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A81992	Seismos megas. Or Heaven & earth shaken. A treatise shewing how kings, princes, and their governments are turned and changed by Jesus Christ as [brace] King of Kings, and King of Saints. / By John Davis, M.A. sometime lecturer at Christ Church in London, and now pastour of a congregation in Dover.	Davis, John, pastor of a congregation in Dover.	1655 (1655)	Wing D422; Thomason E1601_2	153,991	331

are Kings as they are Kingly men he sets them up and then they are Kings and pulls them down and then they are as other common men 1 Sam. 15. 1. The Lord sent Samuel to annoint Saul to be King of his people there he is set up there he is a King but v. 23. because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord He hath also rejected thee from being King there he is pulled down He gave the Kingdome power and strength and glory to Nebuchadnezzar made him King of Kings Dan. 2. 3. But he un-kings him yea un-mans him too Dan. 4. 25 31 32. Oh King Nebuchadnezzar to thee it is spoken The Kingdome is departed from thee there he is un-kinged and v. 32. They shall drive thee from men and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the feild there he is un-manned He annointed Hazael King over Syria and Jehu over Israel 1 King 19. 15 16. Yea all the Kingdomes of men are solely at his disposal and he giveth them to whomsoever he will Dan. 4. 32. 2. He either blesseth or blasteth men in the worke of Government Upon Him is first and resteth the spirit of wisdome and understanding of counsel and might to judge and reprove with all Isa 11. 2 3. and Dan. 2. 21. He giveth wisdome to the wise and knowledge to them that know understanding and again Dan. 4. 16. Let his heart be changed from mans and let a beasts heart be given to him When Saul was annointed King over Israel 1 Sam. 10. v. 16. It s said of him Thou shalt be turned into another man and v. 9. God gave him another heart He doth not say a new heart a holy heart but another heart a heart differing from the heart he had while he was a private person then he minded his fathers Asses and family-occasions but now he had another heart a heart for government a heart for publicke affaires and their management Jesus Christ divides wisdome and folly among the Grandees of the world Solomon was the wisest Prince that ever was But his sonne Rehoboam was not so he was but a little removed from a foole Eccles 10. 16. They are men or children according as he makes them 3. What wisdome and power they have they cannot put forth without him Sometime they appeare stronger then men another time weaker then children Now none so wise as they and by and by none so foolish and all according as Christ enlargeth or contracteth them They assume power to make or unmake to establish or null Lawes but sure they are wofuly out if they leave him out Grant they are the high ones yet sure he is higher then they we deny not but they have an Image on them that makes them better then other men but still they are but men and he is better then they It s his prerogative to be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Law-giver Jam. 4. 12. and he gives law to them and they cannot without him lay law on their people He is one there is one Law-giver and the onely one there is no more They cannot make Laws without him but he doth without them Let their hearts meditate high and great things yet their hearts are in his hand Prov. 21. 1. and he turns them as seemeth him good 4. Their Continuation and succession is from him 1. Sam. 15. 28. The Lord hath rent the Kingdome of Israel from thee this day and hath given it to a neighbour of thine that is better then thou This Solomon acknowledgeth 1 King 3. 7. Oh Lord my God thou hast made thy servant King instead of David my father How much of King craft is laid out to settle and perpetuate governments on heires and successors but how little can this pretend to without Christ Dan. 5. 26 27. He is the great Numberer and Ponderer Belshazzars Kingdome was numbered and finished he was weighed in the ballance and found wanting This King David knew well 2 Sam. 5. 12. He perceived not that men so much nor that Joab or Abner but that the Lord had established him King over Israel Hence is that conclusion from wise Daniel Chap. 2. 21. He changeth times and seasons he removeth Kings and setteth up Kings 5. Bad Kings as well as good reigne by Christ Christ had in especial manner the visible administration of the Kingdomes of Israel and Judah and their Kings were anointed by him but how few good among them all Now because this may seeme a hard saying give me leave to open it in these sixe passages 1. Good men may be bad Kings their grace makes them good but it s their gifts and the acting of them fits them for their Kingship David was a good man a man after Gods one heart but when out of pride he numbered the people in that he was no good King for it brought a plague upon them 2 Sam. 24. Hezekiah was a good man but in vaine ostentation shewing the Ambassadors of the King of Babylon his Treasure in that he was no good King 2 King 20. Asa was a good man but when he imprisoned the Seer and oppressed some of the people in that he was no good King 2 Chron. 16. 10. 2. The badnesse of men or of Kings is not from Christ though we say bad Kings reigne by him yet we do not say their badnesse is by him we abhor the thoughts of making him the author of sin who is the holy One of God 1. All his Commandements are right his Statutes pure his Law perfect there is not the least hint there to warrant any wickednesse but still that which is contrary is commanded He commands no wickednesse 2. It s far from the heart of Christ to worke any wickednesse in their hearts you must father your sin somewhere else Christ will never own it accuse accuse as you have just cause your selves your wicked corrupt natures but you must acquit him 3. Neither doth Christ stirre up unto any wickednesse his spirit is a holy spirit and no inviting or encouraging men to sin comes from that spirit 3. Though he is no cause of their badnesse yet they could not be and so not be bad but that he suffers it If it were the absolute Decree of God that there should be no bad men nor Kings sure there should be none Its impossible any thing should be so against his will for then he were not happy in himselfe and so not God But surely all grant it s his will to suffer it to permit it to be and is there not something more though sin be evil yet is it not good that sin have a being God would not so much as suffer sin in the World but that he knows how to produce good out of it and may not he will the production of good and is it not to worke like himselfe to bring good out of evil Gen. 50. 20. Ye thought evil against me saith Joseph to his Brethren that

Isa 53. 1. Who hath believed our report The speech relates to the Prophet in his time but not onely to the Prophet for it agrees to Christ as appears John 12. 38. I shall conclude this position with what I learned many years a goe from transcribed Notes of a precious servant of Christ now at rest The least degree of the performing a promise being manifested the promise therein may be truly said to be performed although not in the highest extent of it Whereupon it is remarkable how in the Gospels and Acts of the Apostles when any personal thing or individual act is mentioned as that in Mat. 2. 17. the place above named about Rachel the holy Ghost useth a word which signifies accomplishment 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken But when promises are mentioned which have reference to the Church as Acts 2. 16. then it s thus expressed This is that which was spoken by the Prophet Joel 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 he doth not say it was fulfilled but it was spoken it had a true performance but not the accomplishment That under one person or thing named a whole series both of persons and things is to be understood See this plainly in the great promise Rom. 9. 7. In Isaac shall thy seed be called In the eight verse of the same Chapter The children of the promise are counted for the seed When we read of the enemies of the Church which sometimes are called Hornes by them he means all the powers that are pushing at Jesus Christ and his interest The Vial on the Throne of the Beast mentioned Rev. 16. 10. although it meane eminently the City of Rome yet withal it may take in all those places wherein the superstitions of Antichrist have been more especially exercised as Bishops Palaces Cathedrals Monasteries Priories Deanes and Chapters houses and such like places God performes his promises in these latter dayes in a way of proportion and correspondency with his former glorious workings for his people Thus most expresly Hagg. 2. 5. its said According as I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt so my spirit remaineth among you where its plain that God engageth himselfe to them now when they were building of the Temple according to his dealing with them when they were to be delivered out of Egypt Thus in the Visions of the Prophet John Antichrist is called Egypt and their waters are turned into blood and that by the wittnesses Rev. 11. 6. in correspondence with what God did by Moses Exod. 7. 19. Israel in Egypt cryed Exod. 2. 23. and so do the souls under the Altar Lord Lord how long holy and true dost thou not judge and revenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth Rev. 6. 10. He drowned the Egyptians in the red Sea Exod. 14. 27. and now hath his wayes it may be Sea-fights to drown his enemies as it was in the years 1588 and 1639 and at other times since I shall conclude this position with that saying of the Prophet Micah 7. 15. where God promiseth to his Church his goodnesse in these words According to the dayes of thy coming out of the Land of Egypt will ● shew unto him marvelous things That the inflicting of judgement on the adversaries of the Church is subordinate to the performance of his promises to his people The shaking vengeance on the Nations is but to make way for the good of Gods people Gods creatures are precious to him as he is their Creator and surely he would never destroy them but in relation to a greater farther and better good then their destruction can be evil This is plain in Isa 10. 12. The visiting of the stout heart of the King of Assyria and the glory of his high looks is in a way of inflicting judgement on him but it s brought in as subservient to the performing of his whole work on Mount Sion that was the maine thing driven at That the time of fulfilling prophesies and promises and working great turnes is at or before the coming of Christ Thus in Hag. 2. 6. I will shake the heaven when is that it follows immediatly The desire of all Nations shall come The coming of Christ in the flesh was eminently the fulfilling of many prophesies and promises as you may read in the constant course of the Gospel His coming then likewise produced great turnes and changes Mat. 2. 3. Herod the King was troubled and all Jerusalem with him 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Herod and Jerusalem the King and all the people are troubled He troubles the chiefe Priests and Pharisees and Counsels John 11. 47. what doe we doe This man doth many Miracles And when Christ shall come again you shall have more turnes All the promises are in him and for him no marvel then if their performances and his appearance come together The down-fall of the Man of sin is the making good of many promises but that is said to be by the brigh●nesse of his coming 2 Thess 2. 8. Then shall that wicked one be revealed whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth and shall destroy with the brightnesse of his coming Chap. III. Shewing the meaning Doctrines and Method of Hag. 2. 6 7. Hag. 2. 6 7. Thus saith the Lord of Hosts Yet once and it is a little while and I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry-land 7. And I will shake all Nations ●and the desire of all Nations shall come and I will fill this house with glory saith the Lord of Hosts Heb. 12. 26 27. Whose voyce then shooke the earth but now he hath promised saying Yet once more I shake not the earth onely but also Heaven 27. And this word yet once more signifieth the removing of ●hings that are shaken as of things that are made that those things which cannot be shaken may remain HAving laid down these eight propositions in general we shall now pitch down on this Scripture to which all these propositions give light Here in these words of the Prophet Haggai you have a prophesie by way of a promise God foretells by his servant Haggai what shall come to passe namely great turnes and changes and withal engageth about them by way of a promise that he will effect them I will shake and that 's your fi●st rule He calls the Church-state under the Go●p●l by the name of a Temple and an house which is the language of the Old Testament to speak out Gods way of worship but here it hath a farther extent even unto Gospel-worship and administrations and that is according to the second Prop. Shaking of heaven and earth doth not onely meane the commotion in these natural bodies and the alterations therein but also these words hold out the change in the great Political bodies of Church and State and so according