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A79856	A two-fold shaking of the earth: or, an exposition on Heb. 12.26, 27 Wherein is shewed, the first shaking of the earth, seems to be meant the putting down of the late King and bishops: the later shaking, a change of the present government. And reasons given for both. Also how, and in what manner this later earth-shaking may be according to scripture-prophesie: namely, by that earth-quake, Rev. 11.13 which is likewise opened. Lastly, here are many reasons given, why it may be hoped that this present parliament will prove to be that earth-quake (or at least begin the work) whereby the good old cause will be revived, the just rights of the people restored, and the nation setled upon a lasting and durable foundation of truth and righteousness. By John Canne.	Canne, John, d. 1667?	1659 (1659)	Wing C443AB; ESTC R223834	46,560	139

and how many things through the pride and covetousness of some men were quite out of order it not only grieved him but stirr'd him up to endeavour a present Reformation And no doubt that which occasioned him to shew himself so zealously earnest in the work it was in that they had broken the good Government which he himself as a principal man had setled among them but a little before see Neh. 13. If there be a Nehemiah in this Parliament as I hope there are many men that will seek the welfare of England it is not an Apostate Eliashib or a Malignant Tobiah that they will fear nor the Rulers but will contend with them and never cease till the Commonwealth be freed from oppression and slavery setled upon a righteous foundation Reas 4. I am the more encouraged to HOPE that this Parliament will be successful in their undertakings and highly blest by Almighty God Because there are some Army Officers among them who have kept their integrity and have not betrayed the good old Cause for which they ingaged I know it will be matter of much grief unto such men that they must now in a little room be standing up for the publike interest of the Nation which could not be obtain'd till they had past thorow many places in blood Ah honest hearts they little thought when they left their families estates Relations and what else was dear unto them and carried their lives in their hands that they should afterwards sit at Westminster and hear the very same things pleaded for which they had before destroyed For what were the things for which they fought Was it not against Tyrannical and Arbitrary power against prosecution of Court-Principles by corrupt men Was it not to take off all oppressions from the necks of the freemen of England Was it not to remove the long usurped Authority of Lords Civil and Ecclesiastical over the Commons was it not that the supreme Authority should reside originally in the people according to the Law of God light of Nature and right Reason That all persons should own and stand by that Commonwealth-constitution as then established without King and House of Lords And that it should be Treason for any man to be Chief Magistrate of England and Ireland without consent of Parliament was it not against all Negative voices over the free-people of the Common-wealth and against the power of the Militia to be setled and kept in the hands of any single Person Let the enemies themselves be Judges whether these were not the main things contested for against the late King and for the recovery whereof the Nations Trustees in Parliament ingaged themselves and the good People thereof in a long expensive and bloody War which by the good hand of God assisting them ended in the total subduing of their adversaries and capacitating them to execute exemplary Justice upon the principal and his abettors Surely these old Souldiers knowing this to be true have not so far left their former valour and resolution as now to give all up unto men far more inconsiderable then the Royal party was If men should see a company of Boys over their heads throwing down stones upon them I know what they would do in such a case I shall leave the application to the Reader But I hear the Noble Lord Fairfax is chosen for a Parliament-man Surely it was not a personal grudge to the House of the Stuarts nor any particular discontent he had against the ancient Nobility and Gentry of the Nation that he cut them down in all places where he came but rather his love to truth and righteousness Howbeit his silence of late is much wondered at and his friends do now expect that he will appear like himself against the new Court party and our yesterday Nobility and Gentry so far as in point of honour and conscience he is bound and make it evident it was no personal spight against the King and his party that he fought them but love to his Country Reas 5. May not we HOPE now that iniquity shall stop her mouth The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the Earth Gen. 9.2 Though there may be in some a will and de sire that the several burdens grievances of the people should not be taken off nor any thing done to settle and provide for the safety settlement and welfare of the Nation by common consent Nevertheless men of publick Spirits and righteous principles now speaking for the good old cause and declaring against the exercise of Arbitrary power over the lives Liberties and Estates of the people Now declaring against setting up a particular interest tending to the reviving of the Barons-wars by a successive contention between two distinct persons and families for the Soveraignty Now declaring against persons of a degenerate slavish and enslaving spirit encouraging and joyning with the old Malignant and acting and appearing again directly opposite to those good principles and things formerly established When these and such like things shall be spoken what may be expected then A fear and dread what will follow if there should be any contradiction and no marvel the burnt child fears the fire It is too well known how deeply some have suffered already for rash ingaging themselves for a Court-interest against the just rights of the people Job saith When he put on righteousness and brake the jaws of the wicked and pluckt the spoil out of their teeth delivered the poor that cried and caused the widdows heart to sing for joy The young men hid themselves and the aged stood up The Princes refrained talking and laid their hand on their mouth The nobles held their peace and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth Job 29. There hath not been of late time such a time as this is for righteous Jobs especially in Parliament to plead for Justice For rationally no man can think as the case of the Nation stands that any person will have the forehead to speak whatsoever he think against the freedom safety and welfare of the Common-wealth which yet he must do if he speak for the present abuses and Court-corruptions for which the Parliament and Army engaged against the late King Fear not there shall not a man be able to stand before thee Josh 5.1 Reas 6. It is the hope of many and herein I am not without hope under that huge heap of chaff I mean the Army there is some good corn some fire among the abundance of ashes if so it will now appear that is such among them as still love the Good old cause speak high for righteous things and seem to mourn for the great Apostacie of the Army they will close with the present Parliament to have Arbitrary power put down the peoples Birth-rights restored and stand no longer with a corrupt interest against equity Law and conscience Before the Lord destroyed Sodom he brought Lot out of it who

Henry Drummond ●lbury Park SURREY A two-fold Shaking Of the EARTH OR An Exposition on Heb. 12.26 27. Wherein is shewed The FIRST SHAKING OF THE EARTH seems to be meant the putting down of the late King and Bishops the later Shaking a change of the present Government And Reasons given for both ALSO How and in what manner this later Earth-Shaking may be according to SCRIPTURE-PROPHESIE Namely by that Earth-quake Rev. 11.13 which is likewise opened Lastly Here are many Reasons given why it may be HOPED that this PRESENT PARLIAMENT will prove to be that EARTH-QUAKE or at least begin the work whereby the GOOD OLD CAUSE will be revived the just Rights of the People restored and the Nation setled upon a lasting and durable Foundation of Truth and Righteousness BY JOHN CANNE Printed for L. Chapman at the Crown in Popes-head Ally 1659. To the Reader Reader THou must be a stranger in our Israel if thou hast not heard of a people call'd Commonwealths-men and Fifth-Monarchy-men and what grievous things are laid to their charge Now I care not who thou art that shalt read this brief Apology for them if thou be not like him who said He would not be convinc'd though he were convinced The great accusation raised up and spread all the Nation over against these men is That they allow not Magi●●●ates neither would they have the people be un-under Laws and Government I think I may confidently say The Devil who is the father of lyars never brought forth a greater untruth nor had less whereby to palliate and hide his falshood then in this particular For not only do these men approve of Laws Magistrates and Government but there are none in the Nation that do more desire pray for and press after uncorrupt Magistrates good Laws and a righteous Government then they But this is true and the Court-party knows it they are not for Tyrants neither to have an Arbitrary power exercised over the lives Liberties and Consciences of the people but would have the undoubted Rights and Priviledges of the Nation setled upon a lasting and durable foundation of truth and righteousness they would have no violence or oppression done to any man but all men as men enjoy their Birth-right yea and if it were possible to deliver the whole Creation from that bondage and groaning under which it lies into the glorious liberty of the children of God Rom. 8.20 21 22. If a man dislike the standing of weeds in a garden doth it follow he is against the sowing and planting it with herbs and flowers Reader open thine eyes and look up like a man here thou hast the Case truly stated these Commonwealths-men and Fifth-Monarchy-men are not well pleased that the English Garden or Commonwealth should be overspread with the vines of Sodom and the sowr grapes of Gomorrha Isa 1.10 That persons of corrupt interest should impose at their pleasure heavy yokes upon the necks of the free-men of England That the proud are called happy and they that work wickedness are set up That judgment is turned away backward and justice stands afar off That truth is fallen in the streets and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey That such weeds and trash should be in the GARDEN they do dislike it this is true they both speak against it and mourn for it But will any man of reason or sense therfore conclude they are against all Magistracie and Government but rather thus they would have these hurtful weeds pluckt up by the roots that righteous things might be planted in the room of them The next thing that I shall speak a little to is to give the Reader some Reasons of publishing this Treatise 1. After some seeking of God and searching the Scriptures this I humbly conceive that the Lord will begin to revive his Good Old Cause again by the Representatives of the people As he honoured and blest the long Parliament with a good progress in the work of Reformation so I think he will make yet further use of Parliaments for the publick good of the Nation I shall not be absolute what will be done at this time but I have great hope something will be done for the restoration of the Civil Liberties of the people A wise General will hearken to the advice of a mean Souldier I desire no more but what is here set down for publick good may be considered 2. It is a special work of Parliaments to consider the grievances of the people and to be most severe so Parliaments were wont to be against such men who through the greatness of their power and place take occasion to oppress and wrong people the more In this regard I have thought it my duty publickly to declare what injustice and hard measure we have had as to be banished imprisoned cast out of our callings and livelihood but never knew any Reason or Cause why they dealt so cruelly with us It is said of Herod And he sent and beheaded John in prison Mat. 14. after such a manner have our New masters used us sent their Souldiers to our houses pluckt us out of doors thrown us into prison but never told us for what nor brought us to any Tryal It is possible these things may meet with some Parliament-men if it do I shall humbly propound this Whether in point of Law and Conscience those publick oppressions whereof we complain should not be examined and if found true Whether such men be fit to have the chief rule of the Nation any longer Major General Overtons Case will speak loud enough to this Parliament what New Masters are lately started up 3. Howsoever hitherto the sons of Zeruiah have been too hard for us and not only so but of such imperious and high spirits as Pope-like no man might say to them Sir Why do you so There is some hope now a possibility at least that a Parliament may give them a check true it is there hath not been for some late yeers a door open for the oppressed to bring in their complaints against such persons as did them the most wrong So that the publick sore hath run'd still because there was not a coming upto the Cure But it 's hoped this will be a free Parliament out of which di●ributive Justice will flow to the great refreshing of the oppressed every where it is to no purpose to cleanse the pipes and leave the fountain dirty to sweep down the cobwebs and leave the spider to make more Never had the long Parliament wrought that Reformation in England and restored the Peoples Liberties in that measure they did had they not fallen upon the SPRING-HEAD and caught the SPIDERS 4. To wipe off that common scandal which by Apostates is cast upon us i. e. that it is only our frowardness and discontents that make us complain otherwise we have nothing against them nor any harm done us Micah thought it a very strange thing in the Danites when they had

taken from him his Priest and Idols then to ask him What he ail'd We cannot take it little better then a scoff when they r●b'd the people of their goods and freedom and opprest them several ways by an Arbitrary power then to twit them in the teeth with complaining Just like a child who having scratcht his mother then cries as if the wrong had been done to him Thus having scratcht and torn the Mother Commonwealth yea upon the matter murdered her They cry out against the people as being pettish and froward know not what they would have c. whereas it is only themselves that have done the evil But if this Parliament shall sit to judge between the Mother and the Child we are sure the Mother will be quitted and the Child shall have his due payment not only for scratching but for crying too But 5. And indeed this is a main Cause that is to shew that in taking off heavy yokes and executing justice upon oppressours whereby righteousness may be exalted in the Nation here a Scripture-Prophesie will be fulfilled I have not mentioned the Laws and Statutes of the Land because this by others is alreadie done Mr. Pryn in a Book printed this yeer 1658. and to which he sets his name affirms quoting many Acts of Parliament for it That the persons now in power are theeves and robbers yea usurpers and have set up a new usurped power and have committed the highest Treason and act against all Law both of God and the land And for that Parliament which they say gave them power and Authority He saith It was but a pretended Parliament and a mock-Parliament and by the Acts of lawful Parliaments they were all Traytors This is publick and known to the Judges and Lawyers of the Nation and what may we think but by their silence they give consent See his Book Demophilos Appendix Now howsoever the Parliament having Law and equity on their side have ground sufficient to be up and doing yet it cannot be but some encouragement unto them likewise if they understand it is such a work as the word of God in a special manner calls them to it Doubtless it is an honour to be call'd unto such a service but if it be done faithfully not like Jehn for self-ends but as of sincerity but as of God in the sight of God not only shall their memory be blest but the Lord will remember them for good and reward their work and labour of love I shall say little more Righteousness saith Solomon exalteth a Nation Prov. 14.34 Again The Throne is established by Righteousness Prov. 16.12 Note it is not Ahitophels counsel nor Machiavels Head-piece will do it I say further It is not raising mony and increasing heavier burdens or setling things this way or that way will do it without Righteousness Of a truth God looks for righteousness and judgment from us Isa 5.7 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord then sacrifice Prov. 21.3 This is better then fasting or praying better then a morning Sermon at the Abby or praying before the House sits It is so good that if justice and judgment be not ex●cuted the Lord abhors all sacrifices see Isa 1.15 16. When Joshua and the rest of the Congregation knew who was the TROUBLER had they only acknowledged that great wickedness and mourned for it and done no more the Lord would have withdrawn himself still from them Josh 7.12 So when it was told David The three years famine was for Saul and his bloody house because he slew the Gibeonites 2 Sam. 21.1 2 c. Had there been no more then confessing the sin and asking pardon the Lord would not have been entreated for the Land So it may be said of our present condition should there be a publick confession made of our late Apostacie Covenant breaking Treason Oppression c. before God Angels and men and solemn days appointed by the Parliament to mourn for it nevertheless except the accursed thing be destroyed from amongst us it may be questioned whether God will be with us any more Faithful are the wounds of a friend but the kisses of an Enemy are deceitful Prov. 27.6 A Two-fold Shaking OF THE EARTH OR An Exposition on Heb. 12.26 27 c. IT is a common received opinion that Alexander the Great was encouraged in his Persian Wars by the light and information which he had from Jaddus the High-Priest of the Jews who opened unto him the Vision of the Ram and He-Goat in which Daniel had foretold the overthrow of the Medes by the King of Grecia Dan. 8. I know it comes many times to pass howsoever men in their actions fullfil the purpose and design of God yet think not so neither do it to that intent Isa 10.7 Notwithstanding the Lord who is good to all rewards them sometimes largely for the work-sake And so much appears in the Prophet Son of man Nebuchad-rezzar King of Babylon caused his Army to serve a great service against Tyrus every head was made bald and every shoulder was peeled yet had he no wages nor his Army for Tyrus for the service he had served against it Therefore thus saith the Lord God Behold I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchad-rezzar King of Babylon he shall take her multitude and take her spoyl and take her prey and it shall be the wages of his Army I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it because they wrought for me saith the Lord God Ezek. 29.18 19 20. Now had he and his Army done that service conscientiously and in obedience unto Gods appointment and therein singly have sought the glory of God and not their own profit and interest would they not much more have pleased him and done a more acceptable service and received a better and far greater reward Hence this may be gathered As there are great things to be done in the last days by the Representatives of the People and by such as shall have the Power of Nations in their hands especially when it is to execute the vengeance of the Lord and the vengeance of his Temple upon any part of Babylon that they have some understanding in the Prophesies of the last days whereby they may know what their work is and that they are call'd of God to it and when and how to move in it For so not only shall they be encouraged to take it in hand but have assurance of good success and a full reward for their service Object But we have not now men of Prophetical spirits to open unto us the dark Prophesies of the Scriptures concerning the last Times Answ 1. Let this be granted yet I humbly conceive a man may take liberty and that very warrantably to declare his opinion of the darkest and difficultest places of Scripture in a sober and modest way and for this he hath a Cloud of witnesses But 2. It will be

●e face of the whole Earth yet in the ●●wning it breaks forth and appears ●●t in one place The Lord saith I ●●ll pour out my Spirit upon all flesh Joel ● 28 Again I will shake all Nations ●ag 2.7 Now I do not think that ●●ese things shall be done at one time ●●d all together I mean either of them ●ut gradually that is he will begin ●●mwhere first and so proceed from ●●esh to flesh and from Nation to Nati●n till the whole be accomplished 3. But the greatest difficultie is to ●nderstand where the Lord will begin 〈◊〉 pour out his Spirit and to shake all Na●ions For my part I think as the hi●tory of the old Testament respected ●he Jews and we have little recorded ●here of the affairs of the World but ●s the Church and people of God were more or less concerned therein for howsoever there were great transactions of things in the world as we finde in humane Histories all the while the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah stood nevertheless what respected not the Church the Holy-Gh●●● takes as it were no notice of 〈◊〉 the Visions and Prophesies of Scripture 〈◊〉 specting the last days do concern t● Church and people of God They 〈◊〉 written for their learning Rom. 15.4 A●● therefore where the Churches a●● there may we certainly expect the a●●pearance of them especially a begi●ning And if this be so I have the Reasons to think that the pouri●● out of the Spirit and the shaking of all N●tions will begin here in England 1. Where the Lord draws o● the heart of his Children to seek h●● face for any particular blessing the● usually he grants it Thou wilt prepar● their heart thou wilt cause thine ear 〈◊〉 hear Psal 10.17 Now I think th● I may boldly say Never were th● hearts of Saints in any age mor● strongly carried forth by the Spirit o● God in prayer then some have bee● these late yeers for the particulars before mentioned 2. Where may we expect th● work to rise and be revived but where 〈◊〉 was stopt and had a Death as it ●ere put upon it What a Glorious ●●use the Lord had in this Nation and ●ow eminently he appeared with it it 〈◊〉 well known and also who they ●ere who through their hypocrisie ●nd Apostacie most unworthily be●ayed it and put an unblessed stop to 〈◊〉 3. If Scripture-Prophesies respecting ●e last times do most concern the Churches and such as make the grea●est profession of Religion surely then ●or the Lord to begin the Earth-Quake ●ere I say Judgment at his house and ●anctuary it will make very much for ●he glory of his Wisdom Justice Ho●●ness For 1. This I will say and stand ●y it against all gainsayers That the Apostacy of English Professors hath brought more dishonour to God and general scandal ●o Religion then ever was done by any people professing Godliness these thousand yeers ●dd to this How they glory in their shame and declare their sin as Sodom and ●ide it not Isa 39. 2. They have brought as much 〈◊〉 in them lies all the Blood shed in t●● three Nations upon the good old Caus● and seek to acquit the King and h●● Party by building again the Tyran● and Idolatry which was destroye● and suppressing with both hands th● truth and Righteousness which they pr●tended to 3. The gross hypocrisie of Professors hath made more Atheists within these four or five yeers then have bee● heard of in many ages before Som● I could name who have confest tha● observing the Horrible falshood treach●ry lying self-seeking c. among Professors especially in the Officers o● the Army are become stark Atheists for they thought it was not possibl● for men professing so much Godliness and acting so much wickedness to b● suffered upon the face of the earth I there were a God of Judgment Mal. 2.17 Reader wonder not at this but wonder there are not more Atheists I had almost said all Atheists For is there any thing that can occasion men sooner and more effectually to turn Atheists then to see great Professors of Religion yea Church Ministers and Army Officers even whilst they are talking of Godliness Justice Honesty and whilst they are fasting praying and preaching live in the practise of such horrid sins as heathens would abhor and be ashamed of I remember what a Turk spake to an acquaintance of mine at Constantinople when he had bid him less for his commodity then he asked I am no Christian quoth he to ask otherwise then I mean to have What would a Turk have said had he seen the actions of some Professors of late yeers I am no Christian to break all vows oaths promises engagements I am no Christian to cheat and cozen my Brethren under pretence of long prayer I am no Christian whilst I talk of Law and Justice not to make conscience of any thing I am no Christian to preach against pride covetousness self-seeking and in practise no man more proud more covetous and more self-seeking then my self 4. Howsoever the Good old Caus● hath met with great opposition ye● none have done that wrong and prejudice to it as Apostate Professors though the Scribes and Pharises with Pontius Pilate crucified Jesus Christ yet it was Judas one of the twelve that betrayed him and delivered him up into their hands It is true Christ in his good old Cause hath been crucified by all sorts of enemies the old Malignants and Cavaleers trample it under foot and laugh it to scorn they shoot out the lip and shake their heads at it but who first betrayed it who were they that delivered up the interest of Christ and his people into the hands of wicked men It was not an enemy then we could have born it But they were Disciples and such as we least thought would have been so unfaithful unto God and their Countrey Let death seise upon them and let them go down quick into Hell for wickedness is in their dwellings and among them Psal 55.15 5. What will more silence them that are without and awaken the Nations abroad then to hear that judgment is begun at the house of God surely if any thing will waken them this will Lastly It is to be heeded though there are no people Nation or Language under Heaven but more or less are concerned in the Prophesies of the last times yet every Prophesie is not to be carried to every Nation neither do some Prophesies as I humbly conceive belong at all unto some people The five first vials as I understand will extend no farther then the Dominion of the Beast neither shall any part of the world be the subject of these vials but the Antichristian State or Kingdom Again whereas Christ saith there shall be Earth-quakes in divers places Mat. 24. And certain it is there is no Civil power Government or State upon Earth but shall be broken to peeces and utterly perish yet touching that Earth-quake mentioned Rev. 11.13 it will not be

2 3 c. the which Apostacie to me is as clear to be now in this Nation as the Sun that shines at noon-day But of this more by and by 3. To make proof of the faith love and obedience of his little flock and in very deed as the Tryals and Temptati●ns of the Lords witnesses have been these four or five yeers many ways very great So they have shewed much faithfulness to the Lord and to his Son and Zion that they have chosen bonds banishments close imprisonment and loss of trade and livelihood rather then with base time-servers and merce-mary flatters to betray the Liberties Laws and Rights of the Nation for filthy lucre sake If a maid that she might be such a mans wife should refuse a great estate and live very poorly with him would not this argue she married him for LOVE and nothing else How many are there to my know ledge would they have broken the● Vows Oaths and Ingagements an● joyned with others to build agai● what before they had destroyed the● might have had what honour prefe●ment or place they would But the● would rather be imprisoned and ba●nished and suffer with joy the spoi●ing of their goods then turn Judasse● for a few pence But what love an● affection have these persons in thi● shewed to the good old Cause and th● just Rights of their Country 4. That Hypocrites having gotte● by the present Apostacie fat pasture might the sooner fill up the measur● of their wickedness and so be prepare for the day of slaughter As the Lor● will have the harvest and vintage rip● before he cuts them down so there i● nothing will sooner ripen corrupt me● then greatness honour riches c. Swi● will not fatten faster by acorns then will a● hypocrite by Court-preferment Now Reader consider as the Lord had thes● and other such ends for which he suffered this root of bitterness to be among us so having had his END what is now to be expected but a sudden plucking of it up Then 2. What is it that hath occasioned prophane persons to blaspheme the holy name of God more then the late destroying of that good work of Reformation begun in the Nation What saith the Scoffer at it This man began to build but was not able to finish it Luk. 14.30 It is not man now but God the living God that is derided and laugh'd at he began to build c. he made a fair beginning saith the MOCKING-APOSTATE to have had a Commonwealth he seem'd as if he would have made a righteous Nation and the people no more under the lust and will of men But some were too hard for him and out-witted him and undid all that he had done before with the infinite expence of Blood and Treasure But know thou Atheist Jehovah is more jealous of his glory and great Name then to give it to another Though he have kept silence and thou thoughtest that he was altogether such an one as thy self yet know he will arise for his Name-sake For so is his promise I will sanctifie my great Name which was prophaned among the Gentiles which ye have prophaned in the midst of them Ezek. 36.23 But never will the name of God be recovered in this Nation to the stopping of the mouths of Apostateblasphemers until that blessed work of breaking Tyranny and Idolatry begun in the Long Parliament be on foot again I say once more as a truth which I hope the Lord will enable me if call'd to it to seal with my blood That the precious Name of God prophaned in this Nation by Apostate Professors will not be sanctified till the good old Cause be revived the Freedom and just Liberties of the people restored a Commonwealth setled upon right principles of truth and righteousness and those who have been the cause of the late horrible revolt brought forth to Justice 3. Such are the wounds in the Body of this Nation and the grievances and Breaches so many and great as I am perswaded all the State-Physitians I speak not of Mountebanks and Quacksalvers will perceive when they shall come to the Cause and Cure there is no healing of the whole without cutting a part off and what that part is they will soon see The Prophet Ezekiel speaking of the false Prophets of his time saith One built up a wall and lo others daubed it with untempered mortar Ezek. 13.10 He alludes unto a foolish builder who coming to a wall with his tools sees it is so rent and torn as it cannot stand but must be all pluckt down and a new wall rais'din the place of it nevertheless he only plaisters it over and so seeks to cover the fault but not to mend it Who should be builders if not the Representatives of the people And therefore if the wall before them which others built be so weak sandy and tottering that it must be shaken ought they not to beware of dawbing it with untempered mortar and the rather because the Lord wants not labourers but if one company of men prove unfaithful that is will be dawbing a rotten wall when they should cast it down he will DISSOLVE THEM with more shame and dishonour then any Protector could put upon them and call such to the State-work as shall be more faithful and well rewarded for it Say unto them which dawb with untempered mortar that it shall fall there shall be an overflowing showr and ye O great hail-stones shall fall and a stormy wind shall renit Lo when the wall is fallen shall it not be said unto you Where is the dawbing wherewith ye have dawbed it Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall and upon them that have dawbed it with untempered mortar and will say unto you The wall is no more neither they that dawbed it Ezek. 13.11 12 15. 4. It may rationally satisfie all unbyassed persons that Gods actings and appearances were formerly such for the interest of Christ and his people as it cannot possibly be that he should leave it afterward What! was the King taken off his Posterity laid aside the Bishops and their Government put down for this end that there should rise up in their places a Generation of men more corrupt then they were Indeed if we will give credit to the blasphemous speeches published to the world by Apostates it should be so that is all the victories and deliverances which the Lord gave unto his people in the time of the Long Parliament was for them that is for their particular interest They blush not to tell us in print as may be gathered from their words plain enough that Gods helping us in our several streights was to keep up the Lawyers in their corruption Priests in their oppression the Magistrates in persecution the Tryers in their beastly invention and the old Malignant to take his revenge on honest men for their former good service to God and their Country But I shall leave these mockers to him that