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A93832	Phinehas's zeal in execution of judgement. Or, A divine remedy for Englands misery. A sermon preached before the Right Honourable House of Lords in the Abby of Westminster, at their late solemne monethly fast, October 30. 1644. By Edmund Staunton D.D. pastour of Kingston upon Thames in the countie of Surrey. A member of the Assembly of Divines.	Staunton, Edmund, 1600-1671.	1645 (1645)	Wing S5341; Thomason E18_19; ESTC R209989	13,181	37

when the anger of the Lord was yet kindled against Israel 2 Sam. 24.1 holinesse at home gives victories abroad Iacob clenseth his houshold from the strange Gods bids it be cleane Gen. 35.2 and the terrour of the Lord was upon the cities round about him vers 5. Iosua was the man renouned for victories and he is the man that saith I and my house will serve the Lord Iosh 24.15 and Davids method is first to cleanse his family and then purge the Kingdom He that works deceite shall not dwell within my house Psal 101.7 And then I will early destroy all the wicked of the land c. ver 8. Secondly For publick and nationall executions of judgment you my Lords are some of our State-Physitians and Kingdom-Chirurgions the people bring in cōplaints make known their grievances lay open their sores that you might help to heale them What if County Committees gall and tire out the people day after day weeke after weeke with tedious waitings and sorely grieve them with unjust taxations your Honours must help to ease them if widows and orphans made so by the warres I may call them sword widows and sword orphans if a company of poor maimed souldiers that once fought for their lives now beg that they may live which is neither for the honour nor incouragement of Souldiery you my Lords must take some order for the releeving of them if justice justice be cryed for by God and the Kingdome you are the Moseses and Iudges that must sentence them to the axe or to the halter For the manner how and the motives why there should be a due execution of Iustice we may take it in these ensuing considerations Modificativa 1. Sincerely For the manner first the execution of justice should be sincere sincerely in regard of its springs aymes the springs are zeal for God a love of truth and justice hatred of sinne and a desire of welfare to Church and State the ends should be Gods glory the advancing of truth and peace suppressing of sinne and errour reformation and if it may be salvation to such as fall under the lash of Iustice Moses grinds to powder the golden Calf and it was his zeale constrained him Exod. 32.20 Phinehas thrust Zimri and Cos by through with a javelin and it was his zeale that fired him thereto Numb 25.30 Christ whipt the byers and sellers out of the Temple and the reason was the Ioh. 2.17 zeale of his fathers house eate him up Iehu had a kinde of zeale too and that in the execution of judgment upon the house of Ahab 2 Chron. 22.8 but his eye was upon himself not upon the Lord and for the establishing of his own Kingdome not the Lords he fail'd in the spring and end of action and therefore what he doth is accompted by the Lord not zeale but murther and God threatens to avenge the blood of Iezreel upon the house of Iehu Hosea 1.4 2. Magnanimous eye Secondly Iudgement should be executed magnanimiter with a resolution removing all blocks in the way breaking all barres that hinder Iustice 1. Iron barre As first an Iron barre of fears The feare of man brings a snare Prov. 29.25 What if the Popish partie should in the end prevaile It is wisdome so to carry it that which way soever the game goes we may save our own stakes thus reasons flesh and blood but faith and zeale soone snap this barre in sunder 2. Golden barre Secondly there is a Golden barre of hopes which hinders Iustice hopes of preferment a high prizing of court smiles and promises a gaping for great places are remora's and lets to the execution of Iustice though the covenant engages all that have taken it not to be swayed by feares or hopes Dan. 11.32 yet that of Daniel is the portion of too too many that they do wickedly against the Covenant and are corrupt by flatteries when in the meane time the people that know their God shall be strong and doe exployts Themistocles a Heathen may shame many a Christian Tolle tu ego sum Themistocles who finding a chaine of Gold in the street would not foule his finger for it but in an heroick Moralitie of spirit saith to another Take thou it up I am Themistocles 3. Fleshie barre A third is a Fleshy barre of naturall or civill Relations and Ingagements Such a man should be punished but he is my neere Kinsman my old Companion Another deserves to smart for his facts but a deare friend spake for him in such a case remember Levi who said unto his father and to his mother I have not seene him neither did he acknowledge his brethren nor knew his own children for they observed the word of the Lord and kept his Covenant Deut. 33.9 Zeal laid aside naturall affections in Levi when it put him upon this worke the execution of Iudgement Brutus spared not his own sonnes when they transgressed the Lawes And Aristides was so Constant and Resolute in a way of Iustice Aristides Citius solem de coelo c. that the Sunne might as easily be pulled out of the firmament as he from his or be of Iustice 4. Effeminate barre Lastly there is an Effeminate barre if I may so phrase it of groundlesse pitie that is an enemy to Iustice pitie is due to men but Iustice to the troublers of Israel and pitie to one may be crueltie to thousands Augustine saevit in vulnus ut homo sanetur si vulnus palpetur homo perdetur The Chirurgion is cruell to the wound that he may save the man and kindnesse to a disease may prove the death to the Patient Moses was the meekest man on earth in his dayes a man full of pitie and yet he hangs up many very many of the heads of the people against the Sunne before the Lord. 3. Speedily Thirdly Iudgement must be executed celeriter speedily without delayes Let Iudgement be speedily executed Ezra 7.26 Execute Iudgement in the morning Ier. 21.12 Evening-justice Noon-justice is not so seasonable so acceptable to the Lord as Morning-justice delayes break the spirits of the innocent harden the hearts and strengthen the hands of the guiltie 4. Proportionably Fourthly Iustice and judgement should be administred proportionaliter in a proportion to the nature and degree of crimes and facts sometiems death sometimes banishment Ezra 7.26 in one case confiscation of goods in another imprisonment I need not minde your Honours of a mixture of mercy with justice the Iudges robes though red have some streamings of white about them and David saith he will sing of mercy of Iudgement Psal 101.1 as occasion serves execute justice and pronounce sentence yea unto death though Augustus-like you doe it with teares in your eyes 5. Impartially Lastly execute judgement impartialiter impartially and throughly in regard of persons and things to hang a poore souldier now

PHINEHAS'S ZEAL IN EXECVTION OF IVDGEMENT OR A DIVINE REMEDY FOR ENGLANDS Misery A SERMON PREACHED before the Right Honourable House of Lords in the Abby of Westminster at their late Solemne monethly Fast October 30. 1644. By Edmund Staunton D. D. Pastour of Kingston upon Thames in the Countie of Surrey A Member of the Assembly of Divines LONDON Printed by I. L. for Christopher Meredith at the sign of the Crane in Pauls Church-yard 1645. Die Mercurii 30 Octob. 1644. IT is this day Ordered by the Lords in Parliament That this House doth hereby returne thanks to Doctor Staunton for his great pains taken in his Sermon preached by him this day before their Lordships in the Abby Church Westminster it being the day of the monethly Fast And this House doth desire him to Print and publish the same And lastly it is Ordered that none shall presume to Print or reprint his said Sermon without being Authorized under the hand of the said Doctor Staunton Io. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum I Authorize CHRISTOPHER MEREDITH to print my Sermon EDMUND STAUNTON TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE HOVSE OF LORDS Assembled in Parliament My Lords SHort warning is some apologie for slight performances and what I cannot farther fairely excuse your noble Candor can freely pardon The Citie Petition for execution of Iudgement Ordin Octo. 24. 1644. and your Golden Ordinance for giving no quarter to Irish or Papists borne in Ireland taken in Armes against the Parliament led my thoughts to this Argument as seasonable if not as necessary 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gladitus à vastando dictus à 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 devastatus fuit The Sword like it selfe layeth waste and desolate bleeding England groaneth and cryeth Ierm 47.6 O thou sword of the Lord how long will it be ere thou be quiet put up thy selfe into thy scabbard rest and be still Many Soveraigne sword-quieting Remedies have been recommended to your Honours as faith acted prayer fervent Humiliation unfained reformation reall of persons and families And this of executing Iudgement hath in it an healing vertue also Though when all is done Christ alone must dry up our bloudy issues and that living Corner-stone must be our blood-stone It was your Honours just attempt long agoe to bring delinquents to condigne punishment the opposition whereof by an adverse partie hath occasioned these Civill warres and intestine broyles in the Nation so that the Case of the Israelites opposed by the Benjamites runs Parallel with our present quarrels The Israelites had a generall Assembly a kind of Parliament whereto complaint is made by the Levite Iud. 19. last against the men of Gibeah for their horrid their non-such delinquencie Hereupon the Assembly Orders and Decreeth their punishment sends out Messengers to the Benjamites Iud. 20. and fairely demands that those Children of Belial might be by them delivered up to Iustice but the Benjamites would not hearken to their Brethren the Israelites take up Arms rather to protect their Delinquents and thus the war began which for a while went on dubiously for the Israelites though friends to Truth and Iustice lost in two battailes fortie thousand men yet the warre ended successefully God directed the Israelites to a Stratagem whereby all the Benjamites except six hundreth were destroyed And all this may Incourage your Honours to work for and wait on God And when perhaps some else-where Nobles may be solemnizing a The Solemn Festivals Decemb. 25. these approaching Idolized Festivals with Playes and Interludes which in b Ludorum scenicorum delicata est insania Aust lib. 1. de Civ Dei cap. 32. Austins Language is a delicate madnesse Your Honours I hope will be fasting praying hearing and receiving the word with all readines of mind which will be your c Act. 17.11 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 more noble non genere sed virtute pietate nobiles Bez. in Loc. Berean Nobilitie And though others may be hatching devilish designes for the pouring out of blood Innocent Your Honours will ingage your Selves in due execution of Iudgement and so offer to God a * Isa 34.5,6 sacrifice of blood nocent I know there may be many Politick Reasonings in the Case but when God giveth out a Command he expecteth downright Dutie not any subtle Dispute A due and Regular execution of Iudgement will gild over your Coates of Honour and as it were Royalize your blood already noble The Heathens got a name a kinde of immortalitie for their morall endowments Socrates for his wisdome Aristides for Iustice Cicero for his eloquence and Cato for gravitie c. And your Lordships zeale for God in execution of Iudgement will make posteritie to mention your Names and Families with Honour I am Your Lordships to serve you in and for the Lord of Lords EDMUND STAUNTON A SERMON PREACHED TO the Right Honourable House of Lords on the Monethly Fast October 30. 1644. Psal 106. vers 30. Then stood up Phinehas and executed judgement and so the plague was stayed Coherence HEre are three verses together which holds forth a threefold estate of Israel 1. Sinning Israel They joyned themselves unto Baal-peor and eate the sacrifices of the dead vers 28. 2. Plagued Israel They provoked him to anger with their inventions and the plague brake in upon them vers 29. 3. Relieved Israel Then stood up Phinehas and executed iudgement and so the plague was stayed vers 30. 1. Sinning Israel 1. Israels Sinne was twofold First Corporall uncleannesse They committed whoredome with the daughters of Moab Numb 25.1 Secondly Spirituall uncleannesse The people did eate and bowed down to their gods vers 2. They ioyned themselves to Baal-peor and eate the sacrifice of the dead to wit dead Israel of dead sacrifices to dead gods so the Psalmist vers 28. Observation Hence observe that Corporall and spirituall uncleannesse usually goe together adultery and idolatry are sister sins and upon this double right of double uncleannesse Rome challengeth that title of Mother of * Or fornications 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 harlots and abominations of the earth Rev. 17.5 2. Plagued Israel 2. Gods plaguing of Israel hath two degrees or steps in it 1. The kindling of it in Gods wrath they provoked him to anger with there inventions 2. The flaming of it in Israels misery the plague brake in upon them vers 29. For clearing the history which we have at large Numb 25. and the opening of the text these quere's must be answered 1. Quaere 1. What kinde of plague this was For answer some thinke it was the plague of pestilence because the word plague is usually so taken others conceive it rather to be a plague of slaughters by the hand of Moses who had command from God to take all the heads of the people to wit the ringleaders to idolatry and to hang them up before the Lord against the Sunne Numb 25.4 and by the Iudges who had command from Moses

and then for running from his Colours who was perhaps afraid of being starved at his Colours may have a piece of Iustice in it but it was Sauls sparing of Agag and the fat among the flocke that rent his Kingdome from him and gave it to his neighbour better then he 1 Sam. 15.28 Salomons throne was supported by Lions and it is Couragious execution of lustice that holds up thrones and kingdomes Motives The Considerations inforcing the dutie of executing Iudgement may be briefly these Gods Approbation First Gods approbation Phinehas executes Iudgement and it is accounted to him for righteousnesse vers 31. Fasting praying and hearing are good and execution of judgement is good also 1 Sam. 15. Sauls obedience in slaying Agag had been better then his sacrifice Iosh 7. Ioshua rends his cloathes lyes on his face untill evening but all in vaine whilest the accursed thing remaines in the Camp of Israel 2. Gods Remuneration Secondly Consider Gods remuneration his rewarding those that do execute judgment the Lord gives unto Phinehas his covenant of peace and to his seed after him even the covenant of an everlasting Priesthood because he was zealous for his God and made an atonement for the children of Israel Numb 25.12,13 Mol. in loc Cum Deus approbet praemiis ornet hoc factum exemplum hoc omnibus gubernatoribus proponitur ut iusto zelo arderent adversus turpitudinem c. and so holds out an example and incouragement to all in authoritie to burne with zeale for God against his enemies God will be no mans debtor whoever honours him he will honour and would you my Lords * Exod. 1. alluded to as the Hebrew midwives feare God and preserve the Males in Israel the Cause of God and of his people God would build you Houses raise your Families and spread your Honours 3. Gods Pacification Thirdly Execution of Iudgmēt for God is the pacification of wrath in God Hence the Lord by the Prophet Ier. 5.1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Ierusalem and see now and know and seeke in the broad places thereof to wit to the gates where were the Seats of Iustice if you can finde a man that is a publique man zealous for God if there be any that executeth judgment and seeketh the truth and I will pardon it Whence we may argue thus If one such man saves a Ierusalem and that by promise then many such men might save a Nation There is a fire of civill war kindled in England still burning in the bowels of it and for my part I thinke there is but two bloods will quench it the blood of Christ and of his desperate enemies free grace in God hath powred out the one full Iustice in your Honours should help to powre out the other The sacred Story in the Old Testament all along discovers sinne to be the make-bate and execution of Iudgement to be the make-peace between God and Israel and the judiciall Laws for the policie of the Iewes however abrogated yet had they an appendix of morall equitie and so a perpetuall obligation in them 4. Hopes and feares Fourthly Feares and hopes should spur on to the execution of judgement feare we may when we remember Gods curse on Ahab who cryed my brother Benhadad the curse was this Because thou hast let goe out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction therfore thy life shall go for his life and thy people for his people 1 King 20.42 The ac●omplishment whereof we finde when the dogs licked up the blood of Ahab according to the word of the Lord which he spake Chap. 22.38 Should the blood-thirsty enemies break in upon us and spill our blood as water upon the ground ravish our wives and daughters and slay our tender infants before our faces then would our lives goe for their lives and our people for their people Probably the way to sheath one sword were to draw another and if the sword of Iustice did more the sword of warre would doe lesse the Physitian by way of revulsion stops bleeding by letting bloud and did England bleed enough in the Malignant veine we have cause to think that other sad Issues of blood would be stopt and staunched And again hope we may for peace for plentie for all prosperitie and that by promise upon the due execution of Iudgment If you throughly execute judgement between a man and his neighbour then will I cause you to dwell in this place in the land that I gave to your fathers for ever and ever Ier. 7.5.7 We dwell yet in a Land flowing with milk and honey in a healthy and wealthy Nation given to our fathers let us not loose England for want of Iustice 5. It evidenceth the sinceritie of devotions Fifthly and lastly All devotions yea fasting and praying are but formall and hypocriticall without execution of judgement Hence Gods expostulation with the people Zach. 7.5 When you fasted and mourned did you at all fast unto me even unto me their fasting was no fasting in Gods accompt and the reason is because they did not execute true judgement vers 9. to fast and set Naboth on high crushing the innocent is Iesabelish and devilish to fast and spare Agags our fatest lusts unmortified and the great firebrands of State unpunished is but to play the hypocrite and the Pharisee My Lords we are cast upon troublous times which are trying times and as Hierom saith of Iob Hier. Haec ei contigerunt ut appareret foris hominibus quod intrinsecus erat apud Deum all those evils befell him that he might appeare to be outwardly to men what he was inwardly to God so the Lord goes on in such a way of providence as that the thoughts of many hearts will be discovered and it will appeare who are for God and who for Baal It is sad to thinke how some renowned Worthies L. Brooke Mr. Hamden c. who travelled with your Honours in this worke of Reformation have layed down their lives in the quarrell it is sadder yet to see that others like the Neh. 3.5 Nobles of Tecoa have not put their necks to the worke of the Lord Nay their heads hearts and hands their lands and their lives are layed out against the Lord and against his cause yet ride you on patiently ye men of Honor gird your swords upon your thighes execute judgement in the feare of the Lord faithfully and with a perfect heart so God did command the Levites 2 Chron. 19.9 Go on not in your own names or strength but in the name and strength of the Lord your God let there be a holy ambition and a pious emulation among you to be each more active more helpfull then other for the building of the walles yea the Temple of Ierusalem for setling the affaires of State and Church and in the things of God his worship and Church-government be not swayed by subtle insinuations seeming holinesse personall pre-engagements or popular politick Arguments on the one side or on the other but what shall be found to have Gods Royall stamp of Ius Divinum be it Formaliter by expresse precept or constant Apostolicall practice or consequeutive only by a necessitie of rationall deduction feare not to give it your politicall stamp of civill sanction whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven Ezra 7.23 Your enemies are engaged and you had need be resolute your Arke and their Dagon will scarce stand together and in probabilitie either your sword must cut down them or theirs you should you hold your peace and stay in the cause yet as Mordecai to Hester deliverance shall come from some other place but you and your fathers houses shall be destroyed and who knowes whether God hath not reserved you in the Kingdome for such a time as this Hest 4.14 The Kingdome nay the three kingdomes upon the point have much what entrusted your Honours with their lands liberties lives and souls also yea with all that concernes them and their posterities therefore be faithfull to the death and the Lord of Lords shall give you the crowne of Life I beseech you execute judgement as you will answer it at the Day of Iudgement And now could I lift up my voyce as a trumpet had I the shrill cry of an angell which might be heard from East to West from North to South in all the corners of the Kingdome my note should be execution of judgement execution of judgement execution of judgement that is Gods way to pacifie Gods wrath Then stood up Phinehas and executed judge ment and so the plague was stayed FINIS