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A93050	A broken heart, or The grand sacrifice. As it was laid out in a sermon preached at St. Maries in Beverley, in the East-riding of the county of Yorke, upon the monthly fast-day in Christmas-weeke, being Decemb. 28. 1642. By John Shawe, pastor of the church at Rotherham in the same county.	Shawe, John, 1608-1672.	1643 (1643)	Wing S3027; Thomason E95_13; ESTC R12113	25,506	45

hope will his head and hornes and heart perish did not God miraculously deliver us both in fire that hellish powderplot the devills master-peece and in water in 88. Isa 43. 2. Did he not doe as much three yeares agoe when two Israclites were contending together two sister Nations but I might in these be infinite if I looked on these two yeares last past years not as formerly of mercies but of miracles Therefore consider 2. Gods warnings to England warned us by the Ministery as to Ninoveh Ionah 3. 4. Warned us by others all the World almost on fire round about us nay warned us by visible wonders how did God warn Ierusalem ere its destruction and Germany ere its troubles with many marvelous signes and prodigies as you see of late in print and hath he not done as much for us and all these signes have voyces to warne us Exodus 4. 8. Was not that booke called the preparation to the Crosse taken out of a fishes maw at the Commencement time in Cambridge when many Ministers and others from all parts were met together a faire warning for England to prepare for the Crosse what spoke those extraordinary redoubled tides Strong birth at Stone-house neer Plymouth the exceeding strange thunders and lightning at Withcombe in Devon Octobr. 21. 1638. At Anthony in Cornwall on Whitsunday 1640. The severall stories are in print so at Chidlington in Hartfordshire at Wakefield in Yorkeshire and many other warnings from Earth Sea Heaven all c. Such as Amos 4. 6 7 9. 10 11 c. 3. Consider bleeding Ireland let that breake our hearts how many Husbands Wives Childrens Throats how many houses Families have our sinnes there cut ruined destroyed I have heard of one that espying a Woman that cut his Wife and childrens Throats he was in such exreme passion and rage that hee was struck dumbe and no wonder Oh thinke what wee have done if one from beyond Sea send any Armour or Amunition to ruine the loyall subjects and strength of England Oh how vexed and angry are we Alas wee have sent over our sinnes the worst Armour and Amunition against poore Ireland c. But the glasse is my saithfull monitor 4. Consider Englands grievous sinnes let them Iudg. 5. 8. Never was misery on the Iewes but idolatry was one or the onely Cause or as the Iewes spake in every calamity there was something of the golden Calfe melt us and now I am in a Sea I will onely heave up a drop or two 1. Grievous Idolatry a dividing sinne what caused God to divide the Kingdome of Israil into two Kindomes twixt Solomon his Sonne and servant but because Solomon divided Gods worship twixt God and idolls See 1 Kings 11. 6. 7 8. 11. Oh that we should suffer those Cananites and Perizzites of whom God hath so by fire and water warned us still to be pricks in our sides and themselves to be snares to us Iudge 2. 3. 2 Our great abuse of long peace Iudg. 3. 30. Of great plenty we waxed fat and kicked as Israel of great Gospell Rogers the first Martyr in Queene Maries dayes told Iohn Day fellow Prisoner with him and he that afterwards did print the Booke of Martyrs three strange things 1. Brother Day I shall burne at a Stake and you be delivered 2. Thou shalt live to see the Lady Elizabeth now in Prison to be Queen of England both these proved true and 3. Brother said he then tell my brethren in England unlesse they use the Gospell better then we have done there lies a heavier storme of vengeance over their heads then ever hung over ours they had six yeares Gospell in King Edward the sixrs dayes and as he said abused it so complained the exiles in Frank ford of that sinne and God sent them five yeares fiery tribulation in Queene Maries dayes we have had since eighty foure years of much more light of the Gospell Oh but I hasten to a third great sinne viz. Contempt and abuse of Gods faithfull Ministers and people is it not as in Elisha's dayes that Men Women yea little Children cry come up thou Round-head come up thou Round-head I should have said thou bald-Head 2 Kings ● 23. But take heed some she Beares or visible marks of Gods Anger seise not on thee and thine as verse 24. So abuse of Gods Ministers 2 Chronicles 36. 16. Christs Members Jewells Apple of his Eye c. Adde 4. Gur Sabbath breaking and that with Sabbath breaking was a ru●ner of Germany as th●mselves confesse and sure things never went well in England since Sabbath-breaking was tolerated and allowed authority as 2 Chronicles 36. 11. So 5. Not laying to heart the afflictions of Ioseph Amos 6. 6. And many more all these this banning damning cursing swearing whoredome with which I am loath to defile the Ayre and abuse your patience should break our hearts 5 Consider also Englands grievous rents and divisions to helpe to rend our hearts behold not onely a man of Israel and an Egyptian but Israelites coatending together of all Gods judgements Warre seems the worst and sorest witnesse Davids choyce 2 Sam. 24. 13 14. therefore it s usually mentioned the first in the ranke Ezek. 6. 11. Jerem. 44. 12 13. where Famine and Pestilence are they oftentimes hold out the sword but where the sword goes usually it brings in both the other with it but of all warre my Letany is from Civill Warre among our selves good Lord deliver us as being of all other 1. most unprofitable nothing got by fighting among our selves 2. Most unchristian for men professing the same Religion to quarrell 3. The most unnaturall father on one side Sonne on the other side Father against Sonne Sonne against Father Brother against Brother 4. Most dangerous while we contend together all of us lye open to a common enemy never was any conquest of this Land but this way 5. Most hurtfull to others while we contend wee make our selves unhelpfull to bleeding Ireland and other Churches 6. Most scandalous what will the heathen what will our enemies say Cornelius de lapide may change his note on Isai 11. Alas are not we a house divided and a Kingdome divided against our selves If we bite and devoure one another shall wee not be devoured one of another Luk. 11. 17. Gal. 5 15. When God was wont to plague his worst enemies it was with sending the spirit of division one against another and so one ruining another Judg. 7. 2 Chron. 20. Midianites Moabites Ammonites c. Nay 2. consider what great things lye now at stake not our Estates onely but Liberties nay lives how many a gallant man already slaine and many more in danger my his sacred Majesties person is in danger the breath of our nostrills c. Lam. 4. 20. A certain man may draw a bow at a venture and as soone hit the King as another man 1 Kings 22. 34. Nay danger hence to all the Protestant Churches under