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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90065	A sermon, tending to set forth the right vse of the disasters that befall our armies. Preached before the honourable houses of Parliament, at a fast specially set apart upon occasion of that which befell the army in the west. In Margarets Westminster, Sept. 12. Anno 1644. / By Matthew Newcomen, Minister of the Gospell at Dedham in Essex.	Newcomen, Matthew, 1610?-1669.	1644 (1644)	Wing N913; Thomason E16_1; ESTC R18134	39,055	48

A SERMON TENDING To set forth the Right Vse of the DISASTERS that befall our ARMIES PREACHED Before the Honourable Houses of Parliament at a Fast specially set apart upon Occasion of that which befell the Army in the West In Margarets Westminster Sept. 12. Anno 1644. BY Matthew Newcomen Minister of the Gospell at Dedham in Essex JUDG 20.26 Then all the children of Israel and all the people went up and came unto the house of God and wept and sate there before the Lord and fasted that day untill Even and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord. 1 SAM 14.58 And Saul said Draw ye neere hither all the Chiefe of the people and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day 1 SAM 26.19 And David said unto the King If the Lord have stirred thee up against me let him accept an offering but if they be the children of men cursed be th●y before the Lord. LONDON Printed by George Miller for Christopher Meredith at the Signe of the Crane in Pauls Church-yard 1644. Die Veneris 13. Septembr 1644. IT is this day ordered by the Commons assembled in Parliament That Sir Thomas Cheeke doe returne the Thankes of this House unto Master Newcomen for the great paines he tooke in his Sermon yesterday being a particular day of Humiliation and also Sir Robert Harley to doe the like to Master Coleman and to desire them to print their Sermons And it is ordered That none shall presume to print their Sermons without leave under their hand writing H. Elsynge Cler. Parl. D. Com. I doe appoint Christopher Meredith to print this Sermon MATTH NEWCOMEN TO THE HONOVRABLE The Houses of PARLIAMENT THe publishing of this Sermon what ever the preaching of it was may seeme Right Honourable as unseasonable as that Consolatory Embassy the Trojans sent to the Emperour Tiberius upon the death of his son Drusus Sueton. in Tiberio which came so extremely late that the Emperour to requite their kindnesse tels them That as they were sorry for the death of his son so was he for the death of their Hector implying that they were both equally forgotten Possibly that sad Accident in the West which first ministred occasion for the preaching of this Sermon is so too and then quorsum haec if at all why not sooner if not sooner why now I might plead many things in mine own excuse why not sooner My avocations employments since the preaching of this Sermon have been so many that had I been most desirous of obeying your Command for the printing of it I could scarce sooner have accomplished it but I must confesse my desire was that this unworthy piece the conception of so few houres might never have out-lived the houre in which it was delivered except by the blessing of God in the hearts of those that heard it But then why now why at all made publike God is my Record the only reason that extorts this from me at this time is because we are still encompassed with the Evidences of that Displeasure which in the West began to break out upon us which makes me feare that some of that heart-searching sin-discovering heart-humbling Covenant-acting work which God then call'd us to hath on some hand or other been neglected We whom God hath made Seers to his people must not shut our eyes Ez●k 33. ●3 c. and refuse to see what God reveales nor lay our hands upon our mouths and fear to declare what we see And certainly you have it from the mouth of more then one or two or a few of those that preach before you that God is very sore displeased still There are manifest signes of Gods displeasure against a Nation such as every eye that beholds them may read wrath and indignation in them And there are secret intimations of Gods displeasure 〈◊〉 oculi 〈…〉 ex●on● 〈◊〉 ipa●●●s ●amen quo ●●ram Dei indi ●nt cognoscuntur Ma●● loc com which though they be visible in themselves yet few know how to interpret them and to collect the displeasure of God from them The sword is a manifest signe of Gods wrath against the Nation Iob 19.29 Be ye afraid of the sword for wrath bringeth the punishment of the sword that you may know there is a Iudgement But besides this there are Characters though all cannot read them of Gods indignation against his own people in this Kingdome against those that have appeared engaged themselves for him There is that saith When God is angry with a people Less de Perfectionibus Divinis li. 13. c. 10. and intends to dash them in pieces he leaves them sine animo sine concilio c. without heart without Councill without strength without fit Commanders so involved with difficulties forreigne and domestick they know not how possibly to extricate themselves If one give good counsell presently another by captious arguments overthrowes it those that should judge of both have not light enough to discerne which is for the publike safety and which destructive If any opportunity of Service be presented either there is no notice takē of it or to save a little charges it is neglected or none knowes how to improve it Dangers imminent are either not fore-seen or slighted Traitors creepe in that discover their Councels to their enemies There are jealousies factions among their great men in favour whereof one studies to crosse the designes and successes of the other though the Publike be undone by it The Treasury is wasted in needlesse expences the souldiers mutine and are seditious and when they have plundered a Country must have as much given them to forbeare plundering as would maintain a war Finally while all seek their own profit no mans heart is upon the Publike good all runs to ruine On the contrary the enemies whom God intends to punish that people by though they be far more wicked and ungodly yet they prosper their courage their strength increases they take opportune counsels they know how to improve pursue advantages there is great concord among their Leaders no man seeks to undermine overthrow another no man blends his own private quarrels with the Publike Cause In a word all things succeed as if God favoured their cause directed their counsels when yet their cause is unjust and their intentions wicked and there is nothing further from their heart then God But this Discourse you need not much lesse any Application of it who are apprehensive of this already and have therefore set your selves very lately to seeke the Lord and Attonement with him by Fasting and Humiliation in such away as never Parliament did before you That God who hath put it into your hearts thus to seeke him In the East i● Linco●nes-Inne Chappell kept Decemb. 18. grant that you and we may find such fruit successe therof in your selves Counsels Armies as this poore Church and Nation after so many dayes of mourning may