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A90968	The pulpit incendiary: or, The divinity and devotion of Mr. Calamy, Mr. Case, Mr. Cauton, Mr. Cranford, and other Sion-Colledge preachers in their morning-exercises, with the keen and angry application thereof unto the Parliament and Army. Together with a true vindication of the Covenant from the false glosses put upon it, and a plain indication of Covenant-breakers. Published according to order.	Price, John, Citizen of London.	1648 (1648)	Wing P3346; Thomason E438_10; ESTC R203205	55,372	67

power and demonstration from Scripture and Reason would you look to your offending brethren of your own Societies provide for your poor watch over one another for good promote holines love and kindnes among brethren would you endeavour to unite the godly against the common enemie promote the common interest of the Kingdom Did men see your communions beautifull as Tirza comely as Jerusalem Did men see Christ walking in the midst of your golden Candlesticks Did you put on indeed beautifull garments Did men heare the joyfull sound and voyce of the Turtle in your congregations Did your lips drop as the nony comb hony and milk being under your tongues the smell of your congregations being like the smell of Lebanon Did men see that your plants or members were as an Orchard of Pomegranates with pleasant fruits Camphire and Spiknard Calamus and Cynnamon with all the trees of Frankincense Myrrhe and Aloes with all the chiefe spices Did men observe your societies as fountaines of gardens wels of living water and streames from Lebanon the Spirit of God so blowing upon them as that the Spices thereof and their sweet savour did flow out and were acceptable to God and man how would you ravish the lookers on How would they be taken in the beholding your faith and order How would you ravish the hearts of your spectators How would you drain the private meetings of Sectaries as you call them But when men in stead of beauty see nothing but bald●es in stead of the Spirit of Christ wch is a spirit of holinesse love gen●lenes and goodnes men see n●thing but the spirit of pride of envie rigidnesse cruelty slander and mischiefe When you talk of a reformation professe indeed principles of purity in government viz. that your members must be godly prophane persons kept from the Lords Table promoting love goodnesse kindnesse c. and yet act not accordingly for want of power as you say not improving what power you have unto these things but complain of the Parliament as if they were the cause hindering all good government to make them odious in the eyes of the people yea oppose vilifie and reproach your brethren even for reformation What doe these things but harden mens hearts and steele mens spirits so against you that you may as soon unite light and darknesse Christ and Belial as drive on 〈◊〉 reformation which you thus would make the world beleeve you ●o earnestly co●●nd for Are you not offended with your brethren for putting in practice your own very principles Doth it not clearly appeare that their reformation is rather your envie than the want of reformation among your selves is cause of your complaint As the Ruler of the Synagogue envied the glory which the people cast upon Christ for his great workes which he did amongst them yet hee covered his pale of envie with the red of zeale pretending to stand for the honour of the Sabbath There are six dayes said he to the people in which men ought to worke in them therefore come and be healed and not on the Sabbath day Can men be so truly and heartily zealous for a blessed reformation in matters disciplinall and Church government and yet in the meane while breake the very law of moralitie and the rules of good manners abusing Parliament Armie and all that will not bow down their backes and subject their neckes to your yoke it makes men think that your zeale for reformation is your zeale to make your selves great in the world especially when they see you seek the suppression of those that act your own verie principles of reformation Is it not like Herod to pretend to seek Christ to worship him with a true intent to kill him to pretend reformation and to set up principles leading that way and where ever you finde them put in practice to persecute molest and suppresse them that do put them in practice Some of you were great conformitants in the dayes of Episcopacie have you indeed a minde to return again Doe your soules long after the Summer fruits of Poperie Organs and Altars cringings and crouching Tapers and Wafers Copes and Rochets Tippets and Surplices Caps and Hoods Crucifixes and Crosses Pilgrimages and pictures with all the accoutrements and the whole prophane glory of the Romish Synagogue Doe you long indeed to have Lucifer put again into Heaven and the Angels of God thrown down into hell in stead of him viz. Popish and Prelaticall Priests restored to their former thrones and dignities and faithfull Ministers of the Gospel the great troublers of the Israel of the Devill troden and trampled on like clay and mire under their feet Is it the great desire of your soules that prophanenesse and ungodlinesse lightnesse and loosnesse oppression and tyranny drunkennesse uncleannesse and all sorts of wickednesse may fit in the throne and that holinesse and righteousnesse piety and purity religion and liberty should be thrown upon the dunghill If these be not the venison and savoury meat that your soules thirst after why doe you hunt so diligently after it do not you see that all the Malignants the Papists and Atheists the prelaticall and prophane party of the Kingdome joyns with you in your present proceedings are not your present wayes unto them as the resurrection from the dead Some of you have been very zealous against Conformity in the dayes of Prelacy bearing the reproaches of hereticks separatiste schismaticks from your clamorous adversaries had you the glory of God in designe or somewhat else wee have observed in former dayes that some have set out Jehu-like against the superstition pride and oppression of the Clergie over-running even a civill behaviour in some houses where they have come tearing and defacing any devotionall pictures scarce enduring a crosse in a Gentlemans Coat of Armes and yet afterwards a favourable Prebend-winde or Chancellour-ship Deanery or Bishoprick did so cool them that they grew the greatest factors for superstitious innovatione and fiercest persecutors of the contrary minded as once Harding Bishop Jewells adversary who one while was a thundering Preacher wishing he could cry out against Poperie as lowd as the bells of Osney yet afterwards proved a bitter adversary to the truth if such things as those are in your eyes viz. to be some body in poynt of power honour and greatnesse under the forme of Presbyterie as others have been under the shamefull glory of Prelacy What doe you all this while but sow the winde and what shall you reape but the very whirlewinde labour after vanitie and may expect nothing but vexation of spirit digge unto your selves Cisternes but broken Cisternes that will hold no water if this be the first-borne of your desires viz. that you might be honoured before the people as was Souls request unto Samuel 1 Sam. 15. 30. the Lord will rend your kingdome from you as he did the kingdome of Israel from Saul and it may be give it unto others better than you but if this

Ireland in Doctrine Worship Discipline and Government according to the Word of God and the example of the best reformed Churches and shall endeavour to bring the Churches of God in the three Kingdomes to the nearest conjunction and uniformity in Religion Confession of faith forme of Church government Directory for worship and catechizing that wee and our posterity after us may as brethren live in faith and love and the Lord may delight to d●ell in the midst of us First What is here for Presbytery especially a vexatious Presbytery a briery thorny persecuting Presbytery Wee have engaged our selves for the preservation of the Reformed Religion in the Church of Scotland in Doctrine Worship Discipline and government doth that justifie your railing against your brethren and your charging the Parliament with Covenant-breaking as Mr. Cawton and that peremptory Mr. Jenkins have done in expresse termes What an affront is this upon our brethren of Scotland as if the Doctrine Worship Discipline and Government of our brethren of Scotland were constituted framed and calculated for the Meridian of wilde beasts of the Desert for Gim and Ogim owles and satyres dragons and vultures that live and prey upon their fellow-creatures and not for the sonnes of Sion who are the children of peace Doe you represent the Doctrine Worship Discipline and Government of our brethren of Scotland in such horrid black and bloudy colours as such a taking object unto the sonnes of England if the Cannons and Laws Edicts and Orders Statutes and Ordinances of the Doctrine Worship Discipline and Government of the Church of Scotland enjoyns to raile and rage slander and abuse Magistrates or Ministers Parliament or people that will not act according to the fiery fierce and furious motions of peevish froward and angry spirits such Doctrine Worship Discipline and Government doth more become the American Pequids Cannibals or Men eaters in New-England than those that have heard of a Gospel of peace or the least sound of that sweet Commandement of Jesus Christ our liege Lord who hath said This is my Commandement that yee love one another Secondly Are not Presbyterians by this Covenant as well bound to hearken to the counsels of their dissenting brethren as their dissenting brethren to hearken to their counsels and is not Scotland as well engaged to listen to the advice of England as England to Scotland For are not all of them to make THE WORD OF GOD AND THE EXAMPLE OF THE BEST REFORMED CHURCHES whose walking must be judged by their conformity to the Word of God the golden Standard to measure them by Thirdly who must judge and determine the meaning of the Covenant Presbytery is not in the letter of the covenant and we hope though we doe not in the least implead a holy godly peacefull and pious Presbytery but doe wait and hope for the establishment of it in all our Congregations in the Kingdome that such a Presbytery as seems now to be contended for will never be found to be the meaning of those that imposed the covenant Shall the Parliament of England enjoyn a Covenant upon the people and Sion Colledge in London give nay command or conjure such a meaning into it as was never intended what is this but to put Sion Colledge above the Parliament of England The Parliament of England commands the Kingdome to take the Covenant and Sion Colledge upon the matter commands the Parliament to subject themselves unto their interpretation thereof upon pain of being arraigned in their Pulpits for Covenant-breakers forsakers of their first love yea and of vilifying scorning and abusing them in the eyes of the people stirring up a spirit of contempt in the people against them as many of you have done from day to day Fourthly what is such an interpretation of the covenant but a meere prophaning of the covenant it selfe Does the covenant obliege us to raile and rage revile and abuse men that are holy learned godly peaceable usefull in Church and common-wealth to brand them with the odious names of Heretickes Separatists Schismaticks c. who cannot subject themselves we say not to the covenant for they took it yea defended the taking of it yea stirred up their brethren to take it in its true proper naturall genuine and literall meaning of it but unto such a sense meaning and interpretation as will serve onely to drive on the designes of the faction of Sion Colledge for most confident we are there is at this day no faction in the Kingdome more dangerous and obnoxious unto the peace prosperity and welfare of the Parliament Army and consequently whole Kingdome THAN SION COLLEDGE IS What greater dishonour indignity and scorne can be put upon the SO●EMNE LEAGUE AND COVENANT than to justifie not onely those bitter cruell unbrotherly unchristian nay unnaturall invectives each against other but rebellion treason mutini●s insurrections against the Parliament and Army the raising up of new warres to the utter ruine of the whole kingdome as the sense and meaning of the solemne League and Covenant and do not many of you in your prayers and Sermons justifie the proceedings of those members that fled beyond seas from the justice of the Parliament and the prisoners in the Tower committed thither by Parliaments order for such misdemeanours in pleading their cause with God as men persecuted imprisoned for nothing but keeping their solemne League and Covenant professing for your selves and others that you own their cause so deluding and captivating the judgement● and consciences of many of your hearers as you did some at least of those said prisoners who doubtlesse in the simplicity of their hearts were charmed into that delinquencie through your devout chantings under the colour of zeale for the glory of God a blessed ref●rmation and we know not what as that they are ready upon all 〈◊〉 to side with any mu●inous insurrections against the Parliament and Army what is this but to abuse and prophane the innocent Covenant which intended union peace love and goodnesse amongst brethren and the banding them together as one man against the common enemy Doubtlesse the true naturall soule and spirit of the Covenant was Union and not division amongst brethren But when men force that soule out of the Covenant we mean that meaning of the covenant which is naturall and possesse it with a contrary spirit or meaning though it pretends zeale for God and a blest reformation c. yet this is to represent the covenant like Samuels body without his naturall soule possessed with the spirit of Satan speaking indeed like Samuel but with a wicked and Satanicall designe what is this but to make the covenant not like an Angel of God a messenger of peace and union among brethren but a very Fury from beneath furnishing men with fire-brands to hurle and throw each against other to the danger of fiering and enflaming the whole kingdome You complain of contempt of the covenant that it is looked upon as an Almanack out of date

have not Gods dealings yours towards this Army been like the contest between Michael and Satan about the body of Moses hath not God plainly and evidently set himselfe in direct opposition unto you about this Army he honouring them you dishonouring them he causing a spirit of glory you a spirit of shame to rest upon them did not you prophesie bitter things of this Army if the Citie would permit them to march through and did not God make you all deceivers and false Prophets in the eyes of all men they marching through the Citie with weapons in their hands at such a time when profest resolutions and endeavours were used through your means to raise up an Army to cut their throats yea when a spirit of feare and trembling took hold upon their enemies having all advantages put in their hands to avenge themselves for all the wrongs and injuries that were offered them and yet did they not march peaceably and quietly throughout the City not offering the least wrong to man woman nor child to their honour and your shame Againe what had been the issue of that horrid insurrection made the ninth tenth of Aprill assaulting the Lord Mayor of the Citie robbing killing and destroying those that opposed them had not some part of this Army supprest the same the influence of your doctrine so prevailing with men that not one of many would appeare to rescue the Governours and Government of the Citie from the sonnes of violence and yet did not these contemptible Army-men put their lives in their hands and preserved the whole Citie from the woefull consequences of that rebellious insurrection yea when brick-bats and stones were cast out of houses and some of them were shot out of windows which affronts had they been offered unto some Armies would have rendered the Citie in ashes but they would have had satisfaction and yet as if they were men in valour and children in malice having rescued the Citie departed in peace blessing and praising God that he had made them able to render good for evill and doe not all reasonable men clearly perceive that if Sampson-like you lay your hands upon Parliament and Army to dissolve the one and disband the other you take hold of the pillars of the kingdome which being removed you bring all into confusion ruine and misery and pull down destruction upon your own heads Thirdly consider the most probable if not certain consequences of the suppression and extirpation of your dissenting brethren were all your dissenting brethren supprest and not one remained but onely your selves and the Prelaticall party in the kingdome doe but seriously consider what a through a blessed a perfect Reformation you would be like to carry on Suppose the dissolution of the Parliament the disbanding of the Army the destruction banishment or imprisonment of your dissenting brethren doe not you thinke that the malignant and Prelaticall party would not joyn together with you to set up Presbytery in a pious pure strict and godly way May not we say of such among you that shall think so or acteth as if they did think so as the Prophet Hosea saith The Prophet is a foole and the spirituall man is mad In short you must both unite and live or both divide and perish chuse you whether you may both wriggle and wrastle contend and contest weary and worry one another but the resolve of all must be one of these two either agree and live or else strive thus and fall both together First consider what faith the one party which the other may not say You say of the Independent party These are the troublers of Israel the hinderers of reformation the disturbers of our peace the incendiaries of the times the Covenant breakers and they say the like of you and both of you argue it each against other in the eyes of the world but were it not better that both of you did joyn together in joynt promotion and joynt opposition of such things as were according to your joynt opinion you both professe your hatred of known sinne and wickednesse the prophaning the Lords day drunkennesse swearing lying cozening deceiving ignorance and loosnesse you both professe it your duties to promote the glory of God the name of Jesus Christ the fruits of the Spirit the obedience of faith the workes of repentance love meeknesse gentlenesse patience brotherly kindnesse mercy bounty Did both parties joyn together in the propagation of those things which were according to both your judgements how quickly would your differences be reconciled did both parties seeke the things of Christ and each others good how quickly might you both rejoyce each in other and blesse God each for other Secondly consider the things wherien you agree and wherein you differ most confident we are the difference is more in the heart th●n in the head more in the affections th●n argument is the one for the glory of God so is the other Is the one for Reformation so is the other Is the one for purity of Ordinances so is the other Is the one for a holy pious peaceable Presbytery so is the other Is the one for the suppression of error herefie blasphemy and whatsoever is contrary to sound Doctrine and the power of godlinesse so is the other onely differing about the manner of this suppression the one affirming it must be done by the Magistrate by censures punishments imprisonments banishments c. the other making a distinction granting that some kinds of errors blasphemies directly repugnant with the light of nature the peace and quietnesse of the Land and Nation breaking the rules of civility morality and common honesty that the Magistrates may and ought to punish such things but for those errors and mistakes in matters of religion which cannot be rectified but by a supernaturall illumination and work of the Spirit that these are to be supprest by argument reasoning and debates out of the word of truth as the onely meanes sanctified by God for the pulling downe of all such imaginations that exalt themselves against the knowledge of Jesus Christ nay in the very argument of Church government the difference is not so vast great as seems to be by these unhappy miscarriages towards one another Are you for a Presbytery that is the government of the Church by Pastors Elders Helpers so are they Are you for the admission of none but godly persons in the eye of charity into these societies so are they Are you for combination of Churches they are for association Are you for subordination of one Church to many they are for a brotherly and Christian reference of one unto more Are you for an authoritative jurisdiction of some Churches over others they are for brotherly advice and exhort●tion and admonition of one Church to another Are you for excommunication of such Churches as do not reclaim after admonition exhortation reprehension c. for error heresie blasphemy or evill of doctrine or