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A76933 Boanerges, or, The Parliament of thunder with their sharp declarations against those rebellious malignants that revolt and fall away from them. For which they are voted evill members of the Common-vvealth, rebels and such who are the cause of all our present and bleeding miseries. 1643 (1643) Wing B3367; Thomason E88_25; ESTC R1448 3,867 8

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the bread of the soul the word of God nay how have many cruel hearted wretches fretted with a kind of inward weeping that they could not satisfie their greedy stomacks with the bloud of the people of God God deliver us from their power over us 7. The Propher Amos first he denounceth a thundrin● Judgement against Damascus because they have threshed in Gilgall 2. Against Azzah 1. For captivating the people of God and shutting them up in prisons in Edom. 3. Against Tyrus because they broke the Covenant 4. Against Edom for killing their Brethren and plundring them and using cruelty against them without all pitty 5. Against Ammon for ripping up the woman with child and wicked rapine Amos chap. 1. And if poor England Scotland and Ireland would have hope to escape destruction the cruell enemies of the City must sease their threshing and malice cruelty in prisons must be changed to mercy men must have more respect to keep that solemne Protestation which was taken when we entred into Covenant before the Lord with the King and Parliament the murder rapine plundring and cruelty against those that stand for Gods cause must not be suffered for for such things as these God is highly provo●ed to anger 8. The prophet Obadiah threatens the Cavaliers of Edom that fortifie themselves in Rocks and Castles that God would pull down their pride and lay them low Obadiah chap. 1. And let the deboist Cavaliers of our daies be sure that God beholds all their actions and will pull down the pride of their hearts and lay them low 9. The Prophet Ionah was sent to thunder judgement against Nineveh because the cry of the wickednesse thereof was gone up before the Lord chap. 1. And it is the cry of abominable Popery in our Land It is the cry of cruel oppression the cry of swearing and drunkenesse that may justly make us to feare that our misery will be greater except we repent and these evills be reformed 10. The Prophet Mica he thunders destruction against Iudals and Ierusalem for their Idolatry for which he tels them that their Cities should be made heaps of ruine and strip them naked and leave them howling and mourning and rouling in the dust Mica chap. 1. This would be in great danger to fall upon us if Idolatry should beare sway amongst us it would bring our famous Cities to ruine strip us naked of Gods holy word and worship and make us to houle and mourne and roule our selves in the dust till they utterly destroy us and root us and our religion our 11. The Prophet Nahum thundreth vengeance against Nineveh and telleth them how God will destroy them utterly for their wicked Imaginations but will send true peace to his people cap. 1. And let the highest inventions of wicked policy think of it what they will let them be sure of this that God will scatter and destroy them that use their policy against him or against his people but to his servants he will send peace in an acceptable time 12. The Prophet Habakuk thunders out the destruction of the Caldeans those bitter furious Cavaliers that go upon the bre … of the Land to possesse those dwelling places which are not theirs they are terrible and fearfull their judgement and their dignity shall proceed of themselves who are ●s fierce as wolves that come all to spoile and make a mock of the King and Princes chap. 1. And have not we as bitter furious Cavaliers as any of them were that plunder and kill and do what they please not regarding Law but doing their own will and make a mock of the King and Parliament but God was ever highly displeased with such courses 12. The Prophet Zephaniah denounceth judgement against the People for worshipping the hosts of Heaven And do not the Papists do the same and yet are tollerated and beare great power and sway in some places of this Kingdome If this thundring Parliament will not worke upon us nor move us to turne to God then nothing can be expected but suddain ruine and destruction The Lord give us grace to repent and relieve all our wants and settle us in a permanent peace to his glory FINIS
BOANERGES OR The Parliament of Thunder WITH Their sharp Declarations against those rebellious Malignants that revolt and fall away from them For which they are Voted evill members of the COMMON-VVEALTH Rebels and such who are the cause of all our present and bleeding miseries feb 8 1642 LONDON Printed for the serious consideration of all men who desire to have a permanent and lasting Peace M. D.C.XLIII The Parliament of thunder IT is usuall in time of publique calamity for carnall men to seeke redresse for themselves alone by carnallmeanes but if we would demean our selves like faithfull servants to the Lord we should examine our selves and find out the accursed thing that provokes God to anger God strikes us not to destroy but to bring us under the wing of heaven when we oft creep into the black Cave of hellish practises our crosses are as messengers to summon us before him who will freely pardon where he finds true sorrow God that is King above all Kings and Princes Emperours and Monarches whatsoever who sits in the royall throne of Princely glory eternally at his right hand sits Iesus Christ in Princely state with all the Saints and Angels about them in the upper house of heaven cloathed with the Parliament robes of righteousnesse lined with inocencie And in the lower house of this world God hath his house of Commons where his servants meet to honour and do him worship in which house his Prophets the Pen-men of the holy Writ are his Clearkes and his Ministers are his Speakers Gods Judgements here on earth is the Bar where sentence is denounced and hell the place of finall execution upon Malignants Jn this high Court are decreed and established many permanent Lawes for the peaceable and well governing of the Church and common-wealth with many Judgements thundered out by Proclamation against the disturbers thereof for which purpose God hath appointed to take vengeance on such as do evilll Rom. 13. 1. The Prophet Esay thunders against the the Sodomitish Isaralitea and tels them that they are Rebels and traitors and by their superstitious Jdolatrie had revolted from Gods Law confirmed in this high Court they thought their superstition would be thought a blessing but the Prophet told them that God loathed it and that therefore their Land should lye wast their Cities should be burnt with fire and that strangers should murder them and make them desolate Esay 1. If we would have our Kingdome to be preserved which God Almightie grant we must take heed that we be not as rebellious as them nor revolt from the cause of God and permit Idolatry and superstition abide peaceably amongst us such peace will not bring a blessing but make us to be loathed of God and provoke him to lay our Land waste to suffer the Enemy to burn our Cities as they have done in Ireland already and we shal be in danger to have strangers fall upon us on a suddain and murder us in our Beds let us make our peace first with God then he will send us such a peace as will make us happy 2. The Prophet Ieremiah he thunders against Ierusalem for their lusts and uncleanesse and tels them that the Caldeans and the Assyrians should come like a seething pot out of the North to make their wickednesse to boyle up and that they should be plagued with them insomuch that they would submit to no rule but their own wil denying obedience to any Law Oh what a Judgement is it upon this Land at this day wherein the desperate Cavaliers in the North boyling with their lust and filthinesse do despise Religion and the people of God fight against the high Court of Parliament and bring such troubles and effusion of blood in the bowels of the Land God turn away his wrath from us that his Judgement may be removed from us for it is a very sore one 3. The Prophet Ezekiell another member of this great Parliament he is sent to a rebellious Nation impudent children and stiff-hearted and because the Lord knew how he should be hated of the Rebels therefore saith the Lord feare them not neither be affraid of their words although Rebels and thornes be with thee and thou remainest amongst Scorpions fear not their wordes nor be affraid of their lookes for they are a rebellious house Ezekiel Chap. 2. And have not the Worthies of this Parliament been maligned and scorned by Rebels impudent stiffnecked Papists and popishly-affected people but feare them not noble Senators feare not the words of these Rebels and scorpions that are so full of thorny prickles feare not be not afraid for Gods worke the labour you are about God will perfect in due time 4. The Prophet Daniel he was in captivity with the Iewes under Nabuchadnezar King of Babylon but God provided for his safety Chap. 1 and in the 3. Chap. three righteous servants of God were delivered from the fiery Fornace which most cruelly was provided to burn them to ashes but had not power so much as to touch their garments And how many fires and tortures are at this day provided to grieve and trouble the righteous soules of Gods Saints but God is al sufficient and he will provide for the safety of his People either to protect them or to go through and deliver them from and in all their troubles 5. The Prophet Hosea he by his first child declares how God will visit the blood of Iezraell upon the house of Iehu 2. By his Daughter he threatens to take Israel quite away but to have mercy on the house of Iudah whom he will save 3. By another son he declares that because Jsraell had forsaken god therefore God would fo●sake them Chap. 1. Did not the wicked zeal of the Prelats cry for vengeance on their bloody designes who though they pretended to do it for religion yet it appeared plaine enough that it was out of pride not conscience And hath not the Lord wrought by wonders such great things which by his proceedings have been brought to passe since the Parliament sate that we have cause to trust God if our rotten hearts will but hold out that Popery will quite be banisht and the true reformed Protestant Religion flourish which God grant Oh let us pray and do you noble Senators labour still till you have perfected a thorough reformation the Lord ●●osper you in it 6. The Prophet Ioel he tels them of Iudah what a famine was ●ike to fall amongst them because the palmer worme the grasse-hopper the canker worme and the Caterpiller would destroy the vines and that the drunkards should weep for want of drinke to squench their thirst Ioel chap. 1. And what a lamentable thing is it to see how the Seperatists the Palmer Worme the Cavaliers the Grasse-hoppers the Iesuits Priests and Fryers and other Papists the Canker Wormes and Monopolies the C●terpillers of the Land have taken paines not only to bring a famine of Bread in our Land but a famine of