A cup for the Citie AND Her ADHERENTS For thus saith the Lord I will even do with thee as thou hast done which hast despised the Oath and broken the Covenant Ezek. 16.59 Who makest mention of the God of Israel but not in truth nor in righteousness Isa 48.1 For thus saith the Lord Wo to the bloudy City Ezek. 24.9 For I will call for a sword Eze. 38.21 And my sword shall be bathed in Heaven it shall come down upon the People of my Curse to judgement Isai 34.5 For behold in the hand of the Lord there is a Cup and the wine is red full of mixture and all the wicked shall wring out the dregs thereof and shall drink them Psal 75.8 Plague Famine And they shall drink and be drunk and spue and fall and rise no more because of the sword that I will send among them Ier. 25.27 Collected by Henry Adis Prisoner in Tower chamber of the Fleet by an Arbytrary Power He that is in the Field shall die by the sword and he that is in the City Pestilence and Famine shall devour him Ezek. 7.15 Printed in the Year MDCXLVIII FOr thus saith the Lord a Ezek. 24.6 7 8 Wo to the bloudy City to the pot whose scum is therein 7. For her bloud is in the midst of her 8. That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance Therefore b Hab. 2. â— because thou hast spoiled many all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee because of mens bloud And for the violence of the Land of the Citie and of them that dwell therein c Isa 33.1 Wo to thee that spoylest and thou wast not spoyled and dealest trecherously and they dealt not treacherously with thee when thou shalt cease to spoil thou shalt be spoyled and when thou shalt make an end of dealing trecherously they shall deal trecherously with thee d Isa 48. 1 2 4 who makest mention of the God of Israel but not in Truth nor in Righteousness 2. For they call themselves the holy City and stay themselves upon the God of Israel 4. But I know that thou art obstinate and thy neck is as an iron sinew and thy brow as brass Therefore thus saith the Lord e Ier. 4.6 I will bring evil from the North and a great destruction and f Eze. 24.9 10.12 I will make the pile for fire great 10. Heap on wood kindle the fire consume the flesh for they shall be for fuel to the fire Wo to the bloudy City 12. for she hath wearied her self with lies and her great scum went not forth out of her her scum shall be in the fire g Iob 24.13 For they are of those that rebel against the light they know not the Truth h Hos 10.2 3 Their heart is devided now shall they be found faulty 3. For now they shall say we have no King because they feared not the Lord. And i Luke 19.14 his Citizens hated him and sent a Messenger after him saying we will not have this man to reign over us O City k Prov. 31.29 Many daughters have done unworthily but thou excellest them all For it is found that this Citie of old time hath made insurrection against Kings and that rebellion and sedition hath been made therein l Hab. 1.2 and there are that raise up strife and contention for they are m Rom. 1.31 32 without understanding covenant-breakers without natural affection implacable unmerciful 32. who knowing the judgements of God that they which commit such things are worthy of death not only do the same but have pleasure in them that do them n Ezek. 16.59 Therefore will I deal with them as they have done which have despised the oath and broken the Covenant For o Hos 10.4 They have spoken words swearing falsly in making a Covenant For thus saith the King They have vowed to honour me And thus saith the People of the Land They have sworn and protested our Laws and our Liberties p Hos 6.7 8. But they like men have transgressed the Covenant there have they dealt trecherously with me For it is a Citie of them that work iniquity and is poluted with bloud q Psal 14.1 They are corrupt they have done abominable works there is none that doth good For r Psal 14.4 I looked on my right hand and beheld but there was no man that would know me refuge failed me and no man cared for my soul Å¿ Iob 19.7 Behold I cry out of wrong but I am not heard I cry aloud but there is no judgement For t I have called and ye refused I have stretched out my hand and no man regarded Yea u Rom. 10.21 all day long have I stretched out my hand to a rebellious and gainsaying people w Titus 1.16 They profess they know God but in works deny him being abominable and disobedient and to every good work reprobate For x Gen. 49.5.7 Simeon and Levi are brethren instruments of cruelty are in their habitations 7. Cursed be their anger for it was fierce and their wrath for it was cruel y Psal 71.4 But deliver me O Lord out of the hands of the wicked out of the hands of the bloudy and cruel man z Iob 1â— 9 10 12 13 15 17. For he hath stripped me of my glory and hath taken my Crown from mine head 10. He hath destroyed me on every side 12. His Troops come together and encamp round about my Tabernacle 13. He hath put my brethren far from me and mine acquaintance are utterly estranged 15. They that dwell in my house count me for a stranger I am an alien in their sight I called for my servant but he gave me no answer 17. My breath is strange to my wife though I entreat for the childrens sake of mine own body a Ier. 51.34 Thus hath he crushed me he hath made me an empty vessel he hath swallowed me up like a Dragon he hath filled his belly with my delicates he hath cast me out For b Psal 31. 11 12 13 I am a reproach among all mine enemies but especially among my neighbours and a fear to mine acquaintance 12. I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind I am like a broken vessel 13. For I have heard the slanders of many fear was on every side whilst they take counsel together against me to take away my life But c Psal 14â— â— I cried unto the Lord and said Thou art my refuge thou art my portion in the land of the living d Ier. 51.38 Therefore thus saith the Lord I will plead thy cause and take vengeance for thee e Psal 6â— â—â— That thy foot may be dipped in the bloud of thine enemies f Psal 4â— 1â—â— Hear this all ye people give ear all ye inhabitants of the world both low and high rich and poor together For thus saith the Lord
by my name and shall ye be utterly unpunished ye shall not be unpunished for I will call for a sword 15. For thus saith the Lord Take this wine-cup of my fury at my hands and cause all the Nations to whom I shall send thee to drink it 16. And they shall drink and be moved and be mad because of the sword that I will send among them d Hos 1â— 6 And the sword shall abide on their Cities and shall consume the branches and devour them because of their own counsels e Prov. 12.6 For the words of the wicked are to lie in wait for bloud f Ier 25.27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them Thus saith the Lord drink ye and be drunken and spue and fall and rise no more because of the sword that I will send among them g Amos 9.2 3 4. Though they dig into hell thence shall mine hand take them though they clime up into heaven thence will I bring them down 3. Though they hide themselves upon the top of Carmel 4. Thence will I call for a sword and it shall slay them And I will set mine eyes upon them for evil and not for good For there shall be h Ezek 7.15 the sword without and pestilence and famine within He that is in the field shall dy by the sword and he that is in the City famine and pestilence shall devour him and i Amos 9.1 he that fleeth of them shall not flee away k Hos 7.12 13. For when they shall go I will spread my net over them I will bring them down as fowls of the heaven 13. Wo unto them for they have fled from me destruction upon them for they have sinned against me Therefore l Ier. 8. 13. I will surely consume them saith the Lord m Ezek. 38.18 For my fury shall come up into my face n Ezek. 5.13 and I will cause my fury to rest upon them and I will be comforted when I have accomplished my fury in them saith the Lord. o Iudg. 5.31 Even so let all thine enemies perish O Lord And let all the Godly Innocent and Oppressed People of the Land say Amen The AVTHOR to the READER Courteous Reader BY the composing of this Tractate haply thou maist suppose me to be what thou art not like to finde me Therefore these are to let thee know that I strike not at persons but vices Nor do I so plead for the greatest as to overlook the faults of any For I assure thee if occasion be offered that out of the same Magazine of sacred Truth I shall chuse out arrows of all sizes fitted for the misdemeanors of all of what degree soever even from him that draweth water to him that sitteth upon the Throne the which now I am so neer I shall be bold in the words of that wise Solomon to say That it is an abomination for Kings to do wickednes for the Throne is established in righteousness Prov. 16.12 And if a Ruler hearken to lies all his servants are wicked Prov. 29.12 And the Prince that wanteth understanding is a great oppressor Prov. 28.16 And when the wicked bear rule the people mourn Prov. 29.2 And he that oppresseth the poor reprocheth his Maker Prov. 14.31 And the wrath of God is revealed from Heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men Rom. 1.18 For the day of the Lord cometh that shall burn as an Oven and all the proud and all that do wickedly shal be as stubble and the day that cometh shall burn them up saith the Lord that it shall leave them neither root nor branch Mal. 3.1 For Tophet is ordained of old yea for the King it is prepared Isa 30.33 if he be unrighteous For God is no respecter of Persons but in every Nation he that feareth him and doth righteousness is accepted of him Acts 10.34 35. This also can I tell the people That Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft and stubborness is as iniquity and idolatry And our Apostle tells us that there be no Powers but of God who so therefore resisteth the Powers resisteth the Ordinance of God and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation Rom. 13.1 2. Therefore avenge not your selves but rather give place unto wrath for vengeance is mine and I will repay it saith the Lord. Rom. 12.19 For it is righteousnes that exalteth a nation but sin is a reproach to a people Prov. 14.34 Therefore wo to them that call evil good and good evil Which justifie the wicked for a reward and take away the righteousnes of the righteous from him 24. Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble and the flame consumeth the chaffe so their root shall be rottenness and their blossome shall go up as dust Because they have cast away the Law of the Lord of hosts and despised the word of the holy One of Israel Isa 5.20.24 From whom I have this my Commission To rebuke my neighbour and not to suffer sin upon him Lev. 19.17 VVith this caution also from the Apostle in 1 Cor. 9.27 That I be careful that whilst I admonish others I my self become not a reprobate Thus earnestly wishing and desiring all in their several relations to mend one I shall leave thee to the protection of the Almighty who alone is able to work in every one both to will and to do of his own good pleasure and rest Thine and every true Christians to his Ability HENRY ADIS.
to your fathers and 〈…〉 out of my presence 40. And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you and a perpetual shame which shall not be forgotten t Ezek. â—â— 13.14 For in thy filthiness is leudness because I have purged thee and thou wast not purged thou shalt not be purged from thy filthines any more till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee 14. I the Lord have spoken it it shall come to pass and I will do it I will not go back neither will I spare neither will I repent according to thy doings they shall judge thee saith the Lord u Isa 5â— â— For your hands are filled with bloud and your fingers with iniquity your lips have spoken lies and your tongues have muttered perversness w Isa 65 1â— Therefore will I number you to the sword and you shall bow down to the slaughter x Eze. 35.6 As I live saith the Lord God I will prepare thee unto bloud and bloud shall pursue thee seing thou hast not hated bloud even bloud shall pursue thee y Psal 55. â— For I have seen violence and strife in the City z Psal 74. â— The earth is full of the habitations of cruelty a Ezek. 9.5 The land is full of bloud and the City is full of perversness For b Isa 1.21.22 23 24. how is the faithful City become an Harlot it was full of judgement righteousnes lodged in it but now murderers 22. Thy silver is become brass thy wine is mixed with water 23. Thy Princes are rebellious and companions of thieves every one loveth gifts and followeth after rewards 24. Therefore thus saith the Lord the mighty One of Israel Ah! I will ease me of mine adversaries I will avenge me of mine enemies c Ioâ—â—â— â— Then shall they run to and fro in the Citie they shall run upon the wall they shall climbe upon the Houses they shall enter into the windows like thieves For d Amos â— â— I will deliver up the City and all that is therein This will I do e Ezek. 5.14 in the sight of all that Pass by Then shall they say f Zeph. 2.15 This is the rejoycing City that dwelt carelesly and said in her heart I am and there is none beside me every one that passeth by shall hiss and wag his head g Ezek 21. 4.5 For thou art become guilty of the bloud that thou hast shed and thou hast caused thy day to draw neer Therefore have I made thee 〈◊〉 reproach unto the heathen and a mock unto all Countries 5. Those that be neer and those that be a far off shall mâ—â—â— thee which art infamous and much vexed For h Ier. 1â— 2â— I will 〈◊〉 â—â—ver thy skirts upon thy face that thy shame may appear Destruction cometh and they shall seek peace i Ezek. 7.25 26. and there shall be none For mischief shall come upon mischief and rumor upon rumor k Deut. 32.25 the sword without and terror within shall destroy both the young man and the virgin the suckling also with the man of gray hairs l Isa 9.17 18 19 21 For the Lord hath no joy in their young men neither will he have mercy on their fatherless and widdows for every one is an hypocrite and an evil doer and every mouth speaketh folly 18 For wickednes burneth as a fire it shall devour the briars and thorns 19. For through the wrath of the Lord of Hosts the land is darkned and the people shall be as fuel to the fire no man shall spare his brother 21 Manasseh against Ephraim and Ephraim against Manasseh and they together shall be against Judah For all this his anger is not turned away but his hand is stretched out still m Ier. 46.12 For the Nations have heard of thy shame and thy Citie hath filled the land for the mighty men have stumbled against the mighty and they are fallen both together Therefore n Luke 12.52 53. from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided the father shall be divided against the son and the son against the father the mother against the daughter and the daughter against the mother o Ier. 13.14 And I will dash them one against the other the father and the son together saith the Lord. p Mat. 10.36 And a mans enemies shall be them of his own houshold q Eze. 22.2 7 9 12 Wilt thou judge the bloudy City yea thou shalt tell her all her abominations 7. In thee have they set light by father and mother in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger in thee have they vexed the fatherless and widow 9. in thee are men that carry tales to shed bloud in the midst of thee they commit lewdness 12. in thee have they taken gifts to shed bloud and thou hast greatly gained by extortion and hast forgotten me saith the Lord. r Mic. 7.2 3 4. For the good man is perished out of the earth and there is none upright among men they all lie in wait for bloud they hunt every man his brother with a net 3. That they may do evil with both hands earnestly 4. The best of them is as a briar the most upright is sharper then a thorny hedge For Å¿ Ier. 9.2 they be all adulterers an assembly of trecherous men t Isa 1â— 125 That make a man an offender for a word and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate and turn aside the just for a thing of nought u Ier 6.28 30. they are all grievous revolters walking with slanders they are brass and iron they are all corrupters 30. Reprobate silver shall men call them w Ezek. 22.13 19 20 21. Therefore I have smitten my hands at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made and at thy bloud which hath bin in the midst of thee For thus saith the Lord God because thou art become brass 19. Therefore will I gather you 20. As they gather silver and brass and iron and lead and tin into the midst of a furnace to blow the fire upon it and to melt it 21. So will I gather you and blow upon you in my fury and will melt you x Lev. 26.16 This also will I do unto you y Ier. 34.18 which have not performed the words of the Covenant which ye made before me z Lev. 26.16.19 20 â—7 16. I will appoint over you terror 19. and will break the pride of your power 20. And your strength shall be spent in vain 37. For ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies a Numb 20.10 Hearken now ye rebels b Ier. 7.12 Go to my place which is in Shilo where I set my name at the first and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel c Ier. 25.29.15 16 For lo I bring evil upon the City that is called