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A13558	Tvvo sermons the one A heavenly voice, calling all Gods people out of Romish Babylon. The other An everlasting record of the utter ruine of Romish Amalek. By Thomas Taylor, preacher of the Word at Redding in Berkshire.	Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632.	1624 (1624)	STC 23853; ESTC S118190	35,162	74

and the receiver the murderer and consenter the traitor and concealer and as just it is that he that will partake in the sinnes of others shall partake also in the sorrowes of them What can it be but danger in not departing from her who is departed from God and God from her For what is all that Religion in the points wherein it differs from us but an apostasie and a Catholike departure from the Christian faith nay that very great Antichristian departure fore-prophesied not from the Roman Empire but of that Empire from the Christian faith as appeareth 1. By their departure from the Scripture and divine writings to humane trash traditions and fables 2. By their departing from the merits doctrine sufferings and obedience of Iesus Christ in effect to a new Christ new saviours new mediatours new intercessours new merits new advocates and patrons 3. By their departure from the old way and the ancient faith of the Prophets Apostles and of the famous Church of Rome in the Apostles dayes to a new faith and Religion not knowne to the Scriptures nor to the Prophets nor Apostles nor to their successors the Fathers and Pastors for six hundred yeeres at least after them 3. What else besides ruine can he expect that staieth in such a society so addicted to the basest wickednesse every one will say that ruine and mischiefe must be his end that runneth and sorteth himselfe with base villaines Who baser than the limmes of Antichrist who are all vassals to the servant of servants but a iust hire of those that refuse the Lord of life and liberty What is like to bee the end of him that runnes after whores and harlots but utter confusion and what other can they expect that ioyne themselves to that harlotry Religion who goe an whoring from God like hatefull and unsatiable harlots What can bee his end but ruine that sorteth himselfe with mutinous and rebellious persons plotters and contrivers of mischiefe against the persons estates lives and kingdomes of Princes and people But such are Papists taught to bee by the present doctrine of the Church of Rome And by such positions and principles were the Gunpowder Traitors thrust on to their ruine and all other that run upon their owne ruine by rising up against our late and present Soveraigne Let all good Christians and good subiects say as Iacob of Simeon and Levi brethren in evill Into the secrets of these men let not my soule come Heere are reasons enow for our utter renouncing of Popery Wouldst thou be without the reach of the plagues that amate her get out of Babylon Fearest thou not God to avoide her sinnes Feare thy selfe and thine owne danger who hast heard that the Lord is comming with his mighty power to make warre upon that damned Citie and State for her utter desolation Wouldst thou share in the salvation of Gods people open thine eares to this voice of God Fly out of Babel and every man save his owne soule Save your selves from this perverse Generation I say not that no Popish person can bee saved but whosoever will bee saved must depart from the fundamentall errors of Popery for which Christ hath given that Synagogue a bill of divorce I say therefore againe to all Gods people Get away from this people of a strange language Get away from the den of devills and habitation of Idolls Whosoever are now within this voice and call of God make use of it for thine owne safetie Some perhaps hearing the call of Gods people out of Babylon they like Lots friends scorne and mocke out this warning of God for so doe reprobates and men of gracelesse hearts spurne and fleere where they should stoope and feare and tremble but let such know that as the Sodomites were first strucke with blindnesse and then with a fiery shower so are they under the former of these plagues already and God is hastning the latter upon them if they hasten not their repentance The Poets have a saying that when Iupiter will strike a man he first putteth out his eies and so indeed doth the iust God first blindeth the eies of Infidels who are willing to bee blinded and then destroieth them he giveth them up to the devill who as an hangman first covereth their eies and then turneth them off 2. That the time is hastning when they shall say they were warned and called out but now cannot bee either pittied or helped As Lots cousins though they made but a merriment of Lots admonition yet they saw the Lord in earnest and then too late wished they had departed according to the voice of the Lord but now God will not and Lot cannot helpe them Neither can they shift themselves out of the fire when the dreadfull shower falleth Doe thou sit out the summons at thy perill but one of two thou must chuse either thou must goe out of Babylon or goe into her destruction FINIS AN EVERLASTING RECORD OF THE VTTER RVINE of Romish AMALECK Delivered in a Sermon at BLACK-FRIERS in LONDON LONDON Printed by J. H. for Iohn Bartlet and are to be sold at the Golden Cup in the Gold-Smiths row in Cheapside 1624. THE VTTER RVINE OF Romish AMALECK EXODVS 17.14 And the Lord said to Moses Write this for a remembrance in the booke and rehearse it to Iosua for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amaleck from under Heaven THis Chapter setteth downe two great perils which tooke the children of Israel presently upon their deliverance from the red sea for the way to our Canaan is strewed with crosses The former was of thirst to the eighth verse The lattter of warre for seeing their thirst made them contend with God God doth justly raise them up enemies to contend withall In this warre are three things 1. The circumstance of 1. Persons Amaleck rose against Israel 2. Place Rephidem vers 8. 2. The manner of the warre which was partly 1. By power and Armes vers 9 10 11 12. 2. By prayer of Moses If Iosua be on the vallie Moses must be on the hill meanes must be used but not trusted in and prayer without use of meanes where appointed and afforded is but a mockerie 3. The events of this doubtfull warre and they be three 1. The overthrow of Amaleck by the sword of Ioshuah vers 13. 2. Gods decree of destroying utterly the whole nation of the Amalekites 3. The building of an Altar for a trophee and the perpetuall memorie of so happie a victorie The verse read containeth the second of these events namely the severe decree for the utter destruction of the whole nation of Amaleck Where are two generall points 1. The record or registrie of the sentence 2. The reason For I will utterly put out the remembrance c. The record hath two parts 1. The writing of it write this 2. The rehearsing of it to Iosua In the writing are foure things 1. Who must write it The Lord said to Moses

mine thy estate shall be mine thy children shall be mine but thy God shall not be mine thy Religion shall not be mine And for assistance we may lend Babylon no hand to uphold her we are commanded not to seeke the prosperity of Babel all our daies because the Lord hath divoted her to destructiō but especially those whose hands and swords God hath sanctified to this purpose whensoeuer God shall put it into their hearts they want neither charge nor calling to reward her as she hath rewarded them as she hath levied forces against the Princes of the earth so must they levie forces against her and the cup of death and wrath which she hath filled to them they must fill her the double 3. We must depart corporally from them even in respect of place and habitation If an house be ready to fall it must oppresse all that are under the roofe If a Citie be summoned to warre by the sound of a trumpet carefull men will desire to leave that Citie Or if a Citie be infected with a raging pestilence we need not perswade men to flie forth of that danger Here is a ruinous state ready to be made an heap Shall the little mice by naturall sagacity presage the ruine of the house and flie and shall we stay till we be oppressed under the ruine The Lord hath proclaimed open war against this rebellious city and shall we stay the mounting of the Canon No where can a man bestow himselfe in Popish countries but he shall meet with that poysoned aire a thousand times more infectious than ever was any citie with most hot pestilence and can any man be safe casting himselfe upon such adventures Secondly for the manner of our departure from Babel we must come our 1. Cito 2. Longe 3. Totaliter 4. Finaliter 1. Wee must depart hastily Lot was commanded to hasten out of Sodome and prolong no time because the danger was neere delay which is in all things dangerous may here prove desperate and therefore we are commanded to fly out of Babel which is a swift motion beseeming Gods people in their obedience and because of the neerenesse of the danger unto them 2. We must depart farre from Babel even as farre as may be Many are afraid to offend the Babylonians by departing too far from them But as Moyses calling the congregation from Corah and his complices said I pray you depart from the tents of these men and touch nothing of theirs lest yee perish in their sinnes so we must pray to have no societie or comporting with Romish Babylon in her heresies Idolatry or superstitions for this were not to depart far enough from them 3. We must depart wholly thy selfe and all thine When Lot was called out of Sodome he is willed to call and carry out with him all and every one of his kinred his wife his children his sonnes in law and all whom he loued And Moyses calleth not only the head of families from Corah but their wiues sonnes and little children we may not thinke our selves departed from Babylon unlesse our wives and children be departed with us He is but halfe departed whose other halfe is a Recusant neither can a man of reason thinke him departed that sends his pawnes his sonnes and daughters for education in Popish countreys 4. This heavenly voice would have us depart finally never to returne more Lot must not depart out of Sodome to looke backe againe nor out of Egypt with the Israelites to turne backe after the leekes and onyons nor with Spalato run backe to Babel when we have fild our purses nor for rumor of danger turne away from the truth received for suppose God should kindle a fire of persecution in his Church this were but a fire of triall and castigation whereout the Lords golden vessels should come out onely brighter and better But if we returne to Babylon there is nothing but a fire of destruction and finall ruine to burne up such huskes and chaffe as wanting substance of grace are blowne away with every wind of doctrine every blast of change and every shadow of turning I had now come to the second part of my text if there stood not three sorts of men in my way to whom I must in few words apply my selfe and this part and being men of no good qualities I will make what haste from them I may The first sort of these are Romanists the second Separatists the third Apostates The Romanists cudgell us for departing from Rome The Separatists lay load upon us for not departing from Babylon can both their blowes fall right The Papists tell us with great audaciousnesse that wee are Schismatikes and Heretikes because wee have departed from the Catholike Church and keepe out of the lap of our mother Church yea out of the Arke out of which is no salvation But our text hath taught us that wee are not departed from the Church of Christ but from Babylon Neither can they prove us Schismatikes for departing from them whom we can easily prove to have departed from Christ by a generall Apostasie contrary to the whole Kingdome of Christ onely fit for Antichrist the Catholique Heretike Neither are we departed from our Mother but from the mother of whoredome and we may not mingle with Harlots 3. Neither of our owne head but by this voice from heaven 4. Our dutie bindeth us to avoid her sinnes and our safetie to avoid her plagues Let them bring vs a Text or voice from heaven to bring us backe againe and we will returne but Texts of Scriptures and heavenly voices cannot be contrary to themselves 2. The Separatists say we are in the midst of Babylon our assemblies are Antichristian our selves no people of God because we leape not over the pale and fly out with them But first they have not nor can prove the Church of England to be Babylon unlesse Babylon be in covenant with the Lord and hath both the Deeds and Seales of that Covenant to shew in all the substantiall parts of them rightly administred according to the Institution and now standeth to the determination of the Scriptures in all things for thus doth the Church of England but not so Babell and therefore we are not scarred with the windy termes of false worship false ministry bowing downe to traditions or denying the power of Christ in ruling his Church which is both preached and defended happily amongst vs. 2. They have not nor can prove that Christ hath given us a Bill of divorce as he hath to Babel or that the reformed Churches have separated from us as they have from Babylon As for their discoveries what hath a schisme of private men to doe to excommunicate whole Churches or why get they no Churches to joyne with them or if they could get all the Reformed Churches to them we expect orderly admonition before rash excommunication For if a private man must be admonished twice or