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A59597	Two clean birds, or, The cleaning of the leper as it was unfolded in a sermon preached before the right honourable Ferdinando, Lord Fairfax, Generall of the northern forces, and the most of his army, on the fifth day of February, 1642 (being the Lords day, and by his honor appointed to bee kept as a fast upon speciall occasion) at Selbie, in the West Riding of the county of Yorke / by Iohn Shaw, pastor to the church at Rotheram in the same county.	Shawe, John, 1608-1672.	1644 (1644)	Wing S3031; ESTC R29354	29,441	41

TWO CLEAN BIRDS OR The cleansing of the LEPER As it was unfolded in a Sermon Preached before the Right Honourable Ferdinando Lord Fairfax Generall of the Northern Forces and the most of his Army on the fifth day of February 1642 being the Lords day and by his Honour appointed to bee kept as a Fast upon speciall occasion at Selbie in the West Riding of the County of Yorke By Iohn Shaw Pastor to the Church at Rotheram in the same County Levit. 16.7 8. And Aaron shall take the two Goates and present them before the Lord at the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation And Aaron shall ●east lots upon the two Goates one lot for the Lord and the other Lo●● for the scape Goate 1 Peter 3.18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins the just for the unjust that he might bring us to God being put to death in the flesh but quickned by the spirit 1 Cor. 13.4 For though he was crucified through weaknesse yet he liveth through the power of God Printed at Yorke by Th● Broad dwelling in Stone-Gate over against the Star●e 1644. To his Excellencie Robert Earle of Essex Viscount Hereford Baron Ferrars of Chartley Lord Bourchier and Lovaine one of His Majesties most Honourable Privie Counsell Generall of the Army raised in defence of the true Protestant Religion his Sacred Majesties person Kingdomes Parliament c. Grace Mercie Truth and Peace here and everlasting filicity hereafter by Jesus Christ RIght Honourable I humbly crave leave to enshrowde these ensuing Notes under your Excellencies patronage and though there be as the Philosopher speakes megiste diastasis which might have deterred me Eight Ew●s yet three things among others moved me to this boldnesse First that kind and thankful acceptance of my poore paines and that most Noble respect which your Excelency was pleased to afford to mee at Rippon when it was not my desert but my duty and solace towaite on your Excellency with * E. of Belford E. of Hartford now Marques Earl of Essx Ea. of Salisb●yr E. of W●●iebe E. of Be ●ssiolle E of Helamd E. of Barlishire 8. Lords the L Wharton L Paget L. Mandevile now Earl of Manchester L. Brooke L. Pawlet L Howard L Savil● L. Dunsmore Commissioners for England And for Scotland 8. Viz. Earl of Dumfermling L. Lowdon Sir Willian Dowglasse Sir Partr●ck Hephurne Mr. Satith M. Wetherburne M. Henderson M. Johnston since Knighted fifteene other most noble Earles and Lords at that great and successefull Treaty betwixt the two Kingdomes of England and Scotland beginning in October 1640. 〈◊〉 how much though especially yet not onely I but all the Kingdome and the children yet unborne of both these sister Nation have cause to blesse God for you and you all for God though we already perceive in some large measure yet hitherto but 〈◊〉 And what an unspeakable losse the whole Land and m●selfe in particular had by the death of that most Noble and worthy Patriot the Right Honourable the old Earle of Bedford and what a want these present times have of him your Excellency among others fully knowes and I feele Secondly these Notes were preached before our Joshua of the North the Right Honourable Ferdinando Lord Fairfax and his Army of whose fidelity to his Countrey courage for God and his Cause cordiall and reciprocall affection of his Countrey to him and his to them I need not tell the world much lesse this Kingdome And therefore may with somewhat more boldnesse returne to your Excellency as their Spring and Head Thirdly something in these Notes treats of the honour and duty of Souldiers your Excellency is and hath of long been knowne to be a man of War 2 Chron. 8.9 Now these lines may serve like King Philips Monitor sometimes to recall to your mind first a Soul● diers place its lawfulnesse antiquity and honour c. secondly the quality of the persons Souldiers should be holy God calls his Souldiers as well sanctified ones as mighty Isa 13.3 Thirdly of their duty first to take God with them they may not fotger the God of the Arke when they goe to battell they had better leave behinde them the Arke of God 1 Sam. 4.3 2 San 15.25 Saul as ill as he was would not goe out against the Philistins till he had prayed and sacrified Psal 76.2 3 at Gods Tabernacle were the Arrowes Sword Bow and Shield breken and batted wo●ne 1 Sam. 13.12 Though Jeh●shapha had almost 1200000. valiant warring men 2 Chron. 17.14 19. though but in about two Tribes whereof the whole twelve were not by the fourth part so big as England an Army one would thinke enough to have over-run a world yet puts all his confidence in God by prayer and sayes still without him they had no strength 2 Chron. 20.12 Elishas prayers * slay as many as the sword of Hazael and Jehu 1 King 19.15 16 17. Salomon had 40000. stalls of horses for his Chariots 1400. Chari●●ts 12000. horsemen 1 Kings 10.26 4.26 yet found no safety ●ot to runne to God 1 Kings 8.33 34 Prov. 18.10 David had in a Kingdome as I said much lesse then ours they had but 12 Tribes we 52 shires fifteen hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword and yet two Tribes were left unnumbred 1 Chron. 21.5 6. himself as gallant a man as drew sword 1 Samuel 18.7 he had thirty seven speciall choice Worthies 2 Sam. 23.35 whereof one slew 300. men another slew 800. men another slew a Lyon and two Lyon-like men of Moah and an Egyptian Cyant another defended a field of barley another a field of Lentiles against an Army and many such like 2 Sam. 23. yet makes God his onely Rock Psal 18.2 and rests on him alone by praver for conquest * By Dr. Smoaking Flax Ep● Psal 56.9 be pleased to remember what was said to Generalt Vere Souldiers that carry their lives in their bands had need above others to carry grace in their hearts Secondly to leave their sins behind them Deut. 23.9 14. Cary no wedge or Babylonish garment Josh 7. may I not say as the Egyptians to their King let your sins go else you know not that England is destroyed that we be all but dead men Exod 10.7 and 12.33 Be pleased to call to mind that sweet and experimental Speech of your Excellencies most renowned Father b Dr. B● in his S●sat Pa●● Cr●sis 〈◊〉 1.16 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 day of or Earler de● Sometimes in the Field encountring the Enemy the weight of my sins lying heavy upon my conscience quell my spirits and l●nake me the most timerous and fearfull man that may be whereas finding my peace with God in a morning maketh me as bold as a Lyon Thirdly to goe by a right rule from a right Principle and aime at a right end not the desolating but recovery of a sick and sinfull Kingdome the sealing of a happy and holy peace not any way at

Cor. 2.7 Peter Mat. 26.78 c. to weepe so bitterly do not thou call bitter sweete call not any sinne little that cost so great a price Moses would not leave a hoofe Oecebolius not give a halfe-penny to an Idoll Temple Young King Edward the fixth said he would rather lose his life then allow his sister the Lady Mary afterwards Queene so much as one Chappell in England for Masse though Charles the Emperour and two great persons in this Kingdom did sore sollicite him David would rather chuse punishment then sinne 2. Sam. 24.10 17. Joseph would rather lose his cloaths off his backe then sinne Gen. 39.9 10 c. Moses would rather lose Lord Treasurer ship then sinne Heb. 11.26 Martyrs rather bee plundered Heb. 10.34 yea endure the fire then sinne rejoyce not at the sinnes of others when any came to Saint Ambrose for comfort his eyes spoke before his tongue in mourning for their sinne Our Saviour whom we never reade to have laughed wept four times and all these when others rejoyced and tryumphed it goes for a saying of Anselmes that he had rather be in Hell without sinne then Heaven with it And it shews us further the cause of all these great distractions fears troubles on this Kingdome and of this dayes fasting and humiliation alas its sinne that doth thus oppresse us and we have very great cause this day to wish our heads fountaines of tears to make this place a Bochim to draw Buckets of teares to quench these burning dissentions to mourne for all our abominations the cause and for the load of calamities the fruits of our s●●●e for means to help us herein I have laid down lately on another text Englands mercies Englands warnings Englands rents Englands dangers Englands hopes Irelands miseries Englands sinnes these and suchlike as I said then should move and help us to wailing and lamentation to flouds of tears Let me as a close to this point adde a word to the last of those Motives as most concerning out present point viz. Englands sinnes was there ever such hatred of pietie opposition of goodness as hath been in thee O England I never heard of Turks Jews Papists or any other people in the world but they did prize those best approve them most that lived most close according to the principles of their own religion what ever it be but have not those been made a mocking-stocke opposed nick-named and scorned most that walk most close according to the Word of God and principles of our own religion Did I ever thinke I should have lived to have seen those dayes wherein it should by many have been made a discerning Shiboleth or figne of one that is not the Kings friend viz. if he do not banne and swear I am sure our great God I hope our gracious Soveraign thinkes not so Alas swearing cursing banning wicked subjects are the worst enemies that the King hath 1 Sam. 12.25 2 Sam. 24.1 An ill Stomack may make a good head ake and good eyes dimme And alas alas do our sinnes decrease for all our afflictions now God hath us on the knee or Pharaoh and Ahaz-like do wee not grow worse 〈◊〉 worse do not swearing and banning stealing adultery Sabbath-breaking and persecution of Gods Saints encrease still more and more As a godly Divine somewhere saith The Turkes call madde men Saints because they conceive their thoughts are abstracted from the world but wee here call Saints madd men men accuse Daniel why no fault save in the matter of his God And now Right Honourable and beloved sure I am that your necessities and my time both call for an end and now all that I dare further presume on having thus farre trespassed on your patience is in a word or two to tell you onely what I should have said and so commit you to God Obser 3. From the third part which is the application of those materialls to the Leaper the point is That all the Incarnation death and merits of Jesus Christ will do a poor leprous sinner no ●●od except besprinkled on his heart applyed to him Hence it it that the sacred Scripture compares Christ and his merits to such things as do us good only when applyed as to meat drink bread ●●ysick Salve water clorhes c. what will a hungry sick naked man c. be better for these except they be applyed 2. The Scripture that appoints nothing in vain affords plentifull means for application as outward means Word and Sacraments inward means on Gods part his Spirit on our part faith Vse 1. Confutes the grand and desperate errour of many that ●ope and thinke to be justified glorified saved by Christ though never besprinkled with his graces though never applyed to him c. Vse 2. Of triall whether we are of Simon Peter or Simon Magus lampe whether we have any part or portion in this matter of Christs merits Acts 8. whether thou art cleansed or yet a loathsome Leper First is thy heart purified is Christ besprinkled on thee by faith Act. 15.9 Secondly is the thumb of thy right hand the toe of thy right foot and thy right eare dipt in the blood of the Sacrifice as the Lepers ought Levit. 14.14 i. e. hast thou a conscionable ca● 〈◊〉 ●earing doing walking Thirdly doest thou prize the earthen vessell for the Treasure sake i. e. Gods Embassadours and Ministers for the Gospell sake 2 Cor. 4.7 Isa 52.7 Fourthly doest thou daily wash thy selfe in the tears of true repentance and shave off that superfluity of naughtinesse as the Leper ought Lev. 14.8 9. J●●es 1.21 c. Use 3. Comfort from this Spring followeth to all Gods Saints that have Christ besprinkled on them applyed to them you are ●hose though dust and ashes that Jesus Christ glorie●● in 2 Cor. 〈◊〉 23. he rejoyceth that ever be shed his blood for you Isa 53.11 ●●ffer you may be ruined you cannot c. 2 Cor. 4.8 From the fourth part viz. the demeanour or carriage of the par●y being once cleansed observe Obser 4. That those whom God doth wash and cleanse from their sinnes must still wash and shave themselves i. e. abstain from all evill and occasions of sinne Obser 5. That scandalous sinners while they continue Lepers should be carefully shut out of the Congregation lest they infe● others Oh we have many Lepers as in the dayes of Elisha oh that they were upon good grounds onely duly shut out and not but upon good grounds duly readmitted that there were not too much levity nor too much lenity in this Church-hooke of Excommunication not too much levity in laying this heavie censure on men for pence toyes trifles nor too much lenity in readmitting Dogs Swine Lepers still into the Congregation again because they have either a silver file or golden key to open or breake the Dore. But enough of this I remember my promise I close up all with that gallant and souldier-like Speech of that brave Generall Joab in 2 Sam. 10.12 Be of good courage let us play the men for our people and for the Cities of our God and the Lord doe that which seemeth him good * ⁎ * FINIS