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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85833	An exhortation to peace: with an intimation of the prime enemies thereof, lately delivered in a sermon, and newly published with some small addition, by Lionell Gatford, B.D. rector of Dinnington in Suffolke, now a prisoner in Ely-house in Holborne.	Gatford, Lionel, d. 1665.	1643 (1643)	Wing G333; Thomason E94_1; ESTC R2004	27,384	44

one anothers blood Well then may learned and pious O Ecolampadius his intimation given upon those very words be made our observation Seditiosi hunc versum pro se trahunt sed declarant quod Babylonijs similes sint imo licet dicas inferiores quod nullum habeant mandatum a domino c. Seditious men wrest this verse to serve their owne seditions humors but they herein declare themselves to be like the Babylontans those so much abominated cruell Heathen nay thou maist say farre worse then they for that these have no command to take up those words which the Babylonians had And thus what Ezekiel said of the Prophets of Jerusalem Ezek. 22.25 28. is found by wofull experience too true of too many of the Prophets of this Nation There is a conspiracy of her Prophets in the midst thereof like a roaring lyon ravening the prey they have devoured soules they have taken the treasure and precious things they have made her many widowes in the midst thereof They have dawbed her Princes with untempered morter seeing vanity and divining lies unto them saying thus saith the Lord God when the Lord hath not spoken Or to take up the complaint of the Prophet Jeremiah Cap. 5. v. 30 31. A wonderfull and horrible thing is committed in the Land the Prophets prophesie falsly and the Priests beare rule or as it is in the margin take into their hands by their meanes and my people love to have it so and what will ye doe in the end thereof What will ye doe in the end thereof Nay I leave that to God to dispose and to you to expect Onely for further caution to my selfe and fellow-preachers suffer me in a word more to shew how ill-beseeming and incongruous if not wicked and pernitious it is for us Preachers of the Gospell suppose we did avoid those grosse exorbitances now mentioned to encourage to warres unlesse we have some speciall calling from God thereunto For what hath a Preacher of the Gospell of peace to do with war except it be to preach against it 'T is said that by the Law a Priest should not have his vote in a cause of blood I am sure 't is incongruous to say the least of it that a Minister who is commanded both to pray daily in the Congregation Give peace in our time O Lord and to dismisse the Congregation with a benediction of peace The peace of God which passeth all understanding keepe your hearts c. should have his voice so deepe in blood as to encourage any to the waging of warre wherein the blood not of one or two but of many thousands is often spilt in one battell Tune codem ore quo Christum praedicas bellum laudas cademque tuba Deum canis et satanam Doest thou with one and the same mouth both preach Christ that great Peace-maker that Prince of peace and praise warre What is that but with the same voice to trumpet forth the praise of God and of Satan Whence didst thou learne this Doctrine or what example hadst thou to preach such 'T is certaine neither Christ nor his Apostles for they ever taught and perswaded to peace as might be shewne by multitudes of examples whereof thou canst not be ignorant and yet thou wantest no ignorance Take we heede then we that are Preachers and so I winde up this lesson lest whereas 't is said of the Preachers of the Gospell as you heard once and againe How beautifull are the feet of him that brings glad tidings that publisheth peace the contrary be said of any of us How foul is the very tongue of such or such a Minister that brings sad tidings that incites to warre certainly such a Preacher either mistooke his calling or his commission or both 3 I have but a word more to adde and that is a word of Exhortation for I am unwilling to leave you with a reproof that you would be pleased to suffer your selves to obtaine what is or ought to be most desired by you your owne peace in the peace of our Nation and to that end that you would cast not oyle but water on that fire which now threatens the consumption not of the Cedars of Lebanon alone but the very shrubs and brambles of the Forest at least be perswaded to with-hold what fuell you can from it for feare your selves be suddenly made the fuell of it You both see and heare that unlesse you purchase warre at a very deare rate peace will follow you though you doe not follow it And doe you love blood heding so dearly as that you will freely part with that which at other times drops from you as so much of your blood to help forward the spilling of others blood and your owne too O the blindnesse and madnesse of such a people none so blind as they that will not see and none more mad then they that stop their eares at the voice of the Charmer charme he never so wisely Who hath bewitched you or what people were ever thus besotted I cannot finde in all sacred or prophane history that ever I set eye on any example to parallell this That obstinate sottishnesse of the people of Judah and Jerusalem set forth in a dialogue betwixt God and the Prophet Isaiah Cap. 6.9 10 11 12. comes the neerest this of any that I can remember I pray God it be not brought neerer in the conclusion yet all this resemblance is onely in generals but for particulars I challenge all the encouragers to warre and they will streine hard for an example to match it if they can and 't is a strange obstinacy whereof no record can shew a president nor any false prophet feigne one O my beloved if I may call those beloved that love not the peace of Jerusalem bethink your selves in time lest the Lord bring upon you the fruit of your thoughts Jerem. 6.19 That as now when the sword of the Lord would in all probability be quiet Ier. 476. and put up its self into its scabbard and rest and be still ye will not suffer it v 7. the Lord ere long give it a charge against you not to be quiet till it have devoured at least all those who desire that it may still devour The Husband-men call for peace that they may now in their season beat their swords into plowsheares and their speares into pruning hookes The Merchants and Sea-faring men call for peace that they may now at their accustomed time goe downe to the sea in ships and doe businesse in great waters bringing a rich supply of all sorts of merchandize from all parts of the world The Trades-men they call for peace that they may recover their languishing trading ere the spirits thereof be quite spent Wives and Children cry for peace that they may not sit as widowes and Orphans lamenting the losse of their deare husbands and carefull fathers All that are oppressed and wronged cry for peace that the Judges of our Land like Samuel in the dayes of peace may keepe their constant circuites 1 Sam. 7. v. 14 15 16. and judge their causes in the ●●onted places All the faithfull and loyall hearted Subjects call for peace that they may see their Lord the King delivered from the strivings of the people and brought back again to his house and sit on his throne in safety and honour The King himselfe cals for peace that his subjects may sit under their owne vines and under their owne figgetrees enjoying their wonted happinesse accounted his Nay the King of Kings here in our Text cals upon all these to call and cry to him for peace that all these and many other blessings which accompany peace may once againe returne to us and settle their abode amongst us Let us then in obedience to Gods command if not in the sense of our owne present condition hasten unto with all speed and ply with all importunity that Throne of grace to which we are thus graciously invited and for Zions sake let us not hold our peace and for Jerusalems sake let us not rest untill the righteousnesse and peace thereof goe forth as brightnesse and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth Glory be to God in the highest and on Earth peace good will towards men FINIS