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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78211	The strong man ejected by a stronger then he. In a sermon preached at Gloucester, the 15th of May, 1660. Being the day his Royal Majesty, King Charles the second, was proclaimed. Shewing, how the strong man Satan is cast out of the palace of the heart, and the Lord Christ possessed thereof. With some application to the present ejectment of the late usurper, Satans confederate, out of the royal palace, and the Lords Christ, King Charles the-second possessed thereof. By Wil. Bartholmevv, M.A. and Vicar of Campden in Gloucester-shire.	Bartholomew, William, vicar of Campden.	1660 (1660)	Wing B979; Thomason E1033_3; ESTC R208957	21,945	35

mercies from this great congregation Let us cast our eyes therefore once more upon the words and we shall meet with correspondencies of like effects as meet together in the Text and therein behold Gods mercy and our own duty First 1. The strong man the late Usurper who was for the strong man in the Text him you have heard to be the Devil The strong man that lately kept the Palace what was he We shall best judge by his works our Saviours rule Usurpation Tyranny Murther and Rebellion you know whose works they are and you know whose works they have been of late years and they represent him that did them as ill-favoured a childe as the Devil hath any unlesse the Lord rich in mercy gave him repentance and that you may the better know him by his features or rather deformities Secondly 2. Armed he was a strong man armed armed with the Serpents head more subtill then all the Beasts of the field and armed with the Lions paw with the Arms Ammunition Forts Castles and the whole Militia of the three Nations by him usurped and surreptitiously gained but what speak I of that strength Like the Man in the Gospel possessed with a Devil a Luk. 5.3 No man could binde him no not with chains but he would pluck them assunder and breake them in pieces This great b Iob. 41.27 Leviathan esteemed Covenants as straw Protestations as rotten wood Engagements Promises and Oaths the strongest bonds in the world he would break them as easily as c Judg 1.9 Samson broke the Wit hs like a thred of Towe when it touched the Fire Above all this d 1 Sam. 17.5 Goliah was armed with a coat of Male with Impudence of Meridian altitude for he would Preach if need were and Pray with the greatest Pharisee of them all yea weep too like the Crocodile over his murdered prey full well he knew how to cover all his horrid actings with Religion Saint-ship and the Liberty of the good people of the Nation Thirdly 3. Kept the Kings Koyal Palace in this posture this strong Man armed kept the Palace the Royal and ancient seat of the Kings of England There he played Rex The Bramble was mounted above the Cedar of Lebanon Antichrist in his chair for there are e 1 Joh. 2.18 many Antichrists exalting himself above all that is called God his very Horses in the Temple of God Fourthly 4. His goods are in peace untill All this while his goods are in peace none durst say why dost thou so He prospered for a time in his wickednesse lived in all jollity without the controulment of any judgement which indeed is one of Gods heaviest judgements to suffer prosperity to attend upon evil actions Yet nothing was more common with him and his Flatterers then to interpret it as a blessing and from his good successe to justifie the evill of his enterprizes Felix scelus virtus vocatur it is no new thing to stamp the name of vertue upon prosperous impiety as Dionysius having a fair winde after he had robbed the Temple of Aesculapius stuck not to say that the Gods love Sacriledge This conceit reigned with him as long as he reigned that he was bound to God not bound by Satan whilst his goods were in peace f Psal 37.7 Ver. 2.10 But fret not thy self saith the Prophet David because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to passe for he shall be cut down like the Grasse and wither as the green Herb yet a little while and the wicked shall not be A stronger then he i Christ in the Text and Christ too in the first place 2. A stronger then he came he sent his pale messenger Death who came upon him 1. The Lord Christ and overcame that strong man and forced him from his Palace and he is gone to his own place There it was Christus Dominus the Lord Christ and Christus Dominus hath sent us Christum Domini the Lord Christ hath sent us the Lords Christ 2. The Lords Christ King Charles the Second the Lords anoynted our Soveraigne Lord King CHARLES the Second to reign over us who is stronger then the strong man personal or collective 1. Stronger being assisted by God for the hand of God hath been apparently with him in the whole series and progresse of our settlement The great and infinite wise God did see so many mens hearts drawn away from their obedience to their Soveraigne by strong delusions as they could not be reduced to their Allegiance without the infinite expence of Blood or by a miracle Behold therefore a miracle King Charles returned from his Banishment arrived upon the coast of England setled in his Throne without one drop of Blood shed or one blow given either by way of offence or defence All mountains of opposition are become a plain and the Lord hath brought forth the head-stone of Englands glorious Fabrick with shoutings And let us cry Grace Grace unto it g Zech. 3.6 7. Not by might nor by power but by my spirit saith the Lord of hosts Who so seeth not a miracle here and sends not up thanks to God for it must be like the man of whom I spake in the opening of the Text possessed with a Blinde and Dumb Devil The Lord hath shewed himself from Heaven wonderfully the Finger of God hath cast the strong Man and his power out and planted a stronger then he in The right hand of the Lord hath the preheminence the right hand of the Lord hath wrought this wonderfull alteration and given us a stronger then he his right hand and his arme and the light of his countenance because he had a favour unto him A favour to his right and unquestionable title For the righteous Lord loveth righteousnesse A favour to his incomparable patience under unparalleld afflictions h Ja. 5.14 You have heard of the afflictions of Job saith Saint James and you have heard of the patience of King CHARLES and have seen the end of the Lord i Psal 40.1 2 3. He waited patiently for the Lord and he inclined unto him and heard his cry and hath brought him out of his distresse and hath set his feet upon a rock and established his goings and hath put a new song into his mouth A favour to his invincible constancy in the Christian Religion established in the Church of England In that Religion his Royal Father of glorious memory died a Martyr a King amongst Martyrs And in that Religion his Royal Son hath lived being immoveable as a Rock in the midst of the Sea of temptations Thus did the Stars of his Vertues shine most clearly in the Dark Night of his Exilement And for this cause we trust he will be daily stronger in the affections of his Loyal people and of all the true Sons of our Mother the Church of England Secondly 2. And hath overcome He will come upon them