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A83947	Englands alarm to vvar against the Beast: by command from heaven, and his Israels example upon earth, comming-in to rescue David, out of the hands of a cruell Lord, and a bloudy Edomite: upon the same ground from Scripture and reason, Israel had then, and Christians now, to resist the prince ruling in the aire, and with the kings of the earth. In 3. sections: wherein, I. The history of Sauls war against David is so related ... that it relates ... to the three last yeeres affaires ... II. And to the bloudy execution of the Edomite in this war against the Parliament in Ireland and Lngland [sic] ever since. III. Here is also excellent reason given, why the tribes came not in sooner ... Also, to confirme the hearts and hands of the godly in their warfare ...		1643 (1643)	Wing E2941; Thomason E56_15; ESTC R20696	26,569	31

and admirable providences of her Lord God to do His people good All this thou shalt read here and at last thou shalt see all the Tribes comming in to set David free from his Adversaries and then fast upon his Throne so God will deale with His Church now appearing in His glory for David has a Kingdom on earth at last But O the admirable wayes unto it These are Gods wayes He will make David Ruler over all His House he shall learne to obey first He shall be a good a mercifull King he shall go thorow sore temptations first He must be the highest man in the Kingdom he must be the lowest there first He shall have afair house his little house must be smitten and burnt first He shall have all in God but all must be taken from him first He shall live to enjoy a Crowne on Earth in despight of Devils and men there who will persecute him as they can even to the gates of death and in their way cast shame and all manner of reproach upon him first Davids way to the Crowne is the Churches way to her Glory The very same dark-paths intricacies and back-wayes in it Davids enemies the Churches enemies for ever Davids God the Churches God for ever Davids security the Churches confidence for ever Many are the troubles of the righteous The Lord will deliver them out of all For who is God save the Lord or who is a rock save our God So it comes to passe That the righteous are an everlasting foundation Here they will put their trust for ever Amen Englands Alarm to VVar. Sect. I. Davids Story and Sauls persecution of him briefly related his secret practises and fine contrivances to take away Davids life coloured-over and made specious with goodly words and lovely actions Relating fully to the words and actions the King seduced by evill Councell has spoken and done seemingly for but indeed cleare against his Parliament ever since they sate to the time the War broake forth Chap. 1. After a short but righteous Apologie Davids story is Related Sauls persecution of him The cause and manner the same with the persecution now The heads or particulars of the three Sections THE Sword is come-in amongst us drinkes blood eates flesh We make no question but God has given it a Commission and it cannot be still And for just cause all this even because of His Peoples sinnes Let us lift up our hearts with our hands unto Lam 3. 41 42 44. GOD in the heavens We have transgressed and rebelled Thou hast not pardoned Thou hast covered with Anger and persecuted us Thou hast slaine Thou hast not pittied Gods people say now as they said then and they say it heartily Yet as Job said sitting in the dust GOD forbid that I should justifie my accusers till I die Job 27. 5 6. I will not remove my integrity from me My Righteousnesse I hold fast and will not let it goe My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live A people so blasphemed so reproached say as much now and are so resolved Their consciences bearing them witnesse and Goa also That neither against the Law nor against their King have they offended If Psal 11. 3. the foundation be destroyed what can the Righteous doe Was Davids complaint long agoe and the Righteous may resume it being now as David then the Butt and Marke at which the wicked bend their Bow and make ready their arrow at this day even against the upright in heart And that they may have some colour for this their bloody worke they deale with the righteous now as Saul did with David then and as the Edomites did with Christians ever since They put-over them the skins of the fiercest beasts that so the dogs might bee the more fierce upon them Just so now the wicked persecute the righteous with fire and sword and they make the world believe they doe all this by the knowne Lawes of the Kingdome for they persecute none other but the Incendiaries of the Kingdome the only Rebels and Traitors there Well as David said for I shall make his Case run paralell with ours all along he is the Emblem of the Church to this day and will be to the worlds end The Righteous know not what to doe but their Lord knowes whose Throne is in heaven whose eyes behold and try the children of men To Him they commit their righteous Cause and yet they must not be silent hearing themselves charged with rebellion and treason as heavy a charge every whit as Heresie is They will take the same liberty which is granted to Church-robbers Traytors yea and Sorcerers too all these saith Lactantius b are permitted to speak for themselves and to speake all b Sacrileg is proditoribus veneficis l. 5. Cap. 1. they have to say for themselves before judgement passeth upon them Indeed the greatest reason that so they should doe for so their crimes will be manifest or their righteousnesse will be cleared as the noone day There were strange crimes yet I should not say so being but after the manner and practise of the wicked in all times upwards to this day horrid crimes charged upon Paul and they concluded against him before he was heard That Paul ought not to live any longer and so they spake before Festus who having examined Act. 25. 24 the matter very fully professed as heartily That he found many and grievous complaints against Paul but nothing proved no nothing at all notwithstanding his adversaries a multitude of them importune me said he very much to write his inditement to my Lord Augustus And as I am an honest man though I have their clamours against him once and againe yet I have not one word for certainty to write unto my Lord Therefore hither I have brought him especially unto thee O King Agrippa that after thou hast searched out the whole matter I might gather something whereof to write for it seemeth unreasonable to send a Prisoner and not withall to signifie the crimes laid against him Festus spake like an honest man indeed He will understand the cause before he indites his Letter or the prisoner before Augustus And Agrippa speakes as honestly too Paul Thou a●t permitted to speake for thy selfe The servants of the Lord desire no more favour then Paul has from an Heathen King Let their crimes so many and grievous be fairely examined and if any one crime be proved against them let them suffer as evill doers for all suggested against them But we are sure they can cleare themselves and their upright dealing as the noone day even as Paul did then and as David before him And because Davids history is theirs now we may reade the Churches story now in Davids story then I will reade Davids story quite through from point to point that we may see anon how paralell the lines thereof run-up to the Churches story now Davids story begins like

a Comedy with a marriage but quickly there is a turning of the Scene proves a Tragedy and ends in blood David was envyed by Saul for two Reasons 1. Because he had wrought salvation for Israel slaying Goliah the Philistine with his owne Sword 2. And because the Kingdome must be established in Davids house and Saul knew it therefore he envied David and pursued him 1 Sam. 23. 17 to the death but because bloody intentions have no pleasant appearance Saul vailed them over with sugered words and lovely actions he causeth many love-tokens to passe betwixt himselfe and David as if he purposed not only to affiance his daughter to David but marry himselfe unto him too See the depths of Sathan that evill spirit who wrought so effectually upon Saul All his words and actions were as soft and smooth as Oyle and Butter but inwardly drawne swords to slay David therewith But the people remote from the Court I say remote from the Court for Israel in and about the Court knew very well that Saul hated David and would have nailed his head and the wall together twise and once he would have served his Son Jonathan so too for being a friend to David Therefore I say Israel remote from the Court were wholly taken with things in appearance and so judged of Saul and David and of their actions so as if one of the two were too blame David was he And these colourable pretences stood Saul in some stead to vaile the peoples eyes for some time and not long for wicked and malicious intentions will work-out and discover themselves as five will and light will they will not be hid Saul plots against the righteous layes a snate here and there a snare for Davids soul The Righteous God discovers all and breaks the snare which enrageth Saul yet more the evill Spirit taking advantage thereby And now Saul pursues David with open a●e and sword in hand up to Naioth in Ramah and from thence to Nob. There he enters his foot first into bloud and goes up to the knees therein quickly for he takes an Edomite to his side gives him a Commission useth him as his right hand presently he with other Edomites with him for we cannot imagine that one should do that ●xecution alone smites a City of Priests slayes men women and sucklings there and beast also Where I shall note That all this is done by the knowne Lawes of the Kingdome for the Edomite accuseth the Priest Saul gives the Priest leave to answer for himselfe then execution is done according to the knowne Law which Saul and the Edomite have enacted We shall enquire farther into these matters when I shall handle them in order why Saul takes the Edomite to his side gave him a Commission being a knowne adversary to Is ael whereof I shall give a better account anon And then though we are concluded That the Lord is righteous and His Judgements are as the great deepe yet I shall search into them and findeo●● reason enough to satisfie us why the Lord suffers the Edomite to make such a slaughter in Israels Land and His owne Kingdome To do execution according to their wills upon those who did their du●y by direction from Gods mouth We shall see reason for all this though God needs not give account of His matters yet we shall see so He is pleased to do And now Davids History proves Tragicall indeed The Priests are slaine and David is strucken-at thorow the priests sides he sees Sauls sword now and against whom it was pointed So away he flies and to Keilah he comes in all haste expecting relief there for he had done the inhabitants such a piece of service as was very notable would have engaged them to David for ever had they been honest men But Keilites cannot consider what David had done for them they ponder not the kindnesse of God towards them nor mans kindnesse neither And now David having a strong hold over his head is resolved therein to defend himselfe but the Keilites proved treacherous they after their manner will betray David and he is warned thereof for a mighty Councellour was with David wheresoever he went and away he went from Keilah to a mountaine in the wildernesse of Ziph● Saul pursues his way and bloudy intentions and after he goes for he sought David every day but it followes God 〈◊〉 2● 1● delivered him not into his hands The Keilites would have done it so would the Ziphites too these would have delivered up David into Sauls hands yea but God would not do it and His is the overruling Hand These adversaries shall but shew themselves so shew their teeth unto David discover their treacherous hearts against him that is all they shall do more they would do but they cannot Therefore Psal 54. David makes a Psalme of praise to his God for that deliverance Here a great question will be proposed anon I do but give the heads here why the Tribes came-not-in all this while now they saw what was done to Nob what was offered to be done to Keilah and saw the sword was pointed directly to Davids throat why yet the Tribes came-not-in Some will Answer Conscience withheld them had they come-in to help David they had resisted their King I shall cleare the contrary in the third Section for it is the chiefe purpose thereof Other conceits there are I will passe them over in this place This is certaine Things were not ripe yet nor yet Gods time Davids straits must be yet greater then they were at Nob or when he was at Keilah and and there must be farther discoveries yet of Gods right hand with David and of his adversaries against him whereof towards the close of the Work Saul pursues David still thorow all the Thousands of Judah d 1 Sam. 23. 23. malice will draw bloud but it cannot yet will pursue to the death he and his men have cooped-up David and his men for they have compassed David round about Then God wrought wonderfully for David as His Name is and His Manner and the Earth must help David A Drossie earthy people shall help David shall work for his deliverance though enemies to him And though Saul has David as a prey in his hand yet the Lord sets up a Rock of separation betwixt David and Saul David is almost under Sauls nose within the reach of his speare and yet saul cannot reach him O wonderfull It is so indeed therefore 1 Sam. 23. 28. they called the place Sela-Hammahlekoth e as at this day 〈◊〉 takes no notice of this no not of Davids Rock in his way he 〈◊〉 David still and he pops-into a Cave all alone where David and all ●● m●n were the man shall run strange adventures that 〈◊〉 David and may escape once and again but beware the third 〈…〉 he that pursues David may fall into the Philistines hands a●on as Saul did Note againe how various and changeable

mat●●rs are in the c●●ying-on of Davids Wars Saul had David in a coop ●●e other day now David has Saul at the same advantage It was so 〈…〉 will be so in Davids wars ever more Then Saul had the advantage now David Down and up Vp ●nd down But the advantage i● shall on Davids-side whether he rise or fall for he is instructed To make advantage of his falls Saul cannot of his risings Either he shall not see his advantage or shall make no advantage thereof at all David shall see his advantages and make use of them for glorious ends and towards Saul to cleare his innocencie as the noone day For now it shall appeare to all Israel and to Saul himselfe That David is a man after Gods owne heart and will shew him the kindnesse of the Lord And that Saul is mis-informed and all his Courtiers are liers all Now Saul and David are come to a Parley and David is heard to speake for himselfe he can speak with such evidence of Truth that the quarrell had now ended for the evill Spirit in Saul seemes to be quite silenced for a short time and Saul himselfe so fully convinced concerning Davids uprightnesse as that he seems to ● Sam. 24. 16. melt into tears nay it is so indeed he wept heartily but that the evill Spirit moves in Saul againe and the Ziphites a mischievous generation ● Sam. 26. and enemies to Peace did egge-on and drive Saul to pursue David againe see what he Devill will do and these Ziphites as evill as he and as like him as the children are like the father these hurry Saul-onward and after David he runs for the Devill drives him having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him A marvellous ● Sam. 24. 2. thing That thousand chosen men of Israel with him And yet I shall make it no marvell at all anon for if a King will fall desperately upon his owne sword there is another will do as desperately as the King does fall upon it too It is no marvell at all That Saul 1 Sam. 31. 5. 6. hath three thousand chosen men with him But this is the wonder That after such a conviction as we read before he should yet with such a company seek David to slay him But that is no wonder neither The evill Spirit is with him and the Ziphites his Councellours These will drive-on Saul furiously but David shall see whereto they drive for he has his b 1 Sam. 26. 4. spies abroad and they tell David where Saul is and thither he goes as bold as a Lion for his Cause was good and though it was stormy without yet alwayes cleare within he came to the place where Saul had pitched beheld it well and there went downe he with two more even to Sauls Campe by night and there they found Saul asleepe and all his people round about him sleeping too God would have it so Then said Abishai to David Let me smite thine enemy once one blow shall do the deed there shall not need a second to destroy him No sayes David and observe what he sayes The Lord forbid that I should stretch forth my hand against the Lords Anointed suffering thee to take away Sauls head but take away his speare c. and so they did then gat them away and no man awaked for a deep sleep from the Lord was fallen upon th●m The Lord will finde out a way to cleare Davids innocencie as the noone day David was no sooner gon but he calls out to Abner Captaine of Sauls guard reproves his negligence above many bids him behold the speare c. which stuck so neare his Masters pillow his Masters Verse 16. head was in the same danger and Abner asleep the while When Saul heard that for it could be no mans voice but Davids his heart seemes and in his owne apprehension to close with David now Observe what Saul sayes and what David replyes for now they are Vers 21. as their last Conference Matters are fairly debated and concluded betwixt them even with a blessing from Sauls mouth Then Saul Vers 25. returned to his place But Saul was resolutely bent to oppose Gods decree touching the setting of the Crowne upon Davids head therefore Suspectum semper invisum que domi●anti b●s qui pr●xim ●s des●inar●tur Iac. H●● 1. lib. 1. cap. 7. he envied David and the evill Spirit wrought effectually upon that advantage so as David did not trust Saul nor regarded his words for indeed bloudy thoughts lodged within him s●ill nor was he sui juris but of the possession of himselfe quite The Keilites had a part in him the Ziphites also and the evill Spirit divided Saul betwixt them they have him in their power and drive him as they will and so David will trust none of them all Nay they prevailed so That David distrusted God a little and so away David runs to Gath and when Saul heard that he sought no more after him sayes the Text c 1 Sam. 27. 4. intimating no lesse then this That Saul would have pursued him still but that he was out of Sauls reach About this very time the Tribes came-in when all was cleare before them touching Sauls implacablenesse and stubborne resolution touching Davids uprightnesse the treachery of Davids friends then the Tribes came-in after they saw all faire wayes had beene used to incline Saul to hold him back from shedding bloud after they had prayed and fasted too for this I must make good also Then the Tribes came-in with shield and buckler as we read And so we have a briefe relation of Davids Story and Sauls persecution which will relate clearly and fully anon the History of our time I shall not do as the wise Judges did in a 〈…〉 Case wherein it was hard and dangerous to give righteous Judgement They bad the Parties come and appeare before them a hundred ● years after I cannot do so now As I shall relate an ancient History so I must declare how it relates to these present times for in setting downe Davids Story and Sauls persecution of him I must needs set downe the story of these dayes fully and wholy for no Chronicle in the world gives us the like story so paralell with the Churches story now and affaires of these dayes For example A King the chiefe Actor then a King the chiefe Actor now Persecuting David then persecuting his owne subjects now All under colourable pretences then the same pretences and shewes now The delivering up of the sword into Davids hand was the pretence and no more of the quarrell then the same pretence now Saul takes an Edomite to his side and gives reason for so doing then The King takes Edomites for they say of our Jerusalem as aforesaid into his bosome and gives the same reason for so doing now The Edomite informeth against the faithfull servants of the Lord then so they do now but

extreame violences actings of an evill Spirit Israel withstood then and no body else in the world but as the body was acted by this evill Spirit And this is Israels Case now I meane all true Christians in the world And such is their practise according to Israels example in all Ages by allowance and command also of all the Laws in Heaven and Earth I repeat it again Vpon the same ground from Scripture and Reason All true Christians now are engaged as Israel then To help the Church against the mighty To come-in now with shield and buckler To oppose and resist with all their might Not their King no This resistance has an affi●●ce a full agreement rather with duty and loyalty nor the Papists nor the Athiests neither but that evill Spirit in both The actings and notorious violences thereof and of a private and perverse will acted thereby which has done all the mischiefe done in the world since the beginning of the same and will do all the hurt there it can while the world stands All true Christians now will maintaine a Resistance against the Actings as aforesaid of this will which like the tongue is a world of iniquity b defileth the whole body setteth on fire the course of Jam. 3. 5 6. nature and is set on fire of Hell i. e. of that evill Spirit whose Mansion-house is Hell but now he is the great Peripatetick of the world walking to and fro therein and by the help of mans will a willing servant to him does all the violences insolencies and wrongs our eyes have seen or our eares have heard have been done in both Kingdomes Thie evill Spirit this Will call it what you will if it be not the Devill yet it Acts his Commands This evill Spirit all true Christians will oppose and resist now Nay they have solemnly protested before the Lord That this evill and uncleane Spirit shall not rule over them he shall not be king in their world they will break his bands and cast away his cords they will oppose and resist him to the death and no Body else in the world but as the body is acted and effectually wrought in and upon by this evill Spirit and if so acted they will resist him or them what ever Bodies they be though Kings and Princes and Nobles of the Earth for upon the same ground from Scripture and Reason will they make this resistance by which they stand charged to obey God and to resist the Devill And if you finde any other resistance maintained now by men or books then against the actings and notorious violences of mans private will acted by that evill Spirit so powerfull upon Saul and working as effectually in the Edomite I meane him or them who say of our Jerusalem now Rase it rase it eaven with the ground If I say any other resistance is maintained in those books then onely onely against that Power which Commands in the Ruler not by God but against Him then let those books be served as the King served the Rowle be first cut it then burnt it onely read the books first c which the King did not do whereas c Jer. 36. 23. which is verily thought had he read the Rowle thorow out first he had not burnt it afterward I will name the chiefe of these books here That Answer to Doctor Fearn and the fuller Answer That of Anti-Turkisme Cavalierisme is too gentile a word for they are the same with the Turks more bruitish though Turks as one writeth are in the lowest degree of men next to bruit Beasts in the shape of Men. And the same Authours Vindication of the same Book against a Bishop in name who hath in that Vindication not onely given the Bishop a bone to pick but choaked him therewith for he has made the Bishop and his fellows speechlesse for ever in point of Reply thereunto Not so onely he hath burnt this note of infamy upon their foreheads gain-savers of the Truth Nothing for it but all they can against it more visible there then is the bone in the throat which the Anatomists too Rabinically do call Pomum Adam Adams Apple And let Scripture and Reason be served so to being first read thorow and that full Letter which has so cleared a just Cause that the Answerer hath not found with all his search yet he did his utmost with all his skill strength wrath malice and what the Devill could help-him into because he found the Devill his Father there a most notorious lyer yet he found not one word of sense to reply unto that Letter But yet let this and that and the other have the same execution aone upon them as aforesaid and as was done upon that abominable and cursed Pamphlet for we must not call it a Book giving liberty to riot and dance upon the Lords Day let those Books be burnt by the hand of the common hangman in all the Cities and Townes thorow the whole Kingdome for so such Papers should be served which give such liberty to sport and play away the Lords Day or a liberty to Subjects to resist their King But if th●se Books I will call them Books having for their Patrons Truth and Reason and such onely are worthy the name of Books d perswade obedience to Rulers submission to that power God d Libri 〈◊〉 nomi●e dignandi in vericatis tan●um rationis clientelam s●dare debent Ver. de Aug. l. 1 has set over them and resistance onely against that evill Spirit the great Monarch of the world King of the bottomlesse Pit working mightily now and effectually in the Rulers of the world and in their sworne servants Israels enemies the Edomites there if a resistance onely of that power in the Rulers not for God but against Him giving full Commission to Athiests and bloudy Papists to do as the Edomite did against Nob and as Saul would have done against Keilah if so allow the Books read what they say and heare them out it is Scripture and Reason and be stubborne and bruitish no more but obey Shew thy selfe a man who wilt never oppose so reasonable a charge as this Obey thy Soveraigne Lord Resist the Devill and thy owne will the Devils right hand in the world Grant so much we are agreed and altogether to fight against the Devill and this perverse will as long as there is a Spirit of life within us and a drop of quick bloud at our heart All this is commended to thee and charged upon thee before God the Father His Son Jesus Christ His Elect Angels and Men. Therefore do not dare to refuse nor gain say such a sacred Truth so firmly grounded upon sacred Scripture and Reason both Scripture specially now opening it selfe unto thee wherein thou mayest with one cast of the Eye Read and Remember David and all his Afflictions The Church and all her enemies Their deadly persecutions contrivances and complottings how to do her mischiefe The contrivances

with much more fore-head and lesse shame now than then as will appeare The King impeached the servant of the Lord then so the King does now The servant of the Lord made answer to his Master the clearest that ever was read The servants of the Lord do render as full and fair accompt of all their actions now Notwithstanding the king gives a Commission to the Edomite to smite all the Priests because one had done his duty then The King gives the Edomites the very same Commission now And so a City was smitten and burnt with fire then Cities and Townes yea two Kingdomes are smitten and burnt with fire now And yet the Tribes come-not-in no not yet Why I will tell you the reason for that in due time They did come-in then to help David And all true Israel will come-in anon to help the Church that we are sure of in obedience to God and in defiance of the Devill so soone as the Kings intentions shall be yet more clearly manifested our Edomites sins shall be full Israel shall sufficiently groane under such Task-Masters crying unto God against them c. when the Edomites bloudy intentions shall be yet more fully manifest and when the treachery of the Keilites and Ziphites for such we have amongst us shall be yet more fully discovered to the world and when by all this Israels sins shall be purged their hearts prepared their strong holds forts and brest works vaine confidences meant thereby are destroyed all and every one then Israels deliverance comes carried on as upon Eagles wings when Israel is very low in Davids Case their Ziglags smitten all vaine confidences their comforts taken thence and they have streng●●ened their hand in God Then as all Israel once came in to help David so will all true Christians now joyne hand and shoulder and heart together to help the Church but of this in the last place All along for I am entering into the particulars of the Story we shall read words and actions then words and actions now answering each other as face in water answers f●ce Then how heart answers heart the world will judge whether we will or no. I must observe ●ri●● H●stori●● 〈◊〉 ●● qui● falsi aud●●●●e q●●●●●ri 〈◊〉 aud●●● 〈◊〉 Ora● the Law of History I must not be so impudent as to speak what is false nor must I be so bold as to conceale the truth Specially being perswaded that the speaking out the truth now in such a Case as this may prevail with the Reader now more then if one came to him from the dead Again this comforts me all along in the things done then and now which run up so paralell each with other that yet I hope the destruction of the Kings house now will not answer the destruction then to Saul and his house It is true Never any man from that day to this houre persecu●ed David and prospered Compare it 1 Sam. 18. 17. with 31. 3. And very notable it is That Saul was wounded with those instruments of death in the enemies hand wherewith he would have had David to have been wounded and he perished by the very sword which he would have made drunk with bloud in Davids bowels 1 Sam. 31. 4. Nor was this all he would have destro●ed David that the Kingdom might not be established in Davids house and he slew all the Priests for Davids sake and so he ruined himselfe and his whole house for 1 Chron 10. 16. Saul died and his three sons and all his house died together from such a destruction the Lord deliver the King and his Kingdome And we hope the Lord will do it though the Kings hand now in the hands of bloudy and pernicious men is as rough now his intentions against the Church now are as bloudy now and as manifestly so as Sauls were against David yet we hope the destruction will not be such though God is the same and the Church as deare to him now as David was then We have onely this thred a weak support to beare up our hope herein That we read not Saul had any one Prophet nor any good man so much as is in shew with him who justified his way of persecution against David But the King is in the Schole of the Prophets has those by him eminently knowne all over the Christian world for Learning and Piety who if we beleeve heresay I beleeve it not do justifie the Kings way saying of it It is the right way and according to the Scriptures and they who are against that way do turne head against the Scripture of God the 13. to the Romans touching that matter This may be some inducement to the King to prosecute this stubborne way having such persons approving his doings The greater their sin if they do so by conniving at it or not contending against it with all their might But it may render the King more excusable a tanto then Saul was I will give a full and faire accompt of this way of persecution all the turnings and windings in it as Saul followed-on against David And we shall see how it runs-up all along with the way of persecution now And if this way prove it selfe according to the Rule and Line of the Word in any one degree or step of it If it hath any agreement with Peace Righteousnesse and Holinesse then all the true Israel of God are utterly unacquainted with the good Word of God and have erred concerning the way of Holinesse from the beginning of the world upward unto this day I will examine and ponder the Kings way what it was anciently and what it is now the severall steps and motions therein beginning with the first step as followes Chap. 2. Sauls bloudy intentions to David varnished over with faire Words and lovely Actions These are compared with Words and Actions now And so all the most Remarkable Passages and Acts of Grace which passed between the King and Parliament since they sate till the War brake-forth are Recorded and Weighed but found Light PEace is in Sauls tongue War is in his heart There he conceived mischiefe but yet that he might not make his wicked thoughts legible to all Israel that they might not break-out at his mouth nor at his fingers end as they have done before a few in the Court he vailed the peoples eyes by meanes we shall fully understand by and by He persecutes David with his tongue and hand too but so priva●ely and cunningly that the people remote from the Court could read no such thing but that Sauls tongue was for David and his hand too Nor would they en●er●aine a thought that Saul the chiefe Master and Dispencer of Justice would do unjustly True indeed it was That Saul had almost tantum non pinned or nailed Davids head and the wall together Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with his javeline a 1 Sam. 19. 10. And it was so violent and sudden for