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duty_n	child_n	good_a	know_v	1,164	5	3.7864	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50537	The faithfull scout giving an alarme to Yorkeshire, (especially to the East-Ryding) and all other places at this time freed from the misery of warre, or, A treatise tending to stirre up men from security which possesses them, because (as they thinke) all danger is past, now that the seat of warre is removed from them / written by Will. Meeke.	Meeke, William.	1647 (1647)	Wing M1616; ESTC R19570	82,047	122

Lord and that he only brought downe and subdued their enemies under them c. and yet they forget to acknowledge the Lords power and strength and to ex●oll it and show it forth to all about c. such a people may justly expect other judgements then formerly they felt See Deut. 4.32 33 ●4 35 39 Againe he doth bring forth such strange plagues and such variety of c. that all the ●a●th may feare before him whose power is so mighty Eccles 3.14 that no creature is able to resist it For it is very usuall that when men after punishments be inflicted will not yet feare the glorious and fearefull Name Jehovah Deut. 28.58 59 ver 61. Lam. 1.12 See Ezek. 5. ver 5. to the end then the Lord will make the plagues of such people wonderfull even such as none before them ever felt and such as are not written in the Booke of the Law thus the Jewes were punished as the Lamenting Prophet complaines they felt that sorrow which none before them ever felt God punished them more severely then ever he did any before them their miseries were un-utterable and all this was because they feared not the Lord though formerly he had sent many judgements to call them to repentance such indignation he hath against those that no bette● take notice of his power to feare his great and excellent Name to humble themselves under his mighty hand and to tremble at his judgements when they are abroad in the world Now againe consider this and if you see any place or people who have heen corrected with heavy and sharpe afflictions and yet now that they are removed they feare not the Lord but goe as boldly on in their sins as formerly they did then may you conclude that he will againe be upon that people with more fearful and strange plagues then ever yet they felt And as he multiplieth plagues c. to cause men to fear before him so to beat downe the swelling pride of wicked Tyrants who vaunt and boast themselves of their strength and power against the Almighty Isa 37. ver 29. to 36. as did Senacharib with whom the Lord met after an unusuall manner and cut downe his pride at once to his shame if hee had not thus cut him short hee would have continued in his blasphemous opinion that the God of Israel could not deliver his people from his hand but I say to disappoint these proud boastings of his he brought downe his high lookes in a moment and sent him away without doing any harme to his people Morever he doth thus use variety of judgements and manner of workings to comfort his owne people who otherwayes because of many exigences they are brought into would not know which way to turne themselves to looke for safety for many times his Church and people are so beset about with enemies and cruell tyrants that there is not the least hope of deliverance left unto them to mans thinking but only that they trust in the Lord knowing that he is both able and knowes how to deliver them notwithstanding of all their foes In this distresse were the Israelites at the Red Sea which way to betake themselves they knew not to the sight of man there was no hope of safety for them Exod. 14.13 yet Moses who knew that God had more wayes then one to destroy their enemies and deliver them comforts them and bids them that they should not feare but that they should stand still and see the salvation of God For saith he The Lord shall fight for you Ver. 14. and you shall hold your pe●ce And yet though he thus comforted them it is very likely that Moses himselfe at that instant knew not how the Lord would deliver them for while hee spake to them he cryed unto the Lord for deliverance Ver. 14. tru●ting on his power for their safety and accordingly otherwayes then they expected God did shew forth his mighty powe● and destroyed their enemies with a judgement never before showne upon any people In such a case was Jehoshaph●● when the children of Moah and Amm●n and others besides them raised an Army against him he was in such a condition that he had no might at all to withstand them all that he and his people could doe was to lift up their eyes to heaven weake strength to make resistance to such an army 2 Cro. 20.12 to any mans thinking knowing that the Lord was able and knew how to worke their deliverance though they knew not and so did God work for them and sent a Spirit of dis●nity among their enemies whereby they destroyed one another 2 Chro. 20.23 24 25. and left no other service for them to perform then to gather the spoile so graciously working for their good by such meanes as they thought not of And not onely to comfort his people but to keep them in awfull reverence towards him for the dearest of Gods children would go ne●r to forget him if he did not sometimes put them in minde of their duties by correcting them by sundry sorts of corrections Deut. 8.2 thus he dealt with the Israelites in the wildernesse they were afflicted with hunger and had no other bread but what the Lord gave them from Heaven Ver. 3. that they might know that man lived not by bread alone but by every word that proceeded out of the mouth of the Lord. Ver. 15. And hee led them through the by-pathes of the wildernesse into places where they knew not which way to take or whither to goe Ver. 16. and deprived them of water and affrighted them with fiery serpents c. and all this he did to humble them and to prove them and to keepe them in obedience to him who other wayes perhaps would have forgotten him and have attributed all to their own power and strength for this all men are prone to do and therefore doth he alwayes exercise them in afflictions that they may be ever more ready to under goe patiently what ever they shall endure and may in what state soever they b● learne to be content and that they may contin●●lly watch because they know not either in what houre or in what manner hee will send afflictions upon them Againe he uses variety of punishments that none may through any policy know which way to escape his hand man who is alwayes carefull to free himselfe from that whi●hi●e thinkes is troublesome See Gen 11.3 4 5 6 7 8 to this purpose invents many wayes and meanes to provide for his owne safety nature being alwaye● s●●●ions to preserve it self and therefore we see how to sed●●● themselves against the stratagems of War men have 〈◊〉 meanes whereby they remaine safe in the midst of ●anger● and s●●e though the instruments of death surround them And likewise to ●ee themselves from infection by contagious diseases they have their cordiall preservatives p●esumes c. wh●r by they

when you thinke not of it will destruction and misery fall upon you to your amazement and terrour You likewise who are Ministers remember to put in minde your people committed to your charges of Gods great favour towards them in this their enjoyment of peace and doe you walk so before them in uprightnesse of heart adorning your profession with good workes and as it becomes Ministers seeking Reformation take heed you give no cause to your enemies to say you carry your selves unbeseeming your callings or cause you stand for let not this small time of tranquillity lull you asleep in security but alwayes stand upon your watch and be as ready to suffer as to live in the time of Gods patience and long-suffering arme your selves for fiery trialls as yet God hath not so purified his Church as he intends to do Oh therefore prepare to suffer and doe the worke of the Lord with diligence that how ever iniquity may abound and the love of many waxe cold yet you may be zealous for Gods glory and carefull to save those soules to you committed and likewise by your examples may strengthen others to undergoe with you all manner of afflictions of what kinde or quality soever they be of take heed that security possesse not you for if the watchmen fall asleep the city is in danger of the enemies surprisall be therefore alwayes awake for unto you is committed the charge neglect not but give warning blow the trumpet betimes that all may put on their armour and be ready for an assault if you give warning your duties are discharged but if you neglect the bloud of all that is lost shall be required at your hands I know the Devill goes about busily as Mercury did with Argus by his al●uring pleasures and delightfull sounds to bring all your eyes asleep but let him not have his desire but endeavour to keep your eyes open and to this end disdaine not to let this my Scout give you warning and let me likewise entreat you that if any of you shall seeme forgetfull of what I put you in minde of to doe the same to me that I have done to you all in generall and your wholesome admonitions shall ingage me to bee thankfull Lastly let me exhort all sorts of people in these parts and all over the Kingdome to consider seriously what God hath done for them and let them not think of say as the most part of common people doe that if this War were at an end there were no danger of any other trouble and upon that grow secure and Carelesse how they live but let them know that as God formerly sent his spirit of disunity into the Kingdome for the sin of the Kingdome so if the same or like sins remaine he will againe send the like or some other as fearfull But if they would enjoy this peace let them learne to prize it as they ought Propter praesentem aliquā conditionem prosperam non obliviscamur pręteritae miseriae sed subinde ad eam oculos reflectamus E● enim re fit ut melius sentiamus beneficii gratiae magnitudinem et ex sensu illo Deum magis glorificemus in eoque gloriemur Fit etiam ut inspecta superiori miseria in rebus prosper is nos submisse ge●amus neque altum sapiamus Vnde existit hęc superbia c. Nimirum ex eo quod non recordentur prioris suae conditionis quare vel hac causa ut humilis simus jumin sublimi aliquo loco constitutis nunquam recedere ab oculis nostris debet pristina misera no●●ra condition Rolloc in loha● Pag. 576 577. by being truely thankfull unto God for it and to this end let them alwayes beare in minde former miseries and be not puft up with pride or presumption because of their present happy condition but let them behave themselves as if they still were under the red and that will worke in them not onely thankfulnesse for this their happinesse but likewise feare to provoke the Lord to bring any more such judgements upon them as formerly they have felt for according to the old Proverb A burnt child dreads the fire so a people that have been smitten should feare to be in the like condition againe Thus fearfull was the holy man of God Moses when the Reubenites and Gadites came unto him Num 32. to desire him co suffer them to build tents and strong holds on that side Jordan he was fearfull that they had desired that for an evill end and therefore he puts them in minde of provocations wherewith their fathers had formerly grieved God and of the judgements they suffered for their rebellions to the end that they might feare to doe the like least such miseries should come upon them and their brethren this was likewise the practise of Nehemiah as you may see in that place in the Margent Neh. 13.17 18. And this ought to be the practice of all them that either desire to please God or live free from Gods judgements Likewise let them remember how in the time of distresse when the Sword was among them and death looked in at their windowes when there was no going out nor comming in safety but they lived continually in danger then what would they not have done for peace would not many as they said willingly have parted with halfe their estates so that they might have enjoyed a freedome from the calamities they then suffered Now hath God done for them even abundantly above what they could aske or thinke in sending peace that they againe may sit under their vines and under their fig-trees Now let them take heede that they bewray not their Hipocrisie and make it appeare to all the World that they are no better then that * This Fellow being in danger of shipwrack promised St Christopher that if he might but come s●fe to land he would off●r to him a wax●n-candle of an incredible highnesse another hearing him told him he was never able to perform his promise Hold thy tongue foole said he I doe not speak as I thinke If●l but once get to land I le not give him so muchas a tallow candle Er●s Coll. nau●●agium Zelander whom Erasmus tells of who in a distresse promised largely but with an intent to performe sparingly if he attained his desire But honour God by their estates which he hath suffered them still to enjoy in doing good to the poore members of Jesus Christ as in feeding the hungry cloathing the naked releiving the oppressed and if need be in offering willingly some part of their estates to further the Cause of Christ thus doing God will blesse them and all they have and increase his favours towards them but if they forget what God hath donne for them and in the time of this peace which God hath granted them to see how they will behave themselves towards him take an occasion to goe on in their former courses