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A81241	Gods rising, his enemies scattering; delivered in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons, at their solemne fast, 26. Octob. 1642. But, through many occasions and hinderances, not printed till this 25. of May 1644. By Thomas Case, preacher, at Milk-street, London, and one of the Assembly of Divines.	Case, Thomas, 1598-1682.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.	1644 (1644)	Wing C830; Thomason E127_38; ESTC R4759	45,209	66

one anothers presence Therefore say they to the Almighty Job 21.15 depart from us for wee desire not the knowledge of thy wayes And if they cannot endure Gods presence as a Teacher how will they endure his presence as a Judge If they cannot abide his presence as a sin-reproving God how will they abide it as a sin-revenging God Surely that presence of God is so unsupportable that you may hear them willing to exchange it for the burden of rocks and mountains Revel 6.16 They said to the Mountains and Rocks Revel 6.16 fall on us and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb. And as they cry to God Depart from us so God when he ariseth he answers them in their own language and speaks to them in his wrath Depart from mee and this is their misery they have the first word but God will have the last Matth. 7.23 Depart from me yee workers of iniquity Unhappy caitive that ever he was born unto whom that shall bee the last word God will say Object Depart from me You will say perhaps that is in the day of Judgement when Christ comes to reveal himself in flaming fire 2 Thess 1.7 8. rendring vengeance on them that do not know him c. Truely these Rising times of God are Gods Petty-Sessions Answ they bee little dayes of Judgement Psal 9.7 wherein the Thrones being prepared for Judgement hee will make inquisition for bloud for the bloud of his people causelesly Vers 12. and cruelly spilt by the enemies and surely even of these lesser dayes of Judgement the Psalmist speaks as well as of that last and great day The ungodly shall not stand in judgement Psal 1.7 nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous Gods rising time is their scattering their flying time But how do the enemies of God know when God ariseth Quest that they make such hast to flie from his presence Hee being the invisible God God makes them to perceive his rising and approach towards them sometimes in a secret Answ but alwayes in a very sensible and terrible manner And that partly by some Inward impressions upon their spirits and consciences Outward demonstrations apparent to their senses First Sometime by some inward and secret impressions Answ 1 upon their spirits and consciences by some secret convictions and self-condemnations seizing upon their consciences This being the unhappinesse of all wicked men and haters of God that though they have murthered their consciences in respect of the instigative and directive Office of conscience they cannot kill it in respect of the accusing condemning and executing office of conscience Though they have kil'd conscience as a Preacher they cannot kill conscience as a Judge and executioner or if they have wounded and seared conscience so that it seems to lie dead for a time yet this is their misery when God awakes conscience will awake too when God ariseth conscience revives to take Gods part against them and that in a double reference First In reference to their persons conscience will arise when God ariseth to tell them that they are none of Gods as you see in Cain conscience began to misgive sad and ominous forebodings there lay upon his spirit that God had chosen his brother and rejected him conscience began to tell him that God hated him and that was the ground of his malice against his brother and against God too And so it is with wicked men the haters of God when God ariseth against them As God gives his children some praelibations and praegustations of his love and of that glory to which he hath ordained them sealing them up to the day of redemption so God gives his enemies some prae-apprehensions and fore-tastings some secret earnests and impressions of his wrath and finall rejection sealing them as it were up to eternall perdition Oh saith their consciences God hates me Oh that I were above God c. Secondly In reference to their cause they that have shut their eyes against the light and would not be convinced by the Ministers of God of the wickednesse and hellishnesse of the cause they undertook when God awakes and conscience awakes then they begin to confesse it Oh saith Judas I have sinned in betraying innocent bloud and so will wicked men yea so have some of the enemies of God been heard to confesse when they have lien gasping of the wounds they have received in the Battell Oh we have a damn'd cause Oh said a poor dying wretch in the West to our Souldiers As soon as we saw you our hearts failed us for wee know our cause is damn'd There is an hand of divine truth and justice in it making good that threatning Isaiah 26.11 Lord when thine hand is lifted up they will not see but they shall see and be ashamed They that will not see to timely repentance shall see to finall shame and confusion In a word this is the thing I say The enemies and haters of God may and do sin away a sin-preventing conscience but they cannot sin away a sin-condemning a self-executing conscience when the command cannot finde a conscience wrath will finde a conscience the curse will finde a conscience and this will bee the worm that never dies I have heard of a poor wretch that lived an Atheist all his life and when he came to die conscience began to revive and he to cry out Oh what will become of mee if there be a God Unhappy man is he that ever he was born who concludes himself undon if there be a God And thus God makes his enemies perceive his approach by some inward impressions upon their spirits Secondly he makes them perceive it Answ 2 by some outward demonstrations lyable to their very senses As 1. By the stupendious acts of his power and providence which God puts forth for his people before their eyes as the dividing of the Red-sea and cutting off the waters of Jordan c. See what tremblings and shaking terrors this caused in the hearts of the Canaanites Josh 2.9 10. 2. By some ominous forerunners of wrath upon the enemies sometimes making them to hear the noise of multitudes of horses and chariots as hee did the Syrians 2 Kings 7.6 Sometimes taking off their wheels and troubling their hoast as he dealt with the Egyptians in the Red-sea At other times smiting the enemies with blindnesse and madnesse as the Sodomites and threatned Zach. 12.4 3. Sometimes by putting a majesty and dreadfulnesse on his people Cant. 6.10 Who is she that looketh forth as the morning fair as the Moon clear as the Sunne and terrible as an army with banners If shee bee so Psal 14.5 when she is in her nuptiall habite her brides attire what when in her Martiall accoutrements There were they in great fear because God is in the generation of the righteous God let out some beam of glory upon his people and

lets them go and gather themselves together and then when they think they are ripe for their Designes God findes them ripe for his and destroys them at once All the vse I shall make of this Vse shall be onely to turn you to that place and the Lord turn your hearts to it Isa 26.6 7. O you that are the Lords remembrancers Isa 62.6 7. give him no rest till he arise c. For that very purpose hath God set you upon the wall that when he seems to sleep you should come and awaken him and give him notice of the approach of the Enemie and cry him up to the rescue of his Church and people Arise O Lord least man prevail c. This is your very calling you that are the Ministers of the Gospel and people of the Lord Give him therefore no rest untill you have raised him out of his holy habitation and till he hath made Sion the praise of the whole earth It is our sin and folly that if God seem to be a sleep we go to sleep too if God be down we are down also either in security or despaire What mean you oh sleepers arise and call upon your God c. and awaken him with your importunate cries Let God arise c. But so much for that point I come now to the fourth Doctrine which is this God hath a time wherein he will awake and arise Doct. 4 though he hath seemed before to be asleep you need not doubt of the truth hereof you have the promise from Gods own mouth Isa 33.10 Now will I arise and oft in Scripture elsewhere c. And the servants of the Lord dare beleeve him upon his word Psal 102.12 Thou wilt arise and have mercy upon Zion God promiseth it and they beleeve it and dare not do otherwise Now that which I shall endeavour to do in the managing of this precious truth shall be these four things viz. First to open to you the meaning of the phrase what it doth import and shew you what it is for God to arise Secondly I shall shew you what these Nows or times are when God will arise and when his people may expect that he will exalt himself in their behalf Thirdly The Grounds of it why God will arise Fourthly I shall improve it according to the seasonablenesse thereof First What it is for God to arise I will arise c. God doth like himself but he speaks like man for the infirmity of our flesh this I shall desire you to carry along with you while I open this expression to you for which purpose take this in Generall look whatsoever this phrase doth import amongst men you shall finde in Scripture the same things are attributed vnto God and God doth assume them to himsef when he doth arise for the deliverance of his people Now this expression amongst men namely to arise That is to arise to the undertaking of some work as the Encountring with and the Conquering of an Enemy as here it doth imply six or seven gradations and you shall finde them all in Scripture to bee attributed unto God First to arise amongst men in the first degree of it doth implie an opening of the eyes a man cannot arise till he be awaked and this very thing you shall finde attributed to God God himself useth the expression Exod. 3.7 8. I have surely seen the affliction of my people c. God hath seemed for some hundreds of yeers together to have been asleep and all that while to have taken no care what became of his people in Egypt therefore the first newes of Deliverance comes to them in this language God is awaked and hath seen your affliction c. Secondly It doth imply a taking of counsell Counsell is nothing else but the awaking and raising of the Intellectualls to any undertaking and this also God doth assume to himself You may hear him calling all his Enemies to take notice of the counsell which he took against them Ier. 49.20 Therefore heare the Counsell of the Lord that he hath taken against Edom Ier. 49.20 and his purpose that he hath purposed against the Inhabitants of Teman Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out Surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them and so Chap. 51.11 there God speaks thus My devise is against Babylon to destroy it this is the second step of Gods vengeance God had opened his eyes to see the opressions of his people in Babylon as formerly in Egypt and now God calls as it were a Councell of War how he may execute his vengeance upon Babylon The vengeance of the Lord the vengeance of his Temple Thirdly it implieth resolution a man is up when his spirit and resolutions are up Isa 14.24 25 26. and this is attributed unto God also as I have thought saith God so it shall stand God had a long time lyen still and then they began to trample God and his people under foot and God is resolved to bear it no longer therefore faith he This is my purpose I am determined what to do I will cast the Assyrians out of the Land Fourthly Rising amongst men implieth preparing and making ready for warre preparing men monies Ammunition and all other manner of warlike Artilleries 2 Sam. 3.21 saith Abner to David I will arise and go and gather all Israel together that is I will prepare them for warre and thus God is exprest Psalm 7.12 13. If a man will not turn hee will whet his sword hee hath bent his bow and made it ready hee hath also prepared his instruments of death c. Hear and tremble and desire the people of God to pray for you if there be any of the enemies of God and his people here this day you are all dead men God hath whet his sword and bent his bow and made it ready against all that are up in Arms against him and his people how can you escape Fifthly Another step or gradation in mans and so in Gods rising in the sence mentioned is The putting on of the Armour the harnessing of himself for the Battell Then is a man up when he hath put on his clothes and then is a Souldier up when hee hath put on his Armour and this also is spoken of God by the Prophet in Elegant language as hee was taught by the holy Ghost And hee looked and there was no man Isaiah 59.17 and hee wondred there was no Intercessour therefore his own Arm brought salvation c. He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing and was clad with zeal as with a cloak Thus you see God armed from head to foot then wo bee to his enemies for it follows Verse 18. According to their deeds accordingly will hee repay fury to his adversaries recompence to his enemies to the Ilands he will repay recompence Sixtly It doth imply a Marching toward the enemie It was the word