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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60972	Davvnings of light wherein the true interest of reformation is opened in generall, and in particular, in this kingdome for the establishment of weaker judgements, and many other things impartially hinted, to a further discovery of truth and light in many of our present controversies : with some maximes of reformation / by John Saltmarsh ...	Saltmarsh, John, d. 1647.	1646 (1646)	Wing S477; ESTC R40634	39,746	130

Prelacie Gods voice is upon the waters again Petitions upon Petitions from City and Countries for Reformation a mighty over-powring still in the voices and votes for Reformation both in the house and elsewhere Papists and popish cast out of Interest and place in the great Counsell the Prerogative losing many State-advantages and the Prelacy many Ecclesiastical The contrary designes of Jesuites and Prelates disappointed and all turned into designes for Religion and Liberty and Vnity with Scotland The severall plots defeated and discovered which were still countermining That of bringing up the Army from the North at first That of bringing the Cavaliers to the doors of the Parliament That of betraying the Militia of City and Parliament and surprizing all The several endeavours of betraying Cities Towns Ar●i●s The corrupting Parliament Agents and getting interests in their severall counsels and forces The attempts of unclasping us into several parties The restoring a Parliament from the day of small things in the generall defeatures not long since The preserving the most famous City of London which hath been like Ezekiels potters house the place where all the wheels of Reformation moved And to all these an assembly of many godly and eminent men for repairing the Temple voting out Prelacy and Superstition in the places where they sate voting not long since to establish it with Oathes and Lawes The severall successe of Battels at Keinton Newbery York c. The Protestations and Covenants like heavenly cordage to fasten both Parliament and Kingdomes and make them the more stedfast and unmoveable in the work of the Lord The many severall preservations and successes of late as that of Newcastle Thus the supernaturall interest hath wrought and things have been as it were created and supported by that naked power and wisdome of God in Christ which carried on his Church with signes and wonders in the times of its first rising The spirituall Interest THe next interest I finde Reformation to have in this Kingdome is spirituall And first the many interrupted assayes formerly by godly Divines and others in the reign both Qu. Elizabeth and King James by Petition Treatises Dayes of prayer and seeking God the seed time of which light we now enjoy light is sown f●● the righteous The many assemblings of private Christians in latter times their spirituall contributions then of prayer and humiliation And now the means of grace powred out so effectually in Preaching and prophes●ing and prayer amongst us The effectual door which is opened of late and a seeking to Sion with our faces thitherward The return of the banished persecuted godly The daily seekings to heaven in solemn humiliations The Gospel lightning from many Treatises Discourses Expositions The sending out labourers into the harvest the springing up of many young Prophets as if this generation were the Seminary for the next and to these spirituall subsidiaries in our own Kingdome the prayers and holy contributions of all other Reformed Churches of Germany Geneva New-England the Netherlands with the Churches in France and Scotland and low Ireland these all fall in with us into the spirituall designe of Reformation we are engaged in This spirituall interest reaches to every Ordinance of God to every minist●ation to every grace to every spirituall facultie or power that makes towards Heaven or God in this Kingdome or other reformed States This Interest is yet stronger in the Propheticall part of it the fifth Angel now pouring out his violl on the seat of the beast and here I dare follow Expositors to this That Babylon is falling in the near parts of it and for the time of the totall ruine the Prophesie runs strongly and the Interpreters too that is not much above six years To these the meltings and dissolvings of customes traditions superstitions for the day breaks and the shadowes fly away The enemies filling up the measure and Ephah by their daily sinnes idolatries and provocations The work of God upon Sion and Jerusalem or his people in the present wa●s or tribulation The st●nding spirituall remedy of many godly Divines in the conjuncture of an Assembly who like Aaron and Hur hold up the hands of Moses The Politick or Civil Interest THe power and acting of the King or Supreme in a Kingdome Monarchically constituted as this would soon give the Reformation a powerfull and spreading Interest as we see in one Cyrus and Artaxerxes and Constantine and an Edward and Elizabeth therefore Princes are called nursing Fathers and nursing Mothers to the Churches of Christ yet though we want this Interest for the present and the personall actings of a King yet wee have in the meane time a supplement a Parliamentary regall power of two Kingdomes A strong fundamentall in the work of Reformation and a power very agreeable to the constitution of both and very naturall for the propagating Reformation in this Kingdom and this improved by Associations and Covenants The present power armies and successe in most of the parts in this Kingdome but the West and yet some strong Interests there to The consideration with other Protestant States and Churches though I could wish it more the commotions and troubles abroad in Denmark in States of Italie Germanie Spain Franc● whose engagements gives them not time to apply themselves to our disadvantages distractions God making them to hear a rumour of war in their own land Further Searchings I. Non-comm●nion an● Excommunication SEeing there is such a difference amongst us concerning Non-communion and Excommunication that the first is not so proportionable and ●dequate and powerfull as the latter now that which may be considerable here is whether it appear an Ordinance or no and then all such consequences are saved and the objections are but imaginary for if it be an Ordinance and spititually strenghened and armed from Heaven it is all one whether you call it Non-communion or Excommunion nor is it the weaknesse of any thing on the worldly side of it that ought to make us prejudge it for no Ordinance because there may be an heavenly and spirituall supplement to make up whatsoever may be suspected in it II. Nationall and Congregationall That which makes the difference here is a disputing about the fittest subject for Church ordinances and we differ here in point of latitude and qualification for on the one side it is thought that a people nation● 〈…〉 the ●it recipi●nts of all th● 〈…〉 on the other side it 〈…〉 only congre●● 〈…〉 ●●cipie●ts and 〈…〉 di●ference if we 〈…〉 we shall see that such quali●●●ations are ●●ated by both and such cautions as the Ordinances are but neither prostituted by the one nor the other but a due regard had to the predisposing and preaccommodating to the Ordinances which are of a pure and heavenly constitution Concerning the Model in Scriptures THat which makes the controversie here is the consideration of Gods way of policy at the first with his Church under the Tabernacle and Temple which were all so

our selves meerly one against another and go out only in vapours of heat and opposition which too many do Trials of God amongst us THat which is an argument of trouble and distraction to carnall judgements ought to be the only confirmation and strengthening to Gods people who live in a higher region and stand on the vantage ground above the men of the world and see how the designes of Heaven are managed and are able to discern that in the creature which others are not even a providence work which shines sorth in the contexture of things and affairs like the Sun beams on the wall and first let it be no wonder that God is in the midst of troubles and tumults I will shake all Nations sayes God and then it follows the desire of all Nations or Christ shall come before me and when he was with Israel he was in a cloud and fire at one time in lightning and thunder at another and when with his Prophet there went a whirlewinde and fire before kim and the Spirit of God which knowes Gods manner of presence best sets him forth thus Our God shall come a fire shall devoure him and it shall be very tempestuous round about him when he was with Gideon and his people it was so as he could see little of him If the Lord be with us why then is all this befallen us when with his people in captivity it was so as the Prophet could say Can these dry bones live When with his Disciples it was so as there was no comelinesse in him he was not desirable when with his Apostles he strook the room with a whirlewinde and enlightned it with fire See Gods method and goings before amongst his people and you shall trace him now in the same spirituall and providentiall impressions First in our Parliamentary Divine Assembly and the rising of people to build the Temple of God so it was before when the Temple in type was raised and the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the sonne of Shelathiel Governour of Judah and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech the high Priest and the spirit of all the remnant of the people and they came and did work in the house of the Lord In the beginnings of the war when a few Delinquents drew in so great a party to the Kings party when so many revolted from the work so it was before in that of Gibe●● which got in the Tribe of Benjamin to their quarrell against all Israel And in that of Abijah and Jeroboam when Jeroboam was four hundred thousand men more then Judah but there were gathered to them vain men the children of Relial who thought to withstand the kingdom of the Lord with whom was a great multitude and golden Calves who cast out the Priests of the Lord But with Abijah was the Lord God and the Priests which minister unto the Lord and they which burn sacrifice morning and evening and which sounded trumpets to cry alarm against ye O children of Israel In the Contributions brought into the work of the Lord as the Plate Money Jewels Levies Loanes So it was before when some of the chiefe of the Fathers gave unto the work and the rest of the people twenty thousand drams of gold and silver In the divers successe the enemies had in the proceding of this War So it was before when the Sons of Belial in Gibeah involved a whole Tribe into their quarrel and got the better of it in divers battels In the battels and victories we had in many places as Edge kill York where our multitude did not deliver us So it was before in Gideons when God took off his Army to three hundred and then gave him the successe against his enemies In other particular deliverances of besieged places as Bradford Hul Lime Glocester So it was in Ziph. in Keilah in Jerusalem when God caused Saul and Senache●ib to hear a rumour of war to divert them from the siege In our divisions about some ●cripture truths in our murmurings and disputings and our wayes of conciliation by an Assembly So it was before amongst the Brethren till a Councell at Jerusalem reconciled them So amongst the Grecians and the Hebrewes till the Brethren were called together to consider of it In the discoveries of Conspiracies and Plots against Parliament and City and Armies So it was with Israel when Elisha discovered the councels of the Syrians So with Nehemiah when Sanballats and To●iabs plots were revealed So with the Iewes when Hamans was discovered and defeated So with Absolons when Achitophels was tu●●●d into folly The Lord is known by the judgements that hee executes the wicked is snared in the works of their own hands In stirring up the younger sort into attempts against the Armies and enemies of God So it was before when Ahab said By Whom And he said Even by the young men of the Princes of the Provinces In raising up new Armies after discomfitures and losses as in the generall rout we had throughout the Kingdome not long since when our Southern Western and Northern Armies were scattered So it was before when Israel had losse after losse in their way to Canaan and still recruited by the power of their God In carrying on the cause through windings turnings through losses and victories making us a mutuall scourge to one another dashing us both in pieces and repairing us again and thus keeping up a standing affliction amongst us till his work be finished on Mount ●ion his judgement on his enemies So it was before when Israel and Iud●h were engaged against each other ●o it was with Ionahs ship when they rowed hard to shore but they could not for the winde blew and was tempestuous against them God standing in these times THey that would see God in this work must consider the spiritualnesse of the designe and Gods way of mysterious acting and not let themselves down into the creature and think that the breaking of an Army or a Party breaks Gods designe for it remains the same yesterday and today and the same for ever and God takes in miscarriages disadvantages and improbabilities and seeming impossibilities and treacheries and enemies workings and makes them all work into his purpose He took in a treacherie at the compleating of the spirituall designe of our redemption and a Iudas must accidentally though wofully help in the work of our salvation So that if we would but study Gods designe concerning his Church and method and rise up higher then the creature the creatures method in our conceptions and look on the other side of it we should not be at such losses and stands and in such despondencies and discouragements as we are And while we grasp at the creature too fast either at Agents or Armies or Counsels God many times as we experience drawes them either off from us or us from them