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A79856	A two-fold shaking of the earth: or, an exposition on Heb. 12.26, 27 Wherein is shewed, the first shaking of the earth, seems to be meant the putting down of the late King and bishops: the later shaking, a change of the present government. And reasons given for both. Also how, and in what manner this later earth-shaking may be according to scripture-prophesie: namely, by that earth-quake, Rev. 11.13 which is likewise opened. Lastly, here are many reasons given, why it may be hoped that this present parliament will prove to be that earth-quake (or at least begin the work) whereby the good old cause will be revived, the just rights of the people restored, and the nation setled upon a lasting and durable foundation of truth and righteousness. By John Canne.	Canne, John, d. 1667?	1659 (1659)	Wing C443AB; ESTC R223834	46,560	139

Commonwealth as now established without a King or House of Lords And this Ingagement was generally taken by such as were then counted well-affected Object Though it cannot be denyed but this was a most eminent Shaking yet how is it proved that in the Change of the English-Monarchy to a Commonwealth a Scripture-Prophesie was fulfill'd and particularly Heb. 12.26 27 Answ If it be granted it was a SHAKING and an eminent one too it will easily be proved being in England a Scripture-Prophesie was fulfill'd and particularly Heb. 12. For the Scripture-Prophesies of the last times concern the Churches and people of God and where these are there may we expect will come to pass what things are foretold in the word of God there are many changes and alterations of States and Policies in the world at this time of which nothing in Scripture is foretold nevertheless where Gods people are and Jesus Christ is truly worshipped there cannot be any such shaking I speak according to that light I have in the things of God but in order to the fulfilling of some Prophesie What thou seest write in a Book and send unto the seven Churches in Asia Rev. 1.11 2. If England be one of the ten Kingdoms in Dan. 7.7 and Rev. 17.12 as it is generally held yea the first that constituted it self a free and absolute State when the Romane Empire was broken to peeces then I think it may certainly be concluded that the Holy Ghost in Heb. 12. hath reference to the shaking of which we speak my reason is this What was revealed to Daniel John and Paul was by one Spirit and concerned one thing as to the shaking of the ten Kingdoms 3. That the first shaking was by a VOICE I think there is very much in it as I have hinted before Truly more VOICE then PROMISE My meaning is that many people in their rising against Monarchy and Episcopacy were carried forth beyond their own principles A VOICE there was that is God mightily appear'd in them and by them but no Promise that is they had no Scripture-light for what they did but only followed Providence opportunity victory self-interest Reader mistake me not I do not say there was not Scripture-ground for putting down Monarchy and Episcopacie I beleeve there was but this I say many who had a great hand therein did it not upon that account for there are many at this day and some I know who were as active and forward as any in the thing and gave their Vote against the King the Bishops and House of Lords yet now none more earnest for a King and House of Lords then they yea and for Episcopacie too if it fall in with their Interest 4. Whereas it was Gods voice that shook the first Earth I hope none will be offended neither Independent Presbyterian or Baptiz'd if we say such as account themselves the Lords Embassadours Angels of Churches the Ministers of Jesus Christ c. are the persons by whom the Lord chiefly speaks and his VOICE as John was in the Wilderness This being so by whose voice then was the Earth shaken I answer By no voice so effectually as that voice which came out of the Temple Oh! how did this VOICE ring thorow the Nation calling upon the good people every where in their Sermons and Writings to come forth and help the Lord against the mighty never did this VOICE cease but was still crying in the ears of the Parliament and Army SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE till they had shaken King and Bishops out of the three Nations It is very requisite as we have mentioned the Voice from the Temple so to give some instances how shaking it was to have the late King cut off I will begin with Mr. Burroughs because I suppose what he wrote was the VOICE of all his Independent Brethren in that particular Thus he tels us You must observe That every one is subject to the Higher Powers Mark it is not to man first but it is to the Power Let every soul be subject to the Higher Power where-ever this Power lieth It is not to the will of man that hath Power but it is to the Power of the man Now the Power the Authority is that THAT A MAN HATH IN A LEGAL WAY Again in another place There is saith he no Authority we are subject to now but according to the Laws and Constitutions of the Country where we live When things are brought into a Law and be according to the Agreements and Covenants of the place and Country wherein we live c. then the power of God is in it But we must enquire whether it be a Power On Hos Chap. 1. Lect. 6. p. 157. and Lect. 4. pag. 111. and Lect. 3. pag. 65. Mr. Bridge his Voice shall be next in his answer to Doctor Fern thus Did not Athaliah remain as a conqueress six yeers and who knows not that she was lawfully thrust from the Throne again by a stronger hand then her own Meer conquest being nothing else but an unjust usurpation And if the Conquerer rule the whole Kingdom keep them under by conquest only WHY MAY NOT THE SUBJECT RISE AND TAKE UP ARMS TO DELIVER THEMSELVES FROM THAT SLAVERY Mr. Bridge against Dr. Fern Sect. 4. pag. 42. But one thing is remarkable what searching Books there was and citing the opinion of men Truly I think there was scarce a learned man whether Papist or Protestant if he had written against Usurpers Tyrants violalating the Laws Rights and Liberties of the People but he was brought forth by those who defended the Parliaments cause against the King To omit many how often is Alstedius quoted for saying A Tyr an t without Title who is an Invader every private person may and ought to remove for he is not a King but a private man who doth invade the Country as an Enemy Alsted Cas Con. cap. 16. Reg. 8. p. 341. So Chamier All Citizens or free Subjects have a right or warrant to rise up against Tyrants who by open force possess the Kingdom Tom. 2. Lib. 15. cap. 12. Sect. 19. Again Dr. Willet Where the Kingdom is usurped without any right as by Athaliah or where the land is oppressed by Invaders as in the time of the Macchabees in these Cases there is less question to be made of resistance by the general consent of the States On Rom. 13. pag. 592. Neither is King James left out The publick Laws saith he make it lawful and free for any private person to enterprise against an usurper of the Kingdom Every man saith Tertullian is a Soldier enrolled to bear arms against all Traytors and publick Enemies In his Remonstr pag. 216. I shall not name any more cited by them Touching this Temple-Voice wherein Mr. John Goodwin was louder then most of his fellows there are 5 things to be seen in their writing when they stood with the Parliament against the King as their State Principles 1. That an Usurper hath no

Authority is a meer private person 2. That no obedience is due to an untitled or illegal Power 3. That the sword is peculiar to a Magistrate lawfully called and not else 4. That to the being of a Magistrate is required a lawful calling 5. To the making of a Supreme Magistrate is to go the Vote and consent of the people I do not mention this Voice to asperse it in the least neither do I think they who stood with the Parliament against the King had a bad Cause nor do I condemn any man for the Publick Testimony which he bore against the exorbitancie and arbitrary actions of the late King yet this I may say and none will be offended at it but the guilty 1. It cannot be justified in any man to call that rayling and speaking evil of dignities in another which being done by himself was then according to Scripture Law and Conscience Neither 2. can I judge it otherwise then a fault for any man to write against Tyranny and preach it down in reference to the King and afterward in another allow and justifie the like Tyranny yea greater by many degrees But 3. And this indeed I most mislike viz. that such men whose Voice never ceased against the King and Bishops till their places were no more should be the forwardest to have that Tyranny up again and exercised over the Bodies goods and Consciences of the people for which the King and Bishops were removed Now for the next particular i. e. our Grounds and Reasons why by yet once more the second shaking is meant the shaking of this present State-Apostacie I shall only touch one thing which lies in our way and so hasten to it As under the word Earth in the first shaking not only Kingly-Government is signified but the Hierarchy also called Earth not only because it was interwoven with the other but ascended out of the EARTH was meerly carnal and earthly and had nothing of Heaven in it So I take the matter here Though this State-Apostacie have something in it that pretends to Religion as the business of the Tryers yet this coms under the word Earth so that Heaven afterward said to be shaken is another thing in which the Tryers are not concerned What was said before concerning the Bishops that their Government was earthly carnal c. is as true in the other It is a plant not of Gods planting yet in one thing the Prelates were to be commended to the shame of these men for that party would many times publickly undertake the justification of their calling and would quote Fathers Councils Scripture for what they did but this later earth as it seems by their silence dares not put any thing forth for their justification They know they have no Fathers Councils Presidents or Scripture to warrant their unsanctified place and standing And in John there is a good Reason why these Tryers come not forth to the light For every one that doth evil hateth the light neither cometh to the light lest his deeds should be reproved or discovered as hath the Margin Joh. 3.20 Concerning the second shaking of the Earth for of Heaven I shall speak nothing now here I will follow the former order 1. Prove that the present State-Apostacie shall be shaken And 2. in this shaking Scripture-Prophesle fulfilled and particularly Heb. 12. First If the Rights Liberties and Priviledges of the people shall again be restored and the work of Reformation go forward to a good settlement of the Nation then necessarily must this later Earth be shaken for as darkness vanisheth when light breaks forth so all falshood and treacherous designs of men must end and perish when truth and righteousness take place when the Lords time came that Joash should be brought out of the Temple and set upon the Throne it could not be otherwise but Athaliah and her confederates must suffer deeply And this is the reason why some endeavor what they can to uphold unrighteousness and all manner of oppression and cannot endure to hear of good Laws and honest things but hate such persons as would advance them They tremble like Felix to think of righteousness and that there should be such a thing as men call a FREE-PARLIAMENT and not under the power of the sword And no marvel for being conscious to what they have done they cannot but expect to be rewarded according to their works But let these know notwithstanding all their crafty counsel and joyning hand in hand the good old Cause which was in the Nation shall rise and prosper but they shall fall and perish Associate your selves O ye people and ye shall be broken in peeces Take counsel together and it shall come to nought Speak the word and it shall not stand for God is with us Isa 8.9 10. I was speaking just now of Joash ●ethinks in him we have something ●at resembles our good old Cause A●aliah doubtless thought she had de●royed all the seed Royall of the house of ●udah and there was none left to have ●unished her murder and Treason But ●he was deceived and found it other●ise It is sure enough some thought ●ey had utterly destroyed the Common-●ealth when they made one man Chief Magistrate but these workers of ini●uity will know ere long it was a lie ●nd they wrought a deceitful work ●or the Commonwealth though an In●ant was hid as Joash in the Temple What if you say By the Temple is ●eant the hearts of all the good peo●le in the Nation Again though A●haliah cried Treason Treason when ●oash was brought forth yet it was no ●reason in the people to set up their ●awful King and put her to death for 〈◊〉 bloodie Traytor So if the Representatives of the people shall punish Tray●ors and Crown the Commonwealth with her just liberties and freedom there will b● no Treason in 〈◊〉 though hypocrites an● Apostates cry Treason Treason Object There is no question if 〈◊〉 Commonwealth be established with th● Rights and Liberties of the people but the Thing now up must and will be sha●ken But how doth it appear that th● good old Cause like Joash will b● brought forth and crown'd with righ●teousness and truth If you prove no● this you say nothing Answ It is very true and I grant it therefore to prove it these Argument and grounds I give 1. This Bitter root shall certainly be pluckt up when those things are done for which the only wise God suffered it to rise And no doubt among many other ends he had it was 1. To discover a multitude of rotte● hearts whose hypocrisie before lay hid either under a form of godliness or a● pretended zeal against the Tyranny and Idolatry of the King and Bishops and to have Church and State reformed and having made their folly manifest to all men to lead them forth with the ●orkers of iniquity 2. That a Scripture-Prophesie might ●e fulfilled namely the coming in of ●he second Apostacie foretold in 2 Tim. 3.1

to continue 1260 years but the later not above three yeers and an half till the Lord doth begin to strike it with a Consumption So that the word GREAT seems to be left out here to distinguish between the two Cities or two Apostacies and this in the Text is to be understood of the later State-Apostacie Moreover we have some light here how to understand that place Rev. 11.8 where it is said of the witnesses their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great City it is well observed by many that the Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. a broad or spatious place doth not signifie any place Market-place or broad place within the walls of the great City but it is without the great City as no part of the building Hence we may conclude two things 1. The two Witnesses are not slain in their Testimony by any Civil Powers that hold the Pope Head of the Church neither lie their dead bodies in any Country formally subject to the See of Rome For their slaying and lying dead must be without the walls of the great City Indeed the blood of the Martyrs will be charged upon the first Apostacie but the slaying of the witnesses upon the second Apostacie Therefore let Church-Members and Church-Officers and other Professors of Religion look to it For to speak soberly and in the fear of God this is my opinion and I think grounded upon Scripture and practice The blood of the witnesses will be required at their hands for never had the bottomless Beast murdred so blessed a Cause and so glorious a Testimony for Christ and his Kingdom as was in this Nation had they stood faithful to the good old Cause 2. Though the Power by which the witnesses are slain is not from the great City yet it is for it that is it doth more strengthen and support the great whore then any State or Government properly the whores Where lies now the stop that the Lords work goes not forward to remove oppressions and heavie burdens and to establish righteousness among men Not in Rome Spain Germany France the stop is neerer home remove this Apostacie and you shall soon see the good Cause reviv'd again and the hearts of all good people reviv'd with it 2. Whereas it is said The tenth part of the City fell and the remnant gave glory to God this cannot be meant of the great City for that sinks every whit like a great milstone to the bottom of the Sea Besides I do not read of any giving glory to God in the great City when her plagues are upon her But contrary it is expresly said they repented not to give glory to God but blasphemed the God of Heaven because of their pains and their sores Rev. 16.9 11. Now the Reason is because the Lord will bring his people out of the great City Babylon as he did Lot from Sodom before he burns her to ashes I will not say among that huge heap of chaff there will be no corn yet I think if any of Gods elect shall perish as to the outward man in that common destruction they will be very few yea in those few no repenting and giving glory to God visibly will appear Rev. 18.4 Jer. 51.6 But the Case here is otherwise for howsoever the whole Apostacie will fall yet in the Earth-quake all will not be slain that are found in the Apostacie When Absalom made that unnatural Rebellion against his father it is said two hundred followed him in the simplicitie of their hearts and knew not any thing 2 Sam. 15.11 that is they were ignorant of the wicked plot he had in hand namely under pretence of devotion and conscience to destroy his own father and make himself king or Chief Magistrate No doubt many two hundreds thousands I may say through the dissimulation and lying of their Leaders and Teachers have fallen in with the Apostacie simply and ignorantly knew nothing of their design that is how under a cloke of Religion and the safety of the godly party the mother Commonwealth was to be murthered and an Absalom-like interest to be set up Therefore by the Remnant here I understand these ignorant and simple ones not the OLD SERPENT the seducers and ringleaders who thought they had done their Country and themselves good service when they sought to destroy the lives and Liberties of the people 3. Whereas it is said In the Earthquake was slain of men 7000. the Greek hath names of men meaning men of note renown famous Gen. 6.4 contrary hereto is men without Name Job 30.8 alluding to the Rebellion of Korah c. Num. 16.2 two things seem to be held forth 1. This Earth-quake that is the Representatives of the people shall be men of courage and of publick spirits such as shall have Lion-like hearts fear no mans face nor respect any mans person but will cut down Cedars assoon as shrubs if there be cause for it Indeed no people in the world formerly have been more honoured then the English for men of resolution and of high and noble spirits in standing up for their freedom and Rights against intrusion and usurpation of all sorts and sizes But How is the faithful City become an harlot it was full of judgment righteousness lodged in it but now murderers Thy silver is become dross thy wine mixt with water Thy Princes are rebellious and companions of theeves every one loveth gifts and follow after reward they judge not the fatherless neither doth the cause of the widdow come unto them Isa 1.21 22 23. Oh! that it should be said ICHABOD The glory is departed from England For have not men of late shewed themselves to be of low base and servile spirits in preferring their own particular interest before the publick good of the Nation And in stead of contending for our Birth-right which but a little before was recovered with the Blood and Treasure of the Nation to give it up or rather sold it Esau-like for a mess of Pottage But God will raise up a better Generation of men and why may not we hope it is now who will recover the Glory of the English nation again by exalting truth and righteousness among us 2. By names of men is not meant the old names of note renown and famous in the days of the King and Bishops for they concern not the later Apostacie but the new names that is Lords Knights Esquires c. of the last edition Those who were poor the other day and have made their families great by hypocrisie and lies and betraying their Country must expect to fall by this Earth-quake For the number seven thousand it is probable before the Earth-quake be done not fewer will be shaken for it must go round the Nation and follow the Apostacie from end to end And I hope the appearance of it will be suddenly we are waiting for it and praying for it So come Lord Jesus Amen Amen Reasons Why it may be