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A26065	Evangelium armatum, A specimen, or short collection of several doctrines and positions destructive to our government, both civil and ecclesiastical preached and vented by the known leaders and abetters of the pretended reformation such as Mr. Calamy, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Case, Mr. Baxter, Mr. Caryll, Mr. Marshall, and others, &c.	Assheton, William, 1641-1711.; Calamy, Edmund, 1600-1666.; Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.	1663 (1663)	Wing A4033; ESTC R4907	49,298	71

and Covenant the Solemn League and Covenant And this I tell you all I had rather die a Covenant-keeper th●…n live a Covenant-breaker Pag. 162. Thus I die with this perswasion that the Presbyterial Government makes most for purity and unity throughout the Churches of the Saints Mr. Marshal in a Sermon before the House of Peers Octob. 28. 1646. On that Text Psal. 8. 2. Out of the mouth of Babes hast thou ordained strength That thou mightest still the enemy c. HE propounds this Quaere Wherein lyes the Power which proceedeth out of the mouth of these Babes His answer is There are sive things which all are the fruit of the mouth by them the●…e Babes have overcome the enemy and the avenger 1. Preaching 2. Confessing or Professing The Name Truth and cause of God and his Christ. 3. Praising Singing out Praise c. 4. Praying and 5. Covenanting Then he brings in an Objection If these be all the weapons and strength whereby the Saints do overcome why do you use any other means to overcome your enemies Why rest you not contented with this either these are not all or you are not Christians nor true to your Principles Time was when Preces and Lachrymae Prayers and Tears were all the weapons which the Church did use but now when you have spoke all these things of the power of Preaching and Praying and Consessing and Covenanting you are glad to betake your selves to Arms to see what they will do to help those out whence it 's apparent you dare not rest in these as sufficient helps To this Mr. Marshal answers thus we acknowledge that as we are Christians in that capacity for as they distinguish'd the King into a double Capacity so they did themselves too into a natural and a Christian capacity and in that Capacity saith He we use no other weapons than these we have told you of these onely are proper and peculiar to us ●…s we are Christians but the weapons which we enjoy as we are Christians do not deprive us of those we enjoy in the capacity as Men. And we challenge in this no more than we may lawfully use if we were Papists or Turks if we were Pagans Jews or Indians we challenge not this to belong to Christianity as peculiar to it we have learn'd that by the Law of Nature and Nations men may defend themselves against unjust violence if the Turks should invade a Countrey of Christians they will tell him that as they are Christians Their Praying and Professing and Singing Covenanting These Spiritual weapons out of their mouth will quell them but as they are men they have a liberty to defend themselves against him vim vi repellere Or if a Christian man were travelling upon the high way and a Thief should demand of him how as a Christian he could defend himself from his Enemies He would tell him by Faith by Prayer by the word of God by weapons out of his mouth but if the Thief assault him and take his life or his purse ●…s he is a man he will use his sword and Christianity will sanc●…ifie this use of his sword to him c. Thus Mr. Marshal ubi supra Pag. 27 28. And to secure his Party from fear of future vengeance or damnanation threatned to the Resisters of Soveraign Authority Rom. 13. 2. He interprets that Text not of the damnation of hell but of the Sentence of the Soveraign Power and that they might not b●… frighted with the fear of that Temporal Judg●…ment neither He promiseth them success and victory in the Name of Almighty God as abovesaid Out of Mr. Calamyes Apology against Mr. Burton 1646. FOr my own particular I crave leav●… to declare to all that shall read these lines what I have done to manifest my repentance and let Master Burton then judge whether it be a repentance to be repented of or no. First I went to Bury and there made in a Sermon a recantation and retraction of what I had done in the hearing of thousands And this I did before the times turned against Episcopacy not out of discontent nor because I was disappointed of my expected preferment at Court Secondly After my coming to London at the beginning of this Parlament I was one of those that did joyn in making Smectymnuus which was the first deadly blow to Episcopacy in England of late years Thirdly My house was a receptacle for godly Ministers in the worst of times here was the Remo●…strance framed against the Prelates here were all meetings I was the first that openly before a Committee of Parlament did defend that our Bishops were not onely not an Order distinct from Presbyters but that in Scripture a Bishop and Presbyter were all one I blush to speak of these things but the judicious Reader will consider how I am provoked to it and will pardon me As for the Service-Book let M. Burton know that at a meeting at my house it was resolved by above a hundred Ministers after a long debate upon divers weighty considerations that all that could in their judgements submit to the reading of some part of it should be intreated for a while to continue so to do To this our dissenting Brethren then present did agree and one of them made a speech to manifest his concordance This is enough to give any man satisfaction for the late laying of it down Out of Mr. Jeremiah Burroughes his speech in Guild-hall on Friday the sixt of October 1643. A People they are speaking of the Scots that began to rise for their Liberties when the generality of this people here were ready basely to bow down th●…ir backs and put their necks under the yoke and had it not been that they had been willing to have endured the brunt we had all been slaves it is like at this day Their Liberties are setled why they though on the other side of Jordan they are not therein satisfied to sit still but are willing to come themselves and come into the brunt and hazard themselves for the se●…ling of their brethren in the inheritance of the Lord likew●…se What warrant have we to take up Arms to maintain Religion that is not at present to be discussed but onely this to satisfie and stop all their mouths with one word Thus far none can deny it but it is lawful to take up arms to maintain that Civil right we have to our Religion and this we do For we have not onely a right to our Religion by the Law of God but we have a Civil right to this our Religion that other Christians have not had If it shall be said I but a great deal is done but to little purpose all this while O my brethren say not so it is an unthankful voyce this for much hath been done there hath been a check given to the adversary the stream of tyranny and slavery it hath been stopped your lives have all this

shall receive damnation and contrary to our oath of Allegiance wherein we acknowledge the King to be the only Supreme Governour of this Nation Mr. Jenkins Theses out of his humble Petition when he was Prisoner Printed Octob. 15. 1651. 1. THat the Parliament of the Common Wealth of England without the King 1651. were the Supreme Authority of this Nation 2 That Gods providences that is his permission of events and success are antecedent declarations of his good will and approbation 3 That the providences of God as evidently appeared in removing the King and then investing their Honours with the Government of this Nation as ever they appeared in the taking away or bestowing of any Government in any History of any age of the World 4 That a refusal to be subject to this Authority under the pretence of upholding the Title of any one upon earth is a refusal to acquiesce in the wise and righteous pleasure of God such an opposing of the Government set up by the Soverein Lord of Heaven and Earth as none can have peace either in acting in or suffering for 5 That it is our duty to yield to this Authority all active and chearfull obedience in the Lord even for conscience sake Mr. Marshal Serm. on Ps. 102. v. 16 17. March 26. 1645. P. 39. 1. THose in Authority in things of this life have command and may act ad modum imperii In matters of Religion all their power is ad modum ministerii they must not dispose of the affairs of the Church but at the direction of the Word only 2 They are limited to the Word and men under their Authority must before they obey their orders examine them by the Word and find them both lawfull and expedient in their use for edification p. 41. 3. As Josia put to death those that followed Baal so may the Parliament those that will not return to the Lord and leave Antichristianism p. 45. That Antichristianism that was sworn in the Covenant to be ●…ooted out was the established Government in the Church Mr. Edmund Calamies Speech at Guild-Hall October the sixth 1643. Gentlemen YOU have heard a worthy Gentleman of the House of Commons it is desired by this grave and Reverend Assembly of Ministers that three of the Ministers of this Assembly should likewise speak unto you concerning this great business and notwithstanding my indisposition of body being required by them though that Gentleman of the House of Commons hath spoken so abundantly to the purpose yet notwithstanding I am here come to speak something the rather to declare my willingness to appear in this Cause that is every way so just and every way so honest and so good that I may truly say as the Martyr did that if I had as many lives as I have hairs on my head I would be willing to sacrifize all these lives in this Cause You know the story of Craesus that though he never spake in his life yet when he saw his Father ready to be killed it untyed the strings of his tongue and then he cryed out that they would not kill his Father you are not ignorant that England and Ireland lye a dying and though I never appeared in this place yet I bless God that hath given me that health this day to speak something in this Cause for the reviving of the dying condition of England and Ireland It is such a Cause as is able to make a very Infant eloquenr and a dumb man to speak that never spake in all his lise The matter I am desired to speak to is concerning the Contribution to perswade you to be liberal towards the bringing in of the Scots to help us in this our great necessity The truth is it is a great shame that England should stand in need of another Nation to help it to preserve its Religion and Liberties That England that hath been enriched with the Gospel of Peace and the peace of the Gospel for so many years that England that hath been blessed with so many rare Ministers of God so many precious and powerful servants that have preached the Word of God in season and out of season that England that hath professed the Gospel with so much power and purity that England should stand in need of the help of their Brethren of Scotland for to preserve that Gospel that they have professed so many years I confess to me it seems a very strange Prodigie and a strange wonder but it hath pleased Almighty God for the sins of England for our great unthankfulness and for our unthankfulness under these means and for the great blood-guiltiness and Idolatry and Superstition of this Nation it hath pleased God to suffer a gre●…t ●…art of th●… Kingdom to be blinded especially those parts where the Word os God hath not been preached in a powerful manner and there are many in th●… King●…om that will not be perswaded that there is an intention to bring in Pop●…ry and to bring in Slavery Many of them I say think that though the Popish Army should prevail and the plundering Army shoul●… 〈◊〉 yet they think all would go well with Religion and with their Liber●…es I say it hath pleas●…d God to ●…uffer abundance in the Kingdom to be blinded with this opinion out of a just judgement to punish us for our unthankfuln●…ss and for our ingr●…titude and this is the reason that so many men stand Neuters and that ●…o many are Malignants and disaffected to this great Cause in so much that I am concluded under this that there i●…ittle probability to finish this Cause without the coming in of the Scots as you heard so worthily by that Member of the House of Commons The sons of Zerviah are grown so strong what through our fearfulness what through our covetousness what through our malignity that there is little hope I say to finish this great Cause or to bring it to a desired peace without the help of another Nation and by the assistance of God by the help of another Nation it may be done These are two mighty two omnipotent Arguments to prevail with you to contribute your utmost aid and assistance to that Cause since it cannot speedily be done without their help and by Gods blessing it may speedily be done by their help What would the Kings party do if they could engage another Nation to their help 21000. if they could engage them to our ruine what would they not do How much more should we be willing to contribute our greatest help to engage a Nation that indeed is part of our own Nation within the same Island and our Brethren so 〈◊〉 and so well affected to this Cause what should we not be willing to do to ingage so great a party I would intreat you to rememb●…r that it is not many years ago since our Brethren of Scotland came hither into England in a war-like manner and yet with peaceable affections and that you would remind your selves what

confident that in his Preface he makes as it were a challenge saying that if any man can prove that the King was the highest power in the time of those Divisions and that he had power to make that war which he made he will offer his head to Justice as a Rebel As if in those times of Division th●… King had lost or sorfeited his Soveraignty and the Parlament had not onely a part but the whole Soveraignty in themselves IX Finally Mr. Baxter tells us Pag. 486. That having often searched into his heart whether he did lawfully engage into the War or not and whether he did lawfully encourage so many thousands to it he tells us I say that the issue of all his search was but this That he cannot yet see that he was mistaken in the main cause nor dares he repent of it nor forbear doing the same if it were to do again in the same state of things He tells us indeed in the same place that if he could be convinced he had sinned in this matter he would as gladly make a publick recantation as he would eat or drink which seeing he hath not yet done it is ●…vident he is still of the same mind and consequently would upon the same occasion do the same things viz. sight and encourage as many thousands as he could to fight against the King for any thing that calls it self or which he is pleased to call a full and Free Parlament as likewise that he would own and submit to any Usurper of the Soveraignty as set up by God although he came to it by the murder of his Master and by trampling upon the Parlament Lastly That he would hinder as much as possibly he could the restoring of the rightful Heir unto the Crown And now whether a man of this Judgement and of these affections ought to be permitted to Preach or no Let any but himself judge Mr. Stephen Marshal in his Thanksgiving Sermon on Psal. 124. vers 6 7 8. before the House of Commons Sept. 7. 1641. Upon the peace concluded between England and Scotland PAge 40 41. Many are grieved at the great things God has done for us as in the eighth of Ezekiel v. 14. A company of women sate weeping for Tammuz cause they had lost their Idol Pag. 45. This year have we seen broken the yokes which lay upon our Estates Liberties Religion and Conscience Pag. 49. Look to your families do as Jacob did at Bethel when he payed his vow of thanksgiving unto God he made all his family bury their Idols under an Oak Mr. Stephen Marshal in his Sermon Preach'd to the House of Commons at their day of Thanksgiving June 15. 1643. For the discovery of a dangerous desperate and bloody Design tending to the utter subersion of the Parlament and of the famous City of London THe viol now pouring out is the Lords work and he will see it done doubt ye not Pag. 9. The first Engineers that battered the walls of this great Babylon Who were they but the poorer and meaner sort of people that at the first joyn'd with the Ministers to raise the building of Reformation pag. 15. In Scotland what great things hath the Lord lately done by very weak means hardly the fift part of the Nobility appearing for them scarce one fourth part of the Kingdom owning the Cause Pag. 18. Were not the Book of Service and the Book of Canons obtruded on them the Occasion of their late mercies and the Tyranny of a few of their Prelates a means to unburthen them of their whole Prelacy Pag. 18. To what a dead low ebb were We brought our liberty almost swallowed up and turned into slavery our Religion into Popery Pag. 18. The Prelates late Canons and Oath purposely contrived for the perpetuating of their Hierarchy and their other treacherous endeavours against the State joyning with the Papists and with them labouring to bring all into Confusion hath helped thus far toward the taking them away both Root and Branch Pag. 19. The Roman Emperors wasted the Saints in ten several persecutions but all these were nothing in comparison of this destroyer all their loins not so heavy as the little fiuger of Anti-Christ Pag. 25. You are in part Honorable and well-beloved one of the Angels who are to pour out the vial of the wrath of God Pag. 37. Had this bloody contrivance took effect this Honorable Assembly had been made as a Parlament of Paris the greatest Instruments of the Kingdoms Slavery and vassallage for time to come Pag. 39. Think now how deeply you are engaged and brought under the curse of God if you perform not this Solemn Covenant think how horrid a thing it will prove sor any of you to stand perjured men before God in matters of such consequence Pag. 41. All Protestant Writers do agree that we are under the pouring out of some one or more of these seven Vials some think the fourth Vial is now pouring out on the Anti-Christian world others the fift on the throne of the Beast Pag. 44. I dare speak it as confidently as I believe the Revelation to be Divine Scripture that what Viol so ever is now pouring out the issue will be Anti-christ shall lose and Christ shall gain Pag. 45. Mr. Stephen Marshal in his Sacred Panegyrick Preached to the two Houses of Parlament his Excellency the Earl of Essex Lord Maior Court of Aldermen c. Upon occasion of their Feasting to testifie their thankfulness to God for their Union and Concord Janu. 18. 1643. on 1. Chron. 12. 38 39 40. All these came with a perfect heart to Hebron to make David King over Israel c. DAvid persecuted by Saul did not onely take up Arms for his own defence but many of the choisest men of the Tribes did joyn with him and all this while King Saul was alive and David but a private man and one that had sworn Allegiance to him Pag. 7. Now beloved give me leave to speak my thoughts freely I will set aside my Text and the matter I have in hand and yet I will confidently affirm that our days now are better than they were seven years ago because it is better to see the Lord executing Judgement then to see men working wickedness and to behold a People lie wallowing in their blood rather than apostating from God and embracing Idolatry and Superstition and banishing the Lord Jesus from amongst them Pag. 18. If there be any in this Assembly that thinks not this a sufficient Retribution and Satisfaction for all his twentieth part for all his contributions for all his payments and hazards I s●…y he is blind I s●…y his heart is not right with God he hath no share in this business Pag. 20. Carry on the work still leave not a rag that belongs to Popery lay not a bit of the Lords building with any thing that belongs to Anti-christ but away with it Root and Branch Head and Tail till you can say