Englands third alarm to vvarre stirring up the whole land as one man to help the Lord, and His servant David, all the faithfull in the world, against most bloudy adversaries mighty hunters before the Lord : in which
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- Englands third alarm to vvarre stirring up the whole land as one man to help the Lord, and His servant David, all the faithfull in the world, against most bloudy adversaries mighty hunters before the Lord : in which
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- 1643.
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- Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649.
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Contents
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- TO THE READER.
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ENGLANDS Third Alarm to VVAR, Against the Beast.
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SECT. III. 0200DAvids story, &Sauls persecution is continued: his hand is restrained, but his heart is bloody; andmen are, as their hearts are. David delivers theKeilites, yet they will deliverDavid, into a murtherers hand. A lesson from thence.Saul holds-on his foot, in the path of the destroyer. Why does not Israel stand-up, for Israel, and for their (temporall) Savi∣our; against an over-bearing Lord, and an insulting Edomite? The Answer will resolve theCase of Conscience; and Is∣raels duty touching that matter.Saul drives-on furiouslyaf∣ter David, seemes to prosper, gaines men, TheChosen out of all Israel, to carry-on his bloody designe; and drivesDa∣vid from all his strong holds every one.Davids GOD looks upon all this, and suffers it to be done, for excellent Reasons, relating ToDavid, To his Adversaries, and To GOD Himselfe; and all relating to these times:David was deli∣vered then, and he shall be delivered now; but not before all his strong holds are cast downe. The Tribes come▪ in at last, when the way was cleared before them, and all good meanes used first. All true Israelites will come in shortly, To helpe TheLORD against THE MIGHTY, whenThat, whichletteth, is taken away; There is the Conclusion;GODS Time is the best Time, best to Advance His Glory, and His Peoples Peace.-
CHAP. 1. Davids story andSauls persequution is continued; his heart as bloody as before; though after his march from Nob, hee could draw no more blood, for aMan is as hisWill is.David delivers the Keilites out of the hand of spoilers, and theKeilites would de∣liverDavid intoSauls hands.David will doe his Duty notwith∣standing, and leave the rest toGod. -
CHAP. II. Why did not the Neighbouring Israelites Come-in to help their Brethren and Sisters, grievously oppressed by a cruell Lord and a bloudy Edomite? Or why did they not relieve David now driven into the Wildernesse? WhatSaul did, and would have done is exa∣mined, and who this Edomite was? So it is made very cleare, ThatConscience could not hold-backe the neighbouring Israelites from standing-up, every man in his place, to defend himselfe, and to withstand the notorious violences fromSauls and hisEdomites hands. -
CHAP. 3. This persecution comes-up to our Times, as bloudy now as ever any was in any time. The Papists now of the same generation with the Edomites then, and as bloudy now as then. Our engagements to withstand them: In so doing we stand for the King. What should be our prayer for him; and a case of Conscience touching our obe∣dience to him, resolved; and the chiefe Objections touching that matter. -
CHAP. 4. Saul has shed bloud to his power, is resolved to shed more; sum∣mons Israel to come-in for that purpose; They come at his call. What to thinke of his Troopers. It relates to the later and present time, not to dishear, but to encourage all Israel David must be driven from out of all his strong Holds, and forsaken of all his friends; excellent Reason is given why it is so, in the next Chapter. -
CHAP. 5. God suffer'd the Adversary to prevaile a while. To worke-out his designes againstDavid; That therebyDavids spirit might be discovered to himselfe; That his Adversares spirits might bee made manifest also, and convinced: And GODS Right-hand made glorious towardsDavid. This, in all particulars, relates toDavid The Faithfull of TheLORD evermore. -
CHAP. 6. Davids troubles have a happy close; but his case is very sad first. The Churches case now, is read in Davids case then; there∣fore we record former deliverances very wonderfull, to strengthen our assurance in a deliverance to come, which will be more glorious the longer it stayes. Quere's touchingDavids case, now at the low∣est, with resolution from Gods mouth thereunto; which speaks com∣fortable words toDavid, but sad things to us. Our strong hold, as well as Davids, must be cast downe before we are delivered. -
CHAP. 7. A grave Question resolved, Touching the manner how aSpirit is to be resisted; If he acts like aSpirit, then by the spirit of Prayer, wherein Israel neither was nor is wanting: If hee acts by the hand of anEdomite, then he must be resisted by the sword of an Israelite, wherein Israel now must not be wanting neither, but doe as Israel did, and as their Brethren in Scotland have done of late, and in ancient Times. -
CHAP. 8. Mans extremity is Gods opportunity.David had a glorious de∣liverance when he was mademeet for it: So shall the Church have, when their adversaries have filled up their measures; When Gods People are purified in their furnace, then their God will send them glorious Saviours, and a glorious Salvation: In the meane time they hold fast their confidence.
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