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A42547	God's soveraignty displayed from Job 9. 12. : Behold he taketh away, who can hinder him? &c., or, A discourse shewing, that God doth, and may take away from his creatures what hee pleaseth, as to the matter what, the place where, the time when, the means and manner how, and the reasons thereof : with an application of the whole, to the distressed citizens of London, whose houses and goods were lately consumed by the fire : an excitation of them to look to the procuring causes of this fiery tryal, the ends that God aims at in it, with directions how to behave themselves under their losses / by William Gearing ...	Gearing, William.; Gearing, William. No abiding city in a perishing world.	1667 (1667)	Wing G435A; ESTC R18630	101,655	265

notably set forth in the first book of the Macchabees 4. The fourth Beast viz. the Roman Monarchy is worse than all the three former Beasts and that Vision of Daniel fore-mentioned is suited to that of S. John in Rev. 13.1 2. And I stood upon the sand of the Sea and saw a Beast rise up out of the Sea having seven heads and ten horns and upon his horns ten Crowns and upon his heads the name of Blasphemy and the Beast which I saw was like unto a Leopard and his feet were as the feet of a Bear and his mouth as the mouth of a Lion and the Dragon gave him his power and his seat and great authority The reason why Daniel did not liken the fourth to any Beast as the former three were is because it was a Monster compounded of the cruelties of the several beasts sc of a Lion Bear and Leopard this Beast was like them all Now this Beast was some hundreds of years before it came to its full growth and being distant from Judah the Church of God felt nothing of its fury till the Age before Christ came in the flesh The first time that this Beast put forth his Paws against the Church was about sixty one years before the Birth of Christ when Pompey the Roman General taking advantage of the contentions of the two Brethren Hircanus and Aristobulus of the Race of the Macchabees about the Priesthood and Principality took from them the City and Temple of Jerusalem and made them Tributary to the Romans whereupon he and others with him presumed to enter into the Temple and saw such things that was not lawful for them to see after which violence and presumption it is noted of Pompey that was very victorious before above any one Roman that he was very unhappy in his wars afterward and being vanquished by Julius Caesar fled into Egypt for refuge and there was murdered where he looked for succour Crassus committed horrid sacriledge he robbed the Temple in Jerusalem of ten thousand Talents that is two hundred thousand pounds of our money and afterwards being overthrown of the Parthians had molten gold powred down his throat to satisfie his greedy appetite One notable mischief the Romans did to the people of God was the placing of that cruel Herod in the Throne who was made King by the favour of Augustus and Mark Anthony he was a Vassal to the Romans though a cruel Tyrant to the people of God And now the Scepter was departed from Judah and the Law-giver from under his feet this Herod slew the Sanedrin and Grand Council of the Land and murdered the Infants at Bethlehem from two years old and under out of a desire to murder Christ in his Infancy This fourth Beast murdered the Prince of Life and Lord of Glory Pilate the Roman Judge condemning him and the Roman Souldiers putting it in execution And the Jews who formerly had suffered by this fourth Beast as the Church of Christ and now joyning with this Beast against Christ they became the most malignant persecutors of Christ and his Church stirring up the Roman Magistrates in several Provinces and Cities to persecute the Apostles of Christ and the sincere professors of the truth and remaining in their rebellion and enmity against Christ they were unchurched and the Kingdome of the Gospel being translated from them to the Gentiles the wrath of God came upon them to the uttermost eleven hundred thousand of them were slain by the Sword Famine and Pestilence at the Siege by Vespasian and Titus his Son and the residue sold for slaves and afterwards five hundred thousand of them ruinated by Adrian the Emperour And because the Soveraign Power was now setled in the Emperours that I may speak further of the fury of this Beast against the Saints of the most High I think fit to the two former descriptions in Daniel and that in Revel 13. to add another out of Revel 17.3 where S. John saith I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast full of names of blasphemy having seven heads and ten horns This is explained ver 9. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sitteth Ver. 10. And there are seven Kings five are fallen and one is and the other is not yet come and when he cometh he must continue a short space Ver. 11. And the beast that was and is not even he is the eighth and is of the seven and goeth into perdition Ver. 12. And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten Kings which have received no Kingdome as yet c. These shall hate the whore and make her desolate and naked and shall eat her flesh and burn her with fire Ver. 16. and ver 17. The woman which thou sawest is that great City which reigneth over the Kings of the earth The seven Heads are seven Mountains on which the Woman sate This Woman is that great City of Rome built upon seven hills viz. Mons Palatinus Capitolinus Caelius Quirinalis Aventinus Viminalis Esquilinus They also signifie seven Kings or seven sorts of Supreme Magistrates by which the City and Empire hath been and is governed Supreme Magistrates in Scripture are called Kings when Israel was formed into a Commonwealth they had Moses set over them Deut. 33.4 5. Moses commanded us a Law c. and he was King in Jesurun when the Heads of the people and the Tribes of Israel were gathered together So the Dukes of the Sons of Esau are called Kings Gen. 36.31 These are the Kings that reigned in the Land of Edom before there reigned any King over the children of Israel that is before Israel was delivered out of bondage and was formed into a Commonwealth and had Moses set over them as Supreme Ruler under God Now Rome is famous for these seven Heads or seven sorts of Governours I. Kings II. Consuls III. Tribunes of the Souldiers IV. Decem-viri V. Dictators VI. Emperours VII Popes Tacitus noteth that among other things Rome hath this honour to have Kings for its Vassals And S. John speaking of these seven sorts of Magistrates that did successively rule in Rome he saith five are fallen that is when this Vision was presented to John and the Revelation written by him viz. five of those seven Supreme Magistrates were fallen Kings Consuls Tribunes Decem-viri Dictators For although there were Consuls many hundred years after yet they were no longer Heads as formerly though they had the same name yet they came short of the former Consuls in power and dignity Then Saint John saith one is that is the Heathen Emperours were then in being these were then regnant and had the place of Heads in the Empire These began to head the Beast as the sixth Head about forty years before the Birth of Christ and continued three hundred years after Christs birth I understand it of the Heathen Emperours only not the Christian Saint John addeth And the other is not yet come viz. the

committed in the great City of this Land than it hath been within these few years past The Lord might now take up the same complaint against many wanton Gallants as he did by the Prophet Jeremiah of old When I had fed them to the full they then committed adultery and assembled themselves by troops in the Harlots houses They were as fed horses in the morning every one neighed after his Neighbours wife shall I not visit for these things saith the Lord shall not my soul be avenged on such a Nation as this Jer. 5.7 8 9. The Lord chargeth the people of Jerusalem that they had committed fornication with the Egyptians and with the Assyrians and multiplied their fornication in the Land of Canaan unto Chaldea and yet they were not satisfied therewith Ezek. 16.26 28 29. Therefore the Lord threatens to give them up into the hands of those that should strip them of their cloaths and take away their fair jewels and leave them naked and bare ver 39. and ver 41. saith he They shall burn thine houses with fire and execute judgements upon thee in the sight of many women and I will cause thee to cease from playing the Harlot and thou also shalt give no hire any more It had been well if London had not been too true a Comment upon this Text both in the sin and in the punishment SECT VI. A sixth sin is the sin of drunkenness and intemperance How many might have been seen in every corner of the great City who drank daily till they could drink no more who rose up early in the morning to follow strong drink and continued until night till the Wine enflamed them whose frequent walks were from their own Beds and Houses to the Alehouse and from the Alehouse to the Tavern whence being not able to stand by themselves they were led or carried to their Beds again reelling to and fro staggering and being at their wits end and so they who had something of men in them when they arose in the morning were when they came to lie down at night turn'd into Beasts their understandings being departed from them and themselves at their wits end As the old world was swallowed up with the flood so are many mens bodies and souls with liquor as those waters prevailed exceedingly so that all the high hills and mountains were covered and every man as well as Beast that was not in the Ark died so doth the deluge and flood of drink prevail upon drunkards not only their bellies but their brains are covered not only the valleys of their sensitive powers but also the mountains and high hills of their rational faculties are over-topt their reason and understandings are drowned and all their wisdome is swallowed up Every thing of a Drunkard dies in him every thing of a man and for the present he gives up the Ghost nor is there any Resurrection or reviving till the next morning when these strong waters are asswaged and these floods decayed and dried up Sad it is to think how this deluge of excess in drink hath drowned the face of City and Country and risen many Cubits above the highest mountains of Religion and wholesome Laws Oh what swarms of drunkards might be seen in some great Town or City in one day Go but to some great Fair or Market and you may see drunkards lye in ditches or upon the high-way at the Towns end where a Fair is kept as if some field had been fought here lies one there lies another even like unto men that are slain in the field and are stark dead I have read that there was a street in Rome called vicus sobrius because there was never a Drinking house in it but where should a man have found such a street in the great City or in any other populous Town or City in England Multitudes there are who take a pleasure in drinking till their bellies and throats can hold no more yea many there are who by accustoming themselves to frequent acts of immoderate drinking have gotten an habit of being able to drink excessively without being distempered by it notwithstanding that woe that is denounced against them that are mighty to drink wine and strong to pour in strong drink that is woe unto them that by repeated Acts of drunkenness have made themselves like brewers horses able to bear away a greater quantity of drink than other sober healthy persons are or themselves at first were It is a sign of destruction and desolation approaching upon a people when they are not ashamed of such a swinish sin but drink and stagger and reel to and fro in the face of the Sun O fearful condition of those that are not ashamed to go on in drunkenness which is one of the most shameful sins and most contrary to the light of reason Certainly God hath his times of visitation for this as well as for other sins and then the drunkard shall be cast down and shall bee able to stand no longer SECT VII A seventh sin I shall set before you is the sin of Pride especially pride of apparel and to what height of pride in this kinde were people grown every where especially in the great City of this Land who knoweth not it is a note of levity and vanity of minde to be still devising and following new fangled fashions it makes the world beleeve the Moon to be our Mistress and predominant Planet and then it will plainly appear we are no better than lunaticks It is a great reproach to the English Nation to follow all new devised fashions and especially to bee the Frenchmens Apes who are generally haters of our Nation therefore in Forreign parts they paint an English man naked with a piece of cloath under his arm and with a pair of shears in his hand seeking a Taylor to finde him out a new fashion The use of Apparel is 1. for necessity to cover our nakednesse 2. for ornament and comlinesse 3. for distinction of age of sexe of quality for great personages may and should wear rich apparel so it be grave sober and seemly but now people of all ranks almost are grown to an excess in this kind and the servant can hardly be distinguished by his apparel from his Master nor Gill from a Gentlewoman Apparel sheweth what most people are that wear it it uncovers their hearts to the world you may know whether people are chaste or wanton proud or grave sober or fantastical by the apparel they wear Is not he condemned for a very fool that takes more care to be comly proud and rich in apparel than to he healthy Is not he a fool to be laught at that will brag of a clean Band and hath a foul dirty face and will not wash it Strange it is to see the folly of men whose special care is to adorn their bodies with costly apparel that they might appear comely and glorious in the sight of men but regard not how