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A86504	A sermon, preached before the Right Honourable, Thomas Foote, Lord Maior, and the right worshipfull the aldermen, sheriffs, and severall companies of the City of London. Vpon the generall day of thanksgiving, October the 8. 1650. at Christ-Church, London. / By Doctor Nathanael Homes, teacher of the Church at Mary Staynings, London.	Homes, Nathanael, 1599-1678.	1650 (1650)	Wing H2576; Thomason E614_4; ESTC R202565	34,476	51

yet the last-named Tribes will neither fight nor praise Therefore in this Chapter where their part should come in there is as we say in Musick a Large-Rest They sing not keep not tune nor time Yea their part is smeared with a blot upon record by God himself to disgrace their evil deed to this day The Case of David mourning over that Victory of which others were glad But there is a greater wonder then this of David 2 Sam. 18 c. that when the danger was neer even in the bowels of the Kingdom of David and the foundation of the Insurrection was laid in the hearts of the most of his own Subjects headed by his own leud son likely to pull the Crown from his fathers head who now with his petty Army is fain to flee from his own Throne yet upon the obtaining of a glorious Victory against that Arch-rebel and Rebellion David is so far distempered in spirit that he mourns over the matter and means of his deliverance and not unlike some others would comply * See 2 Sam. 19.2 as the manner is with a King or at least frown upon them that wrought the deliverance But Joab and his Army were glad as they had good cause You will say Can ye blame David Absalom that was slain was his son And some of Davids BRETHREN fell in Battel with him Was he The Rebellion was the more horrid the danger far the greater if Absalom had prevailed and therefore the merciful deliverance was of the same size and should have been the measure of Davids joy And to our business the Objection is our advantage Absalom was his son and that was neerer kin to David then any King to us And they that were beaten in Battel were Brethren and therefore neerer allied to David Joab and to the conquering army in Notion and Nation in form of Worship union of Policy Blood Territories and Temple then the Scots are to us yet for all this 't was Davids failing his great failing to mourn over Absaloms death See D. Har. in Absal funeral and his armies downfal .. So learned and godly Divines urge the story for the proof of Saints weaknesses and unto that form and shape the divine story most emphatically limbs it out to the life And Joabs wise carriage on the contrary part Chap. 19. is as singularly pourtrayed his honour emblazoned and he commendatorily described for rounding the King to purpose for his indiscretion 2 Sam. 19.5 c. Thou hast saith Ioab to David shamed the faces of all thy servants this day which this day have saved thy LIFE and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters and the lives of thy wives c. in that thou LOVES thine ENENIES and HATEST thy FRIENDS for thou hast declared this day that thou regardest neither Princes nor servants for this day I perceive that if Absalom had lived and all we had died this day then it bad pleased thee well Now therefore arise go forth and speak comfortably Heb. to the heart to thy servants c. A notable speech and looks keenly with a piercing eye on some that now mourn for our Victory and worse then David who did it in his private chamber but they in their publike prayers With this ●ouzing home and just Oration David is convinced of his folly he ariseth yea and goes and sits in the gate to incourage and comfort the people for winning that victory Now therefore was it not well done of Joab and his Army to rejoyce in the victory though the King was the head and chiefe of them that would have turned it into a day of mourning But is there no regard to be had to the slaughter of Brethren and shedding of blood for which Israel mourned in the Case of Benjamin Judg. 21 Marke it once for all we rejoyce not at all in the shedding of blood precisely considered as shedding of blood much less in the shedding of the blood of Brethren But that the wronged English party as the several Declarations of the Parliament have demonstrated do rather Conquer then are Conquered therein we justly rejoyce and praise God for it though because it could not be avoided it cost blood and the blood of Brethren Benjamins Case discussed touching the Israelites mourning after their overthrow So in Hamilions invasion and in the relations of it in print and from other good testimonies to the Author as in the Case of Absalom For the Case of Benjamin we will refer our Case to that to be tryed It sures to our condition and is exceeding much for us The story is in the 19 20 21 Chapters of Judges I need not relate it but onely apply it The cause of the other Tribes of Israel warring against that of Benjamin was far less then ours against the Scots Ours was their pub-like invasion of our Country with a mighty Army by authority of the Parliament of Scotland wasting a part of our Nation killing some of our men occasioning the death of others taking away our children captives making their parents to redeem their own children with money and some more then once undoing many families with intolerable taxes plundering men of their goods and cattle calling our land Scotland as they further invaded us threatning death to them that contradicted them therein And since that they have proclaimed a King over this Nation of England contrary to the Declaration of our Parliament And for all this have refused to give in any satisfaction But the cause of the Israelites war against Benjamin was but personal some vile fellowes of Gibea ravishing the Levites Concubine to death that town and the rest of the Tribe of Benjamin refusing to give satisfaction in delivering up the malefactors though Israel were warned and wo●ed thereunto that so guilt might not lie upon the land Yet for this cause inferior to ours the Israelites make warre upon the Benjamites farre nearer brethren to them then the Scots to us Therefore thus farre no cause of sorrow to Israel or us a good cause is no cause of sorrow In prosecution whereof Israel asked counsel of God several times as did we they were bid by Oracle several times to go as we were by many clear impressions upon our Spirits upon solemn daies of Humiliation So it was impressed upon the hearts of the Army and of the Churches in London as they gave in their accounts after the dayes of Humiliation kept for that end to know the minde of God So that nor yet was there any cause of sorrow to us or them The ultimate event of the totall overthrow of the Army of the Benjamites sealed it to the Israelites that God was with them as the same seal was given to us in the totall rout of the Scotish Army And in this also precisely considered as Gods answer of prayer his performance of his own Counsel the manifestation of his presence with the innocent with punishment upon the wrong-doer

and thousands of thousands saying with a loud voice Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive POWER and glory c. And every CREATURE in heaven and ON THE EARTH c. heard I saying Blessing honour glory and power c. Surely if God will honour his people by glorious performances they shall honour him with praise Psal 50. Psal 113. 7 And last word is SUCH honour namely to subdue Kings and Nobles and Nations If as 't is twice spoken and almost together Rev. 21. to wit vers 24. and v. 26. The Kings and Nations shall so love the light and glory of Ierusalem that is of the holy people to WALK in it and bring their honour and glory to it well If not they all fall before and under my Text The Holy people shall execute vengeance upon the Nations and punishments upon the people To binde their Kings with chains and their Nobles with fetters of iron THIS HONOUR HAVE ALL HIS SAINTS And for that the Saints shall praise as 't is in the Text. HALLELU-JAH Praise ye the Lord as the 19 of Revel sings concent and consort to it Hallelu-Iah Hallelu-Iah Hallelu-Iah Hallelu-Iah Hallelu-Iah Praise ye the Lord so often is the repetition in the first six verses because the Lord judgeth the whore and the beast and the false prophet and kills their army with the edge of the sword as is the close of the Chapter Then shall the Saints begin to have a Rest upon earth Satan being bound Revel 20. according to the type of the Israelites rest in Canaan after their subduing those Kings and Nations as we have a clear hint Heb. 4. touched afore To this things will come be sure of it Thus of all the seven words of the Doctrine according to the terms of the Text The Antitypicall consideration of the Doctrine and Termes of the Text. considered typically Next a word of all joyncly considered anti-typically and I have done We do blessed be God bless the Lord this day with Gospel-celebrations of singing praying preaching praising as the Iews did in this Psalm with religious musick and dancings And why praise we Because on this day in a most eminent manner and measure this text is fulfilled in our cars Bear witness and wonder Have not the Holy people had SUCH honour as to binde a King and some Nobles and to execute judgement upon them Have not the Holy people as this days mercies tell us taken Nobles prisoners of War named in our Narrative and executed vengeance upon the Nations now of the Scots as before of the Irish and English enemies to Godliness They all 't is plain now at last drave on the same designe and therefore I justly put them together this day as the sword of the Lord and of Gideon blessed be Jehovah hath put them together into the same mortall incapacitie to hurt us any more The meer name Scots pleads but little perswasive Oratorie in mine eares to put the generality of them in any higher predicament then the English or Irish enemies afore named Of these we have had sure intelliligence partly by letters and partly by them that have seen and beard the mannerof these things and partly by the carriage of their commissionministers here The High-landers are Heathens Their Common-people as they confesse are Vassals to their Lords and we know they are to great vices The best of their Ministers for the generality sweare at least petty oathes Their discipline of their Stoole of repentance and their iron hoop which they call Christs yoake put upon them that will not ascend that stool to a verbal recantation are but ridicles Their Classes are Claves keyes to shut mens mouthes that nothing may be debated out of the Scriptures beyond their stinted common roade A wofull hinderance to the increase of the light of the Gospell I will not trouble my self to set forth the treacherous and hypocriticall dealings of their Parliament with ours because our Parliament hath limb'd them out to the life in their several Declarations and Editions of the Scotish Letters and papers and our armyes swords are now convincing them whom words would never convince And these things hath God adjourned enquire the cause untill now Whiles the generality of the Parliaments were not Holy people little was done Whiles the Army in general was not so Holy a people little was won And whiles Non-Saints were the Non-such in places of Trust there was little hope of any thing to be done God you see reserved this honour to the generality of the Holy-people in all those rankes They that have eyes to see let them see least they stumble and tumble and utterly fall before they open their eyes For they that uphold the upholders of Antichrist are opposite to Christ and Christians and must therefore fall But they that uphold the present Kings of the earth uphold the upholders of Antichrist call experience to testifie therfore those that uphold such upholders must fall Call experience againe to testifie this Nor English either Bishops or Barons or Bores that took part with the late king nor after them the Irish nor last of all the Scots and Scotish and Scotified adherents do stand From the Declarations Letters and Sermons of this third and last party named partly to be seen in print the late proceedings against the King had their first maine rise Since they have changed their cause God hath changed their successe but they will not see it Therfore that of Isai 26.11 and chap. 10.6 threatens them Lord when thy hand is lifted up they will not see but they shall see and be ashamed for their envy at the people I will send the rod of anger against an hypocriticall nation The hypocriticall Pharisees are by Christ accounted worse then Publicans and Harlots Lay all together and the result soon appeares the more the holy people in place increase and the hypocrisie of the enemies break forth to the prejudice of Christs interest Mat. 21.17 the sooner they fall before the Holy people Is it not yet possible for men to see that all that will not joyne with the Holy people of the Parliament Council Army Fleet Magistrates and Ministers fall under them and fall a maine God suffered a long time the World to domineer over the Holy people But now God no longer trusts his Holy people in the hands of the World but makes the World to trust themselves in the hands of the Holy people And the world work themselves amaine if men can see into this condition If Military men will not manifest themselves meet to guard the peace of the state Regiments of the Holy people must If the great Dons will not be fit for place of Magistrates a choice from among the Holy people must If Kings will not rule the Holy people well the Holy people shall rule them well If the Irish Nation murderously rebel and the Scotish Nation unrighteously invade neither submitting to Equity though tendred