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Tvvo sermons the one A heavenly voice, calling all Gods people out of Romish Babylon. The other An everlasting record of the utter ruine of Romish Amalek. By Thomas Taylor, preacher of the Word at Redding in Berkshire.
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Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632.
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Two Sermons THE ONE A HEAVENLY VOICE CALLING ALL GODS people out of Romish BABYLON The Other AN EVERLASTING Record of the utter ruine of Romish AMALEK By THOMAS TAYLOR Preacher of the Word at REDDING in Berkshire LONDON Printed by J. H. for Iohn Bartlet and are to be sold at the Golden Cup in the Gold-Smiths row in Cheapside 1624. TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL AND worthie Knights and Burgesses of the Lower-House of PARLAMENT IN most humble sense of mine owne unworthinesse which holdeth no comparison with the height of your authoritie place judgement and learning I have emboldned my selfe to present unto your wisdomes this voice from Heaven calling all the people of God out of Babylon For what voice can be more worthie of audience than a voice from Heaven What voice more seasonable than this amongst the grave consultations of the most important affaires and weightiest causes of God of his Majestie and of this flourishing Kingdome Or who more fit to heare this voice directed to Gods people than you the representation of all the people of God in this Kingdome You I say who sit in the places of your worthie Predecessors by whose consent and assent with that Higher and Honourable House the whole Kingdome was formerly set out of Babylon so farre as by the blessing of God now it is God will without mee saith Ioseph speake for the life of Pharaoh and without mee effect all his good purposes for the prosperitie of his Majestie and his people and you without mee well know the managing of the weightie businesses which you have in hand neither can my candle adde any light unto your Sunne onely having begunne to speake let me finde grace in your eyes and pardon to encourage you in the doing of what you doe Your wisdomes know that what were the two studs of the house in which Sampson played that is Religion and Iustice in the Common-wealth if they be pulled downe or shaken the Church and Common-wealth fall together and all under the fall must needs perish of the two Religion claimeth our first and chiefe care as intending Gods glorie more immediately and mans good not temporarie chiefly but eternall And therefore whereas heathen Governors could provide for the observation of the second Table Christian Governors as the gates of the world lift up their heads that Christ the King of glorie may enter in among them And all godly Parlaments whereof we have not a few examples in Scripture first setled the causes of God and Religion and then the causes of the King and of Civill Iustice as all the companies gathered for the Lords battels must say on everie side of the Host For the Lord and for Gideon Now of all the great and important causes of God which can be offered to your tractation none is more weightie than the subject of this little Treatise none more neerely concerning your selves to whom the care of your brethren is now committed as Benjamin was by his father to Iudah and on whom next to his Majestie the breath of our nostrils and that Higher and honourable house the care of all our safetie is now laid And as all the voices of the land have made you the eyes of the land so are all the eyes of the land held upon you to helpe us against these Babylonians who have beene and are so busie to bring us backe into our former Babylonish Captivitie and to oppose your selves stoutly with our Darius against these adversaries of Ierusalem who like the Midianites have too long troubled us with their wiles And because the planting of Christs Kingdome is the onely meanes to supplant the Kingdome of Babylon and the breath of Christ can onely blast the hopes of Antichrist a readier way cannot bee devised to effect this voice from Heaven than to provide that the knowledge of the Sonne of God may bee propagated thorow the land and that the blowing of the rams hornes of the Gospell may lay downe the wals of this Romish Ierico even with the ground If your wisdomes should send men over the Kingdome as Moses did the spies to search the land of Canaan they would bring you backe a true report that a great part of this Kingdome still lieth as a barren wildernesse destitute of the blessed means of grace and that many great parishes are as the mountains of Gilboa on which the sweetshowers and raines of the Gospell fall not or verie seldome neither doe the happie dewes of holy doctrine fall on them in their night nor the beames of the Sun of grace dart upon them in the day These faithfull messengers would informe you that all this waste and untilled ground is left for the Babylonians for Seminaries Priests and Iesuites to inhabit That these parishes are the verie thickets in which these snakes and vermins hide themselves who beare nothing about them but poison treason and seduction That these places of such blacke and reigning ignorance lie open to spoile and hazard to be drawne easily away by the poysoned breath of the most sottish Priest not to Poperie onely but even to rebellions and treasons which for most part arise out of ignorant and blinde zeale And now who knoweth whether the supply of this want and the remedie of so great an evill bee reserved for the crowne of his Majesties age and the eternall renowne of this Honourable Parlament So noble a worke requireth no lesse noble an Agent such a glorious and famous act well suiteth with him who for wisdome and understanding is the glorie and fame of the whole earth And now noble and worthie Gentle-men God forbid that you should not take to heart the miseries of your brethren wanting food who behold our Lord Iesus Christ more grieved in spirit to see his Country-men want Preachers than when hee saw them in bondage under the Romans God forbid that you should sinne against God and not bestirre you by planting the true knowledge of God to pull downe the strongest pillar of Poperie that you should not move everie stone for the beautifying of Bethel for the setting open of the gate of heaven here upon earth for the establishing of Gods pure worship and for the removall of everie scandall and advantage of Babylon Goe on therefore worthie men in the Lords strength open your mouthes for the dumbe and silent and be faithfull mediatours for the Kingdome of Christ as you desire him to be a faithfull Mediatour for you in the Kingdome of his Father And from hence would arise another happie fruit wherein the glorie of God and his Gospell would shine out in great brightnesse to the infinite disappointment of these Babylonians namely a more religious and conscionable observation of Gods holy Sabbaths whose honour is wofully violated not without the great scandall of our religion by ordinarie travels both by land and by water Oh that your wisdomes would earnestly move our highest terrene Majestie upon earth for the Sabbaths
themselves enemies but these digge deepe and fetch their counsells as low as hell and under the habit and profession of friendship and loyaltie cowardly lay traines and engines of death which can no more be perceived or prevented but onely by the piercing eie of God than can the issues of the next age 6. Amaleks warre was ill grounded and prospered accordingly for God turned it to the great good of his people who were 1. Exercised by them 2. Experienced in the goodnesse of God and in his gracious deliverance 3. Enriched and provided of armour and other necessaries by the spoile of Amalek As unprosperous have beene the wars of Romish Amalek and their plots and projects have turned against themselves and to the advantage of the truth and the Churches professing the same God hath strangely discovered the treasons against the Lords people and his anointed ones and mightily broken their armes and powers both by sea and land Such as have risen up against the Lord have fallen before him And though now of late they advance themselves as if all were to their hearts desire yet wise men see them no great gainers and were they greater than they be whosoever shall patiently wait to see Gods whole worke together shall doubtlesse rejoyce to see no difference betweene their gaines and Amaleks against Israel but onely that their confusion and overthrow shall be more dreadfull and fearefull as their sinnes have beene most Catholique and execrable 7. As Amalek after a doubtfull war must be overcome by Israel and written to perpetuall destruction so the Church hath justly deserved to sustaine a doubtfull conflict by Romish Amalek but after the triall of the Church Amalek shall be foiled being long since written to perpetuall destruction for when the childe is corrected the rod shall be cast into the fire 3. If we looke to our aids and succours we need not feare the issue of our conflict against Amalek For 1. We never want a valorous and victorious Ioshua to lead us and fight for us against Amalek That Ioshua was a Noble Generall with whom the Lord was and none was able to stand before him so as he set his foot on the necks of five kings at once but he was but a type and shadow of our Ioshua a mighty Captaine and an heavenly leader that great Michael that treadeth upon the necks of all Kings and Tyrants that rise up in armes against him and his people That Ioshua was in the valley but ours is upon the hill of his heavenly glory far exalted above all his enemies 2. As Israel had not only Ioshua fighting in the valley but also Moses praying on the hill so wee have many Mosesses lifting up hands and praiers which are powerfull and prevalent against Amalek And whereas we finde much unworthinesse in our praiers and our hands grow feeble we have an Aaron our heavenly High-Priest strengthning our armes and praiers which praiers joyned with the power of Ioshua shall bring downe the proudest Amalekites that ever ware triple Crowne and put to rout all forces levelled against the Israel of God When the Angell came to Gedeon and said The Lord be with thee thou valiant man hee replied If the Lord be with us why is it thus Why doth Amalek prosper Why doe they prevaile so long Why doe they triumph with great hopes to goe on to carry the victory If Romish Amalek be a people written to destruction why see we no meanes of their overthrow Answ. 1. We need not feare the braggs of those that use to triumph before victory The end of a thing is better than the beginning saith Salomon The issue of the doubtfull warre shall undoubtedly joyne the Churches happy triumph with their finall overthrow 2. After the Lord had written this sentence against Amalek he staied execution foure hundred yeeres till Sauls time but in the end the time of his patience being expired he forgat not the accomplishment So Amalek may prevaile awhile for the sins of the Church and we must not grudge to allow the Lord the time of his patience which though it may wait many ages yet at last will he assuredly rise up in most sharpe revenge and utterly destroy the kingdome and memory of Amalek from under heaven 3. The Church may thanke her selfe in part that Amalek prevaileth still over her For 1. Whereas the Lord hath commanded us to remember what Amalek hath done to us in our way and repeateth it againe forget it not we forget the strait injunction we remember not what they did to us in Queene Maries daies but have forgotten those furious flames and times We have forgotten what Amalek did to us in 1588. and remember not that they digged a sulphureous pit in 1605. wide enough to swallow three whole kingdomes Now while wee so easily forget that which wee are commanded to remember what marvell if God rub our memories by suffering them to be pricks in our sides and eies still 2. Neither doe we remember the Lords Oath to have war with spirituall Amalek 3. Neither doe we remember that it is the dutie of all the Israel of God to fight with God in blotting out their remembrance though the charge be very strait Deut. 25.19 Thou shalt put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven as God taketh his Churches part against Amalek so the Church must take Gods part in this great worke which the Lord will effect both for them and by them 4. It is likely also we lift not up our hands so fervently and so constantly against Amalek as we ought If Moses hold up his hands Israel prevaileth 5. It may be wee are wanting in encouraging and strengthning the enfeebled hands of our Mosesses How could Israel have expected to prevaile against Amalek if in stead of rearing up Moses his hands they had turned him off the hill with despight and contempt and taken up some Amalekite into his stead How can Popish Amalek but prevaile if Popish Priests shall finde any where better entertainement than faithfull Preachers who are so many Mosesses and men of God who would stand in the gap and are indeed the horsemen and Chariots of Israel Oh therefore deare brethren let us awaken our selves and in this tempest by the loud voice of our praiers awaken Christ who seemeth to sleepe in his ship with us Let us ply the Lord earnestly and binde him by his owne promise Gods promise and his peoples praiers are mighty Canons and battery against the thicke walls and towers of Romish Amalek While the Papists are some at their beads and some at their swords let us get us to our fortresse of faithfull and fervent praier and we shall not onely see the omnipotence of praier but the impotencie and flight of Amalek Did not our hands fall downe and our praiers grow feeble we should fill our hearts quickly with triumphant joy over them our hands with their spoiles and our mouthes would runne over with the praises of God for our deliverances from the power and plots of such fierce and implacable enemies Even so let thine enemies those accursed Amalekites perish O Lord but let them that love thy name be as the Sunne when he riseth in his might Amen FINIS Iudg. 7.18 Esr. 6.6 2 Sam. 1.21 Iudg 〈…〉 In hoc serviunt domino magistratus in quantum sunt magistratus cum ea faciunt ad serviendum illi quae non possunt facere nisi magistratus Ier. 51.45 Gen. 18.25 Gen. 19.15 16. Numb that they might not be swallowed up with them 16.26 Revel 17.8 Revel 17.5 Bellarm. Ribera Alcusan Baâ—on Viegas Lessiâ—s Malvenda c. Augustin Orosius Eusâ—b Hieron Tertull. Beda Victorinus Oecumenius Similis superbia Similis perfidia Ecclesia similis est foeminae quae ex antiqua soelicitate excidit ac signa tantum habet ornamentâ—rum enâ—m suorum thâ—cas arculas habet opâ—bus autem spâ—â—â—ata est Isidor Pâ—lusioâ— lib. 3. epist. Why Rome Papall is called the great Whore Prov. 7.13 Prov. 5.11 Marian. de reg lib. 1. cap. 7. Similis sâ—atus Similis exitus Ier. 51.37.25 Rev. 18.8 15.16 Ier. 51.63 Rev. 18.21 Ier. 50.40 Rev. 16.21 1. Mente 2. Matth. 3. Corpore 1. Cito Ier. 51.6 Longe Totaliter Finaliter Nos exivimus ab illis corpore illâ— a nobis animo nos ab illis loco illi a nobis fide nos apud illos reliquimus fundamenta parietum illâ— apud nos fundamenta scripturarum nos egressi sumus ab illâ—s secundum aspectum hominum illi a nobis secundum iudicium Dei Chrysost. de haereticis in oper imperfect in Matt. cap. 23. hâ—m 46. 1. Idolatry Isa. 21.9 2 King 17.30 Ier. 51.36 That Romanists are formall Idolaters Orat. in Christ. nat 3. Costâ—r Bellarm. De idolâ—lat lib. 2. cap. 7. Iohn 8. 2. Cruelty Ier. 51.25 50.23 Rev. 17.2.13.8 Rev. 13.19 2 Kings 26. Psal. 137.8 9. Prov. 4.14 Revel 14 8.10.17.2 2 Thess. 2. Ierem. 51. Acts 2.40 Gen. 20.12 Gal. 4.29 Ier. 51.34 Iudg. 5. 1 King 14.10 Ier. 51.5 â—saâ— 69. Isa. 41.14 Resemblance of Romanists with Amalek in 7. things Iudges 6.12 Deut. 25.17.19 Exod. 17.16 Exod. 17. â—1 Iudg. 5.31