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A86503	Plain dealing or the cause and cure of the present evils of the times. Wherein you have set forth, 1 The dreadful decension of the Devill. 2 His direfull wrath. 3 The woeful woe to the wicked world. 4 The mystery of all. 5 The history and computation of times devolving all upon this age, and downward. 6 The art of resisting temptations, in this house of temptation. In a sermon before John Kendrick Lord Mayor of London, upon the Lords day after the great eclipse (as the astrologers would have had it.) Upon occasion whereof, something was spoken touching astrology: By Dr. Nath. Homes.	Homes, Nathanael, 1599-1678.	1652 (1652)	Wing H2572; Thomason E1315_1; ESTC R209201	39,652	125

O Heavens and yee that dwell in them meaning the godly of the Heaven of the Church on earth as we have given you an account and reason for it afore If the Lord saith to us that believe Rejoyce let us not feare Though Hymeneus and Philetus fall off yet the foundation of God standeth sure to them that call upon the name of the Lord and depart from iniquity as the seale that they are Gods Elect 2 Tim. 2.19 God hath a care both of the measure of his peoples Temptations and of the meanes of escape 1 Cor. 10.13 The Lord hath some spiritual Goshen or Gospel-supply against the Devill himselfe 2 Cor. 12. which Peter prooves by many instances 2 Pet. 2. viz. That the Lord knowes how to deliver the godly out of Temptation 2 Christ gives us this prediction that when the things come to passe they might not prejudice us He hath fore-warned us that so shall be the times that we might be fore-arme d● not to be like the times Just as he did Matth. 24.4.13 He gives a prediction and then a premonition a prediction and a premonition It is not possible saith he there to seduce the Elect. But also that it might be probable to their hope that they might not be seduced he premonisheth to use the meanes Vers 24 25 26. The words are There shall come false Christs and if it were possible shall seduce the very Elect. Wherefore I have told you before If they say he is here or there goe not forth c. It proceeds from faith in Gods promises to use meanes And the using of meanes strengthens faith because we are then in Gods way Yea the fore warnings of these wil make pious prudent men chary what places they goe into and with what persons they converse in these times of common contagion on soules 3 God hath spoken distinctly that the Woe shall be to the Inhabitants of the Earth and Sea viz. The grosser wicked and the sinerspun hypocrite God hath set a marke upon the rest sealed the residue for preservation Ezek. 9. Rev. 7. The plagues fall on the Egyptians not upon the Israelites Corah and his Company are swallowed up not they that separated themselves from them The old world was drowned but not Noah c. And this distinctive care of God towards his people is more absolutely fulfilled in spirituals then temporals 4 The worst times are Gods usuall Preface to better times The Evening in the Creation was afore the Morning which is spiritually applied Psal 30.5 Rom. 13.12.2 Pet. 2.19 Heavinesse may indure for a night but joy comes in the morning If the night be farre spent the day is at hand If there be but the light of night starres to shine in the darke the day-starre ere long will arise The corrupt estate of the old world preceded the springing of the Church from Abraham by the propagation of the Gospel and the Covenant to him and his The state of Israel in Egypt went before that in Canaan They were in Babylon before they re-builded the Temple When Christ came he found the Sects and swarmes of Pharisees Sadducees Herodians Esseans c. And the ten Persecutions ushered in the glory of the Church under Constantine the Great God will yet notwithstanding all these make the end of the world glorious as he did the beginning That dominion of man in innocency Gen. 1.26 is made by David long after the Fall a point of faith and hope that yet man should be restored to that Psal 8. which Paul likewise looking upon as a Prophesie yet to be fulfilled now after Christ is ascended repeats in Heb. 2. that eight Psalme and saith it shall come to passe in the Inhabited world to come with great emphasis on the phrase Eye the Margin 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 compar Heb. 1. v. 6. Luk. 2.1 compare Rev. 20.1 2 3 4 5 6. 5 This great Woe on these times from the Devils great wrath is but short So the words of the voyce to John The Devil hath great wrath but his time is but short His great wrath is checked with the smalnesse of the time The Devil knowes his time is short and we know it He knowes it and is angry Therefore by the rule of contraries we knowing it is short should bee glad We can saith the Heathen beare sharpe things if short Can we not saith Christ Watch with him one houre A little faith was greatly accepted of Christ in times of great opposition at his first coming into the world See an instance in his weak eleven Disciples And a little strength is commended by Christ in the Church of Philadelphia Revel 3. in apostatizing times God will much approve us if we hold right in the maine in these evill times God will try Israel to purpose in the wildernesse afore they enter Canaan God will prove the Levites eminently whether they be on his side before he advanceth them Exod. 32.26 27 28 c. O that wee might hold out sincere and sound but this little time afore Christs appearing so we shall be in a sweet posture with joy to bid him we ● CHAP. VIII Of ●…s devices and our giving 〈◊〉 ●dvantages THE third Corollary is If this be a time of Satans speciall emission with large permission that he is come downe in great wrath to worke great woe to the world and hath begun already then let us not be mislead It is time for the unregenerate world to be awakened for it is said to them with great emphasis Woe to the inhabitants of the Earth and Sea for the Devil is come downe unto YOU And godly men must not be asleep lest the envious man sow tares in their field The Devil being a spirit and experienced by five thousand yeares practise in all manner of subtilties he hath many devices and therefore all the sonnes of men had need 〈◊〉 heed of handing to him ●… tages 2 Cor. 2.11 The Devices of Satan in the general are 3 1 Possession 2 Obsession 3 Suggestion 1 Possession when he is permitted to enter into a man and is there powerfully predominant over his soule and body wracking him inwardly with horrours and strengthening him with untameable violencies as we see examples in the stories of the Gospel The Advantage men give to Satan thus to prevaile is when they do as it were sell themselves as Ahab Balaam and Saul that is wholly give up themselves to worke all wickednesse with greedinesse as the Scripture speaks That is as the Rhetorician may expound Quicquid libet licet quicquid licet audent quicquid audent faciunt quicquid faciunt eos non molestant That is What they list is lawfull what is lawfull they dare what they dare they doe what they doe is not grievous to them Thus in these dayes crowds of wicked wretches blasphemers inhumane imps impious by horrid principles ascend their increment and gradation of ungodlinesse till they appear to us no otherwise then as

of I know not what kinde of Spirit and of having the Spirit but are most abominably sensuall whiles they walke after their owne UNGODLY lusts But the next inquiry is to whom this Woe belongs what is meant by the Inhabitants of the earth and sea For all men good and bad inhabit there and Beasts and Fishes are not the object of Satans wrath Answ This is spoken by way of distinction from the state of mysticall Heaven the holy Church the sincere Beleevers for they are bid to rejoyce in this very same verse Rev. 12.12 Rejoyce yee Heavens and yee that DWEL in them The impieties and calamities of the earth may obliquely glance a darknesse upon some particular Comforts of the Heavenly holy ones but it hastens their generall joy and felicity When the sinnes of the Inhabitants of the earth that is of the grosser wicked openly prophane dirty Imps Earthly wretches whether named Christians or not And of the Inhabitants of the sea that is of cunningly counterfeiting hypocrites under a vizard of a kind of Religious profession and of both these whether they be the Secular men of earthly Civil imployments or are Ecclesiastical having to doe with Doctrines and Church administrations oft signified by waters as Churches like Islands are or should bee severed from the grosse world * Pareus out of Brightman hath it thus Consentit Brightmannus Incolas terrae esse quosvis improbos Christianismum ficte profitentes regui Antichristiani incolas Maris verò incolas facit Ecclesiasticos qui turbidam salsuginosam amtram doctrinam suis fucatis Christianis propinant quae quidem ad hypocrisin eos efformat sed viscera tandem Corrodit animosque perdit So Pareus And Brightman himselfe saith thus From hence may this metaphoricall signification of these words be confirmed that if earth should bee taken properly the Devill should be alike troublesome to all the Saints who dwell in common together with the wicked Besides who are the Inhabitants of the Sea but men For the D evill doth not spit out his spightfull poyson upon Whales and great Seas Good men also and bad dwell together in common in the Isles as well as in the firme land Thus then distinguish them That the Inhabitants of the earth are very wicked company either of Heathen or Christians who have onely a painted shew of Religion but the inhabitants of the sea are the Clergy-men as they call them who set abroach grosse troubled brackish and sourish doctrine to their counterfeit Christians which doth rather bring barrennesse of godlinesse to the hearers and gnaw their entrals then quench their thirst or yeeld any other good fruit The Devill being now stript of his power of hurting the true Saints should tosse these men up and downe with all manner of whirling tempests I say when these mens sinnes are ripe then Gods judgements are ripe and the ruine of them is the raising of the Church When Dagon fals before the Arke the Arke is delivered When the Amorites sinnes are full Israel is possessed of Canaan But the mean while there is a great spring of wickednesse more darknesse then light generally For the Prince of darknesse is here and casts out of his mouth much water which if it drownes not the Woman makes the wilde trees and weedy plants to fructifie amaine CHAP. II. The mystery of Satans wrathful passion now against the world and of Gods just permission of him and it SUrely after all this unfolding we cannot but perceive that the core of the cause of the cursed corruptions of the present times and of like further woe to the world for future is Satans powerfull presence by speciall permission toact great wickednesses in and upon it according to his great wrath in that short time yet remaining for him to prevaile here For why is it said he hath great wrath and why is a woe pronounced if he will not or cannot worke according to that wrath If you will have it shortlier then thus The world is now extream loose because Satan is extraordinarily let loose The Prince of the world Joh. 12.31 now in speciall rules the world of worldly men The Spirit Prince of the aire Ephes 2.2 now more powerfully poysons the spirits of men But why you will say is Satan thus angry with man and more NOW in this age and downward whiles his time lasts Surely the defection of Beelzebub in Heaven at first with his faction of Angels was because man was so farre exalted above him MAN was a body and yet having a soule as an Angelical spirit a double capacity above Angels to partake of all blisse was so formed of both into one person as that he is said to be made in the image and likenesse of God Gen. 1.27 which was never said of Angels and in the image and likenesse of God in the triplicity of modalities and dispensations of himselfe as Father sonne and Holy Ghost Let us saith God in that first of Gen. 26. make man in OUR Image after OUR Likenesse having said before God Elehim in the plurall Created Bara in the singular Gen. 1.1 and mentioning distinctly in the second and third verses c. God the Father and the Holy Ghost saying the Spirit of God moved upon the waters and God said Let there be light c. which had in the sound of words an hint of making man not onely the Sonne of God in some sense as Luke 3. last Adam is called but of making him like the onely Sonne of God as after Christ tooke the nature of Man and not of Angels Heb. 2. Angels being termed Gods Ministers that is servants Heb. 1.7 yea whiles man is made Lord of all Gen. 1.26 the Angels were to be servants unto man Heb. Heb. 1.14 as they saw by their imployment from the beginning of the world Besides Adam in all his glory must have a wife a second-selfe formed out of himselfe as a propagatrix of Man-kinde as a good without which it was not good for man then all-happy man to be Gen. 2. Angels being stinted in their owne number and comforts too and in their own single persons which Conjugals and Propagative became an opportunity of a Prophesie Gen. 3. and a performance of the birth of Christ out of mans loynes and in opposition to the Devill to overthrow him Gen. 3. And as a Seale to all this hee had the Tree of life a type of Christ to be continually in his eye All which might well make the most sagacious Angell especially afore his fall suspect that mans nature in time should bee united to the Godhead in the person of Christ and so man at last to become farre above him in compleat happinesse and thereby cause him in wrath against God as neglecting him to revolt from God in heaven And to bee revenged on man whom he so direfully emulated hee effectually tempted him to fall also Since when hearing articulatly in the word Gen. 3. c. to the end of

Virgins came when the doores were shut And what of these later opportunities why the Apostle in that 1 Tim. 4.2 saith Men shall have their consciences seared with an hot iron Adde that in 2 Tim. 3.1 4. This know that in the LAST DAYES marke still the concurrence of things in time Men shall be incontinent sierce heady c. put both these together and then you may easily spel this a Prophesie of these times that now in our age men are fitted with an head and heart with a kinde of science and conscience to make them sinne obstinately like the Devil In the head they are among other words of obstinacy 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is head-strong unbridleable stiffe-necked as the Scripture speakes as a stubborne horse catching the bit betweene his teeth runnes desperately on into dangers dirt water mud quagmires without controll These kinde of men catching an opinion be it never so great an Heresie or Blasphemy no bit or bridle no reines or streinings of Scripture reason examples perswasions or their owne preingagements in Religion shall checke them in to conversion or conviction from their evill way And for their hearts and consciences they are so cauterized and seared that they cannot feel any remorse for sin from arguments drawn from promises or threats from mercies or judgements from Heaven or Hell from life or death or any thing else that may be named But rather more harden themselves by making a mocke fable or chimera of all those things So that by these two being thus headed and hearted they are by the efficacy of errour 2 Thess 2.11 given up to believe lies both in opinion and practice and thereby are rivered in their sinnes and chained in their iniquities For you may as soone convince a mad man with reason or make a dead man feele your stroaks as reduce these from their wicked wayes or opinions to verity and honesty How farre this is fulfilled on this generation I appeale to the experience of all Christians especially of them that have had their turnes to argue with these men of Belial The truth is the Seale of the evill times in the last of dayes before the great Restauration is upon them Rev. 22. 10 11. mentioned afore That as they are unjust so they are like to bee unjust still and as they are filthy so they are like to be filthy still They love not the Lord Jesus nor his truth 2 Thess 2.10 1 Cor. 16.22 and therefore in all probability Anathema Maranatha is fallen upon them that is They are accursed till the Lordcome 2 Lying hypocrisie 1 Tim. 4.2 In the later times opened afore pointing at our times Men shall speake lies in hypocrisie And Rev. 21.27 and Chap. 22.15 relating to the last times men shall be makers and lovers of lies Add 2 Tim. 3.1 2 3 4. In the last dayes men shall be lovers of themselves boasters without naturall affection promise-breakers false-accusers treacherous Runne through the predicaments and rankes of many both men and matters and you shall finde lying hypocrisie to bee predominant in this Age. 1 The character of great men for the generality is that they are a LIE Psal 62.9 because a little goodnesse in them seemes great and their great Court-ship seemes to promise much both which as to a suitable product too oft end in nothing And 2 Profession of Religion in these evill times for the most a LIE 2 Tim. 4.1.5 In the last dayes men shall have the forme of godlinesse denying the power thereof And that is the meaning in Rev. 21. and Chap. 22. afore quoted of making a LIE That is mens profession of Religion is a LIE Hypocrisie being a very LIE The abounding of which in these dayes hath beene attested by thousands of Apostasies 3 The Art that many professe and multitudes believe and runne after some to their ruine viz. Judiciary Astrology heeded more of late with us then ever was to our shame let it be spoken in any Christian Common-wealth since the Creation is a very arrant LIE Esa 44.24 25. See the Geneva Notes on the place Whence the Doctrine is Judiciary Astrology is a LIE This last Eclipse March 29. 1652. is the proofe which not prooving to be so darke gloomy and terrible as they predicted it hath so eclipsed their credit that I hope you will for ever take them for Liars if they prove not by consequence worse For their telling men and women they shall be adulterers selfe-murtherers c. or this or that yeare shall be a time of such is the Devils way to cause melancholy or perplexed spirits to make themselves such So our learned Casuists concerning Temptations For whiles the Astrologers say they see these things predicted or fore-shewne in the Starres they make poore creatures of a blinde slavish spirit conclude there is an irresistible fate past upon them that they must no helpe for it be such wretches as the Astrologers predict that year shall bring forth Marke I pray whether since the reigne of Astrology there have not more successively every week destroyed themselves then in a year year after year for many Ages past But I needed not say much to this brood seeing I and my Second are ingaged in Print against them to whom they never gave that which may be truly called an Answer that is to speak reason strength demonstration as becomes true Mathematicians who have the advantage of all humane Arts to demonstrate if they deliver any truth of nature But in stead of giving an Answer touching the thing they raile at the persons of men wherefore let all men of learning now save their labours to encounter with such impertinent fellows in a way of Treatises and leave them to Mercurius Phreneticus Lillies-Ape whipt Bug-beare Black-Moonday Black-Moonday turned white Confidence dismounted c. to be confuted by these WITS POETS DIURNALISTS BALAD-MAKERS as the fittest men to deale with them that neither understand to take an argument nor to make an argument in their owne matters which they pretend most to understand Godly learned Ministers may doe well as they have of late very prudently begun to undeceive the people and bring them backe to God and his Word and leave their testimony with the world against the cheat of Astrology that if the Astrologers have got their monies yet they may not cheat them of their wits But for a solemne Confutation by writing to them it is but vaine to them that are given up to believe lies 4 Multitudes of men in their way of dealing in these evill times are a LIE It was once the speech of a grave Citizen a Chieftaine of his Company That every man in his owne Trade is a kinde of a Thiefe How farre his meaning extended or wherein the maine sense is fixed I will not undertake to interpret I am assured men may be honest in lawfull Callings if they will But this is apparent in these worst of times that there is in multitudes of mens

possessed 2 Device is Obsession when the Devil by permission hath power over a mans body onely clasping and grasping him in the armes of his power carrying him from place to place at his pleasure as for a while he had power over our Saviours body Matth. 4. and bowing a mans limbs together in a miserable manner as that womans Luke 13. assisting men sometimes Luke 13.11.16 And behold there was a woman which had a SPIRIT of infirmity eighteen years and was bowed together and could in no wise lift up her selfe And Jesus said unto her Woman thou art loosed from thine infirmity and he laid his hands on her and immediately shee was made streight and the Ruler of the Synagogue said with indignation Are there not six dayes in which men ought to work in them therefore come and bee healed and nor on the Sabbath The Lord then answered Thou hypocrite doth not each of you on the Sabbath lose his Oxe c and ought not this woman being a daughter of Abraham whom Satan hath bound lo these eighteen years be loosed when the temptation prevailes on them in a wonderfull manner to make away themselves The Advantage men yeeld to Satan to prevaile thus upon them is when men though they have not departed from divine principles yet do act all manner of wickednesse in their bodies with which they ought to have honoured God as well as with their soules Some instances also of this are in these dayes 3 Device is Suggestion or Temptation whereby he doth trouble the senses and puzle the phantasie and conveyes to the minde his sinfull phantasmes representations and species or spirital Images of evill things The Advantage he hath from men to do this is when they make not conscience of their evill thoughts as to repent of and pray against them when they are secure keeping no watch over their owne hearts to examine what thoughts come in before the justice of the Word Or are swollen with pride in opinion that they have more goodnesse then they have As that they have the spirit in an extraordinary manner and measure above others CHAP. IX The Art of shunning Temptations THis last of Suggestion or as you call it Temptation though Temptation is of a larger signification for man also may tempt man and a man may tempt himselfe is the commoner course of Satan and that in these dayes of his speciall emission and therefore I shall speake most to this Our worke divides it selfe into two Generals 1 Not to assist Satan in tempting one another 2 Not to accept of his temptations assaulting us 1 Not to assist Satan in tempting one another Touching Power Opinion Practise 1 Touching Power Beware that one ranke of men doe not indeavour the devesting of another ranke of that just power relation and honour that God hath given them as most needfull for the common good For if one sort will unjustly pull downe or diminish another Another will indeavour to doe as much for them as we have seen in many instances in History Scripture and Experience I speake not of a Tyrannicall or Superstitious power or of a noxious use of any other power In particular let not the Magistracy tempt the Ministry or the Ministry the Magistracy whiles there is such mighty levelling and designing against both In the reigne of Antichristian Papacy proud Episcopacy and Scottish Presbytery the Ministry incroached on the Magistracy Since the Erastians sprang up the Magistracy is cryed up as all in all The mean while the Levellers finde a faire opportunity to pull downe both But the common welfare cannot be without both And they themselves must like Hippocrate's twinnes live or dye together When there was onely the Priests to rule in Israel whether in the time of the Macabees or at other times the publike safety is but in ill case On the other side they that altogether cry up Magistracy and downe the Ministry let them not forget that the state of the Church under the great Restauration Rev. 21. shall be in forme of a Church with the Angels viz. the Ministers to keepe out all uncleane Kings bringing their glory and honour into it Therefore let not meane while the Magistrate neglect the Minister to give him his double honour of countenance and maintenance 1 Tim. 5.17 Nor the Minister neglect the Magistrate to charge the consciences of men to bee subject to their power 2 Not to assist Satan in tempting one another touching Opinions Beware how we communicate Errors Heresies Blasphemies impious principles so much as Historically or Narratively Hof 2.16 17. At that day saith the Lord thou shalt call me ISHI and thou shalt call mee no more BAALI though both signifie the same thing viz. my Husband or my Lord onely because as Hierom notes Baali was the Idolaters style c. For I will take away the NAMES of Baalim out of her mouth and they shall be no more REMEMBRED by their NAME Ephes 5.3 But fornication and all uncleannesse or covetousnesse let it not be once NAMED amongst you For saith the Apostle 1 Cor. 15.33 Evill communications 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or conferences corrupt good manners The reason is strong The very having of evils in our eares by reason of a party they have within us by originall sinne the seed of all sinnes doth more or lesse pollute or prejudice the soule The discourses of evill is as common liquors poured upon light colours they leave a staine though they alter not the Dye Alas for us our imperfect graces have yet but lightly dyed our natures with holinesse We had need to take heed of every drop and dust of sinne 3 Not to assist Satan in tempting one another in matters of practise To beware that neither our words nor carriage nor examples infect others in these contagious and spiritual-disease catching times If we doe but any how intimate to others in expressions or gestures or conversation that we are loosened in the socket of our pious principles wee presently more or lesse in these apostatising times weaken if not overturne the stedfastnesse of others 2 Not to accept or receive the motions of temptations from Satan or else-whence whatsoever 1 The grand generall rule is this That whereas at this day many pretend a speciall dictating and direction of the Spirit Note that that motion alone is a word from the Spirit that is according to the word of the Spirit that is according to the Scriptures spoken and penned by the inspiration of the holy Spirit in an extraordinary way 2 Pet. 1. last Therefore though the Prophets of the Old Testament had the Spirit in an extraordinary manner and measure yet their rule is in opposition to false pretended spirits that if any spake not according to the Word of the Law and Testimony they had no LIGHT in them Esa 8.20 So likewise the Apostles were extraordinarily indued with the Spirit both for Doctrine and Miracles Paul the Apostle had it and a