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A87151	A sermon preached to the honorable House of Commons assembled in Parliament, at a publike fast, May, 25. 1642. By Robert Harris, Batchelor of Divinity and Pastor of Hanwell. Oxon. Published by order of that House.	Harris, Robert, 1581-1658.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.	1642 (1642)	Wing H875; Thomason E150_21; ESTC R4871	30,553	56

a man as I flee I who pretend to God! I a Publike person Should I fly with a whole Corporation nay Countie on my back Hath my Countrey intrusted mee given mee her selfe Et Turnum fugientem haec terra videbit Farre bee this from Noble Spirits Assure the Cause Calling Conscience and that done Fix your visible eye upon the invisible God as Moses Heb. 11.27 1 Reg 22.19 and Michaiah did before you and all the Glory and Majestie in the world will seeme no more to you then it did to them or then a poore Candle is to the brightest Sunne So the first Use The second is more Publike and it is Double You of Publike ranke must 1. Concurre with God the Avenger 2. Confide in him For the first The Lord hath taken you into Commission with himselfe put his Name his Power upon you What it is I cannot determine nor doe I meddle with your priviledges What ever 't is 't is Gods 't is of him and for him and must bee managed accordingly It shall bee your safety to frequent your commission 'T is Derived 'T is Limited yea and 'T is Publike too and must bee managed with a Publike spirit Private revenge is not within your Commission That leaves a staine upon a man some wayes innocent witnesse Iehu And puts an innocency upon the greatest offender witnesse Abner Here then all selfish affections and private respects must be 1. strained out and Iustice Iustice as Moses speaks that is Pure Iustice without mudde must run down Deut. 16.20 And 2. restrained in all others And bee assured that you have done and shall doe your selves greatest right in Disadopting and Disavowing all illegall tumultuary selfe-revenging and libellous wayes Gods cause needs not mans ly mans froth splene malice And it shall bee your happinesse to put a wide distance betweene Iustum and Iustè betweene the courage of the Sonne and the disorder of the Souldier Manlius Plus est in imperio quam in victoria Florus l. 1. c. 14. with that Old Generall Your revenge must bee publike then yea all publike in it Person Cause Rule End All and then it will bee a Sanctuary to the innocent a Sacrifice to the Lord. What Iehoshaphat once said to his Iudges I say to you Let the feare of God fall upon you Take heed The Iudgement is Gods not mans 2 Chron. 19. Nothing of man must bee seene heard felt in this All must bee Gods God must bee read in your Lawes heard in your Threats felt and seene in your Executions And then things come upon the Conscience with power when onely God is represented Upthen Yee visible Gods and remember that God avenges by you 1. In Civill causes Say what God would say doe what hee would doe you are his mouth his hand Avenge the Widow Relieve the Oppressed And if your leisure will not admit of Iobs search yet doe you admit of Iethro's counsell Iob 29.16 Exod. 18. Dismisse them timely when you cannot presently dispatch lest you tire them and wast your selves 2. In matters of higher Alloy Avenge God as hee shall avenge you Make lawes to fence his lawes Plead his right Vindicate his truths his name his day And that done in a conformity to God then in the next place 2. Confide in him Beleeve your Saviour God will certainly avenge his owne his owne servants his owne delegates and substitutes Hee will vindicate their name their cause their truth Hee will bee jealous over them when they are truly zealous for him Rest in this Nay further know God will avenge not Members onely but Whole Churches and Societies that are his His owne all his owne whether Private or Publike hee will defend And if it shall please him to make us yet more his owne and to draw us neerer to himselfe in a closer Covenant so that wee bee his Iesurun hee will bee to us as once to Iacob The shield of our defence the sword of our excellency Hee will beare us in his everlasting armes as it is Deut. 33. more at large Yea hee will looke upon all the Blasphemies Insolencies Outrages and Conspiracies against this our Church and State and at once retaliate our Adversaries and justify our cause The Conclusion is that of the Kings Deale couragiously the Lord shall bee with the good When the Cause is good and the Heart good and Warrant good God will bee with you in his Counsell to Direct in his Power to Protect in his Goodnes to Avenge So saith The Amen and faithfull witnesse 3. Nay yet farther As this must comfort us for our owne particular in this our Little Moat So for the publike and the Church in genetall The cause of Religion is you know Gods cause The cry of Blood belongs to his Recognizance Hee makes inquisition for blood Psal 9. The blood of his cryes loud and hath cryed long against That Man of Sinne and Man of blood Under the Fifth Seale the blood of the Then Saints cryed apace How long c. That cry open'd a Sixt Seale and then the Bloody Dragon cry'd as fast O yee hills and Mountaines cover us c. Since that ther 's an Inundation of blood that cryes from all Coasts and cryes more then ever Even thy blood O Germany and thine O France and thine O Ireland God hath said that Hee that kils shall bee killed and that blood shall answer blood Revel 13.10 The time drawes on and Cry on yee bleeding Churches Cry on yee Prophets and Apostles in your Sackcloth in your blood And thou O England with thy Cranmers Ridlies Bradfords Cry on and give the Lord no rest O yee his Saints whose blood is shed till he That 's holy and true avenge your Blood And Yee O NOBLES and much honoured GENTLEMEN ●…tus lib. 2. ●… 15. doe yee set your hands to this Carthage that busles most and this Blondy-Beast which bites worst in her last conflict And when yee have done all Stand by the Glassy Sea with your harpes ready till the Lord shall be pleas'd to empty the Fifth Viall upon the throne of the Beast and cast the great mil-stone into that Sea of blood Amen Even so come LORD IESUS Take to thy selfe thy great power and let the blood-sheds of the Great Whore come in remembrance before thee Amen Followes the Third which delivers the manner how God delivers his 1. H●…e's long ere hee begins 2. Hee goes through-stitch when hee sets in For words I am loth to entertaine time with Criticism's wee have a greater work in hand If wee follow Chrysostom's sense with the Vulgars and her Sworn-men and read the words Question-wise Will hee suffer long we shall 1. Impute to S. Luke worse language then he speaks who of the Evangelists is most Attick And So Homer uses 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Vulcans speech to I●…o Iliad ●… c alibi passim 2. Crosse the maine scope which drives at perseverance upon delaies If wee

with thy people There is an accursed thing in Israel Thus God points us to our dutie and wee must Act accordingly Iudges 20. when the warres of the Church miscaried the Church inquires of God with Prayers and Teares and Fastings In the like case we must doe the same thing We are here upon Gods worke Things sticke Comfort comes on slowly Let us Cast Lots with Ioshua and find out The Achan Let every man lay his hand upon his heart and say Can God certainly helpe Will hee speedily heare What is then the reason of this delay This is a fit question for publike for private for All Persons In Publike Your affections Honoured and Beloved we question not Sure your endeavours are good your labours great Yet must wee say with the Prophet The harvest is past Summer is ended and wee are not saved Ier. 8.20 Where is the Let Let 's put it to the Lot 1. Lot upon your selves let each Parliament man say Am I ready Am I fit for mercy for honor I pretend to humiliation I represent such a people such a place in their sins this day Doe I humble my selfe Doe I gage my heart pray weep mourne alone I pretend to Reformation Am I my selfe reformed Doe not I who say others must not sweare sweare my selfe Doe not I give Libertie to my selfe where I make Lawes for other If so God will never accept of a good motion from a bad mouth as that State in Story would not 2. Lot upon your families I come hither to reforme others But what are my Owne Children my Owne Servants What should Philip doe abroad till he hath composed disorders at home 3. Lot upon your Companie and Associates Say Is there never an Esau amongst us Never an Achan in our Tent Never a Ionah in our Ship who troubles all 4. Lot upon your Courses Aske Whose work am I upon Gods or my Owne Aske farther If the worke bee Gods and the Publike In what Order doe I proceed Vzzah may disturbe the whole businesse for want of Order Aske farther In what Manner doe I goe on If I presume upon the goodnesse of the Cause or greatnesse of my strength I may bee crost as Israel was in that 20. of Iudges You are now before the Lord. Weepe with Israel upon these delayes and strike the right Veine Say The Lord is not slow to help but wee are slow to search slow to reforme slow to put our selves in a hopefull way of mercy This is a fit Question for us also in Private We my Brethren runne out upon God He forgets He will not bee entreated Wee fly upon men They make no Haste They Spinne out Time with long orations Were Wee in place Ireland should not bee thus deserted Execution thus futur'd But who is in fault What disorder What disorder saith Nabuchadnezzar when the Disorder was from him So wee What delayes What delayes No help Comes O but what saith God Vp Ioshua Israel hath sinned There is an Accursed thing among you There is cursed Pride Unbeliefe Covetousnesse Coldnesse Neutrality in the Camp What can be done till this be removed There are Vnblest Divisions preposterous courses Wee Rangle our owne worke and are much wanting to the publike in our prayers and amendments And this is that that scoat's the businesse in publike Nay shall I tell you There is that that hinders all in publike and in private and in short it is this Wee bee not to this day Humbled for Our-Own and Our-Other-mens sinnes wee bee not broken we be not ripe for mercy And can wee thinke that God will lay Cordials upon Full and Foule stomachs That hee will skarfe our bones before they bee set And lappe up our sores before they bee searcht O it is in vaine as I hope my Brother will anon tell you now my strength is spent It is in vaine I say for us to dreame of Comfort till wee are better emptied and broken Let us I beseech you when wee have done in Publike goe to it in Private and labour to see The Plague in our owne heart Wee speake much of A malignant Party But shall I tell you Our sinnes bee the Malignant Party Yours and Mine and those whom wee represent this day These tye the hands of God and man These stop the eares of God and the King against us Cloare the Lord and shame your selves saying I have mistaken my selfe all this while I have accused God I have accused men I now accuse my selfe my backwardnesse to turne to God is it that foreslows my comfort This done Be we next entreated to Coast upon a Cure You are tyred with Working We with Waiting Come we briefly to the Point Esay 21.12 If you will enquire enquire ye Returne Come The Prophet speaks as if he were in haste and two things are presently expected 1. We must be humbled That 's once Pride stands in Gods way And if we will make Davids prayer we must make his plea. We are poore and needy make no tarriance Psal 40. ult And this work of self-humbling is a greater work then I can quickly deliver But I presume you have beene already pressed or will be anon to this work 2. We must be Reformed Sinne hangs in our light That puts back things that are comming on Let Aaron and Moses be never so willing Let Israel be never so neare the Promised land Sinne comming betweene will turne them round and put them back That hinders good from comming on Let Iehoshaphat be never so forward in a Reformation The High-places will not downe if the Peoples hearts be not prepared 2 Chron. 20.33 I have Cut you out your Work Now upon it Psal 25. 1. Look Backward and say with David O Lord pardon my sin it is very great Pardon my house It is I and my house that have sinned Pardon my people the Towne and Countie from whom I come As Luke 4.23 to cure his Country is to cure himself for whom I appeare this day and which is my Second-self Weepe over them as David over Ierusalem Yea over the many many sis that swarm in this Land and there stand betwixt wrath and the people and then 2. Look forward with respect to all your relations As Men Resolve with Naaman I will worship none but the God of Israel As Masters with Ioshua I and my house will serve the Lord. As Publike Persons with David Betimes I will cut off the evill doers At least plead with Ioshua 22.20 Did not Achan thus and God was angry with all Israel For the Lords sake Forme your selves into a happy body and order and having so done Doe but what you can to put us all into a Posture of mercy and safety Let me tell you that the Publike pulse beats very ill Though many particulars give much encouragement yet the generality is bad enough I will not meddle with any thing this day but what shall make for the worke of the day I leave your