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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67876	Jehojadahs justice against Mattan, Baals priest: or The covenanters justice against idolaters. A sermon preacht upon occasion of a speech utter'd upon Tower-Hill. Wherein you may finde his likenesse to Mattan rather then to Christ. His place in John 11.48. charg'd upon himself. The weaknesse of the choice of his text. How great cause wee have to give thanks. By J.H. minister of the Gospel.	Hoyle, Joshua, d. 1654.	1645 (1645)	Wing H3203; ESTC R4326	13,963	21

left out of the conspiracy 5. It is probable he perished in impenitencie was proud and obstinate without any remorse for his error counting it honour to die before his Altars and therefore excluded himselfe from mercy 6. It 's probable he justified the way of the house of Ahab and magnified that way of worship to be the onely true patterne opposing and scorning at the present Reformation that God had wrought by Jehojadah in the State of Judah and thereby sought to kindle sedition in the peoples heart against those whom God had raised up to be their helpers Now if these things were found in him who could without injustice cleare him from the sentence of death Peradventure this or the like might bee the plea that the Priest of Baal might use before his death You the people of this Citie are very forward to break down the house of this worship where formerly your Anoestors worshipped and you your selves not long since spent your devotions but now you cry out upon the Rulers to breake it downe and to shed the blood of the Prophets that taught you but God will require it To the former part it hath been said that it is no error to turn from dumb idols to serve the living God and that it is but just to demolish idols and their dennes To the latter clause let it be thus answered If it had been righteous blood that had been shed there had been cause to feare or if they had favoured him whom God condemned there had been equall danger For he that condemneth the just and he that justifieth the wicked even both are abomination to the Lord but to execute justice on them whom God hath sentenced to death is no crime Whereas that place of John 11. 48. is made use of thus Men are afraid that if they let this man alone the Romanes will come and that Popery will prevaile then they will take away our place and our nation but it proved the contrary for after they had put that man to death than the Romanes came and vanquisht the Citie 1. The place is alledgad to reproach the people that cry for reformation and justice but the words are the high Priests who was jealous his glory would not stand long if Christ and his reformation were tolerated and therefore rested not till hee was crucified and then the place is strong against the alledger he that under pretence if the people should beleeve in Christ the Romanes will come take occasion to persecute Christ and put him to death lieth liable to the justice of God to be taken away himselfe 2. It is true that Jerusalem was destroyed because it shed the blood of the Prophets and of the Lord Jesus but not for doing justice upon Mattan Baals Priest upon you shall come all the righteous blood that hath been shed but none of the idolatrous men shall never answer God for that which is not a crime Consider this it may be this Priest of Baal had been the occasion of the death of many of Gods messengers and servants for opposing his idolatrous courses as the high Priests were of the death of Christ for they provoked the people to cry out upon Pilate that Christ might be crucified now what way could people and Rulers take to free the nation from the guilt of the blood of Gods servants then to sacrifice him to Gods justice who was the offender which when they had done the Citie was quiet 2 Chron. 23. v. 21. Caiphas therefore hath spoken the truth in this sense It is expedient that one man should die for the people rather then that the whole nation perish by contracting the guilt of a malefactor But suppose that Mattan should take it upon his death that his conscience cleared his innocencie and that hee should comfort himselfe in the example of others that have suffered death 1. Every way of man is right in his own eyes but God pondereth the spirit Pauls conscience permitted him to make havock of the Saints was Paul therfore innocent when he was converted hee judged it persecution what will it be then at Gods tribunall 2. When God gives over men to impenitencie and to chuse their delusions answering according to the Idols and dreames of their own heart they count it their great honour to live and die in their own principles that which in the ballance of the Sanctuary is obstinacie they deem constancy and reckon it the greatest shame that is to confesse the least guilt As he that being urged to seeke peace by the merits of Christ when he was neere his death rejected the exhortation crying out that that was the way to overthrow all that they had built 3. It is the policie of the old Serpent and his great advantage to harden the condemned in their error even unto death as thereby to raise a scandall and hatred of their Judges falsly suggesting to unstable minds that those Judges cannot be innocent that condemne the guiltless so likewise to obdurate the ignorant in their blindnesse by beholding one persisting to death in maintenance of that which they think the truth 4. It is easie for men of learning to make use of any thing but yet to come short of true comfort of things they know malefactors and martyrs are not alike in their cause though they are in their sufferings strangers shall not intermeddle with their joy Steven witnessed a good confession of Christ before his Judges he that would run parallell in comfort at death must hold equal race of integrity in life else though the baptisme be equally bloody the resurrection will greatly differ First adore his divine Majesty who hath magnified his onmipotent arme and infinite wisdome in the sight of his people at this day the beleevers in Sion will no doubt worship in heart and exalt the Lord who hath done a marvellous and wonderfull thing before the Saints in one day he hath gotten himselfe the victory over Baals house images worship and Priests by one concurrent vote he hath cut off the terror of nations and the prop where on he built his religion and worship When God comes down in fury he makes the mountaines flow and tremble at his presence Since the beginning of the world men have not heard nor seene a God like thee that doth so prepare for him that waiteth for him thou meetest him that rejoyceth and worketh righteousnesse but those that turn aside to crooked paths the Lord leads forth with the evil doers that he may shut the doors and feast his Israel with peace He lookes too low that seeth no more then a man taken out of the way the horse and his rider the man and his pomp is descended hee who smote the people in wrath with a continuall stroke he that ruled the nations in anger is persecuted and none hindereth yea the whole earth is at rest and breakes forth into singing for Lucifer the sonne of the morning is cut downe to the

ground which did weaken the nations Isai. 14.6.7 12. Adore him who executeth righteousnesse and judgement for all that are oppressed But secondly let all the earth tremble before him who is able to set his foot upon the high places of the earth and to crush them and their power to nothing in a moment a moneth shall devoure them he will famish all the gods of the earth and the powers against him shall come to nought he will subdue the mighty and bring downe the Spear-men and scatter the people that delight in warre we worship him that can doe good or evill he can bring to the grave and make alive hee will make the evill bow before the good and the wicked at the gates of the righteous The turning of things upside down are in his hands It was Mattans yesterday and to day Jehojadahs Baals lease was out and now pure worship was at liberty to run in its own chanell Improve freedome and stand in awe prize religion and feare to provoke the Lord to cancell our free grant Hitherto he hath brought us with great joy and trembling strengthen stedfastnesse lest he turn us back to the wildernesse let no mans heart fail him for the accusations of an enemy that calls petitioners for justice seditious and such as convince him of crime to be witnesses that seduce the Judges but hold on integrity and love righteousnesse and keep judgment at all times Remember covenant Thirdly Acknowledge with heartiest thankfulnesse the loving kindness of the Lord the goodness of our Lord Jesus to his Saints at this day He hath snared the wicked by the work of their owne hands and in the thing wherein they dealt proudly the Lordhath set himself above them When the decree was seald to cut off the Jewes there was generall mourning but when Haman becametheir ransome there was great joy The righteous shall rejoyce when be seeth the vengeance and when he washeth his feet in the bloud of the wicked he shall say There is a reward for the righteous for there is a God that judgeth the earth Psal. 58.10 11. Have we not cause to see narrowly to look and to consider this great and wondrous work in taking off so great an enemy and to say Is this the man that made the earth to tremble that did shake Kingdomes Isa. 14. 16. The seed of evill doers shall never be renowned ver. 20. How should we increase our joy by considering what in times past he did which he shall never doe He shall no more play the beast against the Lamb nor set up superstition above worship nor open a doore to thrust out holinesse and let in prophanenesse nor accuse strictnesse as hypocrisie and cry up libertie for religion He shall no more give libertie to prophane the Subbath nor set up May-poles as his pillars to proclaime all strict observing of the Sabbath to be Jewish or reare them up as speares and weapons of warre against the holinesse of that day He shall no more set up Candlesticks and put down Catechising nor deifie singingservice and suppresse Lectures nor tolerate playes and suppresse christian libertie in private communion for fasting to increase faith and renew repentance nor countenance men in prophanenesse and convent men as offenders to his tribunall for sanctifying their families in conceiving prayers He shall no more watch opportunities against the Watchmen and faithfull Pastours of the Land that were the Lords husbandmen to turne many to righteousnesse He shall no more remove them from their Congregations by suspensions extrusions forcing to banishment by imprisonment by affamishment by death nor make their lives grievous by threats and scornes He shall no more seduce the Kings of the earth nor delude great ones nor over-awe the Judges to cause wrong judgement to proceed nor terrifie the Counsellor that he dare not plead for his client nor slay the fatherlesse in judgement nor condemne the guiltlesse He shall no more exalt the proud be a terrour to the just a vexation to the thirstie soul in taking away the bread of life from Congregations that faint for the word of consolation to build them up in faith He shall no more sow fedition set Kingdomes on fire raise warre against the peaceable despise dominions nor study to subvert supreame Judicatures In a word he shall no more in any wise Lord it over Gods heritage not sit upon the mount of the Congregation in the sides of the North Isa. 14. 13. for the Lord hath swept him away with the besome of destruction ver. 23. Now what 's our dutie but to rejoyce in the God of our salvation Would one imagine there could live so much impudence so neare a sudden death as for a man so eminent an enemy of all righteousnesse in his life an apptossour in an high nature a persecutor of rich and poore that set their faces toward Sion I say for him in an open place on the Scaffold of death before such a confluence of people of this Citie that have had such open testimony of his pride and cruelty to justifie himselfe by the example of our Lord Jesus for wherefore else were those words chosen Heb. 12. 1 2. and this glosse that he despised the shame for Jesus Durst any but a spirit past holy feare and humilitie compare himselfe with Christ in that particular of his sufferings his beheading with Christs crucifying and his ignominy to Christs undeserved shame Weigh but the imparitie of the parallel when you have considered one not well shapen passage Christ despised the shame for me and God knows I despise the shame for Christ if the Speech be comparative as he for my example so I by his example and no more then he died a Socinian not a Protestant But how unlike are the sufferers Christ for the joy that was fet before him was going to his Father but this man for griese that he could live no longer to vexe Christ in his members was going to the tribunall of him whom he had pierced In Christs mouth was found no guile under this mans lips were nothing else but deceit and strife Christ endured the Crosse in obedience to his Fathers will and as our Suretie but this man despis'd the crosse as a foole goeth laughing to the stocks Christ despised the shame as being no way conscious of desert but this man indured the shame as the just wages of his ambition and pride Christ entred into his glory and laid downe his reproach but this man laid downe his honour at one blow and liveth under perpetuall ignominy Christ prayed for them that cryed him downe to be crucified but this man hath branded a famous Citie with sedition for praying for Justice on the Kingdoms disturbers Christ endured the contradiction of sinners but this man sought to set dissention between two Houses in clearing his Judges and condemning them that accused him unto them finally Christ died as a Lamb but this man as a fox whom Christ the Lord