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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66585	A sermon on the gunpowder treason, with reflections on the late plot by Thomas Wilson ...	Wilson, Thomas, 17th cent.	1679 (1679)	Wing W2936; ESTC R8248	16,317	39

of a froward heart are an abomination to the Lord but such as are upright in their way are his delight Though hand join in hand the wicked shall not be unpunished but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered And Chap. xii 3 A man shall not be established by wickedness but the root of the righteous shall not be moved V. 7. The wicked are overthrown and are not but the house of the righteous shall stand V. 13. The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips but the just shall come out of trouble And seeing that this is so it is without cause that we fear what evil men can do whilst we do not make our selves like unto them turning aside from God into crooked paths and provoking him by the like offences against our selves and it is also but a vain thing meer folly and madness for our adversaries to attempt any thing against us and to think to establish themselves by wicked enterprises though carried on with the greatest subtilty and adjutant power For do they think to kill and so to flourish to rebel against the Lords Anointed and the Higher Powers which he hath ordained and so to prosper to drink the blood of Saints and so to grow fat Blood hath a cry and a loud cry and it will be heard and right dear to God is the blood of his Saints And Iezebel such an one that had little sense of holy things and indeed little knowledge of Gods ways and works could ask the question Had Zimri peace who slew his Master As having observed this that such slayers are slain themselves are pursued with troubles and commonly come to a fearful end as there are many instances of this nature recorded in the History of the Iudges and Kings of Israel and Iudah And this woman might have reflected upon her own action and have said to her self in like manner Shall Jezebel have peace who slew Naboth And the same indeed was verified in her for as soon almost as she had spoken the word she was cast out of the window of her Chamber and dashed upon the ground and trodden to pieces by Iehu's horses Wherefore the only way for our Adversaries to prosper is to keep themselves in the ways of Righteousness and let them do so as much as they please and effect against us what they can for we know that then they will not have the heart to hurt us and not only will forbear to lay axes and fagots and such tormenting things upon us but will not so much as press us with an heavy hand But as for Iniquity they will never establish themselves by that and their unrighteous machinations and actions are but like making ropes of sand to pull down a Tower and like the Thief 's twisting of Cords to hang himself For David hath told us from his experience and observation that the wicked are snared in the works of their own hands And not only so but he hath delivered it unto us from the mouth of the Lord as an established truth that so it shall be that their mischief shall return upon their own heads and their violent dealing shall come down upon their own pates and that their swords which they have drawn out to slay the upright shall enter into their own hearts and their bows which they have bent against the poor shall be broken Only in this one thing may our adversaries be feared namely in their enticing of us to sin as Balaam taught Balak to draw Israel to fornication and Idolatry for which cause they yielding thereunto the wrath of God fell upon them and they were destroyed by a Plague And therefore in this matter let us take good heed to our selves for their temptation and this kind of smooth and soft dealing is more to be feared than their plots and menaces and murthering instruments their Fornication and Idolatry if we hearken to their charms and betake our selves to these abominations will do us more injury than their gun-powder and knives and bills and swords But yet though by this means they may bring down judgments from Heaven upon us yet shall they not hereby establish themselves but shall be punished with us for the same wickedness and for their Temptation And so it fell out both to the Midianites that tempted and defiled Israel and to Balaam that gave the Counsel For God said thus Vex the Midianites and smite them for they vex you with their wiles wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor Num. xxxv 17.18 And so it was done as we read Chap xxxi 7 c. They warred against the Midianites as the Lord commanded Moses and they slew all the males and they slew the Kings of Midian Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword And the Children of Israel took all the women of Midian Captives and their little ones And Moses said unto them have ye saved all the women alive Behold these caused the Children of Israel through the counsel of Balaam to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor and there was a Plague among the Congregation of the Lord. Now therefore kill every male among the little ones and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him So that by no wicked way neither by temptation nor by conspiracy can our adversaries prosper Flourish they may for a time but then they shall wither as the grass and lay their hands and rods upon our backs they may but they shall not alwaies abide there for the Lord will deliver his people out of the hand of the oppressor and the unrighteous man And so speaks David with whose eminent and comfortable words I conclude this matter Psalm xxxvii 24 to the end The good man though he fall shall not utterly be cast down for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand The Lord loveth judgment and forsaketh not his Saints they are preserved for ever but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off The wicked watcheth the righteous and seeketh to slay him The Lord will not leave him in his hand nor condemn him when he is judged I have seen the wicked in great power and spreading himself c. III. The Thanksgiving We have it in these words Blessed be the Lord who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth And considering that if we had fallen into the power of Romanists they would have used us as hungry and ravenous beasts do their prey tearing it in pieces and devouring we must acknowledge that the blessing which we render unto the Lord for our deliverance must not be a faint breath but all the affections of our Souls the most hearty praise And what is due to him that hath saved us from the fowler from the lions teeth from the stream and proud waves from the wrath of enemies and that wrath kindled of hell and boiling-hot for truly we cannot reasonably believe that

countenance doth behold the upright He will be a refuge for the oppressed a refuge in time of trouble And they that know his name will trust in him for he hath not forsaken them that seek him For who is God save the Lord or who is a rock save our God Arise O Lord and let not man prevail let the heathenish people be judged in thy sight Put them in fear O Lord that they may know themselves to be but men Destroy thou them O God let them fall by their own counsels cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions for they have rebelled against thee But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoyce let them ever shout for joy because thou defendest them let them that love thy Name be joyful in thee For thou Lord wilt bless the righteous with favor wilt thou compass them as with a shield Amen But let me add a few words more because of the new attempts of our Adversaries who like their Fathers have again consulted with the Devil and the grand wickedness of their hearts to kill our King subvert our Government and change our Religion But remember Dear Brethren that men cannot curse those whom God will bless except it be with their tongues which is only a brutum fulmen a Popes Bull a clap of Thunder without the bolt And be ye sure that those God will bless that love and serve him keeping themselves from sin and following peace and holiness with a pure heart as Balaam after he had attempted several times to move God against Israel for this end building seven Altars and offering upon every one a bullock and a ram and repeating this again and again confessed saying God hath blessed and I cannot reverse it He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel The Lord his God is with him and the shout of a King is among them Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob neither is there any divination against Israel And if the case be so that God sees not iniquity among us not such as that he will curse us for it perverseness and rebellion then may we boldly say Let the sons of Belial conspire and contrive what they can let the covetous Priests build seven Altars and add seven more to them and let them offer upon every one seventy times seven bullocks and as many rams Masses Reliques Candles Hosts and what they please let them lay their crafty heads together and call up all the Devils of Hell to their consultation let them prepare all sorts of deadly instruments and fortify themselves according to their cunning and gather together the Kings of the Earth against us Tush it is in vain and the evil which they devise they are not able to bring to pass He that sitteth in the Heavens will laugh the Lord shall have them in derision he shall speak unto them in his wrath and vex them in his sore displeasure We fear I see deceitful workers ungodly plotters serpentine Jesuits bloody Papists and so we do Witches Sorcerers and Conjurers But much rather may we fear our wickednesses than all the generation of this black rabble in Earth and Hell And as the presence of some of these malicious and mischievous creatures strikes some into trembling so would to God we were all as much afraid of sin and did not take this more dangerous enemy so near unto us and love its Company so dearly as to invite it to our house and put it into our bosom and let it lodge with us from day to day all the year about But Sirs what can you do you that put the Nation into fear with your evil machinations you Sons of Rome You can smite you 'l say you can torment you can burn kill and destroy us Some of us you may but all you shall not and the Devil can do as much as this and this is right well in his eyes But can you pull the Sun out of Heaven or toss about the Mountains Neither shall your Hell-gates prevail against the Church of Christ to throw it down and lay it wast utterly which is built upon the firmest Rock and which that mighty Son of man the Son of God compasseth with his Arms. For God is stronger than the Devil and will save his people from that evil Spirits rage and yours otherwise he were not what assuredly he is a loving and watchful Father You remember the voice from heaven Saul Saul why persecutest thou me And you may thence observe that the troublers of his Church contend not with frail man only but with the Mighty Iesus who can dash you into pieces in a moment And you may conclude from the same words that he will not always suffer himself to be bruised and beaten persecuted and afflicted And do you not think that we can pray to our Father in Heaven who can send us more than twelve legions of Angels which shall vanquish the Devil and his powers of darkness your confederates in your wicked enterprises And what can we not kill you as well as you kill us Our strength is as great as yours but our will thanks be to God not so wicked You cannot say in Conscience that you fear any such thing from us as we do from you death and burning and tortures And did you fear so much as loss of Goods or Imprisonment Were you not in quietness Lived you not in peace and safety Who troubled you Did you not enjoy as much liberty in the exercise of your Religion as you could in reason expect more I dare say you had than your Religion deserves that is than your Latin-Service your Half-Communion your denial of Marriage to Priests your Masses Indulgences Purgatory and Papal-Supremacy your Image-worship your Invocation of Saints and Angels your Adoration of Sacramental Bread and Wine and such like stuff deserves All which is properly your Religion that which we call Popery wherein you differ from us and from the truth of the Gospel I think you were blind and did not understand your own happiness as you esteem this Liberty to be so or you were mad and foolish and would endeavor to deprive your selves of it by abusing your indulgent friends But God now intends you a greater happiness and that is to shame you out of your adherence to Rome and to convert you from her corrupt Religion I wish you were so wise as to embrace the opportunity and good providence when his providence namely discovers to your face your Popes and Priests and other friends unrighteous doings and raises up the spirits of all honest men against you for the same and lays upon you some restraints and penalties to curb in your insolencies and exorbitant actions and to secure us from your Swords and Daggers your Poysons and Stabs your Coleman's Confusions your Fauks's Powder your Irish Rebellion your Spanish Inquisition and Invasion your Paris Massacre your Queen Mary's Faggots and