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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85664	Axinē pros tēn rhizan. = The axe at the root, a sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, at their publike fast, April 26. 1643. By William Greenhill.	Greenhill, William, 1591-1671.	1643 (1643)	Wing G1848; Thomason E103_2; ESTC R17567	41,085	62

Let Religion and truth be pretious in your eyes they are of m such consequence as that without them is little peace or safety to Kingdomes That state preserves truth will the God of truth preserve When Ieroboam gave way to plausible inventions he layd the foundation for his own and the Kingdomes ruine 1 King 14. The Church of Philadelphia had a speciall care of Gods word Rev. 3. 10. and found the fruit of it because thou hast kept the word of my patience not onely in their hearts in their practise but also because n they had kept it from being taken away from corruption therefore God would keepe them from the houre of temptation Gods word is in danger oft by Haeresies Schismes Persecutions if we will ingage our selves for it GOD will ingage himselfe for us but if we desert the truth both God and truth will be against us * The Danish Prelats stood not for pure Religion but chiefly for that was their own and therefore were cast out by Prince and people in the yeare 1537 God priseth his truth at a high rate he will destroy Nations for the safety of his people Es. 43. 3. and he will destroy heaven and earth for the safety of his truth Mat. 5. 18. that he Magnfies above all his name Psal. 148. 2. This whole Creation this visible name of GOD is little to his eternall Truths Let truth therefore be gracious with you and contend with all your might for the faith that it be not pul'd from us The onely wise God bids you by the wisest of men to buy the Truth and not to ●ell it Proverbs 23. 23. it 's worth all mens labours liberties and lives it cannot be over bought loose Religion and Truth and we have lost all that is considerable where these go the Blessing goes Ier. 31. 23. The Lord blesse thee O habitation of Iustice and Mountaine of Holynesse Where the Laws are executed and pure Religion is maintained there is a habitation of Justice a Mountain of Holynesse and the blessing of God upon them both If you love blessings and would avoyd curses keep Religion in it's own lustre and rather let Men and Kingdomes then Truth fall to the Earth yet the way to make earthly Kingdoms happie is to uphold the Kingdom of heaven Fourthly The godly in the Kingdome Magistrates Ministers and people let them be preserved they are the root of a Kingdome it was Ioseph preserved Egypt and the Kingdome of the Egyptians when the Israelites were driven out of Egypt the Egyptians were quickly destroyed and their Kingdome ruined for Pauls sake all the soules in the Ship were kept alive Act. 27. Moses kept Gods hand in Heaven that he did not destroy his people on earth Exod. 32. 10. A godly man is of great worth Elijah did more good by his fasting and Prayer by opposing Ahab and destroying Baals Priests then the Chariots and Horsemen of Israel The godly are the Forts and Magazines of a Kingdome It was Lot upheld Sodome when he was gone the brimstone came and the City was turned into ashes the place is very remarkable Gen. 19. 22. Hast thee escaped to Zoar I cannot doe any thing till thou comest thither what the righteousnesse of one Lot to preponderate the Iniquities of all Sodom where were thousands O wonder O the weight of one Saint away Lot escape to Soar I cannot doe any thing till thou comest thither but were not their sins great and many be it so yet I cannot doe any thing till thou comest thither but were not their sins full Yes they were yet I cannot doe any thing till thou come to Zoar. I but Lord art thou not come downe to execute Judgement without mercy Its truth yet I cannot do it till hou come to Zoar my hands are tyed fire and brimstone will not come downe from Heaven while Lot's in Sodome Thou art the man that hinders all Bee gone hast to Zoar but Lot lingers and will not make hast then I must linger also saith God if he stick my Judgements must sticke till he be gone I cannot doe any thing Here 's the worth and excellencie of a righteous man he keepes off Judgements even brimstone Judgements from a City and a Kingdome Great things will God doe for a good mans sake 2 King 2● 6. I will defend this City for mine owne sake and for my servant Davids sake God joynes David with himselfe and puts great honour upon him it s ●swell for his sake as for Gods that Ierusalem is defended The Saints are deare to God he doth much for them and for their sakes and shall they not be deare to you there is a choice Prophecy in 1 Zach. 12. 5. the Governours of Iudah shall say in their hearts the Inhabitants of Ierusalem my strength in the Lord of Hosts their God they were newly come out of Babylon their enemies that opposed them in the worke of the Temple and Reformation were many the number of the godly was few yet their eyes were upon them The Governours of Iuaah said in their heart the Inhabitants of Jerusalem my strength in the Lord of Hosts their God every Governour looked at all the godly in Ierusalem and account of them as his strength in particular and they look't not at the godly in themselves as poore few weake and despicable but they looked at them in the Lord of Hosts their God They saw that those persons had interest in the Lord of Hosts that he was their strength and defence Whereupon they own'd them clos'd with them and countenanc'd them knowing that these men and their God would bee assured strength and sufficient defence unto them You that are the Governours of our Iudah cast your eyes upon the godly and say in your hearts these are our strength in the Lord of Hosts their God these have bin faithfull unto us and wee will be shields unto them for so the word Ruler signifies Hos. 4. 18. * Victor Vicensis tells of one that had a vision of a Tree that reached up to Heaven and spread its branches farre so that all delighted in the greatnes and beauty of it but suddenly there came a wild beast and rub'd at the root of it and overthrew the same This Tree was the Church which spread through all Affrica Hunnerick an A●ria● Prince was the wild Beast who banished and martyred the Orthodox amongst them and laid all waste where the Godly are driven out there Judgements are drawn in if mens Axes cut downe the trees are green Gods Axes must and will cut down the Trees are dry Thirdly The next thing I humbly desired of you is that seeing God layes his Axe to the root of the Tree that there may be a through Reformation of all evills in the Kingdome but especially in the worship of God partiall reformation makes way for a future desolation Our Reformation was conceived heretofore in sinne and now hath brought forth Iniquity if it

it will be an Argument of your wickednesse but if you hew them in pieces and make a generall slaughter of them it will be an Argument of your righteousnes and may produce the good and safety of the whole Kingdome I beseech you therefore in the name of Christ spare not one Achan one lust that one may be the ruine of all one sinner destroyes much good Eccles. 9. 18. and any sinne may hinder much mercy Ier 18. 10. Now the Axe is laid to the root of every Tree we must therefore lay it to the root of every sinne sinnes of constitution sinnes of custome sinnes against heaven and earth God and man the least the greatest let them all feele the sharpnesse and strength of the Axe He that spares any sinne doth what lyeth in him to ruine Parliament Army Citie Kingdome King and all Ion. 3. 8. 10. When every one turned from his evill way so that there was no way of wickednesse left unturn'd from then God turn'd away his fierce anger and spared their Citie if we turne every man from his evill wayes and all those wayes we may certainly and suddenly expect Gods turning from his fierce wrath and his walking in wayes of peace and mercy with us Peace is a desirable thing yet not that peace will whet the Axe sharper and make it cut deeper such peace we desire as will keep the God of peace with us we take the wrong course for peace if we go on in our sinnes Es. 57. 21. Ps. 68. 21. He that cries for peace with his lips and destroyes it with his life he maintaines the Warrs divides betweenethe King and Parliament and widens the breaches of the Kingdome If we will fast and goe on in sinfull wayes we may have a dubious and dangerous peace with men but it 's impossible we should have any with God I shall shut up this point with that of Samuel to the people 1 Sam. 12. 24 25. Onely feare the Lord and serve him in truth with all your heart for he hath don great things for you but if you shall still do wickedly yee shall be consumed both yee and your King progresse in wickednesse produceth not peace The true product of it is destruction to people Parliament King and Kingdome If we would therefore have all safe peace be in our Borders and the God of peace be propitious to us let us depart from all iniquitie Hitherto I have spoken to all give me leave now Honourable and worthy Senators to commend some things to your considerations My first and humble request is that the Axe of your power may not ly still but that Justice may be done God is a God of Justice he makes it knowne to all the world he layes his Axe to the root of the Tree shew your selves a Parliament of Justice let the world know it lay the Axe to the root of Delinquencie Neglect of Justice as you heard before indangers a Kingdome Iudah was layd wast because there was no Judgement executed Es. 5. 67. Suffer not a Kingdome to perish upon that ground It brings your Authority into contempt and renders you despicable in the eyes of many whereas if justice were done Authority would be more dreadfull and your persons more Honourable 1 Kings 3. 28. when Judgement was given between the two Harlots its said all Israel heard and feared that act struck feare into a whole Kingdom We do not read what became of the Harlot which took away the Child from the true mother but it is conceived and very probably that she died for it according to the Plagiarian Law of which you may read Exod. 21. 16. Deut. 24. 7. It a man did steale an Israelite or the Son of an Israelite any soule and the party were found in his hand he was surely to be put to death whence we may conclude the Harlot suffered the whole Kingdom feared and Solomon was honoured for that act of Justice it's execution of justice makes Authority to be regarded and a Kingdome to feare when your justice fell upon that great Cedar above a yeare and halfe agoe did not England tremble did not it make many feare and flie Justice secures a Kingdome but neglect of it makes Courts contemptible and Kingdomes hazardable Againe the neglect of Justice enboldens men to goe on in wicked practises Eccles. 8 11. because sentence against an evill worke is not executed speedily therefore the hearts of the Sonnes of men is fully set in them to doe evill they are void of all feare saith one a Translation b fild with boldnes saith another and the c French is fild to doe evil Impunity fills the sailes of wicked men and drives them against Parliaments Kingdomes and Heaven it selfe When great Delinquents go unpunished d divine providence is brought to the Bar and questioned men upon it become Atheisticall heady outragious dissolute Who knowes it not saith e Tullie that impunity is the greatest incouragement to impiety The Heathen with his dark Lanthorne could see the truth of this and shall wee Christians that have the light of life Iohn 8. 12. not see it f Augustine long since saw it and said take away Justice and what are Kingdomes but Dens of theeves and places for plunder wee find and feele the realty of this truth at this day and are like to lye under guilt till Justice be done Lastly want of justice increases the number of Delinquents Iudg. 17. 6. there was no Justice and now they were all delinquents every man did what he list The words are there was no King in Israel and yet they were all Kings in Israel They had not then had any King in a a stricke sence Judges were their Governours and because they did rule and execute Justice they are stiled Kings and now they had no Judge no King and yet they were all Judges all Kings their lusts were their Lawes and b every man did what was right in his owne eyes Nature is corrupt nothing sweeter to it then liberty and where Justice is suspended there is a c Commission to be wicked but where is most Justice there are fewest Malefactors and least mischiefe The d Turkes are severe and speedy in their Justice which prevents increase of Delinquents and danger Those Nations are remisse in Justice besides the sadding of those are innocent they abound in Delinquents and dangers it s our case at this present Englands dangers are many because Englands Delinquens are not a few and it s not like to be better with us till the justice of a Parliament be so feared that no Delinquent may expect safety in any part of our Kingdome Let Justice therefore O you heads of Israel run down as waters and righteousnesse as a mighty streame we have mighty sinnes and mighty sinners which make mightie dangers and if there be not * tor●ens iustitia a streame of Justice yea a mighty streame that