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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