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enemy_n	colonel_n	horse_n	lieutenant_n	1,115	5	9.3142	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43562	Three sermons preached at the Collegiate Church in Manchester by Richard Heyricke.	Heyrick, Richard, 1600-1667.	1641 (1641)	Wing H1751; ESTC R27425	61,652	202

Assizes God hath given his sword a Commission it hath beene many yeares in the Circuite 't is now come neere unto us The sword cannot bee quiet See Ieremy 47.6 7. O thou sword of the Lord how long will it bee ere thou be quiet put up thy selfe into thy scabberd rest and bee still How can it bee quiet seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against ASKELON and against the Sea-shore there hath hee appointed it The sword hath beene long unsheathed and hath gone in triumph over all the world besides how can it bee quiet till it come among us See what danger we are in the sword hath beene in other parts Thirdly consider warre hath beene at our very doores we have not only heard of it with our eares but our eyes have seene the smoake the fire of it hath toucht our bodies the enemy hath beene as neere us as David to Saul when he cut off the lap of his garment The last yeare was not the enemy strong upon our coast a Potent a powerful a malicious enemy I question not the end of their comming God and they know it but was not the warre at our gates did not the States and the Spaniards fight before our eyes when wee stood still and looked on God might have joyned them together against England But he made their sword drunke in the bloud one of another as the Lacedemonians made their servants and slaves drunke that we might see it and feare Againe was not the Trumpet the last yeare blowne was not a Generall made choise of Leivtenants Coronels Captaines and all officers were there not many horse and foote they that went voluntary and they that were pressed did not the King goe himselfe in person set up his Royall standerds lye in the eye in the sight of the enemy surely the sword was then drawne the knife was at the throate the men of warre were prepared for the fight there was great expence of men time and money yet then the Lord delivered us he returned the King backe again and we had peace David was in great danger when Saul and his men of warre encompassed him about yet then GOD brought Saul backe againe Ierusalem was straitly besieged by the Caldeans yet God hasted them away warre was at the back-doore Lastly consider the warre is now begun the sword hath begun to eate and drinke our flesh and bloud now is the time that Kings goe forth unto war Our preparations are farre greater our hope of preservation farre lesse relapse is the most dangerous The second wrath is seldome appeased God is now ingaged in the warre the meanes of deliverance became vaine and empty there hath beene rysings and rebellions in the chiefe Citie of the Kingdome the Ordinances of warre are in print amongst us the men of warre are gathered together wee waite daily to heare of some bloudy encounter of some fearefull Stratagem of some devillish damnable Massacre some horrid and dreadfull Tragedy The Pharisees were weather-wise it will bee foule weather to day the skie is red and lowring they could discerne the face of the sky but they could not discerne the signes of the times cast up your eyes and you shall see a Cloud comming from the Sea black and dreadfull covering the face of the heaven hearken a little and you shall heare a sound of abundance of Raine yea the drops begin to fall upon your faces stand still and be quiet and you may behold the approach of the enemy the horror the terror they bring with it certainely he that sees not that there is but one step betwixt him and death that we are all but dead men hee is either blind or starke madde for the Sword is drawn Warre is fully prepared War is ready Thirdly consider what possibility there is yet of escape what probability what hope what comfort remaines Is there no balme in Gilead Is there no Physitian there Iacob was almost desperate the famine was sore in the Land Ioseph was not Simeon was not they were taking away Benjamin also The Chiefe Governour of Egypt hee spake roughly to them he imprisoned them as spies hee conjures them that they should not see his face without their brother Benjamin Iacob was resolved hee should not goe his sonnes would not goe without him the famine encreased upon them something therefore Iacob must doe If it must bee so now saith hee doe thus take of the best fruits of the Land in your vessels and bring the man a present a little Rosen and a little hony spices and Myrrhe Nutts and Almonds and take double money in your hand and the money that was brought againe in your sackes mouthes carry it againe in your hands lest it were some oversight Take also your Brother and arise and goe againe to the man And God Almighty give you mercy in the sight of the man that hee may deliver you your other Brother and Benjamin c. There is the same beame of light and comfort left to us as was to Iacob there lyes a necessitie upon us it must bee so wee must downe into Egypt there is yet a little Balme in Gilead we must take double money increase our prayers to God wee must pray God Almighty give us mercy c. David was exceedingly distressed when the Amalekites burnt Ziklag and had carried their wives and al that they had captive when all his people were disheartened and discouraged when they lift up their voyces and wept when they mutined against David and spake of Stoning of him yet then David encouraged himselfe in the Lord there is yet this left how ever wee are sore distressed yet we may encourage our selves in the Lord we may enquire of the Lord Consider therefore to encourage you to this duty this leading mercy that God hath vouchsafed unto us this libertie and opportunitie that God hath given unto us this price that God hath put into our hands that the whole kingdome may yet appeare before God and cry unto GOD my Brethren this is not a little mercy In the Prophet Malachy's time when the state of Gods Church and people was as desperate as now both in respect of sinne and in respect of judgment they that feared the Lord spake often one to another It was a priviledge they might have such free accesse such communion such fellowship together the times have beene when the people of God have fled into the wildernesse into the deserts into dens and caves when they could not meete to fast and pray without great danger of distraction of discovering of presenting of imprisoning The last yeare I heard it often whispered in the eare and secretly muttered that the kingdome should prepare to warre and that God should not be called in to the warre that there was no prayer no fast injoyned this made some to feare least God would joyne against us See my brethren the King to whom alone it belongs to proclaime publike Fasts