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A30577	The glorious name of God, The Lord of Hosts opened in two sermons, at Michaels Cornhill, London, vindicating the Commission from this Lord of Hosts, to subjects, in some case, to take up arms : with a post-script, briefly answering a late treatise by Henry Ferne, D.D. / by Jer. Burroughes.	Burroughs, Jeremiah, 1599-1646.	1643 (1643)	Wing B6074; ESTC R4315	105,730	154

they shall doe will be nothing yea they themselves wil be nothing No marvail therefore although they and the Kingdome with them stand for that But what is that It is that the defence of the King Kingdome and Parliament from the danger of the plots attempts of Papists and all Malignants may be put into the hands of those that they may confide in To what purpose are good Laws made To what purpose is a Parl fitting if Papists Prelats Popish and Prelatical men Atheists Delinquents so infinitely discontent whom we had cause enough to fear that they would endeavour to get power that they might disanul all and according to those fears wee see what is come to passe if wee may not have the Militia of the Kingdome that is the onely positive Legall way next to that we have from the Law of Nature to resist such power as would endeavour to undoe all If a man should be bound to pay me such a debt and withall to joyn with me to provide safe means of conveying both my self and money to such a place if this man at the day appointed should pay the debt duly to a farthing but when I tell him of great danger by the way many lye in wait to surprise me and my money and I require of him to joyne with me to afford me such aid as I may goe safely for go I must if he refuseth and will onely consent to such aid as I not without good grounds have cause to suspect to be as dangerous even as those that lie in wait for me yea it may be I can prove that even some principal ones of those he would have for my aid safety are confederate and of the same company with those that lye in wait for me Now I demand what advantage is it to me that the debt is paid me supposing I must go have no other way to help my self but that which he denies to me is it not all one to me as if he had refused to pay the debt Doe you think that good words would be enough to you in such a case if hee should say I le warrant you you may be safe when I know certainly these men are of the company with those who lie in wait for me I have other men by whom I know will be faithfull and can be no prejudice to the other party and I desire him that hee would suffer those to goe along with me for my safety and he refuseth it But howsoever were it not better to harken to peace if possibly there may be wayes of Accommodation Peace is indeed a most lovely and desirable thing we desire with our soules to live in peace God himselfe knows there is nothing that would be more acceptable to us then to serve God the King in waies of peace God forbid but that we should in all our waies shew our selves the children of peace We could make large orations in commendation of peace as well as others yea in the midst of all the clatterings of our Arms and sounds of war-like instruments yet peace is in our eyes and hearts As faithfull Ministers in all the terrible threats they denounce in the name of God against impenitent sinners seeke the true peace of their souls so the true souldier who is faithfull to God and his Countrey although he hath the sword in one hand and fire in the other yet it is with this Motto Sic quaerimus pacem For a full Answer to this Objection I shal first answer meerly as a Divine out of the Scripture and then we may consider what may be said in true wisdome of Politic. For the first The Scripture tels us James 3. 17. The wisdome that is from above is first pure then peaceable Such an expression did it not come from an Apostle would be scorned by many profane Atheisticall spirits amongst us yea they would accuse James himselfe if they dared for a Puritan for speaking thus The Scripture frequently joynes Peace and truth peace and holinesse peace and righteousnesse grace and peace together We must be sure so to seek peace as we must seek the God of peace the Gospel of peace That were a fearfull peace that should make war between the God of peace and us or deprive us of the Gospel of peace Let us not dis-joyn or disorder the Angels Doxologie Glory be to God on high peace on earth good will towards men So peace on earth as glory may be to God on high and the good will the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of this our God towards us Placet ista distributio sayes Bernard this distribution pleaseth me wel that God should have glory we have peace Oh that this Angelical distribution of glory peace might please us all The truth is peace is sweet and those which are thought enemies to it pray a hundred times more to the God of peace for peace then those who plead so much for it Peace is to be purchased at any rate but with the losse of Truth if this be the price of it we buy it too deare We use to say We may buy gold too deare It would be a hard bargaine if the glory of God if the liberty of his Ordinances that now we have an opportunity to enjoy if the most religious party in the Kingdome should be now sacrificed for a supposed peace which upon such terms certainly will not hold long This would make God our enemie not only because his glory truth Saints are dear unto him but because those who are most religious have stuck most to the Parliament they have ventured their estates their lives their children their servants for the safety of King Kingdome and Parl. Never was Parl. so engaged to any party in England as they are engaged to these now Therefore it were the most horrible injustice that ever was in the world if the Parl. should leave them yea sacrifice them to their adversaries only to provide for a false uncertain dishonourable peace for themselves and others It cannot be imagined that such a thought could enter into them God would never suffer such injustice as this to passe this world without the expressions of his high indignation against it And in way of true wisdome of civill polity these foure things must be considered of 1. How far treaties may be advantagious to the adversaries We read Dan. 8. 25. that through peace many should be destroyed Under the name of peace there may be fomented the most bloody cruell war that ever England hath knowne Many people when they hear of the word Peace they are so pleased that they run away with that not knowing what bloody cruel designes may lye under it and be promoted by it and they think that if some follow not the treaty presently though upon never so great disadvantage it is because they are bloody and love war whereas in truth it is that they might prevent

times You shall shew your selves the daughters of Sarah if you have such a spirit as Sarah had not to be afraid with any amazement not through your inordinate feare either hinder your selves your husbands or any other in the service of the Lord. If God call you or them to suffer you must not through feare pull backe but go on with courage undauntedly then you are indeed the daughters of Sarah And that a spirit may be put even into women in these times that call for all to be above sinfull feares let them consider these three things First The first time that ever any speaking to God called him by this name the Lord of Hosts it was a woman and that was Hannah 1 Sam. 1. 11. Shee vowed a vow and said O Lord of Hosts if thou wilt indeed looke on the affliction of thine handmaid c. Secondly One of the principallest Psalms wherin this title of the Lord of Hosts is most magnified is a Psalme tuned to that Musical instrument that virgins and women use to play on from whence the Psalme hath its title A Song upon Alamoth Ps 46. Which is as much as A song upon the Virginals for the Hebrew word comes of a root that signifies to hide and so we formerly made use of it but from thence because Virgins used to be covered and hidden hence Gnalamoth signifies Virgins and here used for the musical instrument of Virgins Virgins and Women it seems had wont to sing this Psal and play to it upon the instrument Now it is supposed that their hearts should be some way sutable to what they sung played here they rejoycingly sing The Lord of Hosts is with us the God of Jacob is our refuge ver 7 And again The Lord of Hosts is with us the God of Jacob is our refuge ver 11. besides other passages yea almost all the same tending this way 3. The most brave expression of a strong valiant spirit triumphing over enemies in time of battel is from a woman Jud. 5. 21. it is the speech of Deborah O my soul thou hast trodden down strength As if she should have said They come with a great deale of strength that they think to prevail with but to me all their strength is but as the dirt in the streets my soul is above it though my body be weak yet O my soul thou hast troden down strength Where have we a braver expression of a more raised spirit either in Scripture amongst any of the Lords valiant ones or in humane story amongst any of the great Captaines and Conquerours that ever were I cannot but repeat it again O my soule thou hast trodden down strength Let not women then so complain of their weaknes as thereby to think to excuse their sinfull feares I will give you a notable speech comming neer this from another woman that Ecclesiasticall story records of one Julitta there are many famous things recorded of her but this speech of hers to other women of her acquaintance is most remarkable Cease to accuse sayes she the fragility of the Foeminine sexe What are not we made of the same matter that men are Yea after Gods Image are we made as wel as they God did not use flesh to make women of in token of infirmity We are bone of his bone in token we must be strong in the living God If the spirit of The Lord of Hosts were with you even you may daunt your enemies You may make such preparations for your own defence as not to let your lives go at a cheap rate but that the losse of every one of yours may cost the life of one of them at least Even you may cast shame upon them If there were such a spirit in you they would fly before women for their spirits are base and vile If God be the Lord of Hosts if he hath such wonderfull workings of his providence in wars and battels hence in all war and battels there is some speciall thing of God to be looked at Surely this great Lord of Hosts doth not use to raise War to go into the field for nothing there is some great thing aimed at especially where he appears in more then an ordinary way as certainly he doth in these wars of ours We should not hearken after or speake of Warres onely as matter of news but observe what the way of God is in them what his aim looks to in ordering of them what his intentions work at how he brings his own ends to passe furthers his glory by them Whosoever lives to see the issue of these great stirs and warlike commotions amongst us shall see that God had a hand in them to bring great things to passe that the mercy he intended for us was worth all the trouble these have brought upon us yea all the bloud the most precious bloud that hath been shed amongst us God hath many promises to his Churches to accomplish many Prophecies to fulfil many glorious things to declare many mercies for his Saints to bestow these stirs amongst us wil make way for all We have had much mercy from God on free-cost that mercie that is to come it may be is of an higher nature therefore God intends it shall be more costly to us it may cost many of our lives but we or our posteritie shall see that when it comes it wil pay for all That this Lord of Hosts had great thoughts of heart for the good of England when he raised these Civil wars amongst us though it be the sorest judgement yet it may make way to the greatest mercy It is our duty diligently to observe how God works in his Providence to the attaining such ends of his 6. God is The Lord of Hosts Hence know from whence it is that we have enjoyed so much peace as we have with the comfortable fruits of it it is from The Lord of Hosts who hath all power in his hands to keep off or bring war as he pleaseth It it is he alone that hath kept off from us those hideous things others have suffered it is from him that we have not all this while wallowed not sweltred in our bloud that our garments have not been rowled in bloud as our brethrens have but we have enjoyed our houses beds tables wives children we have had all comforts for soule and body about us Micah 4. 4. They shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig-tree and none shall make them afraid From whence is this The words following wil tell you The mouth of the Lord of Hosts hath spoken it The Vines and Fig-trees we have sate under have not beene empty Vines nor barren Fig-trees to us we have not onely had refreshment from the shadow of them but much comfort from the fruit of them It was this Lord that promised to Israel that he would cause their enemies not to desire their land when they went up to Jerusalem to worship What a