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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52288	The great work of God in this present dispensation of peace consider'd, open'd and apply'd in a sermon preach'd at Havant in Hampshire, on Thursday Decemb. 2d. 1697, being the day of publick thanksgiving / by Charles Nicholetts ...	Nicholets, Charles.	1698 (1698)	Wing N1088; ESTC R41403	26,958	29

the word in his Ambassadors mouths Denouncing Vengance to his Enemies and Wrath and Judgment to those that submit not to his will Oh Sirs our work and business is to tell you that the Lord is at hand and that he will be veveal'd in flaming Fire taking Vengance on them that know not God and obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ and that they shall be punished with evevlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the Glory of his Power Thus do Men menace one another upon their falling out How proudly and insultingly did Benhadad threaten War against Ahab 1 Kings 20. v. 10.11 And Benhadad sent unto him and said the Gods do so unto me and more also if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfulls for all the People that follow me But Ahab answer'd him well in the next words And the King of Israel answered and said tell him let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off And indeed the event shew'd that Benhadad boasted of more then he was able to perform but boasting and threatning are natural products of wageing War Sixthly Bow Signifieth the Wrath and Fury that 's us'd in War Men engaged in War do not only Fight but Spit their Venome and Choler one against another and that in an hideous manner Hence when the Church would express the anger of God towards Jerusalem she uses this word and likens it to the Wrath and Fury of enraged Men Lam. 2. v. 4. He hath bent his Bow like an Enemy he stood with his Right hand as an Adversary and slew all that were pleasant to the Eye in the Tabernacle of the daughter of Zion he powred forth his fury like Fire Q. D. God came inflamed with Anger and not in his Indignation towards poor Jerrusalem a Fire devoured before him and it was very tempestuous round about him The Bow then imports the most vehement Wrath the most invetirate hatred such as boiled in the Stomachs of Simeon and Levi when they went against the men of Shechem which Jacob bore a Testimony against by way of Execration Gen. 49. v. 7. Cursed be their Anger for was Fierce and their Wrath for it was Cruell I Will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel Oh how Feirce and Fiery is the Wrath of Man how Mad and Furious is he when he goes against his Enemy in Bellona's Camp How enraged and heigthned to the utmost Choller were Caesar and Pompey in the Pharsalian Feilds The Nieghing of the Horses the clashing of the Armor the trampling on the Slain with many other Black and horrible Actions were sensible Evidences of their mutual Rage The Passion of Hatred has as violent and rapid a Torment as that of Love and is as restless in its Motion and as effectual in its Operation Thus you see what the Bow Signifies I am next to show you how God breaks the Bow First We told you Bow signifies all the Furniture of War Now God breaks the Bow by rendring this Furniture useless he orders it so by his Providence that the vast Preparations for War are to no purpose there 's no more occasion for the Stores and Magazines for the Armor and Ammunition for now there 's Peace and so no farther need of these things Thus breaking is taken Exod. 32. v. 19. And it came to pass as soon as he came nigh unto the Camp that he saw the Calf and the dancing and Moses anger waxed hot and he cast the Tables out of his hands and brake them beneath the Mount He saw the People running apace into Idolatry and so casting off God that he thought there was no farther need of the Law and therefore he broke the Tables in which the Law was wrote So the breaking the Bow here is the making useless all the Provisions for another Campain The Prophet speaking of the glory of the last days speaks thus of God's breaking the Bow with respect to War Micah 4 v. 3. And he shall judge among many People and rebuke strong Nations affar off and they shall beat their Swords into Plow-shares and their Spears into Pruning-hooks Nation shall not lift up a-Sword against Nation neither shall they learn War any more When there is no open War there 's no occasion of Swords and Spears they are useless Weapons and of no service unto those that have them unless to make Plow-shears ond Pruning-hooks Thus God breaks the Bow by making useless any thing that belongs to War Secondly We told you Bow signifies the continuance or lengthning out of War now God breaks this Bow by putting an end to it He maketh VVars to cease and so he breaks the Bow When Gideon and his men brake the Pitchers Judg. 7. v. 19. The controversie between them and the Midianites was soon ended That breaking was a comfortable omen of the easy conclusion of the War God may suffer War to continue for a time but he will not always let it rage and that in Compassion to many poor Families that suffer by it upon which consideration Abner does pathetically expostulate with Joab about the Melancholy and Tragical theam of War 2 Sam. 2. v. 26. Then Abner called to Joab and said Shall the Sword devour for ever Knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end How long shall it be then ere thou bid the People return form following their Brethren Oh the Sword is very devouring and the effects of War are very bitter and therefore God will not suffer such a devouring Judgment always to continue No he will stay the rough Wind in the day of the East Wind and put a stop to that which has caused so great a Devastation The crys of Oppressed Families the Groans of Wounded Creatures and the doleful complaints of all sorts of People will reach the Ears of so Compassionate a God who retaineth not his Anger for ever but in the midst of Judgment will remember Mercy and damm up the fountain of War from whence has flowed so many Streams of Misery Thus he breaks the Bow Thirdly We told you that Bow signifies aptness and earnestness in prosecuting War now God breaks this Bow by blunting the edge and taking away the appetite in men to it The Hearts of all are in his hands and he can turn them as Rivers of Water He can make the most Fierce Tyger to become meek and mild as a Lamb. We read of the he-Goat breaking the horns of the Ram and then the Ram was quiet Dan. 8. v. 7. So when God breaks the Bow How are the boisterong Passions of Men allay'd How calm are their Spirits and how Serene their Temper The Son of Mars unknits his brow and looks forward with a pleasing aspect and the rough skin'd Esau then has Jacob's Voice How exasperated and enraged were Ahab and Benhadad one against another and yet when the Fray was over there was nothing but smooth and oily