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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66597	Jerichoes dovvn-fall as it was presented in a sermon preached in St. Margarets Westminster before the honourable House of Commons at the late solemne fast, Septemb. 28, 1642 / by Thomas Wilson ...	Wilson, Thomas, 1601-1653.	1643 (1643)	Wing W2948; ESTC R6156	31,694	59

Christians duty in faith and holinesse This Chapter a little book of Martyrs● containes the encomium of faith commended by its heroicall acts and marvellous effects by no● the worlds but the Lords Worthies in every age of the Ancient Church whose neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury whereon there hang a thousand bucklers all shields of mighty men Can. 4.4 These mighty men of God are renowned and recorded powerfully to perswade men with courage and comfort to continue in the faith sustained with the precious promises of the blessed God The words read rehearse the famous fact of Israels faith under the prosperous conduct of Ioshua the Hebrews Generall the conquerour of Canaan 1. The interpretation By faith By faith both in Ioshua and Israel his and their faith not by armes and engines not by common sense nor ca●nall reason not by faith historicall● yet they knew the word not by faith miraculous albeit this oracle tels us of a miracle but by faith called by Divines justifying and saving principally not only as it justifieth but as it looketh towards God and apprehends any promises works and benefits of God past present or future revealed in his word Faiths prop was 1. A word of precept to compasse the city yee shall goe round about the city Iosh. 6. 1. 2. A word of promise annexed the walls should fall the wall of the city shall fall downe fl●t vers. 5. Iericho It was a strong walled tower in their way and first entrance into Canaan after they had so safely passed over I●rdan The walls of it fell downe The great walls this townes-mens strength tumbled downe without mans hand warlike engine or violence After they were compassed about They pitched not the ●●●ld against it nor did they undermine or scale the walls but goe abo●t them A mean to mans reason 1●Very childish seven Priests sounded seven rammes hornes would not Iericho laugh at it Iosh. 6. 4. 2. Very perilous had there been such Guns as be in these dangerous dayes M. Perk Yet after they had circuited the walls 1. In obedience to Gods command 2. In dependance on Gods promise The walls fell down Obedience to God in the event meets with good first they mind duty after it they find mercy First they goe about Iericho and then they goe into Iericho Seven dayes The walls fell not on any of the six dayes nor untill the seventh time the seventh day Till then the walls never shake and then nothing seen before they fall● it was Gods appointed time in which every thing is beautifull one of these dayes was the Sabbath the observation whereof yeelds for mans good to this speciall command of God the great Law-giver 2. The parts● Iericho's downfall the wals fell down 1. The meane of it faith in Gods word 2. The m●●●er of it in compassing it seven dayes 1. The downefall of the walls the strength of this city the h●lp whereby it was fortified as invincible falles this wall is cast downe and demolished the city is taken and a straight way opened to the Israel of God Ioshua 6. 20. The greatest helps of Church-enemies will faile them their walls which hinder Gods Church in the way to happinesse will fall down and their defence departs from them Numb. 14. 9. As it is with this cursed city Iericho So with old Babylon the wall of Babylon shall fall Ier. 51.44 The broad walls fifty cubits thick and two hundred cubits high say Historians of Babylon shall be utterly broken ●er 51. 58. Thus with Mystical Babylon it is thrown downe as a great milstone cast into the Sea thus with violence shall that great city Babylon bee throwne down and shall be found no more at all Rev. 18.21 The tenth part of the city the whole Kingdome of Popery Br. fell was diminished by the revolt of the Germans the Earth-quake ordinarily signifying a great change of the estate of matters Rev. 11. 13. * 1. The enemies walls to stop the Churches way which will faile and not be a shadow to them be 1. Principality and imperiall power Princes and their people Emperours and their vassals were a wall to the enemy the ten hornes shall give their power and strength to the beast Revel. 17. 13. CHARLES the Great and K. Pipin arose with stout and fierce contention in the Beasts quarrell advanced and honoured the Popedome These shall make warre with the Lamb vers. 14. in rebellion against Christ yet the Lamb Christ shall overcome them In Gods appointed time the Emperour CHARLES the fift persecuted the Princes of Germany with a lamentable warre because they required a liberty to worship the Lamb but the victorious Lamb the Lyon of the tribe of Iudah got the victory a free confessiō of truth which the Lamb wrung from the Emperour against his will And this by Christian souldiers and armies of Protestants Called chosen and faithfull vers. 14. Yet by the good pleasure of God Christian Princes shall rise and make themselves ready against Rome to bring the whore to an horrible destruction contrary to her expectation and their former profession for her 1. These shall hate her curse her which bewitched Kings of the earth 2. Make her desolate they converting to Christ revolting from her and ministring no aide to her 3. Naked by their confessions by their writings which discover her filthinesse and lewdnesse 4. Shall eat her flesh not physically but mystically cutting away her toll-money wealth gotten by her chaffering in their dominions 5. Burne with fire who will not otherwise bee purged she shall be burnt as an whore not washen with nitre Many Princes have failed Popedome Revel. 17. 16. 2. Prelacy purple Prelates and their corrupt Clergy hinder the passage of Gods redeemed ones into Canaan heaven and shall down As the troop of Trent Bishops fortified themselves and made a wall about Popery that erroneous doctrine and corrupt worship might be continued notwithstanding this the man of sin hi● jurisdiction and his generation must down and be destroyed that wicked one the Lord shall consume with the spirit of ●is mouth 2. Thes. 2. 8. Prelacy ro●● and branch shall be taken away● every plant which God hath not planted shall bee plucked up by the root all false callings false doctrine false worship God threatens Mat. 15. 13. as a tree that cumbers the ground must be cut downe the Church and pure religion cannot thrive by it under it neer it Prelacy is not only not fruitfull but hurtfull and if the vinedresser find no fruit his word is Cut it down Luk. 13. 7. There is no ju● divi●um to plead for it it will come to nought as Gamaliels word was Act. 5. vers. 38. The Prelates were daubing a wall with untempered morter made of Canons oathes Constitu●ions Superstitions yet all falls that one may say where is the wall and they that daubed it God will effect it that the