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A89518	Vox turturis vel columba alba albionis=The voice of the turtle, or, Englands white dove in the deluge of division, the second time sent forth from Gods Arke, to prsent a peace-offering upon the altar of Jehovah Shalom. Humbly proposing that divine direction, which the God of Peace hath revealed in his word of truth, for determining differences by an holy ordinance of his owne institution, wherein himselfe is the sole judge, ... Shewing how by this divine way of Gods judgement, not onely the great differences here in church and state depending, may speedily and happily be determined with glory to God, honour to the King, and happinesse to the kingdomes, but also all the greatest controversies, both civill and sacred throughout Christendome may be composed, the effusion of blood prevented, many prophecies conducing to an universall peace fulfilled, the happy use of this holy ordinance made knowne, and the name of God thereby manifested, ... even among heathens. / Per E. M. Arm. Christi servorum minimo minorem.	Marbury, Edward, 1581-ca. 1655.	1647 (1647)	Wing M570; Thomason E518_4; ESTC R206163	81,199	64

were not governed by the word of God and the rules thereby prescribed he did wickedly a●d was therefore justly reproved and also punished And wee may remember what befell Vzza for but irreverently looking into the Arke procul hinc proculite prophani God alowes to Caesar the things that are Caesars but reserveth the things of God for God Gods worke ought to be done in Gods way humane helpes humane might meanes manner in divine matters God expects not respects not Humane Formes Rules Traditions Directions Instruments or Agents not warranted by Gods word in the execution or use of divine and spirituall affaires actions or ordinances are no where commanded no where commended but rather condemned God hath helped you marvellously untill yee are become mighty As David told his Pinces 1 Chro. 22.5 We must build an house for the Lord magn●ficall excellent and of great fame and dignity throughout all Countries and yee are about a mighty worke the worke of Reformation of Christs Church God hath sent his Prophets among you to bring you unto the Lord as he did 2 Chronicles 24 19. to Judah and Jerusalem and they make their protestations among you call heaven and earth ●o witnesse that except yee follow the Lords directions herein yee will transgresse highly and run into an heavy primunire forfeiture of his favour incurring the penalty of his displeasure and so be grievously punished as Vzzah was for medling with the Priests office Christs office the high Priest if I may so say and Pastor of the soules of his Saints who is a Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedech and for usurping his office you will have none honour of the Lord God They tell you the worke of Reformation is most sutable to the Redeemer and a worke not lesse then nor inferiour to that of our Redemption and therefore 't is a worke more fit for the hand of the supreame head of his Church even Christ Jesus then any humane power and to seeke to take that divine worke out of his Almighty hand will prove a transgression of an high nature and so doth the word of truth tell you 2 Sam. 7.14 to deprive him of his honour will be rather prejudiciall then propitious to your proceedings They tell you that David a man after Gods owne heart 1 Chron. 22.8.9 1 Chron. 28.3.6 was not permitted to build a materiall typicall Temple made with hands because his hands had been in blood and yet surely his warres were undertaken for Gods cause by Gods direction and against Gods enemies Thou hast shed much blood and made great battells thou shalt not build an house unto my Name for thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight Behold a sonne is borne to thee 2 Chro. 27.9 which shall be a man of rest for I will give him rest c. therefore his name is Salomon and I will send peace and quietnesse upon Israel in his dayes He shall build an house for my Name Thus said the Lord to David and thus say the Lords Prophets to you as Oded a Prophet of the Lord once said to the Israelites in a case of this nature Behold because the Lord God of your fathers was wroth with your brethren of Judah he hath delivered them into your hand and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up to heaven And now ye purpose to keepe under the children of Judah and Jerusalem as servants and handmaids unto you but are you not such that sinnes are with you before the Lord your God you have made great Battells against your brethren 1 Chr. 22.5.8 c. and shed much of their blood upon the earth in the fight of the Lord because therefore your hands have been in blood yee shall not build 〈◊〉 house to the Lords Name The worke is great the house is not for man but for the Lord God Yee cannot yee shall not build the Temple of the Lord yee shall not settle Religion in or by blood But divine Salomon the Prince of peace he shall build an house for the Arke of God a Temple for the Lord he is a man of rest God will give him rest and he will give rest to his Church in due time from their Enemies and send peace and quietnesse upon Israel In rest and quietnesse shall they his Israel be saved their strength is to sit still and waite the salvation of God by Christ he is our peace the government of peace is upon him his Church his Saints his servants wait for Reformation of errors and Reconciliation of all differences from his Wisdome Judgement Sentence and Decree and consulting onely with Christ in cases of weighty consequence not fit for flesh and blood to determine pray with divine David Let my sentence come forth from thy presences That mount Zion may heare and be glad Psal 84.11 and the daughters of Judah rejoyce because of thy righteous judgements Psal 97.8 Say among the Heathen that the Lord raigneth the World also shall be established that it shall not be moved he shall judge the people righteously How beautifull are the feet of those that bring tydings of Peace that declare and publish salvation saying to Z●●● the Lord raigneth no perfect peace but where the Lord is King and Judge Who will build up Ziou and then appeare in his glory c. Psal 102.15 16. So the Heathen shall feare his Name and the Kings of the earth his glory And now having humbly proposed to you though with much weakness Gods way for advancement of his glory by composing Controversies and setling Peace I shall shut up with the prayer and advice of holy David to his sonne Salomon and ●o the Princes of Israel 1 Chron. 22.12 13. The Lord give you wisdome and understanding and give ye charge over Israel even to keepe the Law of the Lord God Then shall you prosper if you take heed to observe the Statutes and the Judgements which the Lord commended Moyses for Israel And to the Princes of Israel ver 9. Now set your hearts and your soules to seeke the Lord your God and arise and so build the Sanctuary of the Lord God Psa 147.14.19.20 c. He setteth peace in thy borders c. He sheweth his Word his statutes hiss judgements to his chosen Israel he hath not dealt so with every nation neither have they known his judgements And touching the respecting or rejecting of Gods counsells wayes and judgements be pleased to peruse the first and second chapter● of Proverbs prescribed by the Pen of the Goly Ghost in the hand of Salomon I called they refused none regarded they would none of my judgements but set at nought my counsels Therefore shall they eat of the fruits of their owne way and be filled with their owne devises c. But if they will receive my words c. then shall they understand righteousnesse judgement and equity and every good way discretion shall preserve them understanding keepe them and judgement deliver them from every evill way FINIS

upon the Prophecie and advice of Azariah assembled and gathered togther all Iudah and Benjamin and the stranger out of Ephraim Manasseh and Simeon to Ierusalem in the third month the 15th year of his raign and they sacrificed and entred into a Covenant to seeke the Lord God with all their heart and with all their soule that whosoever would not seeke the Lord should be put to death small or great man or woman and they sware unto the Lord and all Israel rejoyced at the oath for they had sworne with all their heart and sought him with their whole desire and hee was found of them and the Lord gave them rest round about And there was no more war unto the thirty fift yeare of the reigne of Asa Whence may be concluded how much so holy a Covenant conduceth to the peace of a divided Kingdome Let this be like that Covenant Num. 18.19 a Covenant of salt sure stable incorruptible Cautions in this Covenant to beware of mentall resurvations malevolent thoughts and murmurings remembring still in whose presence they stand the presence of that Lord who understandeth their thoughts before they are conceived in their minds who is omniscient omnipotent omnipresent we cannot deceive we cannot resist we cannot evade nor escepe his punishments his judgements his revenging hand We ought with David to acknowledge that Righteous art thou Psal 119.137 Jer. 50.5 O Lord and just are thy judgements And in Psal 119.126 I have sworn and will perform that I will keep thy righteous judgements Jer. 50.5 Come let us joyn our selves to the Lord in a perpetuall Covenant Now I purpose to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel that he may turne away his wrath from us 1 Cor. 29.10 11. Is 59.21 As for me this is my covenant with them saith the Lord c. Esay 61.8 If we shall covenant with God with submission to obey his judgements then the Lord will keep his Covenant with us for remission of our sins release of our miseries and shewing abundance of mercies Hosea 2.18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them c. and I will breake the bow and the sword and the battell out of the earth and I will make them to lie down safely Isa 2.4 Job 5 23. Mic. 4.2 3 4 5. and Hos 2.18 You and performe unto the Lord your God let all that are round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared Psal 76.11 3 That on the third day or time on which the Lotts are to be cast the Sacred act from which we are to expect the declaration of Gods divine will for resolving of ou● doubts and dissolving and determining our dangerous and deadly differences the holy duties of praying preaching and praising God as on the two former dayes were prescribed be also now performed That the Min sters in a more speciall manner stir up the people to a most serious and hearty consideration as of the greatnesse so of the goodnesse of God as of the incomprehensible glory so of his incomparable mercy as of the infallible justice of God so of his infinite piety and pitty towards his people giving them to understand that as Almighty God vouchsafeth his testifying presence in an oath so his Majesty is pleased to vouchsafe his determining presence in a more immediate manner in this divine way of his own institution We read not of divine Lotts used by any of Gods servants but in case of greatest consequence and alwayes with most religious reverence exhort the people as David in 95. Psal v. 6. Come let us worship and fall downe c. In the election of Matthias by Lott the Apostles form of proceeding is a perfect president Act. 1.15 The Election is begun with wholsome exhortation Surgens Petrus in n●sdio Fratrum dixit c. Peter stood up in the midst of the Disciples took a text preached and perswaded the conveniency nay necessity of a new election by lot to make up the number of the twelve Secondly the election proceedeth with devout Prayer and p●●●● supplication the persons and lotts being provided v. 24. And they prayed 〈◊〉 sayd c. Thirdly the election was determined by divine revelation v. 26. B●vecidit sors super Matthiam The lott fell on Mutthias which was as Aret. saith Divinae vocis instar splendor quidam divinus as Dionys Per quens oftende batur M●●thiam in apostolatum esse assumendum He is the Rock his work is perfect for all his waies judgement a God of truth and without iniquity just and right is he Deut. 32.4 He whose dwelling is in the highest heavens whom the heaven of heavens is not able to containe will bow the heavens and deigne to come downe not in thunder and lightning as in the giving of the Law with terrour and astonishment to the people but with mercy and comfort sun-shine of favour beames of affection after these terrible stormes of tempestuous troubles will be intreated to dignifie his owne divine ordinance with his gracious presence will humble himselfe so as from the height of his Majesty to behold the depth of our misery descend to weake wormes of the earth and by this divine way of his owne direction and institution decide our distractive differences and determine our deadly dissentions and so deliver us from imminent nay almost inevitable ruine and confusion He that is the King of Kings Rex terrorum terrorum Regum The primitive of principalities He from whom all dominion is derived that standeth in the Congregation of the mighty and judgeth among the Gods He at whose presence the Mountaines of the mighty leap like Rams and the Jesser hills of the haughty skip like Lambs The boysterous waves of waters fled and and the swelling Seas fell backward at whose lookes the earth trembleth and if hee touch the mountaines they sm●●ke The Great Creator of heaven and earth will vouchsafe to take the judgement of an earthly cause into his heavenly hands Ps 104.32 with righteousnesse will he judge the world and the people and their matters with equity They know not neither will they understand that they walke on in darknesse who delight in division and desire the Sword for their arbiter umpire or judge All the foundations of the Land are dissolved and disordered it must be the Lord Gods worke to establish the Pillers thereof The Lord is known by executing judgement arise therefore O God and judge thou the earth for thou shalt inherite all Nations Psal 82.8 I will heart what God will speake for he will speake peace unto his people c. he maketh warres to cease in all the earth Psal 76. In Judah is God known c. In Salem is his tabernacle there brake he the arrowes of the bow the shield the sword and the battell Thou art more bright and puissant than the mountaines of prey The stout-hearted 〈◊〉 spoiled and none of the mighty men have found their hands Thou

VOX TURTURIS vel COLUMBA ALBA ALBIONIS THE VOICE OF THE TVRTLE OR ENGLANDS WHITE DOVE In the deluge of Division the second time sent forth from Gods Arke to present a Peace-offering upon the Altar of Jehovah Shalom Humbly proposing that divine direction which the God of Peace hath revealed in his Word of truth for determining Differences by an holy Ordinance of his owne Institution wherein himselfe is the sole Judge Proverbs 16.33 Prov. 18.18 Shewing how by this Divine way of Gods Judgement not onely the great differences here in Church and State depending may speedily and happily be determined with glory to God Honour to the King and happinesse to the Kingdomes but also all the greatest Controversies both Civil and Sacred throughout Christendome may be Composed the Effusion of Blood prevented Many Prophecies conducing to an universall Peace fulfilled the happy use of this holy Ordinance made knowne and the name of God thereby manifested and magnified among all Nations which by Cruelty and bloody Division is Blasphemed even among Heathens Per E.M. Arm. Christi servorum minimo minorem Should not a people enquire at their God to the Law and the Testimony if they speake not according to this word 't is because there is no light in them Isa 8.19 20. Hearken and give eare to me O my people for a Law shall proceed from me and I will bring forth my Judgement for the light of the people Isa 51.4 When I shall take a convenient time I will judge righteously the earth and all the Inhabitants thereof are dissolved but I will establish the pillars Psal 75.2.3 Per sortem Deus ipse in judicio sedet Sicut enim Deus per Jethronem consulait ut causis levioribus ab aliis judicibus dijudicatis difficiles Moysis Cognitioni reservaretur Sic Deus instituit ut quae nulla cujusquam ingenii vi perspicientia causa dignosci posset ad se per sortim judicium deferretur Cartw. in Proverbs 16.33 LONDON Printed for T.W. 1647. To the Gentle Judicious religious Reader The humble addresse of the harmlesse Dove THis Dove like that of Noah at the first sending forth found no rest for the sole of her foot no place for her peace-offering as in Mesech and the tents of Kedar whilest the Dove perswades and pleads for peace proposed and pressed an holy and happy way of peace the Serpent prevented and perverted the progresse therof and preparation was made for war She looked and laboured for peace but there was no good and for the time of healing but behold trouble Jer. 14.19 The Land remained like a glassie sea mingled with fire Rev. 15.2 Every field of our Albyon so called quasi Olbyon because happy and pleasant was become like that place called Armagedon 1 craftinesse of destruction as it is interpreted Rev. 16.16 The whole land over-spread with waters of Marah and Meribah of bitter strife bloody division Waters like the fountaines on which the third Angell poured out his Vials and they became blood like the rivers of Egypt which was their first plague all turned into bloud or like that Sea on which the second Angell poured his Vials of wrath so that it became as the bloud of a dead man and every living thing died therein Rev. 16.3.4 So deplorable was this deluge of deadly dissentions Exod. 7.20.21 that the Rod horse and his rider who had power to take peace from the earth and that they should kill one another c. Rev. 6.4 may be said to have run a race of ruine through this wretched Land and foure of those seven Angels which stood before God with seven trumpets might seeme to have sounded in these three sorrowfull Kingdomes Rev. 8. that seeming but a prophesie the performance whereof is manifested in our unhappy Calamities at the founding of the first of which Angels trumpet there followed haile and fire mingled with bloud which falling on the earth the third part of the trees and all green grasse was burnt up are not a third part of our trees our strong men our young men our provisions and fruits of the earth consumed The two staves of beauty and bonds are broken mentioned Zech. 11.7.10.11 the Bonds of unity and beauty of orderly government are broken and we may feare the breach of the staffe of bread comes marching towards us like Jehu furiously fearfully At the sounding of the second Angels Trumpet as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the Sea and part of the sea he came bloud and the third part of the living creatures which were in the sea died and the third part of the ships were destroyed In this mare mortuum and dead sea of dissentions 't is to be feared we have suffered shipwracke of at least the third part of our martiall men Munition and mony the three sinews of a State besides the decay of Trading and Merchandizing c. At the sounding of the third Angel there fell a great star from heaven burning as it were a lamp and it fell upon a third part of the rivers and fountains of waters and the name of the star was called Wormwood and the third part of the waters became wormwood and many men died of the waters because they were made bitter The Lord having permitted that grand Impostor the divell a dangerous deceiver from the beginning Lucifer in the shape of an Angell of light to mix wormwood with the fountaines of living waters the holy word of God Many men by the wormwood of mis-interpretation and gall of misapplication thereof have so imbittered those sweet and pleasant waters that they are to too many become aquae mortis destructive and deadly which in truth in themselves are the cleere Aquae vitae waters of life quickning and reviving the drooping dying soule At the sounding of the fourth Angel the third part of the Sun was smitten Christ the Sun of righteousnesse obscured by the pride and infidelity of men the third part of the Moon the Church and the third part of the Stars the Ministers and teachers so as the third part of them was darkened and the day was smitten that it shone not for a third part of it and the night likewise the light of the Gospell clouded by the night of blacke ignorance Alas I. om 4.1 2. how is the gold become dim how is the most fine gold changed the stones of the Sanctuary are poured out are scattered in every place in every corner of every street The sons of Zion comparable to fine gold how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers the worke of the hands of the potter The Prince the Peers the Priests all slandered and sleighted derided despised destroyed The whole Land is filled with bitternesse and made drunke with wormwood Lam. 3.15 Isa 51.19 20. The mighty have stumbled against the mighty and both are fallen together The whole body is sicke and the whole heart is heavy The Lord hath taken

his peace from this people Jer. 16.5 From the crown of the head to the sole of the foot there is no whole part nothing but wound and bruises and putrifying sores Isa 1.4 5 6. We may with griefe of soule heare Englands voyce on high like the voice in Rama● Rachel weeping and that bitterly not to be comforted for her caeildren because they mere not lamenting the invaluable losse of the flower of her Nobility Jer. 4.31 Gentry and Commonalty in their bud of gallantry wallowing and weltring in dust and bloud Thus lofty Lucan Bella per Albinios plusquam civilia Campos Jusque datum sceleri canimus populum potentem In sua victrici conversu● viscera dextra Quis talia fando nefanda Temperat a lacrimis En quô discordia tristem Perduxit populum funestos reddidit agros Vastavitque vias exhausit civibus urbes So that it may be said of England what the faithlesse and therefore fearfull men which were sent to search the Land of Canaan reported thereof to Moyses 't is 〈◊〉 Land that cateth up the Inhabitants thereof Num. 13.33 And that which ought ●ot steightly to escape Christian consideration for the building of this Babell of bitternesse continuing of these Babylonish broyles Num. 14.17 these Contentions carrying us headlong on 〈◊〉 confusion the simple and ignorant multitude as naturall bruits made to bee taken and destroyed not knowing what they did as silly sheep led unto the slaughter Psal 44. they were killed all day long and accounted as sheep appointed to bee slain they were forced on both parts to tread morter made and moystened with their owne bloud What heart not altogether adamantine can doe lesse then take up the Prophet Jeremies lamentation Jer. 14.17 Let mine eyes run down with teares night and day and let them not cease Lam. 1 16.2.1● For the virgin the daughter of Zion is broken with a great breach with a very grievous blow There is no healing of thy bruise thy wound is grievous all that heare the bruit of thee Nahum 3.19 will clap their hands over thee In this sad and deplorable condition have these three Kingdomes now for a long season laine languishing like an Oake cleft in shivers by wedges of its own body like the mad Philistines and as in the dayes of Midian the Lord set every mans sword upon his neighbour Judges 7.22 And the people were as meat to the fire no man spared his brother Judges 7. Isa 9. Isa 9.19 What will ye doe now in the day of visitation and of destruction to whom will ye flee for helpe and where will ye leave your glory to whom will yee seek and of whom will ye take counsell Isa 10.3.4 Gather together on heaps Isa 10. gird your selves ye shall be broken in pieces take counsell together it shall be brought to nought pronounce a decree and it shall not stand Isa 8.10 If ye will be safe Then sanctifie the Lord let him be your feare and let him be your dread Isa 8.9 10. and he shall be as a sanctuary c. Bind up the testimony seale up the Law should not a people inquire at their God to the law and to the testimony if they goe not according to this word there is no light in them Isa 13.14 Is there no balme in Gilead is no Physician there Jer. 8 22. Psal 10.8 9. The way of the Lord is an holy plain way wherein the ignorant cannot erre Isa 35.8.9 A strait way wherein they shall not stumble Ier. 31.9 vid. Deut. 17.8 9.15 If the Lord have in his compleate Treasury of truth revealed a Divine way for curing our Contentions and setling peace among the Mighty God enjoynes strict observation of his ordinances Deut. 5.1.35.4.2.5.6.16.17.7.11.12.11.1.6.17.8 9. to refuse that pious perfect way and rely on our owne humane powers or policies is an argument either of ignorance and blindnesse there is no light in us or of pride or arrogance that wee will not seeke after God Psal 10.4 That we take counsell but not of the Lord and had need beware the woe that waites on all stubborne contemners of Gods counsells Isa 30. Observe the Lords gracious invitations and incouragements by language of love to come and consult with him and he cured by his divine direction and prescription Come unto mee all weary and heavy laden I will ease and refresh you Commit thy cause to the Lord he will bring forth thy judgement as the light Psa 37.5 6 7.33 and thy righteousnesse as the day Cast thy burthen on the Lord c. Aske of me things to come stand in the waies and behold and aske for the old way which is the good way Isa 51. and walke therein and ye shall find rest to your soules Jer. 6.16 There is none to guide thee none to lead thee one of the mire of thy miseries none to take thee by the hand of ad the sonnes that thou hast brought up Mans extremity Gods opportunity Isa 63.5.59.16 Esa 42.10 11 12.15 16 17 18 19.21.23.24.25 Jer. 33.6.9 Esa 40.3.4.5.23.27.41.1.4.5.12.27 This righteous branch may returne this Dove with an Olive Branch of Peace and truth being sent out with a prosperous seed of Peace Zech. 8.12 The day proposed in this Trtatise is a turning seeking to God consulting with inquiring of relying and waiting on God in his owne ordinance all which are both commended c commanded by God in his Word Sors Intermentia divine predestinationis non fortune famula O●gen Homil. 23. in Josh Thy sonnes lye in the heads of the streets 〈◊〉 as wild bull in a net Heare now miserable and dranken not with wine but division Behold I will take the cup of trembling out of thy hand Hearken and give care to me O my people for a law shall proceed from me and I will bring forth my judgement for the light of my people Behold I will give them health and amendment for I will cure them and will reveale unto them the abundance of peace and truth And it shall be to me a name a joy a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth c. Behold the daies come that I will performe the good thing which I have promised I will cause the Branch of righteousnesse to grow and he shall execute judgement and righteousnesse in the Land Jer. 33.14.15 I will raise up a righteous Branch and a King shall reigne and execute judgement and justice in the earth Jer. 23 5 6. The Lord is our judge the Lord is our Law giver the Lord is our King he will save us Isa 33.22 The Lord will not faile his people nor forsake his Inheritance for judgement shall returne to justice and the upright in heart shall follow after it Psa 94.14 15. He shall not faile till he have set judgement in the earth and the Isles shall waire for his Law Isa 42.1.3.4 And againe Isa 2.4 an universall peace is