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A93833	Rupes Israelis: = The rock of Israel. A little part of its glory laid forth in a sermon preached at Margarets in Westminster before the honorable House of Commons, at their monthly fast, Apr. 24. 1644. By Edmund Staunton, D.D. minister at Kingston upon Thames, in the county of Surrey, a member of the Assembly of Divines.	Staunton, Edmund, 1600-1671.	1644 (1644)	Wing S5342; Thomason E48_6; ESTC R11555	28,150	40

humble hearts and beleeving spirits to hold these waters in Some ancients fancie it that Israel took this rock of Rephidim along with them and as often as they pleased fetcht water out of it it is the fiction of some Rabbins and Schoolemen that the rock was contracted into a little flint which Miriam carried up and downe with her in her bosom all this is but fabulous yet there is a truth in this that every beleeving Israelite carries the rock Christ in his breast and bosome when he acts faith he smites the rock and then the waters of grace and peace flow upon him in all abundance Israel was in great straits ready to perish for want of waters and waters were not to be gotten in all the wildernesse had it not beene for the rock all Israel had perished Even such is thy case O man thou didst need a Redeemer couldst find no water in the wildernesse no salvation in thy selfe or in the creatures and had it not beene for the rock Christ all mankind had perished and that eternally Fifthly our rock is a feeding rock to every hungry soule that comes unto him the Lord made Israel to suck honey out of the rock and oyle out of the flinty rock Verse 13. honey that is from the nests of Bees hived in the rock or else the Lord fed them with Dates from the Palme-trees which grew among the rocks and with such kind of fruits as sweet as honey and he fed them with oyle from the Olive trees thus God fed the beleeving Israelite and was willing to feed him to the full Psal 81. last and with honey out of the rock to satisfie him And how is Israel fed still but out of the rock Christ fed by the word the Gospel which is sweeter then the honey or the honey-comb fed with the graces of Gods spirit faith love evangelicall obedience as oyle from the two Olive-trees in Zacharies vision Nay more yet Zach. 4 12. John 6.55 Israel is fed with the bread of life the Lord Christ whose flesh is meat indeed and whose bloud is drink indeed Lastly our rock is a rock of ages Trust in the Lord for ever for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength Isa 26.4 or as in the Hebrew a rock of Ages all the rocks of enemies are sandy gravelly rocks soone washed away and crumbled into nothing this rock is solid and lasts to eternity and this crownes all the rest for this rock is a foundation-rock to eternity a sheltering-rock to eternity a shadowing-rock to eternity a watering-rock a feeding-rock to eternity eternity makes Heaven Heaven and the rock of Israel to be of transcendent excellency above all other rocks whatsoever Observ 5 The fifth observation is but a proofe of the fourth from the testimony of Adversaries even our enemies themselves being Judges I might make out this truth from sacred Scriptures and Ecclesiasticall Histories and tell you how after the time of primitive persecutions under the Roman Emperours Pareus in Apoc. capis 6. vers 4. God raised up Constantius who died at York Anno Dom. 310. and Constantine the great heire of his Crowne and vertues Euseb Pam. lib. 8. cap. 14. A●g de Civit. D●● A Theodocii partibus in adves●ios vehemens ventus ibat et non solum quaecunque in cos jaculabantur concitatissimèrapiebat verùm etiam ipsorum tela in corum corpora retorquchat Claudian O nimium dilecte Deo cui militat aether Et conjurati ve●iunt ad classica venti Numb 23.19 20 c. I might tell you of the thundering Legion and of Theodosius who fighting with Eugenius a mighty wind arose and beat back the darts into the enemies bosomes in whom as in many others God shewed himselfe a rock for Israel but I will content my selfe with the testimonies and open acknowledgements of adversaries which the Text points me to we find their testimony arising from severall grounds First from conviction of conscience hence what Saul said of David Thou art more righteous then I the enemies are forc'd to say of the God of David Thou art wiser then we or our Idol-gods and stronger then we or all our rocks whatsoever thus Balaam though a covetous cursed conjurer God is not a man that he should lie nor the Sonne of man that he should repent hath he said and shall he not doe it or hath he spoken and shall he not make it good the Lord his God is with-him the shout of a King is among them he hath as it were the strength of an Vnicorne c. Secondly from the terrors of God upon their spirits so the Egyptians Exod. 14.25 when the Lord took off their Chariot wheeles that they drave them heavily they cried out Fugiamus 1 Sam. 4.6 7 8. fugiamus let us flee from the face of Israel for the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians So the Philistins when they heard that the Arke of the Lord was come into the Camp of Israel they were afraid for they said God is come into the Camp And they said Woe unto us And againe Woe unto us who shall deliver us out of the hands of these mighty Gods these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the Wildernesse Thirdly from their miserable experience they dash against this rock and it breaks them in peeces hence the men of Ashd●d 1 Sam. 5.7 when they saw Dagon fall before the Arke cryed out The hand of the God of Israel is sore upon us and upon Dagon our god The enemy finds that the God of Israel hath really what theirs fictitiously though woollen feet yet iron hands they feele his blowes to be waighty and terrible and thus that their rock is not as out Rock the enemies themselves are Judges * Calvin Experientia potius quam affectu judicant Junius Annot. H●c testimoniu● in controversiis bujusmodimaximt esse ut par est solct Calvin in loc Cornel. à Lap. in loc Qui poten tiam justitiamque Dei nostri prae suis Idolis experti sunt c. not from love and affection but from sense and experience yet in a controversie of this nature the testimony of an adversarie is of great strength and validity and wrests from an adverse spirit an acknowledgement of the power and justice of God above what they fancie to be in their Idols Having thus laid a Doctrinall foundation let me crave your patience to sum up all together in a joynt Application Vse 1 First what hath beene delivered may informe us First whence Israels safety ariseth in evill times from Israels standing on a rock on a high rock above all the winds and waves of boysterous and menacing calamities the perplexed enemies run as in a storme from hedge to hedge from bush to bush from friend to friend from plot to plot but the tempest beats through all and soakes in upon them but Israel then is in a state of

the Kings of the earth and the great men Revel 6.15.16.17 and the rich men and the chiefe Captaines c. shall hide themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountaines and shall say to the mountaines and the rocks Fall on us and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the Throne and from the wrath of the Lamb for the great day of his wrath is come and who shall be able to stand Vse 5 Lastly the Doctrine delivered affords a word of exhortation to the enemies and friends of the rock of Israel First oh you enemies why doe you dash your heads against this rock you will but beat out your braines thereby come into Christ to his cause dwell in this rock Jer. 48.28 let me speak to you as the Prophet to the Moabites O yee that dwell in Moab leave the Cities and dwell in the Rock and be like the Dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the holes mouth this will be your wisdome this your safety 1 Sam. 2.2 3. for there is none holy as the Lord neither is there any Rock like our God as Hannah sweetly sings it out in the joy of her spirit Secondly the counsell to beleevers who are the friends of the God of Israel is First that they would sacrifice praises to this rock of Israel for all the evils that they are delivered from and for all the mercies that they are delivered to David saith in a veine of praises Psal 18.46 The Lord liveth and blessed be my rock and let the God of my salvation be exalted Scotland may say the banders prevailed not against the Covenanters Reformation is setled by highest Authority in despight of Papist Prelat Pope or Devill lies as Gideons Fleece dry in peace when England Ireland and other Nations are as the ground round about wet and soaked in the bloud of the slaine inhabitants and therefore let Scotland say The Lord liveth and blessed be my rock and let the God of my salvation be exalted yea England may say I injoy a Parliament a lasting a wise and indefatigable Parliament wherein as yet the Jacobs have beene too hard for the Esau's I am well eased of High-commission Star-chamber and the iron yoak of Episcopacy I have the Lord of Hoasts fighting my battles for me at Keinton Newbery c. I injoy a renowned Metropolis no rebellious City and therefore let England say The Lord-liveth and blessed be my Rock and let the God of my salvation be exalted yea let both the Nations provoke each other to an height of praises and cry each to other Psal 95.1 O come let us sing unto the Lord and let us make a joyfull noyse to the God of our salvation our care must be to get the spirit and reality of praises in the sincerity of obedience and the ingaging our selves our estates our liberties our lives our all for God and for his Cause Hannah having the mercy of a sonne names him Samuel that is asked of the Lord 1 Sam. 1.20 makes her song of praise and spiritualizeth her praises lends or gives her Samuel unto the Lord all the mercies deliverances victories parts gifts c. we injoy may be named Samuels asked of the Lord or rather out of preventing bounty given of the Lord our returne of praises must be our lending our giving all back againe unto the Lord Zach. 14.20 you have already in a degree fulfilled that prophesie of Zachary have wrote upon the bels or bridles of your horses Holinesse unto the Lord upon your pots your bowles your plate Holinesse unto the Lord write on still you wise States-men write upon your foreheads upon yor brain-pans Holinesse unto the Lord. You rich men and wealthy write upon your bagges and purses Holinesse unto the Lord your lending to God in his cause will be upon the best usury and when all is done Publike-faith under Heaven is the best security You valiant Commanders and brave resolute Souldiers young men and strong write upon your armes and thighes upon your swords and speares Holinesse unto the Lord goe on in a pious prodigality of your bloud and lives the Cause is good look to the grounds and principles you move upon to the ends you aime at that they be good also and then I will say of you Cyprian Occid●poterant vin●i non poterant as Cyprian said of persecuted Christians you may be slaine but not overcome when you die with the Cause of Christ in your hearts and in your hands and when you are ingaged in the battle drink downe this cordiall Dilemma If you live you will live honoured if you die you will die martyred Againe be exhorted to be rocks one to another dash not one against another what though there be variety of judgements among us why may we not be one in our affections why not one against the common adversary The Sheep though they butt and thump one another yet they will all head together against the Dogge I hope in God that he will make the Assembly of Diviner a patterne of agreement to all the friends of truth and peace that behold them I will wait for the fulfilling of that promise if not a Synod promise yet a promise as some conclude Leighs Treat of promises of the sweet accord of Ministers in the daies of the Gospel Ephraim shall not envie Judah and Judah shall not vex Ephraim Is● 11.13 14. but they shall flie upon the shoulders of the Philistins c. to wit lay out their strength against the publike enemy of truth and peace And you the Worthies Heb. 12.14 follow peace I meane not a base complying peace with the publike enemy for private ends but a sweet unanimous peace among your selves P●sar Lex 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 de re dictam sign●fic● 〈…〉 obli●●d 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 follow it as the Hue and Cry followes the flying felons follow it as the young Gentleman followes his game in chase over hedge and ditch through thick and thin thus follow peace among your selves with greedinesse and delight jarring and divisions here is the best musick and melody that can be made elsewhere among your enemies at home or abroad And now could I lift up my voyce like a Trumpet and speak to all the Counties of the Kingdome my advice should be that they would stick to and be rocks to the Parliament which is a rock to them to contend earnestly for the faith for Religion as also for Lawes and Liberties It is Englands sinne and misery that many parts of the Kingdome either poysoned by a rotten Ministery or misled by a loose Gentry have deserted the Parliament and therein God his Cause his people yea their owne priviledges and themselves also the very same men that not long since groaned for a Parliament now though without cause groane under it like the sickle froward child that cries for this thing and that