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A72475	The vvise-mans forecast against the evill time By Thomas Barnes. Preacher of the VVord at St Margretts, in New-Fish-streete. London.	Barnes, Thomas, Minister of St. Margaret's, New Fish Street, London.	1624 (1624)	STC 1478.5; ESTC S124630	87,839	171

letters amongst those capitall sinnes which brought those great miseries vpon the Iewes that they did vnder-goe Heare what Esay saith How is the faithfull Citie become an Harlot It WAS full of iudgement righteousnes DID lodge in it but NOW murtherers Thy Princes are rebellious and companions of theeues euery one loueth g●fts and followeth after rewardes they iudge not the fatherl●s neither doth the cause of the widdow come before them THEREFORE sayth the Lord the Lord of hostes Ah I will ease me of mine adversaries and avenge me of mine enemies p Isa 1.21.23.24 And how the Lord did avenge himselfe of these vnrighteous Adversaries Ieremie sheweth in the Lamentations Hee hath swallowed vp all the habitations of Iacob and hath not pitied He hath polluted the kingdome and the Princes thereof He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horne of Israel q Lam. 2.2.3 Heare what Amos saith They know not to doe right therefore thus saith the Lord God an Adversary there shall be euen round about thy Land and he shall bring downe thy strength from thee and thy pallaces shall be destroyed r Amos. 3.10.11 Heare yee this yee Kine of Bashan that are in the Mountaine of Samaria ſ Ch. 4.1.2 t In Montanis Synecdoche mēbri Sed potest propriè ●ntelligi de monte in quo sita erat vrbs Samaria Et hoc potius videtur quia é sequentibus apparet prophetā hîc proprie alloqui Iudices illi autem residebani in vrbe Samaria Piscat Schol. in Amos. 4. v. 1. that is yee Magistrates which haue your abode in Samaria the chiefe Citie of the Land which oppresse the poore which crush the needie The Lord hath sworne by his holines that loe the dayes shall come vpon you that he will take you away with hookes and your posteritie with fish-hookes and yee shall goe out at the breaches that is u Per rupturas scil Murorum effectas ab hostibus Id. ibid. vers 3. at the breaches of the walls which the enemies shall make when they carry you away captiues In another place what sayes the same Prophet They afflict the iust they take a bribe they turne aside the poore in the gate from their right Therefore wayling shall be in all streets and they shall say in all the high wayes Alas Alas Heare also what Micha saith Heare this yee Heads of the house of Iacob and Princes of the house of Israel that abhorre iudgement and peruert all equitie They build vp Sion with bloud and Ierusalem with iniquitie The Heades thereof iudge for reward Therefore shall Sion for your sake be plowed as a field Ierusalem become heapes and the mountaine of the house of the Lord as the high places of the Forrest * Mich. 3.9.10.11.12 euen wast and desolate “ Ier. 5.28.29 The right of the needie saith Ieremie doe they not iudge shall I not visit for this saith the Lord shall not my soule be avenged on such a Nation as this 12. Vaine confidence 12. Signe Vaine confidence is another thing that foregoes destruction when men leane vpon forraine stayes trust to their wittes wealth friends strength yea more then to God or as much as to God they cannot but euen come to ruine x Illi faedissimè cadunt quihumanis praesidijs ●●ituntur Luth. in Isa c. 30. And y Tametsi ad Tempus votis potiri videntur tamen omnia tandem ipsis exitiosa sunt Calv. in Is 30. v. 3. although for a time things may succeed according to their vaine hope yet the end will be euill When the Rebellious Children of Israel went to goe downe into Aegypt without asking counsell as Gods mouth to strengthen themselues in the strength of Pharaoh an enemy of God too z P●ar●onem Deo non abs re oppouit Esaias Calv. in Is c. 30. v. 2. and to trust in the shadow of Aegypt as deadly enemies as euer Israel had who some generations agoe sought their vtter ouerthrow When the Princes of Israell goe to Zoan the greatest Citie in Aegypt a Zoan vrbs maxima in Egypto Vat●b in Isa c. 30. v. 4. and her Ambassadors to Hanes THEN Woe to them Into a land of TROVBLE and ANGVISH they must b Isa 30.1.2.4.6 What remedie when they needs will When they call to Aegypt and goe to Assyria saith the Lord I will spread my net vpon them I will chastise them as their Congregation hath heard c Hos 7.12.13 Because thou didst trust in thy way thine owne way in the multitude of thy mightie men Therefore shall a tumult rise among thy people and all thy fortresses shall be spoyled d Chap. 10.13.14 13. Signe Persecuting of the godly A thirteenth signe is cruell and hard dealing with the Children of God or persecuting of the Saints It was Pharaohs crueltie against the Israelites that plunged him and his into the bottome of the Sea When he would needes be so madd as to pursue and persecute them euen through the red Sea Exod. 14. then he must needes be ouerwhelmed there was no escaping When Saul trounced that good man Dauid vp and downe and would not let him rest in any corner but ferretted him out of euery hole he tooke the onely course to haue the kingdome rent out of his hand and his soule rent out of his bodie Did not the Iewes bring the guilt of innocent bloud vpon their owne heades and made way for their miserable reiection by persecuting the righteous men of God and crucifying the Lord of glory Nothing is plainer then this that the molesting of the godly is enough to pull fire from heauen and to let in a Sea of trouble and tribulation vpon a people See Ezek. 35.4.5 14. Signe A pathy or incompassionatenesse In the next place want of compassion and vnreadines to helpe their brethren in affliction doth presage some great calamitie No man remembreth the affliction of Ioseph sayth Amos Therefore they shall goe captiue with the first that goe captiue Amos. 6.6.7 Curse yee Meroz said the Angell of the Lord curse yee bitterly the inhabitants thereof because they came not to the helpe of the Lord to the helpe of the Lord against the mightie * Iudg. 5.23 How often do the Prophets threaten iudgements against Iudah for their vnmercifulnesse to the poore What procured the Aegyptians ruine Want of compassion they regarded not the sighes and the grones of the Israelites but rather oppressed them with heauier burthens Mordecai told Esther if thou holdest thy peace at such a time that is if thou doest not cōmiserate the estate of the Iewes NOW but swimming in pleasure thy selfe forgettest them and vsest no meanes to helpe them thou and thy fathers house shall be destroyed * Esth 4.14 The 15. Signe is loue of flattery 15. Signe Loue of flattery a strong and strange desire to be soothed vp in sinne to heare smooth