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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90971	A spirituall snapsacke for the Parliament souldiers. Containing cordiall encouragements, effectuall perswasions, and hopefull directions, unto the successefull prosecution of this present cause. by J. P.	Price, John, Citizen of London.	1643 (1643)	Wing P3348; Thomason E103_13; ESTC R17482	16,838	20

fulfilled and the face of things doe looke as if they were now in fulfilling and they must bee fulfilled in and about that very cause which you have in hand and why may we not believe but that even now the day of vengeance is in Gods hand and the yeare of his redeemed is come 4. You have a guard of prayers round about you millions of prayers like a Cloud of incense Lev. 16.13 doe alwaies hang over you and hover about you the Prayers of many generations that went before you you shall reap in joy what they have sowen in Teares little doe you know the many thousands of prayers night and day in your behalfe when you happily have not opportunity nor company nor place of conveniency to poure out your hearts before the Lord. What are these great Victories and wonderfull deliverances vouchsafed unto you but the returne of prayers in your behalfe that you so often prosper fighting in the valley is because so many Mosesses and Hurs are praying in the Mount Lastly consider you have a guard of providences for your defence all transactions of all passages shall still be loaded with your security the Sunne is willing to stand still in Gideon and the Moone in the Valley of Dialon The Sea will as gladly run backward as forward for your deliverance The Creatures delight to doe you service if God doth at any time bring you to straights it is for nothing but to shew his power and love for your defence if hee brings you to such a posture as that you can doe nothing but stand still it is onely to shew you and the whole World the salvation of God Thus you have a good first cause and Secondly a sure life Guard you have God his Angells his Promises the Prayers of the Saints and all providences for your incouragement Thirdly Consider the many infallible intimations as so many predictions from heaven of your successe which are a thousand times more promising then Elijahs Cloud 1 Kin. 18.44 of great Raine or an Evening red and lowring Skie of a succeeding faire day Mat. 16.3 First the Spirit of Prayer and Supplication is abundantly poured forth upon all the Saints in your behalfe An infallible signe of your successe The Cloud of Incense Leviticus the 16.13 which are the prayers of the Saints as will appeare by comparing that place 141. Psal 2. is the Cloud of his presence and a little cloud of that nature though but so big as Elijahs hand presageth a plentifull shoure of heavenly blessings upon your heads When God prepareth Daniels heart to pray Sions captivity is at an end Dam. 9.4 Hee that prepareth the heart to pray will cause his eare to heare Psal 10.17 such prayers and teares such sighs and groanes such surrounding the Throne of grace in publique in private in season out of season was never knowne since Adams daies as are now in your behalfe How many thousand lies in the gap in your behalfe every Jacob is become an Israell in your cause can you thinke you shall miscarry Secondly The Spirit of Faith and confidence of your successe in this cause is poured forth upon all the Saints and this also is a certaine Omen of your prosperity when God doth draw out the hearts of men to believe and to hope in his mercy it is a ground of strengthening their hearts for then will he preserve the faithfull and plentifully reward the proud doer Psal 31.23 the Lord shall help deliver and save his people because they trust in him Psal 37.40 should God enable men to hope and trust in him and that upon Evangelicall and Divine grounds and faile them how would he dishonour his son prejudice his faithfullnesse and discourage his people nor certainly as the unbeliefe of the Israelites was a provoking cause of Gods displeasure against them so the confidence of his people in this cause is most acceptable in his sight and a certaine signe of good successe Thirdly Consider God hath slirred up the heart of the State of the Kingdome viz the Parliament and to lo●ke out and endeavour after a Reformation of all things that they can find displeasing unto God another most infallible and promising token of your successe we shall most commonly find that humiliation repentance and Reformation in a people have bin signes of mercy towards a people It is true we have an instance in Scripture of a most sweet and glorious Reformation in matters of Idolatry and prophanesse viz the Reformation of Iosiah 2 Chron. 35. and yet notwithstanding the Lord turned not from the fearcenesse of his great wrath wherewith he was angry against Iudah c. 2 Kin. 23.26 but yet there was a great deale of difference between that Reformation and ours For first that Reformation was began by the King and so he compelled the people by his Regall power hereunto but this Reformation is from the people taking the first lawfull and best advantage from the constitution of the Kingdome to take up Armes in and under the Kings power and authority setled in Parliament and consequently by his command virtuall though not personall so that that Reformation of Iosiab was by compulsion upon the people whereunto they yeelded for feare but this Reformation is even from the people out of love though with the hazard even of the Kings displeasure Secondly when GOD doth afflict a people from his former displeasure yet there is commonly some new sin which comes in as a mediation and so provoketh God to remember the old score thus when Gods anger was stirred up against Israell the Devill moved David to number the people 1 Chron. 21.1 But heare we find no such thing as any new Nationall sin viz any act of the State authorizing sin and the good Lord keep our Parliament from such a thing we see rather that it is not because we have sinned that our enemies quarrell with us but because wee will not sinne our enemies quarrell against us is not because we have bin or are prophane in our lives Idolatrous in our Worship but because we will not be so for if we would joyn with them in these abominations we should quickly be at peace with them so that the very sourse and rise of the wars is the glory of God and blessed be his Name that the cause is the Lords and that wee can plead that before him otherwise we might give our selves for lost Thirdly the Affliction and judgement upon Iudah the fruit of old displeasure against them for the blood of the Saints spilt in Manassah his daies was the taking away of good Josiah from them by Pharoah Neco King of Egypt who slew him at Megidde 2 King 23.29 so that God tooke away the Reformer from them and so way is made for judgement upon them But now God increaseth the number of Reformers and hath so graciously opened the eyes of our VVorthies in matters offensive unto GOD as that they have done that which I am perswaded they

fight for such a God Secondly you fight for Iesus Christ who hath fought with Heaven and Earth and Hell for you who became sinne to make you righteousnesse and a Curse to make you a blessing who gave Glory for shame Life for death Joy for sorrow that you may exchange shame for Glory death for Life and sorrow for Joy broken for your sinnes was hee that your breaches may be made up crusht was Iesus Christ for you that you might once be crowned with him you fight for that Jesus which is the God of Glory the Lord of Hoasts the Head of Angells the Heir of Heaven the Prince of Peace whose everlasting thoughts eternall purposes timely actions most bitter passions whose present worke at the throne of Grace whose all in all was and is and ever shall be for your present and eternall good and who would not fight for such a Jesus Thirdly you fight for the Holy Ghost his worke in the World in the hearts of the Saints is the great Controversie between you and your Adversaries God in you is their malice against you you fight for that spirit that fills you with joy unspeakeable and full of Glory by which you are sealed to the day of Redemption Ephes 4.30 by which you are comforted in all your tribulations Iohn 14. which maketh you meete for the inheritance with the Saints in light 1 Col. 12. which stayeth you with Flagons and comforteth you with Apples 2 Cant. 5. affording such meat which the World knowes not of which hall be as Rivers of water in a dry place and as the shadow of a mighty Rock in a weary Land whose inward heat of life and joy shall like the fire in the Temple never be extinct Fourthly you fight for the glorious Gospell of Jesus Christ and the through-fare thereof in your Native Country that Gospell that hath brought life and immortalitie to light which hath discovered bowells of Grace in God to you from all eternity the treasure of Comfort the vision of Heaven the support of Saints the rule of life the way of Peace the path to Glory Fiftly you fight for Sion and all her priviledges for Sion and her Ordinances for Sion and her children for Sion the house of God 76. Psal 2. the Arke of God the Temple of God the joy of God 132. Psal 13. the perfection of beautie 50. Psal 2. for Sion the Subject of Gods love 87. Psal 2. of his desire 132. Psal 14. of his Jelousie 8 Zachary 2. the friend the Sister the Spouse of Christ for Sion which whosoever hateth shall be turned backward 129. Psal 5. to favour whose dust is an acceptable service in the sight of God Thus you see the fulnesse and generality of the Cause in respect of the soule you fight for the God of Grace for Jesus Christ the gift of Grace the spirit of Grace the Gospell of Grace and the children of Grace Secondly see the fulnesse of the Cause in respect of the outward man in many particulars First you fight for your King though this be esteemed a Paradox a Riddle a lye a scorne because it is contrary to his Commands and his Person is with those against whom you fight and so in danger yet first you take up Armes in under and for the defence of his lawfull Authority setled in Parliament and not among Cavaliers against those whose endeavours are to destroy the Parliament and Lawes of the Land and consequently all his Royall and lawfull authority and so either to unking and dethrone him or make him a Tyrant the high way to ruine him by exposing him to the wrath of God and the dangerous hazards of a Tyrannicall Government which are commonly stabs poyson plers and Treasons You fight for his Authority which is greater then his personall Commands if he should personally edmmand to murther which is forbidden by his Authoritie which would be most disloyall he that disobeyeth the one or the other the King saith he will rule us by Law and make his will that Law though it be in things contrary to knowne Lawes and you fight against his will because contrary to his Authority which is greater than his Will the party you fight against resist his lawfull Authoritie you his corrupt Will they his power you his Command they withstand him as a King you as a man who are the greater Rebells his deliberate Will is in Parliament signified by his Writ and Act of continuance his passionate will is in his Camp signified by his Commands that you should not obey his will in Parliament what will you doe you will say he is not present in Parliament therefore the third Estate which is essentiall thereunto is gone and so there is a diffolution of the whole I answer his power is there though not his Person he is not in his inforiour Courts personally but vertually and so he is in Parliament his Person may die but not his power you are proclaimed Traitors by his mouth your Enemies by his Law you by his Person they by his power you are proclaimed Traitors but what is the Treason you will not quietly let your throats be cut nor suffer the Parliament to be destroyed you will not advance Prerogative above Law nor permit an Army of Theives to take away all you have without resistance you will not destroy the Kings lawfull Authority by submitting your selves to his unlawfull Commands you will not permit cursed men to destroy the Parliament as Doog at Sauls tyrannicall command did destroy the Lords Priests 1 Sam. 22 18 but defend them from slaughter as David did Abiathar v. 23. in a word you will not be made slaves but say you are free borne and this is Treason how prove you that why your Enemies call it so 2. You fight for the recovery of his Royall Person out of the hands of those miscreants and reinstate Him in his Royall Throne and Dignity that both He and his Posteritie if God will may yet flourish in their Royaltie so that notwithstanding all contradictions you fight for your King Secondly you fight for your Countrie for the peace of it against the great disturbers thereof 2. For the plentie of it against the Plunderers tobbers spoylers destroyers thereof 3. For the Libertie of it the Lawes power and Priviledges thereof in Parl our Nationall Inheritance 4. For all your common Interests in any thing you enjoy your Houses Lands Estates Callings what ever you have is lost if the day be lost 5. You fight for your neerest relations your Wives and poore children who are undone if you give up the Cause if the Principles of Heathens have rendered them valiant for their Countries good and their Valour famous to succeeding posteritie shall not the Principles of piety be stronger in Christians thus you have a good cause it is clearely good it is fully good for God your King your Countrey in all their references never the like cause all things considered from the