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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76326	More sulphure for Basing: or, God will fearfully annoy and make quick riddance of his implacable enemies, surely, sorely, suddenly. Shewed in a sermon at the siege of Basing on the last Lords day, Sept. 21. 1645. Together, with a word of advice, full of love and affection to the Club-men of Hampshire. / By William Beech minister of the Army there, elect: min: of O. in the county of Suffolke. Imprimatur. Ja. Cranford. Sept. 26. 1645.	Beech, William.	1645 (1645)	Wing B1680; Thomason E304_3; ESTC R200304	30,148	36

sought him but his place could no where be found So Psal 92.7 When the wicked spring as the grasse and when all the workers of iniquity doe flourish it is that they shall be destroyed for ever And that of Paul is most consonant to the truth of this 1 Thes 5.3 For when they shall say peace and safety then sudden destruction commeth upon them as travaile upon a woman with child so sure it shall come 2. By weake meanes in comparison T is a generall rule with the Apostle 1 Cor. 1.27 God saith he hath chosen the foolish things of this world to confound the wise and God hath chosen the weake things of the world to confound those that are mighty and things which are not to bring to nought things that are Though all the creatures be at Gods becke and the most noble creatures must obey when he commands yet he can and doth oft make use of the baser and most contemptible creature to destroy and bring downe the pride of his enemies Thus he had an Army of wormes to destroy proud Herod to eate him up Acts 12.13 And wee reade of another army Joel 2.25 The Locust the Cankerworme the Catterpiller the Palmer worme my great Army saith God that I sent among you 3. The overthrow shall be irrecoverable like the breaking of a Potters Pot as it is Esay 30.14 And hee shall breake it like the breaking of a Potters Pot that is broken to peeces hee shall not spare so that there shal not be found in the bursting thereof asheard to take fire from the hearth or to take water out of the pit Hence it is that the ruine of Antichrist is compared to casting of a Milstone into the Sea with such violence saith the holy Ghost shall the great City Babilon be cast and shall be found no more Re. 18.21 It is so Vse that the enemies of God shall surely perish as these did in their confidence in their blood thirstinesse by weake meanes irrecoverably O then how should our soules be filled with thankes and how full ought our mouthes to be of prayse Psal 136. O give thanks to God saith David for he is good for his mercy endureth for ever O give thankes to the Lord of all Lords for his mercy endureth for ever This is almost all his Language expressed and implied in this and many other Psalmes What 's the matter David who remembred us when wee were in our low estate Vers 23.24 for his mercy endureth for c. Who redeemed us from our enemies for his mercy endureth for ever And may not the Prophets in England compose such another Psalme in the behalfe of England as this holy singer doth in the behalfe of his dearest Jsrael O give thanks c. For his mercy endureth for ever who remembred us when wee were in our low estate for his mercy endureth for ever Who Redeemed us from our enemies for his mercy c. Which remembred us at Knasby for his mercy c. Which remembred them of Pembrook shire for his mercy endureth for ever Which remembred us at Leicester for c. Which remembred us at Tanuton for c. Which redeemed them of Bristoll for c. O give thanks unto the God of all Gods for his mercy endureth for ever Annos jam revolvitur Platonicus what will you say if the Midianites be alive againe Indeed t is true their carkases are rotten The Edomites the Moabites and the Amonite are long since dead and destroyed I but yet their cruelty and oppression doth yet survive their pride and bloodthirstinesse remaine to this day the same Tragedy is still acted the Theater removed into another climat it is but Vetus fabula per novos Histriones And therefore to quicken you to this duty note these paralells 1. The old Midianites did first invade Israel intrenched upon their Rights and the Proprieties of Israel sought to drive them out of the inheritance which God gave them Did vex them thus many yeares together spoyled the fruit of their ground and did utterly impoverish them and I pray have not our new Midianites Assirians call them what you will that 's heathenish and cruell taking since to their assistance the French Philistims Welsh Egiptians Cornish Hangarims The degenerate Ismalites of the Renegado English have not these I say or most of them wrested away our lives our liberties our houses our all and have they not shed our blood like water on every side of Ireland and England too Nay have not the bloody miscreants of Ireland since assisted by the enchanted English who have since own'd the massacre and made it theirs by cessations and pardons have not these I say followed over Sea those poore exiles having left them nothing but their lives for a prey and have they not since cut more throats by authority And have they not bin rewarded with immunities and the name of Subjects And is it not therefore because they should contribute their assistance to butcher more O Brethren how have all these vermine amongst them spoiled a fruitfull Land and made the Land dark with them have not their swords touched with the magnetique stone of inhumanity to draw blood made many a wife a Widdow many a poore child fatherlesse many a woman childlesse Nay in conclusion have they not utterly ruin'd families Cities Towns Houses Have not their confederacy burnt spoild wasted Cities Villages Houses and do you not think the late baptizing of the Irish into the name of catholique Subjects was not accompanied with a crosse to England will not all these Acts of grace Cessations pardons immunities priviledges c. produce one ten thousand more Well wee grant these Midianites are very strong and numerous and inferiour to no monsters in their desires after blood 2. The old Midianites vexed Israel 20 yeares And how many yeares suppose yee hath this fatall spirit of Division beene working how long hath this intoxicating drinke of dissention and civill war beene brewing How busy have the Jesuits and Seminaries been for these many yeares to bring us to this passe And now at last unhappy day to charme the Prince from his people and these from one another miserably How truly may poore England take up that of the Psalmist Psal 129.1.2 3. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up may England now say yea many a time have they afflicted mee but they have not prevailed against me the Plowers plowed upon my back they made long their furrowes but the Righteous Lord will cut their snares asunder 3. The Midianites were very strong and numerous lying in the valley like Grashoppers for multitude secure enough nay asleepe in security for one of them dreamed And have not poore England enemies nay who hath shee to friend but God that made the Island Oh the numberlesse number of enemies all about us none but Midianites Cananites Egyptians Philistims enemies within us without us How truly may wee say of our

enemies as David in this Psalme Cogitaverunt unanimiter The Tabernacles of the Edomites the Jsmalites c. and yet note for I drive at this use of thankfulnesse these Midianiies were destroyed in their jollity in their security for all their multitudes and so blessed be God were ours at Nasby when they did pride it in their hearts when they had shared the inheritances of our worthies between them and had in their thoughts ransackt that great City London the blessing of this Land Nay were not these Midianites so confident of the Estates of the Protestant English Rebels as they pleased to stile them that they had gotten empty titles aforehand of Knights Vicounts Lords c. sutable to such addition of estates and inheritances as should no doubt be graciously conferred on them for their great service against the state and happinesse of England 4. These Midianites were overcome by weake meanes so great a multitude so formidable an army were overcome by Gideon and as it were by 300 silly Musquiteers And were not our enemies very numerous Many of your eyes beheld it and had they not a little before beene fleshed with many victories And yet see were they not overcome by our new molded despised contemptible army the very object of their friends feare and pity and their enemies contempt and scorne 5. The old Midianites were irrecoverably discomfited totally routed many of their chiefe and principall men taken prisoners and put to the sword Oreb and Zeb Zeba and Zolmana as before so that they lift up the head no more And have not ours received a great Foyle a Rout and wee hope an irrecoverable one too and though we cannot say they lift up the head no more or that they were so overcome that they could not Rally and doe more mischiefe yet it may be sayd of this conquest as was of Israels victory Judg. 4.14 The hand of the children of Israel prospered and prevaled against Jabin King of Cannan untill they had destroyed Jabin King of Cannan so blessed be God our armies have bin ever since in a prevailing condition they have almost in every place prospered and prevailed over the enemy and many occasions have bin given to the Church of publike thanks unto God for many victories From the destruction of the Midianites we are next to bend our thoughts and meditations on the ruine of the Canaanites and amongst them their Generall and King here mentioned 1. These were overthrown too in their greatest height as were the Midianites Sisera was well appointed and provided he had the command of 900 Iron Chariots which was in those dayes a great strength and by these were the children of Jsrael oppressed a long time 2. The meanes of Sisera's ruine it was effected by a weak woman so Deborah notes that especially in her song Jud. 5.27 At her feet he bowed he fell he lay down At her feet he bowed he fell where he bowed there he fell down dead 3. It was a finall a totall an irrecoverable rout a perpetuall destruction all the hoste of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword there was not a man left Judg. 4.16 Thus have I shewed you the manner how the adversaries of Gods Church and people shall perish as the Midianites and as Sisera and as Labin King of Cannan 1. In their greatest Pride Security Confidence and Presumption 2. By meanes in mans opinion unlikely most improbable absurd foolish 3. And after their fall they shall not recover to do any more hurt Blessed be God our times do verify the truth of this prophesy by Gods indulgent care and providence over his people of this nation at this day 1. Our enemies were once this Summer very confident very sure of us They said one to an other as Sisera's Mother did to her Ladies Judg. 5.30 Have they not gotten have they not devided the spoile those that lived most remote in places far distant from our Metrapolis were most confident by that time the time of their defeat they had been possessed of our Associated Counties had devided the spoile there had assuredly distressed London nay possessed London I need say no more for discovery of their pride and confidence The Cabinet opened speakes much hopes and many promises to that party Thine eternally assures them of their ends and expectations Much good now in each mans thoughts to the Catholick cause nay this Monster was almost come to the birth They made now full account of the golden day lost in 88 and Powder plot in which they should wash their hands as some had said in the blood of all English Protestants and re-establish their old Idolatrous service of their Breaden god That for their pride and confidence 2. By weake meanes as I have said the Lord knowes there was no man could promise to himselfe any comfort at all if he look no further then unto second causes There was nothing but ill presaging clouds and gloominesse in every good mans looke that walked the streetes of that great City The selfe denying vote was past the army was not onely new molded but now mouldred also our soule was brought very low and did even melt yet God remembred us when we were in our low estate for his mercy c. Psal 136.23 3. They were overthrowne with an overthrow 't was the greatest foyle they ever received and wee hope in the mercies of a good God that shortly either their faces will be filled with shame that they may seeke Gods Name v. 16. or else that they shall be utterly irrecoverably subdued as Midian was as Sisera and Jabin were so that they shall lift up their head no more according to this propheticall imprecation Doe unto them as unto the Midianites c. Vse If it be so that the enemies of God shall surely perish then tell them of Babilon and you may them of Basing too it will certainly go ill with them for the reward of their hands will be given them Esay 3.11 Let this be terrour and astonishment to them more then either the roaring of our Cannon or the terrible bur●ing asunder of the Granado let their joynts loosen for feare and their knees smite together for horror for as true as God is in Heaven they shall perish I say unlesse they repent they shall assuredly perish and come to a fearfull end Tell them from the holy Ghost from the word of truth that their destruction shall be terrible it shall be timely it shall be totall 1. A woefull day sayes Jeremy Jer. 17.16 A day of wrath a day of trouble and distresse a day of wastnes and desolation a day of thicke darkenesse clouds and gloomines these are dreadfull yet true expressions they shall be devoured the fire of thine enemies O Lord shall devour them Ps 7.12.13 He hath whet his sword he hath bent his bow and made it ready he hath also prepared for him the instruments of death and ordaineth his arrowes against the persecutors So Moses