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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62534	Tydings from Rome: or, Englands alarm Wherein several grounds to suspect the prevalency of the popish interest are seasonably suggested; Londons ruine pathetically lamented; arguments to disswade from the popish religion, are urged; and the duties of Christians in this time of common danger, and distraction, perswaded.		1667 (1667)	Wing T1160; ESTC R11783	29,044	33

another Nevertheless in that ca●e to raise 〈◊〉 your hearts and hopes Psal. 31.22 I said in my hast I am go● off from before thine eyes Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplication when I cryed unto th●● Up therefore every one in whom is the spirit of prayer pour out your hearts b●fore him in this time of common danger your God will hear you but if you● speechless now 't is a sad forerunner of death and National ruin 3. COUNSEL Prepare your selves for the worst that if times should alter for there are cha●●ges in the right hand of the Most High yet your hearts may not be turned ba●● nor your steps decline from those paths of truth and holiness wherein you ha●● been engaged O cleave to the Lord with purpose of heart and when fiery trials come whe●●of most serious and considering Christians are in a trembling expectation 〈◊〉 do not basely dissert Christ in open field To do evil saith Metellus where the●●● is neither pain nor danger is easie and common but to do good in the face ●● danger is vertuous and truly noble It was the saying of a Martyr to his Perse●●tors Though you pluck my heart out of my bowels yet you shall never pluck the tr●●● out of my heart O how is Christ honoured enemies daunted and your Souls cured by your Constancy in a time of danger hold fast what you have recei●●● and though you lose your Heads yet save your Crowns it was a resolute 〈◊〉 noble saying of Luther when hard put to it to defend the Truth of Christ aga●●●● so many Enemies Ego Martinus Lutherus c. I Martin Luther an unwor●●● Preacher of the Gospel of Christ do believe and hold that this Article 〈◊〉 That we are justified before God by faith alone without works shall never 〈◊〉 overthrown neither by Roman Caesar nor by the Turk Tartar-Persian Pope 〈◊〉 all his Cardinals Priests and Monks Kings Princes Potentates and all the ●●●vils in Hell will they nill they shall leave me this Article unshaken Brethren I much doubt the wantonness Scepticisme and contentions of 〈◊〉 Professors of the age have so weakned the Authority and Reputation of Religi●● in the world that God will once more call for Christian blood to seal his Tru●●● and convince the world that there is reality in Godliness And if it should co●● to that I even tremble to think what shrinking will be among Professors 〈◊〉 prevent which all that I shall add shall be in these two words 1. See the gro●●● you stand on be good I do not speak of the Cause for it is beyond dispute 〈◊〉 most glorious cause that was ever sealed by the blood of any Witness but 〈◊〉 your Condition O see that be good also look to it that you die in as well 〈◊〉 for the faith are you upon sure and safe grounds as to your eternal state if 〈◊〉 but that you be still dubious its time to make both sure and quick work 2. Sta●● your ground he deserves to be hanged in everlasting chains in Hell that relinq●●●shes such a Cause and such a Christ on earth Christian I would fain know h●● thou canst imagine to close up thy life more honourably or more comfortab●● then by offering it up in defence of the precious truths of Christ against his b●●● and blaspheming enemies the very Heathens heated with love to their Coun●●● have made many brave and bold adventures for it and will you shrink O 〈◊〉 unto you the whole Armor of God that you may be able to withstand in the ●●vil day and having done all to stand FINIS Ezek 3.17 Acts 20.28 Esth. 8.6 Isa. 62.6 * Fingit respondere custodem desperatis civibus augere dolorem Luth. veni● quidem mane verum simul cumillo venit nox ista ●rassio● ac terribiliar Muscul. in ●c 1 King 18.41 Gurnels Christian armour 2 d. part p. 429. Mr. Reeves Gods plea for Nineveh ●●●nted about eight years since Dr. Ushe● Amos 3.7 Ier. 4.17 Isa. 9.11 A Lamentat●●on for Londo● Lam. 1.1 Lam. 2.15 Ezek. 28.15 Ezek. 16.14 Ezek. 28 1● Ezek. 28.18 Lam. 1.8 Lam. 1.12 Lam. 1 21. ver 2● Jer. 1● 34 ve● 3● 〈◊〉 137.7 ver 8. Ep. ad Mel. Contet Saxon edit 1560. Doct. Usher of the Ce●e● pag. 209. P●oc●u●es An humbl● Address to the King I●m S● Mariana An humble Supplication to the Parliament Ld Virulam Oliand Coment de stat reip relcent 16. Soz lib. 7. Cap. 12. Queries to the Bishops 1 Quere Liberty of prophesy p. 109. 2 Quer. 3 Quer. An application to the N●t on in general 1 Argument 2 Argument 3 Argument 4 Argument John Wolfe ●ect memor Tom 1. adan 130● Vallarins lives of the Popes p. 33. Hospin hist Iesu. p. 225. Belar de indulg Ch 4. ● Qu. 5. loc cit Mr. S●rong ●d Tome Oper. Luth. Lat. p 125. Conts in Math. 24. 1 Me●nes 2 Meanes Worthies of England in his farewel to Somersetshire Eph. 16.13

Christian eares with more of their Blasphemous Tenents this is enough to turn the stomacks of Christians with indignation aginst them 4. 'T is a most uncomfortable Religion it is impossible to get or keep true peace of Conscience in that way Rev. 9 5 6. And their torments was as the torment of a Scorpion when he smiteth a man And in those dayes s●all men seek death and shall not find it but death shall flie from them That is saith a worthy Divine the Consciences o● poor sinners being stung with guilt and horror of sin and finding no satisfaction nor remedy in their way shall be endlesly perplext tortured with inward troubles of spirit which are like the stinging of a Scorpion so that they shall chuse death rather then life For do but consider 1 They are enemies to free-grace and all Gospel-preaching Gardiner would not have this gap of free-grace opened to the People See saith ●ont●●● a Jesuit The fruit of Protestantism and their Gospel praeching 2 They deprived the people of the Scriptures wherein are treasured up all the Cordial and soul-reviving Comforts of a poor distressed sinner If th● Law saith David had not been my delight I should have perished in my affliction and again This is my comfort in my affliction thy word hath quikned me Psal. 119. 3. They lay the stress of their hopes for salvation as you have heard upon their own merits and the merits of others like themselves so that all the comforts they build upon that foundation must needs be loose and delu●ory things debile fundamentum fallit otus every thing is as its foundation is Lastly they deny the possibility of the assurance of ●alvation in this life so coseq●ntly their Consciences must be alwais cauterized dead or fluctuating dubious O what a religion is this 5. Lastly it is a Damnable religion we have no ground from Sripture to conc●ude the salvation of any among them that know the depths of Satan and live and dye in destructive Opinions Hear what the Scriptures say Rev. 17.8 The beast that thou sawest was and is not and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit and go into perdition and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder whose Names are not written in the Book of L●fe from the foundation of the Word when they see the beast that was and is not and yet is 2 Thes 2.21 And for this cause God shall send them strong del●sions that they should beleive a lye that they all might be damned that beleeved not the truth but had pleasure in unrighteosness When their sorest plague shall come upon them they shall not have a heart given them to repent but shall blaspheme the Name of God because of them Rev. 16.9 And therefore to shut up this first Counsel you that love the Lord hate that by which he is so much dishonoured it will make your blood boil in your veines to see how he is Crucified Dethroned and trampled on by these his Enemies 2 COVNSL Use all proper preventive means to avert this threatning judgement of which sort I shall recommend these three in speciall Mourn for the abuse of former Light and Liberty and say O remember not against us former iniquities let thy tendeo mercy speedily prevent us for we are brought very low Psal. 97.8 O England What a day of Mercy hast thou had how hast thou been exalted to Heaven with Capernaum thou mightest once have worshipped God as purely as thou wouldest you might have been as holy as you would the lot of this generation was cast upon such an happie nick of time as is scarce to be found in the history of Ages past but the most glorious morning hath its evening the brightest Sun its clouds and time of setting We know not the time of our Visitation but were both wanton and barren under those precous Mercies God is now coming with his Ax in his hand to hew down barren Trees Nothing but unfeigned repentance and speedy reformation can reprieve us Romanae leges ●●nam pregnanti deferunt Nothing but those fruits can be a good signe of mercy to England And will you not yet mourn for the loss of such a day such peace neglected and not mourn such liberties abused and for their abuses removed and not a tear So many flourishing Churches broken and the heart not broken So many shining Lights extinct and none lay it to heart Such black clouds of Popish darkness and blood gathering over us and none tremble Lord what hearts have we how wonderful is the stupifying power of sin O ye Professors of England that ye had known at lea●● in that your day the things of your peace but now they are hid from your eyes You once had those mercies now you have them not and the Lord only knows whether ever you shall see them again I am out of hopes of them till I see the people of God more humbled for the sins that removed them Make up your breaches speedily it is time I think when the enemie is entring in at them Hear me all ye friends of Christ by what names so ever distinguished among your selves Will you some and be friends one with another have you yet enough of your Divisions how do the fruits of your Animosities Contentions and Reproaches relish now with you do you see who God is sending to part you can●t you yet pray together mourn together strive with God together Why then can you go to Prison together Will you stand quietly at the stake together What say you friends you profess to be the children of the God of Peace and I am sure Christ is the Prince of Peace and the Gospel the Gospel of Peace and will not you be the Sons of Peace if you will not yet unite let the ruine of England lie upon your score Do you make no more of the Commands of Christ the Credit of Religion the safety of the Nation Ah! methinks as Tertullian told Scapula Si non vis tibi parcere parce Corthagim If you have no pitie for your selves have pitie for the Nation dont sacrifice all to your unruly lusts If you profess love to Christ and yet have no love for those in whom is his Image if you pretend to be Saints and yet had rather hazard the honour of Christ then denie your passions and lusts pray pull off your Vizards fall into your places and appear as you are Brethren I beseech you seriously to consider these three Particulars and if there be any force in them or tenderness in your Consciences let them at last perswade you to love one another 1. That Scripture makes your love to the Brethren a positive mark of your Regenration 1 John 3.14 We know that we are passed from death ●o life because we love the brethren He that loveth not his Brother abideth in death And 1 Joh 5.1 Every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is