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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

it was by the Devils motion that David had no more time then to b 1 Sam. 18. 10. slip away and avoid the place so the javeline was smote into the wall And though this was twice yet this was knowne in the Court onely perhaps to some dwellers hard by It is as true also and as cleare every whit in the sacred Text but the people inquire not into that not what is written not they That an evill Spirit from God c 1 Sam. 18. 10. came upon Saul and that is reported twice too And this evill Spirit was so active in Saul That whereas he might have rested and slept quietly in his owne house he runs about tanquam ostro percitus from place to place for he must run whom the Devill drives and is restlesse in the pursuit of Davids soule so as Saul might say and others also and all say truly and the people might beleeve it too That Saul did not go away from his Court but was d●i●●n away he was indeed for an evill Spirit did drive him which is clearly written But I say the people observe none of that No● could they heare what good Jonathan spake of David unto Saul his fa●●er Davids works have been to-thee-ward very good he did so and so and so ● ronght a great salvation for all Israel wherefore then wilt thou si● against innocent blood to slay David without a cause d 〈…〉 ● 4. 5. The people A●l Isr●el remote from the Court heard none of all this they heard what a salvation David had wrought and they might think as Jonathan did judging his fathers spirit by his owne that Saul seeing that salvation did rejoyce thou sawest it and didst rejoyce Verse 5. said Jonathan so the people might think too and that David was in all the blame and Saul in none at all That David had done some great matter against Saul because Saul did so persecute him so the people may think and the people might very well be so deluded for Saul did cover his malice with faire words as a potsheard may be covered with silver drosse e ●● 26. 23 go and tell David from me said Saul The King hath delight in thee and all his servants love thee f 1 Sam. 18. 22. Nor could there be greater shews nor more lively expressions then were in Saul towards David nor were his shews greater then were the reality of his actions as the people must understand them We do accouut Acts of meere Right and Justice to be Acts of most transcendent Grace and so we can flatter but indeed the Acts of Saul towards David could seeme no otherwise then Acts of most transcendent Grace and that was the account that David himselfe made of them he was sued unto twice to be the Kings Son-in-law and David was exceedingly taken with it seemeth it to you a light thing to be a Verse 23. Kings Son in-Law seeing that I am but a pore man and lightly esteemed It made David quite forget that unkingly act of throwing the javelin at him And the people must needs be taken as much with it also seeing a poore shepherd matched to a Kings Daughter for the people could not tell what Saul had said in his heart I will give him Verse 21. her that she may be a snare unto him and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him Note it by the way That this very snare wherewith Saul intended to catch David took Saul himselfe as we may read 1 Sam. 31. 3. It is ominous and a point of desperate folly to lay a snare for David But this snare was contrived in the Court and that which was said was said in the heart whose language the people cannot understand till it be made legible by the hand So much as was in sight was an act of most transcendent Grace True indeed it is and it is legible that Saul spake to Jonathan his son bad 1 Sam. 19 1. councell to a young Prince therefore an Almighty hand staied Jonathan upright conversing with such a Father and amongst such Councellours and to all his servants as we heard That they should kill David But this was not legible to the people it was a secret from the Court where David had a good friend Jonathan who will tell him all he heares and what his fathers bloody intents are that so he might prevent them Saul goes on sends Messengers to Davids house to watch 1 Sam. 19. 11. him and to slay him in the morning but his wife makes an ill-favoured shift to save her husband and tells a lie to boote So David escaped Psalm 59. at that time and makes a Psalme of Thankesgiving to the LORD after his manner so many deliverances so many Psalmes to call to remembrance Then to Ramah he runnes and Saul sent Messengers as fast after him and then came himselfe thither we shall read more of that in due place And now that Saul is at Ramah David flies from thence and comes to Jonathan he and David are made sure together and fast one to the other Marke it by the way Saul had his Scout to spie as you shall heare anon The LORD provided for David too he had a Spie at Court a fast friend there close at Sauls elbow Be thou as David was upright with the LORD thou shalt have a Jonathan a true friend at Court that is certaine I proceed The Father observes great signes and tokens of their love so his anger kindled against Jonathan and reproacheth him shamefully it grieved Saul that 1 Sam. 20. 30 31. David liveth upon the ground that is the expression commands Jonathan to fetch him unto his Father for he shall surely die Jonathan will see reason for what he does he will not run out of the Court gates to fetch David to his Father because his Father said David shall die Jonathan was a good man notwithstanding the bloody words his ear dranke in from his Fathers mouth continually and his conversing daily with bloody Courtiers God He onely keeps the heart upright and from pollution even there where Satans throne is there Jonathan was a good man and an obedient Son notwithstanding Object Nay but he was not you may say for his Father a King commands and Jonathan a son disobeyes Ans It is seemingly so indeed and as we use to say That he is an obedient servant who obeyes his Lord never examining what is the command and charge nor how unjust as the Kings Attourney did obey commanded by his Master to accuse the six Members sitting in Parliament of high Treason This was an obedient servant say we but what says the Lord our great Master in heaven I think the Judgement Deut. 19. 19 20 21. from the LORD is That this wicked servant shal be drawn first and hanged after For ye shall do unto this evill servant as he had thought to have done unto his brother This was

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

he said again and again If it be so urged again and again we will grant it he was driven and B did not go but run which was Sauls case Certainly the Parliament did not drive away their King from his Court no more then David did drive Saul from his house but an evill councellour did it and away he goes nay he does not go but run for he must run whom the Divell drives and that was a sad ease we will note it by the way Saul pretendes that David sought his life and away he goes in pur●●it after David but when did Saul returne to his house Good Reader marke the answer and take heed of making that the cause of thy ●●ght which is not the Cause and so it fails out to thee that thou whose will carrieth thee from thine house shall never returne thither againe in peace It was so with Saul and that is the Answer he never returned unto his house in peace I say in Peace it is true there is mention a great while after that Saul after a conferrence with Davîd went home and 1 Sam. 24. 2● 26. 25. after a blessing upon David Returned to his place I cannot tell where or what that place was perhaps some strong Fort Castle or the like for war was in his heart so long as the evill Spirit was there and there he was though non-plussed then and silenced for a time But this is certaine where ever Sauls house or place was he had no peace there for surely he never ceased from persecuting of David till David went to Gath and about that time Saul heares a noice of a great Power comming against him whither of Israelites or Philistines I cannot tell But the sacred Text tell us plainly That he who ran from his house at the ●vill Spirits motion and the motion of his own will never returned againe in peace never enjoyed quiet rest there at home afterward This puts me in minde of a communication betwixt two great persons and a resolution thereupon Go thou one way and I will go another both their own wayes driving-on furiously towards a cursed end so they wen● on-ward setting their face against God and their back one to the other but never met again Truly it yeelds us a very sad consideration but this onely we will say touching the King driven they say from his Court There he might have rested within the armes and imbracings of his good people most quietly and securely there had it liked and pleased his Majestie best But his will seemed his best Councellour amongst the rest we know no other reason and he did otherwise and most contrary to his owne rest and quiet egged-on and acted no doubt by that evill Spirit acting most effectually and envying evermore to Kings and people all their rest and happinesse So he went from his Court and his good people or rather was indeed or too truly driven thence by the instigation of his wicked Councell and a common Adversary as aforesaid And now he lives as one in the land of Nod where he never enioyed himselfe nor one dayes rest and quiet ever since Councels which are carried headlong advised his Maiesty at that time to repair unto a strong hold O that they had told their Master where that strong hold was onely the Almighty God and next the peoples hearts there to make war with GOD and his good people So war was in proposition quickly great preparation for it then the sweet words wete all lost as the Proverbe sayes turned into gall or drawn swords This we shall read in the next Section where the language of the heart bloud and death is made legible to all the world in the bloudiest characters I will shut up this Section with the wise mans 〈◊〉 2● 26. 27. ●● proverbs Whose hatred i● covered by deceit his wickednesse shall be shewed before the whole congregation Whos● diggeth a pit shall fall therei● and he that rolleth a stone it shall return upon him A lying tongue h●●●th th●se that are afflicted by it and a s●●ttering mouth ●●●ke●● r●i●e Finis ● Sect.