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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77366	A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, at their publique fast, Novemb. 29. 1643. By VVilliam Bridge, sometimes fellow of Emanuel Colledge in Cambridge, now preacher of Gods Word at Yarmouth.	Bridge, William, 1600?-1670.	1643 (1643)	Wing B4465; Thomason E79_11; ESTC R13662	28,626	38

in his returne to his company he heard in a roome as he passed by the noyse of children as it were pronouncing their Catechize whereupon he put aside the dore where they were and he saw the Ministers wives of the place praying and praysing God with their children upon this Melancthon returned to his company exceeding cheerfull and very joyfull Luther espying his gladsome countenance said thus to him Philip how commeth it to passe that you returne so joyfull that went out even now so sorrowfull He answered Let us be of good comfort for I have seen them that will fight for us and defend us Luther asked what those stout and brave Captaines were Oh sayes Melancthon they are the chast wives and vertuous children of holy men It seemes that holy man Melancthon thought such Carpenters were a great matter in his time Beloved you have many such Carpenters as these at work for you But besides these look into any part of the kingdom and you shal find that where ever any horne is raised up there is a Carpenter at work also some or other that God hath unexpectedly raised up to make resistance Wherefore then lift up your heads oh all ye people of the Lord and be not discouraged what Zechariah saw you shall find Gods promise is your security He will raise up four Carpenters to the foure Hornes Secondly This Doctrine speakes direction to the Carpenters Application 2. it tells them what they ought to do and what is their work The work of the foure Carpenters you see is not onely to fray these hornes away but to cast out the Gentiles Who ever therefore you are whom God hath raised up for this imployment behold your service up and be doing and do it fully Cursed is he that doth the worke of the Lord negligently and with holdeth his hand from shedding of blood they are knit together in one verse Ierem. 48. 10. But we are now upon the work of Reformation building Object the Temple and if a man be a man of blood he is not fit for that service Mistake me not it is not in mine intention to call for blood Answ Oh that in this day of our humiliation and address●s to God we could so touch the hemme of Christs garment thtt Englands bloody issue might be stanched I Be as mild as you can so you be like unto Christ who was both a Lamb and a Lion a Lamb in his owne cause a Lion in Gods Meeknesse and Justice may well stand together Moses was the meekest man upon earth you know yet when Israel had defiled themselv●s with Idols in the matter of the golden calfe he stood in the gate of the camp Sam. cap. 2. ut 〈◊〉 eis ne● sibi 〈◊〉 tamen d 〈…〉 nquentes si● pe●secutas est q●os 〈◊〉 ut eos etiam Domino parcente prostern●● et Gr●gor and said Exod. 32. 27. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel put every man his sword by his side and goe in and out from gate to gate through the camp and slay every man his brother and every man his companion and every man his neighbour He doth not say Slay every man his enemy or every man his countreyman but every man his brother and his companion and his neighbour And ver 28. it is said The children of Levi did according to the word of Moses and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men yet the Levites had their hand in Temple-work more then any other Tribe and Moses had the honour to build the Tabernacle You reade also in Zech. 13. of a great and glorious Reformation so high so great and so convincing that the very Priests who were wont to goe in rough garments to deceive the people should throw away their Priest-coats and say ver 5. I am no Prophet I am an husbandman for man taught me to keep cattel from my youth As if they should say severally Though I am able to reade a Chapter yet I am not fit to be a Minister I have no learning but in truth am more fit to goe to the plough Well but now mark I pray how this great change and Reformation is ushered in and brought about not without some kind of holy violence for it is said ver 2. It shall come to passe in that day saith the Lord of hosts that I will cut off the names of the Idols out of the land and they shall be no more remembred and also I will cause the Prophets and the uncleane spirits to passe out of the land And ver 3. It s●all come to passe that wh●n any shall yet prophesie then his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesyeth And ver 6. when any should ask him What are those wounds in thy hands Then he shall answer Those wherewith I was wounded in the house of my friends Another notable Scripture you have for this purpose in Psal 24. when the question is made at the third verse Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord and who shall stand in his holy place That is who is fit to be a member of a true Church Answer is made to this at the 4. 5. and 6. verses He that hath cleane hands and a pure heart c. Wherefore then saith the Psalmist Lift up your heads O ye gates that is Magistrates that sit in the gates and be ye lift up ye everlasting doores that is of the Churches for the doores of the Churches are everlasting doores against which the gates of hell shall not prevaile and then the King of glory shall come in that is God will come in and dwell amongst you in his great glory and your very congregations shall be filled with glory But Who is the King of glory The Lord strong and mighty saith the Psalmist the Lord mighty in battell the Lord of Hosts he is the King of glory that is thus will hee bring his glory into the Churches by shewing himselfe to be the Lord strong and mighty the Lord mighty in battell Wherefore then lift up your heads O ye gates and execute you justice and judgement and be you lift up ye everlasting doors of the Churches and be you reformed and the King of glory shall come in with his glory into your congregations But if you ask me who this King of glory is I must tell you he is the Lord of hosts and so he will be known unto you when he bringeth his glory amongst you even the Lord strong and mighty in battell Wherefore I say lift up your heads O you carpenters and servants of the Lord drawn forth to that employment you see your work the Text hath cut it out I beseech you in the Lord CHRIST doe it and doe it throughly Onely let me lay in one Caution which is this When you have frayed away the hornes and cast out the Gentiles take heed that the spirit of the hornes doe not live in the