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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58858	Mirabilia dei, or, Britannia gaudio exultans Opened in a congratulatory sermon for the safe return of our Gracious Soveraign, and happy restitution to the full and free exercise of His royall authoritie. Preached on the 14th. of June, [16]60. which was the day set apart for the members, master, and students of the Kings Colledge, in the town and parish of Old Aberdeen, to commemorat and solemnly praise the Lord for the rich mercies above mentioned: by Alexander Scrougie preacher of the Gospel, and minister at Old Aberdeen.	Scrogie, Alexander, d. 1661.	1660 (1660)	Wing S2127; ESTC R218663	34,871	47

late King Thirdly He was hotly assaulted and solicited by some Champions of the Romish Church and especially by some who had Apostatized from the Truth themselves and so knew the better how to perswade others Fourthly He receives kind intertainment and protection from some of the Romish Party Fifthly Assistance was offered by them of that perswasion unto Him if He would turn Papist were not all these strong tentations yet His heart was indivertible from God and His Truth that neither ill usage from His own nor favours conferred and offered by strangers could work that change His heart like Davids was fixed trusting in the Lord his heart was established Psal 112. 7 8. He hid Gods word in his heart that he should not sin against him Psal 119. 11. and this was a great and special work of the Lords The third great work God hath done for us is the bringing again our captivity of which remark but these shortly First It was Nationall for although we were not all exiled yet we were captivated in our own Land like a man Imprisoned in his own House and this was a sore ill A generous Woman once said Mallem mille mortes quam tributaria capita circumferre Secondly It was of a large extent reaching to all ranks Our King exiled our Nobles Imprisoned many of our brethren carried away further then from Judea to Babylon even to Barbado's and some of the Ministers of Christ removed from their own Nation and Flocks Thirdly Our captivity was spirituall to sin imposed on us by threatning as was done to the Jews in Babylon We wer threatned and urged to subscribe their Tender thereby to disclaim our King and the ancient Government of these Nations and to bow to there Idol of Anarchie and Usurpation to which too many readily yeelded Ministers were prohibited upon no lesse pain then silencing them from preaching the Gospel to pray for His Majesty a duty that lay upon all by Gods reiterated Commands All commanded to keep dayes of Thanksgiving for discovery of plots against Usurpers which was a justifying of them in their wicked Usurpations and proclaiming to the world that God was well pleased with them and their wayes Fourthly It reached even to the Church and Truth of God the Government thereof decreed as Antichristian her Discipline opposed and slighted Religion hazarded by a vast Act of Toleration her Ministers flouted and while they were officiating before God abused her Worship interrupted her Patrimony seased upon some crying out Let us take to our selves the Houses of God in possession Psal 83. 12. her Judicatories interrupted and Gods Servants driven out from the General Assemblies and made specticles to men and Angels but the Lord hath turned away this our captivity and it is his great and glorious doing The fourth great work was the overthrow of the Kings and our Enemies 1. They were many 2. Proud puft up with Successe 3. Desperate whom no command of the Lord could bow nor threatning affright 4. Cruel acted by Jesuiticall and Anabaptisticall Furies 5. Covetous being mad upon unjust gain and al 's mad in the retention of it 6. United and combined together by all the ligaments of carnall Policy Yet the great and good Lord divided them and they melted away like a snail he laid their pride in the dust and turned these boasting Lamechs into Cowards and made them flee as chaffe before the wind so that we may apply that saying of the Psalmist Psal 76 5. The stout hearted are spoiled and none of the men of might have found their hands At the appearance of that chief Instrument they cryed out as the Egyptians of old Exod. 15. 25. Let ●s flee from the face of Israel for the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians and this was the Lords great doing The fifth great work is the raising up Instruments for carrying on these great Works I name but six 1. The Lord Generall George Monck an other Cyrus to us who wrought under God the foresaid great things He our Ezra or help our Nehemiah or Comforter our Zerubbabel or mighty One made so by the mighty God of Britain before whom the great Mountains became a plain Zecha 4. 7. and Hushai-like defeated the crafty counsels of Achitophels 2. His Debora whose loyal heart made her put forth the uttermost of her conjugall influence 3. The good and loyal people of England influenced by the breathings of the Spirit of the Lord calling for a free Parliament and their and our King 4. The right Honourable the City of London joyning their endeavours with the Lord General and People of the Land 5. That famous Parliament that now sits crowning the work by their unanimous calling home His Majesty and restoring Him to His just Priviledges and Authority 6. The Lord General Montague who proved active to engage the Navie to own His Majesty and waft Him over safe unto His own Kingdoms That so many should all with one mouth and hand carry on so great a work is unto me an argument of Gods approving and working thereof for as it is an argument of the Divine Authority of the propheticall Scriptures that the Prophets though they lived in divers places and ages of the World yet they all agreed in one and the same Truth as if they had all spoken by one and the same mouth as ye have it Luk. 1. 70. As He spake by the mouth not mouths of His holy Prophets So when God stirreth up his Servants in all places of the Kingdom and them of all ranks and ●etteth them all about one work as if they were one man it may be taken for no lesse then Gods doing especially if ye consider the case of our King while they begin to act for Him not sitting on His Throne and swaying the Scepter but in His low estate even then to remember Him and lay themselves out for Him speaks out Gods great doing and that not only His finger but His whole hand yea His ten fingers yea both His arms to speak after the manner of man was lifting up these Instruments and imploying them in His work and to this we may add that these Instruments should undertake the work against so many high and great Mountains that stood in the way against so many sons of Anak and mighty Gyants combined so strongly together and yet levell them all and scatter them all can speak no lesse then that the mighty Spirit of God was in them and His strong hand with them Take a word more to advance the greatnesse of all these doings and works and for that end consider First The time when When we like the Jews thought it Impossible at least so soon we were like these dry bones Ezek. 37. our hope was almost lost vers 11. yet though it seemed difficult in our eyes it was not so in Gods Zech. 8. 6. to whom all things are possible Matth. 19. 26. and doth whatsoever he will Psal 135. 6. he breathed upon us