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enemy_n	david_n	lord_n	saul_n	3,363	5	9.9017	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96869	Ioseph paralled [sic] by the present Parliament, in his sufferings and advancement. A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, on their solemn day of Thanksgiving, Feb. 19. 1645. For the great mercy of God in the reducement of the city of Chester, by the forces under the command of Sr William Brereton. By Fra. Woodcock minister of Olaves Southwarke, one of the Assembly of Divines. Published by order of the said House.	Woodcock, Francis, 1614?-1651.	1646 (1646)	Wing W3430; Thomason E323_5; ESTC R200595	19,383	35

Ioseph was forgotten in his sufferings Gen. ●0 ult and Pharaohs butler who had received kindnesse from him when in like condition yet being himself at liberty remembers not the affliction of Ioseph And hath it not so fared with us also and have not some of our beyond-sea neighbours your Low Countries I mean have they not I say forgotten our affliction and instead of helping us forth of it which had been but paying the debt they owed us have they not rather by continuall supplying the enemy holpen forward our affliction So that if because Ioseph was reproached hated sold c. 't is said the archers sorely grieved him shot at him hated him how truly may it be spoken of our selves also we having seen our own and Iosephs condition in all the severals forementioned a cleer an exact parallel which yet we ought not to have been discouraged at neither meerly from hence to have grown jealous of our own or the goodnesse of the cause we have engaged in it being abundantly cleered both from Iosephs case as also from severall others That 't is incident to the best of men to be infested with dangerous and malicious enemies Observ 2 Although the godly are infested and assaulted by enemies yet are they not wholly overcome by them This was Iosephs case The archers saies the text shot at him c. but 't is added His bowe abode in strength and the armes of his hands were made strong All his brethrens malice could go no farther then to sell him and being sold and sold into the hands of a wicked mistris he was neither overcome by her sollicitations to destroy his soul nor for refusall of her could she so far prevail as to take away his life 'T was Davids hard lot as was before shown to be infested with cruellest enemies Saul and his Courtiers shot many a poisoned arrow at him yea so oft was he shot at and the arrows fell so thick about him as that he gives himself for lost concludes he shall be hit at last makes account he should one day perish by the hand of Saul But that it was his weaknesse and mistake the event abundantly cleers for if you consult the title of Psal 18. you finde it expresly this A Psalme of David the servant of the Lord who spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul Observe it David that fears that one day he shall perish by the hand of Saul one day gives thanks for an absolute deliverance as from all other enemies so also from the hand of his enemy Saul The Churches condition hath been alike also as her self expresses Psal 129. 1 2. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth may Israel now say Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth what follows but they have not prevailed against me And no marvell for although it well consists with Gods ends that sometimes his people be humbled and brought very low yet doth it not at all that the enemy should be lifted up over high which yet they would be if at any time they could obtain an absolute conquest upon his people To this purpose speaks the Lord Deut. 32. 26 27. I thought saies the Lord to have scattered my people into corners and caused their remembrance to have ceased from men did I not fear the rage of their enemies lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely and lest they should say Our hand is high and the Lord hath not done all this As if he had said It very well sorts with my purpose to bring my people very low if so be the sinking of that balance over-low would not over-much lift up the balance of their enemies Again although it very well agrees with the Lords intent and meaning that his people be persecuted and suffer from their enemies that their enemies thereby might be ripened for destruction yet is it not at all his minde that together with their own the enemy should bring destruction upon his people also which yet 't is apparent they do when they wholly over-overcome them And further although it be the minde of God that his people should suffer by evil men to the intent that by those sufferings of theirs they might be both prov'd and purg'd yet is it not his pleasure that either the furnace should be made so hot or they continue so long in it till he lose his metall which would certainly come to passe did the enemy wholly prevail For if the rod of the wicked should Psal 125. 3. rest upon the lot of the righteous would they not at last put forth their hand and touch iniquity From all which it is a cleer case That although the Saints may be assaulted infested by enemies yet are they not wholly overcome by them Vse And hath not this been the case of the godly of this Kingdom hath not this been the case of the present Parliament Honourable beloved it cannot be denied but that the archers have sorely grieved you shot at you hated you neverthelesse hath not your bowe abode in strength and the armes of your hands have been made strong and to this day they have not obtained a full conquest over you Indeed crafty malicious men have tried their utmost have vomited upon you their most deadly poison and all to blast you to make you infamous for ever but have they prevailed have they by all their canker and venom belcht forth upon you been able to deprive you of your name and honour or rather shall not you be had in honour when their memoriall shall rot and perish and be blotted out from under Heaven I say not but you have sometime been reduced to exigents and lownesse you have been brought sometimes to the pits brink if not thrown with Ioseph into the pit but yet hath ever the pit shut its mouth upon you and rendred you hopeles of recovering out of it If as the Apostle speaks you have been troubled on 2 Cor. 4. 8 9. every side yet have you been distressed if perplexed at any time yet have you been in despair if persecuted have you been altogether forsaken if cast down yet have you been destroyed When were your affairs so lost so broken as now the enemies are and when hath your bowe so much slugg'd or your armes grown so feeble I mean when was ever your condition so desperate that when the enemy in any of their expresses or Declarations hath shot Traitour and Rebell at you you might not notwithstanding any lownesse of your condition have shot back something else in answer then your humble subjects The archers I must needs say have shot some neer shoots that of Brainford was a neer one and so was that of Bristow our losse of Bristow went exceeding neer us but blessed be the Lord never did any hit the heart to this day London

assixum textu Hebreo quod utrob●que est singulare Riv. armes of his hands were made strong The Patriarch continues the allegory and his meaning herein seems in short this That neither could any endeavour turne Ioseph aside from God nor yet any practices of his enemies bring upon him that destruction which they desired His bowe abode in strength c. And this in the next place is ascribed to God in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ● manibus ●otentis Iacob Vul. Per manus Sunt qui ex epitheto 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 mysterium Trinitatis ●i●antur uti ●● verbo 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gen. 1. 1. Sed ●ura sunt hujusmodi caballistica these words By the hands of the mighty God of Iacob So that whereas Ioseph was preserved from sinning as also from sinking from sinning being assaulted by most powerfull temptation from sinking being persecuted with bitterest malice the Patriarch ascribes it all to the graciously over ruling providence and hand of God From whence also as 't is in the last clause Is the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Iud. Pastor lapi● Israel Shepherd the stone of Israel That is from which dispose of providence it 's also come to passe that Joseph for I conceive it 's meant of him I say that Joseph is become the shepherd of Israel that is the sustainer and Hinc Iosephum appellat Syra cides 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 feeder of his father Israel and his family which otherwise by reason of the sore famine then abroad in those countries might have all perished As also the stone of Israel too which although such sometimes as the builders had refused and his brethren had thrown aside herein as in other things he being a type of Christ yet now in regard he sustained them all was become the foundation and corner stone of the whole family From whence is the Shepherd the stone of Israel The summe of all is this much Whereas Joseph was malign'd and sold away into slavery by his brethren neverthelesse God was with him and preserv'd him and in conclusion for a recompence advances him to be both preserver and head of them that sold him Thus you have an account of the words as they are calculated to the condition of Ioseph which yet with little alteration will serve to represent the condition of others also They shew forth the life and story of our blessed Saviour and so I may call them a little gospel They cleerly holding forth the chief occurrents of Iosephs life in all whereof Ioseph was to be a type and forerunner of our Saviour They will in great measure serve to represent from first to last the various state and changes of the Church and so are an Epitome of Ecclesiasticall history And to come somewhat neerer they lively delineate the present state of matters in our own Kingdom especially as they carry an aspect towards the good people of it and so I may call them a brief Chronicle of the affairs of England Yea and which comes most full and home to the purpose in hand they serve most aptly to declare the severall passages of the affairs wherein your selves have been concern'd Honourable and beloved your selves I say who stand for the good people of the Kingdom and are their representees and so I may call them a compleat although a short Iournall of the present Parliament They shew you Ioseph low and in the wane and hath not this sometimes been your condition They shew you Ioseph supported and have you even at the lowest wanted your supports They shew you Ioseph in the end prevailing and advanced far above the pitch of those that hated him and are you lesse at this day And the same wise and gracious hand that wrought for Ioseph doing all this for you also So that mutatis mutandis how appositely may I say to you the present Parliament and in you to all the godly people of the Kingdom The archers have sorely grieved you shot at you and hated you howbeit your bowe hath abode in strength and the armes of your hands have been made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Iacob from whence also you are become the shepherds and stone of England Having thus cleered my way by opening the words your selves perceiving by this time they will not come altogether unsutable either to time or persons it remains I observe something from them from the first particular whereof viz. Ioseph encountered set upon in these words The archers sorely grieved him shot at him hated him you may please to take this Observ 1 It is incident to the best of men to be infested with crafty malicious enemies Observ 2 Secondly from Iosephs unconquerednesse notwithstanding any assault or encounter of his enemies in these words But his howe abode in strength and the armes of his hands were made strong Although the godly are assaulted by enemies yet are they not wholly overcome by them Observ 3 Thirdly from Iosephs advancement in these words He is the shepherd and stone of Israel The Saints being assaulted are not only not overcome but in conclusion prevail and become the head of their enemies Observ 4 And then lastly from the means whereby Ioseph is preserved and advanced in these words By the hands of the mighty one of Iacob That the Saints are not overcome yea that prevailing they become the head of their enemies they owe it to the gracious hand and wise dispose of God The archers sorely grieved him shot at him hated him but his bowe c. I begin with the first of these It is incident to the best of men to be insested with crafty malicious enemies And who is there of the Saints that hath not had the experience hereof and which of them either now upon earth or already in Heaven that sometime or other hath not been endangered by malicious enemies What Lambe of Jesus Christ whom never Wolfe grind at what Tuitle of his which never any ravenous bird attempted upon You see it Iosephs case the archers shot at and galled him exceedingly nor is he alone I am sure 't was Davids case also whom ever and anon thorowout his book of Psalms you finde either complaining of multitudes of cruell enemies or else supplicating the Lord to be delivered from them I need not tell you 't was the case of our Saviour herein the Antitype of Ioseph whom Psal 22. 12. you finde complaining of bulls many bulls yea fat bulls encompassing of him which bulls indeed never left pushing and goring at him till such time as they had gored him to the heart till they had pusht him into his grave And as it fared with the Captain of our salvation so fares it with his followers as with him the head so fares it with the Church his body and all the members of it The Church in Egypt found a Pharaoh that Exod. 1. 8. knew not Ioseph nor would know them neither In after-times what