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A52804	A compleat and compendious church-history shewing how it hath been from the beginning of the world to this present day : being an historical-narrative how the power and providence of God, according to his promise, hath hitherto confounded all the damnable plots of the Devil : to which is annexed a Scripture-prophecy fore-shewing how it shall be hence to the end of the world : to whole containing the quintessence of sacred, civil and ecclesiastick-writers, and serving as a short comment upon all the books in the Bible, both historical and prophetical / published for publick good by Christopher Ness ...	Ness, Christopher, 1621-1705.	1680 (1680)	Wing N446; ESTC R37720	248,071	530

Prospect of his 5th Plot as to its success but still the mischief of it was he Reckon'd without his Host even the Lord of Hosts that Man of War Exod. 15. 3. who giveth Victory not as the Devil but as himself pleaseth For though the Lord permitteth Amalek to oppose Israel for the Chastizement of their Murmurings yet had he other Designs then onely to Chastize his Church whom he had allur'd into the Wilderness He must also Speak Comfortably to her Heart Hos 2. 14. Amalek must Fall and therein the Devils Project before the People of his Promise and they must not onely be Encouraged by their Victory over the Amalekites as they had been with that over the Aegyptians but also Enriched with their Spoils and Furnished with their Arms and Ammunition God hath in his Design not onely the want of Innocency in his People to Chastize with Rods but also the Guilt of Insolency in his Enemies to Scourge with Scorpions Amalek indeed comes forth to meet Israel but it was to meet his own ruine and to fetch in his own destruction which Moses Precando by Praying and Joshua Praeliando by Fighting brought upon him Moses in the Mount lifts up the Rod to God as a Standard against Amalek and Joshua in the Valley Engages them and Moses Prayers gave most-effectual Pushes as well as Joshua's Pikes against the Enemy Moses Orat Vincit Cessat Vincitur v. 12. While Moses Devotion goes down Amaleks Courage gets up and prevaileth but when it goes up and keeps up being sustained upon Christ the Stone of Israel then Amalek is discomfitted v. 13. And being the first Nation that Warr'd against the Church after her deliverance from Aegypt Gods Hand is upon his Throne Swearing That he will have a perpetual War with Amalek and wipe out the Remembrance of them from under Heaven v. 14 16. Amaleks Hand had been lifted up against Gods Throne his Church so call'd Jerem. 14. 21. Now Gods Hand is lifted up upon his own Throne in taking this Solemn Oath That he would wage War against Amalek for ever This present Discomsiture was but a praelibamen or Pledge of this perpetual War As a lasting Monument of Gods great Mercy to Israel in this first Victory Moses Builds an Altar and calls it Jehovah Nissi that is The Lord is my Banner under whose Standard he had got the Victory And as a lasting Memorial of Gods great Wrath against Amalek in this first Opposition Moses must Record this of them either in the Book of the Wars of the Lord Numb 21. 14. which is latent or in the Pentatuch which he was then Writing and now Extant That they should utterly be destroyed This Saul should have done 1 Sam. 15.7 c. destroying onely some David destroyed more 2 Sam. 8. 12. Such as escaped those Destructions were destroyed by the Simeonites in Hezekiah's time 1 Chron. 4. 41 42 43. Lastly Haman and his Ten Sons were slips of this cursed Stock and Hanging was their end and the end of that Race of Rebels being the last that we read of to be Rooted out Oh how dangerous it is to Anger the Antient of Days his Forbearance for many Hundred Years is no Forgiveness 'T was 400 Y. after when God gave Command to destroy them utterly 1 Sam. 15. 2. and long after that God made a War against them and at last did Root them out Root and Branch thus Amalek Hebrew signifying Populus Ling●us a Licking People that had licked up the Hindmost of Israel the Wrath of God licked them all up as Fire doth Stubble who can stand before Everlasting burnings Isa 33. 14. The Church's Protesta●●● is Consuming fire to them Hebr. 12. last who not onely Laughs but Burns not onely their Plots but their Persons to nothing A Man had better Anger all the Witches in the World Yea all the Devils in Hell as Anger this One Jealous God the Heat of whose Wrath lasts longer and Burns deeper than the Coals of Juniper Psal 120. 4. His Judgements are severe and durable never Rots in the Sky 'T was this Divine Wrath that waged War against Amalek from one Generation to another until it came at last to an utter Extirpation Haman the Agagite of the Blood-Royal of Amalek descending from Agag their King whom Saul spared is Hanged no more of that Rebellious Race that Warr'd against Israel without Cause or Provocation do we Read of the Wicked are forgotten Eccles 8. 10. Yea the Devil that set them on work is Chain'd and Defeated The Church by her Champions help abides for ever The Sixth Plot against the Church in the Wilderness Defeated by GOD. CHAP. VI. 'T Is said Luk. 4. 13. That Satan Departed from Christ onely for a Season no more doth he depart from his Church he will have his Returns to do her all the ill turns he can Thus doth he here to the Church in the Wilderness that almost as close did he Dogg her behind as the Pillar of Glory did Conduct her before and though Christ whom she Tempted there 1 Cor. 10. 9. suffered her thus to be Proved and Tryed yet it was always to do her Good at the latter end Deut. 8. 16. The 6th Plot against the Church which was the 2d in her Wilderness-State was the Tempter tempting Israel to Set up the Golden-Calf Exod. 32. 1. which the Devil knew well would make God disown Discard and Discovenant his People This is one of Satans Grand Wiles that when he cannot play his Game upon the open Stage of the World by an Extrinsick Adversary as by Amalek then he trys his Skill by an Imrinsick-Engine Screwing himself into the Minds of Israel this piece of Ingenuity he taught the Jesuits and being 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Lover of Idol-Worship as being Devil-Worship 1 Cor. 10. 20 21. he puts them upon making an Idol to make God cast them off and destroy them for such a God-provoking Sin v. 22. as provoked God to Jealousie The Advantage Satan took for promoting this his Project was Moses Absence Non-Residents do little consider this though Moses had Warrant for his Absence both from God and his People for 1st God call'd him up into the Mount Exod. 24. 12. and 2d The People consented that he should be as an Ambassadour and Mediator 'twixt them and God Exod. 20. 19. Moses the 40 Days faster staid longer with God in the Mount than the People expected though all the while he was Negotiating their Weal in bringing the Two Tables of the Decalogue both of Gods Writing and Workman-ship Exod. 31. 18. and 32. 16. The Heavenly Pattern of the Tabernacle with all the Ordinances concerning Legal Worship to them They grew Impatient of Moses delay The Devil no doubt did suggest to the Worser sort That he was torn of Wild Beasts and to the Better sort That as Enoch was he was Translated into Heaven as Josephus saith Or That he had deserted his Charge and mocked them as some

Hypocrites v. 5 10. and the Church Increased by that Defection of the Two Botches from the Body and ●y many mighty Miracles of Mercy as well as this of Judgement wrought even by the shaddow of Peter Act. 5. 6 11 to 16. Hereupon Satan fills the Sadducees c. again with Indignation v. 17. the Council now casts the Apopostles into the common Prison among the worst of their Malefactors v. 18. but in the Night an Angel of the Lord opens the Prison Doors and releas'd those whom their Adversaries of themselves had released before with a Command to go Preach boldly in the Temple though the Sanedrim sat there upon which Affront they were Convented again before the Council but by the Grave Counsel of Gamaliel Pauls Tutor who Diswades them by Historical Instances from Fighting against God they were Dismissed again with their Lives yet not without Blows then they went away rejoycing that they were so Highly Graced by being thus Disgraced for Christ v. 19 20 21 23 28 34 35 38 to 4● The Wonderful release of the Apostles not by Magick Art or by Bribeing the Keeper or by breaking the Prison but by the Power of an Angel sent as an Officer from God to let them out of Prison without the Keepers consent Startl'd those proud Priests v. 23. but Converts them not Yet afterwards so much Conviction shone upon them seeing no Counsel nor might and malice of Man can prevail against God and his Truth Prov. 21. 30. Isa 46. 10. all the Rage of both Rulers and Ruled though never so Vnruly were but Vain fruitless and frustrate Psal 2. 1 4. and as Gamaliel told them Ye cannot overthrow the Counsel of God neither you nor Kings and Tyrants to help you so one Antient Greek-Coppy readeth Act. 5. 39. The Gospel gaining ground notwithstanding all the gain-saying of Governours amongst Grecians as well as Hebrews Act. 6. 1. 't is said expresly A great Company of the Priests were Obedient to the Faith v. 7. We read in Ezra 2. 36 to 40. that 4289 Priests c. Return'd from Babylon and that number might well be Increased in Judea now therefore 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a great Company may well enough be fixed on them and on no other and 't was a mighty Testimony from Heaven that so many of those ever most Implacable Enemies and most Active Adversaries of the Gospel should be Converted to the Faith and Truth of the Gospel ☞ I would to God he may give us this Divine Testimony in our day We should not Dispair of the Worst God hath his time to call even a Persecuting Saul and to change him into a Praying and a Preaching Paul This Increase of the Word and of the Number of Disciples v. 7. Enrages the Devil to make the 3d. Assault beholding also Steven so full of Faith and Power whereby he wrought many mighty Wonders among the People v. 8. Hereupon Satan Incenses the Libertines which in the common Notion of the Word are always most Desperate Despisers and Destroyers of Truth as it Condemns Licentiousness to Oppose Steven v. 9. and when they found themselves over-powr'd by Argument they Convent him before the Sanedrim and Suborn'd Witnesses against him a Lesson they had Learnt from their Master the Devil Joh. 8. 44. who as they had Instructed them accus'd him for Vilisying Moses the Law the Holy City and Temple v. 10 11 13. ☞ Where 't is enough to Accuse even the H●ly Child Jesus Escapes not as Innocent notwithstanding their matchless malice against Steven yet 1 before his Apology he is miraculously Vindicated from Heaven by that Angelical Splendour and Majesty as that of Moses Exod. 34. 30. Seated in his Countenance v. 15. which was a most Convinceing Evidence 1. of the Goodness of His Cause 2. of the Greatness of his Courage 3. of the Clearness of his Conscience 2 After his Apology which was full of Wisdom and of the Holy Ghost in every Distinct Answer and wherein he cuts them to the Heart by telling them their Killing Christ made them Worse than their fore-Fathers who onely had Killed his Prophets and that they were Substantial about Circumstantials given only by Moses but Circumstantial about those Substantials given of God himself by the Disposition of Angels Hereupon they in a furious Out-rage Stone Steven who then had his 2d Vindication to wit 1 a clear Vision of Heaven through a great Showr of Stones and 2 of his Dear Redeemer in a Standing Posture as if Rouzed up from his Sitting on the Throne at the Right Hand of His Father and just ready to Revenge the Injury done to his Servant yea and 3 Steven Dyes Dignifi'd with a Double Honour 1 in his place as Proto-Martyr standing first in the Catalogue of all those that wore the Crown of Martyrdom He was the Prince and Bel-weather of the Flock that went to Heaven by that Bloody way in Gospel-times 2 In his Prayer the prevalency whereof might Contribute much to Pauls Conversion in as much as Sauls Sin in Consenting to Stevens Death was not laid to his Charge for his Utter Confusion However this was Honourable at his Death He stood while he pray'd for himself this shew'd the Greatness of his Piety but he Kneel'd down when he Pray'd for his Enemies no less will serve for the greatness of their Impiety he is more concern'd for their Riot than for his own Ruine The Devils 4th Assault was in the great Persecution that followed Stevens Death which the people quietly suffered and as soon as Satan and his Savage Instruments saw the Silence and Tameness of the Multitude which had Hitherto Awed them from executing all Extremities The Fear of the People so oft expressed being now evidently Allay'd they fall foul not upon the Apostles onely as before but upon the whole Church Act. 8. 1. so that they were all Scatter'd abroad and Satan had Saul a fit Tool to effect this by who 1 was Consenting to Stevens Death ☞ 't is all one to hold the Sack and to fill it to do evil or to consent to it a mind to do evil is sin in the Seed which time and warm Temptation may bring forth to Fruit Jam. 1. 14 15. there is Heart-Adultery Matth. 5. 28. and Heart-Murder Matth. 5. 22. Joh. 8. 44. Thus the Cursed Jews became Guilty of all the Bloodshed from Abel to Christ by their Allowance and Consent Matth. 23. 35. So Saul Allowing of Stevens Death made himself guilty of it by his Allowance and that which is more according to the Syriack reading he was both Desirous of it before and Delighted in it after 2 This same Saul was Schollar to Gamaliel Act. 22. 3. President of the Sanhedrim and likely the more Active in Dancing after the Devils Pipe upon that account for his Master Gamaliel notwithstanding his plausible Speech by which he dismissed both the Assembly the Accusers and the Apostles the Accused Act. 5. 34 to 41. Lived and Dyed