesse into their hearts and l Jer. 49.5 bring a feare upon them m Vers 29. a feare on every side and n Eze. 7.18 horrour shall cover them then o Job 12.5 he will take away the heart of the chiefest of them p Jer. 51.30 their might shall faile q Psa 76.5 their stout-hearted be spoiled and none of the men of might shall find their hands their men at such a time shall be as women and r Isa 30.7 their strength to sit still ſ Isa 13.7 8 All hands shall be faint and every mans heart shall melt and they shall be affraid Pangs and sorrowes shall take hold of them they shall be in paine as a woman that travelleth they shall be amazed one at another their faces shall be as flames How this t Job 5.21 dreadfull sound comes in their ear and u Ps 48.5 6. through feare they hast away It is 1. Because x Job 37.22 with God is terrible Majestie Now y 2 Chr. 14.14 the feare of him comes upon them and a Ex. 15.16 by the greatnesse of his arme they are still and b Mic. 7.17 affraid When they heare c Judg. 7.20 21. the sword of the Lord and of Gideon all the host runs flyes cryes d 1 Sam. woe unto us who shall deliver us out of the hand of this mighty God e Rev. 6.16 or hide us from the face of him that sitteth upon the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb Why are thy valiant men swept away they stood not because the Lord did drive them Jer. 46.15 2. Trembling and anguish seizeth on them because their enemies are Gods friends And howsoever at other times they scoffe the people of God and set light by them yet in Battle their appearance and presence is terrible and dreadfull to them f Ezek. 32. I will make many people amazed at thee and their Kings shall be horribly affraid of thee g Deu.

them which formerly they had they may thanke themsēlves this is of their ingratitude murmuring against God Moses changed their Opinion nothing now but bare events successe proves nothing all things come alike c. Howsoever the Victories and deliverances which they so cried up as to have on them the visible stamp and Character of Gods owning the Cause were not by many degrees in severall particulars so eminent and remarkable as these are of whom we speake Now who can but pitty the people thus deluded and abused by these men And what hath been the * Hos 15.1 Snare on Mizpah and the Net spread upon Tabor the ‖ Zech. 13.4 rough Garment whereby they have deceived the simple but chiefly their long Prayers frequent Fastings for the prosperity of the Scots Army bitter exclamations and invectives against the present Government Those who hawk for Birds make a stale of the Owle and so the silly Birds whilst they are staring about her are taken For what serves some mens sowre faces bowing downe the head as a Bulrush covering the Altar with tears with weeping and with cryings throwing all the curses of the Law at Magistrates but as a bait to catch silly Birds simple people for whilst they stand gazing on these men as at some strange Creature a wonder to see so much rebellion malice hypocrisie covered under the cloak of a holy Covenant the cause of God extirpation of Heresie Schisme prophanenesse they fall into the Net of destroying and undoing themselves x Isa 58.34 Wherefore have we fasted say they and thou seest not Why have we afflicted our souls and thou takest no notice Behold ye fast for strife and debate and to smite with the fist of wickednesse y Isa 59.1 2. Behold the Lords hand is not shortened that it cannot save neither his ear heavy that it cannot heare but your iniquities have seperated between you and your God and your sins have hid his face from you that he will not heare 10. How exceedingly the Lord at this time appeared for us and gave witnesse to the Justice of our Cause will be the more perspicuous and cleare if former Victories and deliverances be duely considered that is what God hath done for us in England and Ireland and how he hath all along gone forth with this Army since it was first raised still upholding the same cause which by the Scots to their shame and losse is now opposed It is true the cause of God this publick righteous Cause which is now held forth by the Parliament of England hath found Enemies of severall kinds of all sorts and sice As the Trent Fathers howsoever among themselves they could not agree yet to oppose and persecute Luther therein unanimously accorded together So the Enemies of this Commonwealth although there be among them some difference and that not a little as being some Papisticall others prelaticall some Presbyteriall yet here they all center and are one in malice and revenge in their designe and plot all one as seeking every one of them the overthrow of this present Government A Painter being Commanded by the Turk to paint every Nation in his habite Painted the Germain naked and being asked the Cause Answered he could not prescribe him a particular kind of habit he was so delighted with Novelties If it were my task to set out here to the life what the designe and plot is of the Enemy I mean wherein they agree altogether against us I could not doe better to have it truely understood then to compare it to the naked Germain for one while it hath upon it Scarlet or Royall a Rev. 12.3 Red other while an Irish b Pro. 7.9 black sometimes a Scotch c Ezek. 23.56 Blew thus there is a changing and shifting of Colours from Red to Black from Black to Blew as they see occasion of advantage yet so as but one body the plot and designe still the same In this combination sayth the Parliament the Popish * An Act of Thanksgiving for setting a part Tuesday Octob. 8. 1650. Prelaticall Prophane and Malignant Parties stand behind the Curtaine and seemed for a season to be quite laid aside that the cause of God the Covenant and work of Reformation might beare the name It is true they did so here now was laid aside in Appearance Red and Black and the naked Germain comes forth all in Blew having on his forehead RELIGION and under the name of Religion the extirpation of our Religion Laws and Liberty is intended But the Lord of Host who had before delivered our Army and us with it out of the Paw of the Lion and the Beare Royalists and Irish the same God by weake means delivered us from that insulting Enemie who had defied the Army of the living God If we heare one Cock Crow and no more there is some hope and probability the day is breaking but if all it is taken for certaine and out of doubt In many Victories which the Lord hath given us so much hath appeared being lookt on single and a part as we might hopefully say Englands great day of deliverance from the Tyranny of Kings and Priests is at hand But when we consider successes and victories every where in England in Ireland in Scotland so seasonable and wonderfull as no other Nation almost hath ever heard or been made partaker of we should not glorifie God in those great things which he doth for us unlesse beleiving his works we did say The Lord is creating England a rejoycing and her people a joy d Judg. 13.23 If the Lord meant to ●ill us he would not have shewed us all these things That e Deut. 23.14 Jehovah walks in the midst of our C●mp to deliver them and to give up the Enemies before them makes one Army a blessing in the Earth no Weapon that is formed against it doth prosper And for the Machavilion Councells traiterous devises and all endeavours of the Enemy here and every where whither Popish prelaticall Irish Scotish we see still like Arrows they fall on their owne heads are not these things sufficient evidences and demonstrations that the Lord takes our part is Emanuel God with us and with our cause Surely let the Enemy like another Pharaoh harden himselfe and in the time of his distresse trespasse yet more against the Lord as Ahaz did Yet we for our parts shall not be unbeleiving but beleive yea and further be assured from these present actings and appearances of God for us that he will mainetaine this Cause of ours against all Enemies in spight of all their falshoods lies Hypocrisies never so artificially and deceitfully cloaked and covered over with the cause of God the Covenant Reformation Praying Fasting When Balak and Balaam King and Prophet had done what they could turned every stone and tryed every way from place to place what they could doe against Israel by their Sorceries and Enchantments and perceiving all