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A46638	Rebellio debellata et Scotia rediviva, or, The downfall of rebellion and Scotlands resurrection, as it was represented in two sermons the one at Eccles last of May, the other preached at Jedburgh June 27, 1660, being both dayes set apart for solemn rejoycing and publike thanksgiving for the happy restauration of the king's most excellent Majesty to the exereise [sic] of his royall power / by Jo. Jameson minister at Eccles.	Jameson, John, minister of Eccles.	1661 (1661)	Wing J442; ESTC R31158	40,896	102

the body politick Bloody Usurpers There hath been a false Representative of these Kingdoms contrary to Law and Reason a Juncto of all the three Kingdoms gathered together There hath been a false Bench of Justice as to the Constitution thereof And in some sense there hath been a false dispensation of Gospel Ordinances by Souldiers and other Laymen who were not called as was Aaron and of such Stuff as had not God for its Author There was also a false Reformation of peoples lives by a pretended Holinesse these were all like the Time a degenerate Time and degenerate Customes Now we have got the true Head of the Body politick our Dear and Dread Soveraign the Kings Sacred Majesty hopes of a true Representative a Parliament according to the Laws of the Land and of a true and upright Bench of Justice the true way of dispensing Gospel-Ordinances liberate from Usurpation Let then our Personal Reformation be true also by being truely Reformed which can be no other wayes than by being renewed in the spirit of the mind and walking in new obedience and holinesse before God Doct. 2. Manifold are the effects of Gods Spirit in our Renovation fire hath not more several effects than hath the Spirit of God in this work Bernard reduceth them to three saith he Datur Spiritus ut doceat moveat moneat The Spirit is given to teach to move our hearts and to admonish By which three the Christians soul is made to share of three notable benefits First He receiveth thereby splendorem that is the light of Divine Knowledge for as fire bringeth outward light so this bringeth inward Secondly Fervorem the quikening of his dead affections to a holy zeal for God for as fire is accompanied with heat so is the Spirit of God in its operation Thirdly Timorem Many times fire produceeth this affect of fear through peoples inadvertancy But that holy fear the Christian partaketh of is a genuine proper effect of the work of Gods Spirit by which he standeth in awe to sin against God Psal 4.4 If we should follow out the effects hereof according to its similitude unto fire we would find many more besides these as Preparation for as fire prepareth meat for our bodies so the Spirit prepareth the Word to the nourishment of our souls Secondly Purging as fire of mettal so this purgeth out the dross of sin Thirdly Assimulation turning to its own nature man as fire to the nature thereof things conbustible Fourthly Comfort beingias refreshing to our souls in adversity as fire is to our bodies when the season through cold is most unpleasant but we shall not insist in persuing this point any further but break off therefrom in this following use Vse Let us seek the Spirit of Grace to dwell unto us that we may share of these happy effects for as there is no beginning of Renovation without him Joh. 3.5 nor progresse Rom. 8.14 neither consummation Rom. 8.11 so there is no acceptable gratulation and rejoycing in God If we do go about this duty and in a right manner it must be in his strength this is the fire that must kindle the sacrifice of our praises as Vesta's sire when it was extinguished behoved to be kindled from heaven by the assistance and help of a Beam from the Sun so must the fire of our gratulatory devotion this day by a beam from the Spirit of Sanctification be blown up unto a holy and religious flame Doct. 3. This removing of sin in our Sanctification and Renovation is not an easie but a very difficult work therefore Christ calleth it a plucking out of the eyes and cutting off the hand These following Considerations will make the Doctrine evident First There is against it Armies of opposition nature in its strength doth stand in the way thereof mustering up mans inclinations Gen. 6.5 mans will Joh. 5.40 his affections 1 Pet. 1.13 the devil is against it who is a roaring lyon seeking whom he may devoure 1 Pet. 5.8 the world also marching out with flying colours against the same In the lust of the eye the lust of the flesh and the pride of life Secondly It cannot but be difficult in regard of the exact conformity required to the Patern which is the Image of God no garb of Holinesse being approven in the Court of Heaven but looked upon as an Antick dresse and quite out of fashion that answereth not to this Eph. 4.23 24. Thirdly The greatnesse and large extent of this work asserteth the difficulty not to be small for it is no lesse than the turning upside down of a whole world even the Microcosme and little world of man And if the greater World as to the turning upside down of the Worship thereinto created such pains to the Apostles no question this change in the trampling under foot our lusts and vile affections which hath commanded over our heads cannot but be attended with some share of trouble Vse Though it be difficult this work of Renovation and Sanctification yet we must not despond and through overwhelming thoughts of discouragement give it over but more seriously set our selves to work thereinto What is difficult to man is easie to God humane difficulties yea impossibilities are conquerable by Omnipotency we will not give over a worldly businesse for difficulties and shall we be so base as to lay aside an heavenly upon this score It is a heavenly violence that taketh heaven a violent and painful combate with our corruptions a violent and constant wrestling by prayer in the Mediator Christ with our Creator The necessity of it Heb. 12.14 The honour of it Eph. 4.24 The effects of it First self-denial Luk. 9.23 Secondly Shunning of sin Rom. 6.13 The happy reward thereof Eph. 5.27 2 Cor. 3.18 are all encouragements very great and singular which joyntly pondered will weigh down the discouragement of the works difficulty There is great necessity for the earnest urging of this for what will outward prosperity outward joy and rejoycing the Resurrection of your civil Interests avail without this Will your immunities and priviledges or freedom afford you contentment in proportion to your expectation if you be not Gods freemen If your souls be yet in bonds what will the stopping of the carrear of usurping domination and the dashing of these hell-hatched designs do If the Usurper sin exercise domination and command in your souls giving the designs of Satan still a freedome Let this be pondered by you in the Ballance of the Sanctuary least your laughter and joy tend to and end in bitter mourning let the yoke of the internal usurper with that of the external be broke in pieces The Lord give us strength so to do Amen FINIS SCOTIA REDIVIVA OR SCOTLANDS Resurrection SERMON II. Psal 30.11 Thou hast turned my mourning unto joy thou hast loosed my sack and girded me with gladnesse Vers 12. Therefore shall my tongue praise thee and not cease O Lord my God I will give thanks unto

thee for ever Psal 18.47 It is God that avengeth me and subdueth the people under me Psal 54.7 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble and my eye hath seen his desire upon my enemies Tu velut eximium post tristia nubila tandem Sidus ades Tu bella fugas pacemque reducis Tu leges jura novas Te praeside rerum Grata redit facies Certusque renascitur ordo c. Utere jure tuo quicquid rectumve piumve Esse putas servare jube nos vero volentes Omnia suscipimus libertas maxima nobis Tam placido parere viro Guntherus lib. 8. v. 535. Alta cernens non deficio Virtus onerata triumphat EDINBVRGH Printed by a Society of Stationers Anno Dom. 1661. SCOTIA REDIVIVA OR Scotlands Resurrection SERMON II. Isa 1.26 I will restere thy Judges as at first and thy Counsellours as at the beginning WE have spoke of the malum ablatum We come now to the bonum collatum I will restore thy Judges as at first c. As in the Verse preceeding you have the extirpation of Usurpers so here ye have the Restauration of the Lawful Magistrate faithfully promised In which promise you have somewhat imported and somewhat reported First Somewhat imported and that is the decay of Lawful Magistracy in Judah the wonted Glory and Honour due thereto being under cloud the time of which darknesse being then when Senacherib came up against Hezekiah taking all the fenced Cities of Judah Or else in the time of Achaz when the Kingdom was under the feet of the Kings of Israel and Edom and under the Philistines 2 Chron. 28. who did possesse and rule over the Cities of the low Countries giving Law to them at their pleasure Doct. The Lawful and Supream Magistrate may have his due Glory and Greatnesse for a time eclipsed so was it with Achaz the Philistines ruling in many places of his Dominions Yea what is more strange so was it with Hezekiah a good and a gracious King Senacherib overrunneth all Isa 36. But what is strangest David was not only a gracious Prince to his people but a man according to Gods own heart and yet his greatnesse is brought under cloud in a sudden 2 Sam. 15. The reason why the Lord permitteth this is That he may punish people for their contempt of Lawful Authority Israel was not sensible of their felicity and prosperous dayes under their Religious and Gracious King David but wearying of his reign and itching after a new Governour therefore he suffers Absolom to usurp the Throne that he might punish their ingratitude to God for so good a King and the disloyalty of their hearts to so gracious a Master A second reason is For punishing of Magistrates for the abuse of their power for though God hath exempted Kings as his Vicegerents from the punishment of men yet he keepeth this prerogative for himself And therefore though God promised the continuance of the Kingdom to Davids posterity yet he reserved the Authority of chastising of them for their sins A third reason is That he may fit and prepare Kings for the great matters he hath to imploy them into doing like a wise Architector who digs lowest when and where he mindeth to build highest humbling these most whom he intendeth to exalt to the upmost pitch of eminency David must not come to the Crown God had given him right to at first but must reign some years at Hebron before he get the Throne and Crown of Israel 2 Sam. 5.5 Fourthly That people may be the more convinced of their advantage they have by a Lawful Authority and their prosperous condition under the same after they have tasted of the bloody and bitter effects of Usurpation and may behold the Lords superlative goodnesse to them in restoring of the same again Lastly That he may instruct Princes of whom it is they hold their Crowns and upon whose Good-will their Soveraignity doth depend The Lord doth by this as in a Table draw before their eyes and face in great Capital Letters that it is by him that Kings raign and Princes decree justice Vse 1. Behold here what will be the case of Loyal Subjects May their Master be brought down from his Greatnesse and Glory it cannot fare well with them the members of the Body must sympathize with the Head their condition we have pinselled out in that of Davids Loyal Subjects and faithful Servsnts 2 Sam. 15.23 Their enjoyments will be imbittered to them and their spirits under a cloud of discontent living in the world as Jonathan and Achimaz when they were hid in the well of Bethuram 2 Sam. 17.20 21. in a shade of obscurity with such a darknesse of sorrow upon their spirits as that which was upon the face of the deep in the first day of the Creation This hath been the carriage and condition of many thousands in this Land but the fury of the enemy hurried them from their retirement chasing them from mountain to mountain and from corner to corner Vse 2. What then will the carriage of Traitors be when as their condition through the eclipse of the Lawful Magistrate will be prosperous his fall being the rise of such and the harvest in which they reap the reward of their basenesse Questionlesse such will be blown up in a timpynie of pride and will speak presumptuous things and like Owles in the night come abroad boldly looking big upon all We have seen such a generation as these and such a carriage as this with our eyes and there was a fourfold Owl or Noctambulo who these years bypast came abroad and walked in pride First The Souldier Noctambulo or night Owle who was the Gentleman Usher to the rest he under pretence of Liberty brought all men in thraldome and for the defence of an upstart Commonwealth brought all the Country unto utter poverty these as the froges with which Pharaoh and his Country was smitten swarmed both in City and Country in our Fields and in our Houses The second Owle or Noctambulo was the Schismatick who under the pretence of Piety both intitling and intailing to themselves the name of true Christians made a gape both in the Civil to let in and keep up the Usurper And also in the Ecclesiastical Government to throw it down and to make way for Liberty of Conscience The third Owle that cometh abroad in this night time was the Sectarian a Nactambulo who under high pretentions of Religion invadeth the Doctrine as the other had done the Discipline of the Church And that he might do it with the greater successe he must cry up their Diana of Usurpation and defame the Lords Deputy and Vicegerent The last Owle or Nactambulo was the Mammonist who to keep his riches did losse his conscience coming abroad to Court the Foxe under the pretence of necessity fathering the same upon providence as if this had called him to fall down to worship the Beast that he might save his Estate and