denyed and too impious to be defended though I could answer that I am not at all beholding to a Chirurgeon for setting that leg which he himself first put out of joynt yet I desire them to remember that they never attempted the Restauration of his Majesty till they were visibly in the very jaws of the Fanaticks who were then seizing upon their Tythes and Churches the last morsell of the spiritual Revenue so that it is shrewdly to be suspected that had not the Tythe-pig cryed lowder in their ears than either their Conscience or the word of God they had never been awakened to attempt that which since it has been effected so many of them have not obscurely repented of And so much may suffice to answer their Pretences to Piety and the power of Godliness To their next plea that they are now persecuted I shall only make this reply That I desire the World to take notice that those Persons who turned almost all out of their livings that adhered to their lawfull Soveraign who sent sucâ—… with their Wives and Families a begging as durst not deflower their Consciences with down-right Perjury and having sworn Canonical Obedience to the most Reformed Church in the World durst not by a contrary Oath swear and endeavour its extirpation Those also who procured that murdering Order from a bloudy Tyrant and Usurper that every Episcopal Divine should not only be uncapable of a Benefice but also disabled to exercise any act of his ministerial Function as Preaching Baptizing or the like nor yet suffered to get some little subsistence by teaching School no nor lastly to live in any Gentlemans house who out of Pity might take him in to keep him from Starving All which are such unheard-of Instances of barbarous Tyranny that the Spight of the Heathen Neros Dioclesians Julians all circumstances considered was much inferiour to them Now I say I desire the World to take notice that those who were partly the Authors partly the Procurers of these hideous remorseless Actions are those poor gentle suffering Lambs of Christ that now bleat out Persecution Having thus answered their pleas or rather their Noise I shall in a word or two give an account of the following book It presents us first with a short Collection of the Sayings and Doctrines of the great Leaders and Abetters of the Presbyterian Reformation of their pious and peaceable maxims which like razors set with oyl cut the throat of Majesty with so keen a smoothness and then to bring up the rear of this spiritual Brigade and withall to shew further that the cause of our Church is so united to that of the Crown that the same who malign one strike as boldly at the other I have thought fit to bring the Papists and the Hobbians upon the same Stage as venting Doctrines no less pernicious to the Civil than to the Ecclesiastical State For a testimony of which I have here given a Taste of each of them of the first out of Mr. White of the second out of the Author of the Leviathan and great Propagator of the Kingdom of Darkness I selected the writings of Mr. White as being the most Compendious and effectual way of Probation For if He who writes and pretends enmity against the Jesuites for being Disturbers of the Peace of States and Kingdoms and underminers of the Prerogative of Kings and so by this catches at the reputation of being moderate I say if this Person shall yet be found a pestilent assertor of such maxims as eat out the Rights and Titles of all lawfull Princes then let men take an estimate of their known Treasons and King-killing Doctrines from the Poyson and Virulence of their very moderation And therefore I earnestly entreat the Reader diligently to peruse that Paragraph that exhibits to him the collection of Mr. Whites Principles I have this now in the last place to add that the Reader must not here expect a full rehersal of thesâ—… mens Doctrines but only a Taste or Specimen He that can endure the raking of Dunghils longer than I can let him have recourse to their Writings let him lanch out into the Ocean of the Presbyterian Pamphlets and Sermons an Ocean in which the Papists may see the face of their disloyal Doctrines as in a Glass and in which the Leviathan himself may sport and take his pastime There seems to be a more than ordinary Significance in that Saying of the Prophet that Rebellion is as the sin of Witchcraft and that I conceive not only for its equal malignity but also for its peculiar Analogy and cognation for if we reflect upon the late Instances of it amongst our Selves we shall find that the People could never be brought to Rebell till their Preachers had first Bewitched them But I hope the World will be so far unbewitched as to read this Collection with their farewell-Sermons lately printed together and exposed to sale with so much Ostentaâ—…ion Of which I shall say this that they may very properly be called Fare-well-Sermons since experience is like to manifest that their Con-gregations never fared so well as when such Seducers preached their Last Mr Edmund Calamies Theses Pag. 22. THE Lords and Commons are as the Master of the House 2. The Parliament whom the people chuse are the great and only Conservators of the peoples liberties p. 38. They are the chief Magistrate Custodes vindices utriusque tabulae p. 37. for they are the Ministers of God for good and revengers to execute wrath upon him that does evill Rom. 13. 4. which being by Saint Paul expressly spoken of the Highest Powers he applies to that part of the two Houses that sat at Westminster without nay against the Kings command p. 9. That all those that fought under the Kings banner against this Parliament fought themselves into slavery and did endeavour by all bloudy and treacherous waies to subvert Religion and Liberties p. 12. That the King that should have been a head of gold was an iron head to crush its own body in pieces p. 18. Those that made their peace with him at Oxford by returning to their Loyaltie were Judasses of England and it were just with God to give them their portion with Judas p. 13. Those that ingaged in this Cause and in the Covenant which was an oath for their goods were unjustly charged with Rebellion p. 38. That it was Gods cause and it shall prevail at last p. 29. That it is commendable to fight for Peace and Reformation against the Kings command These are Mr. Calamies Doctrines in his Sermon preached before the Lords Dec. 25. 1644. printed by â—…hristopher Meredith by his own appointment directly contrary to St. Peter who tells us that the King is the Supreme and not any one or two Houses of Parlâ—…ament without him contrary to St. Paul who â—…ells us that whosoever severally or conjunctly shall resist much more that shall fight against this Highest Power resist the ordinance of God and
Cause the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England and surely the publick Faith of Scotland will secure the publick Faith of England I speak now of secondary causes through Gods blessing I am informed by the Commissioners of Scotland that the Nation of Scotland are now takâ—…ng the Covenant that we took the last Lords day in this City And you know that a Scotch Covenanter is a terrible thing you know what mighty things they did by their last Covenant you know that the name of a Covenanter the very name of it did do wonders And I am assured by them that there is not one person in the Kingdom of Scotland that is not a Covenanter and there shall not one abide among them that wiâ—…l not take this Covenant and there shall not one of those 21000 that are to come over in this Cause not one of them shall come that will not take this Covenant but they must take thâ—…s Covenant before they come O that the consideration of these things might work up your hearts to a high degree of Charity to a superlative degree and that the Lord would make you more active and more liberal in this great Cause For my part I speak it in the name of my self and in the name of these reverend Ministers we will not only speak to perswade you to contribute but every one of us that God hath given any estate to we will all to our utmost power we will not only say ite but venite we will not only speak to you to lend but every one of us as we have already lent so we will lend to our utmost power and bless God that we have it to lend for indeed it is now a time of action and not of speaking only because it is an extraordinary business therefore here is an extraordinary appearance of so many Ministers to encourage you in this Cause that you may see how real the godly Ministery in England is unto this Caâ—…se The Gospel it is called a Pearl of price by our Saviour Christ and I hope all you Merchants will part with your goodly pearls to buy this pearl of prâ—…ce You Tradesmen the Gospel is called a Treasure hid in the field so our Saviour Christ calls it I hope you will be willing to part with your earthly treasures to preserve this blessed treasure that is hid in the field you have parted with some goodly pearls already I hope you will part with your other goodly pearls There is an excellent Story of one Nonius a Roman Senator that had a pearl that 〈◊〉 did prize above his life and when Anthony the Triumvir one that was then in great power when he sent to Nonius to have the pearl he would not send it him and he told him that if he would banish him he would be willingly banished so he might save his pearl if he would take away his life he would die with his pearl he did not regard his Countrey so he might have his pearl he regarded nothing so he might have his pearl but he would not part with his pearl what-ever he parted withall This pearl it is the Gospel of Jesus Christ that you have professed in this City and I hope you have professed it with power and certainly you have the name of those that have professed the Gospel in the greatest purity of any under heaven This pearl is this Gospel I hope you will part with all willingly and cheerfully rather than part with the Gospel though you go to prison carry the Gospel with you nay though you lose your lives it shall be with the Gospel and for the Gospel I hope so There is one Argument more and then I have done and that is from the inveterate hatred they have at Oxford against the City of London and against you for your good because you have been so well-affected to this Cause Gentlemen I beseech you give me leave that am no Statesman nor acquainted with the affairs of policy yet give me leave to put you in mind of this that surely the plundering Army at Oxford conceive that they shall find a great treasure here in the City though many pretend they have no money Though certainly you have done well and lent much yet the plnndering Army give out that if they get possession of the City they shall find a treasury to be able to pay all they have been at And if ever you should be driven which God forbid to make your peace it would cost you twenty times as much then to procure your peace and such a peâ—…ce it may be that would be rather a War than a Peace and a death better than that peace which now you may have for a very little a most happy Peace There is a famous story of Zelimus Emperour of Constantinople that after he had taken AEgypt he found a great deal of treâ—…sure there and the Souldiers came to him and asked him what shall we do with the Citizens of AEgypt for we have found a great treasure among them and we have taken their Riches O saith he hang them all up for they are too rich to be made slaves and this was all the thanks they had for the riches they were spoiled os And it may be though some of you that stand Neuters or some of you that are disaffected to the Cause of the Parlament may think that if the Lord for our sins should give up this City unto the Army that is with the King you may think that you shall escape yet be assured that your goods will be Roundheads though you be not your goods will be Gybellins though you be Guelfs as the story is Certainly there will be no distinction in the plundering of your goods between you and others and therefore let me beseech you that as the Lord hath made you instruments to do a great deal of good already for indeed you are the preservers of our Religion and you are the preservers of our Parlament by your liberality and by your former contributions and by your assistance and the Lord hath made you mighty instruments of our good let me beseech you that you would persevere and now we are come to the Sheat Anchor we are now come to the last cast I beseech you you would persevere and hold out and O that my words might add somewhat to help forward this contribution It hath pleased God to make me a setled Minister in this City and I have now been here almost five years in this City and though I had never â—…one any good in my place I should now think it a great fruit of my coming to this City if after five years unprofitableness I might speak somewhat this afternoon that might enlarge your hearts to a greater measure of liberality All I will say is this We Divines say that Perseverance is the onely grace that Crowns a Christian Methushelah lived nine hundred ninety and nine years if he had fallen away from
while been preserved by what hath been done Little cause have we to be discouraged for those we have to deal with their spirits are base and vile why should we fear those uncircumcised Philistines If you say Well but were it not better we bent all our forces to some Accommodation To that we answer you thus You have to deal not onely with his Majesty but with a Popish party that are about him and what security you can ever have of your peace as was worthily said before except the Scotish Nation comes in for to fasten it it is easie for any one to judge I will tell you but one story about that and because it is suitable unto you I will therefore relate it here It is a Story that I find in the Chronicles that in the days of King Edward the sixt King Edward sends to this City for assistance against the Lords and the Lords send to the City for their assistance likewise and the Common-Councel was called I suppose in this place and there stands up as the story saith a wise discreet Citizen in the Common-Councel and makes this speech unto them First he acknowledges that the cause was right for the Lords for the Kingdom though it were against the will of the King because the King would not then put in execution those Laws that should be but hindered them but yet saith he let me remind you of that that I have read in Fabians Chronicle it was one George Stadley that stood up let me remind you of that when there was a fight between the Lords and the King the Lords send for assistance to the City the City granted their assistance the Lords prevailed the King was taken and his Son a Prisoner afterwards they were both released upon Composition and amongst other things this was one that howsoever the City should be preserved that the City should suffer nothing for what they had done and this Composition was confirmed by Act of Parlament but saith this Citizen what came of it did the King forgive No nor forget for afterwards all our Liberties were taken away strangers were set over us for our Heads and Governours the bodies and the estates of the Citizens were given away and one misery followed after another and so we were most miserably persecuted and here was their Accommodation Have not many of you spent your blood in this Cause yea how many young ones in this City have lost their blood Me-thinks a spirit of indignation should rise in you to vindicate the loss of the blood of your Servants and Children many precious ones that might have lived many years to have done good service for the Lord. Know there shall come a day wherein you shall be calling and crying to God for mercy the success of this evenings work will be recorded against that day when you shall cry for mercy Out of Mr. Obadiah Sedgewick his speech in Guild-hall on Friday the sixt of October 1643. I Know many Objections might be made You have done much already and the sum is great I say no more There is nothing great to a mind that is great and the Cause is great and though the sum of money be great yet their love is greater than all you can lay out to answer their love And say not grumbling we have done often and often I say to you as Christ said to him that asked him How often must I forgive my brother Why seventy times seven times So will I say for this publique Cause you must do and you must do and yet you must do and yet you must do as long as there is a penny in thy purse as long as there is strength in thy hand as long as there is breath in thy body you must be all Servants to Christ and Servants to the Churches of Jesus Christ. The Independents Conclusions from the Presbyterian Principles Mr. John Dury's Considerations concerning the present Engagement with Mr. Caryl's Imprimatur An. Dom. 1649. THe Oath of Allegiance as you know did bind all men as Subjects in Law to be true and faithful to the Kings Person to his Heirs and Successors as they were invested with the authority which the Law did give them nor was it ever meant by the Parlament which Enacted the Oath of Allegiance that any should be absolutely bound to the King and his Heirs as they were men to be true and faithful to their Personal Wills but onely to them and their Wills as they had a Legal standing that is to the Authority conferred upon them by the consent of the People which was testified in and under a Law whereunto the King and his Heirs were bound for the Kingdoms good by Oath So that the Obligations of King and Subjects are mutual and must needs stand and fall together according as the condition by which they are begotten is kept or broken which is nothing else but the Law according to which he and his Subjects agree that he shall be their King and they shall be his Subjects For as you were sworn to the King so he was sworn to you as you were bound to be faithful to him so he was bound to be faithful to his trust nor is he your Liege further than he is faithful thereunto If then he be found unfaithful to his trust you are ipso facto absolved from your Allegiance unto him and if according to Law he receives not his Authority you are not in Law his Subjects at all Now the just and natural foundation of all Laws is the Reason of the Body of every Nation in their Parlament which hath the sole Right to propose and chuse the Laws by which they will be Ruled Where it hath been as I suppose a perpetual custom in this Nation for the Commons at all times to ask and propose the making of Laws and for the Lords and King to give their consent thereunto The Lords as the Judges in cases of transgression and the King as the Executor and publick Trustee for the administration of the common good and wealth thereby for in a Kingdom there is a Common-wealth as the intrinsical substance of the Being thereof for which all things are to be done by King and Lords as the publick servants thereof and Ministers not Masters of State therein If the King then should set himself wilfully to be above this Reason of the Nation which is the onely Original of the Law and refuse obstinately the Laws which they shall chuse to be setled he puts himself ipso facto out of the capacity of being a King any more unto them and if this can be made out to have been the way wherein the late King set himself and that it was the design of the House of Lords to uphold and enable him to follow that way it is evident that so far as he did by that means actually un-King himself as to this Nation so far also they that assisted him in that design did un-Lord themselves
shall receive damnation and contrary to our oath of Allegiance wherein we acknowledge the King to be the only Supreme Governour of this Nation Mr. Jenkins Theses out of his humble Petition when he was Prisoner Printed Octob. 15. 1651. 1. THat the Parliament of the Common Wealth of England without the King 1651. were the Supreme Authority of this Nation 2 That Gods providences that is his permission of events and success are antecedent declarations of his good will and approbation 3 That the providences of God as evidently appeared in removing the King and then investing their Honours with the Government of this Nation as ever they appeared in the taking away or bestowing of any Government in any History of any age of the World 4 That a refusal to be subject to this Authority under the pretence of upholding the Title of any one upon earth is a refusal to acquiesce in the wise and righteous pleasure of God such an opposing of the Government set up by the Soverein Lord of Heaven and Earth as none can have peace either in acting in or suffering for 5 That it is our duty to yield to this Authority all active and chearfull obedience in the Lord even for conscience sake Mr. Marshal Serm. on Ps. 102. v. 16 17. March 26. 1645. P. 39. 1. THose in Authority in things of this life have command and may act ad modum imperii In matters of Religion all their power is ad modum ministerii they must not dispose of the affairs of the Church but at the direction of the Word only 2 They are limited to the Word and men under their Authority must before they obey their orders examine them by the Word and find them both lawfull and expedient in their use for edification p. 41. 3. As Josia put to death those that followed Baal so may the Parliament those that will not return to the Lord and leave Antichristianism p. 45. That Antichristianism that was sworn in the Covenant to be â—…ooted out was the established Government in the Church Mr. Edmund Calamies Speech at Guild-Hall October the sixth 1643. Gentlemen YOU have heard a worthy Gentleman of the House of Commons it is desired by this grave and Reverend Assembly of Ministers that three of the Ministers of this Assembly should likewise speak unto you concerning this great business and notwithstanding my indisposition of body being required by them though that Gentleman of the House of Commons hath spoken so abundantly to the purpose yet notwithstanding I am here come to speak something the rather to declare my willingness to appear in this Cause that is every way so just and every way so honest and so good that I may truly say as the Martyr did that if I had as many lives as I have hairs on my head I would be willing to sacrifize all these lives in this Cause You know the story of Craesus that though he never spake in his life yet when he saw his Father ready to be killed it untyed the strings of his tongue and then he cryed out that they would not kill his Father you are not ignorant that England and Ireland lye a dying and though I never appeared in this place yet I bless God that hath given me that health this day to speak something in this Cause for the reviving of the dying condition of England and Ireland It is such a Cause as is able to make a very Infant eloquenr and a dumb man to speak that never spake in all his lise The matter I am desired to speak to is concerning the Contribution to perswade you to be liberal towards the bringing in of the Scots to help us in this our great necessity The truth is it is a great shame that England should stand in need of another Nation to help it to preserve its Religion and Liberties That England that hath been enriched with the Gospel of Peace and the peace of the Gospel for so many years that England that hath been blessed with so many rare Ministers of God so many precious and powerful servants that have preached the Word of God in season and out of season that England that hath professed the Gospel with so much power and purity that England should stand in need of the help of their Brethren of Scotland for to preserve that Gospel that they have professed so many years I confess to me it seems a very strange Prodigie and a strange wonder but it hath pleased Almighty God for the sins of England for our great unthankfulness and for our unthankfulness under these means and for the great blood-guiltiness and Idolatry and Superstition of this Nation it hath pleased God to suffer a greâ—…t â—…art of thâ—… Kingdom to be blinded especially those parts where the Word os God hath not been preached in a powerful manner and there are many in thâ—… Kingâ—…om that will not be perswaded that there is an intention to bring in Popâ—…ry and to bring in Slavery Many of them I say think that though the Popish Army should prevail and the plundering Army shoulâ—… 〈◊〉 yet they think all would go well with Religion and with their Liberâ—…es I say it hath pleasâ—…d God to â—…uffer abundance in the Kingdom to be blinded with this opinion out of a just judgement to punish us for our unthankfulnâ—…ss and for our ingrâ—…titude and this is the reason that so many men stand Neuters and that â—…o many are Malignants and disaffected to this great Cause in so much that I am concluded under this that there iâ—…ittle probability to finish this Cause without the coming in of the Scots as you heard so worthily by that Member of the House of Commons The sons of Zerviah are grown so strong what through our fearfulness what through our covetousness what through our malignity that there is little hope I say to finish this great Cause or to bring it to a desired peace without the help of another Nation and by the assistance of God by the help of another Nation it may be done These are two mighty two omnipotent Arguments to prevail with you to contribute your utmost aid and assistance to that Cause since it cannot speedily be done without their help and by Gods blessing it may speedily be done by their help What would the Kings party do if they could engage another Nation to their help 21000. if they could engage them to our ruine what would they not do How much more should we be willing to contribute our greatest help to engage a Nation that indeed is part of our own Nation within the same Island and our Brethren so 〈◊〉 and so well affected to this Cause what should we not be willing to do to ingage so great a party I would intreat you to remembâ—…r that it is not many years ago since our Brethren of Scotland came hither into England in a war-like manner and yet with peaceable affections and that you would remind your selves what
good they did to you when they were then in England they were the chief Causes of this Parlament that now we do enjoy and of all the good that hath been reaped by this Parlament as you may well remember By their coming in you know this Parlament was procured and their seâ—…ond coming in through Gods mercy may be a means to confiâ—…m this Parlament and to establish it and to uphold it in its dignity and in the privileges of it and to keep it from being ruined and if the Parlament be ruined you all well know that our Religion and our Liberties are ruined for the Parlament is the great Conservatour of Religion and Liberties and I may truly say s you know Caligula did once wish that all Rome were one nâ—…ck that he might cut it ofâ—… at one blow They that intend to ruine the Parlâ—…ment thâ—…y ruine your Religion and Liberties and all England at onâ—… blow Now I say as their first coming was a means to produce this Parlament so thâ—…ir second coming in through Gods blessing may be a means to 〈◊〉 it and to confirm it And when they were here you know how faithfully thâ—…y carried themselves and when they had done their work how willingly they went away without doing any hurt and I doubt not of the same faithfulness nay you ought all to believe that they will likewise when they have done the work they are calleâ—… to in England they will likewise with the same faithfulness depart for it is Religion that brings them here and the same Religion will make them willingly leave us and go home to their own Countrey when they have done that work for which they came I am assured that the great hope at Oxford is that they will never prevail for the getting of Money for to bring them in and if they once see the matter of Money effected and if they once hear of the Scotâ—… coming in it will work such a terror there as I am assured that it will through Gods mercy produce a notable complyance of that Party with the Parlament for an effectual peace such as all the godly of the Land shall bless God for I foresee there are many Objections that may be brought to hinder this work many mountains of opposition that will lie in the way And likewise that the Malignants will buz many things in your ears if it be possible to put some great rub in the way to hinder the effecting of this work but I hope the love you have to God and to your Religion and to the Gospel and to your wives and children will swâ—…llow down all these objections and conquer them all I le name some few objections and give you some short answer Some it may be will put you in mind to call in question the lawfulness of contributing towards the bringing in of the Scots to this Nation But for this I le give you an easie answer Certainly Gentlemen it is as lawful for the Parlament to call in our brethren of Scotland to their help as it is lawful for me when my house is on fire and not able to quench it my self to call in my neighbour to quench my house that is ready to burn down The Kingdom is all on fire we are not able with that speed to quench it as we wish we call in our brethren in Scotland to help us to quench the flames that are kindled among us It is as lawful as it is for the Master and Mariners of a Ship when it is ready to sink through a mighty Tempest to call in other Mariners to help to keep the Ship from sinking It is the condition of our Kingdom now it is ready to sink and it is our desire that our Brethren of Scotland would come in to our aid to keep it from sinking Others it may be will object and say to you it is rebellion especially to call in another Nation to your help But I beseech you give me leave to put you in mind that when the Scots came last into England there was a Proclamation out against them wherein they were called Rebels and there were prayers to be said in our Churches as you well remember in which we were to pray against them as Rebels and there was Money likewise contributed then for to hinder their coming in and to raise an Army to drive them out of the Kingdom and I doubt not but you may remember all the ill-affected did contribute Money to keep them out of this Kingdom and from tarrying in but it pleased Almighty God through his great mercy so to change and alter the state of things that within a little while the Nation of Scotland even by Act of Parlament they were proclamed and made the true and Loyal Subjects of the King and in those Churches in which they were prayed against as Rebels even in those very Churches they were pronounced the good Subjects of the King this I doubt not but you remember and I doubt not but through the mercy of God the Lord raising up our hearts I doubt not but the same effect will come of their second coming into this Kingdom and they that now tell you they are Rebels and you do an act of Rebellion in the contribution to the bringing of them in I doubt not but you shall see an Act of Parlament to call them his Loyal Subjects wherein I hope our King will concur with his Parlament and likewise Prayers made nay a day of thanksgiving as was after their first coming a day of Thanksgiving for the mercy of God in stirring up their hearts to be willing to come unto our help But it may be some others will object and say why should we that are Ministers engage our sâ—…lves so much in this business to see a Reverend Assembly of grave Ministers to appear here in so great an Assembly This it may be will be a mighty objection to some but I beseech you give me leave to give you a short answer did I not think that that shall be said this day would mightily conduce to peace for my part I would not have been the mouth of the Assembly did I think any other way to produce a solid and a setled peace a Religious peace I that am a Minister of peace an Ambassador of peace I would not have been a Trumpeter to this business this day the truth is if you would have peace with Popery a Peace with slavery if you would have a Judas peace or a Joab his peace you know the Story he kiss'd Amasa and then killed him if you would have a peace that may bring a massacre with it a French peace if you would have such a peace it may be had easily but if you would have a peace that may continue the Gospel among you and may bring in a Reformation such as all the godly in the Kingdom do desire I am concluded under this and am confident that such a peace cannot be
had without contribution towards the bringing in of the Scots and that is the reason for the promoting of this peace this blessed peace that we have appeared here this day and me-thinks Gentlemen the very sight of these worthy Divines methinks so many Divines so many Orators so many silent Orators to plead with you to be willing to engage your selves to the utmost to help forward the Nation of Scotland to come to our help And likewise I would put you in mind of the 10 th of Numbers there you shall read that there were two silver Trumpets and as there were Priests appointed for the convocation of their Assemblies so there were Priests to sound the silver Trumpets to proclame the War And likewise in the 20 th of Deuteronomy you shall finde there that when the children of Israel would go out to War the sons of Levi one of the Priests was to make a speech to encourage them And certainly if this were the way of God in the Old Testament certainly much more in such a Cause as this in which Cause Religion is so intwin'd and indeed so interlac'd that Religion and this Cause they are like Hippocrates his twins they must live and dye together And Gentlemen if Religion were not concerned in this Cause and mightily concerned and if Religion did not live and dye with it we had not appeared this day And I hope this will be a sufficient answer unto this Objection But there is another Objection which I will answer and then briefly give leave to my other Reverend Brethren that likewise are prepared to speak here The great Objection of all is this that the City is already exhausted and so much money hath been lent already that there is no hope of lending any more this is the grand Objection But truly Gentlemen for my part this is one of the chief Arguments I have to perswade you to lend a little more because you have lent so much give me leave to put you in mind of that Story in the 2 Kings 13. the Story of King Jâ—…ash that came to visit the Prophet Elisha when he was ready to breath out his last the Prophet Elisha gives him a bow and arrows and bids him shoot he shoots and bids him smite he smites the ground thrice and then he ceased the Prophet was exceeding angry with him and tells him you should have smote the ground 5 or 6 times and then you should have utterly consumed the Assyrians whereas now you shall smite them but three times Give me leave to apply this Gentlemen you have smote the ground thrice you have lent once twice and thrice indeed you have been the fame of England and the Repairers of England and the Ornaments of England you have lent much but let me tell you you must smite the ground 5 or 6 times if ever you look to consume the Assyrians if ever you look to bring this War to a happy Peace that your posterities may rejoyce in this Peace you must shoot one arrow more and then through Gods blessing you may utterly consume these enemies that you and your posterity may rejoyce in a happy peace It is a famous story of Johannes Eleemozinarius that when he had given even almost all he had to the poor his friends were exceeding angry with him and told him he had undone himself what was his answer O saith he I have not yet shed my blood for Jesus Christ Jesus Christ he emptied himself of his Divinity to make us rich he became poor and shed his blood for you You have not yet made your selves so poor as Jesus Christ was that had no house to lodge in and he did all this for your sakes You have not yet shed your blood for the Cause of Christ We read that Moses was willing to be blotted out of the book of life for the Cause of God and we read of Paul that he was wâ—…lling to be accursed for the people of Israels sake And will you not be willing to venture your earthly provisions for so good a Cause as this is which I say England was never engaged in the like Religion hath produced all the wealth you have all your wealth is but the child of Religion we have a saying Religio peperit divitias divitiae devorarunt matrem Religion hath begot wealth and the Daughter hath devoured the Mother filia devoravit matrem but give me leave and I hope through Gods blessing you will invert this saying Religion hath got you all the wealth you have you Gentlemen and I hope the Daughter now will preserve the Mother I hope Riches will preserve Religion and not destroy Religion A famous example of Polanus Nolinus that when he had given all that he had away and being asked why he would give so much to the poor he gave this answer Ut levius ascenderem scalam Jacobi that I might the easier get up Jacobs ladder And let me assure you in the word of a Minister the contributing to this Cause for Gods sake and for the glory of God and for the peace of the Gospel I say will be a means to make you the sooner ascend up Jacobs Ladder not for the giving of the money but for the evidence of your Faith through the merits of the Lord Jesus Christ by your giving of the money And certainly that man will never get up Jacobs Ladder that hath the rust of his money to bear witness against him at the day of Judgement especially at such a time as this Give me leavâ—… to put you in mind of one other story and that is of one Bernardinus Ocanus that was so liberal to the poor that every peny that he gave to the poor he would call it a holy peny and a happy peny and he would bless God that he had that peny to give indeed he was a Papist and his ordinary speâ—…ch was O happy peny that hath purchased immortality to me indeâ—…d this speech was not good for it is not our money that doth purchase heaven that is an evidence of the truth of our Faith that lays hold upon Chrisâ—… for salvation But let me tell you if ever Gentlemen you might use this speech O happy peny you may use it now Happy money that will purchase my Gospel happy money that will purchase Religion and purchase a Reformation to my posterity O happy money and blessed be God that I have it to lend And I count it the greatest opportunity that ever God did offer to the godly of this Kingdom to give them some money to lend to this Cause And I remember in this Ordinance of Parliament you call it Advance money It is called an Ordinance to advance money towards the maintaining of the Parlaments forces and truly it is the highest advance of money to make money an instrument to advance my Religion the Lord give you hearts to believe this You shall have the Faiths of both Kingdoms ingaged in this
confident that in his Preface he makes as it were a challenge saying that if any man can prove that the King was the highest power in the time of those Divisions and that he had power to make that war which he made he will offer his head to Justice as a Rebel As if in those times of Division thâ—… King had lost or sorfeited his Soveraignty and the Parlament had not onely a part but the whole Soveraignty in themselves IX Finally Mr. Baxter tells us Pag. 486. That having often searched into his heart whether he did lawfully engage into the War or not and whether he did lawfully encourage so many thousands to it he tells us I say that the issue of all his search was but this That he cannot yet see that he was mistaken in the main cause nor dares he repent of it nor forbear doing the same if it were to do again in the same state of things He tells us indeed in the same place that if he could be convinced he had sinned in this matter he would as gladly make a publick recantation as he would eat or drink which seeing he hath not yet done it is â—…vident he is still of the same mind and consequently would upon the same occasion do the same things viz. sight and encourage as many thousands as he could to fight against the King for any thing that calls it self or which he is pleased to call a full and Free Parlament as likewise that he would own and submit to any Usurper of the Soveraignty as set up by God although he came to it by the murder of his Master and by trampling upon the Parlament Lastly That he would hinder as much as possibly he could the restoring of the rightful Heir unto the Crown And now whether a man of this Judgement and of these affections ought to be permitted to Preach or no Let any but himself judge Mr. Stephen Marshal in his Thanksgiving Sermon on Psal. 124. vers 6 7 8. before the House of Commons Sept. 7. 1641. Upon the peace concluded between England and Scotland PAge 40 41. Many are grieved at the great things God has done for us as in the eighth of Ezekiel v. 14. A company of women sate weeping for Tammuz cause they had lost their Idol Pag. 45. This year have we seen broken the yokes which lay upon our Estates Liberties Religion and Conscience Pag. 49. Look to your families do as Jacob did at Bethel when he payed his vow of thanksgiving unto God he made all his family bury their Idols under an Oak Mr. Stephen Marshal in his Sermon Preach'd to the House of Commons at their day of Thanksgiving June 15. 1643. For the discovery of a dangerous desperate and bloody Design tending to the utter subersion of the Parlament and of the famous City of London THe viol now pouring out is the Lords work and he will see it done doubt ye not Pag. 9. The first Engineers that battered the walls of this great Babylon Who were they but the poorer and meaner sort of people that at the first joyn'd with the Ministers to raise the building of Reformation pag. 15. In Scotland what great things hath the Lord lately done by very weak means hardly the fift part of the Nobility appearing for them scarce one fourth part of the Kingdom owning the Cause Pag. 18. Were not the Book of Service and the Book of Canons obtruded on them the Occasion of their late mercies and the Tyranny of a few of their Prelates a means to unburthen them of their whole Prelacy Pag. 18. To what a dead low ebb were We brought our liberty almost swallowed up and turned into slavery our Religion into Popery Pag. 18. The Prelates late Canons and Oath purposely contrived for the perpetuating of their Hierarchy and their other treacherous endeavours against the State joyning with the Papists and with them labouring to bring all into Confusion hath helped thus far toward the taking them away both Root and Branch Pag. 19. The Roman Emperors wasted the Saints in ten several persecutions but all these were nothing in comparison of this destroyer all their loins not so heavy as the little fiuger of Anti-Christ Pag. 25. You are in part Honorable and well-beloved one of the Angels who are to pour out the vial of the wrath of God Pag. 37. Had this bloody contrivance took effect this Honorable Assembly had been made as a Parlament of Paris the greatest Instruments of the Kingdoms Slavery and vassallage for time to come Pag. 39. Think now how deeply you are engaged and brought under the curse of God if you perform not this Solemn Covenant think how horrid a thing it will prove sor any of you to stand perjured men before God in matters of such consequence Pag. 41. All Protestant Writers do agree that we are under the pouring out of some one or more of these seven Vials some think the fourth Vial is now pouring out on the Anti-Christian world others the fift on the throne of the Beast Pag. 44. I dare speak it as confidently as I believe the Revelation to be Divine Scripture that what Viol so ever is now pouring out the issue will be Anti-christ shall lose and Christ shall gain Pag. 45. Mr. Stephen Marshal in his Sacred Panegyrick Preached to the two Houses of Parlament his Excellency the Earl of Essex Lord Maior Court of Aldermen c. Upon occasion of their Feasting to testifie their thankfulness to God for their Union and Concord Janu. 18. 1643. on 1. Chron. 12. 38 39 40. All these came with a perfect heart to Hebron to make David King over Israel c. DAvid persecuted by Saul did not onely take up Arms for his own defence but many of the choisest men of the Tribes did joyn with him and all this while King Saul was alive and David but a private man and one that had sworn Allegiance to him Pag. 7. Now beloved give me leave to speak my thoughts freely I will set aside my Text and the matter I have in hand and yet I will confidently affirm that our days now are better than they were seven years ago because it is better to see the Lord executing Judgement then to see men working wickedness and to behold a People lie wallowing in their blood rather than apostating from God and embracing Idolatry and Superstition and banishing the Lord Jesus from amongst them Pag. 18. If there be any in this Assembly that thinks not this a sufficient Retribution and Satisfaction for all his twentieth part for all his contributions for all his payments and hazards I sâ—…y he is blind I sâ—…y his heart is not right with God he hath no share in this business Pag. 20. Carry on the work still leave not a rag that belongs to Popery lay not a bit of the Lords building with any thing that belongs to Anti-christ but away with it Root and Branch Head and Tail till you can say
Now is Christ set upon his throne Pag. 21. * Noble and resolute Commanders go on to fight the battels of the Lord Jesus Christ for so I will not now fear to call them Pag. 21. * All Christendom except the Malignants in England do now see that the question in England is whether Christ or Anti-christ shall be Lord and King Pag. 21. Ten thousand times cursed are they who have provoked Our Soveraign to raise Arms to destroy his Nobles and Commons and Divines and this most honoured City and even all who have been faithful Pag. 28. Mr. Stephen Marshal after Naseby fight in a Thanksgiving Sermon on Psal. 102. 18. ALL the Countries where the Gospel had prevail'd have faithsully stood to God in his cause the rest nurst up under Popery and Superstition both Lords Commons and Gentlemen and whole Commons did endeavour to fight themselves into slavery and labour to desâ—…roy the Parlament that is themselves and all that is theirs Mr. Marshal in his Sermon on Micah 7. 1 2. 1644. BElieve this cause must prosper though we were all dead our Armies overthrown and even our Palaments dissolved this cause must prevail Mr. Edmund Calamy in his Sermon before the House of Peers June 15. 1643. on Joshua 24. 15. REligion is that which is pretended on all hands The defence of the Protestant Religion this news we hear daily from Oxford and for this purpose there is an Army of Papists to defend Protestant Religion just as the Gun-powder Treason that would have blown up the Parlament for the good of the Catholike Religion Pag. 24. Few Noblemen and Gentlemen appear on the Parlament side not many mighty not many Noble thus it was in Christs time the great men and great Scholars crucified Christ. Pag. 30. The Cause you mannage is the Cause of God the glory of God is embark'd in the same Ship in which this cause is and you may lawfully say as Joshua does Josh. 7. 9. What wilt thou do unto thy great name and Numb 14. 15 16. And as Joshua said to Israel Numb 14. 7. So doth God to you fear not fear not the people of the land for they are bread for us their defence is departed from them and the Lord is with us fear them not Pag. 53. I may say without uncharitableness you have the major part of Gods people on your side Pag. 55. He that dies fighting the Lords battel dies a Martyr Pag. 57. Mr. Thomas Case in his Epistle Dedicatory to the Commons House in Parlament before his Sermon on Ezek. 20. 25. GOd in you hath graciously begun to make good that Evangelical promise Zech. 12. 8. In defending this his English Hierusalem he hath made him that was weak among you as David you have conquer'd the Lyon aâ—…d the Bear and shall not that uncircumcised Philistine that numerous Beast who hath not ceast to blaspheme the Armies os the Living God become like one of these behold â—… he lies groveling at your feet there wants nothing but cutting off his head They cryed down the Sâ—…bbath as a ridiculous or at least a superfluous Ceremony Pag. XI * thus they make the King glad with their wickedness and he that could bring Jeroboam an argument to justifie his Idolatry he was a well-come man at Court Pag. 12. Mr. Case on Ezra 10. 2 3. Preach'd before the House of Commons SOme have sinn'd seducingly and Jesuites could never have been more desperate I am sure they might have been less guilty they have sinn'd against their light murthered their Principles they have suck'd in with their Mothers milk* spare them not I beseech you though they crouch and cringe and Worship you as much as they have done their high Altars Pag. 15. Ah Brethren I would not have you redeem their lives with your own heads Pag. 16. How the Presence and Preaching of Christ did scorch and blast those Cathedral Priests that unhallowed generation of * Scribes and Pharisees and perfected their Rebellion into that unpardonable sin against the holy Ghost Pag. 33. Mr. Case on Dan. XI 32. 1644. Before the House of commons on a day of Thanksgiving for the Victory given to Sir William Waller against the Army of Sir Ralph Hopton HAd not the Spirit of the Lord wrought to a wonder of wisdom and power we might have sate down long before this made our Wills anâ—… bequeath'd our poor children every one of them Popery and Slavery for their sorrowful Patrimony Pag. 9. Cursed be he that withholdeth his Sword from blood that spares when God saith strike that suffers those to escape whom God has appointed to destruction Pag. 24. Mr. Case on Isa. 43. 4. In a Thanksgiving for taking Bridgwater and Sherbourn * WHat a sad thing is it my Brethren to see our King in the head of an Army of Bahylonians refusing as it were to be call'd the King of England Scotland Ireland and chusing rather to be call'd the King of Babylon Pag. 18. Prelacy and Prelatical Clergy Priests and Jesuites Ceremonies and Service-Book Star-Chamber and High Commission Court were mighty impediments in the way of Reformation God hath mightily brought them down Pag. 19. * The Father having given to him Vid. Christ all power both in heaven and in earth and the rule and Regiment of this Kingdom he hath committed to Monarchies Aristocracies or Democracies as the several combinations and associations of the People shall between themselves think good to elect and erect God leaves people to their own Liberty in this Case Pag. 26. Mr. Thomas Case Psal. 107. 30 31. in his Thanksgiving Sermon for Surrender of Chester * ALas alas they have put out the eyes of his Majesty and carried him away Captive our King is in Babylon among Idolaters and Murtherers we have no King Mr. Joseph Caryl in his Sermon on Nehe. chap. 9. vers 38. Preach'd at the taking of the Covenant Octob. 6. 1643. THere is much sin in making a Covenant on sinful grounds and there is more sin in keeping it but when the preservation of true Religion and the Vindication of just Liberties meet in the ground-work yea may swear and not repent yea if you swear yea must not repent Pag. 18. Take the Covenant and ye take Babylon The Towers of Babylon shall quake and her seven hills shall move Pag. 21. It is Shiboleth to distinguish Ephramites from Gileadites Pag. 22. When we provoke God to bring evil upon us he stays his hand by considering the Covenant Gen. 9. 15. Now as the remembrance of the Covenant on Gods part stays his hand so the remembrance of the Covenant will be very effectual on our part to stay our hands tongues hearts from sin Pag. 27. Not onely is that Covenant which God hath made with us founded in the blood of Christ but that also which we make with God Pag. 33. Mr. Caryl on Revel XI vers 16 17. before the House of Commons April 23. 1644. OUr war has been proved over and over to