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A79831	Emanuel, or, God with us. Wherein is set forth Englands late great victory over the Scots armie, in a battle at Dunbar, Septemb. 3. 1650. And by many particulars of Gods acting and appearing then for us, it is certaine (and so much is clearly proved) that our armies marching into Scotland, and the wars undertaken and prosecuted against that nation, to be upon grounds of justice and necessity, as the Parliament of England hath declared. Also here is shewed, how grosly the Covenant is abus'd, and what an idoll it is now made. With the fraud and falshood of the Scots, and their kings hypocrisie and dissimulation. Moreover such objections are answered, as seeme to have any thing in them, against the point here asserted. / By John Canne. The first part, published by authority.	Canne, John, d. 1667?	1650 (1650)	Wing C439; Thomason E614_11; ESTC R206534	45,110	52

Squint-eyes if you set a booke direct before them they cannot read a word nor see a letter though it be a large and faire print but hold the booke side-way then they can read very well and see even the least and smallest point Such mercies and deliverances as are before their eyes and wherein the power goodnesse justice and faithfulnesse of God most shine forth and which look most fully and directly at his glory those their squint-eyes cannot see * Quid non mortalia pectoracoges Auri sacra fam●s Virg. Eneid 3. But for others which come in side-way that is advance their Interest help to hold up their unsanctified places and standings their pomp pride Lordlinesse bring them in Corn and Wine c. These side-way blessings whether Victories or what else they can see and will read them and in their Churches too and keep dayes of publique Thanksgiving in remembrance of them If the State command it l Isa 26.11 Lord when thy hand is lifted up they will not see but they shall see and be ashamed for their envy towards thy people yea the fire of thine enemies shall devoure them 6. Not onely hath the Lord given us this great Victory but with it hath happily brought to light many remarkable things whereby is discovered the grosse hypocrisie falsehood and dissimulation of the Scots especially some of their Church men and that great Proselyte their King which is another weighty Argument to prove Gods taking our part and Cause against them 1. Since the Victory some of their Officers and Souldiers have declared that the hand of God was certainly against them because their King was constrained to take the Covenant to own their Declaration altogether against his conscience For howsoever they well knew that whatsoever he did in this particular would be contrary to his mind Neverthelesse willing or not willing do it he * As puppets are moved wholly at his direction and bent that extēds or slacks the strings whereon they dance And the blind Bayard rusheth into the Battle which way he should goe he sees not save only his rider spurreth him so is this mans case must and shall howsoever as was said they knew that therein he would dissemble and play the hypocrite and themselves also It may seeme strange to all sincere and conscientious people that men speaking so much of religion of the great Cause of God of advancing the glorious name of Jesus c. should act so corruptly before God and men Touching the hypocrisie and deep dissimulation both of King people the * The Answer of the Parliament of England to a paper entituled a Declaration of the Kings Majestie c. page 17.19 same in the Parliaments Answer excellently is observed In the space almost of 24. hours to grow up in the full perswasion of the Justice and Equity of all the Heads and Articles contained in the Covenant and to be able to declare that he hath not sworn nor subscribed them upon any sinister intention and crooked design for attaining his own ends and fixed a resolution to persist therein really constantly and sincerely all the dayes of his life Againe He that can on the 15. of August hug all his Malignants and Popish party in his bosome and lodge them in the secret Reserves of his favour and love as his best friends can now on the 16. the day following from the fulnesse of perswasion of the Justice and Equity of all the Heads and Articles of the Covenant renounce and discard them in the sight of God and the world and vow never to have any more to doe with them There needs nothing to be added for the matter it selfe is like a filthy carkasse which will rot and consume away though it be never toucht Among the Myconians it was no unseemely thing to be bald because the people were naturally so if their young King among other nations had thus dissembled it would have been judged a thing unseemly most unchristian but it seems among Scots falshood and hypocrisie is no deformity no blemish or fault in nature they being naturally so I speak not of all but of the most part lyars and a seede of falshood Physitians in some unseemly convulsions wish their Patients should looke on themselves in a glasse which will cause them to strive the more when they shall see their owne deformity If the Scots would but looke here upon themselves and behold this deformity I should thinke they would strive the more against it howsoever God sees their halting and double-dealing and hath already shewed his great indignation against them for it Some of them say * In a letter to his Excellency God hath hid his face for a while from the sons of Jacob but by your leave Jacob's sonnes are m Isa 63.8 children that will not lye they will not n Isa 28.15 make lies their refuge and under falshood hide themselves they will not o 1 Tim. 4.2 speak lies in hypocrisie but p Zech. 8.16 every man the truth to his neighbour q Zech. 8.3 and Jerusalem shall be called the City of truth If men trust in vanity and speak lies conceive mischiefe and bring forth iniquity if there be transgression and lying against the Lord and a departing away from our God speaking oppression and revolt conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falshood If judgement be turned away backward and justice standeth afarre of If truth be fallen in the street and equity cannot enter God indeed wil then r Isa 59.2 hide his face from such a people as the Prophet hath it yea though they boast of a Covenant and a Temple title themselves the Sonnes of Jacob and say ſ Isa 65.5 stand by thy selfe come not neer to me for I am more holie than thou 2. Their dissimulation each with other doth further appeare and Gods judgment upon them likewise for it No sooner did the Scots King heare of the losse of their Army bu he protested he was glad of it and * This was affirmed considētly to the Lord Gen. by Major Gen. Straughams Trumpet falling down on his knees gave great thankes in the presence of all about him that they were so destroyed * Stat. Hist l. 8. c. 25. Plyny writes of a people called Tentarites when they have taken a Crocodile they will so fright him with their words and threats as he is forct to cast up and vomit out the prey which before he had swallowed downe If it should be granted the Scots by their thundring threats of rejection deposition Sale Excommunication c. had so terrified the young Crocodile I speake * It is usuall in Scripture to resemble Tyrants to Serpents Dragons Leviathan Psal 74.13 14. Ezek. 29.3 Isa 27.3 in Scripture language having gotten him amongst them as he was forced to vomit up his owne sins and his Fathers and Mothers sins all the idolatries adulteries

so the power and goodnesse of God may the more shine forth and the mercy it self when it comes tast the sweeter As the greater a mans hunger is the sweeter is the meat and the more relish he hath in it That this victory may appeare to be of God and not of man and what a signall Testimony the Lord hath given in this particular that the Battle and Cause was his I desire the Reader to observe that e Heb. 11.34 out of weaknesse our Army was made strong f Isa 40.29 God gave power to the faint and to them that had no might he encreased strength He that was g Zec. 12.8 feeble among them at that day was as David and David as the Angel of the Lord before them h Ezek. 21.26 The Lord exalted him that was low and abased him that was high i Job 12.21 Powred contempt upon Princes and weakned the strength of the mighty No sooner had our men powred out their complaint before God and shewed before him their trouble saying k Psal 142.6 Attend unto my cry for I am brought very low deliver me from my * Did not the Lord put his hook in their nose and his bridle in their lips there would not be greater persecutors in the world thē the Scots especially their Kirk-men persecutors for they are stronger then I. But suddenly the Lord arose like a Gyant refreshed with wine wounded the hairy scalp of his ●nemies smote them upon the cheek-bone and put them to a perpetual reproach l Psalm 97.8 Sion heard and was glad and the daughters of Judah rejoyced because of thy judgments O Lord. 3. That the Lord hath given Testimonie to the Justice of our Cause doth further appear by the great number of the enemies overthrown by a few Some report the Scots Army was thirty thousand but six thousand horse and sixteen thousand foote at least Ours to sound men were not above seven thousand and five hundred foot and three thousand and five hundred horse these with the courage which the Lord was pleased to give them in less than an hours dispute put the Enemies whole Army into confusion and it became a totall Rout our men having the chase and execution of them near * Magna ea victoria neque cruenta nobis suit Quinta ab hora diej ad noctem caesi hostes decem milia passuum cadaveribus atque armis opplevere Tac. Anal. l. 2. 8. miles their foot in a manner all taken and slain to the number of 15000. whereof a third part were computed to be killed 200. Colours and more of Horse and Foot were taken 10. Colonels 12. Lieutenant-Colonels 9. Majors 47. Captains 72. Lieutenants 80. Ensigns besides Cornets and Quarter-masters All their Train of Artillery consisting of 22. field-guns beside smaller peeces They left behind them all their Arms no lesse than 15000. their Tents Bag and Baggage Thus the Lord m Psal 68.30 rebuked the company of spear-men the multitude of the buls with the Calves of the people and so let thine enemies perish O God And that it may appear n 2 Chron. 14.13 they were destroyed before the Lord and the same God which to them was terrible a consuming fire making his arrows drunk with the blood of the slain and of the Captives to our Army was their rock their fortresse and deliverer the horn of their salvation who covered their head in the day of battle and girded them with strength Our slain hurt were not many I do not believe saith his Excellency we have lost 20. men not one Commissioned Officer slain that I can hear of save one Cornet and Major Rooksby since dead of his wounds and not many mortally wounded Was not that promise here made good even in the letter o Ps 91.7 8. A thousand shall fall at thy side and ten thousand at thy right hand but at shall not come nigh thee Only with thine eyes thou shalt behold see the reward of the wicked He shall cover thee with his feathers and under his wings shalt thou be safe I have read of a * Antigonus Generall who finding his Souldiers dismayed by the smalnesse of their company and the multitude of their enemies asked them how many quoth he do yee reckon me at who am your Commander and I eader If David were p 1 Sam. 18.3 as ten thousand of the people what is David's Lord Our Souldiers never thought as Caecina did * Tacit. An. l. 1. unam in armis salutem that their safety only consisted in their weapons they are better principled and therefore knew that Salvation belongeth to the Lord and making him their Refuge even the most High their habitation hee was with them in trouble he delivered them and honoured them his right hand and his holy arm got them the victory Heretofore when the Lord had acted and appeared for a people in this manner it was always observed by the godly wise as a sure evidence and signe of his approving their Cause as on the contrary a righteous hand of divine punishment upon the destroyed party for taking up Arms in defence of some thing unjust and sinfull either Person or Thing And indeed the promise runs so q Lev 26.2 If yee walke in my statutes and keepe my commandements and do them r Vers 7.8 Ye shall chase your Enemies and they shall fall before you by the sword and five of you shall chase a hundred an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight This promise is enlarged in ſ Ch. 23.10 Joshuah One of you shall chase a thousand * Nos quoque si legem observemus victorias consequemur So we also as Lavaret on the place shall obtain victories if we keep the law This thing afterward was notably performed in t 1 Chr. 11. Davids Worthies of whom some one u 2 Sam. 23.18 lifted up his s●ear against eight hundred and slew three hundred at one time x 1 Chron. 11.18 Three men brake through the host of the Philistims As Major-Generall Whalley's Regiment charged through the Enemies whole Army and back again with little or no losse I know there is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or few nothing is unpossible with him Notwithstanding when by weaknesse he overcomes strength and power by a few many and multitudes as a Ps 11.7 the righteous Lord loves righteousnesse so this shews that he hath pleaded and maintained the righteous mans Cause That God delivered divers Kings and all their host into the hand of Israel b Ios 11.4.8 much people even as the sand that is upon the shore in multitude with horses charets and by a few totally routed the c Judg. 6.5 7.12 Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the East which lay a long encam●ped in the vallies like grashoppers Saved Israel by a very small

of Heaven because of their pains and their sores as I unfeignedly desire and my prayer to God for them so is that they may see how the Lord to whom they have again and again appealed is against them and their Cause as being come to them to judgment r Mal. 3.5 a swift witnesse against the sorcerers against the adulterers against false swearers And therefore they shall do well to ſ Deut. 17.13 heare and feare and doe no more presumptuously The Prophet David saith t Ps 77.19 Thy way is in the Sea and thy path in the great waters In a Sea-voyage there are no lanes no foot-paths no print of wheels no high Mercuries to direct the Marriners all their direction must be fetched from the Pole and Stars compared with the card and compasse and touched needle It were to be wished that some men for their owne sake and the sake of others would look lesse upon the rotten post of the Covenant the humane Kirk and the Lordly discipline and see more of Gods footsteps and goings in his sanctuary how he bows the Heavens and comes down and darknesse is under his feet when he arises how his Enemies are scattered and the wicked perish at the presence of God Are the unreasonable creatures cal'd upon u Ps 96.11 12 13. heaven and earth the sea the field and all trees of the wood to rejoyce and be glad because the Lord judgeth the world with righteousnesse and the people with his truth should not man more abundantly utter the memory of his great goodnesse sing of his righteousnesse and talk of his power Now wherein is this great goodnesse righteousnesse and power of God more seen then when God hath his way in the Sea speaks from Heaven that is being appeal'd unto as the supreame Judge and call'd upon to give sentence in a Cause depending between two Nations he speaks out and gives sentence yea so x Job 37.4 thundreth with the voyce of his Excellency as our Enemies themselves being Judges they must confesse it is a Divine voyce a God speaking the righteous judgment of the most high y Ps 107 4● Who so is wise will observe those things even they shall understand the loving kindnesse of the Lord. 5. There is not a surer evidence of the Lords presence with a people and pleading their Cause then when in the way of his providence he makes the unreasonable creatures seasonably serve for their comfortable deliverance and safety When he a Dan. 6.22 stopt the Lyons mouths b Dan. 3.27 restraind the violence of the fire c Ps 114.3 Caused the sea to flie Jordan to run back What was shewed here That the Lord d Ps 109.31 stands at the right hand of the poore to save him from those that condemn his soule Again when e Nah. 1.3 the Lord hath his way in the storm When f Judg. 5.20 the stars in their courses shall fight against Sisera and g Josh 10.11 great stones from heaven shall be cast downe upon the heads of the Canaanites when the Lord visiteth h Isa 29.6 with thunder and with earth-quake and great noise with storm and tempest and the flame of devouring fire What is here signified That he is angry with those against whom he thus fighteth takes them for his Enemies and that they have a sinfull and unrighteous cause What a cleare Character and sign the Lord gave our Armie of owning them and us and the Cause for which they fought Our posterity after us shall have cause to remember and to blesse God for it Thus it was Vpon Saturday August 30. we marched from Muscleburgh to Heddington where by that time we had got the Van brigade of our Horse and our Foot and Train into their Quarters the Enemie was marched with that exceeding expedition that they fell upon the Reed-forlorn of our Horse put it in some disorder And indeed had like to have engaged our Reer-brigade of Horse with the whole Army had not the Lord by his providence put a cloud over the * Luna clariore paene coelo visa languescere Tac. Aon●● l. 1. Moon thereby giving us opportunitie to draw off those Horse to the rest of the Armie So his Excellency From ano●●er ‖ In a ●●●tive 〈…〉 friend Col. Overton Governour of Hull hand thus The Enemie unknown to us attended upon 〈◊〉 right wing and in the Evening drew up a strong party upon our ●●cer guard and might probably have spoiled them if not provi●●●tially prevented by the over-shadowing clouds which so eclipsed the Moone as thereby a period was put to the Enemies motion untill the Skie was cleared c. A little before day the darkenesse is greatest When our streights and troubles are at the highest then is our deliverance nearest at hand In sick persons we see it commeth to passe that they think there is no hope of life when the Physitians and standers by see certaine and undoubted signes of health When i 1 Sam. 23.24 Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them here was little hope of life what way now could a man imagine of safety to David What probability or possibility in mans understanding that he should escape yet the Lord found out a way for him and delivered him When the King of Syria sent Horses and Chariots and a great host to apprehend Elisha and they had k 2 K. 6.14 compassed the Gitie about in which he was What hope of life here what way was there in human Reason for the Prophet to escape Yet the Lord who knowes how to d●liver the godly out of temptations had a doore open for him whereby to escape When the Scots Army suddenly and unexpectedly fell upon us had many advantages Our whole Army was like to be engaged not then in a capacity or posture to fight but rather as sheep to be led to the slaughter what hope of life here who can see any way of comming out As a man upon a Rock in the Sea sees only waters round about him no land so is our present case we see nothing but either fight or flye Coacta stabile ad praelium we must fight and are forced to it even in this sad and hard condition But the Lord who hath his preventing blessings of goodnesse commanded the Moone not to give her light over-shadowed her with his thick clouds so that the Scots are here left like the Sodomites in darknesse groping for our men as they did for Lot's house whilst the Angels of the Lord put forth their hands and pulled us in under the shadow of the Almighty Thus God was seene in the Mount an act of speciall providence and sufficient to convince any Adversary that the Lord was with us and with our Cause unlesse he be like unto him who said I will not be convinced though I am convinced Indeed some men are like

to be in vaine it is said f Numb 24.25 Balaam rose up and went and returned to his place and Balak also went his way doubtless as convinc'd that the Lord was so with Israel as they should not prosper in that way and course which they had taken up against him Will the Enemies of this Common-wealth be worse and more blind then they What blinder then Balak and Balaam It seems they are for howsoever they have gone as far in essayes and trialls and found no better successe yet have they not the understanding the others had that is to give over and cease as they did and goe every one to his owne home Balak brought Balaam up to the high places of Baal so hath the Enemies designe been * Namely by the late King and his wife who made it their Master-piece and ground-worke to have in the first place the Priests of Rome and England for their asistants Of her it may be said as Livia gravis in Remp. mater Tac. An. l. 1. brought unto the House of Baal The Priests of Roome have built Altars offered Sacrifices ‖ In the Popish Synagogues beyond Sea the late King was every where prayed for that he might prevaile against the Parliament and called upon their Gods their He Saints and She Saints for aid and assistance and the Parliament of England by them hath beene cursed with Bell Booke and Candle But there was no voyce nor any that answered The Lord who g Psal 20.2 sendeth his people help not from the high places of Baal but from his Sanctuary and supporteth them out of Sion turned that curse into a blessing unto us Besides whatsoever the Baalimites could otherwise doe as the Pope Cardinals Jesuites Monks Fryars with the English Arch-Bishops Bishops Deans Cannons the rest of that Viperous brood either by their counsells Policies * There have bin many great Collections among the Papists as voluntary gifts in all Popish Countreys for to furnish the late King with monies in his war against the Parliament besides the great sums he had from them other wayes Purses or what way else they have contributed from time to time all the furtherance and help they could But as a wet Sack wherewith a naked man is covered is so far from arming him against the cold that it doth increase his shivering So this Enemies Designe hereby was so far from being holpen or effected as this prov'd a means the Lords good hand so ordering it of its greater fall and ruine Truly in vaine is Salvation hoped for from the Hills and from the multitude of Mountaines truely in the Lord our God is the Salvation of Israel Isa 3.23 2. As Balak brought Balaam h Num. 32.14 into the Field of Zophim that is of the * So is the word by the Learned Interpreted Spies or Scowt-watches So the Enemies great cause or designe hath been here likewise witnesse the Popish prelatical and Malignant party who have watcht all opportunities to raise Hurliburleys and Commotion both in England and Ireland and where ever they have spied any advantage or imagined the least help of successe multitudes have made themselves ready to engage against the Parliament What i Isa 29.20 watching there hath beene for iniquity k Psal 37.32 to slay the righteous pretended to be for the Protestant Religion Priviledges of Parliament and the liberty of the Subjects now for the Covenant and reformation it is well knowne by what the blood-thirsty Irish and desperate English Cavaleers have often attempted but he that sits in Heaven laughed them to scorne so as their taking Counsells together their Associations conspiracies and insurrections in City and Countrey was to them no otherwise then a Quagmire or Irish-bog the more they stir'd the deeper they sanke and faster they were l Isa 47.11 Mischiefe did fall upon them and they were not able to put it off and suddain desolation which they did not know Our Army m Psal 18.42 Beating them small as the dust before the wind casting them out as the dirt in the street 3. As Balak when he saw he could not attaine his end by carrying Balaam unto the two former places he brings him then n Num. 23.28 unto the top of Peor to o Deut. 3 2● Beth-Peor the House or Temple of his God the Kirk in which his Idoll was the enemies designe their great cause after they have p Ezek. 9.5 wearied themselves to commit iniquity and with their lyes at length is brought to the holy place where under colour of Religion and reformation it may be the more strengthened and better carried forth But as Solomon sayth q Ezek. 24 1● The Sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination how much more when he bringeth it with a wicked mind As the Lord here saw * Si mulata aequitasnon est aequitas sed ini qua duplex quia iniquitas est simulatio Aug. Super. Ps 63. more dissimulation Hypocrisie falshood then on the high places of Baal or Field of Zaphim so doth the power of his anger the more appeare here the Lord will shew himselfe that he hath not pleasure in wickednesse is of purer eyes then to behold iniquity And howsoever perhaps they might flatter themselves and think He would hide his face and never see it or say How doth he know Can he judge through the dark Clouds Neverthelesse he did see their falshood and jugling how cunningly soever covered and hath left them as Lots Wife to be a Pillar of Salt a memorable example unto posterity not to provoke the Almighty and terrible God in such sort for as Eliphaz sayth in Job The Congregations of Hypocrites shall be desolate My flesh trembleth for feare of thee ‖ Job 15.43 and r Pro. 21.27 I am afraid of thy Judgements Two things I find more acted at Beth-Peor First Balaams wicked Doctrine who Counnselled Balak to lay a Stumbling-block before the Children of Israel whereby they might be occasioned to rebell against the Lord and so destroyed 2 Balaks putting off his Prophet without any reward when he saw he had received no profit by him and that all his juggling and Hocus-Pocus helpt him not O Lord how manifold are thy works in wisdome thou hast made them all What was that Declaration which the Scots lately counselled their King to set forth but * It carries the look face of their Kirk Balaams Doctrine a stumbling block a snare a pit For what was the maine drift and scope thereof but rebellion against God and man namely to have the English rise up in Armes against the Magistrate that so they might be cut off I say themselves their Families Wives and Children utterly undone and then the Scots to come in for our Gued or Goods As for the other particular their King perceiving now that he cannot carry on his designe by their Wiles wherewith they thought to have beguiled