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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A83947	Englands alarm to vvar against the Beast: by command from heaven, and his Israels example upon earth, comming-in to rescue David, out of the hands of a cruell Lord, and a bloudy Edomite: upon the same ground from Scripture and reason, Israel had then, and Christians now, to resist the prince ruling in the aire, and with the kings of the earth. In 3. sections: wherein, I. The history of Sauls war against David is so related ... that it relates ... to the three last yeeres affaires ... II. And to the bloudy execution of the Edomite in this war against the Parliament in Ireland and Lngland [sic] ever since. III. Here is also excellent reason given, why the tribes came not in sooner ... Also, to confirme the hearts and hands of the godly in their warfare ...		1643 (1643)	Wing E2941; Thomason E56_15; ESTC R20696	26,569	31

and admirable providences of her Lord God to do His people good All this thou shalt read here and at last thou shalt see all the Tribes comming in to set David free from his Adversaries and then fast upon his Throne so God will deale with His Church now appearing in His glory for David has a Kingdom on earth at last But O the admirable wayes unto it These are Gods wayes He will make David Ruler over all His House he shall learne to obey first He shall be a good a mercifull King he shall go thorow sore temptations first He must be the highest man in the Kingdom he must be the lowest there first He shall have afair house his little house must be smitten and burnt first He shall have all in God but all must be taken from him first He shall live to enjoy a Crowne on Earth in despight of Devils and men there who will persecute him as they can even to the gates of death and in their way cast shame and all manner of reproach upon him first Davids way to the Crowne is the Churches way to her Glory The very same dark-paths intricacies and back-wayes in it Davids enemies the Churches enemies for ever Davids God the Churches God for ever Davids security the Churches confidence for ever Many are the troubles of the righteous The Lord will deliver them out of all For who is God save the Lord or who is a rock save our God So it comes to passe That the righteous are an everlasting foundation Here they will put their trust for ever Amen Englands Alarm to VVar. Sect. I. Davids Story and Sauls persecution of him briefly related his secret practises and fine contrivances to take away Davids life coloured-over and made specious with goodly words and lovely actions Relating fully to the words and actions the King seduced by evill Councell has spoken and done seemingly for but indeed cleare against his Parliament ever since they sate to the time the War broake forth Chap. 1. After a short but righteous Apologie Davids story is Related Sauls persecution of him The cause and manner the same with the persecution now The heads or particulars of the three Sections THE Sword is come-in amongst us drinkes blood eates flesh We make no question but God has given it a Commission and it cannot be still And for just cause all this even because of His Peoples sinnes Let us lift up our hearts with our hands unto Lam 3. 41 42 44. GOD in the heavens We have transgressed and rebelled Thou hast not pardoned Thou hast covered with Anger and persecuted us Thou hast slaine Thou hast not pittied Gods people say now as they said then and they say it heartily Yet as Job said sitting in the dust GOD forbid that I should justifie my accusers till I die Job 27. 5 6. I will not remove my integrity from me My Righteousnesse I hold fast and will not let it goe My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live A people so blasphemed so reproached say as much now and are so resolved Their consciences bearing them witnesse and Goa also That neither against the Law nor against their King have they offended If Psal 11. 3. the foundation be destroyed what can the Righteous doe Was Davids complaint long agoe and the Righteous may resume it being now as David then the Butt and Marke at which the wicked bend their Bow and make ready their arrow at this day even against the upright in heart And that they may have some colour for this their bloody worke they deale with the righteous now as Saul did with David then and as the Edomites did with Christians ever since They put-over them the skins of the fiercest beasts that so the dogs might bee the more fierce upon them Just so now the wicked persecute the righteous with fire and sword and they make the world believe they doe all this by the knowne Lawes of the Kingdome for they persecute none other but the Incendiaries of the Kingdome the only Rebels and Traitors there Well as David said for I shall make his Case run paralell with ours all along he is the Emblem of the Church to this day and will be to the worlds end The Righteous know not what to doe but their Lord knowes whose Throne is in heaven whose eyes behold and try the children of men To Him they commit their righteous Cause and yet they must not be silent hearing themselves charged with rebellion and treason as heavy a charge every whit as Heresie is They will take the same liberty which is granted to Church-robbers Traytors yea and Sorcerers too all these saith Lactantius b are permitted to speak for themselves and to speake all b Sacrileg is proditoribus veneficis l. 5. Cap. 1. they have to say for themselves before judgement passeth upon them Indeed the greatest reason that so they should doe for so their crimes will be manifest or their righteousnesse will be cleared as the noone day There were strange crimes yet I should not say so being but after the manner and practise of the wicked in all times upwards to this day horrid crimes charged upon Paul and they concluded against him before he was heard That Paul ought not to live any longer and so they spake before Festus who having examined Act. 25. 24 the matter very fully professed as heartily That he found many and grievous complaints against Paul but nothing proved no nothing at all notwithstanding his adversaries a multitude of them importune me said he very much to write his inditement to my Lord Augustus And as I am an honest man though I have their clamours against him once and againe yet I have not one word for certainty to write unto my Lord Therefore hither I have brought him especially unto thee O King Agrippa that after thou hast searched out the whole matter I might gather something whereof to write for it seemeth unreasonable to send a Prisoner and not withall to signifie the crimes laid against him Festus spake like an honest man indeed He will understand the cause before he indites his Letter or the prisoner before Augustus And Agrippa speakes as honestly too Paul Thou a●t permitted to speake for thy selfe The servants of the Lord desire no more favour then Paul has from an Heathen King Let their crimes so many and grievous be fairely examined and if any one crime be proved against them let them suffer as evill doers for all suggested against them But we are sure they can cleare themselves and their upright dealing as the noone day even as Paul did then and as David before him And because Davids history is theirs now we may reade the Churches story now in Davids story then I will reade Davids story quite through from point to point that we may see anon how paralell the lines thereof run-up to the Churches story now Davids story begins like