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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86696	Væ-Euge-Tuba. Or, The vvo-joy-trumpet, sounding the third and greatest woe to the Antichristian world, but the first and last joy to the church of the saints upon Christs exaltation over the kingdomes of the world. Unfolded in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons assembled in Parliament, at their late solemne fast, May 26. 1647. / By G. Hughes Minister of the Gospell in Plymouth. Published by order of the House.	Hughes, George, 1603-1667.	1647 (1647)	Wing H3310; Thomason E389_9; ESTC R201523	30,609	48

VAE-EUGE-TUBA OR The Wo-Ioy-Trumpet Sounding the third and greatest woe to the Antichristian world but the first and last joy to the Church of the Saints upon Christs exaltation over the Kingdomes of the World UNFOLDED IN A SERMON before the Honourable Houses of COMMONS assembled in Parliament at their late solemne Fast May 26. 1647. By G. HUGHES Minister of the Gospell in Plymouth Published by Order of the House PROV 8.15 By me Kings reigne and Princes decree justice OBAD. V. 21. The Kingdome shall be the Lords LONDON Printed by E. G. for Iohn Rothwell at the Sunne and Fountaine in Pauls Church-yard 1647 Die Mercurii Maii 26. 1647. ORdered that Sir John Bampfyld doe from this House give thanks to Master Hughes for the great paines he tooke in the Sermon he preached this day at the intreaty of this House at St. Margarets Westminster it being the day of publique Humiliation and to desire him to print his Sermon and he is to have the like priviledge in printing of it as others in the like kind usually have had H Elsynge Cler. Parl. D. Com. I doe appoint John Rothwell to print my Sermon George Hughes TO THE HONOURABLE THE House of COMMONS now Assembled in PARLIAMENT Honourable and Renowned Patriots IT was a pretty Rhetoricall straine of words though scarce reasonable unlesse as a Paradox may be made with Moralists or Divines 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Longin 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 To fall in great matters is a Generous and Noble sinne It is but a conceit that the height of materials whereabout the slip was should innoble sinne False coinage upon Lead will be as high Treason as that upon better mettall and Treason upon Gold as base as that upon Brasse In the Oracles of God where we have words not inferiour to mens but wisdome and truth farre above them We are thus taught Slips in highest things are the greatest faults and a fall in Heaven fouler wickednesse than a stumbling on earth Sinnes draw the highest aggravations from the Greatnesse of God against whom and the height of place wherein they are committed The Angels which left their first station and man that sinned in Paradise have felt the truth of this Zeale for God and you and his Church most Noble Worthies wil make his your friends reckon little of their lives to keep you that are in Highest places from such high transgression By the grace given to me when I was called by you to speak from God to you for you to God in the day of your soules affliction I had this in my greatest desires to keepe you that are in highest places and mannaging the highest matters of God from sinne against him I therefore as became a Minister of Christ desired to use all plainnesse in setting out the Kingdome of our Lord unto which all States must how that would be prosperous and in pointing at such sinfull irregularities which render God an enemy irreconcileable and such States thereby eternally miserable In all which the Judge of spirits knows I intended not either by matter or form of speech to be spatter such an Honourable Judicatory with false charges or make a Parliament vile among the people I have learned better of Christ by Gods grace my aime was onely to be a faithfull Remembrancer of you from God of the fatall diseases whereunto such Politique Bodies may be subject in their members that a timely care may be had of purging your selves least death ensue I hope your hearts are as willing to beare such plainnesse as God would have them in commanding it Never was there a more fatall character upon the State of Israel then that bitter speech of Idolatrous Amaziah to Ieroboam against honest Amos The Land is not able to bear his words Amos 7.10 When States cannot beare sound words from God spoken in his Name or not so beare them as obediently to answer Gods mind in them the doom of Elies sonnes will cleave to them 1 Sam. 2.25 The God of all grace keepe off such a curse of an Impatient hardned spirit from you and give you the blessing of a boared eare and a softyeelding-obedient heart so shall ye prosper Vpon your Order of acceptance of these poore labours and for publishing the same I have been obedient to your desire and now in all humble duty and thankefulnesse doe present that to your eyes of which your eares have tasted I have made a few additions for clearing some passages which straits of time then shut out I hope none will be loosers by them The height of my ambition is 2 Cor 3.3 that by this Inke-worke the Spirit of the living God would write the Name of the Lord and his Christ upon this Parliament and upon the people of the Land that ye may be the Lords State ruling for Christ and he in you as one Party and they the Lords people the lot of his Inheritance And now having done my worke with you I shall by the good will of our God returne to my place and there labour for you to helpe on the work of Righteousnesse Truth and Peace in your hands My suit to the Thron of grace is and shall be the Aversion of all those Woes sounded by this Trumpet upon the wicked and the Accomplishment of all those Woes sounded to the Church that Christ may be fully exalted in these united Kingdoms and reign that the Churches of the Saints also may sing and alwaies rejoyce in their Lord whose these Kingdomes are and all in your daies and by your power mannaged graciously in the band of our Lord. By whose command I must signe my selfe Your Honours most humble and faithfull servant in the Kingdom of Christ GEORGE HUGHES THE WOE-JOY TRUMPET Revel c. 11. v. 15. And the seventh Angel sounded the Trumpet and there were great voices in Heaven saying The Kingdomes of this world are become the Kingdomes of our Lord and of his Christ and he shall reigne for ever and ever THe Text is the Gospell of reinthroning God in Christ over the Kingdomes of this world after the great apostacy finished Tidings fit to be published to all States 2 Thes 2.3 that they may heare and feare and honour the Lord and his Christ and not perish in the day of his exaltation All fastings will be as Ahabs humblings untill this be done The title of this Trumpet seems crosse to the nature of the event here mentioned It is stiled the third wo-Trumpet Revel 11.14 V. 15 16 17. The event is Christs taking the Kingdoms of this world and the triumphant song of the Saints celebrating this conquest of their Lord with prayses How can these suit Very well if we distinguish the subjects severally concerned in it which eminently are two 1. Antichrist with all his creatures and confederates and all the wicked enemies of the most holy God and his Saints unto these onely it is a Wo-trumpet and the event is the