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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70011	The sole path to a sound peace recommended to the honourable House of Commons in a sermon at their publike fast, Feb. 22 / by John Ellis, Jun. ...	Ellis, John, 1606?-1681.	1643 (1643)	Wing E592; ESTC R5992	56,351	69

to do the rest d 2 Of sinne and the law buying liberty of God by one part of obedience to transgresse in another like Saul that thought by reserving a Sacrifice to pacifie God for sparing the Amalekite e whereas he that off ends in one point is guilty of all f 2 Against the severall precepts of the law 1 In respect of the evill forbidden 1 in the first Table 1 literally our forefathers superstition Idolatry and persecution and we are risen up in their stead a generation of sinnefull men who are so farre from bewailing our parents sinne that we pursue it by favouring the professors of such corruption Papists Arminians Formlists and hate with a perfect hatred the contrary zealously affected whose chiefe fault in them is zeale but not in their Adversaries our Fathers slew the Prophets and we fill their Sepulchres But can you prove this charge Hearken oh Heaven and give eare oh Earth yea all the Elements give in your testimony The Earth in all the parts of it Scotland Ireland Holland France Germany yea America and the utmost corners of the world whither our persecutions of late dayes have driven many of Gods servants The Sea wherein many of them in their passages have perished and The Aire and Fire unto one whereof we have scattered the limbes of many of Gods people by the helpe of the other in this present warre And Heaven which hath been filled with their cries to the Lord of Sabbath a 2 Myltically I Idolizing of our selves and like Sathan so farre puffed with our owne gifts that we fall into his condemnation admire our selves despise our brethren walk nothumbly before God b 2 Idolizing of the world these having our first thought in the morning and our last at night c 3 Idolizing men of which our Prophet here complaines that the statures of Omri d were kept and 't was the vice of the Iewes in our Saviours time that were more tender of Casars honour then of Christs blood e like those among our selves that transgresse the Commandemnts of God boldly but will seeme to keepe those of men conscionably f 2 2 In the second table to instance but in one all the blood shed in the Scottish warre that deluge of it overflowing Ireland and those armes of this Sea that have drowned so many and daily doe amongst our selves hath been occasioned by Papists Arminians Formalists and prophane persons proud spirits the one for their end being subservient to the other c. All which we have countenanced and fomented and on the contrary opposed or deserted those that appeared against them Now can we wonder why when we make many prayers the Lord doth not heare us the reason is our hands are full of blood a 2 2 The good enjoyned 1 the distaste of it and the meanes to it prophecie not say many of us to those that prophecie * Or 2 dainty mouthed in it we rellish it hot cannot endure sound doctrine much lesse plaine preaching of it if nothing else but Christ and him crucified b we must have him cloathed with a scarlet robe a Crowne and a Scepter though it be borrowed of his enemies not satisfied with decent clothing him but we must have idle adorning it shewes an ill stomack that needs much sawce Or 3. partiall and carnall judgeing of it having the word of God in too much respect of the persons teaching it c 4 Backsliding from it that in heart our soules draw back and then no marvell if Gods soule have no pleasure in us d 2 The degree of our ●●nne such as make Christians a shame to Turks Protestants a by-word to Papists the purer sort to prophane men to the dishonour of that Christ Protestant religion and power of godlinesse which we professe e it being so farre from correction that it is become commendable covetousnesse in the effect of it an honour intemperance the glue of charity oathes the ornament of our discourses uncleanenesse a kinde of reputation corrupt indifferency moderation and prudence 3 The universality of our sinning 1 Our Princes i. e. our persons of quality for they in the Hebrew Dialect are exprest by that word many of them living by reason of 1 Monopolies Patents c. not upon the sweat of the poores browes for they brought them to that leanenesse that there was no superduity for that excrement but upon their flesh and bones as our Prophet speaks Cap. 3. 2. that could not warme themselves but the needy was the colder nor feed but eating up the people they eat bread nor array themselves but the Orphans and the Widow were the nakeder It is not enough to breake off this sin by more uprightnesse but repentance must be testified by speciall workes of mercy as satisfaction to the poore as the Prophet Daniel speaks a 2 Impropriations living upon the pretious soule Thousands of soules famished through ignorant and unable Ministers there being no sufficiency to maintaine better are now crying in the eares of God How long Lord how long wilt thou cease to avenge our blood upon such a great person such a Knight such a Gentleman such a Bishop and it may be such a Colledge b Not but that there is a difference for some have had these put upon them in stead of better lands taken from them in other places there is enough notwitstanding and some have though little yet too much in that imployment But where an able minister may be had and where meanes is not cometent and where it was not forced on them if this will hold plea with God there those that doe it not are without excuse 2 The Ministery for we must all this day take shame to our selves as Daniel c speaks we and our Fathers and our Princes and our people have transgressed thy covenant they as those in our Prophet have fixt their ends great estates wordly fulnesse high places much ease as our fathers did so do we Dumbe Dogs living to slumber that can never have enough that say fetch wine and we will fill our selves d and the meanes they have used such as our Prophets complaine of a cruelty and flattery they make the people erre bite with their teeth and cry peace and those that put not into their mouth they even prepare war against them as it is at this day Levie hath not onely his tongue but his hand deepe in this blood and not onely his pen in it but even his sword too if the report be true that so many scholers were found dead at Edge-hill If Ahab will have them say he shall goe up to Ram●th-G●lead he shall have hundreds cry Go and prosper b if in Church matters Ahaz will have such an Altar as is at Damascus he shall have an High Prie●t that will doe according to all that the King commands him c If