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A93790	Halting stigmatiz'd in a sermon preached to the Honorable House of Commons on the monethly fast day, Octob. 25. 1643. at Margarets Westminster. By Arthur Salvvey, pastour of Severne-stoake in the county of Worcester. Published by order of the said House.	Salwey, Arthur, b. 1605 or 6.	1644 (1644)	Wing S522; Thomason E77_13; ESTC R17704	11,333	28

infinitely out-shines all earthly splendour It is the priviledge of our spirituall Adoption To as many as received him he gave the power or priviledge to become the sons of God even to those that beleeve on his name Ioh. 1.12 For there is a Nobilitie which is divine and supernaturall whereof God is the top of the kin and Religion the Root in regard of which all other Nobility is but a meere shadow It would be a sad thing Noble Senatours if after the hearing of so many soule searching Sermons out of this place if after so much good done by you unto the Kingdome in the worke of Reformation any of you should remaine in an unregenerate condition if any of you should be like the builders of the Arke who provided for the safetie of others but could not save themselves from perishing by the Deluge Consider I beseech you worthy Christians that the Vowes of God are upon you you have abjured Neutralitie in your late Solemne Covenant farre be it from any of you to glory in a luke-warme indifferency as if it were a peece of singular policy They who thus glory in their shame shall one day be ashamed of this their glory You have with your tongues renounced this Neutralitie and indifferency as detestable Follow the Lord in promoting a Nationall Reformation You have an admirable patterne the zealous Prophet Elijah a man of such transcendent zeale that toheighten the expression thereof some have legendred of him that when he drew his mothers breasts he was seene to sucke in fire I wish from my soule that a double portion of his spirit may be given unto you that you may act in his power and spirit Elijah opposed Idolatry and oppression so doe ye down with Baals altars down with Baals priests doe not I beseech you consent unto a toleration of Baals worship in this Kingdom upon any politick consideration whatsoever I have heard that you have already Voted that you will never give your consent to the toleration of the Romish Masse in this Kingdom I will take up the words of Davids prayer 1 Chron. 29.18 O Lord God of Abraham Isaac and Israel our Father keepe this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of your hearts Follow God I beseech you in the speedy and impartiall execution of Justice Give me leave I beseech you to be your humble Remembrancer The mouthes of your Adversaries are opened against you the hearts of your true friends are grieved That so many Delinquents are in prison and yet but very few of them brought to their triall I know that your occasions are many and pressing but I beseech you lay hold upon the next opportunitie for the doing of it Remember your late Covenant When Elijah had done execution upon Baals priests there was raine enough 1 Kings 18. Who knoweth how soone the Lord may blesse us with an holy peace and blessed Reformation if Justice were more fully executed Let us follow on to know the Lord his going forth is prepared as the Morning and he shall come unto us as the latter and former raine Hos 6.3 Twice in the yeere there fell store of raine in Israel in the beginning of the yeere about September or October and halfe a yeere after The first raine fell after the sowing of their corne that it might take rooting in the earth the latter raine was a little before the harvest that the eare might be full We have had the former raine in the calling of this Parliament we hope that the Lord will give us the latter raine also in the continuance of his blessing upon it in perfecting the worke of Reformation God hath raised you up to be the repairers of the breaches consider I beseech you that from the first service in the Temple when it was built and the time of Elijahs Reformation was about an hundred yeers and from the Reformation in Edward the sixt his dayes untill this present is much about the same proportion of time Is not this the very time for which God hath reserved and for which he hath so admirably prepared you Make the word of God your Rule in the Reformation of Religion Shortly I hope a plat-forme of worship discipline and government will be presented unto you by those whom you have employed for that purpose I beseech you bring all unto the Touch-stone of the word Beleeve it Worthies that Forme of Government will be best for the State which is most agreeable unto the word It hath been often said by the Bishops of the Government of the Reformed Churches and they did commonly instance in Presbytery that it was no friend to Monarchy But I am sure that Prelacy is no enemy unto Tyranny The Lord guide you in the managing hereof that what you shall do herein may tend unto the glory of God and the good and peace of his CHURCH FINIS

Die Mercurii 25. Octob. 1643. IT is this day Ordered by the Commons assembled in Parliament That Master Poole and Master Rous doe from this House give thanks unto Master Wilkinson and Master Salwey for the great paines they tooke in the Sermons they preached this day at the intreaty of this House at St. Margarets in the Citie of Westminster it being the day of publique Humiliation and to desire them to Print their Sermons And it is Ordered that none presume to Print their Sermons but such as shall be authorised under their hands writing H. Elsyng Cler. Parl. D. Com. I Authorise Christopher Meredith or his Assignes to print my Sermon above-named and no man else ARTHUR SALVVEY These Sermons are entred according to Order Henry Walley HALTING STIGMATIZ'D IN A SERMON PREACHED TO THE HONORABLE House of Commons on the monethly Fast day Octob. 25. 1643. at Margarets Westminster By ARTHUR SALVVEY Pastour of Severne-stoake in the County of Worcester Published by Order of the said House I would thou wert either hot or cold but because thou art luke-warme and neither hot nor cold I will spue thee out of my mouth Revel 15.16 He that is not with me is against me and he that gathereth not scattereth Matth. 12.30 LONDON Printed for CHRISTOPHER MEREDITH at the Crane in Pauls Church-yard 1644. TO THE HONORABLE the House of COMMONS now Assembled in Parliament THE Israelites being sore pinched by reason of the three yeeres drought and the famine ensuing upon it under Ahab had yet a promising message of raine and plentie sent to them from heaven before they sought unto the God of heaven for it It seemes their Idolatries and Apostasies were growne so connaturall unto them that they were not sensible of their miscarriages I wish that it were not so in England The Sword hath been feeding upon flesh and glutting it selfe with blood for a long time and yet there is cause to complaine with Salvian Plectimur à Deo nec flectimur tamen corripimur sed non corrigimur Though the Lord hath made us sicke in smiting yet few there are that repent of their wickednesse saying what have I done but every one rusheth into sin as the Horse rusheth into the battell Ier. 8.6 And no marvell for unlesse the Lord give a minde as well as means sight as well as light and irradiate the Organ as well as present the Object we cannot but erre neither is our naturall blindnesse the only cause hereof but Satan also puts his black hand before our eyes that we may not see the dangerous paths wherein we walke The world also by laying forth her two faire breasts of profit and pleasure hath cast down many wounded yea many strong men have been slaine by her as it is said of the whorish woman Prov. 7.26 These are the principall causes I conceive why so many halters in Religion are to be found among us after so long enjoyment of so cleare light and so many smart rods wherewith the Lord hath chastened us How often have we been taught from God that we must serve him truly and totally without halting or halving and yet how many thousands are in this Kingdome which still continue in their sins and even hate to be reformed The multitudes of carnall Gospellers formall Protestants combining and complying with the Papists to whom Satan hath lent his seven heads to plot his ten hornes to push at the Saints of God doe sufficiently demonstrate the truth hereof But our comfort is that the Lord will disappoint the craftie in their devises so that their hands cannot performe their works Iob. 5.12 The Lord will raise up Carpenters to cut off those hornes as you were learnedly reasonably and plentifully instructed in the morning Sermon And our hope is that as the Lord hath in great mercy both to our Church and State miraculously preserved your persons supported your spirits and carryed you on thus farre in repairing our breaches so he that hath begun this great worke by you will in his own gracious time perfect the same whereby the puritie of Gods ordinances being setled among us we may be freed from halting and halving in Religion And how ever though in the mean time you cannot be wholly free from the aspersions of black mouthed instruments of Satan who by their manifold calumnies and reproaches seeke to retard the worke of God yet I doubt not but you will remember what was the usuall saying af that holy Martyr Master Bradford Doe well and heare ill is written upon heaven gates You doe causam posteritatis agere The Lord make you faithfull and alwayes blesse you with his gracious presence guiding you by his counsels and afterwards bringing you to his glory which is the daily and hearty prayer of Your servant in the Lord ARTHUR SALVVEY A SERMON PREACHED AT a late Fast Octob. 25. 1643. before the Honourable House of Commons 1 KINGS 18.21 And Elijah came unto all the people and said How long halt ye betweene two opinions If the Lord be God follow him but if Baal then follow him and the people answered him not a word NOw was the time when the spirituall estate of Israel was so exceedingly corrupted that it required a speedy and thorough reformation and the spirit of an Elijah to be imployed therein For the ten Tribes had most grievously provoked the most High by their abominable Idolatries and which was a great aggravation of their iniquitie they added unto their sinne impenitencie and their impenitencie was not a little heightned by their long continuance therein notwithstanding all the meanes which the Lord had used for their reformation who had instructed them by his faithfull messengers and corrected them with the smart rod of a three yeeres drought indeavouring by an Epidemicall Judgement to cure an Epidemicall sin of which punishment Elijah had prophesied at the first verse of the precedent Chapter which was accordingly fulfilled as appeareth in the ensuing part of the same But the Lord in the midst of judgement remembring mercy resolves to remove that sore rod acquaints Elijah with his purpose and withall commands him to shew himselfe unto Ahab as you may read at the first verse of this eighteenth Chapter Whereupon the Prophet undertakes the journey vers 2. And in the way meets Obadiah vers 7. This Obadiah was governour of Ahabs house and one that feared the Lord greatly vers 3. A rare thing to finde so godly a man in such a wicked Family Elijah wils Obadiah to tell his Lord Ahab that Elijah would speake with him vers 8. Obadiah refuseth to deliver the message and gives severall reasons for the justification of his deniall vers 9 10 11 12 13 14. But when Elijah had discovered his peremptory resolution of shewing himselfe to Ahab vers 15. Obadiah went to meet Ahab and Ahab went to meet Elijah vers 16. Ahab had no sooner set his eye upon Elijah but hee chargeth the good Prophet with the troubles of Israel