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A92134	Roma ruens. Dagon falling before the Arke, or, The glory of Christ over-shadowing all other glories. / As it was delivered in a sermon before. the right Honourable Lord Major, and the right worshipful aldermen his brethren, at Mercers Chappel. By Nicholas Rust, chaplaine to the right Honourable Lord Major. Magna veritas & prævalet.	Rust, Nicholas, b. 1617 or 18.	1650 (1650)	Wing R2369; Thomason E597_9; ESTC R206294	17,713	31

dispensation of the Gospel yea such an essentiall qualification as if without it none could be inabled for the holding forth the word of life now this doth detract from the alfufficiency of Christ 2 Cor. 12.9 as if he could not furnish his Saints with the tongue of the learned to speak a word in season to those that are weary without acquired arts and Sciences I do not speak against gifts and learning they are excellent ornements unto nature and for ought I know unto grace also for the gold did beautifie the Temple though the Temple did Sanctifie the gold but I speak against the axalting them before Christ you know a candle is of good use in a darkeroome but when you light it up before the Sun it is outshined and made useless God maketh foolishnesse the wisdome of this world confoundeth the understanding of the prudent and doth destroy and blast the glory of all humane excellencies yea doth powre contempt upon them when they exalt themselves before him therefore if Christ doth begin to overshadow these creature-glories let 's not crie them up for though we should never so endeavour to quicken the admiration of them in the hearts of men yet we shall not be able to keep up their esteem and preserve their glory when they begin to die and fade the spirit of the Lord blowing upon them We have had experience of this 1 Sam. 5.2 for we set up the Dagon of mans invented worship before the Arke of God but the power and Majesty of the truth of God made him lick the dust for down he tumbled before the Arke and though the hand of God was exceedingly against us in this desinge yet such was our blind zeal that we would not desist but lent Dagon our hand again and gave him the other lift and helped him into his seat again yea we fasted for him and prayed for him until we had set him up but in the morning this Dagon was fallen unto the earth again and had broke his neck and hands and nothing but the stump of Dagon remaines for nothing doth so deface and deform mans worship as the light of truth shining forth Truely we would have healed Babylon but she would not be healed even let us give her over as incurable And honourable Senators 1 Kings 18. if Baal be a god let him plead for himself lend him your power no more for he layeth claim to a Jus Divinum now if he be as he pretends of the stock and linage of David if he be as Johns Baptisme from heaven he is armed from heaven and strengthened with a divine power against all wayes that do oppose him and therefore need not be afraid to looke the light in the face or lift up his head before the Arke Also let 's not set up humane power in competition with Christ let 's not depend upon it as if a man could be delivered by much strength let 's not glory as if our hil were made so strong that it could never be moved when the arm of flesh is with us but especially take heed of setting up humane power against Christ least it be broken like a potters vessel You have seen these powers of the beast and Dagon fall before the Arke and if Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews before whom Hamon hath begun to fall Esther 6.13 he will fall and rise no more Oh let all proud Hamans cease persecuting poor Mordecai least they bring an odium upon themselves before the Lord for let them engage their wisdome power and greatnesse against the wayes of Christ Magna est veritas praevalet the power of Christ even in babes and sucklings persons mean and contemptible will bear them down before it Psal 8.2 for great is the Lord and his glory doth out-shine all other glories If we would not be troubled at the breaking forth of the light and glory of Christ Vse 3. let 's be willing this bright cloud should overshadow us willing to be abased and decrease John 3.30 that Christ may be exalted and encrease Beloved I do discover the cloud arising and it wil overshadow us for though for present it appeareth about the bignesse of a mans hand 1 Kings 18.45 it will encrease until it overspread the heaven and darken al the glory of man Beloved if my Astrologie fail not the glory of flesh wil suffer a great eclips Isay 40.6 and it wil be visible with us if the aire be cleare indeed for present it is somewhat darkened with the smoke of the bottomlesse pit Rev. 9.3 but there is hope that darknesse wil be dispelled with the beames of the Sun of righteousnesse Mal. 4. now this prognostication though calculated properly for England yet it may serve indifferently for the whole world for all the Nations round about us though they be stout and lofty must bring their glory unto him who is to be all in all Rev. 21.26 This prediction is grounded upon that 24 of Matthew which place though understood of Christs last coming Mat. 24.29 yet is true also of his coming in the ministry of his Gospel which doth darken the Sun Moon and Stars all these inferior luminaries of earthly glory wax pale and dim when the Son of man appeareth in his glory but although the Moon of earthly glory which is subject to encrease and wane and many changes be thus eclipsed yet our glorious Sun shal never be eclipsed from the soul of his people yea it shall never go down Isay 60.19 for the Lord shal be their everlasting light and God their glory but from others it will be eclipsed there may be an interposition of thick clouds and darknesse being upon them they cannot see the King in his beauty Jer. 17.5 or as it is in Jeremiah 17. they shall not see good when it cometh Mat. 11.25 the grace love glory and goodness of God in Christ shall be hidden from them or the Devil may interpose the body of the earth betwixt their souls and the Sun of righteousnesse and so depriv them of the joy and comfort of his enlivening and in lightening influence Mal. 4.2 Therefore to conclude your opposition will be against the Gospel if your glory and life be hid in creatures because your very life is destroyed when creature-glory is overshadowed if you live and glory in things below the Lord Jesus Mat. 2.3 with Herod you will be troubled to hear of a Christ with those in the Revelations Rev. 16.10 you will be found to gnaw your tongues for paine and blaspheme the God of heaven because of the prevailing power of truth and breaking forth of Gospel-light and with the Merchants of Babylon Rev. 18.16 to weep and waile crying Alas alas because of the downfal of the Kingdome of the Beast But if your life be hid with Christ in God Col. 3.3 you will rejoyce when he appeareth and you will be found in the number of those that did shout untill the earth rang againe when the Arke came into the Camp of Israel 1 Sam. 4.5 Rev. 19.1 or of those that cry Hallelujah Hallelujah for the Lord rejoyceth So welcome will the appearance of Christ in his Gospel be unto your soules that this will be your joyful acclamation John 12.13 Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord Hosanna to the Son of David Christians study these truths I leave them with you and I commend you to the grace and goodness of our Redeemer Luke 19.38 FINIS

ROMA RUENS Dagon falling before the Arke OR The Glory of Christ over-shadowing all other glories As it was delivered in a Sermon before the Right Honourable Lord Major and the Right Worshipful Aldermen his Brethren at MERCERS CHAPPEL By Nicholas Rust Chaplaine to the Right Honourabl Lord Major Magna est veritas praevalet MAL. 3.2 But who may abide the day of his coming and who shall stand when he appeareth for he is like a refiners fire and like fullers sope LONDON Printed for Giles Calvert and are to be sold at the Black-spread-Eagle at the West end of Pauls M.DC.L To the Right Honourable THOMAS FOOT Lord Major of the City of London and the rest of the Honourable Senatours of that Body IN obedience to your commands I here publish the substance of what I presented before you at Mercers Chappel otherwise I should have been willing to have lyen dormant being exceeding consciencious of mine own weaknesse and insufficiency 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for though I cannot deny but must confess to the praise of the Lords super abundant grace that something of the light and glory of the Gospel in the face of Jesus Christ hath dawned upon my darke heart yet this I know that the candle of the Lord cannot burn with a more dim light then in my self for although truth in some measure liveth in me yet clouds and darkenesse are round about it So that I have but little of the spirit in abundance of infirmity of the flesh yet truth is powerful though I be weake and the glory of it doth out-shine all other glories though in the meanest instrument Therefore if any of the glory of Christ breake forth in this discourse 1 Cor. 1.28 let him have the glory who hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the mighty Honourable Senatours God hath made you instruments to make this City a quiet habitation for his people and to lay a restraint on those that would molest and vex them we take it kindly Math. 25.40 yea Jesus Christ doth take it kindly at your hands that you will allow his Saints to have a place to rest their heads on under your Jurisdiction we wish you well in the name of the Lord and our God continue your hearts in this love unto his Peculiar inheritance for you must be comforted by the spirit of Christ in all your sorrows and counselled by it in all your streights John 14.26 and assisted by it in all the difficult affaires of the Sate therefore you do well to indulge love and tender that spirit though in those who are very contemptible in the eye of the world 1 Cor. 1.28 Rom. 13.1 and not to hearken to such who would have the powers that are of God engaged against God Honourable Senatours God hath called you unto places of eminencie committed a great people to your charge and truly you need more then the wisedome of Man to manage such a trust But he who called Peter forth to walk upon the waters saying come gave him that power Math. 14.29 2 Cor. 12.10 whereby he was supported on the waters therefore never fear to engage for God 2 Cor. 1.5 Sicut abundant passiones Christi sic a 〈…〉 if ye have a call from God for the more oppositions ye meet withall the more encouragements and divine assistances shall come from God to carrie you through such difficulties and oppositions You have had plentifull experince hereof for even to admiration God hath appeared for you in the mount he hath been seen and in the maidst of all these storms you and your Relations have been under the protection of our Redeemer yea the presence of God hath stood round about your City so that your enemies rock hath not been as your rock themselves being witnesses Oh how are ye engaged to the God of your salvation who hath not given you victories to make your selves great Isaiah 58.6 Psal 144 14 Isa iah 58.12 or to exalt your own interest by them but to exalt his name in removing every heavie burden and letting the oppressed goe free that there might be no complaining in your streets Then you shall be stiled the Repairers of our breaches the Restorers of the paths to dwel in and the blessings of many difficilima quae pulchra who are ready to perish would come upon you I know noble Sanatours that in the prosecution of truth justice and righteousnesse Si Deus nobiscum quis longa nos 1 Pet 4. ult you will meet with many adversaries yet who can harme you while God stands by you to keep all your bones Oh both in doing and suffering commit your selves your bodies and souls to him as unto a faithfull preserver Psal 23. Exoe 33 14. Oh Remember how the glorious presence of the Lord of hosts hath gone along with your Armies step by step that through Europe you have been famous for the presence of God amongst you therefore fear nothing but the withdraw ment of that blessed presence for while it doth continue with you Joshewa 2.9 you will be formidable to all the Nations round about you and the Majestie of heaven with you and for you will attract and draw forth the envie and indignation of the Nations against you who are very angry and their wrath is come but Sanctifie the Lord in your hearts Revel 11.18 Psal 3.6 Rom. 8. and make him your fear and then you may bid defiance to them and the worst that they can do for though ye had Nations Kings and Kingdomes for your adversaries yet God would establish you Esay 54. vers 14. John 10.29 for the Lion of the tribe of Juda who doth defend and save us is stronger then the roaring Lion who seeketh to devour us In your povertie and weaknesse Exodus 14.13 your eies have seen the salvation of God Oh therefore do not decline and Bauke the cause of Christ and his people if itshould be low and desperate in humane probabilities you would utterly lose your glory and become so weake impotent and contemptible if you should desert the power of God and seeke to fortifie your selves with the arm of flesh that all humane dependencies should not support you Straglers are taken by the enemy when those souldiers that follow their Captains stand to their Colers are safe Look up to Jesus the Author finisher of your faith Heb 17.1 Heb. 2. Ephes 6.14 keep close to the Captain of your Salvation Buckle on your harnesse gird the sword of the spirit about your loines and take unto you the Helmet of salvation and the brestplate of righteousnesse and follow him Rvel 19.13 who sitteth upon a white horse cloathed in a vesture dipt in the blood of his sufferings whose name is the word of God and ye will say that there is no glory like unto this glory for it will continue with you when all other

and answers so powerful was the wisdom of God in the child Jesus Luke 2.48 Now this wisdome of God which dwelt in Christ is in all the Saints though in a lesse measure yet sufficient to deal with powers and principalities 1 Cor. 1.27 for God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise and weak things to confound the things which are mighty and base things of the world and things which are despised and things which are not to bring to nought things that are that so the power of God being seen in weak instruments no flesh might glory in his presence for this treasure is in earthen vessels 2 Cor. 4.7 that the praise might be of God and not of men Thus the glory of the wisdome of Christ doth darken the glory of humane wisdome for his glory doth overshadow all other glories Secondly The glory of Christs power doth overshadow and out-shine that is doth confound and bring to nothing the glory of all fleshly power that standeth up against it or in competition with it Zach. 4.7 see a glorious discovery of this in the Gospel by Saint John Judas cometh with a band of men and officers John 18.4 with weapons lanthorns and torches to apprehend the Lord of life and glory but Christ meets them in the power and Majestie of the God-head in him and said whom seek ye and they fell backward to the ground notwithstanding all their fleshly and worldly assistances they could not stand before him the power of the creature fell before the power of God in Christ therefore no man could take away his life he lay'd it down of himself When Saul had nought but a creature-power to support him and his kingdome in the absence of the power of God which was departed from him see how desolate his house was left see how the glory of it did fade and die away as any form wherein God hath appeared doth perish and come to nothing when God doth withdraw from it And though Saul did seek to fortifie himself with fleshly power against the power of God with David and to keep up his esteem and honour in the hearts of his subjects and to quicken in them an admiration of his greatnes which he saw decaying honour me good Samuel before the people but all was ineffectual for to what purpose do we spice embalme and preserve a carcase when the life and spirit is gone out of it oh how did his heart meditate terrour in the apprehension of the withdrawment of the divine presence his pulse did beat very low and a cold sweat stood upon his limbs yea all the symptomes of a dying glory oh what strivings and struglings for life he ran to Ephraim called to Assyria to the World to the Devil to the Witch of Endor Oh his sad complaint God is departed from me and the Philistines make war against me but all these struglings were but the last prongs and pangs for his glory expired and the glory of his house the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker and the house of David stronger stronger the power of God with David did swallow up the power of the creature which was with Saul for the glory of Christ doth overshadow and out-shine all other glories But that you may see further proof of this viz. Isay 14.11 that that glorious power of Christ doth overshadow and confound all other powers that exalt themselves against it cast your eye upon that place in Isaiah where you read of the aspiring Tower of Babel lifting up it self and seeking to over-top the power and kingdome of Christ for Verse 13. Thou hast said in thy heart I will ascend into heaven I will exalt my self above the stars of God but this power that shoke kingdomes and made the earth to tremble is brought down this high and lofty Tower doth tumble before the power and glory of Christs Kingdome Thy pompe is brought down to the grave Verse 11. How art thou fallen from heaven O Lucifer see how strongly irresistably this power doth act even in a weak forme there shall not any man be able to stand before thee said God to Joshuah that is before my power and presence with thee for as I was with Moses Josh 1.5 so will I be with thee c. This power was very dreadful when the Philistines cryed out let us flee 1 Sam. 4.7 Deus venit in castra vae nobis vae nobis c. for God is come into the camp of Israel who can stand before these mighty Gods These are the Gods which smote the Egyptians all the inhabitants of the Land did faint because of the presence and power of God with his people Israel for that power breaks all powers that dash against it The Kings of the earth Revel 17.14 Joh. 2 11. make war against the Lamb but he overcometh for he is the Captaine of our Salvation the most mighty high and victorious King of kings Rev. 19.19 and Lord of lords and when the glory of his power breakes forth Mat. 1.24 it overshadowes the glory of all other powers Thirdly The glory of Christs rightousnesse doth overshadow darken and put out the glory of mans righteousnesse The Apostle Paul before the revelation of the glory of Christs righteousnesse to his soul did glory in his own righteousnesse Phil. 3. viz. his obedience and conformity to the Law for he knew no other name wherein he should be saved but thought his own workes must commend him unto God and he esteemed himself in his self-righteousnesse adorned with a glorious robe but afterward upon the knowledge of Christ it did appear a filthy rag and it was a very loathing and abhorrence to his soul notwithstanding his legal priviledges and blameles walkings touching the Law 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 he counted all dung and drosse in comparison of Christ for as soon as the Gospel came his sin revived his self-righteousnesse died that was crucified to him and he to that when the light of truth did shine into his heart he was so overshadowed with the glory of the Gospel that the glory of the Law was outshined for it was no glory in respect of that glory vvhich vvas to be revealed The righteousnesse of man is as an early devv and as a morning cloud vvhich do pass avvay the devv and cloud vanish before the Sun Hosan and the righteousnesse of man is confounded darkned by the Sun of righteousnesse nothing doth so humble and abase the soul as the beholding this glory of Christs righteousnesse nothing doth so discover to the soul it s ovvn unrighteousnesse nor so pull down high thoughts and lofty imaginations in the heart as to have a vision of the purity and righteousness of God in Christ Job 42.5 I have heard of thee said Job of this Divine glory but now mine eies see thee wherefore I abhor my self in dust and