A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, at their public fast, Novemb.…A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, at their publique fast, Novemb.…

When you have frayed away the horns, and cast out the Gentiles, take heed that the spirit of the horns do not live in the carpenters. When the Children of Israel drove the Canaanites out of their land, they did as well inherit their sins as their lands, theseus they came to punish they did commit, the spirit of th• Canaanites did dwell in the Israelites. So it was with Jehu when he had beat down the house of Ahab: So with Am•ziah, who when he had destroyed the Edomites, he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set the • up to be his gods, 2 Chron. 25. 14, 15. This is too common in times of Reformation. You all know what a blessed instrument of Reformation Master Calvin was in his time, yet when he came to that¹ matter of denying the Lords Supper to Bartlerius and other Servetians who were² most unworthy, those that otherwise were called Protestants, rose up in opposition to him, insomuch that he was ready, if not altogether forced to leave Geneva for a time. And was it not thus in that unhappy difference at Frankfurt? In Queen Mary's time you know that³ many left this their own country, and did fly to Germany; when they came there, did not many of them that fled for Religion prove pushing, goring horns unto their brethren? yea some of them were so bitter to others, that they complained of and impeached that reverend man Master Knox of High Treason against Imperial Dignity, in so much that he was banished from the City, and driven from his congregation. Oh what a sad thing is this that the spirit of Papists should live in Protestants! that the spirit of the horns should live in the carpenters! that the spirit of Prelates should live in ⟨p. 21⟩those that are risen up to fray them away and cast them out! I say no more, but when we have done all, cast out the Gentiles, and frayed away the horns, if then we shall turn to push, and gore, and cast out our brethren, and one another, God will find it out, and will not put it up at Englands hands. Wherefore (my beloved) in the fear of God let us all remember this Caution, Oh take heed that the spirit of the horn do not dwell in the carpenters; And so I come to the third Vision, A man with a measuring line in his hand, and the third Doctrine, which is this,