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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80084	Huls pillar of providence erected: or The providentiall columne, setting out heavens care for deliverance of that people, with extraordinary power and providence from the bloud-sucking Cavaliers, who had for six weeks closely besieged them. By T. C. minister of Gods Word. Imprimatur Charles Herle.	Coleman, Thomas, 1598-1647.	1644 (1644)	Wing C5055; Thomason E37_30; ESTC R12827	17,261	16

Serj. maj Boyard Cap. Knight and many others which they conceale from us in the dark book of secrecy went to their last bed in the dark chambers of death before Hull Divers of their Captains that had compleat companies went back to York with ragged remains of some 9 or 6 of those they carried out thence and many in great numbers grievously wounded to make up their black triumph some went with them and after them others to adorne their glorious carriages 13. It was a notable favour of heaven that such a resolute and couragious spirit was raised in ours as that they went out and set upon the enemy the wednesday 7 night before being Oct. 4. and beat them out of two of their works slew and took some and brought in many of their muskets which they running away left One of those works they h●d newly raised behind our wind-mil which was a very hopefull one for them and was likely to be very damagefull to us had it bin let alone but that night But God was in some sort visible that day giving ours power to beat those wild and furious cocks on and off their own dung-hill And that Wednesday was a fairly ominous preface to the next Wednesday which was voluminous to us in big mercies 14. Further when this day of blessings Oct. 11. the day wheron the siege was raised was well gone on for us the other gathering much fresh force came on formidably against ours insomuch as our souldiers are body and soul for a retreat and shamefull retire See now how hoavenly providence comes in to succour Ours were basely timid and prophecied dangerous things to themselves from the enemies fresh and full appearance where one sudden cloud of feare was likely to be the blacke mantle or curtain to hide the light of a very hopefull day Some good spirits of Captains and souldiers were as much tormented with shame to see so sick a fit upon our armie as the retreaters were tormented with feare wherupon some Commanders and by-standing spectators did earnestly beg and beseech they would turn again and face the enemy and some of the horse couragiously leading the way and giving a f●esh on-set it animated the foot where the Spirit of the Lord set up a Standard in their spirits and they fell on bravely and out of weaknes were made strong Heb. 11.34 and turned the enemy into smoake which fled before them as driven by the wind shewing many backs but few faces against ours in which backs they see faire printed the adversaries defeat and their own victory God so blesses this new assault that they take from them their great guns 9. of them some greater some lesse beats them from their strong great works with very little and small losse of ours in which great pecces and works many of them trusted more then in the great God Our Cap. Rainsborow by a mistake was taken but for him we had many of theirs fell prisoners into our hands This 11. of Oct. was a great and glorious day that such multitudes of men out of many and strong works from many and great guns should be beaten and driven away by them that came to assault them in the open field is a rare example of successe to the Parlia battels and is as notable a peece of pure military valour as has faln out since the beginning of these wars The souldiers that went home by weeping and bleeding crosse doe cry out of our stratagem to retreat on purpose and then with renewed strength to come and ruine them Indeed it was a brave stratagem and a rare plot but it was Gods stratagem and a plot of providence which we never contrived nor thought on till his waking thoughts brought it about How comfortably did the whole Towne almost look over the walles that whole day and see this salvation of God 15. Lastly being thus breakfasted on wednesday that night they sup with fears and curses and hasty purposes of being gone from us The Lord on a sudden sweeps them away they steale away the remaining Ordnance in the night A spirit of fear lends them wings to fly they go away with shame losse and stinging consciences So that the siege is raised w h we expected not the enemy is gone suddenly we lookt not for it Many of them left their muskets and other weapons in the works and though it was a very sore day of rain yet away they must they dare not stay for fair weather Presently our state is marvellously changed we heare not of their guns we receive no more ridings of their fiery bullets we are deliver'd and yet doubt whether we do but dream of it How are our fears and foes suddenly vanisht we quickly restored to walking on fresh ground breathing in fresh air having enough of fresh water many comforts our enemies had straitned us in They gave out they raised the siege because of the wet weather I believe it for they had some case-shot among them with store of other bullets which made that a wet day though it was very fair in that it could not but rain good store of bad bloud God has overcome us and overflown us in our desires we looked but for a little and the sea of mercy has broke out and drowned us with a deluge and cataclysme of blessings The Country mourns yet God made us to laugh They are impoverished every way in their monies and goods and men their best tables trees timber are taken and laid in the ditches by the enemy to help the conveyance of carriages ordnance from work to work Only their hasty and Eagle-flighted fear has done some this kindnes not intended that they have filled the barns with corn and in an unkind kindnes as having no time to thresh it out to sell it or carry it away have left it for the owners who finde it at their repossession gathered to their hands by servants whom they never set on worke Nor is this all God when in his mercy he flows he overflowes On the same 11 h of Oct. he gives us a glorious victory in Lincolnshire as free fair and full as the most have bin got fince the unhappy hatching of these warrs so as that day hath given them an astonishing blow that they have staggered ever since know not on what ground to tread God following them with soul-stupifying terrours These are the full branches of the Lords saving providence the first fruits of our expected harvest in this miserable country of Yorkshire where some 80 not of the meanest Gentry have proved drunke with the Queens cup full of Roman intoxicating spice and have made a mad market-venture of their names families estates bodies souls only to preserve the Papists reliques and the Prelates micers and damaske cassocks among us Now these furious Salamanders and fansie-frantick spirits begin to see their busie action may come to end in miserable passion because they doted on their lady Mary

have forsaken the Lord Iesus in his cause Take we but these 15. acts of grace put we them together as so many letters see if they do not evidently compose these a words Divine Providence which ran in thorow the whole action therfore all tongues should sould the divine Praise Especially ô Hull thou hast by this day faln into great debt to God who has taken away thine Alastors and Furies from thee Let thy Motto be that of the L. Boyls in Ireland as I have heard Gods Providence is mine Inheritance Blesse God from the ground of thy heart that though they were proudly audaciously disposing of thy houses streets great mens estates thus thus this to that commander that to this officer gladding themselves with the rich spoils of their presently to be caught prey yet there is not one of the to be found in thy town or houses as possessors but only as prisoners What a mercy is it that thou art not filled with that lustfull and letcherous vermin with that spawn of cruelty that to their power would destroy souls as wel as bodies Let a Minister of ours of good credit witnes their vertues who being late their prisoner at Cottingham was carried into a chamber where an Officer of theirs lay in bed with 2 whors at once and there was another bed at feet where another lay with another whore * This vertuous provost Marshall shewed the whares to him told him he did this to vex the round heads not caring at all or remembring that it vexes God more Surely Rome has need to send out a new Bull for the comfort and pardon of these beasts Without doubt this is the only way to maintain the Liberty of the Subject the known Laws of the Land these men go the direct way to set up the Protestant Religior It were well they had grace to purge their hearts as well as these unholy waies to purge their reins But God hath given them over to act all wickednes with greedines and impudency so far as they have a famous whore a minion to one of their Lords who goes openly among them with her pistols bears the name of one that has a troop Al these vertues Catholick Cardinal should have bin acted in thy streets houses ô Hull to make thee as miserable a seene as unhappy York Either study Hallelujabs holines al thy daies set forward some new act of reformation for thy men manners to the honour of God or els thou art the unhappiest Town that this day stands upon English ground Set up a royall pillar in the market-place in golden letters engrave this deliverance or set up an holy statue of heavenly purposes in your hearts to be a more holy Town lesse proud luxurious c. or els by this I testifie to all the land God has some other scourge for thee to which he will reserve thee who has hither to preserved thee O that you were wise that as God has bin Al for you so you would be somthing more then heretofore for him or els this great mercy will undo you Be perswaded to sing the mercies of this day so long as you have a day Call it not the souldiers nor the seamans work but only the Lords who only doth wondrous things When God is found so much a blessed Dative Calv. in opusc in praefat ad Bald. con take heed thou be not a cursed and unjust Ablative as Calvin saith one Baldwin was named for lurching things from his fellow-students By this I have endeavoured to lay out in plain colours this large salvation that the land may know it and when they heare of extraordinary mercies they may name Londons mercies Glocesters deliverance and Hills salvation By this as a performance of my vows in part I publish the goodnes of God to me and those with me that under the shadow of Divine Feathers were preserved in the circumvallation of Atheisticall and cruell spirits And by this let me admonish all the Lords scattered ones 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 Pet. 2.4 who have found the salutary and saving breathings and blasts of the celestial Zephyrus of special providence to fal down say with Heze The living the living he shall praise thee as I do this day the father to the children shal make known thy truth The Lord was ready to save me ther fore we will sing our songs to the stringed instruments all the daies of our life Isa 38 19 10 Henceforth let Cavendish remēber the signs in Nottinghamshire armed with his Armes and Motto Cavendo Tutus This will be as good a Monitor for setting upon Hull as for them that enter a Tavern or Ale house as it is his own let him betime draw practicall Rules from it For his shattered and bullet-batter'd Army let them flie to their old Letany From Hell Hull Halifax deliver us and leave out their God damne me for their damnation in hell will be worse then their confusion at Hull Nor need they wish it and so earnestly desire it for S Peter saith the damnation of such sleeps not and if it did sleep I am sure this sect of God damnists are likely to wake it that it shall have but a short sleep I conclude with a Text for thee O Kingston upon Hull comment upon this thy deliverance with Ezra's words and with sutable works Seeing thou our God hast given us such a deliverance as this 〈◊〉 9.13 14. should we again break thy commandements and ioyn in league with the people of these abominations Wouldst thou not be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us so that there should be no remnant nor escaping Admiration was the mother of Philosophy let it be the mother of your Divinity in this thing to admire the Lords wonderfull mercy wisdome and power that did so act and worke for an handfull of his people whom he might have thrown out of the way and there could no Iudge or Iury have found him guilty of any thing for it but iustice and righteousnesse in the action Wherefore season all your hearts with sense of unworthinesse on our part and ample apprehensions of goodnes on his part that the flame within and without may alwaies keep you in heat with this fire burning you up with admiration of spirit and exaltation of God both in language and life till you be ready to live and die in Davids temper Ps 72 18.19 Blessed be the Lord God the God of Israel who only doth wondroue things And blessed be his glorious Name for ever and let the whole earth be filled with his glory Amen and Amen FINIS