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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02492	A sermon preached at Barstaple vpon occasion of the late happy success of Gods Church in forraine parts. By G.H. D.D.	Hakewill, George, 1578-1649.	1632 (1632)	STC 12620; ESTC S117907	16,704	39

here of is apparent the Church is the spouse and he the husband of this spouse the Church the body and he the head of this body the Church the family and he the father of this family the Church the armie and he the Generall of this armie the Church the kingdome and he the Soveraigne of this kingdome and if the spouse suffer can the husband be insensible of it if the body suffer can the head be insensible of it if the family suffer can the father of the family be insensible of it if the armie suffer can the generall be insensible of it if the kingdome suffer can the soveraigne be insensible of it nay a far neereunion there is betwixt Christ and his Church than betwixt the husband and the spouse for this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall cleave to his wife and they two shall be one flesh one flesh they are but the wife liues not by the soule of the husband as the Church doth by the spirit of Christ the wife feeds not upon the flesh of the husband as the Church doth upon the flesh of Christ the wife is not bought with the bloud of the husband as the Church is redeemed by the bloud of Christ and by this meanes becomes neerer unto him than his owne right hand dearer than the apple of his eye Here is our comfort then there being so many obligatory relations and mutuall ingagements betweene God and his Church the enemies of the Church are therby made his enemies and if God be on our side who shall be against us To fight against God is as if a man should spit against the winde which carries it backe in his owne face the furie of Gods enemies against his Church is but as the ratling of a violent haile-storm upon the tiles which makes a great noise for the time as if it would beate down the house but is cast off as soone as it comes on and then lies on the ground and within a while melts away or as the proud surges of the sea which come swelling and roaring towards the rocke as if they would rend it in peeces and carrie all before them but the issue is that they dash themselves against the rock and so turne into froth but the rock being onely washed remaines where it was so is it with the Church which is built upon the rock the windes may blow and the flouds arise and the raine beate upon it but it falls not because t is built upon a rocke and the gates of hell shall never be able to prevaile against it The third considerable point in this Imprecation is the hand by whose power the enemies of God shall perish that is by the hand and power of him whose enemies they are and therefore doth Deborah as we see by an apostrophe turne her to the Lord and directs her speech to him So let or so shall all thine enemies perish O Lord that is they shall thus perish by thy hand and hence it is that in so many passages shee ascribes the victorie wholy to the Lord Deborah said unto Barak Vp for this day wherein the Lord hath delivered Sisera into thine hand is not the Lord gone out before thee and in the next verse immediately following The Lord discomfited Sisera and all his charriots and all his host with the edge of the sword before Barak it is not said that Barak discomfited them before the Lord but the Lord before Barak and againe in the 23. of the same Chapter So God subdued on that day Iabin the King of Canaan before the children of Israel Though Barak signifie lightning yet was hee but as a thunder-bolt in the hand of God against Sisera and though Deborah signifie a Be yet no doubt but her diligence and providence in assisting Barak was overruled and guided by the providence of God and so much her selfe upon the matter confesseth in this very song they fought from heaven the starres in their courses or paths fought against Sisera they fought from heaven who was that but he Lord of heaven and earth which Iosephus thut expresseth There suddenly fell a storme saith hee of raine mixed with haile which the wind drove against the faces of the Canaonites and tooke away their sight making those that carried darts and such as served with the sling unprofitable in their service the Targetiers likewise having their hands benummed with cold could scarcely weild their swords but the tempest beating on the backes of the Israelites not onely wrought them lesse offence but made them also more forward being whetted thereunto by the manifest signe of Gods favour and presence whereupon disarraying and breaking through their enemies battel they made a great slaughter of them so as a part of them fell by the weapons of the Israelites the rest were overrunne by their owne horsemen and chariots Hitherto Iosephus much like wherunto is that storie which Eusebius out of Apollinarius and Tertullian reports that the armie of Marcus Aurelius warring upon the Marcomannians being in sore distresse for want of water and having at that time in his pay a legion of Christians which served under him they all with one consent the signe being given fell upon their knees and earnestly praied God for reliefe who instantly thereupon sent such a storme of thunder and lightning and raine and haile as it amazed their enemies driving full in their faces but refreshed them to the utter discomfiture of the one and victorious triumph of the other and thus the Emperour himselfe though by religion a Pagan by his letters signified to the Senate and thereupon gave not onely that legion the name of fulminatrix but strait charge that none should be put to death or punished for being Christians All which considered great reason had Gideon in the crie of his souldiers to preferre the sword of the Lord before his owne as t is in the seventh Chapter of this booke The sword of the Lord and of Gideon not the sword of Gideon without the sword of the Lord nor the sword of Gideon in the first place and then the sword of the Lord but first the sword of the Lord and then the sword of Gideon the sword of the Lord to direct and the sword of Gideon to execute the sword of the Lord as the primarie esficient and the sword of Gideon as the subordinate instrument the sword of the Lord without the sword of Gideon in the ordinary course will doe nothing and the sword of Gideon without the sword of the LORD at all can doe nothing Navies of ships troopes of horse regiments of foote fortresses ramparts artillerie munition and all military provision without him availes nothing hee it is who directs the bullet and the arrow to the marke who sharpens the sword that it may enter in to glut it selfe with flesh and make it selfe drunke with bloud who gives wisdome to the captaine and courage to the

souldier who strengthneth his arme and teacheth his fingers to fight and covereth his head in the day of battell Through God we shall doe valiantly for he it is that shall tread downe our enemies no King can be saved by a multitude of men and a horse is but a vaine thing to deliver a man vaine is the helpe of man without the helpe of the Lord therefore King David who wanted neither valour nor experience nor provision for the wars professeth of himselfe I will not trust in my bow it is not my sword that shall save me he doth not say I will break my bow or I will cast away my sword but I will not trust in my bow it is not my sword that shall save me but it is thou Lord that savest and puttest them to confusion that hate us it is thou and thou alone that refrainest the spirit of Princes and art terrible among the Kings of the earth that knappest the speare in sunder and burnest the chariots in the fire that bluntest the head of the arrow that it cannot pierce and takest off the edge of the sword that it cannot wound that takest away the wisdome of the Captaine and the courage of the souldier that pullest downe the thickest walls batterest the strongest forts and levellest the highest towers with the ground It is thou and only thou who raisest and turnest the windes at thy pleasure and by them makest use of raine and snow and haile and dust and smoke and of the windes themselves to the annoiance of thine enemies and reliefe of thy friends Thus as S. Ambrose in his booke against Symmachus reports it he assisted the good Emperour Theodosius being now in great danger by raising on the suddaine a mighty wind which carried backe the darts of his enemies upon their owne heads and withall caused the darts of his souldiers to pierce the deeper into their bodies which no doubt gave occasion to those verses of Claudian O nimium dilecte Deo cui fundit ab antris Aeolus armatas acies cui militat aether Et conjurati veniunt ad classica venti O Gods great favourite to whom is sent From Aeole's vaults a warlike regiment Vnder whose ensigne heaven above bears armes And the winds sworn his souldiers wait alarms To whom then shall we goe with a song of triumph for victory received Not unto Mars as did the old Romans but for us our helpe standeth in the name of the Lord who hath made both heaven and earth some put their trust in chariots and some in horses but we will remember the name of the Lord our God his name we will remember by flying to him for succour and his name wee will remember by returning to him with praise and thanksgiving Not unto us Lord not unto us but untothy name give the praise and herein we are sure we cannot erre except Moses erred who after his victorie obtained upon the Amalekites built an altar and called the name of it Iehovah Nisi the Lord my banner except the Prophet David erred who professed of himselfe I will sing a new song unto thee O God upon a Psalterie and an instrument often strings will I sing praises unto thee It is he it is he that giveth victory unto Kings and delivereth David his servant from the perill of the sword or from the hurtfull sword lastly except Deborah the Prophetesse erred I am sure we cannot erre in this point who in the very entrance of her song dedicates it to the Lord Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel heare O Yee Kings and give eare O Yee Princes I even I will sing unto the Lord I will sing praise to the LORD GOD of Israel The fourth and last observation in this first branch is the manner of perishing of Gods enemies out of the word So So let all thine enemies perish O Lord. So as did Sisera with his army suddenly and when they least expect it as did Sisera shamefully and with dishonour as did Sisera utterly and without recovery as did Sisera So let all thine enemies perish O Lord. First then let them perish suddenly and when they least expect as did Sisera Sisera was now in the height of his pride and confidence in the very top of his jollity and bravery his master had now by the space of twenty yeeres mightily oppressed and harrowed the children of Israel whereby they became both unarm'd and dishartened hee had now drawne out into the field as witnesseth Iosephus 300000 foote 10000 horse and 3000 chariots whereof 900 of them were of iron whereupon himselfe and his adherents were so assured of the victorie that as we reade in the three verses here immediately before going in my text His mother looking out at a window and earnestly expecting every moment as it should seeme the returne of her sonne in his triumphant chariot she wondred what should stay him there he was so long a comming whereunto her wise ladies answered her or rather she prevented them and answered her selfe that the reason no doubt of his long stay could be none other than the dividing of the prey taken from the vanquished enemy and the lading of themselves with abundance of rich and pleasant spoiles but behold while she thus expected and reasoned the matter in her selfe wofull tydings was suddenly brought her not only of the death of her dearest son but of the miserable defeat and slaughter of the whole armie by him conducted and then presently follow the words of my text So even so let all thine enemies perish O Lord. Nay so they shal perish when the wicked spring as the grasse and when all the workers of iniquity did flourish then it is that they shall be destroied for ever then even then shall God shoot at them with a swift arrow Suddenly shall they be wounded when they shall say peace and safety then Sudden destruction shall come upon them unawares as travell upon a woman with childe and they shall not escape that which the Psalmist speakes of the wicked in generall may truly be verifyed in particular of those enemies of the Lord who lately perished I have seen the wicked in great power and spreading himselfe like a greene Laurell yet for all his great power and pompe he passed away and loe he was not yea I sought him but hee could not be found hee was suddenly gone in the turn of an hand as it was fore told of Iulian Nubecula est cito transibit he is but a thin cloud and will quickly vanish and so indeed it fell out Such a flash was that Spanish bravado in the yeere 1588 predictions had every where run and were verily beleeved that some great conversions of kingdomes would fall out in that yeare and the Spaniards for the invasion of this kingdome covered the seas with such a navie as for ships men munition and provision in all kindes it was as our Annalist