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A89196	The nationall covenant. Or, A discourse on the covenant. Wherein also the severall parts of the late protestation are proved to be grounded on religion and reason: with sundry motives and directions, tending to further our keeping covenant with God. Which may be of speciall use in these times. By Tho. Mocket, M. of Arts, and preacher of the word of God.	Mocket, Thomas, 1602-1670?	1642 (1642)	Wing M2307; Thomason E113_3; ESTC R23139	40,201	58

layeth on the soul How much greater think you is the tye and engagement which the Covenant of God layeth on the soul 3. We must keep Covenant with God that we may be like unto God as we are exhorted to be Epbes 5.1 as in all other things so in this we must strive to imitate and follow God to be like unto him Now concerning God we reade That he is faithfull in keeping Covenant with us Deut. 7.9 The Lord thy God is the faithfull God that keepeth Covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his Commandments Psal 111.5 He is ever mindefull of his Covenant as he promises Hos 2.19 20. I will betroth thee unto me for ever c. Therefore since God is faithfull in keeping Covenant with us we must be faithfull in keeping Covenant with God that we may be as our duty is like unto our heavenly Father and thereby may approve our selves to be the children of-God 4. For this end we enter into Covenant with God at Baptism renew it at the Lords Supper and some other times that we might keep his Statues Judgements and Commandments God requires this and we use it thiefly as a help to further us in our Obedience to God we are all naturally very backward and apt to take any occasion to neglect our duty of obedience to God and therfore do promise and bind our selves thereby to help and further us in our duty as we use to binde men to bring them into bond who are apt to break promise If we be to deal with an unfaithfull person that is like to play fast and loose to deny his promise and flie from his word we use to get him into bonds and then we think all is sure enough 5. Breach of Covenant God accounts a great sinne and will severely punish it therefore we should keep Covenant with God 1. He accounts breach of Covenant a great sin though it be of covenant only betwixt man and man and reckoneth it among the great sins of the Gentiles That they were Covenant-breakers Rom. 1.31 Psal 55.20 2 Tim. 3.3 what is it then to break Covenant with God 2. And as God accounts it a great sin so be will severely punish it So he threatned Gen. 17.14 The uncarcumcised man childe whose flesh in his forehead is not circumcised that soul shall be cut off from his people mark the reason He bath broken my Covenant saith God Levis 26.15 16 17. Saith God If ye shall despise my Statutes so that ye will not do all my Commandments but that ye break my Covenant I will even appoint over you terrour consumption and the burning Ague And I will set myface against you and ye shall be slain by your enemies Ezek. 17.15 16. saith God of Zedekiab Shall he prosper Shall be escape that doth such things Or shall be break the Covenant and be delivered As I live saith the Lord God Surely in the place where the King dwelleth that made him king whose Oath be despised and whose Covenant be brake even with him in the midst of Babylon shall he die A grievous curse is threatned against this sin Jer. 11.2 3. Hear ye the words of this Covenant Thus saith the Lord God of Israel Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this Covenant yea many curses Deut. 29.20 21-25 The Lord will not spare him but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousie shall smoke against that man and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him and the Lord shall blot out his name from under leaven and the Lord shall separate him to evill out of all the Tribes of Israel according to all the curses of the Covenant that are written in this book of the Law Mark the grand reason of all this fierce anger of the Lord against such vers 25. Because they have forsaken the Covenant of the Lord God of their fathers For breaking of Covenant God caused Achan and all his to be stoned and burnt in the fire Iosh 7.11.15 and all Israel suffered with him they could not stand before their enemies but were routed and smitten before them For this very thing Sauls breaking the Covenant made with the Gibionites though long before his time God punished all Israel with three yeers famine and in the end with the death of seven of Sauls sons 2 Sam. 21. therefore also God rent the Kingdom from Solomon and gave ten Tribes to his servant Ieroboam 1 King 11 11. All these things give weight to this duty and the point in hand Thus we have seen it opened what a Covenant is what it is to keep it and how Also the point or duty clearly proved That a Covenant once made may not be broken but must be carefully kept Thus of a Covenant in generall Now with the good leave of the great Assembly I will here take occasion to speak something concerning our Nationall Covenant Vow or Protestation in particular And here I will first set down the Protestation prudently commended to us by the Honorable House in these words I A. B. Do in the presence of Almighty God promise vow and protest to maintain and defend as far as lawfully I may with my life power and estate the true reformed Protestant Religion expressed in the Doctrine of the Church of England against all Popery and popish Innovations within this Realm contrary to the same Doctrine And according to the duty of my Allegiance His Maiesties Royall Person Honour and Estate As also the Power and Priviledges of Parliaments the lawfull Rights and Liberties of the Snbjects and every person that maketh this Protestation in whatsoever he shall do in the lawfull pursuance of the same And to my power and as far as lawfully I may I will oppose and by all good wayes and means endeavour to bring to condigne punishment all such as shall either by force practice counsels plots conspiracies or otherwise do any thing to the contrary of any thing in this present Protestation contained And further that I shal in all just and honorable ways endeabor to preserbe the union and peace betwirt the three Kingdoms of England Scotland and Ireland And neither for hope fear nor other respect shall relinquish this Promise How and Protestation Touching this Nationall Covenant or Protestation we may here observe and consider 1. What we here promise and vow to maintaine and so what we here renounce 2. What it is to maintaine and defend the true Protestant Religion 3. Why for what ends we entred into this Protestation 4. How far this promise and Protestation doth bind us First What we here promise vow and protest viz. divers things which I conceive are in number 7. And the First is to maintaine and defend with our lives power and estate The true Reformed Protestant Religion expressed in the Doctriue of the Church of England against all Popery and Popish Innovations within this Realme contrary to the same Doctrine

Jerusalem who were too many of them making a Captain and turning back again into misticall Egypt which Covenant gave the rise to this ensuing plaine unpollished discourse fitted and intended only for a country Auditory where it is a commendation to speake in the most plain and vulgar terms which in all humility I present unto you worthy Patriots not as Patrons Homo sum errare possum haereticus esse nolo for if it be the truth of God as I trust it is he is the Patron of it and will defend it if any errour be found in it I disclaim it and think the work it self too slenderly performed for so judicious persons as you are known to be but only as his hand full of water to a great * Artaxerxes Prince the widdows mite a little goats hair as a Testimony of my humble observance and thankfull acknowledgement of the unweatied labours continuall care and zealous endeavours of the Noble Peers and your selves for the publick good as also for the particular favour of divers worthy Members of your House towards my self And surely if it may seem good to your grave wisdomes to procure and adde these things to all the rest which are humbly desired by very many thousands To out dumb and scandalous Ministers setle able godly Pastors over every Congregation in England and Waies and comfortably provide for them who many of them especially in these evill times lye under much discouragement and distraction through a miserable incompetency And provide That Priests and Jesuits be quite banished the Land That Papists be fully disarmed and considerable persons be fully secured and all the Laws duly executed upon them That Notorious offenders in Church Common-wealth whatsoever they be the Achans that hinder the endeavour of Joshua and Israel be censured and punished according to the qualitie of their crimes That Idolatry and Superstition especially the abominable Masse be totally rooted out of this Kingdom for what peace so long as the whordomes of Jezabell remains in this Land That evill Councellors Rome Iezabel mysticall Revel 2.20 and 18.5 the raisers and fomenters of the great troubles and distempers of the Kingdom and of the absence of His Royall Majestie from His Parliament c. which all good Subjects are greatly greived to heare be removed from His Royall Person That distressed Ireland whose condition is much to be lamented be speedily relieved with an ample supply where as here the blood of many thousand soules cry to Heaven for vengeance and to you for help against the mighty That the peace of the Kingdom that the power and priviledges of Parliament the lawfull Rights and Liberties of the Subject be firmly setled That considerable places be fully secured by approved men so trading quickned to the relief of many thousands that now languish greatly under want That the blessed work of Reformation with all good speed go on be perfected Vnnecessary things and Ceremonies be removed That the Hyerarchy if it may be proved to be the root of much evil in Church State may be eradicated and a Church-government setled according to the rule of Gods word That the Sacrament by some good provision may be kept frō being polluted by unworthy persons and all Ignorant persons be compelled to learn the grounds of the true Protestant Religion That all scandalous Pictures and Images and all other Monuments and Reliques of Idolatry and Superstition and particularly Crosses by the high wayes and in such like places be according to a former order of Queen Eliz. injunction abollished Injunct 23. which occasion much Superstition especially in these parts by reason of the ignorance of very many chiefly when they carry their dead by any of them That whereas there is a great cry and grievous charge against the Liturgie of the Church and the Vsers of it that it cannot be lawfully used yea that it is Superstitious Antichristian Idolatrous and what not whereby the consciences of many good and well-affected people are much troubled if it may be proved if not yet that whatsoever shall be proved to be either Superstitions unlawfull and may give just offence to tender consciences or unnecessary your grave wisdom with the advice of the learned and godly Divines would be pleased with all convenient speed to remove it and provide that the people might have a sure rule to walke by in their worship of God that their minds may be setled and consciences quieted to a cheerfull obedience which would be a great inducement to many to joyne with us who otherwise I feare will hardly ever be perswaded That Arminianisme and Socinianisme the enemies to free grace and Romes Coy-ducks to bring in Popery be truly and thoroughly supprest That Church Papists the most dangerous enemies and underminers of Church and State may by some good provision be discovered That You would procure that scandalous and Popish Magistrates that regard not the Execution of Justice be removed and approved just men fearing God and hating covetousnes and unrighteousnesse be placed in their rooms That Contemners of your former good Orders be punished Wakes and unnecessary Alehouses and Playhouses the very nurseries of vice and randevouz for all prophane wretches be suppressed That the joynt consent and happy concurence of the Noble Peers with your House may be still continued Especially that they and you would use all possible means and speed that His Royall Majestie may have a right understanding of your just desires and proceedings and would with the Prince be graciously pleased to reside neerer to His Parliament All which I mention not to shew you what to do impute not such folly to your humble servant but in all humility to spread before your wisdoms what is by many thousands heartily desired and humbly craved according as in your pious and deepe wisdom shall seem most agreeable to the rules of piety true christian-prudence and policy which surely will compleat the blessed worke of Reformation begun make this a most flourishing Church and State amiable to our God glorious to our friends terrible to our enemies and make you and your Posterities renowned while this is a Nation And because your difficulties be very many and great therefore heare a word of encouragement from him who greatly honours you and your Assembly and whose duty it is ex officio speciali to teach instruct exhort reprove c. The cause you are about is eminently good and of great importance God and all good men are on your side and though your adversaries be many mighty and politick yet God your Master whose worke you are about is stronger and wiser then they all and one Jacob can do more with God for you then 400. Edomites can do against you And Honoured Worthies you have found God going along with you so scattering your enemies and furthering his worke even by their wicked plots and oppositions that you should now greatly dishonour God and the cause if you

which he sware unto thy fathers Deut. 8.18 Thou shalt remember the Lord thy God what is it to remember God but to thinke of our Covenant of obedience to him and doe it and marke what followes That he may establish his Covenant which he sware unto thy fathers So psal 25.10 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth i.e. all the passages of his providence are out of love for good and shall certainly be made good be performed but to whom to such as keep his Covenant and his Testimonies Brethren would you have God to keep Covenant with you then see that you keep Covenant with him 6. Know that whosoever doth keep Covenant with God them will God owne for his peculiar ones Exod. 19.5 6. Now therefore if you will obey my voice indeed and keep my Covenant then shall ye be a peculiar people to me above all people Beloved this is a great matter that God here promises That if we will indeed keep Covenant with him then we shall be his peculiar ones as much beloved as highly esteemed of God as a most choice treasure is of men that God the great God of Heaven and Earth should so love esteeme and account of a man a poore weake mortall sinfull man this is wonderfull yet this you see he promiseth to all that keep Covenant with him 7. And for the future God promises great matters and will certainly make them all good to all those that keep Covenant with him they shall have Heaven life eternall immediate communion with and a full fruition of himselfe who is the only alsufficient independent good We have his owne word for it Lev. 26.11 12. and he cannot deny himselfe Therefore a faithfull man that keeps Covenant with God is a happy man a rich man indeed not so much in re as in spe in a present possession as in future reversion and sure promises God himselfe Christ Heaven glory life eternall all is his If a man have a bond of a hundred or a thousand pounds from sure men we say and that truly he is so rich so a faithfull godly man is as rich as the promises Heaven and eternall life yea God and Christ and all is his and therefore he cannot but be most happy who doth now in part and shall fully enjoy him who is all in all If a man had all the creatures all the glory pleasure and comforts of them all yet that all were nothing in comparison of God all without him could not content the minde of man but God himselfe will fully satisfie it which results from all the former 8. It will also be a point of wisedome to keep Covenant with God Deut. 4.5 6 Behold I have taught you Statutes and Judgements the Articles of the Covenant betwixt God and us keep therfore and do them for this is your wisdome and your understanding in the sight of the Nations c. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 saith a * Greg. Nazian Orat. ●3 Father Let a promise made by a vow or Covenant be perfected by performance for it is the part of fooles to faile Oh! my brethren how should the consideration of this so great and manifold good inflame our hearts to this duty That is the 4th motive the benefit Fifthly on the other side thinke of the great evils that will follow upon the wilfull breach of Covenant with God God is greatly dishonoured Religion the peace safety and welfare of the Land is extreamely endangered according to the greatnesse and generallity of this sinne for if one sinner destroyeth much good what will a multitude a million doe beside the privation of all that personall good fore-mentioned and the positive displeasure and evils which God inflicts on Covenant-breakers which oftentimes lights heavy on men in this world in their name estates bodies consciences See Lev. 26.15 c. and Deut. 28.15 to 68. there are 54. verses together of dreadfull plagues that God denounceth against Covenant-breakers one of which well set on by the hand of the Almighty is enough to breake the heart of the stoutest sinner Jerem. 11.2 3. saith God Heare ye the words of this Covenant Thus saith the Lord cursed bee the man that obeyeth not the words of this Covenant Neither doth breach of Covenant with God alwayes bring evill upon a mans selfe only but upon others also many times take one instance a Sam. 21. because Saul brake the Covenant which Joshuah and Israel made with the Gibeonites at their first comming into Canaan therefore God brought on all Israel a famine in the dayes of David for three yeares together There are divers things remarkeable here as 1. This Covenant was made not with Israel Gods owne people but with the Gibeonites who were otherwise designed to destruction with the rest of the Canaanites 2. It was not made in Sauls owne person but by his Predecessor and that 3. above three hundred and eighty yeares before Saul came to the Kingdome 4. It was with a good intention in Saul and out of his zeale for the children of Israel and Judah v. 2. Yet God plagued all Israel and Judah with a famine for that breach of Covenant no lesse then 3. yeares yeare after yeare The inference from hence is easie that every one may see what a grievous thing it is to breake Covenant with God Consider all these things weigh and ponder them well and seriously and the Lord worke them on your hearts and make them effectuall to quicken you and mee to this duty 2. Directions to further us in the duty Now if there be any soule that having entred into Covenant with God lately and all that have formerly done it in Baptisme who unfainedly desires and resolves to keep Covenant with God let him hearken to these directions following which may through the blessing of God not a little further him in the performance of this duty 1. Resolve upon it that it is a duty and it must be done Covenants must be kept and that you will set about it and are resolved to doe it Resolution will carry a man on far and help much as in all worldly undertakings so in spirituall and where a man is not resolved to goe on every little matter will take him off That is the first 2. Rid the heart of all it 's base lusts especially of it's bosome lusts labour to empty the soule of them Our lusts are like unto Sampsons lockes all the while Sampsons lockes were on no bonds would hold him but when they were cut off he could easily be bound so here while our strong lusts remaine in our hearts no bonds no promises or Covenants will hold us in obedience to God You may see this in the Jewes Jerem. 42.1 2 3. They came to the Prophet desired him to aske counsell of God for them what he will have them to doe and they promise very solemnely to doe it ver 5. and 6. They said to Ieremy The Lord be a true