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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84000	Englands second alarm to vvar, against the Beast. Saul, with his Edomite has shed blood to his power; he smites Israels city, and destroyes his owne house; overcame his people once, and overthrew himselfe for ever! It relates to what is done now. Grave questions touching the Edomite; his admission to court, and into office there; how it relates to papists now. He has a commission to destroy a city of priests, which he does with an utter destruction. Excellent reasons why the Lord suffered such a destruction to be executed upon Israel then; and why he suffers the same now; and why by an Edomites hand then and now.		1643 (1643)	Wing E3047; Thomason E59_19; ESTC R23537	31,766	33

will Require it He will not indure to have evill cal'd good and good evill For three transgressions of Edom c. But of that anon So much for resolution to the Queries touching the Edomite his taking into the Court Designing unto Office there The granting him a Commission to destroy Neb Now see wee how stoutly and with what a good will he performed it Sauls Command was to the Edomites heart and heartily he executes it So Saul shall see That the Edomite is a Right Man 1 Sam. 22.17.18 no sooner Saul had said Turne and slay the Priests of the Lord because their hand also was with David and they knew when he fled and did not shew it me No sooner this was spoken to the Edomite but he turned and did accordingly he fell upon the Priests and slew and shewed no pitty Then Men did groane out of the City and the Soule of the wounded Cryed-out Yet GOD layeth not folly to these murtherers Though they are of those that Rebell against the light Iob 24.12 13. saies Iob offended at those very things our eyes behold at this Day The Lord who cleares His Servants Righteousnesse as the Morning will cleare His owne Righteousnesse as the Noone Day And though we are but dim-sighted yet we shall discern it anon I will shut up this Chapter as David begins his Psalme Why boastest thou thy selfe in mischiefe Psal 52.1 O Mighty Man The goodnesse of God endureth Continually CHAP. 5. Sad Cases examined and tryed before the Lord and resolved from His Mouth which may silence a Poore People slaine all the day long by the hurtfull and oppressing Sword now in the hand of bloody Edomites NOw here is a case to be tryed before the Lord touching these slain Priests and their destroyed City which I hope will give us good satisfaction at least silence us when our spirits are stirred within us beholding the villanous Butcheries the notorious violences acted by our Turks I never yetcal'd them Cavaliers never will by that Gentile Name in our Land upon our Ministers and good People all that have their hand with David our so wasted Towns and Cities Touching the Priests first God is Righteous so we have concluded Ier. 12.1 Hab. 1.13.14 yet the Righteous say now as once they did Wherefore lookest Thou upon them that deale treacherously and holdest Thy Tongue when the wicked devoureth the Man that is more Righteous then hee And makest men as the Fishes of the Sea as the Creeping things that have no Ruler over them Nay they speake now almost as foolishly as once they did it is in vaine to serve GOD and what profit is it that we have kept the Ordinances The Proud are happy for they that tempt GOD are set up Mal. 3.13 14. while they that serve Him truely are cast downe and destroyed This was Abimilechs Case he has done his duty the Edomite himselfe being witnesse by direction from Gods Mouth for hee enquired of the LORD for David c. Yet he is cut off from the Earth with 84. more the Priests of The Lord as not sit to live upon the ground So the Priests were dealt with then and so now So Cruelly And what then Yet the Potsheards must not strive with their Maker but if they will strive the Servants of The LORD must not strive but if they will strive then with the worke of their owne hands the Potsheards with the Potsheards of the Earth The LORD is Righteous and His Judgements as the great deep The Glory of His worke even of His Strange worke exceeds infinitely the glory of the Sunne which yet we cannot pry into and doth ever shine cleare though sometimes we see it not and the blind man never The Cause of His Judgements may be secret but ever Just So we have Concluded But because I would cleare the Sad Condition of our good Ministers now I say 2. There be Sinnes in these Best Ministers for none other are persecuted and though but little Sins in Comparison of others of their Tribe Great and Mighty Sinners before The Lord for Men abhorre the offering of the Lord for their Sakes yet are they Sinnes and the greater in them because they are indeed the Messengers of the Churches and the glory of Christ The more Glory The Lord puts upon them The greater their Sinne And these Sinnes must be purged in them by Fire But Blessed be God That wheras He might have punished them For their Evill doings hee makes them suffer from the hands of wicked men for Righteousnesse sake and so honours them with the Glory of Martyrdome as it is at this day for doubtlesse The Ministers now suffer for the Cause of Christ if ever any suffered for his Cause since the beginning of the VVorld But why were the 84. Priests slaine at the same Time As for Abimilech hee might Transgresse as a Man and yet that cannot bee granted in this Case for hee enquired of the LORD did all by direction from His Mouth hee could call God to Record upon his Soule that he did what he did by Statute-law the knowne Law of the Kingdome But yet suppose That Abimilech did Transgresse in giving forth the sword yet why were the fourescore and foure Priests slaine It is not possible for man to speake Reason here Ans though indeed there is some reason given in the Text the same and as good reason as is given now because their hands also is with David Speak Reason and speake out with whom should she Priests be but with David who had wrought such salvation for Israel and upon whom next to God Israel had rouled themselves and all their concernments yet this was the reason then and this is all the reason now of this horrible persecution because their hand is with David the Worthies the faithfull of the Lord there therefore destroy the Priests because their hand is with David thus we see man can give no reason only God can as aforesaid And wee must note still That these were cut off with the Sword of an Edomite not because they were greater sinners then any other Priests were but because they were godly and conscientious of their duty that enrageth the Edomite against them There is another reason also which The Lord giveth That other Priests might be warned thereby For note we the greatest sinners are not the greatest sufferers in this life I meane they have not the greatest afflictions Nay it is most commonly cleane contrary they have no changes in their life when as the godly have changes of sorrowes True it is and we will not make it a question Destruction is to the wicked and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity But wee must note That to be slaine with the sword of an Edomite is no strange punishment but the lot of the righteous their lot to be smitten with the hand of violence and made the portion of Foxes It is so and the