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A75616	Armilla catechetica. A chain of principles; or, An orderly concatenation of theological aphorismes and exercitations; wherein, the chief heads of Christian religion are asserted and improved: by John Arrowsmith, D.D. late master both of St Johns and Trinity-Colledge successively, and Regius professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge. Published since his death according to his own manuscript allowed by himself in his life time under his own hand.	Arrowsmith, John, 1602-1659.	1659 (1659)	Wing A3772; Thomason E1007_1; ESTC R207935	193,137	525

the action but the Cardinal himself How much safer is it for us to follow the tract of Scripture which to shew how effectual the influence of divine providence is upon actions of that nature is wont to compare God unto whatsoever is necessary to secure a city besieged for example unto weapons walls fortifications watchmen and souldiers To weapons both offensive and defensive Happy art thou O Israel who is like unto Deut. 33. 29. thee O people saved by the Lord the shield of thy help and who is the sword of thy excellency To walls I saith the Lord will be unto her Zech. 2. 5. a wall of fire round about and will be the glory in the midst of her To fortifications We have a strong city salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks If besides Isa 26. 1. bulwarks a city be compassed about with a river chiefly if with the sea it self we account it strongly fortified Hear the same Prophet The glorious Isa 33. 21. Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams To watchmen Except Psalm 127. 1. the Lord keep the city the watchman waketh but in vain Lastly to souldiers The Lord is a man of war yea the Lord Exod. 15. 3. is a whole army of men both Van and Reer The Lord will go before you and Isa 52. 12. the God of Israel will be your rere-ward II. Over civil affairs I have been told that during the late treaty of a match between the Prince of Wales that then was and the Infanta of Spain the Earl of Bristol then Embassadour at Madrid when things went exceeding Reported by Mr Stephen Marshall cross to his designes fell into a deep perplexity could not rest for divers nights till a Gentleman that lay in his chamber took the boldness to speak to him and said My Lord I have observed much perplexity and thereupon much restlesness in you I humbly beseech your Lordship to consider that the world was well governed five thousand years and more before you were born and will be so when you are dead I pray you therefore be not troubled at any thing but refer the issue to God Whereupon he is said to have fallen to rest Our way to be quiet is to do the like upon all occasions to drive up things to divine Providence and there to rest Time was when Daniels head and heart was filled with the visions of God by which the great changes that were to happen in the government of the world had been newly made known to him viz. the wheeling about of Monarchy from the Babylonians who then were in the highest of their power to the Persians thence to the Grecians and thence to the Romanes from an head of gold to a breast and arms of silver from them to a belly and thighs of brass and from them to legs of iron and to feet part of iron part of clay yea in the end to a little stone cut out without hands which brake the whole image in pieces He notwithstanding quarrelleth not with Providence for intending so notable so destructive changes to the government then in being goeth not about to demand any account thereof from God of such alterations but betaketh himself quietly to the praise admiration of him by whose wisdome and power they were all in their seasons to be accomplished Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven Daniel answered and said Blessed be the name of Dan. 2. 19 20 21. God for ever and ever For wisdome and might are his And he changeth the times and seasons he removeth kings and setteth up kings We should do well however things go to make Austins resolution Felix sit mund●s evertatur mundus benedicam Domino qui fecil mundum August ours Let the world sink or swim be ruined or prosper I will still bless the Lord who made the world As for the late wheelings of Providence here in this Isalnd and alterations thereupon I for my part say with Anselm once Si quis potest intelligere Deo gratias agat si non potest non immittat cornua ad ventilandum sed submittat caput ad venerandum Anselmus Epistola de fide ad Vrbanum Pap. cap. 2. Archbishop of Canterbury If any be able to understand them let him give thanks to God if any be not let him however bow dovvn his head to vvorship God not lift up his horn by vvay of debate and ventilation § 4. An objection against the third proposition concerning Gods special care and providence over the Church and the members thereof may be formed thus The Church of all Societies the Saints of all men are the most in sufferings Yea some Churches by name those seven in Asia which vve reade of in the Revelation have been extinguished From vvhence some are apt to infer vvant of care and providence rather Answ Be it granted that the militant Church is for the most part in a Non oportet membra deliciari sub capite spinis coronato suffering condition and that Christ our head being a man of sorrows typified by the brazen altar upon vvhich the fire vvas continually burning a vvife of pleasures did not become him nor members used to overmuch delicacie That every vessel of mercy must expect scouring in order to brightness and hovvever trees in the vvilderness grovv vvithout culture trees in the orchard must be pruned in order to fruitfulness and corn-bearing fields broken up vvhen barren heaths are left untouched yea that in some particular instances the candlestick hath been removed and the place unchurched yet the inference is not solid because first All afflictions are advantagious to the godly They often help to make bad men good alvvays to make good men better David could say It is good for me that I have been afflicted Psal 119. 71. Of the godly captives of Judah the Lord saith He had sent them out of Jer. 24. 5. that place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good Secondly because the promises made concerning the Churches preservation such as I insisted upon above in the second Exercitation of this Aphorisme are for the most part misunderstood and consequently misinproved Learn vve for the future to embrace them vvith these three cautions § 5. I. That they do in especial manner concern the Church Catholick not this or that particular Nation or Congretion If that in the beginning of Esaias the tvventy seventh vvere to be considered as a National Church vve all knovv it hath been ruined long since notvvithstanding the promise there made vvhich must therefore be understood of it as a type of the Church universal that is so vvatered and kept as to be inexpugnable Look as by vertue of the Covenant made vvith Noah that the vvhole earth should never be again overflovvn vvith a general deluge vve may be sure it never shall yet there have since and may still be divers inundations whereby