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england_n	divide_v	division_n	faulty_a	16	3	16.6941	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45340	Samaria's downfall, or, A commentary (by way of supplement) on the five last verses of the thirteenth chapter of Hosea wherein is set forth, Ephraim's dignity, duty, impenitency, and downfall : very suitable to, and seasonable for, these present times, where you have the text explained, sundry cases of conscience cleared, many practical observations raised (with references to such authors as clear any point more fully) : and a synopsis or brief character of the twenty kings of Israel, with some useful inferences from them / by Thomas Hall ...	Hall, Thomas, 1610-1665.	1660 (1660)	Wing H440; ESTC R18060	150,640	184

hearts and hee will have all or none at all Oh this sin of formality and lukewarmness cries for some judgement against us Where is our zeal for Gods glory our mourning for the great dishonours that are done to his Name our crying out and witnessing against the blasphemies heresies witchcraft juggling and Satanical delusions that abound amongst us Nay do not many plead for a general Tolleration of all sorts and sects and if under a colour they make a Law against such yet it is either made so wide that offenders creep thorow or the Rulers are so over-awed that they dare onely admonish when they should punish and barely shave the head which of right should bee cut off Now will not the Lord visit for these things and shall not his soul bee avenged on such a cold and careless Nation as this is 15 Divisions Ephraim was against Manassse and Manasses against Ephraim there was division upon division amongst them their sins had divided them from their God and now God in his just judgement sets a spirit of division amongst themselves to their destruction Hos. 10. 2. Their heart is divided now shall they bee found faulty or as some render the word they shall bee ruined For desolations in a State oft follow divisions in the Church as wee see in Poland Germany c. And was England ever more sadly divided and sub-divided than at this day What separations and sub-separations are found amongst us One is of Paul another of Apollo divisions in principles divisions in practice divisions in judgement and divisions in affection divisions in Church and divisions in State For the divisions of England there bee sad thoughts of heart Ierusalems divisions were Ierusalems ruine The Lord grant that Englands divisions prove not Englands ruine These give the enemy great advantage against us and encourage them to set upon us When Isra●l and Iudah were at variance then comes Shishak the Egyptian and troubles Ierusalem 2 Ch●on 12. 2. It is observed that England was never conquered but when it was divided within it self Oh that God who hath made our hearts would mend them and unite them that wee may never lose our Religion Laws Estates Persons Posterity and all that is dear to us and lay our selves open to the malice of a bloody enemy who hath no way to overthrow us sooner than by our sinful dissen●ions 16 Carnal-confidence For this sin they are frequently reproved one while they trusted in their Kings anon they go down to Egypt for help and then seek to the Assyrian they forsook the Lord and trusted in an arm of flesh which yet could not help them in their troubles Hos. 5. 13. and 7. 11. and 12. 1. and 13. 10. And doth not this sin abound in England Have not wee trusted in Kings Princes Protectors Parliaments Armies Navies c Wee have leaned so long upon our staves till wee have broken them all and ruined our carnal confidences by idolizing them 17 Incorrigibleness under lesser judgements God had been as a moth to Ephraim which consumed him by little and little but since that did not better him the Lord came as a Lion against him and tore him all to peeces Hos. 5. ●2 14. Like a good Physician hee used all means to heal them Hos. 7. 1. by his word by his mercies by his judgements but since nothing would mend them the Lord swears by himself to root up them and their posterity for their stubbornness Amos. 4. per totum And is not this our sin Hath not the Lord used all gentle means and spent all his lesser rods in vain upon us Who can say hee hath been the better for all the Agues Feavers Taxes Poverty Sickness c. or any of those lesser rods which God hath laid upon us May not the Lord complain of England as hee did sometime of Israel for their incorrigibleness Amos 4. 6. to 12. Thus and thus have I done to you yet have yee not returned to mee saith the Lord and therefore now I will bring some greater judgement on you unless by repentance you prepare to meet your God and so prevent his wrath 18 Oppression and cruelty They acted their oppressions upon the poor in a violent virulent manner which brought destruction upon them Amos 3. 9 10 11 12. and 4. 2. They used false weights and loved to oppress they were all for getting though it were by force and forgery Hos. 12. 7. And doth not this sin reign amongst us Was there ever more wracking of Tenants grinding the faces of the poor squeezing them and eating them peece-meal Was there ever more couzening cheating over-reaching over-reckoning and unrighteous dealing in the Land and that by some who pretend to an extraordinary measure of Religion I beleeve the like hath not been known in the memory of man Our fore-fathers had less light and knowledge but there was far more pla●nness and single-hearredness in those dayes than is in ours I have but little dealing in the world had I less I should bee well contented yet I must profess that I can scarce tell where to finde a plain simple single-hearted Nathanael let such know that God abom●nates them Deut. 25. 13 14. and will bee avenged on them 1 Thess. 4. 6. The whole land fares the worse for such This was one of those sins amongst the rest that brought judgements on Ierusalem and will certainly bring judgements on London and the rest of our Cities where such enormities abound Ezek. 22. 12 29 31. 19. Atheism They forgat God dayes without number hee was not in all their thoughts Hence the Lord so oft complains that they knew him not nor considered that hee remembred all their doings Hos. 2. 5. 8. 13. and 5. 4. and 7. 2. Atheism at this day is the crying sin of England wee are not in so much danger of Papism now as of Atheism how hath this God-provoking Land-ruining sin over-spread the whole Island wee have all sorts of Atheism amongst us Mental Vocal Vital Wee have close Atheists and gross Atheists wee have Atheists contemplative and Atheists practical some are closer Atheists they do not directly and plainly cast God out of the world yet these fools who are the worlds wise men say in their hearts There is no God Psal. 14. 1. This kinde of Atheism is not so easily discovered nor reproved and so it wants that help which gross Atheism meets withall 2 Many that confess God in their words yet deny him in their works and by consequence deny his All-seeing eye and Being as if God took no notice of things below these are practical Atheists Titus 1. 16. Eliphaz sets the brand of wickedness upon the fore-head of this sin Iob 22. 5 13 14. and God threatens to search as with Candles for such Atheistical ones i. e. Hee will search narrowly and sift them thorowly as the woman that lighted a candle to search for her lost groat Zeph. 1. 12. yet Atheism