God in the Mount, Title page – Dedication 3
GOD In the Mount.
Or, Englands Remembrancer.
Being a Panegyrick Piramides, erected to the everlaſting high honour of Englands God, In the moſt gratefull commemoration of al the miraculous Parliamentarie. Mercies wherein God hath been admirably ſeen in the Mount of Deliverance, in the extreme depth of Englands deſigned Deſtruction, in her years of jubile, 1641. and 1642.
By the unworthie admirer of them, JOHN VICARS.
Jehova-jireh.
Geneſ. 22. 14.
I will praiſe thee, O Lord, with my whole heart, and wil ſhew forth all thy marvellous works.
Pſal. 9. 1.
Commit thy cauſe to God which doth great things and unſearchable, marvellous things without number.
Job 5. 8, 9.
Deut. 33. 29.
Happie art thou, O Iſrael, who is like unto thee, O People, ſaved by the Lord! the ſheild of thy help, and who is the ſword of thine excellencie; And thine enemies ſhall be found lyers unto thee, and thou ſhalt tread on their high places.
Pſal. 111. 2, 3, 4.
The works of the Lord are great, ſought-out of all them that have pleaſure therin. His works are honourable and glorious, and his righteouſneſſe endureth for ever. He hath made his wondrous works to be remembred; the Lord is gracious and full of compaſſion.
LONDON: Printed by T. Paine, and M. Simmons for John Rothwell and Thomas Ʋnderhill. 1642.
TO THE ETERNALL, ALMIGHTY, AND MOST GLORIOUS, WONDER-WORKING, INCOMPREHENSIBLE, AND INDIVISIBLETRINITIEIN UNITIE; JEHOVAHJIREH. GODIN THE MOVNT: J. V. HIS MOSTUNWORTHIE AND SINFULL SERVANT DOTH DEDICATE AND CONSECRATE (BY CHRIST JESUS HIS ONLY MERITS AND MEDIATION) HIM-SELF AND THESE HIS POOR LABOVRS, TO HIS EVERLASTING PRAISE AND GLORY.
TO THE RIGHT Honourable, thrice Noble and illuſtrious Senatours of the Houſe of Peers in Parliament.
TO OUR Trulie Honourable and moſt renowned Patriots; the Houſe of Commons, in Parliament.
RIght Noble Lords and Englands Commons rare, (For, whom the Lord hath joyn'd, disjoyn who dare?)
Your humble Servant, Vowed—Votarie, Hath to Heav'ns-Honour And your—Memorie ☞
* Moſt humblie, this Pyramides—erected, Hopefull, by your juſt power to be protected
From ſturdieſt Stormes which Miſchiefs mightieſt blaſt May dare on It or your bleſt actions caſt,
By foule—aſperſions, Cauſeleſſe—Calumnies, To rob-both us and you Of our fair—prize, ☞
* Even, happy Halcyor daies, Which, God,—by you, Begins—to—bring To bleſſed Britains view.
Whoſe eyes and heart (late) full of frights and tears Your untyr'd Prudence, Providence re-chears
Courage—great Patriots God is on your—ſide Whiles you do to—his Goſpel—cloſe abide. ☞
* Go—on, like Davids Worthies,—valiantly, To curb—and cruſh Truths-foes-malignity.
Go on, I ſay, like Nehemiah's brave, Like Ezra's and Zorobabels moſt grave
To work—a pure, A perfect—Reformation, As men moſt—famous In your—generation. ☞
* Yea,—moſt renowned To—Poſteritie, As Faiths faſt—friends And—props of Veritie.
As wiſe Repairers of thoſe Breaches great, Which did both Church and State ſo ſorely threat.
Go on, though you great obſtacles endure; Sol ſhines moſt clear, though clouds It (oft) obſcure: Heav'n crown your Counſels (ſtill) with good ſucceſſe, And you and yours for all your labours bleſſe.
So—ever—prayeth Your moſt humbly—devoted, John Vicars.
TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVL HIS MOST WORTHY and ever moſt highly honoured good friends, Sir RICHARD SPRIGNALL, Sir IOHN WOLLASTONE, Alderman PENNINGTON, and Alderman WARNER, Together with each of their moſt truly virtuous and pious Conſorts, my ſingular good friends; All of them eminent Patrons and Patterns of Piety, Vertue, Religion and Learning: J. V. unfainedly prayeth the moſt happie, fair and full fruition of the glorious effects of the plenarie-Reformation intended by this pious Parliament, here; And of the Saints celeſtiall beatificallviſion, in Heaven, hereafter.
HAving by Gods good hand of providence and direction (Right Worſhipfull and my moſt highly honoured good friends) undertaken a ſubject of Gratitude to our holy God in this ſucceeding hiſtoricall narration of all his wonder-ſtriking Parliamentarie-mercies to us of this Engliſh-Nation, in generall; I could not but reflect my ſerious thoughts on your Worſhips as moſt worthie objects alſo of my thankefull heart, for many ſingular favours and courteſies toward me, in particular. And ſomuch the rather becauſe of that which Chryſoſtome, in his 51 Homilie on Geneſis, hath as ſweetly as ſuccinctly touched. Nihil tam gratum Deo & homini quam anima grata & gratias agens. Nothing in the world is ſo acceptable to God or man as a gratefull-heart and a thankefultongue. The due and deep conſideration whereof (I ſay) hath made me moſt deſirous (as moſt bounden) to tender this …umbl… and plain-ſti…'d historie of Englands God in the Mount of Mercies, …r, Englands Remembrancer of gratitude to God for all the Parliamentarie precious bleſſings moſt fully and freely conferred; or rather poured-down upon her within theſe 2 yeers laſt paſt, as a …eſtimonie of my moſt thankfull-heart to your good Worſhips for many both publike and private favours to me and mine. Which hiſtorie though I ingenuouſly acknowledge it might well have befitted a far more fluent and high-ſoaring rhetori…all-Penman than my poor and plain unworthie-ſelf; yet ſince it hath pleaſed the Lord that my poor zeal for Gods glorie hath thus prevented them, I moſt humbly hope and heartily deſire candide and courteous acceptance of it and of my ſincere deſire and endeavour, mainly, to manifeſt my infinitely obliged gratefull-heart, firſt, to our ever-living and ever-loving wonder-working Lord God; next, to our moſt Pious Patriots, his precious Agents and inſtruments in theſe great and glorious works; and then to your worthie ſelves my much honoured friends: Which my endeavour herein, though ſhort (I ſay) of your judicious exp…ctation, and of the hiſtories due deſert, yet hoping it may remain as a pledge of my plighted humble ſervices and bounden gratitude, and as the beſt Barthol'mew-faring, which my poor abilitie was able to preſent to your good Worſhips, with the humble tender alſo of m… heartieſt poor prayers to the throne of grace for all ſanctified ſublunarie bleſſings and celeſtiall ſoul-cheering graces on you and a…l yours, I ever reſt,
Your good Worſhips in the Lord, to be alwayes commanded, JOHN VICARS.