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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A71282	Three kingdoms made one by entring Covenant with one God wherein we have these remarkables, worthy all observation : I what it is to Covenant with God, II how hardly his people are drawn into it, III how the Lord has suffered His adversaries from time to time to buffit His people thereinto, IV The height of this covenant above former covenants and reasons why ... / by E.W.	Woodward, Ezekias, 1590-1675.	1643 (1643)	Wing W3507; ESTC R21107	47,316	48

under foot Against such Opposers mighty Adversaries who have let hitherto and will let till they be removed and taken quite away The Covenant did not descend to this Bottome to this Root even that discent To the Root argues an height of zeal too the eradicating or rooting-out of that cursed train the Pope and his Bishops Nor did that Covenant expresse a Love or a Care so diffusive so spreading toward their Sister Churches of Scotland and Ireland as it should have done when yet they knew but the present distractions and care to save themselves clouded them a little sailed in the same Ship with them were involved in the same dangers from those floods of great Waters quite covering the Ship of the Church in the same Tempest even Scotland too Much more might be said I will say but this The Lords thoughts are good and gratious toward His People He will bring His People up to Him fully and indeed And what way takes The Lord He suffers the Adversary to blunder on his own way gives him as the Adversary calls it Successe in his way and as he will have it called a Victory The Lord delivers up His Cities some of them into the Enemies hand then suffers the Adversary gives their Tongue power to move and to blaspheme His Holy Name The Adversary in his pride and height of blasphemy asked a poor People Where is now your God What is become of your Praying and Fasting and Preaching What of all that O wretches Divels I had almost said What is become of all this Look you here and if you can consider consider for it is Higgaion Selah a matter seriously to be thought upon That the Pe●le of God have prayed and praised Prayer and praise still go together and fasted Psal 9 16. and preached Three Kingdoms into one as sanctisied means these have brought them into Covenant with their God as it is at this day At that very time when the Adversary so blasphemed at that point of time Scotland had great thoughts of heart for England and England for Scotland both for Ireland So they entered into a League knit themselves together all as one To c. For there is enough said touching the matter and manner c The subject of a short Treatise of that solemnity though I had said nothing I shall enquire now into these things and demonstratively shew first I. I. The necessity of taking this way of Covenanting with God It is the Sacra Anchora the onely remedy to save the Ship of the Church How is that done For save the Ship and save all By maintaining the Rights and Priviledges of the Gospel or to speak in the vulgar and common speech To maintain the Protestant Religion No way to do this but To Covenant with The Lord so to do there is a necessity then A. No no Necessity at all nor cause why this should be the Kingdoms care for it is the Kings care B A poor speech I will not say simple Is any one man sufficient for that care Or dare any man say he is compitent for such a care The care of all the Churches lay upon Paul God fitted him for it and Paul was not alone he had and would have many helpers The care of three Kingdoms is more and more waighty A. True nor is the King alone as he tells us The maintenance of the true Religion is his care and he vows to discharge that care B. Very well But I wish from my heart That His Majesty had not vowed so much for the Church And more from my soul if more can be That he had not done so much against her A. His zeal is pardonable and his care pious and conscientious he is carefull to discharge his care as was said and he knows how to do it well enough His Majesty has Noble Instruments about Him helpers to him in the full discharge of that great Trust and care B. By your leave Sir I le take it yet by the help of God and His Law I will keep my self within the Bounds of Christian Prudence and say The vile Councellors have set the King in a worse way then ever Jeroboam who made Israel sin prosecuted For Jeroboam took a good way to a cursed end and that is strange yet not so strange as true I say good by allowance of the Spirit who calls Achitophels Counsell good d 2 Sam. 17. 14. though tending to a cursed end A good way Jeroboam went plain and direct neither he nor the People could be deceived in it The full purpose of his heart was to set up a Calvish worship which yet he might call true for I think no man embraceth falshood under that ●otion though clean crosse and contrary to that worship instituted and commanded by God Himself at Jerusalem I say he set up a Calvish Religion and he sayes so too That was well say so and do so And the good way he took plain and direct For all that he did had a direct tendency thereunto to his main scope in the sight of all the People Therefore what did he He appointed Calvish brutish Priests such a service such Priests These agreed as the Ma●e●…lips and Lettice A good way this still no turnings of the old Serpent in it but direct and straight But had Jeroboam then professed in words To maintain the worship of God commanded at Jerusalem while yet he did as he did set his eye against the Priests of the Lord spied them out and spurned them out throughout all his Towns and Cities which he did with that violence and eagernesse That those Priests if you marke the story came by companies to Jerusalem persecuted by Jeroboam out of their places where he had Command or spoyled there had I say Jeroboam professed with his mouth all this time while he persecuted with his hand To maintain the true worship of God then every child would have laughed at him and the soberman who knowes what it is to mock God but God is not mocked would have wept heartily Ah Lord would the true Israelite have said what professe the true worship as at Jerusalem and set up Calves at Dan and Bethel Ah Lord Indeed the true Israelite would have so wept so mourned and let him do so still as he sees cause for whatever we judge of the King the Lord He is Judge between him and us we do know his helpers what maintainers they are of Religion what Lawlesse men will do for our lawes children of Belial with our sacred Coards and Bands and what Papists will do touching the Rights and Priviledges of the Church and Gospel For at this time we will not mention the Rights and Priviledges of Parliament though of good account with us yet of no account to the Pearle in the Gospel that is the Gospel and at the stake now have at it and all at once and then lose that and lose all A. The King cares for the Gospel as

vvhich Mr Channell hath cleared to all the vvorld that This and That Persons and things vvere brought in by the meer pleasure of man against the Law vvhereon I could delate very largely too for he is deceived indeed and vvillingly so That vvill not be undeceived now ergo say I These may be cast-out by Law But I vvill not trust my Law I will grant though my indulgency that vvay vvill do the Bishops no good That the Law has appointed Bishops Lords over Dioces has setled them in the Church placed them amidst the House of Peers made them Spirituall too I cannot tell vvhat the Law of the Lord may do but sure I am The Law of the Land never did that But grant all this give them their challenge all the Rope they do deserve all the Law they do desire grant them their sayings That the Law of the Land has made them Arch Bishops and Bishops Lords and Spirituall all this truly I can scarce suffer such a thing to drop from my Pen the Rope vvas more in my thought and that is Law too But be it so for this time yet notwithstanding this large grant If Arch-Bishops and Bishops are all for mounting-up of Altars Edification of Images for maintaining Superstitions Heresies Blaspemies horrible Prophanations even of the Lords Day Then may vve finde out a Law or make a Law and swear unto it vvhen vve have done To thrust-out such abominable Parsons or give them the Rope vvithin so Trussing them up by the Necks A. Stay a little dare you avouch all this B. Yes and swear it too and more I vvill make a challenge If I do not give better Reason and Law both vvhy the Arch-Bishops and Bishops I mean a Bishop rick in the Bishops latitude should have a Rope from Earth than they can give vvhy they should have a Bishoprick from Heaven I mean If I cannot make better proof That they should have a Rope Lege Humana than they can make Proof of Tenure or holding their Bishopricks Iurc Divino Then I vvill hang for them at Tyburn or burne for them in Smithfield A. Durst you or vviser and better than you say as much as this five years ago B. No indeed 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 quidem deep silence then for it vvas the Power of Darknesse and the Bishops vvere in their Zenith the verticle point and height of their Reigne I vvill speak a little for my betters It was an Evill time the Prudent man held his peace and so he shewed his own vvisedome by his silence and doing nothing for Beholding The Lords Day Prophaned The Lord of the Day Blasphemed The Honours and Service of the Day defiled all this while he vvisely held his Peace He observed more even grievous Wolves hasting to Christs fold thence removing the Shepheards and there scattering the sheep All this while if they would let him alone he would let them alone such was his wisdom But it was his own he never learnt it of his God He bids this man who ever he is But this man was not alone a thousand with him were as silent as he was but if alone yet God bids him In my Cause and against my Enemies be as bold as a Lyon Then certainly He that so commands would as He did command the Lions mouth he shall not devour this man who is as bold as a Lion for Gods sake Truly we must not flatter our Wisers and our betters It was their fault and they are excedingly humbled for it they were too fearfull too loath to speak too forward to flatter So the Shepheards and their flocks were scattered as we heard indeed the servants of the Lord considering the terrours of the Lord the place appointed for the fearfull are very much humbled for their silence and Complyance and if they be carried down with the stream of mighty waters they can accept of their punishment whereof Augustine discourses very well and usefully in his first Book of the City of God Cap. 9. Now we return to our Law Book which tels us That our Bishops were not made Archbishops nor Lords neither by our Law-Book Though an Arch-Bishop said once in the face of a great Assembly That the Holy Ghost made him Bishop Well said for a Bishop but when he had said he had done and no man was so fool-hardy as to reply for it was in the High Commission Court and he was next to the highest there and by the Laws and Constitutions there he was made constituted and established a Bishop and maintained his standing there by the same Statute Law we know no other But grant them all the Law in the world for their being Bishops Archbishops we will not mention yet they are not more Bishops nor by a better Law Than Maacha was Queen yet when she had hoysed-up a filthy thing I know not what to call it but an Idol it was and lifted her eyes and heart unto it then was she by the Covenant and Oath the King and Peoyle had taken Put down from being Queen So it followes here and by as good Law and so I leave it and will hear now what the Man has to say why their Curats may not be extirpated or Rooted out also Truly me thinks they stand together very I mean all the Idol Shepherds in the Land handsomely in their Service-book Bishops and Curats and let them be thrown-out in Gods Name with their Service-Book too So it will be why should they not be together still Bishops and Curats for such Bishops and such Curats and such a Service-Book And out they shall be cast for certainly so contrary the Church has Prayed this long time and now the Church shall reap the fruits of her Prayers and long expectations by help of God and His Law Book the Church will cast out Arch-Bishops Bishops and Curats A. Not Curates sure they are good men standing up for the King and for Religion B. So say the Bishops too explain the termes and you have your Answer For the King What 's that Against God the High God Lord of Lords against His Christ Prince of the Kings of the Earth against Truth and Peace against every thing That has a tendency that way to the good and happynesse of the King and Kingdom For Religion now what is the meaning of that The Curate shall tell you For Religion i. e. for formes of Religion a Liturgy a Service Book for all their Religion is there We have lifted up our hands to the High God That we will throw out all these who are so contrary even as is light and darknesse to That which we have joyned hands and heart to maintain with our Estates and Lives that is Religion and cursed be all those who obstinately stand Neuters in this great Cause so neerly concerning God His King and Kingdoms A. Why are those that stand Neuters cursed men They are innocent They will anger no Party They are for the King for

Adversary and thrown-out other accursed things I know not how many Some foyls he received and somtimes fals but he rose again and stood up the more stoutly It was somtimes dark and night in his spirit but it was alwayes day with him and light in the Lord and his fals made him rise the higher in faith humility patience Indeed this is the man who is a great part of the Kingdoms Militia the Chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof he has chased a thousand and put a legion to flight This he did you will say when he was lively and strong That is true but this man did the greatest exploit then when his enemy thought him under the Power of his hand Then was this Souldier strongest when that Adversary the King of terrours thought him to be weakest Sick and sick unto death Then he did not say I am sick but strong in the Lord and so his Militia is compleated now his warfare accomplished now he has marched valiantly triumphed Esay 32. 24. Iudges 5. Revel 4. 10. 11. gloriously trod down strength in His strength Who made him have dominion over the Mighty And now He is taking the Palm into his hand but his Crown he has with the Elders east down before Him That sitteth on the Throne saying Thou art worthy O Lord to receive glory and honour and power for thou hast created all things and for Thy pleasure they are and were created An end The full purpose totall intendment true use of Prince ROBER his Warrant to the Constables of Northampton-shire for the speedy Posturing their Country Signed with the Great Seal and dated the first of November 1643. This relates to the 34. Page of this Book OUT of Our Princely Care and so often protested zeal for The Defence of the True Protestant Religion The two Houses of Parliament he has abused a known figure here the Subject for th' Adjunct For the Defence of the two Houses but for The Totall destruction of the Nobilitie and Gentry therein and Their Rights and Priviledges The Liberties and Properties of the Subject we have issued forth Our Princely Warrant to command you and every one of you That instantly upon sight hereof you cause all the Inhabitants sit for Warre in your severall Towns and Villages to make their appearance before Us With Us To carry on Our Royall Designe For The Defence as aforesaid by impoverishing Cities laying wast Towns Plundering Pillaging Firing Houses Murthering the men there Ravishing Mothers there Deflouring Daughters there For the Defence as aforesaid And in case yee shall refuse to do according to Our Royall Charge In so Legall a way according to the known Laws of the Kingdoms Expect yee to suffer yee your Wives and your Maidens as aforesaid Besides the totall Plundering and Burning your Houses with what other mischiefs licenced and hungry Souldiers with their Prince that ruleth mightily with the Children of disobedience can inflict upon you Rupert Rober in Dutchland England THis Warrant was issued forth in the Forenoon and before High-Noon of the same day This valiant Prince ran His own way the way of Cain against the blood of his Brother And of Balaam against the Angels sword But no man was so mad to blunder after Him but they that were as blinde as Himself except the Avengers of blood who feeling the waight of their Office True sence of Duty and of Love to their Country having power in their hand pursued after this Murtherer as sometimes the English did after grievous Woolves which no more spared their flocks once then these Woolves spare their Sheepheards now The True Vse is at last To goar the sides of our Issachaars all the strong Asses in our Gen. 49. 14. Land who bend their necks to the yoak and crouch under the Burthens laid upon them by a strange lord To undeceive all the Christian World To summon-up every person there To stand-up in their place or as their calling may be to come-in speedily and enroll themselves for this Holy Warre against the Beast This is the Vse of this Warrant and it shall be the End FINIS