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conscience_n	holy_a	sin_n	sin_v	2,051	5	9.4946	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62101	A militarie sermon wherein by the vvord of God, the nature and disposition of a rebell is discovered, and the Kings true souldier described and characterized : preached at Shrewsbury, May 19. 1644, to His Majesties army there under the command of the high and most illustrious Prince Rvpert / by Edw. Symmons ...	Symmons, Edward.	1644 (1644)	Wing S6347; ESTC R13172	32,560	38

this Counsell how shall we make your Text good and approve our selves cruell messengers I answer that the Text is rather a Declaration then a precept it doth not command you to be cruell but doth declare that a Rebell shall meet with crueltie i.e. with sure and sharp punishment and when such a one doth meet with such a portion who ever be the inflicter of it we are taught by the Text to conclude that 't is sent him of God and indeed do what we can there are wicked men enow in an Armie who will extend their furie even to crueltie which when we have observed we may see Gods hand therein against the Rebels though I confesse this too that somtime God hath in their heat of bloud infused into good and holy men a certain spirit which hath appeared as a cruell spirit for example such was that which shew'd it self in David when the Citie Rabbah of the Ammonites was taken He put the people under Sawes and Harrowes of iron and axes of iron and made them passe through the Brick-kilne Now I say when by the effects we see such a spirit in any we are to note the hand of God therein But here let me advise you of one necessarie thing from the Text A cruell messenger shall be sent against him scil. against the rebellious man your severitie therefore must be onelie against such and not against anie of the Kings loyall and good subjects that bed you and board you and give you house-roome for your selves and horses 't is the custome of too many but I affirm they are no true Gentlemen no true Cavaliers when they have had free quarter in a place and perhaps have devoured up all the provision in the house then to requite their Landlord with eobbing and plundering him of his houshold commodities or els threaten so to do unlesse he will give them money to forbeare O these carriages do speak such men to be sent rather to make the King enemies then to rid him of his enemies but Gentlemen and Souldiers if you acknowledge your selves the Kings Messengers remember your imployment ●ccording to your Commission is to punish rebels and not to abuse good Subjects And in your actions against the Rebels I can from the Text excite you to be couragious for they being such as they be the people of Gods curse and you having the Kings Commission and fighting in defence of his sacred Person Crown and dignity against them what ever bloud of theirs you shed in battell is not innocent bloud but as guiltie bloud as ever was shed by Christians in a just warre since the beginning of Christianity for concerning the heads of this Rebellion the men of Westminster or the faction there who to vex their religious King have bestowed their best care to lose Ireland to give away Scotland and to destroy England these men I say together with their bloud-thirstie Chaplains by whose venemous tongues they belch out so much blasphemie treason and crueltie against God the King and the Kings people and by whose witcherie and specious pretences they have conjured so manie of the poore vulgar into their desperate and destructive circles if ever any combination of men upon earth since the Scribes and Pharisees of Christs time did sin the sin against the Holy Ghost I feare these are they for they do knowingly resist the doctrine of Gods Word and Spirit and studiously oppose the light of their own consciences and former professions How often have they charged it upon His sacred Majestie to intend that mischiefe which themselves were in practice of and in plotting to performe How have they hood-winked the poore Commonaltie of England with suspitions of the Kings calling in Forraigners to invade the Land and of aiming to destroy the Priviledges of Parliament and Liberty of the Subject till themselves have effected the very same things What peevish constructions have they made of all His Majesties most honest and candid expressions How have they studied most irreligiously to thwart him in all his pious and peaceable desires all this doth plainly speak to every discerning eye that their labours are against their owne consciences to grieve the Holy Ghost in the bosome of Gods Annointed Nay let every man judge of their spirits and of the nature of their sin by two things in particular 1. By their forcing their late Oath and Covenant upon people whereas themselves did most highly condemne and oppose that new Oath made by the Convocation some five yeares ago to be taken by the Clergie as most ungodly unreasonable and illegall affirming that the proceedings in the urging thereof were too extremely violent and the penaltie annexed thereto upon the refusall thereof was too cruell and many arguments specially those called the London Quaeres were framed and countenanced by them against the same themselves have now point-blank against those their own Arguments inforced an Oath far more ungodly more unreasonable and more illegall with more extremitie of violence and with heavier penalties upon more people all in generall more ignorant whereby they have indangered millions of soules and deposed many faithfull Ministers and others from their places means and maintenance because they dare not offend God and their own consciences in taking of it 2. By that common Answer of theirs which hath been so often given by so many of them when they have beene moved to restraine Anabaptists Hereticks and vicious persons whereof there be such swarmes among them namely that these serve to advantage the Cause to promote the great designe in hand scil. to depose the King and murder all his friends therefore they must be borne withall for the season From these and many other such particulars it may be concluded that your Enemies are the Enemies not onely of peace but also of Gods truth and Spirit and as you have God and a righteous Cause on your side so have you their own Consciences against themselves and the praiers of sincere-hearted men pleading for you wherefore be you confident and couragious more are for you then against you be holy be valiant Yea be holie that you may be valiant nay be holie and you shall be valiant the Spirit of Holinesse is the Spirit of fortitude and the Authour of good successe Remember that precept Deut. 23.9 When the Host goeth forth against the enemies then keep thee from every wicked thing Nay let me assure you you cannot gall your enemies or prejudice them more then by being upright and holie for they I mean the seekers of Rebellion are such imbittered enemies against the truth of grace what ever they pretend that they gnash their very teeth at those whom they cannot vitiate with their rebellion or darken with their lies and slanders Yea friends let me assure you that holinesse in you will quite disarme and unweapon them wheras your sins do set an edge both upon their tongues and swords your holinesse shall take away the edge of both