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A93050	A broken heart, or The grand sacrifice. As it was laid out in a sermon preached at St. Maries in Beverley, in the East-riding of the county of Yorke, upon the monthly fast-day in Christmas-weeke, being Decemb. 28. 1642. By John Shawe, pastor of the church at Rotherham in the same county.	Shawe, John, 1608-1672.	1643 (1643)	Wing S3027; Thomason E95_13; ESTC R12113	25,506	45

hope will his head and hornes and heart perish did not God miraculously deliver us both in fire that hellish powderplot the devills master-peece and in water in 88. Isa 43. 2. Did he not doe as much three yeares agoe when two Israclites were contending together two sister Nations but I might in these be infinite if I looked on these two yeares last past years not as formerly of mercies but of miracles Therefore consider 2. Gods warnings to England warned us by the Ministery as to Ninoveh Ionah 3. 4. Warned us by others all the World almost on fire round about us nay warned us by visible wonders how did God warn Ierusalem ere its destruction and Germany ere its troubles with many marvelous signes and prodigies as you see of late in print and hath he not done as much for us and all these signes have voyces to warne us Exodus 4. 8. Was not that booke called the preparation to the Crosse taken out of a fishes maw at the Commencement time in Cambridge when many Ministers and others from all parts were met together a faire warning for England to prepare for the Crosse what spoke those extraordinary redoubled tides Strong birth at Stone-house neer Plymouth the exceeding strange thunders and lightning at Withcombe in Devon Octobr. 21. 1638. At Anthony in Cornwall on Whitsunday 1640. The severall stories are in print so at Chidlington in Hartfordshire at Wakefield in Yorkeshire and many other warnings from Earth Sea Heaven all c. Such as Amos 4. 6 7 9. 10 11 c. 3. Consider bleeding Ireland let that breake our hearts how many Husbands Wives Childrens Throats how many houses Families have our sinnes there cut ruined destroyed I have heard of one that espying a Woman that cut his Wife and childrens Throats he was in such exreme passion and rage that hee was struck dumbe and no wonder Oh thinke what wee have done if one from beyond Sea send any Armour or Amunition to ruine the loyall subjects and strength of England Oh how vexed and angry are we Alas wee have sent over our sinnes the worst Armour and Amunition against poore Ireland c. But the glasse is my saithfull monitor 4. Consider Englands grievous sinnes let them Iudg. 5. 8. Never was misery on the Iewes but idolatry was one or the onely Cause or as the Iewes spake in every calamity there was something of the golden Calfe melt us and now I am in a Sea I will onely heave up a drop or two 1. Grievous Idolatry a dividing sinne what caused God to divide the Kingdome of Israil into two Kindomes twixt Solomon his Sonne and servant but because Solomon divided Gods worship twixt God and idolls See 1 Kings 11. 6. 7 8. 11. Oh that we should suffer those Cananites and Perizzites of whom God hath so by fire and water warned us still to be pricks in our sides and themselves to be snares to us Iudge 2. 3. 2 Our great abuse of long peace Iudg. 3. 30. Of great plenty we waxed fat and kicked as Israel of great Gospell Rogers the first Martyr in Queene Maries dayes told Iohn Day fellow Prisoner with him and he that afterwards did print the Booke of Martyrs three strange things 1. Brother Day I shall burne at a Stake and you be delivered 2. Thou shalt live to see the Lady Elizabeth now in Prison to be Queen of England both these proved true and 3. Brother said he then tell my brethren in England unlesse they use the Gospell better then we have done there lies a heavier storme of vengeance over their heads then ever hung over ours they had six yeares Gospell in King Edward the sixrs dayes and as he said abused it so complained the exiles in Frank ford of that sinne and God sent them five yeares fiery tribulation in Queene Maries dayes we have had since eighty foure years of much more light of the Gospell Oh but I hasten to a third great sinne viz. Contempt and abuse of Gods faithfull Ministers and people is it not as in Elisha's dayes that Men Women yea little Children cry come up thou Round-head come up thou Round-head I should have said thou bald-Head 2 Kings ● 23. But take heed some she Beares or visible marks of Gods Anger seise not on thee and thine as verse 24. So abuse of Gods Ministers 2 Chronicles 36. 16. Christs Members Jewells Apple of his Eye c. Adde 4. Gur Sabbath breaking and that with Sabbath breaking was a ru●ner of Germany as th●mselves confesse and sure things never went well in England since Sabbath-breaking was tolerated and allowed authority as 2 Chronicles 36. 11. So 5. Not laying to heart the afflictions of Ioseph Amos 6. 6. And many more all these this banning damning cursing swearing whoredome with which I am loath to defile the Ayre and abuse your patience should break our hearts 5 Consider also Englands grievous rents and divisions to helpe to rend our hearts behold not onely a man of Israel and an Egyptian but Israelites coatending together of all Gods judgements Warre seems the worst and sorest witnesse Davids choyce 2 Sam. 24. 13 14. therefore it s usually mentioned the first in the ranke Ezek. 6. 11. Jerem. 44. 12 13. where Famine and Pestilence are they oftentimes hold out the sword but where the sword goes usually it brings in both the other with it but of all warre my Letany is from Civill Warre among our selves good Lord deliver us as being of all other 1. most unprofitable nothing got by fighting among our selves 2. Most unchristian for men professing the same Religion to quarrell 3. The most unnaturall father on one side Sonne on the other side Father against Sonne Sonne against Father Brother against Brother 4. Most dangerous while we contend together all of us lye open to a common enemy never was any conquest of this Land but this way 5. Most hurtfull to others while we contend wee make our selves unhelpfull to bleeding Ireland and other Churches 6. Most scandalous what will the heathen what will our enemies say Cornelius de lapide may change his note on Isai 11. Alas are not we a house divided and a Kingdome divided against our selves If we bite and devoure one another shall wee not be devoured one of another Luk. 11. 17. Gal. 5 15. When God was wont to plague his worst enemies it was with sending the spirit of division one against another and so one ruining another Judg. 7. 2 Chron. 20. Midianites Moabites Ammonites c. Nay 2. consider what great things lye now at stake not our Estates onely but Liberties nay lives how many a gallant man already slaine and many more in danger my his sacred Majesties person is in danger the breath of our nostrills c. Lam. 4. 20. A certain man may draw a bow at a venture and as soone hit the King as another man 1 Kings 22. 34. Nay danger hence to all the Protestant Churches under

to sin that unpardonable sin against Holy Ghost Matth. 12. 31 32. 1 Iohn 5. 16. Or 2. that God sweare against us in his wrath and give us up to our owne hearts lusts Rom. 1. Psal 81. 12. Ioh. 12. 40. If God say let never grace grow on thee while world lasteth as Mark. 11. 14. Or 3. If death any one way of a thousand quolibet momento mille moriendi modi come and seize on thee thou art eternally undone thou hast supped sure Farewel God Heaven hope for ever and for want of hope thy heart may breake Let this danger worke upon thee ex hoc momento pendet aeternitas Thus the Law will be a means to break our hard hearts Thirdly A third means is melting Gospel the consideration what Christ hath done and suffered for thee so vile a wretch tendred to thee so unworthy a worme this Feather bed breakes some flints more then hammer of Law thus did it to the prodigall Luk. 15. I remember a Story in our Chronicles the place I cannot cite not having bookes of a poore Cobler that sometimes lived in London neere a very rich honest Merchant the Merchant was so exceeding kind to the Cobler that he wanted neither money gold cloths meate any thing but the Merchant helped him told him that he should never want any thing which he had ere long dayes of persecution for the Gospel came on and who was the main man to accuse and persecute the rich Merchant endanger both his life and fortune but this Cobler yet so it pleased God the Merchant escaped afterwards the Cobler would never meet the Merchant but ran to the other side of street or turnd back whē he came neere him but in a strait lane one day the Merchant purposely met him and sayes I freely forgive thee all the wrong you have done me I will never thinke worse of thee come to me at any time and I will afford thee any help or meanes I can at which kindnesse the Cobler falls downe almost baptized againe in his owne teares was so overcome with this free mercy that it broke and melted him into as loving and dutifull a poore Neighbour as lived Oh! Jesus Christ hath laid downe his life for us wretches Tendred to us Gospell Heaven c. Yet we by our sinnes shew this Christ brought upon him unspeakable sufferings persecuted him in his members proved false with him in the covenant c. Yet he followes us to our doores consciences with free mercy promising both to forgive Exodus 34. 7. And to forget what hath beene amisse Ier. 31. 34. And Mica 7. 18. And to helpe us for this life for next for body soule grace and glory Oh let all this kindnesse melt us let all this goodnesse winne us to Repentance Rom. 2. 4. As Jer. 3. 22. When the Jewes had fouly fallen and againe back sliden and still God calls and runs after them with mercy Oh this melts them and they cry out Oh Lord behold we come to thee for thou art the Lord our God Such a melting glory Ruffin tells of Saint Iohn the Evangelist towards a yong man fallen away but I hasten c. Goates Milke breakes this Adamant c. Fourthly meanes to breake our hearts is the consideration of Gods Workes even these may helpe us this way 2 Chron. 33. 12. Psalme 119. 71. Luke 15. 16 17. And because this is Verbum diei most suitable to the present times lend me somuch patience as a little to enlarge it in some particular considerations relating to our owne case and here consider 1. What great mercies England hath had mercies positive great peace great plenty great store of Gospell comparative mercies give mee leave so to speake great peace Gospel and plenty then any other Nation in the World since the first light darted from above Before the fall of Adam he had never that great mercy of Christ to dye c. having no sinne needed no Saviour he had a covenant of workes we of grace he as the Angels now justified by inherent righteousnesse though then no merit we by the Righteousnesse of another impured 2. From the fall of Adam till Christ the Church was in its swadling cloths under darke types and shadowes Moses's padagogie but now the Vaile is rent Types fulfilled Christ is come and all things cleared 3. After Christ during Primitive times what raging ten Persecutions many hundred Christians sluine every day in the yeare save the first day of Ianuary And what hellish heresies did the Dragon belch up Especially foure that occasioned foure generall Councells 4. Since then how hath God cleared up the Gospell in these parts and for peace admirable It s thought worthy the Registring in Scripture that twice the I●wes had peace and rest forty yeares Iudg. 3. 11. 5. 31. But once for a wonder it s Chronicled that Gods Church had peace eighty yeares together Iudg 3. 30 But we beyond them above eighty yeares peace our fore-fathers would have given whole Cart-leads of Hay and Corne in King Henry the eighth his time for a few Chapters of St. Matthews Gospel or St. Iames's Epistle yea Bibles in English not permitted yea latter in the beginning of that Virgin Queene Elizabeths Raigne we have heard such a man was one of the third or fourth Preachers in the shire now more good Sermons in one City in a moneth then was in all England in a yeare and for plenty admired by our friends envied by our enemies tell me of any Nation in all points the like Et eris mihi magnus Apollo Nay let me adde superlative mercies above all mens expectation who would have said Gen. 21. 7. That Sarah should give suck so who would have said three yeares agoe that we should have a Parliament a trienniall Parliament and that not to be broken up without mutual consent c. Who would have said such great things should be done or endeavoured thereby Nay mercies above the ordinary course of Gods providence and dealing with others a promise in the Bible we have such naturall sinnes for which God plagued and threatned other Nations yet we exempted by speciall prerogative as a godly Divine said well Nay mercies above all the plots of devill and devillish men have wee not had formerly and lately against us French plots Spanish plots Irish plots English plots and a plot a plot a plot and still a plot yet God hath soared us above all as on Eagles wings Adde to these also privative mercies hath not God delivered us from heathenisme when this poore Iland worshipped every severall day a severall God the Moone on Munday Tuisco on Tuesday c. But God delivered us after this came Egyptian darknesse of Popery but God gave the beast a blow in King Henry the eighth his time brought him on all foure in King Edward the sixth time gave him a deadly blow in famous Queene Elizabeths dayes and still more and more doth and I