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The three kingdomes case: or, Their sad calamities, together with their causes and cure. Laid down in a sermon preached at a publique fast at Kingston upon Hull. With some very remarkable passages of providence worthy of generall observation. /
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Shawe, John, 1608-1672.
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The three Kingdomes Case OR Their sad Calamities together with Their CAVSES and CVRE Laid down in a SERMON PREACHED AT A Publique Fast at Kingston upon Hull With some very remarkable Passages of Providence worthy of generall Observation By JOHN SHAWE M. A. sometimes of Christs Colledge in Cambridge and now Lecturer at Hull aforesaid JER 12. 10 11 12. They have made my pleasant portion a desolate wildernesse being desolate it mourneth unto me the whole land is made desolate because no man layeth it to heart the spoylers are come upon all high places through the wildernesse for the sword of the Lord shall devoure from one end of the land even to the other c. no flesh shall have peace Nullus ferè credit quod propter peccata nostra variis modus Deus animadvertat in homines hujus secule maior pars securè praeterit quaecunque profert Deus irae suae iudicia alii fortunae tribuunt quae videntur in orbe conversiones ac mutationes in summâ pauci sunt vel propemodum nulli qui manifesta dei iudicia expendant Aug. Plectimur à Deo nec flectimur tamen corripimur sed non corrigimur Salv. London Printed by T. B. for John Bartlet and are to be sold at his Shop in Pauls Church-yard at the Signe of the gilt Cup under Saint Austins Gate 1646. To the Christian and wel-affected READER especially to my worthy and loving friends both the Inhabitants within the Town and Country of Kingston upon Hull and also the Parishoners of Bradfield in the West-riding of Yorkshire Grace Mercy and Peace be multiplied Christian Readers and friends I Have looked with Elijah's servant more then seven times to see what would be the issue of these troubles 1 Kin. 18. 43. and I long since espied a great cloud bigger then his ver 44. yea like that ver 45 and trembled because of this matter and for the great 〈◊〉 Ez. 10. 9. my self have felt neither few nor small drops of these troubles as you know and truly stil if I did not see that the great and wise God had a speciall hand in carrying on and ordering al these wars and combustions I yet see so much malice private spleen even in those who return home and sit still such factions scisms and upon any occasion apostacies in a word so much of that many-headed Monster Selfe yet in the Kingdomes that I could hardly expect fair quiet sun-shine dayes of long but that the Lord raigneth and therefore may the earth rejoyce and this poor Island be glad thereof Psal 97. 1. I have in the ensuing lines opened and applied as I could what the word and sword my Text and times hold out unto you My Text tels of war plunderings spoilings which a In locum Hierom refers to the overthrow of Jerusalem after Christ by Titus because the Jewes rejected Christ the Son of God and salvation by him ostendens ferociam Romanorum saith he in populum Judaeorum qui idcirco punitus est quia Dei filium non recepit Piscator refers to the troubles of the Jewes by Zenacherib and the Assyrians Calvin to the plague famine wars and all such miseries laid on them by the Lord at severall times others to Nebuchadnezzars desolating wars and the Jewes seventy yeers captivity Musculus to the war and misery which Israel endured by the Philistines Idumaeans Amorites Moabites Syrians Assyrians c. notwithstanding all which troubles Israel could not be perswaded that sin was the cause but either chance or because they wanted their number of men and were not strong enough but the Prophet prophesieth sin to be the true cause and confesseth that he living among them had contracted sinne and guilt so as that he had a hand in bringing downe these Judgements we have sinned yet presently in the same verse changeth the person his sin not being so wilfull contemptuous and perserved in as theirs ver 24. they would not walk yet in these sad wars and combustions of ours in England like those in the Text I see some grounds of hope as first a budding generation comming up hungring and gasping after Christ and the means of grace a good signe that God is not leaving our land but that the time of the promise drawes nigh Acts 7. 17. Isa 49. 20 21. Secondly many active and eminent spirits raised up like Moses Aaron Phineas like Zerubbabel and Joshua for the work of the Lord in Church and State with boldnesse Hag. 1. 12 14. Jer. 50. 2. Micah 5. 5. Thirdly cleerer light shines in the Kingdom even by contentions which satan stirs up to overthrow the truth and in many dark corners Dan. 12 4. adde to these that the iron and clay break asunder daily Dan. 2. 41 42. and the stone cut out without hands growes more and more Dan. 2. 43 44 45. and I see all this carried on above and contrary to the power and policy of the subtillest heads by the mervailous hand of God Zach. 4. 6. let me to the only praise of the wonder-working God and the better to perpetuate the memories of his miracles of mercies to this Town of Kingston upon Hull which place if ever any is most infinitely indebted to God who hath shewed mercies indeed to other places but to this town miracles let me I say instance in some particular mercies which God hath afforded to this town wherein it appears that God himself hath bared his arme and saved it beyond and contrary to the wit and will of the subtillest enemies and seeming friends and made the very enemies to help on your safety and their owne ruine as appears first in that a little before these wars began your Castle and block-houses were out of repair and too much through long peace and dis-use unfit for service upon which pretence some of the Kings Coachmen begged them of the King and sued you for them whereupon you presently repaired them which Forts thus on this occasion repaired helped now to keep out the Kings party Secondly whereas formerly you had no draw-bridges to keep out an enemy Captain W. Legge and others of that party caused draw-bridges to be made about the Town on purpose to keep out our Brethren of Scotland when first they came into this land for our assistance but these bridges kept out Captain Leg and that party Thirdly Arms were also sent hither for above 20000. men under the managing of the said Cap. Leg after that a Garrisonof 1000. should here planted having not bin any here for many yeers before under the command of Sir Tho. Glenham by the direction advice of the Earl of Strafford for the same purpose aforesaid and yet all this turned to keep out that very party Fourthly in the dawning of these troubles Captain Leg being setled in this Town and having this strength and power aforesaid and the Earl of Newcastle being also sent hither by the King with his Commission to be Governour here
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God cals to this office sometimes men of greater birth and estates as this Isaiah sonne of Amoz sometimes poorer as Amos a poore Neat-heard of Tekoah Amos 1. 1. which two names a Robustus fortis 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Onustus durus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hie◠in Isa 1. differ much both in the Hebrew writing and signification Isaiah prophesied above sixty yeers to a stubborne people of the Jewes that profited little so did Hosea to Israel above seventy yeers yet would not leave off his Ministry to leave off ones Ministry because he cannot see it doe that good which he wisheth saith old Latimer is a naughty a very naughty deed After all his toile and paines he was sawne asunder by his neere Kinsman let us learne to be content though ill rewarded by men seeing this Evangelicall and noble Prophet was so used after so long and great paines for their soules good The summe of the Prophesie is a discovery of the abominations of the Jewes and of Gods judgements against the impenitent for those finnes together with a promise to the Elect and prophesie of the Lord Jesus Christ his birth life death resurrection ascension and intercession In this chapter the Lord holds out Christ full of beauty and bounty goodnesse and pitty ver 1. 10. exhorteth the Jewes to prize and praise him ver 10. 13. but foreseeing their contempt and rejecting of such an invaluable mercy he denounceth heavy judgements against them ver 13. to the end whereof my Text is part In which consider first the punisher the Lord secondly the punishment battell war with the fruits of it robbing firing spoyling c. And thirdly the punished not Heathens but the Members of Gods visible Church Jacob Israel fourthly the meritorious cause of this punishment sinne and disobedience neglecting Gods wayes fifthly the Peoples incorrigiblenesse and unprofitablenesse under all this they consider not nor lay it to heart I will graspe as much together as I can and collect some observations as suitable to the Text occasion and time as with conveniency I may And first this Observ 1. That warre with the fruits thereof robbing firing spoyling are very sad and heavy calamities yet such as may befall a Nation professing the true Religion Observ 2. That when such warres befall such a Nation it 's God that sends them and gives up a people to them Who gave Israel to the robbers did not the Lord Observ 3. When ever God sends such warres and calamities on such a Nation their sinnes and iniquities were the procuring and meritorious cause Observ 4. That when a people have such judgements poured upon them by God and yet doe not consider rightly thereof and lay it to heart it much provokes and angers God For the first that the strength of battell robbing firing and spoyling are sad calamities it needs no further proofe it 's too apparent already I may say of this as our Saviour Luke 4. 21. this day is this Scripture fulfilled in your eares yet that this point may prove more usefull to us let me a little cut it up and shew you the miseries of warre first by the precedents or occasions of it secondly the nature of it thirdly the consequents especially of a civill warre such as ours now is And first for the occasions of warre I will name some as it 's a sad thing when King a and people fall out and clash one with another till one weaken another and endanger the ruine of both thus Abimilech and the men of Sechem the Lord sent an evill spirit of dissention betwixt them Judg. 9. 22 23. after Abimilech had raigned a while ere long both parties took up armes so as no man could safely travaile on the high-way because of the Souldiers ver 25. the event of this warre was this first the people were ruined ver 44. the City destroyed and sowne with salt ver 45. the Tower a strong hold of Sechem burnt and a thousand men and women in it ver 49. and ere long the King was ruined and that dishonourably ver 53 54. a sad and heavy case to see a body tearing out its owne bowels to see a Kingdome like Judas or Achitophel making it selfe away when the Lord sends a spirit of perversities amongst a people Isa 19. 14. the Lord hath mingled a spirit of perversities c. Secondly it 's a sad thing when Courtiers and favourites of a King who much mind not any Religion yet come to Church and perhaps take a Protestation the better to please men and keep their places a while but as soon as they espie their time take advantage upon a King and labour to seduce draw his heart from God and his truth to idolatry and to raise up armes and make warre upon his Subjects and this hath been done see 2 Chron. 23. 16. in Jehojada's dayes the Courtiers and people entred into Covenant to be the Lords people and opposed idolatry ver 17. but assoon as Jehojada was dead 2 Chro. 24. 15. the flattering CGurtiers with their congies obeysance and cringes vowing they would serve King Joash for ever ver 17. and espying their advantage with the King wrought upon his nature and drew him away with them from the pure worship of God ver 18. but see what warres followed and what became of those Courtiers ver 23. Yea sometimes a Queen the wife of his bosome may draw a King away as Jezabel to Ahab that was an high addition to all his other sinnes that he took Jezabel to wife 1 King 16. 31. and there was none like him whom his wife Jezabel stirred up b 1 Kin. 21. 25 so Solomon's wives 1 King 11. 3 7 8. and rending his Kingdome followed upon it ver 11 13 14 c. so Ezra 9. 2. 14. thus the Sonne of godly Jehosaphat did evill because led away by a bad wife 2 Chron. 21. 6. we read 2 Chron. 22. 1. that the c So the people met to make Rehoboam King 1 King 12. 1. See Deut. 17. 14 15 c. people made Ahaziah King called Jehoahaz 2 Chron. 21. 17 and Azariah 2 Chron. 22. 6. but two things drew him away a bad mother and her bad kinred and Counsellours 2 Chron. 22. 3 4. if not a third 2 Kings 8. 27. and these cause warres and divisions Thirdly it 's a sad thing when some young flattering Courtiers be neer about the King that perswade him to stand upon his points and prerogative and not to condiscend to his Subjects petitions at all but either to rule by his own will an arbitrary government or else venture his Kingdom and all thus did Rehoboam's young Counsellours 1 King 12. Solomon was the wisest of meer mortals he had a thousand Wives and Concubines 1 King 11. 3. and yet had but one sonne and he foolish when his Subjects came humbly petitioning his Majestly Rehoboam takes the advice of Malignant young Counsellours who tell him would I have my neck