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A43817	The militant chvrch trivmphant over the dragon and his angels presented in a sermon preached to both Houses of Parliament assembled on Friday the 21. of July, 1643 : being an extraordinary day of publikhumiliation appointed by them throughout London and Westminster : that every one might bitterly bewaile his own sins and cry mightily unto God for Christ his sake to remove his wrath and heale the land / By Tho. Hill...	Hill, Thomas, d. 1653.	1643 (1643)	Wing H2024; ESTC R16004	23,718	38

of his owne arme Manasseh Ephraim and Ephraim Manasseh and both against Judah For all this his anger is not turned away but his hand is stretched out still Fighting or treating can not yet end the controversie we have importuned the sword to be quiet as Jer. 47.6 O thou sword of the Lord how long will it be ere thou be quiet put up thy selfe into thy scabbard rest and be still and as yet England hath received the same answer with Ashkelon v. 7. How can it be quiet seeing the Lord hath given it a charge against Ashkelon and against the Sea shore There hath he appointed it The Lord hath given it Commission to ride circuite in severall Counties of England and who knowes how long what now remaines we reade Mark 5.25 of a certaine Woman which had an issue of blood twelve yeares and v. 26. had suffered many things of many Physitians and had spent all that she had and was nothing bettered but rather grew worse could never be healed till she touched Christ We are this day in a solemne manner drawing nigh unto Christ O that our bloody issue might drive us to improve the blood of the Lambe Could we fiducially put our selves our Church and State our Religion and Liberty into the hands of our Saviour who knows but we might have as comfortable an answer as this woman had v. 34. Thy faith hath made thee whole goe in peace and be whole of thy plague The good Lord vouchsafe an Amen They overcame by the word of their Testimony Christs Souldiers carry on the Churches victories against the observation 3 Devill and his Angels by the word of their Testimony by the Gospel of Christ If you desire to know what is This word of their Testimony it will appeare v. 17. Christs Souldiers are described to be such as kept the Commandements of God and have the Testimony of Jesus and Rev. 1.9 John was banished for the Word of God and for the Testimony of Jesus Christ which doubtlesse was the Gospell And this not as written in your Bibles onely and comprized in your Bookes But having this Gospell of Christ rooted in your hearts by Faith holding fast the profession thereof without wavering Heb. 10.23 Resist the Devill being stedfast in the Faith 1 Pet. 5.9 whereas Heb. 4.2 The Word Preached did not profit them not being mixed with Faith in them that heard it The Gospell will not joyne with corrupt opinions but with Faith it will be received not as a conjecture or possible truth but for a Divine or infallible truth then it profiteth and strengthneth Bearing witnesse to the Gospell of Christ who is the Amen the faithfull and true witnesse Rev. 3.14 Openly with your mouthes Rom. 10.10 by Preaching if Ministers So Paul Rom. 1.16 He was not ashamed of the Gospell of Christ and by confession which concernes all Christians when called to it for the glory of God and edification of the Brethren 1 Pet. 3.15 Be ready to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you Be ready {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} be ready to make an Apology for thy Religion Justifying the Gospell in life and conversation All wisedomes children should be so ingenuous and mannerly as to justifie Wisdome Mat. 11.19 This will be a prevailing Testimony when you walke worthy of the Gospell of Christ Expresse the Gospell-graces in an active Gospell-conversation Commending the Gospel by your patient and cheerefull suffering for it It is a great confirmation of the truth and puls honour upon it when Christians will rather suffer for the Gospell than the Gospell should suffer by them Our losses in this case will be the Gospels advantage Phil. 1.12 13 14. All things which happened unto Paul were for the furtherance of the Gospell by his bonds others waxed confident Such a good Souldier was Timothy who 1 Tim. 6.12 witnessed a good confession before many Witnesses having learned this prevailing method from his Captaine Jesus Christ who v. 13. before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession It clearely appeares how the Churches victories are carryed on by the Testimony of the Gospell reason 1 The strength of the Gospels adversaries lies not in the goodnesse of their cause but in the ignorance of peoples minds and meere mistakes thence arising What is Paganisme Mahumetanisme Popery but a Rapsody and heape of grosse mistakes raised in the darke The Devill uses the same method ordinarily to carry on his designes that he tooke in the Councell of Ariminum The Arrians having procured the exile of the most worthy and learned Bishops and perceiving the company that was left though they were very unlearned yet would not be perswaded directly to disanull any thing which had beene concluded before in the Councell of Nice did abuse their ignorance in proposing the matter for they demanded of them whether they would worship {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} or Christ these not understanding the Greeke word rejected it with execration being as they thought opposed unto Christ Thus have the Prelaticall party surprised many ignorant Congregations with their innovations and easily misled them while they kept them in the darke But when the Sunne of righteousnesse arises when God sends abroad John Baptists as burning and shining lights John 5.35 they by the beames of truth will discover the most subtile errors and by the spirituall weapons of their warfare cast downe the strong holds of the Devill and his Angels Where the Testimony of the Gospel of Christ is held reason 2 forth there is so much of God as convinces and conquers 1 Cor. 14.15 His owne power is there displayed Rom. 1.16 the Gospel is the power of God unto salvation There is the mighty presence of Christ whose Arrowes are sharpe in the hearts of his enemies wherby the people fall under him Psal. 45.5 There the Spirit of God breaths so powerfully that by the Word alone which is the sword of the Spirit Ephes. 6.17 the Apostles though but a few meane men were much more victorious then the greatest Alexander or potent Caesars conquering by the word of their Testimony so many opposite Kingdomes subduing so many thousand spirits and consciences and that in so short a time without shedding one drop of bloud Indeed when we are to deale with Papists and sonnes of violence which illegally invade our persons Religion Liberty and endeavour to take away our birthright from us the very Law of nature teacheth us to defend our selves against such injustice But for the overcomming of Popery we need not other weapons to consume it but the spirit of Christs mouth 2 Thes. 2.8 It is the word of their Testimony by which Christs souldiers prevaile against the Devill and his Angels use 1 If Christs souldiers carry on the Churches victories by the Testimony of the Gospel Then whose champions are they who in stead of bearing

witnesse unto employ their power and policy to suppresse the Testimony of Jesus Doubtlesse none but the Dragons regiment will fight against Christ and his Gospel Elymas the Sorcerer is wont to withstand Saul and Barnabas seeking to turne away the Deputy from the faith Men of corrupt minds of no judgement concerning the faith resist the Truth as Jannes and Jambres did Moses But Paul will keepe backe nothing that is profitable for their soules teaching them publikely and from house to house Acts 20.20 And also charge Timothy that he preach the Word be instant in season and out of season 2 Tim. 4.2 Doe the worke of an Evangelist fulfill thy ministery Oh how unlike to Paul and Timothy are many of the Prelatical Tribe whom yet they pretend to succeed What successors of Paul and Timothy by preaching against preachings and using their power to undermine the Testimony of the Gospel No rather they unhappily tread in Jesuiticall steps complying with Contzens rules whether occasionally or intentionally they best know for the overthrowing of the power of the Gospel His very engines have they used to pillage our Churches of afternoone Sermons of weekely Lectures and to turne praying into bidding of prayer c. and according to his subtile counsell were extorting such an approbation of the Prelacy amongst us as would soone have plundered England of many of her faithful Ministers or at least their consciences of their sweete peace if not of their liberties And are too like those soule-murdering Jewes 1 Thes. 2.16 enemies to Christ and to the salvation of others forbidding the Apostles to speake to the Gentiles that they might be saved No wonder they lie under so much contempt God makes good his owne word by Malachi chap. 2.9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people according as yee have not kept my wayes but have beene patriall in my Law They who smother the Testimony of Christ taking away the key of knowledge do the most dishonourable work must expect answerable wages here and hereafter use 2 Mat. 23.13 Luke 11.52 Do the Souldiers of Christ carry on the Churches victories by holding forth the Word of their Testimony Then if we prevail not against the Devil and his Angels in these Gospel conflicts we may blame our selves and our own remissenes as not being valiant for the truth which was their defect Jer. 9.3 We are too ready to translate the fault to others an old prank our first Parents taught us as soon as they had fallen Parliament complains of the army Army of the Parliament City against both and Countrey will spare none of them Thus most unhappily by the secret policy of Malignants jealousies are fomented and multiplyed to the prejudice of all our hearts and hands thereby weakned in the Churches cause It were more like Christians upon a day of mourning to be bewailing our owne coldnesse and want of appearing as active souldiers under so good a Captaine God forbid it should be verified of us what the Lord said Jer. 8.6 I harkned and heard but they spake not aright no man repented him of his wickednesse saying What have I done Oh that you would call your selves to a particular account it is opus diei a worke sutable to the day saying How much evill have I done to enflame these warres and how little good have I done to extinguish them Might not some Nehemiah contend with many of our Nobles and say What evill thing is this that you doe and profane the Sabbath day But is this all though too much Might not some Peter contend with many of our Gentry who walk in lasciviousnesse lusts excesse of wine revellings banquettings and abominable idolatries thinking it strange that others runne not with them to the same excesse of riot And might not some Jeremiah complaine A wonderfull and horrible thing is committed in the Land the Prophets prophesie falsely and the Priests beare rule by their meanes and my people love to have it so and what will yee doe in the end thereof Many blesse God heartily for that Religious Ordinance of Parliament set forth some months since to stirre up England to repentance for nationall and personall sinnes Did you more exemplarily commend it to us by your owne practice it would have a more commanding influence upon us What though we talke against Atheists if we still wallow in prophanenesse cry out against Papists and still continue lukewarme Protestants inveigh against Malignants and yet remain ful of Malignant Antipathy against Scripture Reformation This is not to hold forth the Testimony of the Gospel as becomes a good souldier of Christ The Lord lead us all into our owne hearts and teach so to judge our selves that we be not judged Doe the souldiers of Christ carry on the Churches victories by the Testimony of the Gospel As ever you desire they should prevaile in so good a cause it concernes you who are the grand Counsellors betrusted with so much superintendency for the liberty as well of our Religion as of our persons and estates that you emprove it faithfully for the advancing and propagating the Gospel of Christ so will you be fitted to give a more comfortable account of your great Stewardship when your Master cals for it Luke 16.2 Be pleased worthy Senatours to accept these few hints for this purpose Patronize protect reward preferre faithfull witnesses of Christ If a Prophet come with a word of reproofe though sharpe if seasonable doe not therefore count him your enemy as Ahad did Elijah 1 King 21.20 because he dealt plainly with him nor send him away as Amaziah did the Prophet when he came to discover his sinnes Art thou made of the Kings Counsell forbeare 2 Chron. 25.16 Check restraine disable Diotrephes Demetrius and that fraternity who undermine not onely Parliament Ordinances but even the Ordinances of Jesus Christ making no small stir in England about the way of Reformation and all maintaine their owne Diana as Act. 19.23 24. c. Have a vigilant eye upon such intemperate Preachers and Writers as pervert truth and disturbe peace Papists would take away the Cup and leave us but halfe a Sacrament Antinomians would abolish the morall Law and leave us but halfe a Bible If such be suffered our Religion will grow lame and licentious Forget not I beseech you forget not the purging and pruning of the Universities the Nurseries of piety and learning If Satan have a seate there if there be such that hold the doctine of Balaam who taught Balak to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel to eate things sacrificed to Idols and to commit fornication what Papists such Tutors are like to send abroad we have found by too much unhappy experience And they loved not their lives unto death Christs souldiers first pleaded the Churches cause by the word of their Testimony and by such Gospel weapons they