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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85281	The fifth monarchy, or Kingdom of Christ, in opposition to the beasts, asserted, by the Solemn League and Covenant, several learned divines, the late General and Army, (viz.) in their declaration at Muslebrough, August 1650. wherein the old cause is stated, appeals made, the Scottish blood spilt, and the banners yet in Westminster-Hall witnessing the great decision then given on Christs side. Also, by a letter from the officers of the Army in England, to their brethren in Ireland, the 11 of May, 1653. justifying on Christs accompt, the dissolution of the Parliament; and consonant thereunto, the Generals speech to those that succeeded in the government, the fourth of July following ...		1659 (1659)	Wing F890; Thomason E993_31; ESTC R207791	44,997	55

upon Ephe. 1.21,22 called The world to come Page 28 29. This Kingdom of Christ shall break in pieces and consume all other Kingdoms this will eat out all the Monarchies and glory of the world And not onely destroy Heathenism and Judaism but will not cease till he hath thrown down every rag all that dross and defilement that Antichrist and Popery brought into the world which dispensation we are now under we are working up still to a purer world it is still this new world working up to its perfection and Jesus Christ will never rest till he hath not onely thrown out all the dross of this world both of Doctrine and Worship which conformity to the world ha●h brought in but for a further degree of this work Jesus Christ will not rest till he hath brought in the generality of men in the world to be subject to himself The world according to Scripture consists of Jews and Gentiles and how bitterly doth the Apostle complain in his time of Gods outting off the Jews the generality of the Nation being cast off and for the Gentiles saith he Who hath believed our report There was a very few of them in comparison that did come in to Christ but there will come a time when this new world shall have a further perfection when the generality of man-kind Jew and Gentile shall come in to Christ The world was made for him and he shall have it before he has done Rom. 11.26 All Israel shall be saved there he tells us of a new world of the Jews and for the Gentiles he tells you They shall be cast in The vail shall be taken from off all Nations Esay 25.1 There shall be one shepherd and one sheepfold of Jews and Gentiles and that as large as all the world John 10.16 This was never yet fulfilled Read the Prophets and you shall read strange things of glorious times that shall be here on earth of all Nations coming into the Church the mountain of the Lords house being set on the top of the mountains and all Nations flowing unto it and of the great Prosperity that shall be which was never yet fulfilled Further Mr. Thomas Goodwin in his Sermon before the House Feb. 25. 1645. call'd The great Interest of States and Kingdoms Page 8 9 Having been giving some instances how God had reproved Kings for the sakes of his people mentions that eminent instance of Abrahams subduing the four Kings Gen. 14. the Type of the four Monarchs and the Saints subduing of them Page 10. Thus saith he he began the world at first and this very Victory is made a leading case a standing incouragement to the sons of Abraham the Saints for ever after Esa 41.2 Who raised up the righteous man from the East namely this Abraham and called him to his foot gave the Nations before him and made him rule over Kings he means those very Kings in the 14 of Genesis he gave them as dust to his sword and as driven stubble to his bow he pursued them and past safely Did God do this for one or two of the Saints and will he not go on What saith the fourth verse Who hath wrought and done it calling the Generations from the beginning I the Lord am the first and with the last I am he I began to do thus with Abraham and I will go on to do so even to the last for the sons of Abraham and that this is his meaning read 8 10 14 verses Page 32. As he caught the Jewish Princes and Priests in their craftiness against Christ so will he for ever do those that offer violence to his Saints especially when out of state and worldly ends and interests Page 39. And he shall overcome for he is Lord of lords and King of kings and they that are with him are called Chosen and faithful you know the little Stone Christ and his Saints shall dash all to pieces Page 45. Christ being peculiarly the King of Saints his interest is to maintain defend and take part with them against all those that do malign them as he did the Nation of the Jews It is his title and his most royal title and the greatest title that he is King of Saints he preferreth it to his title of being King of Nations that vanisheth and is not mentioned in comparison of it This therefore answerably must be his greatest interest which of all other he now pursueth And therefore if all those Nations in which his Saints are do not bow to and comply with it he will shew himself that he is King of Saints and of Nations by ruining of them As the greatest interest of the Devils Kingdom is to persecute those that keep the Commandments of God and the faith of Jesus so is it the greatest interest of the kingdom of Jesus Christ to preserve his Saints and to confound those that injure them for he is King of Saints And further in the old Testament when this his Kingdom was further off and longer to come yet you see how strongly he drove on this design then but in the New Testament he is ascended and personally as man invested into it We see Jesus crowned with glory and honour Heb. 12. whose faith was as real in this as our sight can be and he sits there expecting as thinking the time long till all his enemies are subdued Heb. 10.13 which the same Apostle elsewhere interpreteth and therein speaks home to the point in hand the putting down all Rule and Dominion that are opposite to his Saints 1 Cor. 15.24,25 And accordingly in all those Psalms where ever his ascention and investiture into his Kingdom at Gods right hand is prophesied of there the ruine or conversion of Kings and Kingdoms are also spoken and prophesied of read Psalm 2. Psalm 68. Psalm 110. And let me add this to all That as the shorter time Satan hath the more is his rage so the shorter time Christ hath and the neerer he is to the possession of his Kingdom the more is his zeal for his Saints and indignation against his Enemies His heart is set upon it and the more eager doth his desire become every day to attain his long-expected Kingdom and to throw down all that oppose it and therefore we see that in this latter age he hath made such changes in the world we have seen him do that in a few years that he hath not done in a hundred years before for he being King of Nations he pursues his interest and being more neer his Kingdom he takes it with violence we are now within the whirl of it therefore his motions are rapt Hence therefore all States and Kingdoms had need now of all times else to be instructed and accordingly comply with this interest of Christ it is more especially now then ever their greatest interest it is well for us that Jesus Christ is our King who is the King of kings and King of Saints and

withal that he is so neer the enjoyment of his Kingdom Page 44. Jesus Christ wins ground of us every day and works us up age after age to a further Reformation to more light and holiness and so he will do till he hath perfectly overcome every Popish Principle out of them Page 57. I am confident of it that Christ that King of Saints that is in heaven he will not rest till such time as he hath made us one if not injudgment yet in forbearance and that if we will not take warning and will not agree it that either Antichrist or Jesus Christ himself will come in upon us and we shall be made to do it one way or other Page 58. I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it And you that are the Governours of Judah shall be as a hearth of fire amongst the wood and a torch of fire in a sheaf all that oppose you and rise up against you shall be but as so many straws Take a sack of Straw great for Bulk and lay it upon a few coales of fire upon a hearth and what will become of them all though they cover the fire a while yet they will soon be consumed and burnt up Page 42 43. The Saints have vouchsafed them by God a priviledge in ruling and governing this world and the Providences of God therein they are Privy-Counsellours to the great King of kings who governs all the States Kingdoms of this world And God doth give the Saints a Commission to set up and pull down by their prayers and intercessions The old Testament speaks in a high language Esa 45.11 Concerning the work of my hands command you me Who speaks this the words before are Thus saith the holy One of Israel c. it would have been blasphemy for us to have said it Then he goes on bringing in the Lord speaking thus Behold I that am thus your Maker give you leave to dispose by your prayers the great works of my hands which concern my children my sons the affairs of Kingdoms even so far as they relate to their good and saith upon this occasion he raised up Cyrus and pulled down the Babylonian Monarchy because they by their prayers had sought this Further Dr. Owen in his Sermon Heb. 12.27 Page 14. All the present States of the world are cemented together by Antichristian lime and unless they be so shaken as to have every cranny searcht and brusht there will be no quiet habitations for Lord Christ and his people Page 25 The Heavens and the Earth of the Nations in their present constitution are directly formed to the interest of Antichrist which by notable advantages at their first moulding and continued insinuation ever since hath so riveted it self into the very Fundamentals of them that no digging or myning without an Earthquake will cast up the Foundation stones thereof Page 35. Is it not evident to him that hath but half an eye that the whole present constitution of the Governments of the Nations is so cemented with Antichristian Morter from the very top to the bottom that without a thorough shaking they cannot be cleansed And a little after This onely is certain it the said shaking shall not stop nor receive its period before the interest of Antichristianity be wholly separated from the power of these Nations And further saith that no Atonement shall be made for the blood of the Saints slain under the notion of Hereticks nor expiation be allowed whilst a toe of the Image or bone of the Beast is left unbroken And again that which doth and shall stick upon Potentates to their ruine is not so much their own or any other interest as the very dregs of this Papal Antichristian interest thrust into their Oaths and Obligations for no other end in the world but to keep the Lord Jesus out of his Throne In the Book that gives an account of New Englands settlement and some Laws for Government publisht for the use of that Colony printed London 56. Though they humbly acknowledge that the supreme power of making Laws and of repealing of them belongs to God onely and that by him this power is given to Jesus Christ as Mediator Mat. 28.19 John 5.22 and that the Laws for holiness and righteousness are already made given us in the Scriptures which in matters moral or of moral equity may not be altered by humane power or authority Moses onely shewed Israel the Laws and Statutes of God and the Sanhedrim the highest Court amongst the Jews must attend those Laws Yet Civil Courts and Rulers are the Ministers of God for the good of the people and have power to declare publish and establish the Laws he hath made In Fox's Martyrol 1 Volume p. 139. is recorded an Epistle of Eleutherius Bishop of Rome sent to K. Lucius the first Christian K in England 169. You require of us the Roman Laws and the Emperours to be sent over to you that you may practise the same and put them in ure within your Realm The Roman Laws and Emperours we may reprove but the Law of God we may not ye have received of late through Gods mercy in the Realm of Brittany the Law and faith of Christ you have with you within the Realm both the parts of the Scriptures out of them by Gods grace with the Counsel of your Realm take ye a Law and by that Law through Gods sufferance rule your kingdom according to the saying of the Psalmist O God give thy judgments to the King and thy justice to the Kings son he said not The judgment and 〈…〉 The Letter of the General Council of the Army to their Brethren in their several Quarters and Garisons upon their march into Scotland 1650. Dear Christian Friends AS it hath pleased our heavenly Father to call both you and us in these latter days to wait upon him in his great and terrible works so the glory of his appearances hath been exceeding great in those Services And we trust the record of his Love is kept with delight in your heart as we desire it may be upon our own for ever And surely the true use of those precious Experiments wherewith he hath enriched us in this work is to strengthen our Faith and quicken our hearts to a more cheerful attendance on Christ in what further Service he shall appoint us To what End cends that wonderful return of the Pr●…ers of his people in those continued and swift Successes God hath afforded our Brethren in IRELAND but to quicken us to a lively improvement of our interest in Christ by taking those pledges of his Love as means to raise our hearts to expect much more And what can be expected less from us after all such full meals of Mercies but to be strengthened to Conflect with

we first fought with we came to this first conclusion amongst our selves that if we had been fought out of it necessity would have taught us patience 2. That the Army might not be found Traytors to God Man but to be taken from us so unworthily we should be rendered the worst people in the world and we should become TRAYTORS BOTH TO GOD AND MAN And when God had laid this to our hearts and that we found the interest of his people was grown cheap and not laid to heart and if we came to competition of things the cause even among themselves would even almost in every thing go to the ground this did add more consideration to us that there was a duty incumbent upon us And truly I speak it in the presence of some that are here that were at the close consultations I may say as before the Lord the thinking of an act of violence was to us worse than any Engagement that ever we were in yet and worse to us than the utmost hazard of our lives that could be so unwilling were we so tender were we so desirous were we if it were possible that these men might have quit their places with honour And truly this I am the longer upon because it hath been in our hearts and consciences our Justification and hath never yet been imparted thorow to the Nation and we had rather begin with you to do it then to have done it before and do think indeed that these transactions be more proper for a verbal communication then to have put it into writing I doubt whosoever had put it in writing would have been tempted to have dipt his pen in anger and wrath But affairs being at this posture that we saw plainly and evidently in some Critical things 3. The cause of the people despised by them that the Cause of the people of God was a despised thing truly then we did believe that the hands of other men must be the hands that must be trusted with it and then we thought high time for us to look about us and to be sensible of our duty If I should take up your time to tell you what instances we have to satisfie our Judgments and Consciences that these were not vain imaginations and things that were petitioned for but that fell within the compass of our certain knowledge and sence should I repeat these things to you I should do that which I would avoid to take into these things too much 4. A corrupt self-seeking Spirit in them onely this if any body were in competition for any place of real and signal Trust how hard and difficult a thing it were to get any thing to be carried without making parties without things indeed unworthy of a Parliament And when things must be carried so in a Supreme Authority indeed I think it is not as it ought to be But when it came to other Trials in that Case of Wales which I must confess for my own part I set my self upon if I should inform what discountenance that business of the poor people of God there had 5. Discountenance upon the people of God in Wales who had watching over them men like so many wolves ready to catch the Lamb assoon as it was brought out into the world how signally they threw that business under foot to the discountenancing of the honest people there and to the countenancing of the malignant party of this Commonwealth I need but say it was so many have felt by sad experience it was so who will better impart that business to you which for my self and fellow-Officers I think it was as perfect a trial of their spirits as any thing it being known to many of us that God kindles a seed there indeed hardly to be parallell'd since the Primitive times I would this had been all the instances Good to Gods people under the several forms never intended but finding which way their spirits went and finding that good was never intended to the people of God I mean when I say so that large comprehension of them under the several forms of godliness in this Nation when I saw that tenderness was forgotten to them all though it was very true that by their hands and means through the blessing of God they sate were they did and affairs not to speak it boastingly had been instrumentally brought to that issue they were brought to by the hands of those poor creatures we thought this an evil requital I will not say they were at the uttermost pitch of Reformation although I could say that one thing the REGULATION of the LAW so much groaned under in that posture it now is in there was many words spoken for it we know many moneths together was not time enough to pass over one word called Incumbrances I say finding that this was the spirit and complexion of them that though these were faults for which no man should have dared to lift his hand simply for their faults and failings Neglect of reforming the Laws when yet we saw their intendment was to perpetuate themselves and men of this spirit for some had it from their own mouths from their own designes who could not endure to hear of being dissolved this was an high breach of Trust if they had been a Parliament never violated fitting as free and as clear as ever any sat in ENGLAND yet if they would go about to perpetuate themselves we did think this to be so high a breach of trust as greater could not be And we did not go by guess in this and to be out of doubt in it we did having that conference among our selves whereof we gave accompt we did desire once more the night before the difsolution and it had been in our desires some two or three days before that we might speak with some of the principal persons of the house that we might with ingenuity open our hearts to them to the end we might be either convinced of the ground of their principles and intentions to the good of the Nation or if we could not be convinced they would hear our offer or expedient to prevent this mischief and indeed we could not prevail for two or three days till the night before the dissolution there is a touch of this in that our DECLARATION we had often desired it at that time we attained there were above Twenty of them who were members not of the least consideration for interest and ability with whom we desired to discourse those things and had discourse with them and it pleased the Gentlemen Officers of the Army to desire me to offer their sence to them and indeed it was shortly carryed thus we told them that the Reason of our desire to wait upon them was that we might know from them what security lay in the way of their proceedings so hastily with their Representative wherein they had made a few qualifications such as they were and