Evangelium armatum, A specimen, or short collection of several doctrines and positions destructive to our government, both civil and ecclesiastical preached and vented by the known leaders and abetters of the pretended reformation such as Mr. Calamy, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Case, Mr. Baxter, Mr. Caryll, Mr. Marshall, and others, &c.

Assheton, William, 1641-1711., Calamy, Edmund, 1600-1666., Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.

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Mr. Samuel Faircloth, on Josh. 7. 25. before divers of the House of Commons.

MOses fell on his f•…ce, as Joshua here, and makes God cry out Let me alone; will this Cure it? no, Moses sees for all his prayers, Israel will not be cured without a full and total extirpation of all the ac∣cursed things and Persons also. Pag. 25.

* The Lord rent the Kingdom from Saul for sparing one Agag, and for w•…nt of thorow extirpation of all the accursed things, he lost both than•…s for what he had done and Kingdom also. Pag. 27.

'Tis not partial Reformation, and execution of justice upon some of∣fenders will afford us help, except those in Authority extirpate all Achans with Baby lomsh Garments, Orders, Ceremonies, Gestures, be rooted out from among us. Pag. 28.

* To you of the Honourable House, Up, for the matter belongs to you, We, even all the Godly Ministers of the Country, will be with you. Pag. 29.

Think of it, in your Committees, to save them and theirs from trouble by troubl•…ng them, as Joshua, to wit, by a thorow abolishment, and extir∣pation of them. Pag. 29.

The East wind did not sooner cure Egypt of the Frogs of Nilus, than this course would England of all the Achans and Frogs of Tiber—There being no vertue wherein men resemble the Lord more lively, as in exe∣cuting of justice, and in extirpation of those Achans you will cut off the wicked, and procure the felicity of the chosen. Pag. 34.

Trouble they will bring upon us for time to come, if they be not now cut off, all may see that an Universal destruction, extirpation of Us, our Religion, Peace, and Laws, was intended by them, and shall not Jo∣shua justly extirpate Achans eye for eye, tooth for tooth? that justice may measure them, the measure they would have measrr'd to us, is not onely 〈◊〉 but necessary, if ninety and nine were taken away, and but on•… A•…han left, he would trouble us. Pag. 36.

Consecrate your selves to day unto the Lord, and if all Achans could Page 33 be hang'd up coram isto sole, let none remain until too morrow how∣ever. Pag. 47.

The Lord is persuing you, if you execute not vengeance on them be∣times. Pag. 48.

Why should life be further granted to them whose very life brings death to all about them. Pag. 50.

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