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A33295	A sermon preached at a general meeting in the Gray-Friar-Church of Edinburgh, upon the 13 day of June, 1638 by that eminent, faithful, and zealous servant of Jesus Christ, Mr. Andrew Cant ...	Cant, Andrew, 1590?-1663.	1699 (1699)	Wing C450; ESTC R34783	15,112	25

Work Even the Mightiest Enemies that oppose themselves to the work of God ye may observe a four fold Power of God against these Mountains First A determining Power whereby he sets such bounds to the greatest Mountains that ye see they fall not upon the Valley's albeit they overtop them the Lord hath set bounds to the great Kings in the World which they could not pass when they have set themselves against the Lord's People we may see an Example of this in Sennacherib 2 Kings 19. 32. Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the King of Assyria he shall not come up to this City nor shoot an Arrow against it nor come before it with Shield nor cast a Bank against it Ye are afraid of the King that he come against you fear not the Lord by his restraining Power is able to keep him back that he shall not shoot so much as a Bullet against this City Secondly God removes Impediments by his assisting Power as he promised to do before Cyrus Isa. 45. 2 I will go before thee and make the crooked places straight I will break in pieces the Gates of Brass and cut in sunder the iron Barrs albeit for any thing we see there be Brazen Gates and Iron Barrs closing out a Reformation yet let not this discourage you God is with you by his assisting Power to go before you to make all crooked places straight and to break the Brazen Gates and to out in sunder the Iron Barrs Thirdly God hath a changing Power whereby he makes Mountains plain how easie is it with God to make the highest Mountain that Impedes his Work a Plain Prov. 21. vers 1 The Kings Heart is in the hand of the Lord as the Rivers of Waters to turn it whither soever he will Lord make our Mountain thus plain The fourth way how GOD removes Mountains is by an overthrowing power if there be no change yet GOD will bring it down Isa. 2. 12. Every one that is lifted up shall be brought low The like ye have in the 17. v. By this which hath been said ye may understand how a Mountain may be made a Plain GOD makes Mountains Plains either in Mercy or in Wrath. 1. In Mercy when he takes a Grip of the Heart of a proud haughty Heart makes it toward and plain we have seen such a Change by Experience This Work had many Enemies at the Beginning that impeded it whom GOD hath taken by the Heart and made plain yea hath made them Furtherers of the Work 2. There is another way of making Mountains plain to wit making plain in Wrath when GOD overthrows the Mountains that stand up impeding his Work assure your selves if GOD bring not down this Mountain we have to do with in Mercy he shall overthrow it in Wrath and make it waste That I may make this Mountain more plain ye shall consider how it shall become a Plain and how easily it may be made a Plain 1. I see you looking up to the Height of it and ye are saying within your selves how shall it come down ye must not think that it will come down of its own accord GOD useth Instruments to pull down I find that GOD hath made his own People Instruments to pull down such Mountains Isai. 41. v. 14 15 16. Fear not Worm Jacob and ye Men of Israel I will help thee saith the Holy One and thy Redeemer behold I will make thee a new Threshing Instrument having Teeth thou shalt thresh the Mountains and beat them small and shalt make the hills as chaff thou shalt fann them and the wind shall carry them away and the whirl wind shall scatter them Mark these Words although Iacob be a Worm despised by the great ones of the World yet GOD will make him a Threshing Instrument to beat these Mountains in pieces The Professors of this Land are despised by the Mountains yet fear not for the sharp Threshing Instrument is made I hope it shall beat the Mountains in pieces we think them very high but if we had faith that word would be verified Mat. 16. 20. Ye shall say to the mountain remove to yonder place and it shall be removed and nothing shall be impossible unto you But one is saying I have not faith that all that are joyned this day against the Mountain shall continue I hope they shall continue I hope they shall but if they do not we trust not in men that they shall bring down this Mountain but in God who hath said in Ier. 51. ver 25. Behold I am against thee O destroying mountain I will stretch out my hand upon thee I will roll thee down from the rocks and make thee a burnt mountain they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner nor a foundation thou shalt be desolat for ever This Mountain ye see so exalted although men would hold it up yet GOD will bring it down and make it a burnt Mountain even so O LORD do 2. In the second place consider how this Mountain may be made a Plain I told you it was but an Artificial Mountain a Stooted Mountain standing upon weak Pillars if ye would take a look of the whole Frame of the Mountain it stands upon two main Pillars and upon the Top of this Mountain stands the House of Dagon an House of False Worship and take me the Pillars from Episcopacy and it shall fall take Episcopacy away and the House of Dagon shall fall the two main Pillars that Prelacy stands on are a Civil and Secular Arm and an Ecclesiastical Tongue so to speak 1. First The Secular Arm is the Authority of Princes which hath ever upholden that Mountain ye know Secular Princes uphold Antichrist and Prelacy in this Land is upholden by the Secular Power Secondly The second Pillar I call Ecclesiastical that is Prelacy in this Land hath been upholden by the Tongues of Kirkmen Preaching up this Mountain or by their Pens Writing upon this Mountain and these are the two Pillars whereupon our Mountain of Prelacy is Stooted the Secular Power and the Tongues of Kirkmen let the King withdraw his Power and Authority from the Prelats and they shall fall suddenly in Dross let Kirkmen and Ministers withdraw their Tongues and Pens from them and our Mountain ere ye look about you shall become a Plain As these two Stoots up this Mountain so upon this Mountain all False Worship in the Kirk is built even Dagon's House lead me says Samson to the Pillars that Dagon's House stands on that I may be avenged for my two Eyes the Philistines were never more cruel to Samson in pulling out his Eyes than our Prelats would have been to us they pressed to put out our Eyes and ere ever we were aware they thought to lead us to Dagon's House even to the Tents of Popery and Idolatry let us come to this main Pillar of Dagon's House and apply all our strength to pull it down that we may not only be