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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

17. 8 13 14 15. but rejected the counsel of his Prophets till the wrath of the Lord broke forth and there was no remedy as you may see 2 King 17 7 to 24 where you have Ephraims sins and Ephraims punishment fully set forth Now what could the Lord do less than root up such a people so obstinate under reproofs so unthankful for mercies so incorrigible under judgements so uncapable of repentance so impatient of remedies so impenitent under all the means of grace which God had afforded them Let us now reflect upon our selves and see whether Ephraims sins bee not Englands sins if so parity of sins will bring parity of judgements if our sins run parallel with those of Ephraim wee may justly expect Ephraims downfall It is said of Lot that his righteoussoul was vexed with the sins of Sodome 2 Pet. 2. 7 8. the word is in the original his soul was wracked and tormented when hee saw the abominations of the Sodomites These twenty sins which abound in England and abode some judgement approaching should even wrack and torment our souls with grief that so wee may bee marked for mercy when judgement comes Ezek. 9. 4. Hab. 3. 16. The counsel which the Lord gave to Ephraim shall I give to England Hos. 14. 1 2 3. Return O back-sliding England from thy Atheism Apostasie Heresie Bl●sphemy Hypocrisie Formality Ingratitude Witchcraft Security Anarchy c. and take with you words of sincere confession and turn unfeignedly to the Lord so will hee receive you graciously and accept both of your persons and performances If any would see more Land-destroying sins let him peruse D. Corn. Burges on Ier 4. 14. p. 38 39. preached 1642. Perkins 3. Vol. p. 420. D. Gouge his Arrows on Numb 16. 46. Sect. 46. p. 79. and 139. Mr. Case his Sermon on Exod. 5. 22. p. 11 12. preached 1646. D. Peter Smiths Fast Sermon on Psal. 107 6. p. 30 31. preached 1644. Lastly their Rulers were corrupt their Kings Princes Judges were Idolaters Revolters Violaters of the Law Bribers c. Hos. 4. 18 19. and 5. 10. and 9. 15. and the people were corrupted by them for where the head is rotten the members cannot bee sound Of all the twenty Kings of Israel after the division of the State there was not one good from first to last they were all Idolaters which serves to clear and vindicate the Justice of God in the utter overthrow of those Kings and their Kingdome who had for the space of two hundred thirty seven or two hundred and sixty years say some abused the goodness and patience of the Lord and since there is none that I know of that hath distinctly described these twenty Kings of Israel in any set Treatise I shall briefly describe the men and their manners and give some useful and seasonable Observations from them A brief History of the twenty Kings of ISRAEL AFter the death of Solomon the twelve Tribes were divided into two Kingdomes under Rehoboam and Ieroboam Rehoboam Solomons son reigned over two Tribes viz. Iudah and Benjamin and this was called the Kingdome of Iudah because the Tribe of Iudah was the principal part of it A parte praestantiori fit denominatio This Kingdome continued in Rehoboam and his successours the posterity of David three hundred seventy two years even till the time of the Babylonish Captivity which was about six hundred years before Christ. In which space nineteen Kings of the same stock succeeded each other All their Acts and wayes are succinctly but fully published by a very good hand I shall therefore give you onely their names and the Texts with Stars on the good Kings and Daggers on the Hypocrites the rest were wicked Samuel was the last Judge of Israel and Saul the first King Note that Saul David Solomon reigned before the Kingdome was divided between Iudah and Israel 1 Saul hee reigned ten years 1 Sam. 13. 1. c. and slew himself 1 Sam. 31. 4. 2 * David reigned forty years 2 Sam 2. 4. c. 3 * Solomon reigned forty years I King 11. 42. 4 * Rehoboam reigned seventeen years I King 14. 21. 5 * Abijah reigned two years 1 King 15. 6 * Asa reigned one and forty years 1 King 15. 9 10. 7 * Ie●osaphat reigned five and twenty years 1 King 22. 42. 8 Iehoram reigned eight years 2 King 8. 17. Q. Ath●li●h Ahabs daughter and Iehorams widow usurped the Kingdome for six years 2 King 11. 1 3. 9 † Ioash reigned forty years and was slain 2 King 11. 4 c. 10 † Amaziah reigns nine and twenty years and is slain 2 King 14. 2. 11 Uzziah alias Az●riah was slain 2 King 15. 1 2 13. 2 Chron. 26. 3. hee reigned two and fifty years 12 * Iotham reigned sixteen years 2 King 15. 33. 2 Chron. 27. 13 Ahaz reigned sixteen years 2 King 16. 2. 14 * Hezekiah reigned nine and twenty years 2 King 18. 2. 15 * Manasseh reigned five and fifty years 2 King 21. 1. 16 Amon reigns two years and is slain 2 King 21. 19. 17 * Iosiah reigns two and thirty years and in slain 2 Kings 22. 1. 18 Iehoahaz reigned three months 2 King 23. 31. 19 Iehojakim reigned eleven years 2 King 24. 1. 20 Iehojachin three months 2 King 24. 8. 21 Zedekiah reigned eleven years 2 King 25. 1. The other ten Tribes over which Ieroboam reigned was called The Kingdome of Israel which continued about two hundred thirty and seven years till they were carried into captivity by the Assyrian about the sixth year of Hezekiah when Hoshea the last King of Israel was carried away captive So that the Kingdome of Israel ended one hundred thirty and three years before that of Iudah In this time there were twenty Kings of Israel of ten several stocks whereof one destroyed another Ieroboams stock was cut off by Baasha and Baasha's by Zimri and Tibni's by Omri and Omri's by Iehu and Iehu's by Shallum and Shallum's by Menahem and Menahem's by Pekah and Pekah's by Hoshea and Hoshea with his were captives to Salmaneser King of Assyria The most of these Kings were cruel Tyrants and Persecutors which bred sad commotions and transported the Kingdome from one family to another Whereas in Iudah where purity of worship was preserved and the godly Kings joyned with the Prophets there were nineteen Kings of the same stock orderly succeeding each other So good it is walk in Gods waies and to take in his Ministers with us A CATALOGUE of the KINGS of ISRAEL 1 Ieroboam reigned two and twenty years 2 Nadab his Son succeeds him hee reigned two years and is slain 3 Baasha of another stock succeeds him and reigns four and twenty years 4 Elah his Son succeeds him and hee reigns two years and is slain by Zimri 5 Zimri of another stock reigns seven daies and burnt himself 6 Tibni of another stock reigns about four years and dies as it is conceived a violent death 7 Omri of

wee are cut off Yea the Prophet himself staggered and was non-plust verse 3. the Lord asked him Son of man can these bones live Is it possible that ever such dry bones should live again The Prophet answers Lord thou knowest q. d. it passeth my apprehension to conceive how this should bee I know not how it should bee effected but Lord thou knowest what thou hast to do and to thee nothing thing is impossible This the Lord doth in his wisdome to out us of our selves and all creature-confidences that in an holy desperation wee may say with repenting Israel Ashur shall Not save us neither will wee ride upon horses nor say any more to the work of our hands Yee are our gods for with thee the fatherless finde mercy Hos. 14. 3. 6 Obs. God in his due time will deliver his people out of the deepest distress Hee is Omnipotent hee can and will redeem Israel not out of one or two but out of all his troubles Psal. 25. ult Art thou weak Hee can strengthen thee Art thou sick Hee can heal thee Art thou dark Hee can insighten thee Art thou dead Hee can inliven thee Hast thou lain in thy grave till thou stinkest again so did Lazarus Hast thou lain till thou art rotten so did Israel in their Babylonish Captivity and yet were restored Ezek. 37. 11 12. So in desertions wee are apt to bee despondent when wee walk in darkness and can see no light neither Sun-light nor Moon-light neither Star-light nor Candle-light but are like unto dry bones in a Sepulchre without life without spirit without strength without comfort and see no way of deliverance Aye but now is a time to live by faith and not by sense Isa. 40. 27 28 29 30 31 and 50. 10. Such is our weakness that wee are apt to limit the holy one of Israel and to think that hee can help us in lesser trials and bring us out of petty crosses but when some fluctus decumanus some great waves of Tentation come then wee are apt to question Gods power and promises and to say with David I shall one day perish by the hand of Saul 1 Sam. 27. 1. Wee are apt to say with Martha If Christ had come a little sooner hee might have raised Lazarus but now saith she he stinks and is past help Ioh. 11. 39. Aye but it is the better for that for now Christs power will bee the more manifested and his Father the more glorified The more grievous thy disease the greater will the praise of thy Physitian bee in thy cure and wee shall love much when wee see how much is forgiven and therefore David makes it an argument to move the Lord to pitty him because his sins were great Psal. 25 11. Remember it is Gods usual course to let men bee dead and buried as it were in misery and to bring things to extremity and then appear Gen. 22. 14. Psal. 461. when trouble comes then hee comes too Wee read of three persons that Christ raised from the dead One was dead but not carried out Ma●k 5. 41 A second was dead and carried out Luke 7. 14. A third was dead carried out buried and lay till hee stunk in his grave and that was Lazarus Christ speaks but the word Lazarus come forth and hee lives God is never nearer to his people than when to a carnal eye hee seems furthest off As wee see in the three young men that were cast into a fiery Furnace and Daniel into the Lions den Sense and carnal reason would have said God had now forsaken them and there was no help yet even then did they finde the greatest help so good it is to trust in God 7 Obs. Death in it self is a formidable enemy and considered as a curse due to impenitent sinners it is very terrible even the terriblest of all terribles as Aristotle calls it It is armed with stings and plagues and is therefore called an Enemy 1 Cor. 15. 26. And the King of terrours even such a terrour as is the chiefest and greatest of terrours Iob 18. 14. Hence dreadful calamities are set forth by the shadow of dea●h Job 10. 21 22. and 16. 16. and 24. 17. Psal. 23. 4. Ier. 13. 16. and the messengers of death Prov. 16. 14. and the snares sorrows and terrours of death Psal. 18. 4 5. and 55. 4. It is this that snatcheth men when they least think of it from their dear Relations Pleasures Riches Recreations Mansions Honours c. which they love as their lives and this must needs bee terrible to a natural man who hath no assurance of better things when he dyes Hence such are said to be in bond age and a slavish fear of death all their life long Heb. 2. 15. whilst wicked men look upon death at a distance and think it far off they fear it not but when God shall open their eyes by sickness and summon them to appear before him then like Pashur they are Magar-missabib a terrour to themselves and all that are ●ound about them Ier. 20. 3 4. Saul though a King and a 〈◊〉 man yet when hee heard that death was at the door and hee must dye to morrow was so dis-spirited with this dismal news that hee fell into a deadly trance and was not able to bear it the fear of death had well nigh ended him before his death came 1 Sam. 9. 19 20. So Bel●hazzar a mighty Monarch in the height of his mirth is all amort his countenance is changed his thoughts trouble him and his joynts are loosed but whence came all this terrour and amazement why it is for fear of this King of fears Death which suddenly after surprized him Dan. 5. 1 2. c. This puts an end to all a wicked mans comforts and hopes conscience shall now bee awakened and hee must give an account of his Stewardship This made Lewis the eleventh King of France to command his servants in his sickness that they should not once mention that bitter word Death in his hearing Yea even the godly in a temptation for fear of death have not acted like themselves at other times as wee see in three of the greatest-Worthies that wee read of in the Scriptures first Abraham famous for faith Gen. 12. 12 13. 20. 2. 11. And David famous for valour 1 Sam. 22. 12 13. And Peter for courage yet to save his life denied his Lord. 8 Obs. Death is a conquered Enemy Christ h●th disarmed him and taken away his sting Hee hath redeemed his from the power of the grave and swallowed up death in Victory Christ by his death hath destroyed death and him that had the power of death the Devil Heb. 2. 14. by suffering of that death which was due to us for our sins hee hath destroyed the power of Satan and taken away that advantage which hee had against us by reason of sin whose wages is death Satan thought by death to destroy Christ

but Christ by his death destroyed his Kingdome and became more glorious by dying like another Sampson hee slew more at his death than in his life So that now wee are more than Conquerers even Triumphers through Christ that loved us Hee hath triumphed over death and all the enemies of our salvation and wee in him our head triumph 2 Cor. 2. 14. Col. 2. 14 15. by lying in the grave hee hath sweetned our graves for us so that now wee may sleep in it as in a bed of down Isa. 57. 2. and our flesh may rest in hope of a glorious Resurrection Psal. 16. 9. Now if ever wee may sing that Triumphant song O death where is thy sting It is destroyed abolished gone This strong man armed is overcome by a stronger than hee It is not the pleasures of life nor the pains of death neither the height of prosperity nor the depth of adversity nothing now can separate us from Christ Iob 5. 20 21 22. Rom. 8. 35 c. Death may dissolve our corporal marriage but it is so far from abolishing that it perfects our spiritual marriage killed we may bee but conquered we can never be Christs victory is our victory and all his Conquests ours Quest. If Christ by his death hath destroyed death why then do the godly dye Answ. Christ did not dye to deliver us from sickness and death but to free us from the curse that is in these By his death hee hath pulled out the sting of death the death of the body still remains but the sting and that which is penal is taken away so that it cannot hurt us and therefore the Text doth not say I will free you from death sed●è manu mortis but from the destructive power of death so as it shall have no dominion over you to hurt you nor bee able to separate you from Christ. As the Apostle saith of sin it is in us but it doth not reign in us so dye wee must but death hath no dominion over beleevers as it hath over wicked men it gets the victory over them they dye and dye eternally but a beleevers death is neither Total Penal nor Perpetual 1 It is not Total it seizeth onely on the body the carcass the outside it goeth to its dust but the spirit returns to God that gave it Eccles. 12. 7. 2 It is not Penal but profitable in the grave wee put off our filth deformities defects infirmities and mortality it self It is our attiring house to fit us for immortality and glory 3 It is not perpetual it is but a sleeping till the general Resurrection Rom. 8. 10 11. our conquest over death is inchoate in fieri and partly fulfilled in this life but it shall bee consummate in facto and fully compleated at the Resurrection Then shall they awake and sing that dwell in the dust Isa. 26. 19. This upheld Iob in the midst of all his sorrows I know that my Redeemer lives my comfort is though I dye yet I have one to right mee that lives for ever Iob 19. 25. David comforts himself with this that God would redeem him from the power of the grave and from the hand of hell though riches cannot redeem the rich yet God would redeem him Psal. 49. 15. Object I must part with Wife Children Friends Pleasures Answ. All these losses will bee made up in a better kinde as you may see at large in Mr. Byfields Cure of the fear of death p. 745. it is in the end of his Marrow And B. Halls Balm of Gilead p. 141. Use. Fear not death with a slavish fear Christ dyed to free us from such a fear of death Heb. 2. 15. A religious prudential fear doth well fear it so as to arm your selves and prepare for it but not so as to bee dejected under it No wise man will fear a conquered enemy if you truly beleeve in Christ the Conquerour of death you need not fear death Think on Christ when you think on death and then you may in a holy sarcasm and contempt say O death where is thy sting Christ hath unstinged it and as it were disarmed it so that now wee may safely put it in our bosomes buz it may about our ears as a drone Bee but sting it cannot for Christ hath taken away the guilt of sin and hath made that which was sometimes a curse to become a blessing of a foe hee hath made it a friend of a poyson a medicine of a punishment an advantage Phil. 1. 21. of the gate of hell a passage to heaven It is now like the valley of Achor a door of hope that which was sometimes the King of Terrours is now become the King of Comforts as making way for the enjoyment of the highest comforts Wee part with a life of misery to enjoy a life of glory Wee use to say Change is no Robbery but such a change is our great advantage Hence it is that the Apostle summing up a Christians priviledges and riches sets down Death as part of it 1 Cor. 3. 22. not onely life but Death is yours hee that can truly say I am Christs subject and servant may as truly say Death will bee my preferment and high advancement So true is that of Solomon Eccles. 7. 1. The day of a mans death is better in many respects than the day of his birth Then and never till then shall wee rest from our labours Iob 3. 17. Rev. 14. 13. and bee perfectly freed from sin and all its concomitants Look not therefore on death with Philosophical eyes as if it were the end of all our comforts but look on it with Christian eyes as the year of Jubilee the day of our Coronation and consummation of the Marriage between Christ and our souls A natural man that looks upon death with an eye of sense sees nothing but horror and terror in it but a gracious soul that looks on it with an eye of faith seeth life in death light in darkness and comfort in discomfort though for a time hee must lye in the grave and death seems to have dominion over him yet hee as certainly sees a Resurrection as if hee were already in possession of it and therefore hee triumphs already in assurance of a total conquest through Christ death is already swallowed up by him in victory Isa. 25. 8. Christ was his life and therefore now death is his gain Hee lived holily and now hee dyes happily hee lived unto the Lord and therefore hee now dyes unto him Rom. 14. 7 8. 2 Cor. 5. 15. His care was to keep a good conscience and now hee hath the comfort of it 2 Cor. 1. 12. Let Atheists then and worldlings and wicked men fear death who know no better life but let the righteous who hath hope in his death Prov. 14. 32. imbrace it and bid it welcome as the Martyrs did who went as joyfully to their stakes as

us for this sin Let the wise Reader judge If ever that Caution of our Saviour were in season it is now Mat. 10. 17. Beware of men Christ doth not say beware of Serpents or Devils hee promised them power over these Mark 16. 17 18. But Beware of men 1 Beware of wicked men woolfish persecutors and blood-suckers who hate us without a cause Psal. 69. 4. how much more when by our unwise walking wee shall expose our selves to their fury and malice 2 Beware of Hypocrites and seeming good men The Devil can transform himself into an Angel of Light and oft ●●●ears in Samuels Mantle the better to deceive hee is never more to bee feared than when such it is this Sanctus Satanas this white Devil that doth us most hurt The swearing cursing black Devil every one cries shame of but it is the preaching praying professing Devil who pretends to extraordinary sanctity and mortification that deceives even many a good soul by its over-much credulity These are more dangerous in some sense to us than the very Devil himself for if the Devil should appear to us in his own likeness and ugly shape wee should run from him for fear no man would hearken to him if the Devil should come in person and call men to the Ale-house or call them from their callings who would obey but when hee comes to us in a friend a wife a bosom-companion c. hee is not so easily perceived and so wee are sooner ensnared and therefore our Saviour doth not say Beware of Satan but Beware of those men who are the Instruments of Satan if they should come like Angels wee should suspect them if like Beasts wee should shun them if like fiends wee should fear them but coming to us like men of the same profession with us and professing great kindness to us how soon are poor plain souls deceived by such and therefore Beware of men for as God loves to work upon men by the Ministry of man and sends them to such So the Devil who is Gods Ape loves to draw men from God by men viz. by seducers and deceivers who are inspired fitted and filled by him for that purpose if Ahab will not hear Micaiah the true Prophet of the Lord the Devil hath four hundred false Prophets at hand to deceive him When hee would seduce Adam from his obedience hee doth not appear himself but hee sets Eve his wife upon him and so prevails When hee would have innocent Abel slain hee doth not do it himself but hee hath a malicious Cain that will do it When the Devil would have Christ crucified hee hath a Iudas a Devil incarnate ready at hand to betray him Iohn 13. 2. 3 Beware of real good men The Devil can shrowd himself under a Peter and tempt our Saviour by him Matth. 16. 23. by his example hee can compel the Gentiles to live after the Jewish manner in observing the Ceremonial Law Gal. 2. 14. The best of men are but men at best they know but in part they have their infirmities and must have their grains of allowance wee may not therefore glory in men nor pin our Faith on their sleeves because wee know not whither they may carry it The great sin of this age is building on man Such a holy man is for a tolleration and such a one holds such opinions what tell you mee of men Wee must live by Rule not by Example neither may wee follow any good man further than hee follows Christ in his Word I Cor. 11. 1. Bee it Paul you must try his Doctrine by the touch-stone of the Word before you trust it Acts 17. 11. Remember every man is a lyar Rom. 3. 4. either actively or passively either by Imposture and of purpose or else by Impotency and in event 4 Beware of great men Wee are apt to bee lead by their examples if Prince such a one or Sir Thomas such a one rise c. how apt are people to follow without any consideration Great men many times are great sinners they have their native corruption heightened by their pomp and prosperity Iob 21. 7 to 15. Ier. 4. 5. When great men are wicked men and have great parts and great wits they do great mischief as Achitophel Catiline c. Beware then of following such great ones 5 Beware of subtil seducers that pretend New-light Gen. 3. 5. Revelations glorious Mysteries c. Rom. 16. 17. but inwardly they are ravening wolves Mat. 7. 15. Poison in it self is dangerous but never more dangerous than when it is mixt with honey These have mens persons in admiration but it is for their own ends and advantage Iude 16. and if ever this Caution were in season it is now when there are so many Juglers and chearers gone forth into the world Their number is greater than formerly and they act more subtilly and mystically they act against Christ under the Name of Christ Mat. 24. 5. and that so cunningly and craftily that if it were possible they would deceive the very Elect Mat. 24. 24. they have Iacob's voice but Esau's hands they talk so divinely as if they had no bodies and live so lewdly as if they had no souls hence it is that wee are so oft admonished to take heed of them Rom. 16. 17. 2 Tim. 3. 5. 2 Iohn 10. Object They cite Scripture Answ. So did the Devil Matth. 4. 6. Object There is some truth in what they say Answ. So there is in the Mass and in Stage-plaies It is the Devils usual practice to mix some sugar with his poison to make it go down the better and to mingle some truths with his errours as the Fowler mingles corn with his chaff that hee may catch the sooner You will shun those that poison your bodies Oh take heed of those that would poison your souls No murder like soul-murder Shun a seducer as you would shun the Devil himself whose factor hee is and when hee speaks fairest and pretends most love then fear him most when Herod intended Christs destruction hee then pretended devotion Matth. 2. 8. When Absolom sought his Fathers Kingdome hee pretends a Vow at Hebron when Saul would mischief David hee makes him his Son-in-Law I Sam. 18. 17. Beware then of men who put fair Gloves upon foul hands who pretend pitty but act cruelty who promise liberty when they intend thraldome Object But they are great Professors Answ. So were those that followed Christ yet hee would not trust them for hee knew the deceit that was in them Ioh. 2. 24 25. All is not gold that glisters nor are all Israel that are of Israel and therefore take heed whom you trust 6 Beware of thy foes Wee are beset round with them and that both corporal and spiritual wee had need therefore to bee sober and watch and to pray with David Help mee O Lord and that because of mine enemies Psal. 27. 11. Many there bee that watch for our halting wee also should