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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A71282	Three kingdoms made one by entring Covenant with one God wherein we have these remarkables, worthy all observation : I what it is to Covenant with God, II how hardly his people are drawn into it, III how the Lord has suffered His adversaries from time to time to buffit His people thereinto, IV The height of this covenant above former covenants and reasons why ... / by E.W.	Woodward, Ezekias, 1590-1675.	1643 (1643)	Wing W3507; ESTC R21107	47,316	48

under foot Against such Opposers mighty Adversaries who have let hitherto and will let till they be removed and taken quite away The Covenant did not descend to this Bottome to this Root even that discent To the Root argues an height of zeal too the eradicating or rooting-out of that cursed train the Pope and his Bishops Nor did that Covenant expresse a Love or a Care so diffusive so spreading toward their Sister Churches of Scotland and Ireland as it should have done when yet they knew but the present distractions and care to save themselves clouded them a little sailed in the same Ship with them were involved in the same dangers from those floods of great Waters quite covering the Ship of the Church in the same Tempest even Scotland too Much more might be said I will say but this The Lords thoughts are good and gratious toward His People He will bring His People up to Him fully and indeed And what way takes The Lord He suffers the Adversary to blunder on his own way gives him as the Adversary calls it Successe in his way and as he will have it called a Victory The Lord delivers up His Cities some of them into the Enemies hand then suffers the Adversary gives their Tongue power to move and to blaspheme His Holy Name The Adversary in his pride and height of blasphemy asked a poor People Where is now your God What is become of your Praying and Fasting and Preaching What of all that O wretches Divels I had almost said What is become of all this Look you here and if you can consider consider for it is Higgaion Selah a matter seriously to be thought upon That the Pe●le of God have prayed and praised Prayer and praise still go together and fasted Psal 9 16. and preached Three Kingdoms into one as sanctisied means these have brought them into Covenant with their God as it is at this day At that very time when the Adversary so blasphemed at that point of time Scotland had great thoughts of heart for England and England for Scotland both for Ireland So they entered into a League knit themselves together all as one To c. For there is enough said touching the matter and manner c The subject of a short Treatise of that solemnity though I had said nothing I shall enquire now into these things and demonstratively shew first I. I. The necessity of taking this way of Covenanting with God It is the Sacra Anchora the onely remedy to save the Ship of the Church How is that done For save the Ship and save all By maintaining the Rights and Priviledges of the Gospel or to speak in the vulgar and common speech To maintain the Protestant Religion No way to do this but To Covenant with The Lord so to do there is a necessity then A. No no Necessity at all nor cause why this should be the Kingdoms care for it is the Kings care B A poor speech I will not say simple Is any one man sufficient for that care Or dare any man say he is compitent for such a care The care of all the Churches lay upon Paul God fitted him for it and Paul was not alone he had and would have many helpers The care of three Kingdoms is more and more waighty A. True nor is the King alone as he tells us The maintenance of the true Religion is his care and he vows to discharge that care B. Very well But I wish from my heart That His Majesty had not vowed so much for the Church And more from my soul if more can be That he had not done so much against her A. His zeal is pardonable and his care pious and conscientious he is carefull to discharge his care as was said and he knows how to do it well enough His Majesty has Noble Instruments about Him helpers to him in the full discharge of that great Trust and care B. By your leave Sir I le take it yet by the help of God and His Law I will keep my self within the Bounds of Christian Prudence and say The vile Councellors have set the King in a worse way then ever Jeroboam who made Israel sin prosecuted For Jeroboam took a good way to a cursed end and that is strange yet not so strange as true I say good by allowance of the Spirit who calls Achitophels Counsell good d 2 Sam. 17. 14. though tending to a cursed end A good way Jeroboam went plain and direct neither he nor the People could be deceived in it The full purpose of his heart was to set up a Calvish worship which yet he might call true for I think no man embraceth falshood under that ●otion though clean crosse and contrary to that worship instituted and commanded by God Himself at Jerusalem I say he set up a Calvish Religion and he sayes so too That was well say so and do so And the good way he took plain and direct For all that he did had a direct tendency thereunto to his main scope in the sight of all the People Therefore what did he He appointed Calvish brutish Priests such a service such Priests These agreed as the Ma●e●…lips and Lettice A good way this still no turnings of the old Serpent in it but direct and straight But had Jeroboam then professed in words To maintain the worship of God commanded at Jerusalem while yet he did as he did set his eye against the Priests of the Lord spied them out and spurned them out throughout all his Towns and Cities which he did with that violence and eagernesse That those Priests if you marke the story came by companies to Jerusalem persecuted by Jeroboam out of their places where he had Command or spoyled there had I say Jeroboam professed with his mouth all this time while he persecuted with his hand To maintain the true worship of God then every child would have laughed at him and the soberman who knowes what it is to mock God but God is not mocked would have wept heartily Ah Lord would the true Israelite have said what professe the true worship as at Jerusalem and set up Calves at Dan and Bethel Ah Lord Indeed the true Israelite would have so wept so mourned and let him do so still as he sees cause for whatever we judge of the King the Lord He is Judge between him and us we do know his helpers what maintainers they are of Religion what Lawlesse men will do for our lawes children of Belial with our sacred Coards and Bands and what Papists will do touching the Rights and Priviledges of the Church and Gospel For at this time we will not mention the Rights and Priviledges of Parliament though of good account with us yet of no account to the Pearle in the Gospel that is the Gospel and at the stake now have at it and all at once and then lose that and lose all A. The King cares for the Gospel as