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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79838	The improvement of mercy: or a short treatise, shewing how, and in what manner, our rulers and all well-affected to the present government should make a right and profitable use of the late great victory in Ireland. August 2. 1649. Also here are severall things propounded to all such as are dis-affected and enemies to the state (whether Presbyterian, Royalist, or Papist, &c.) beeing both usefull and seasonable upon this occasion, of so wonderfull and glorious a victorie. / By John Canne. Published by authoritie.	Canne, John, d. 1667?	1649 (1649)	Wing C441; Thomason E571_20; ESTC R14481	18,023	24

in Ormonds Army many Souldiers who had basely and treacherously a little before deserted the Parliaments service but see how the Lord dealt with them for their perfidiousnesse he delivers them up into the hand of Justice A faire warning to others to take heed that they keep themselves with that partie where they see God is and still crownes with victory and not to joyn with a rebellious rout who have not his presence but are forsaken of him and prepared for the day of slaughter 7. Whereas we heare of some unclean spirits like frogs going forth unto the Kings of the earth to gather them to battle against this Common-wealth there is so much of God to be seen in this victorie as that no man needs to regard whatsoever is reported concerning this thing When other Nations shall heare how wonderfully the Lord goes along with us in the work of Reformation it is probable they will keepe at home and seeke to pull their necks out of the yoke of Tyrants as we have don But howsoever we shall never hereafter be afraid of multitudes the number shall not fright us for we are confident upon the experience of former victories that God will still make good that promise and blessing to us Five of you shall chase an hundred and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword Deut. 28.8 From the well-affected to the State I come now to the ill-affected and first to you of the Presbyterian partie And here that I may not be mistaken I onely intend such men as doe vilifie and reproach our present Government And as for such wee have thought good from the occasion of this victory to frame something like a looking-Glasse wherein they may see themselves specially at such times when instead of preaching the doctrine of the Gospel and praying in the Spirit they speake false scandalous and seditious things tending to a new warre and hindering the reliefe of Ireland 1. Consider England hath received a mercy in spight of you you may remember the other day in your talke I dare not call it prayer how you told the Lord you knew not into whose hands to pray Ireland onely you would not that he should give it up into the bands of the Independents Besides wee are not ignorant how proudly you contemnd Authoritie and when others sought the Lord for Ireland you most prophanely and irreligiously like Haman and the King sate down to drink you made it a time of feasting joy and gladnesse when others by Commandement kept a day of publick fast not unlike to that in Isa 22.12 13. Behold now we have a returne of our prayers our petition is granted and the Lord hath look'd on our teares and the Lord hath requited good for your cursing that day 2. You have strugled a long time to destroy this present Government but doe yee not see now how yee kick against the prick As he that moves the weik of a burning Candle with his finger blacks it and burnes it and causeth the light to shine the more cleare So all your mutinous and seditious attempts turne to the burning and blacking of your selves As for the State opposed by you Loe it shines more and more in strength glory and beautie 3. But whither will ye run doe you not see how you are already fallen here is a victory one of the greatest mercies that ever God brought from Ireland over to this Nation neverthelesse you see it not nor thought it worth thankesgiving in your Churches the other day Some report of the Manna that at first it was sweet and tasted well but afterwards through the murmuring and unthankfulnesse of the people it was either bitter to them or it had no savour I believe the time was when such a publick blessing as this yea much inferior to this was counted sweet you could raste then how good God was to his people in giving them victories but now such Mercies are either bitter or you feel no savour in them Sirs you may thank your selves for this change For the truth is your great murmurings and unthankfulnesse against God and man hath brought you into this unhappie and sad condition 4. Methinkes in this victory you should see the snare and pit before you Milo Crotoniatas whilst he was tearing asunder the stock of an Oke his strength sayling him the cleft suddenly closing was so held fast by the hands that he became a prey to the Beasts of the feild You have been a long time trying to teare asunder this Common-wealth and great hope you had that Ormond with the Rebels there would work wonders for you but you see that strength now failes you take heed then least the cleft close and you are held fast by the neck 5. This victory gives me an occasion to remember that saying of Solomon Who so rewardeth evill for good evill shall not depart from his house Pro. 17.13 Howsoever these men will not acknowledge that they are beholding to the Parliament and Army for their present peace libertie livelihood yet the thing is so yea more under God by their care and wisdome these rash and headdy men were kept from bondage and slavery into which they poore fooles most willingly and greedily would have thrust themselves It is reported of one Balthazar Gerard who named himselfe Francis Guyon that with the money which the Prince of Orenge gave him for his reliefe he bought pistols powder and shot and therewith killed the Prince The Presbyterians I mean not the moderate and sober sort would serve our Governours and Souldiers so even murder them if they could for purchasing libertie and peace for them 6. The backslider saith the Wiseman shall be filled with his own wayes Pro. 14.14 What generation of men are more revolted then these from their own grounds and former Principles For have they not desired that Ireland might be relieved and that the Protestant bloud shed there might be revenged upon the barbarous Rebels But behold their Apostacie when they see this don they vex and murmure at it and are so much the Lord outragious and invective against the State by how much the Lord blesseth our Forces there and honours them with successe and great victory Tame foxes if they breake loose and turne wilde do ten times more mischiefe then those that were wilde from the beginning It is very remarkeable that none of the malignant Ministers thorow-out the Land who have from first to last held with the King speake so seditiously or rayl so grossely against the Parliament and Army as these men doe these men I say who were once tame and stood for both but are now broken loose and turnd wild 7. These great victories which God gives the Parliament should cause your hearts to smite you to consider how by your seditious doctrine many poore and ignorant people are brought to the slaughter whose bloud one day will be required at your hande