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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91942	A letter, discovering the cause of Gods continuing wrath against the nation, notwithstanding the present endeavors of reformation: directing to the meanes of appeasing that wrath; and encouraging to constancy in those endeavours: / written with much judgement and pious affection, by Mr Nathaniel Rogers, a godly and learned Divine now in New-England, to a worthy member of the Honourable House of Commons, bearing date, Decemb. 17, 1643. Imprimatur Edmund Calamy.	Rogers, Nathaniel, 1598-1655.	1644 (1644)	Wing R1821; Thomason E53_20; ESTC R23205	8,921	12

A LETTER DISCOVERING The Cause of GODS continuing wrath against the Nation notwithstanding the present endeavours of Reformation DIRECTING To the Meanes of appeasing that wrath And Encouraging to Constancy in those Endeavours Written with much Judgement and Pious affection By Mr Nathaniel Rogers A godly and Learned Divine now in New-England To a worthy Member of the Honourable House of Commons bearing Date Decemb. 17 1643. Imprimatur EDMUND CALAMY LONDON Printed by G. M. for Christopher Meredith at the Crane in Pauls Church-yard M.DC.XLIV Honoured Sir OH that I had or could sanctifie the Lord according to his manifold and great administrations of late dayes in England our deare mother It 's not long since we were as men that dreamed dreames when we here at once heard of that which might have been the work of many yeares such a Parliament once more chosen and assembled such liberties granted unto it such acts done by it for Scotland whose peace and liberty procured by your counsels and Englands willing charges I hope shall not be wiped off from your account in the behalfe of the Land against enemies of God Religion Church State such tall cedars felled c. But how suddenly did the Lord bring a black cloud over the Nation and a new presentment of it had we as lying in blood rent with division even such as scarce any cause but the Gospell useth to make filled with alarmes the mart of all rich commodities made the shop of artillery the garden of pleasure the stage of warre in one part of the Countrey and another some Worthies already fallen besides divers no question though of lesse name on earth yet of precious account in Heaven some pined in prisons others spoiled of their estates not to mention miserable Ireland made a very slaughterhouse whiles your home-affaires filling your heads and hands and emptying your purses give advantage to those blood-thirsty sons of that scarlet-whore to execute that cruell rage that cries to Heaven In the midst of all these sad calamities your selves whom God hath honoured to serve him at such a time in that high Court as Pilots and Marriners toyling night and day in a storme longer then that Paul was in to save that precious Barke from shipwrack and utter submersion with all that rich treasure that God hath stored it with especially of precious Saints more precious then the fine gold though accounted as earthen pitchers It hath been matter of admiration unto me often to see how the Lord upholds that House it selfe from dissolution in many respects that you know better but that it s He that hangs the earth upon nothing Iob 26.7 and those whose hearts are faithfull and close to the worke how their heads have held and their spirits not been exhaust and hearts with weatinesse failed and given over who have so many various weighty unusuall cases to attend who were sufficient for these things without divine assistance But not to seeme to forget what I write by troubling you with long writing be pleased to understand hereby our due respect to and remembrance daily and almost continually of the great and high worke that you have in hand and our labours and travailing thoughts and desires according to our condition and measure to promote that Cause which you have the heaviest end of at present lying upon your hands and we say and desire the Lord daily to speake to your hearts what he oft did to his Worthies in their great employment Feare not but be cou●agious you serve a great Lord that is higher then the Kings of the earth and shall reigne in Sion in a victorious cause however oft oppressed and for a people that are deare unto God his Israel which he will deliver his Saints that shall reigne with Christ Jesus But why then are all these things befallen us and where are all his miracles c. Iudg. 6.13 I confesse its a case worthy enquiry and the Lord give an answer of peace unto his servants It 's true that Antichrist will not downe with case not the woman bring forth the man-child that should rule all nations with a rod of iron a son of the Church to reigne without the painefull throwes and bloody sufferings of many Martyrs Pharaoh would not easily let the people goe We our selves inherited the Gospell with a mercifull Reformation not without the ashes of many faithfull witnesses in those Marian dayes yea how long was the Church in her painefull breeding and bringing forth the Truth in the yeares and from under the tyranny of the Romish mystery of iniquity in the bitter persecutions and innumerable slaughters of the Waldenses and others of the same Religion though of severall names The two witnesses were slaine after their sad prophesyings in sackcloth before they are taken up to Heaven yet we must seeke a blameable reason from sinfull sons of men as of the taking away the Truth so of the withholding it from them And it 's no uncharitable guesse to say that the hearts of the people of England are not prepared for the receiving Christ Jesus in his kingdome This is obvious yet the case sticks for the neerenesse of England to this mercy and the suddaine withdrawing of it againe increaseth the darknesse of it Doth the Lord use to refuse zealous Reformation especially in the hands of men of authority that hath made such promises if there were but one such c. Ier. 5.1 Yes it's not without president Israel would correct Benjamins unnaturall wickednesse defended with diabolicall pride and impenitence yet they loose 40000. before they all can punish one such Tribe as vengeance it selfe would not suffer to live Iosiah is zealous in purging and restoring Gods worship his heart of a most choice temper his actions almost all non-paraile matchlesse and superlative yet it stands not there were sins before which God would not pardon 2 King 24.4 no not to the accessaries though they were to the principall Manasseh I mean but it was that those repented not but their hearts hung idolward What remedy then Truly you are the Body representative and there are many of the body personally yea some of all rankes whose sincerity of Repentance I am perswaded the Lord would not refuse And I know your Fasts are many and your care great that all the people of the Land should observe them Blessed be God! Only be pleased to give me leave to suggest one question which it may be you can readily assoyle though my distance keeps me ignorant Hath that Honourable House which hath begun to cast out the persons and things that have so much offended God and good men hath it confessed the guilt of neglecting such Reformation in former Parliaments yea the rejecting of motions presented that way and justifying the then present state of the Church as being pure c Hath there beene any publike testimony of acknowledgement of the great sinne of the Land in worshiping Christ after the manner of Antichrist and