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A70165	Iudahs ioy at the oath layd out in a sermon on the 2 Chro. 15, 15 for Englands example in embracing the parliamentary covenant with readinesse and rejoycing : hereunto is annexed a briefe and moderate answere to The protestation protested, discovering the unsoundnesse of that interpretation of the nationall covenant, and the weaknesse of the grounds there suggested for separate and independant churches / by Iohn Geree ...	Geree, John, 1601?-1649.	1641 (1641)	Wing G597; ESTC R16455	37,528	68

IUDAHS IOY AT THE OATH LAYD OVT IN A SERMON ON the 2 Chro. 15 15. for Englands example in embracing the Parliamentary Covenant with readinesse and rejoycing Hereunto is annexed a briefe and moderate Answere to the Protestation Protested discovering the unsoundnesse of that interpretation of the Nationall Covenant and the weaknesse of the grounds there suggested for Separate and independant Churches By IOHN GEREE Master of ARTS and PREACHER of GODS WORD in TEWKESBURY Published by order of the House of Commons PSALME 76.11 Vow and pay unto the LORD your GOD. LONDON Printed by R. Oulton for John Bartlet and are to be sould at the signe of the gilt Cup by Saint Austins Gate 1641. TO THE Right VVorshipfull NATHANAEL STEPHENS Esquire one of the Knights of Parliament for the County of Glocester Grace and peace in CHRIST JESUS SIR YOur courteous intelligence touching the Parliamentary Vow occasioned these meditations presented unto you It is our Office to communicate the good which we our selves are partakers of That good newes much refreshed me The next day after the opening of this text there entred into the Protestation above 400 of the Inhabitants of the Towne of Tewkesbury I thought it my duty to comfort others with the same consolations that endeavor wanted not present fruite some expressing present Joy and very many quickly Ioyning in so good a worke This incouraged me to make more common what was first provided for a few and then I could think of no fitter Patron then your selfe not only for your long continued and great respect to me but especially because this whatsoever it is had its first rise occasionally from you J expect not this should add any light to you but to others it may and to you life The worke you have in hand needs much incouragement not only in regard of many difficulties which require Industry but many affronts and censures which need patience to digest them and some congratulations to ballance them the best need Incouragement And respective expressions even of Inferiours sometimes enliven Superiours in place and grace When Sant Paul saw the Brethrens respect in meeting him Act. 28 15. he thanked God and tooke courage This Treatise may a little discover unto you what good acceptance your Indeavors find with the best affected They rejoyce in you blesse God for you and this I hope will make you with Saint Paul thanke God and if not adde to yet confirme your courage for all good causes whatsoever the effect be that is the ayme and shal be the continuall and earnest prayer of him who is Yours much obliged in the Lord Jesus JOHN GEREE From my Study in Tewkesbury Maii 24 1641. IUDAHS IOY AT THE OATH 2 CHR. 15.15 And all Judah rejoyced at the Oath TO be civilly wise they say it is requisite that we not only study Bookes but men Experience of the dispositions of men being no lesse necessary to compleate prudence then the rules of wisdom but he that would be wise to salvation needs but the study of GODS Booke which God hath so contrived that in studying it we study men also For it containes not only hagiographa 2 Tim. 3 15. holy writings holding forth precepts of divine wisdome but historica deciphering the tempers and dispositions of all men in Spirituall matters that it may make us expert to worke and wyn upon them when we are to deale with them in Spirituall things And as all sacred stories conduce to this holy prudence so non more then these of Chronicles and yet some it may be may count them superfluous because in many things so jumping with what we reade in Samuel and Kings but that Argument is as strong against Deuteronomy and 3. of the Evangelists as against this of Chronicles Besides this is not a bare repetition but with weighty supplements After Davids possessing the Kingdome of Israel there were some Additions to the Ordinances of Moses and that more then of meere order as Musick This might have bred scruples in the minds of men that this was a usurpation by David or governors have more power of adding to the Ordinances of God then other Scriptures allow them had not the story of Chronicles informed us that the rise of this Addition was the command of God by his Prophets 2 Chro. 29 25. Furthermore betweene the former stories and this there is this remarkable difference These after the division of the Kingdomes into Israel and Iudah are exact in the story of the Kings of Israel and touch Iudahs story lightly on the contrary Chronicles touch Israels story obiter but that of the Kings of Iuda at large as may appeare by this one story of Asa which in Kings is comprised in a few verses of one but here comprehends 3 whole Chapters Two of which set forth his excellency the third his infirmity the one for imitation the other for caution the one teaching what we should be the other what after a long profession we may come to be though we belōg to God that we may neither be secure of our standing nor austere in our censures In the first Chapter is set downe his carriage in War and peace In peace there is declared his piety and policy His piety is commended v. 2. proved v. 3 4 5. it was compleate in putting away evill and setting up good and that by command Things thus settled least Asa should Act Rehoboams part and forsake the Lord Zera is sent with a mighty Army to try and exercise his graces Asa makes preparation but relyes and prays to God and becomes victorious This done he returnes and while their hearts were warme with fresh mercy Azariah who knew how good a word is spoken in due season comes in the Spirit of the Lord and strikes while the Iron is hot and gives good counsell shewing in Gods way what helpe they should still find amplifyed by the contrary in Israell forsaking God and thence he infers a strong exhortation v. 7. The Son it seemes was seconded by the Father which did so worke on the good King that his heart is lifted up in the wayes of God and sets to a more through Reformation puts away the Idols Idols should be put downe aswell as Jdolatry and he made this reformation as large as his dominion and that with great successe God doth use to prosper that courage that is from him and for him stirred and directed by his word and tends to his glory The people assemble offer first their Cattle in Sacrifice and then themselves in Covenant make a league offensive and defensive with God and that with abundance of affection as appeares ver 19. and not only in but after the doing as you heare And all Iudah rejoyced at the Oath Joy is the inlargment of the heart for some present good This Covenant joyned with an Oath was apprehended as a Spirituall good so they rejoyced Here 's then 1 An affection Rejoyced 2 The Subject Iudah with its

in praise and therefore these two are vsually twins in the hearts of the Godly joy is the elder Brother but praise holds him by the heele Psal 126 2. When their mouths were filled with laughter their tongues were also taken up with singing When David settled the Arke it was not only with joy and exultation but with a Psalme of praise 1 Cro. 16 7 8. and truly this day is Religion settled in our Land and therefore this deserves praise a Psalme of Praise a day of Praise and God move the heart of the Parliament to this solemne thankfulnesse as well as to this couragious resolutnesse that as they abound in other so they may in this grace also In the meane time let us glorify GOD that hath given such grace to them such mercy to us in time of need Let this thankfulnesse then begin in the soule in inward convincement of ingagement and inlargment to God answerable to such a blessing let thankfulnesse as a precious spice flow out in thankfull speeches blessing God with Ezra who hath put such a thing into the heart of the Parliament to restore and beutifie Religion Ezra 7 26 27. And let us adde thankfulnesse of life which is the life of thankfulnesse giving our selves to God in all holy obedience and specially to make and keepe this Covenant which is the third and last Exhortation Enter into this Covenant Exhor 3. you have beene informed it is a duty and every duty is to be practised There is a service which is freedome the service of Christ and there is a freedome which is servitude freedome to sinne Io. 8 31 32 34. There is a liberty which is bondage as that which is carnall and here 's a bondage which is liberty Take this Vow it will make you free from the Antichristian yoke and illegall Pressures Feare not for you have the Peeres of the Land and Lower house of Parliament fast bound to protect you in this with life and state Mot. 1. To excite you consider the examples in the Scripture wherein upon all occasions the people have been tractable as hath been formerly shewed Add to them the noble example of both Houses of Parliament It 's a very Iade that wil not follow he must needs be a dul Christian who cannot be moved with such a cloud of such leaders Shall we see the men of Israel and Iudah contending about priority in bringing David back to his Kingdome and shall not we rather strive then strain courtesie who shal be first hereby to bring Christ back again to us who was departing from us as wel he might for he was driven from amongst us his truths being some suppressed some disgraced and Popery countenanced and by degrees introduced Shall we show lesse respect to the Antitype then they to the Type to Christ then they to David Hath not the Scotch Nation in this given us a brave example shall we be behind them in duties whom God hath made to out-strip in outward mercies 2. If we enter not this Protestation we shall seeme to desert the Houses of Parliament especially the House of Commons from which this Protestation did first flow The House of Commons are chosen by us entrusted by us beare the burthen for us spend their time their strēgth for us imploy their gifts ingage their persons and estates for us and in this way have entred into this Protestation If they should stand alone in it it might be misinterpreted so become a snare and whē they have don it for us should we discourage them what ingratitude were that what unworthinesse who would serve who would venture any thing for such unworthy ones That Honourable House represents this whole Nation we have vertually all entred into it in them we are ingaged in all their just and Honorable Actions and ought to stick to what they have done so that our entring into this Protestation will not be much more then what already we are by consequent ingaged unto save only a more formall and actuall expression of that in our owne persons which we have already vertually done in the persons of others 3. If we enter not this Covenant we shall desert the cause of God and be ill Christians for this is undertaken as an effectuall meanes to confirme true Religion and wound Popery in these Kingdomes to the heart And sure if any meanes under heaven can extirpate Popery this is it which ingageth men not only to reject it but oppose it not only in their owne persons to depart from it but with all their might to keepe it from coming in amongst us by the wicked and prophane plots of others Now shall we pull our hand from such a worke wherin the honour of Christ and the salvation of mens soules is so deeply concerned God forbid 4. If we be not ready to this we shall desert the King and be wanting in the duties of good Subjects for herein we are to protest to maintaine his Majesties Royall person honour and estate and can we be backward to that without impeachment to our Allegiance Besides much of the matter of this Vow is concurrent with that of the Oath at his Majesties Corronation so the entring into this will be a strengthening unto the performance of that and thereby we shall do no meane duty of Allegeance 5. In denying this Vow we shall desert our beloved Country and betray the liberties of it which we herein should protest to maintaine and this Protestation is a meanes to vindicate them so far intrenched upon Now to be wanting to our Country is to be worse then Heathens who for the preserving of publicke weale have not shunned the greatest dangers or sufferings Christianity should elevate humanity not take it off but enable and carry on to all civill duties on better higher grounds 6. Vnlesse we be ready to this Vow we shall be injurious to the Court of Parliament for ever which is the glory safety and sinnewes of our Nation the priviledge whereof if once impeached farwell all that 's glorious in in free Subjects we shall heare no more of such glorious things done by Parliaments These have been secunda Tabula post Naufragium to save a sinking State these have been the refuge of the oppressed if we want Parliaments if ever we grow downward we shall have little hope of recovery and if Parliaments loose their power and priviledge we shall want them though we have them 7. If we refuse we shal be enemies to our own comfort and honour For you see it is a thing to be joyed at and a man cannot refuse but suspitions must needs rise concerning him either that he is ill affected to Religion or tainted in Loyalty or no good Patriot lyes under some secret guilt that makes him loath to enter into that which may returne upon his owne head or that he is a man of a base selfe-seeking Spirit without true publicke generosity to put on for any