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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96886	The churches thank-offering to God her King, and the Parliament, for rich and ancient mercies; her yeares of captivity; her first yeare of iubile; that is, for the marvelous deliverances wrought with God the first wonderfull yeare (since the yeare 88) beginning at September 1640. and ending the ninth of the same moneth following: in all which time, the Lord appeared for his church, as in the dayes of old, out of the middest of the bush, so the church burn'd with fire, and was not consumed. In the preface, the thank-offering is vindicated, and set free, from all the cavills and charges against it; where also it is cleared to be, as every mans duty, so every mans purpose, to offer willingly now, who doth not make full proofe, that he falls short of pagan, papist or atheist; and is wilfully resolved to walk crosse to the most supreme law, the highest reason, and the unquestionable will of God.	Woodward, Ezekias, 1590-1675.	1642 (1642)	Wing W3484; Thomason E122_1; ESTC R18182	151,993	158

breath of her nostrills and the life of her soule She doth professe unto you in the presence of her God that she hath but one meanes in her absence from Him whereby to seeke His face To know His mind concerning her and her conversation here below But one means to carry up all her wants and to bring down all her blessings for she accounts nothing a blessing which is not gained by Prayer and shee writes upon every thing she receives ASKT OF GOD But one meanes to hide her selfe in the clifts of the rock till the indignation be over For when the Lord sh●ll shut the Heaven and open His Armory against the earth a Ier. 50 25. bringing forth all the weapons of His indignation Then hath she but one meanes one shift but as one said its 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a greate one and a sure one HE ARE THOV IN HEAVEN THY DWELLING PLACE AND FORGIVE AND DOE This is all her refuge SVPPLICATIONS TO HER GOD. The Church hath much to say at this point But she humbly thankes you that you did not thinke it fit to bind her strictly in her Publike Assemblies to formes of others making Alas they cannot reach her wants nor the boosome of her God The heart knowes its own bitternesse and can best indite her own sorrowes and make them known unto her God But yet the Church will not prescribe heere only she hopes you vvill consider how shee hath been dealt with very lately when a stout Prelate was so daring as to prescribe her a prayer and then cheate the world with her Name The Churches Prayer when indeed it was Lincolns Prayer so the prayers have been all this Time some private mens devotions and then called the Prayers of the Church But had this beene all she had held her peace Behold how her Adversary like an imperious WHO RISH WOMAN hath dealt with her these l●st yeares which surely her Lord will take as a FORCING His QVEENE before His Face It is notoriously known that the Adversary hath by his prescribed formes comp●●led her to blaspheme the Name of her God and her own Name to curse her best friends and to bl●sse her worst enemies In consideration of the premises she conceives great hope that if you allow not her children to choose their speakers yet to allow of your choise such an one who is sincerely honest understands their case the weight of his office and is sufficient to be their mouth to their LORD and to make knowne His meaning to them The Church is confident that if you shall well consider her Negotiations you will find them weigh more upon the ballance then those concerning the greatest Prince in the world and yet she will take the grant of this her request as a speciall favour and grace from you though not only a Prince but inferiour persons will challenge so much as their proper Right But she referres her suites to the Closet she is now giving in the tribute of thankes and praise and she blesseth God and thankes you with all her heart for all the labour of Love worke of Faith Patience of Hope towards her Sonnes and Daughters that you have brought them so farre even HITHERTO she sets a marke upon it for it requires speciall observation SECT III. The ninth of September a notable Day to be written and to be named both written because on that Day an unrighteous Decree To establish a Service odious to God one of their own being Judge was made Null and of none effect Named as in Dayes of old forthe same Reason HEre I have concluded the yeare almost in the middest of a Month I could not else have given up the full tale of wonders It was necessary I should goe to the ninth of that Moneth so farre that it might the more fully appeare how farre the Lord hath brought His Church working wonderfully for His people That Day the Worthies adjourned their Court for five weekes that so they might look over their private interests and then returne againe well refreshed for the Common-weale and Gods worke vvhich that Day late at evening had a notable close The Church seemes to heare a voyce now as one of her sonnes once did comming to her eares with a double charge Sonne of man write the name of the Day even of THIS SAME DAY * Ezek. 24. ● And the spirit suggests unto her the same Reason in effect which He did to the Prophet for so doing She remembreth well some there were who that same Day vvould have established the Liturgi● as now it is with all it's faults which all indifferent men doe find there not a few and acknowledge it to b● a Service which God never commanded neither ever ca●e it into His Heart He that pleads so hard for the Liturgy as now it is for that must be remembred still the continuance and est●blishment of it in the Church even the same man t●ls us it is a S●RVICE ODIOVS TO HEAVEN Doth he so Truly I th●nke so but j●dge you No that you w●ll not you will say for you are not a judge let the learned give judgement in these matters and let my spirit be subj●ct thereunto I confesse this is a point of w●sdome and of modesty both But I take judgement here in a vulgar construction and so we may judge for the eare can try words as the Mouth can taste Meat * Iob 12. 11. I will then give you out his wor●s by tale for we find a pretty parcell of them together Thus he saith first GOD WILL HAVE NO WORSHIP OF OUR D. Hals Com. l. 2 p. 138. DEVISING Then God will not allow of all our Liturgy for sure there is something of mans devising therein as no man vvill deny that is not all fore-head and dares deny that Snow is white or fire will burne 2. WE MAY ONLY DOE WHAT HE BIDS US Then we must worship the Father in SPIRIT and in TRVTH for the FATHER SEEKETH such to worship HIM 3. NOT BID WHAT HE COMMANDS NOT. Ioh 4. 23. Then the Curate must not bid Saints dayes to be kept holy for God commands them not He commands His Day to be kept holy which the bold Priest hath count●rmanded and such dayes vvhich are to the Church now as dayes of PVRIM vvere to the Church of old Dayes turned unto them from sorrow to joy and from mourning into a good Day b Est 9. ●● So also dayes of Atonement Fasting Dayes called also Sabbath Dayes 2. The Bishop must not bid his Curate reade all the Liturgy for then he will reade Arch-Angels which he ought not to doe for God commands him not to reade a lye we never heard or read of that word plurall but in the Liturgie 4 NEVER DID ANY TRUE PIETY ARISE OUT OF THE CORRUPT PUDDLE OF MANS BRAINE We believe it and withall that all is not true Piety that is contained in the Liturgy for the worst part of it

Deut. 33. 17. She is well underlaid then her enemies themselves being judges Ob. But it is said here is more need of Prayers then of praise● Things that seemed to be in so forward a way are now set back God now seems to stand still or if he goes forward it is in carrying His Church to the Mountaine of straits An. I might answer things are never in so good and setled an estate but there is matter for prayer nor never in so bad and low an estate but there is matter for praise as in the case of Iehosaphat d But this would not be to the mind and sense of the Obiection which is this That the Church should be so much taken up now with her streights that s●e might very well forget prosperity all the good that God hath shewn her these former yeares Now God forbid There be some indeed upon whom you loose all your formet courtesies unlesse you still follow them with new and fresh favours every day e Nonnulli ita comparati sunt ut antiqutora benefici● subvertas nisi nova posterioribus cumules quamlibe● sape obligati si quid unum tamen neges hoc unum meminerunt quod negatū est Plin. epist. 2 King 20. 19. Some there be who have an hundred blessings and with them but one Crosse but that one Crosse sowres all their sweets clouds and hides all their blessings from their eyes The Church not so Good is the word of the Lord said the good King which thou hast spoken What did he speake Heavy tydings yet saith the good King Good is the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken Is it not good if peace and truth be in my dayes The good King was not carelesse what would befall the Church and His House when he must be taken thence and gathered to his Fathers O no doubtlesse those tydings went to his very heart touching those things which should befall to the House of God his house and his sonnes after him O it was bitternesse bitternesse but yet the Word of the Lord is good It was matter of Admiration and everlasting praise That God had shewen him so much good had wrought such Deliverances for him That his eye had seene such salvations That when his Father Abaz had wrought such abominations in Iudah yet his sonne should see such salvations in Israel and which is the vision indeed peace and truth all his dayes This was matter of wonder yea of praise and thanke both It is so with the Church they consider well of their straits now and that these may be yet greater and yet a signe for good They can consider that the Church is not cast so farre-backe yet but she may be cast yet farther even to the place of Dragons she hath not seene nor heard the worst yet so it may be nor is she carelesse of what she sees or heares No she feeles them and ponders things in her heart but so as she holds fast her confidence and she must shew her selfe exceeding thankfull for all the Good her Lord hath done for her the last year That when her people were ripe for judgement as the corne for the sickle yet there was not a cutting downe Truly when she doth but thinke of it she is as one in a dreame her spirits faile her But this she would say if Desolations should follow such salvations as these which she cannot believe if the Lord should send unto her sad tydings such as would make the hearers eares tingle Why yet The word of the Lord is good and He is good to Israel Blessed be His Name for His salvations notwithstanding for what He hath done for ever blessed be His name And because we have Peace and Truth ●n these dayes these fierce d 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Mat. 8. 28. dayes these perillous e 2 Tim. 3. 1. dayes yet Peace an● Truth in these dayes But yesterday almost not a yeare agoe we thought that Truth was perished and Peace was taken from the earth We should never heare of that any more no more peace no more Truth in our dayes * 1 Sam. 4. 21. I-CABOD was in every mans mouth The Glory is departed yet not so Behold Peace and Truth even in these dayes You will say no Warres ●nd rumours of warres in these dayes True and yet Peace and Truth in these dayes The Church contends for Truth she maintaines it and will hold it fast till she dyes and not let it goe Why then Though the mountaines be removed and hu●led into the Sea yet her peace cannot be shaken Though the Kingdoms be moved she stands still Reader you and I may learne from thence Maintaine we Truth contend we for that and Truth will maintaine us Hold fast Truth and we keep Peace God hath joyned these together Man shall not be able no nor the Gates of Hell nor power nor policy to separate these they are still together they kisse each other And that is the Reason That when we are full of stirres a tumultuous people The Righteous at such a time stand still and are a quiet habitation But I recall my selfe Thus the Church concludes Though the Lord should make Desolations now in the earth Though He should stretch over us The line of Germany and the plummet of Ireland yet the Righteous stand bound to Record the Salvations He hath wrought The Righteous are not a sullen froward people as we are All the mercies we have are nothing in our eyes because there is something wanting as still there will be in the most accomplished the most completed condition here below But I say because it is so some want there is still therefore all our mercies so great so many lye buried in us under that clod of discontent As I said before so now The Church not so Though she should walke in the shadow of death Though she were stricken into the place of Dragons yet would they Record the yeare of the Right hand of the Lord when He wrought so wonderfully such salvations in Israel And this is the taske she is addressing her selfe unto but she cannot hastily recollect her spirits as she would doe for she would call upon all within and without to praise his Holy Name SECT III. The Church opens the Records begins to reade but must pause a little being taken off with Admiration THe Church is taken w●th the works of her God as the Queene of Sheba was with the wisedome of Salomon and the magnificence of his Court When she had seen all that There was no more spirit in her a 2 Chron 9. 4. Fame which creates somthing of nothing hath made whose Kin●doms and peopled them with her owne inventions reported not the halfe of Salomons wisedome It exceeded the Fame that was heard * 1 King 10. 7. Fame fals as short in these Transcendents which we are upon Therfore there is the same reason and greater That the Church should be so