An Alarm to TRUMPETS: OR, Mounte Chival to every dejected, remiſſe, and ſecure Trumpet, either in England, Scotland, or Ireland.
By E. F.
My bowels, my bowels, I am pained at my very heart, my heart maketh a noiſe in me, I cannot hold my peace, becauſe thou haſt heard, O my ſoule, the ſound of the trumpet, the alarme of warre.
Deſtruction upon deſtruction is cried, for the whole land is ſpoyled: ſuddenly are my tents ſpoyled, and my curtains in a moment.
How long ſhall I ſee the ſtandard, and heare the ſound of the trumpet?
London, printed by R. I. for E. F. 1651.
I Am perſwaded that you are very ſencible that we are fallen into as ſad and as bad times as hath befallen this Nation, ſince and long before we were acquainted with it; and indeed, let us ballance the effect but by the cauſe, and here's no cauſe of wonderment at all: We have often grieved and ſadned the good Spirit of the Lord, & now the Lords Spirit is about to ſaden us; wee have moſt unkindly lain his honour in the duſt, & now he is about to throw us into the grave; we have bin diſobedient to the golden Scepter of Chriſt, and now he may juſtly breake us in peeces with a rod of Iron. Yet however the changes and revolutions of the times may prove, it will goe well, very well with them that fear the Lord, of which number, I doe confidently beleeve that you are one; witneſſe your Chriſtian carriage amidſt the ſad miſcarriages of very many men of our Profeſſion ſince the wars began; and though you have lain open to as many, if not more, temptations then any of us all, conſidering the very many Meſſages that you have bin imployed in, and how you have bin earneſtly ſolicited both by the adverſe party abroad, and importuned by your loving friends at home; and yet the candid love and reciprocal affection you alwaies had to temperance and ſobriety, by aſſiſtance from on high, you have very ſafely waded through them all. I muſt confeſſe 'tis a great honour to you, that you have bin Trumpet to three moſt famous and renowned Generalls. viz. To the Right Honourable Robert Earl of Eſſex, to the right Honourable Thomas Lord Fairfax, and to the Right Honourable the Lord Gen: Cromwell; but to be ſervant to the moſt high and ever-living God, is an honor for you in a ſuperlative degree Indeed. Ile ſay no more for fear I may bee thought to flatter you, onely intreat your love to patronize and ſhrow'd a ſheet or two under your kind protection; in doing which, you will very much oblige me to remaine,
KNowing for certain that poor ſinfull man of all Creatures living is moſt prone and incident, (eſpecially in a naturall condition) to permit and ſuffer the benefits of the Lord eaſily to ſlide and ſlip out of his minde, and to bury in oblivion all thoſe great and memorable mercies that he from time to time moſt graciously hath bin pleaſed to give & beſtow upon ſuch worthleſſe wormes, and poore unworthy Creatures as wee are; and therefore to get our hearts into a frame of better obedience for the time to come, let us a little conſider what the Lord hath done for men of our quality by Sea and Land; notwithſtanding we have ſo grievouſly offended him both by Land and Sea, and for his unparallell'd love, and matchleſſe mercies extended to us on the Ocean Sea, there is many ancient and able Trumpets that are yet extant and living to this day, can give a large and better teſtiment thereof then I, the names of ſome of them, as my ſmall acquaintance and ſhort memory will give2 me leave, I briefly ſhall inſert to you, viz. Mr. Warner, Mr. Stock, Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Boſgrave, Mr. Beale, Mr. Flowers, Mr. Simſon, M. Farrell, M. Slaughter, M. Day, M. Hawkins, Mr. Creammer, Mr. Deane, Mr. Loveday, Mr. Whitmeale, Mr. Cardiffe, Mr. Walker, Mr. Anſlow, Mr. Smith, Mr. Jefferies, Mr. Johnſon, Mr. Gerard, Mr. Biſhop, Mr. Coe, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Hermon, Mr. Hill, Mr. Norman, Mr. Buckly, Mr, Collins, Mr. Spilſworth, Mr. Argoe, Mr. Boone, Mr. Seaton, Mr. Williams, Mr. Peacoke; theſe with many more, can evidence unto the world, what mercies and miraculous preſervations they have had, and how Divine Providence hath led them as it were by the hand, from place to place, from City to City, from Port to Port, and from one Haven to another, and never left them till hee had brought them home, and ſafely arrived them where they faine would bee; and for his love and lenity by Land, there is few or none of any faſhion, ranke, or quality, but can ſufficiently demonſtrate to the World, what choiſe and ſingular Deliverances they have had ſince and before the beginning of theſe inteſtine and unnaturall Warres; and ſince Calamity like to a tedious Torrent, hath ſwiftly overtaken three poore diſtreſſed and diſtracted Nations all at once; and becauſe I am loath to appeare too ſilent in reference unto what was ſaid before, I3 ſhall give you a liſt of ſome of the places, and eminent fights, where God in mercy moſt graciouſly did appear, both for the ſafety & preſervation of ſuch as did profeſſe the quality of a Trumpet; as Branford, Hounſlow, Baſing, Dorcheſter, Lynne, Weymouth, Tanton, Briſtoll, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Liſtethell, Newbury, Oxford, the Vizes, Cherry-downe, New-market, Gloceſter, Edgehill, Marſton-Moore, Nazeby, with many places more, in all which fights and ſeverall skirmiſhes, I never yet could learn that there was above twenty Trumpets ſlain, onely now and then a Trumpet wounded and taken priſoner ſometimes, which could not poſſibly bee avoided in ſuch notable chaſe and dangerous fights as many of theſe ſame were; and how the Lord hath mightily preſerved you both in Scotland, Ireland, Holland, France, and Spaine, and other remote places of the world, is not unacquainted, nor concealed to any rationall and knowing man; beſides, when you have ridden ſolely by your ſelves, ſometimes fourty, threeſcore, a hundred miles an end, how have you bin preſerved from private Ambuſcadoes, Toryes, the Moſſe-Troopers, Robbers, and the like? delivering your Letters and ſeverall Meſſages with a great deale of ſafety, civilitie, and reſpect; and in concluſion, very well returned to your own Garriſons in health againe, which is and hath bin no ſmall mercy to us, if we conſider of the4 ſame aright; nay, hath he not very often made the very quarters of the enemy a receptacle and place of ſafety for us: Moreover, how bountifull and forward hee hath bin to beſtow upon us many a liberall and large advance, notwithſtanding how backward we have bin to advance his glory for the ſame, and what a non-improvement we, or the moſt of us have made of the many favours, and the large Tallents he hath given unto us, is beſt knowne unto his ſacred ſelfe and our poor ſinfull ſelves; Likewiſe how carefull God hath alwayes bin to feed us with the finest Wheat, & cloath our bodies with the pureſt Wool, notwithſtanding wee have not hungred and thirſted after Righteouſneſſe, nor yet earneſtly deſired to have our ſouls inveſted with the long white garment of Chriſts Righteouſneſſe, as they that live under a Goſpel diſpenſation ought indeed to doe; and truly, if every one that hath a ſilver Trumpet, had but a ſanctified ſoul annexed thereunto, doubtleſſe we ſhould be more ſound in our judgements, and more pious in our practiſe then at this day wee doe appeare, and manifeſt our ſelves unto the world to bee; but ſome I know will readily object and ſay, what is the meaning of all this? doth Vice correct Sin? doth he that preſſes us ſo hard to conſider the goodneſſe of the Lord to us, and our ingratfulneſſe to him do ſo himſelf? doe we not know he is a man that hath as much forgot the love and lenity of God as any of us all? or5 are we not acquainted that he is one that hath a long time had the forme of godlineſſe, yet hath denied the power and efficaſie of it in a good Life and Converſation, and to this day for ought we know, or viſibly can diſcerne, continues the ſame man? Why truely Gentlemen, I muſt ingenuouſly confeſſe with heavineſſe of heart, and griefe of ſoule, that you are not miſtaken in what you doe affirme, I willingly could wiſh you were, on condition I ſhould take the miſtake very patiently; for indeed I muſt confeſſe; according to the allowance of the word, that I am one that hath refuſed to worke in Gods ▪ Vineyard, excuſed the great Supper of the Lord, and ſleighted the marriage of the Kings Son; by which ſad conſequence it hath come to paſſe that I have ſinned againſt the cleareſt light, and deareſt love that ever poore creature could tranſgreſſe againſt; and if any one of you that is leſſe offenſive then my ſelf, will pleaſe to fling the firſt ſtone at me, I ſhall neither ſnarle at the hand, nor yet bite the ſtone, but kindly ſalute the one, and meekly kiſſe the other; and truly there is great reaſon for the ſame: for if the Young-man in the law that was but diſobedient to his earthly parents, was to be ſtoned to death, how juſtly might this ſentence paſſe on me that have bin ſo ſtubborne, rebellious, and diſobedient to my Heavenly Father? And if in the Goſpell St. Stephen ſuffered for his conſtant adhearence to Chriſt and his Truth, well may I ſuffer6 for my conſtant ſeparation from the truth of Chriſt. In few words; Gentlemen, I am a man that am really dead in treſpaſſes and ſinnes, and yet I truſt in the blood of the Lambe, I am not twice dead and pulled up by the roots, and though I have gone a long time a ſtray from my God, I ſhall now at the laſt and eleventh houre of the day, returne to my deare Shepheard and ſweet Biſhop of my ſoul. In order hereunto I ſhall intreat your prayers unto God for me, as mine ſhall be to the Thron of Grace for you, and that in much mercy he would be pleaſed to ſay to your ſpirituall deſertions, and my inordinate affections, as he is pleaſed to ſay unto the raging ſurges of the Sea; thus far ſhall you goe, and no further. This is and ſhall be the prayers of
THree things very good for a Trumpet to practiſe; to practiſe his Trumpet, to practiſe the truth, and to practiſe piety.
Three good things for a Trumpet to obey; to obey his Creator, to obey his Commander, and to obey the Goſpel of Chriſt.
Three good things for a Trumpet to remember; to remember his Creator in the dayes of his youth, to remember his youth in the dayes of his age, and to remember his end in the beginning of his dayes.
Three things very bad for a Trumpet to forget; to forget his great deliverances by11 Land, his wonderfull preſervation by Sea, and his marvellous ſafety in the City.
Three bad things for a Trumpet to be full of; to have his eyes full of adultery; his head full of foolery, and his mind full of miſchiefe.
Three things very unfit for a Trumpet to begin; to begin Healths, to ſeeke Healths and to ſound Healths.
Three good things for a Trumpet to find; to finde mercy with God, and honour him for it; to finde favour with good men, and reſpect them for it; and to finde out his faults, and obtain faith to mend them.
Three good things for a Trumpet to keep; to keep a faire correſpondency with thoſe he deales withall, to keep good company, and to keep a good conſcience.
Three good things for a Trumpet to ſet light by; to ſet light by the loſſes of the world, to ſet light by the croſſes of the world, and to ſet light by deeds of darkneſſe.
Three things very bad for a Trumpet to be an Artiſt in; to be an Artiſt in the wayes of wickedneſſe, to be expert in the paths of impiety, and to be delightfully acute in the wiles and ſtratagems of ſinne, and Satan.
12Three things very bad for a Trumpet to loſe; to loſe his taſte, to loſe his teeth, and to loſe his time.
Three things very dangerous for a Trumpet; to look high, to feed high, and to climbe high.
Three things very good for a Trumpet; good ſtore of modeſty, good ſtore of mercy, and good ſtore of money.
Three things very bad for a Trumpet to fall into; to fall into a Pit, to fall into Perjury, and to fall into Poverty.
Three things very bad for a Trumpet; a bad Moore, a bad march, and a bad mind.
Three very hard things for a Trumpet to learne; to learne continency in the Stewes, temperance in a Taverne, and righteous actions amongſt roaring boyes.
Three good things for a Trumpet to keep; to keep touch, to keep tune, and to keep time.
Three things very good for a Trumpet; a good colour, good cordins, and a good conſcience.
Three other things good for a Trumpet; good Lungs, a good Lip, and a good life.
And make no proviſion for the fleſh.
According to my meane ability, you have had a little taſte of the Lords extraordinary love and lenity to us, and our empty returnes of obedience to him17 againe. Now as we have had a feaſt of his favour, could he but have a little reliſh of our love to him it would doe well; it is not unknowne to you, that there is but three paces more eſpecially that doth direct a man either to paine, or Paradiſe: He that by his little and ſmall ſins, as he accounts, ſlowly creeps to Hell, doth very bad; but he that by his more known and ſcandalous offences goes a round pace thither, doth a great deale worſe; but he that by his more profuſe and riotous living runs thither, doth worſt of all: So on the contrary, he that by his ſmall and feeble faith endeavours for to creep to Chriſt, doth well; but he that by a ſtronger faith goes luſtily, doth better: but he that by the mighty power of God with cheerfulneſſe, and alacrity, doth ſweetly run his wayes, doth beſt of all; O that we could ſo run, as through the ſtrength of Chriſt we might obtaine.
Deare Sirs, let us conſider, and a little recollect our memory what we came into this world for; was it doe you think to ſport like the Leviathan in the Sea, and for to waſt our dayes in wanton dalliance, ſurely no; alas, you know our errand hither was, to get God glory, and to ſave our poore ſoules;18 but how neglective we have been in he one, and conſtantly remiſſe in the other,•s you know knowne unto the Searcher and Trier of the reines farre better then to us, for we doe finde by ſad experience, Judgements has not deterr'd us. Menaces has not warn'd us, nor many mercies won us; and though the Sword be drawne, yet we cannot be drawn from the vaine vanities of this preſent life, and fading pleaſures of this wicked world.
There is a notable paſſage in the ſecond of Kings, the fift chap. and about the 26, & 27 ver. where covetous Gehazi abuſing the name of his kinde Maſter to Naaman the Syrian, by which meanes he receives of him two tallents of Silver in two baggs, and the two changes of Garments without the conſent of the good old man, but the buſineſſe being underſtood, and clear'd up to him, he ſharply doth reprove him for his fault, ſaying unto him, Is this a time to receive mony, garments, olive-yards, vine-yards, ſheep, oxen, men ſervants, and maid ſervants? and in few words told him, that the Leproſie of Naaman ſhould cleave to him and his poſterity, and strait way he went out of his preſence a Leper as white as Snow. Why even ſo might all the19 good Eliſha's, the Miniſters of the truth, juſtly reprove & ſay to us, when in our frantick mood we are no whit aſhamed to knock and call for Wine when wee have Wine enough, and with our Trumpet openly proclaime our follies to the world, may they not then alleadge, is this a time for to drink wine in Bowls, and ſound ſhril healths til we are ſick againe? is this a time for to ſpend all our time to purchaſe change of Garments for the body, and to neglect the covering of the ſoule? is this a time to ravell out our dayes in filthy idle jeſts, and ſpend our precious minuts in obſcene and ſcurrilous diſcourſe? is this a time to viſit Theators, ſit in a Tavern, ſing, rejoyce, and laugh, when as the pious party and holy people of the Land ſit by the Waters of Babylon weeping, and have hung their Harps upon the Willows, and wil not be comforted becauſe God is diſpleaſed?
One pregnant paſſage more betweene David and Ʋriah, and I ſhall conclude; it is in the ſecond of Samuel the 11. Chap. the 8, 9, 10, and 11. verſes. After the Prophet David had demanded of Ʋriah how Joab did, how the people did, and how the waſting Warre did proſper, he being willing to win him to his bed, he doth uſe ſome modeſt motives to20 invite him thither; but when his purpoſe would not take effect, he uſes another argument to perſwade him, that he had rid a very tedious and toylſome Journey, and therefore thought it meet and neceſſary hee ſhould repoſe and reſt himſelfe a while, but pray obſerve his warlike anſwer to him.
And Vriah ſaid unto David, The arke, and Iſrael, and Judah abide in tents, and my Lord Joab, and the ſervants of my Lord are encamped in the open fields; ſhall I then goe unto my houſe, to eat and drinke, and to lie with my wife? as thou liveſt, and as thy ſoule liveth, I will not doe this thing. The Application that we may eaſily collect from hence is this.
That if this gallant and heroick Chriſtian did ſo readily refuſe theſe pleaſures, and refreſhments that were very good and lawfull of themſelves, as to goe downe to his houſe to eat and drinke, and to embrace his Wife: becauſe the Arke, Joab; and many of Gods people were incamped in the open fields, and might for ought he knew, bee ingaged with the enemies of the truth before he might returne back to the Campe againe; how ſhould this move us then now that the Arke, I mean the Cauſe of God is in diſpute, and many of Gods people hath bin encamp•d in open21 field many a Winters night, and tedious ſtormie day? how ſhould this, I ſay ſolemnly invite us to forſake our former fooliſh diſports, and utterly to abandon and relinquiſh every unlawfull luſt & pleaſure whatſoever; and if our hearts be ſo obdurate that we cannot bring them to ſuffer for the Lord in open field, let us never ſuffer them to ſin againſt him in a private roome; and if wee cannot be wooed to joyne with the people of God for the teſtimony of the truth and a good Conſcience, let us never joyn with the people of the world againſt our Conſcience and its teſtimony.
Alas, you ſee already here is three tottering Nations, and a few ſtedfaſt ſoules; many broken heads, but a few bleeding hearts; therefore it is very requiſit that hereafter we doe walke more circumſpectly, not as fooles, but as wiſemen, Redeeming the time becauſe the dayes are evil; in order hereunto, it is very fit that we ſpeedily, frequently, and fervently apply our ſelves unto the thron of Grace to obtaine mercie, and find Grace to helpe in time of need: imploring and beging of him for the ſonne of his loves ſake, to infuſe into us a principle of Life and Grace, that we may bee his Children not onely by22 name, but by nature alſo; ſo ſhal we ſtand in awe, and ſin not, commune upon our beds & be ſtill, counting it indeed an ignominious ſhame, that the Lackey ſhould live more in awe of his Lord, then we of Jehovah -•iſſi; that the Servant ſhould ſtand more in awe of his Maſter, then we doe very often of our Maker; and that the Child ſhould ſtand more in awe of his earthly Parents, then we of our heavenly Father. Tis time (ſayes David) that thou have mercy upon Sion, yea the time is come; and in order hereunto, it is time that wee forſake our ſinnes, yea, the time is come, it is time that we abandon our impiety, when our impiety is about to abandon us; it is time to forſake riotous and tippling houſes when the Judge is at the doore; high time to get Chriſt into our hearts, when the Kingdome of heaven is at hand. But I grow too tedious, conſider what is ſaid, and the Lord give us underſtanding in all things.
DEclare in Judah, and publiſh in Jeruſalem, and ſay, Blow ye the Trumpet in the Land, cry, gather together and ſay; Aſſemble your ſelves, and let us goe into the defenced Cities.
23Set up the ſtandards towards Zion, retire, ſtay not, for I will bring evill from the North, and a great deſtruction, Jer. 4. 5, 6.
And the Word of the Lord came unto me the ſecond time, ſaying, What ſeeſt thou? and I ſaid, I ſee a ſeething pot, and the face thereof was towards the north.
Then the Lord ſaid unto me, out of the north an evill ſhall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the Land, Jer. 2. 13, 14.
O ye children of Benjamin, gather your ſelves to fly out of the midſt of Jeruſalem, and blow the Trumpet in Tecoa, and ſet up a ſigne of fire in Beth-haccerem, for evill appeares out of the north, and great deſtruction; thus ſaith the Lord, Behold, a people commeth from the north Country, and a great Nation ſhall be raiſed from the ſides of the earth, Jer. 6. 1. 22.
The great Day of the Lord is neare, it is neare, and haſteth greatly, even the voyce of the Day of the Lord; the mighty man ſhall cry there bitterly, that day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble, and diſtreſſe, a day of the Trumpet, and Alarm againſt the fenced Cities, and againſt the high Towers, Zeph. 1. 14, 15, 16. And behold, God himſelfe is with us for our Captaine,24 and his Prieſts with ſounding Trumpets, to cry alarm againſt you. O children of Iſrael, fight not againſt the Lord God of your Fathers, for you ſhall not proſper, 2 Chron. 13. 14.
Therefore behold, the dayes come ſaith the Lord, that I will cauſe an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites, and it ſhall be a deſolate heap, and her daughters ſhall be burnt with fire, then ſhall Iſrael be heire unto them that were his heires, ſaith the Lord, Jer. 49. 2.
Blow ye the Trumpet in Zion, and ſound an alarm in my holy Mountaines, let all the inhabitants of the Land tremble, for the day of the Lord commeth, for it is nigh at hand; blow ye the trumpet in Zion, ſanctifie a Faſt, call a ſolemn aſſembly, Ioel 2. 1. 15.
For the Builders, every one had his ſword girded by his ſide, and ſo builded, and he that ſounded the trumpet was by me; and I ſaid unto the Nobles, and unto the Rulers of the people, the work is great & large, and we are ſeparated from the wall one far from another, in what place therefore ye heare the ſound of the trumpet, reſort ye thither unto us, our God ſhall fight for us, Neh. 4. 18, 19, 20.
25Shall a trumpet be blowne in the City, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evill in the City, and the Lord hath not done it, Amos 3. 6.
Sonne of Man, ſpeake unto the Children of thy people, and ſay unto them; When I bring the Sword upon the Land, if the people of the Land take a man of their coaſts, and ſet him for their Watch-man, if when he ſees the Sword come upon the Land, he blow the trumpet, and warne the people, then whoſoever heares the ſound of the trumpet, and takes not warning, if the Sword come and take him away, his bloud ſhall be upon his owne head.
He heard the ſound of the trumpet, and took not warning, his bloud ſhall be upon him; but he that takes warning ſhall deliver his ſoule, Ezek. 33. 2, 3, 4, 5.
A prudent man fore-ſees the evill, and hides himſelfe, but the ſimple paſſe on and are puniſhed, Prov. 22. 3.
But ſtay:
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Image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. Quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in Oxford and Michigan. 5% (or 5 pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet QA standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. After proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of 100 instances per text. Any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. Understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of TCP data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor.
The texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level 4 of the TEI in Libraries guidelines.
Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements).
Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site.
This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. Searching, reading, printing, or downloading EEBO-TCP texts is reserved for the authorized users of these project partner institutions. Permission must be granted for subsequent distribution, in print or electronically, of this EEBO-TCP Phase II text, in whole or in part.