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g; Before the Honourable /'47[ri»é‘:jy *3’ 3‘
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:33‘! On their later Day of Tlmnlgxgiwriézg for  ‘
'§'- thé G-féat vi&ory given to-Sir Wi.Iliam W zzller  ‘
}  T and the Forces With him,.againfi the Army 
T % VA   of Sir Ralf}: Hopton;   ‘ lg‘   Y
  By Thomas Cafi, Preacher, at Mz'lk—flic*et', London, Aug!‘ 
4% % one of the Affcmbly 0f‘Divincs. ,@. r  
¢ 3 Pfal. 9. IO. T/9:37 that know thy Name will pm their trzgfi in twlaéc, for E / '
  gm tho» Lordnewrfzzzlcfi-them t/mtfiek thee. r  ‘
3 Lam/rm, Printed by  R.‘ for Luhz Fmame,’and arc’ to he {old at his  
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 i T is this day Ordered, by the Comniionsi.
i Aflembled in.Parliament, that Sir Wz°llz'-.— ‘
am Breretozz, do give thanks from the Houfe, 

to Mr.Tb:omao* Cafe, for the great painshee
took in the Sermon he preached thié day, at

S‘. Mzzrgaret: W eflmiizfler, at the intrea ty 09  
the Houfe;_ It being atday'-of publiqueih ‘
Thankfgiving, for the great Visftory the

Forces under the Command of Sir William
Waller, and Sir William Bzzlfore had, againfl:

the Forcesjunder the Commaindof Sir Ralph‘ 
I-Iopton 5“ Aindihee is to define him from this

Ho1ife,to Print hisaFSe11%non. And it is Orde-t

red, that no man flmaletletprefuine to Printhisg %
Sermon ,. v7vi’thout beingauthorized under. I

.hisahtand-writing.   V L V. 
it  El/jrlzge, Cler. Pzzacl..Co2~:z—..

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TOTI-IEHONORABLE

and his highly Honour’d~i Friend ,
Sir William Waller Knight, Commander
in Chief; of the Parliament: Force: , i
iii the If/efi.

~_No5le Sir, A
   whom more properly ( under
M " ° ;  .- ithztt i Giwzcl Comical! of”thfe— Kin g-
    dome, iwhcreoof   you are a»Mem4-
  ber  doth the Dedication of

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enthofights belong, then to your

tiie fud» % :
Wor—th3r~felf;f Who wrought with God onothat

 
  
 

  day, the Salvation whereof; 'the1’epo'foirla-

bours, together wit‘ha;tmore‘ sikilfullhand,
were caliedi intoceIebr"ate’ in the V (grcati C0724-
gregzztiibiz .9 i . ii    "    
Sir, I may;trulyifay,you:mad'ie* agoreat part
of my sermon’, anditvheibieittbr piairtitoofls F01‘
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THE EPISTLE.

«While thoiuifanida there are of all files, whofifhe

tpegclzerom dealing in the ~Co«vemmt of God,

i Comes into bear fad witnefle to the former
‘part of my Text and Sermon; F ree-grace‘

laanth fo iookt upon you,that you ‘fiand in the
firfi divifion of thofe W ortbier, to w/hofe fi-

delity G o D hath given ample .te~fi/imony, W

What exploit; a people Canada, that know
flaei-r God: for Certainly, either you know

God; or elfeawe kniov'v‘no't_you.     i —
_D.czrz'm.once openinga pomgraizate,and being

-askt by .a Ptanderby, of what he would defire

to have fo many, as there were kernels in the
pomgmmzte, anfizvered , S9 many Zopyru_[]Z2.r.
Zopyrm was that valiant Knight and Come
mander, who to‘ get the City of Babylon,
Iicxflieftyiby the;;AfljIriam, and befieged by his

a Mr. Darim, caufed his own nofe, ears, ‘and a

lips, troy bee cut.o_fl’, and his whole face and
body fo wounded, a and mangledall (over,

t that ru~n.ning to the enemies , and makin

thembeleerve hee was fo ufed by Darim, for

A y rp.erfwading’ him tog raife his Siege, and re-

move” his Army. They “eafily giving -credit

F to a reilationy tha-tgfeemed to {peak truthit
withfo many m0yu_thes,a_astheyfaw wounds,  

admitted

{T HE i  P Is TL E. 7‘

admitted him into the City, and made him
their Gwvemonr, by means whereof, hee got
opportunity ‘to deliver it” and them, up to
his Mafier. ; V

e . Sir, If inthe behalf of this poor bleed-

,ing:‘Ks:.ingdom,i I might havemyvvilh, I

{would sturnDarz71«shiss choice, into  many,

,Wallery : You having run many, as defpe-=
rate, though. more innocenthazzards, for e
therefcue of: the. Safety and Liberties there-

: of, now. captived by ez/ile perfom : And this

hath.,.b'een your Honor, God hath been with
W, and with thofe gallant " Commanders, * Noble Sir
 ' - . i » . W'il/iam Ba!-
and Souldiers that have accompanied you _£f6’1,Iwortll1y
o onel

in this Service 5 to whole F iclelity and Kefo- 3,0,,’ 3,,” W

lutiom , Parliament and Kingdome fiand
much indebted. The Lord be with you fiill,
& make you profperous whitherfoeveryou

i turngand caufe his dread to fall upon his and

your enemies, that they may not be able to
Ftand before you: And when you have done
your {hare in this great Service of God, and
the Kingdom, He bring you back into the
embraces of your Friends, crown’d with Ho- -
mmr and Vicffory. Interim, if your grand
employments allow you not time, to read a
-s e A 2 , period

«THE E row TL E.   A  A

period or ‘ twonf-of this poor. Sermon, fame.
tirn-e‘,  lmtt; cafl: your ey;est5.e.I;‘be{eech'.yo1g
upon L1:£2ef2Tcbrt,,; an d; when you go forth, to
encounter the enemy, lay it z2ext'5za?tzr’bezart;,
‘Idaire fay',<throu‘gh the power of that Lord
of HoaPcs,in whole Army you ferve) itWiI1',
beyond all the witcbcmflr,‘and_eIzcbztI2t}1¢eIzt:
which fome of your enemies, are {aid to ufe,
$ render you iizrwtlzzemble,iiwiizciélejin the’ day
 of. boakttefl 5- ‘which therefore, as) the rriehefi  
’ Prefent I can {end you, Ihumbly defire you  
“ would plenafetor accep t, from him,S.ir-,w;hom
+   * ~ your rmerits, and;love, have made A  Tanrr, } 1

e0bligedVto honour, andferweyou 1‘

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The Root of Apoflacy Q

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‘ Fountain of true Fortitude."

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. DANIEL. 11.32.
‘Andfhcb 4: do Wickgdfy againfl the Covenant J54! he carrtzpr 6;
‘ fléztteriex, hm the peapte that know their God,‘ /6411 hefh-orig and
do explain’. *

1; . He words hold forth a plot or. praflice, Where-4
" in thefe particulars are confiderable.
I . The perfon prafllzing, He, he {hall Cor-.

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'e-W5’-’="r-'  they were of two forts: I. Some prophzme or
rottemwhofc Charafter is, They do wickedly agtzinft‘ the Com-
mmt , 2. Others fincere and tmely Godg, and their Charaéttr
is, They area people that know their God. . / e t

’ 3. The Engine vfed in this prafiife ,that is, Fltttteriu.

4. Thejkccef: of this prafiicfe; and that is diFFerent,according

to the difpofition of the parties charaftred before;'1'he prophane

Y’ or rotten hearted party,they were wrought upon,& cormpted by
. thefe fubtile Artifices to betray their Religion and their Country.
The Well-affeéted and Godly party that are defcribed to us

by the knowledge of their God, they remain’d not only mason-3
querahlc, but conquerart, they wereféra-ng and did txplaitr.

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2. The perfons that are praflized upon, and

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Give me leave,the Text thus refolved into its parts, to open
them unto you as they lie in this Analyfis and I {hall then clofe
with thofe do&tinall:.obfervations~=that do naturally ofierth-s.m-
{glues to us out of the words ;-I.:? will ,be-briefin the opening-of

L git em. T ‘
Ffrft then;.h‘erey_ou;~have the per/‘an pra€tiz;ing, He ;:,And this,
talgqhim,-{laterally ,s__0t'- £'1if}‘3;c4/!y',, Eras xlzztioc/aim Epipfilzngg
younger on to Ammo m fzgnm t at vile perfm verfe 2-1.
where you have the firlt mention ofhim ; Tberef/;;zi1]}amz"z4p 4
vile per/Fm ta W./damn 699;. Whom For. his vile and bruitiih, tur-
E, ‘l .. bulent and‘treach‘.ei‘ous difpofition, Pofyéfm with the change of I
 a;1etteIr or two xv1tt1ly;’11clr<11r]1'ame_s /Intiobhm 13;] pimgncf; Am-z'o..
Athemlhz. c,ua.tt _1e Furzotta: or nae . is @116 per/but as ‘e o tamed the
Kmgulam a_fSyrm(whtch by right belonged to his Nephew Dr-i
Vex-[.‘_u. mrrrim, then but young ) by Hatteries and treacherous in-..
finuations ;_pretending that he defigned nothing but the care a
and proteétton of ‘h1syo;zngJNcphe2av ;_fo he laboured to propa-
gate and enla.1?ge1t,by the fame operations and Artrfices. a  
And-~ by thefe he Wroughtfo with divers of the Noéifity
VM; 6! and other S tare/imam of gypt(Ptoleme:4J Pfailamrterg being then a
childe)that he wound hamfelf into that Kmgdorne alfo {which
when he could not abkfolute-ly___ conquer, ( though he added Pom:
to his F wma’,,n0 not after a fecond or, third attemp_t,as youmay
fee, verf. 24, 25. and 29.) Notxvitlaltanding, that he had pilla-
ged and plundered the richelt of*tl_1e To tynes and Citie-snot‘
Egypt ; mightily enraged at fuch a dilappomtment of-his ex-
peé'tatipns,_ver£30,He remrz2e:,,an(l'W1th the fame Engines of
F rzz;ad~and' Farce , verf. go, 31_._ He attemps his entrance into
and conquefi: -of Jfidfla winch is the ficond thing in the
Text fc : i
The pnjfon: operated upon :sNamely,.¢the I.c\ive:,— as verf.28,3o.~
Thgtixpeclzpge whomdGod had talcein to léiflllxi-(flffliy Cofyegng,
an it at. a over an . o,ver.a0a1n evote t ‘em e Ves to r o   ,
*vD=;um5,,7, by tnutuall altjpnlation and *i2ivouchments._ .
13,19, Amonglt thefeyou fee-,k__he findes two forts , as I laid before,
fzfi'a‘lQ ‘ I. Some * eProp/yam. or Hipocritimfl, that had Qgathing ofa [flew
fig“ es *b°‘h but. the N Am: or face onely ;’l‘heir Character is, The] dial win‘;-

 cdlj again/if/Ie cjaze:m.zzz.t;:.By‘C'a:w%nmzttis._t meant the whole Re-
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we Root of c./Ipo/Zofie;
ligion and worjbip ofG'od among the ewes : which is therefore
called the Covenant becafife it was roztified and fanciatcd be-
tween God and Abraham, by mutuall Soltmne Covenant,‘ Gen.
17;9_-.o&'c. ‘And afterwards confirmed between God and Abra-
ham: feed, «manyvand many a-t-titne, after their Apoltacies and
Captivities uponttheir true repentance and turningp unto God,
with like Renewals of their Comment.  
Againll: which Religion and Worihip there were not a Few
that did wickedly, allowing themfelves either in open prophom—
neg}, or in fecrct Abomination: ( as Ezek. 8. ) contrary to all
their Sacred and folemne P rotefltztiom , and Cowmmt: and
0.4-that, under which they had (0 often bound their own fotiles,
as you may fee in N cbomiob, Barn, and divers other places of
Scripture ; They did wickedly ozgtu'rtfl' the Covenant : They made
a Covenant to day, and brake it to morr-ow, fiarting ofid: like Pfal.78. ;7.
A érofln B owe.’ i '
Others there were ofa more noble and Heavenly birth ,a peo.
ple, as their Charaéter tells you, that knew their God : That '/{new
him, not in a N otiomtll Hzfloriotzll way 0lI€1)f; but knew him in a
fzving experimmmfl manner, which what It is you (hall after
tear. ~
And thefe are the people, the people of God: C0’U!ndflt,‘-tlhfii
Jewes upon whom this oil: Pcrfon, Antioolmt doth operate.
3. The Engine whereby he operates ' and plraétiferh upon
them, is, FZ,ztteriot:which in all probability were oftwo forts.
I. Generall; Such as refpefied the Religionof the Jewes,
and their Civill Right: and Pri'm'l:d<go: ; p to whichin all his -
Declarations and writings, he was no {mall pretender; jpro-
mifing and protelting that he was fo Far from the rlealt “tho‘u'ghr
of offering any violence, either to their Rc’[igi0I¢,OI‘ Civil! Liéer-i
tiet, as that he had no higher defigne in ‘ his breall: , then to be a
faithful! protc Eior and corzflant Defender to both ; they fhould be
to him as his own foul. "
2. Or elfe perfomzll, promiiing and {wearing not onely all
Freedom: that am/’ete;¢a'er iC'onfcz'ence could delire, but the great-
elt and richelt reward: , and _Proftrment.r, dueto ‘the merits of
fuch as ihould fall off to him, and be aétive for him: as you
may read; verf. 30. and my Text.
B a 4. The

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Cevemmt Wit/eednejfle, .

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. 4. The _/?4ccef]'e,,iS the Fourth and lafi thing in the divifion
and that wasyou fee anfwetable to the perfons he dealt with

up .

all,/E :
‘ With proplmne and Rotten fpirits who had no principle of
Grace, and therefore made no confcience oflieligion-, nor of
the folernne Comments, whereby they had again and again
bound themfelues to the maintainance and obfervation there- "
of; ‘Ilaefi: Artifice; took; they fall offlike leaves in. Autumn ;
He dieleermpt them, or eriée them by Platteties ; Such. were
Simon, fafl-m,,Zllenel-ezzes, Alcimm, 6-j~e.
But another fortthere were ofa-nother Temper , that Were-
asfar above theferpoorand bafe Artifices, as the Sun is above.
the Witch-craft of the Sub-lunary creatures;,,they were fixed in.
an higher 0rbe,,where they beheld the Face of God 5; were ac--
quainted with him, andiconverfa‘. with him, who therefore.
(‘ while others Fell like falfe, Iwzndri,-eg Smrre: ) rem.ain’d as
unbiafi as the Sunin his courfe : As it was {aid of Iuda/1 at ano-~
Hoféa I 13- 11- ther time, Ephraim cempeiffetb me déoeit with lie: , and the henfl-.....
“of 1/Mel. with eieeeite, ézet gfudez/;v yet rule:/2 with Gael, and it fezith; a
ffllliwitbht/J6’ .S‘eint.c.Tbe people. tbezt-lqzew their Gee! were [it-orig t_o'=~
Itefifl: ang fcoréne thefe Fletbterzee, and to do explcliiets :. E xplazr: IS
not int cHe rew‘-T.Ext,, ut is put in totna up the fence,
..n:';lEi317c which would not elfe be fo full,& Einphaticalli in our L_4othe1'=-he
.vv°i.d;sl1fcd 'I§ongue,, as in the I-Ieérew ':-The word fignifying fometime not
:1, sgm. ’:n.6. onely to do but to=clo , Wonderfully. The Faithfullr party were
The-Lord ad-. Pcrengthened to do-.-. gallant and famous things: as the Mac» .i
fix cgbees, 8;c.”f'l‘h1s1s,the divifion and: meaning of the words in. o 5
e ‘ ~. .. . t ell‘ item ence. , e
iilfilir-i12,{i—1;::id:aif‘. flln theintypicall fenC€,tl1@.pm&'iee andfueeefle be the fame,but:: 1
.quif€c1't for- the perfan pm&‘_iz.ing, is, Aim'.elmff, or any» of his :Pa&ors and i
titWWmP€"=~- Agents ;,and~;the,. perfom whom he praétifes upon-,1._are Clmfiz'-
Mo eb. - “ -
W’-'“’" I am‘; upon whom asgthey are either Rotten or S1ncere,the fuc--  
cefle of the temptation isvarious, ut./24p.
The words thus divided’«~ and ‘opened, I» come to raife fuch :
obfervatIio}1s,as dofiatutally OffCFti1€mf€i"5VCSt-O. use. ‘
 e e are vi 1 etc every eye.,
Def?rine.r.- s
 Aureligious Qovenant is {o proper for thofe that
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:15} Etta: Apaffhfie.  

feffiesthemfelves Gods people, that Religion itfell’ is-" called ii

the Name of a Covenant. rflgozinfl the Covenant. t “

Secondly. No bonds or cords of Gaths, .i and Covenants, “be

they never to Religious and Sacred’, are [lrongenough to binde
a people, or perfon , whofe heart isnot upright with God,
to walk up with their Engagements ;+ T lacy will-do Wicked/j
a- ainfl theCo*z/etmntr  - J ‘

‘.7’/az'rdly. It is the policy of Tyrants and Opprellours, that
whatthey cannotraccomplifli by force,.they labour to compaffe
by fraudeasnd flatteries, Or, ‘ _ l -

Flatteriesare onegreat'Engine which Tyrants u{e,.to bring
about their own defignes. He {hall corrupt éy Flmericr;

Fcmrtkly, There be in allltates and 50Ci€‘ti€9a CV63 in fhfi
Church it {ell',.{ome that will be caught and corruped by thefe
Frauds and Platteries- ' He [641] ‘cor-mpt. .

Fifi/sly. They that are unfound in their profeflion, and un-

‘faithfull to their Covenants made with God in that profeflion,
thele be the perfons who will be eafily fetched offiancl cor-~
i rupted by Platteries... Sm}: M e do Wicked!]'again_/3‘ the Ca-

'2/want. ~
Sixtlaly. God hatha people , in all ages and fucceliions of

‘theChurch,p,that are above all the Flatteries and Enchant-e

ments of wily Seducers.. There is a people that areflrong to do
.Ep1oz'm.r ’ e i
  semmlaly. -It is the true faving Knowledge ofGod,that--keeps
Chriftians true and faithfullto God and his cau{'e.. The People
tiacttknow their Goa’. e ‘ “

Y.ou fee all thefe flow naturally from the Words : :butI mull:

not follow them all, Irlhalll contract what I have to {ay,inro>

thefe two mainvazzrzm, which ly in the Face of the Text , lea-
ving you to improve the other in your own private
thoughts.

Doét. I“. Theta people“ or pcrflm,.W1aa avert/aqy ée tlmt-~[iz,ve

and allow tbcmfelve: in any kérawn. wiekednejfé again]? tkefr-30.-

litmme C ovenmtry made’ with Gadbwill mfily ée fizlxzccd ‘and

corrupted eéy Flatterim, to defirt. find betray both C’/mrch and-l

mzdfiate. e
r thus morcsbriefly‘ :

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foul ? I know in point of honour, A Roman

Caevenante Wzfleeilnefjé‘,
Ilficlgedneflé againfl the C67/emmt, will upon ftttahle tctnptati,
om‘, end in Apajhzcit from the Cowrmnt“ :
Or yet fl1orter.. 4 ‘
  ”Cotmmnt hretzch, is the root of A’p’afl'4cy,p V‘ .
1 ‘D083. 1. The trtac faving kgto1»2’[ea'ge -of God, :25 thefluntain

and fpring of all true gtzlltzrztncffe of _/jvirit and hcmatetrahlc At-' i

e chit’:/rmmtt.

*»-For the fir/%,( whereinl ~rha11 be the brief'er,that I may have

the more time to enlarge my {elf in the latter. ) The Epitome

whereof is =

C:0‘?J6’716t7~’It'=)J9i€k§’6l'n€J/fa :2: the root of Apaflazcie.

You remember what treachery, or cowardize ( I know not
whether“) there was in a Battell or two, or more, what laying
down of weapons,what running away,what a difhonourable
Compofitionand Articles ; I remember not the day of the Ma-
neth it war, not year of our Lord, but I can [hew you upon

i Record, Pjhl. 78. 9. The children of Ephraim heing armed, and p
carrying Bower, turned their hack in thcday cf Battc/1' .- V/Vhat
was the matter ? Truly you cannot mifle of it,it [lands on both”

lides the Text : They were 4 g"”"*'4tion thfii‘ fet not their ‘heart

tzright, and zrhafi jjfirit mu not fl'cq'f'tzfl with God’, [0 verfe 8.i

that were enough, but the no. ~verfe is more exprefle; ‘They
lqept not the Caz/emmt of T God, and rcfttfed to Walk; in hit} Sm-

tutes. p t ‘
~S.e'c, Covenant-wicIgc»dncfiE was at the bottom: of this bafe

’ élefertion and Apollacy.

I mult not [land to multiply Inllanccs; you can tell where
to fin-nifh your {elves with enough; How can it bee other-e
wire? ' ”

For fi1fl,.H0»W lhfii-ll they be faitlhffl/Z'W1‘th mm, that are not
faithful! with God ? Will not he break with men, that firli took
the boldnelle to break with God ? Will hee think you, value 0-
ther mém hadfe: , and ellates, that puts no price upon his own
irit may go far,
and do gallant fervice, But I mull tell you this withall, I do
verily think fuch a fpirit was eaficr Found inRam..-,then in Chri-

jiendamc ; my reafon‘is,,becaufe the principles of Chriltianitye

being purer, and more aéiive, they will either huild, or blafi .-

 

"' t the Root vf~Apofo’acy. ~ * 7 _
whatttherefore fuch {pirits do, that love not, and liye not up
, _, with thefe principles, ( For the molt p,_art)Vitis but to long as
r their own ends, and the fervicemay Pcand together : But. bring
2 _them to a turning, where they mult part ; «or bait {uch an_.one
with at fuitable temptation’: To which purpofe, feducers have 4
learned of their father the Devill,ethat great feducer, to obferve
the compl<°xim:_, and di/fzofiriom of men, andto {nit the flatter},
tO'thC nfirefiion. A ' T
.Be it Lufl, bait it With Bwzmy.
"Be it Cot/etaufize/]-1’, with Go/J.
Améitfon, with Prefcrmmtt. .
Timaroozfizqfle, With T/areoztnings, .
L V Priolr, with Pmife, &c. .
And. éoyle up..«.the temptation /oig/a enough: ; put ingrcdzkhts
enough into the golden Cup_.of' Flatter} ;..letitfparl<1e in the
Zglaffe, letit be as vigorous and rich, as the mans fpiritis, and it
is not one.of'.tcn thoulland, but >o( with :k‘ilf'u/1]?)/Zicitzition;
obferving ofzoppartmziticr , and a little patience, efpeciallyp if
there appear ad-vantage on the anemia: /Zola, and fair proéoz6il;'-
' tic: of polfelfing the golden apple of temptation) will bee
wrought off to bafe and treacherous compliance: with the am-
mic: of .Religion,~and civill Liberties» All", the while the man
is /oiglyer then the Temptation, he Pcands, and doth you, it may
be, as good feI'vi.ce, as the mom after Gaol: own heart; butlet
the Teniptation be ozlaozze him, flatter him big/9-c-riot/zg/9, afld up- ‘
on 3. dzliéerozte m3? of fiaolgcment, he {hall éctmy allthe tmff that
Church or Stozzo hath committed to him. I fay, for the mofl: i
part,you {hall find it fo. - .  
_ ‘ For fix-omz’/Jz, How..fl1.ould he be able toflamd at {rich :1 time, ',_
fince hewantsa éottom. Our Saviour hath exptelt it undera ‘
double Metaphor got‘, a...Root, Martin. 13. 6. of a Foundation,
/I/{oztt/J. 7,25 ; 26.. He is not well mrt/o’r; he mull needs wither,
when the boom: of temptation do fcorch ,- hee is builtupon the
find of his own Rcfalutiom‘, or I mimtion ofothers,or Selfiendr,
.whcn flprm: lzeozt, and .Wi;<zd.r Now, when allthefe out-bid this
mans ,principles, hee mult needscome down with a ven-
geance. ’   .
Thirdly, Witha vmge4nctind:ed ; for, for the molt pfilrf, 3-”
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Cown4m—Wickedncf]e,

thereis deem vengeance in it: there isa poenall hand of di-
vine Jufticein it, punifhing fin with fin; want of [am to the

trnth, with giving up to heleene lie: ; unfiznndnejfe in profeflion, i

 fjwith npoflucy from profeflion; Wickedneflh again]? the Cove-5

nant, with rejeflion of, and defeflion from the Covenant.
The fa'ddef_t judgement of all, the clregs of the cup, an in-'
Fallible forerunner offinoll rcjtffion, without fpeedy and mighty

I~ repentance.

=Wou1d you know how to improve thisitrnth.
' '0/E’.

"Fir/F then it may ferve to ‘,a'2'/Eovver the cnnfle of fir much  -

 and treachery,..4/5 may he heheld in the world. Mark Apo-
ltates, obferve them whom you fee Fall like lightning from heat.

a-ven, or like the Angels, that kept not their fitlt eltatcs, for the -
molt part, ye {hall find them a wicked prophezne generation, that ~

ydid wiclhgedly againlt the Covenant .- whom no oaths, not pro-.

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2 l.;tt.z:t7o

Jude 1;.
’U_/é*2.

1 Sam.t 3.14.

1 Sam.8.9.

teltations-, nor covenants, could bind to their good behaviour,
‘they lived in a continuall contradiétion to their Vows and Co-
évenants : They took the Covenant of God into their menthol‘, hnt
1they_hnted to he reformed. Or if they fecmcd to be ‘Cedars, they
wanted root; if they appeared 4: flan’, they were not fixtf, but
iwetndringflezrr, hlnzing C omett, that make a blaze For a tim_e,but
tgooout in a fmonh,. yea without repentance in utter dnrhneffe.
Secondly, The more Wm’; had you need hoe in your cleflionr,’
éwho arle-tru{’ted to make choice of thole perfons, thatare to bee
e employed in places of Pnhli/Q2 trnfl and employment, whe-A
-ther for Church, or State. a A
:They that in fuch Eleéti om’, Mnrtioll, Magi/teriall, Minifl‘e.

t-flerin/I, or what elfe you can think on; Chuli: for hononr, grent- f
nefllk, relntionr, . or Thy other private intere/ix, and ndvantngex,’
and lay Religion afide, they chufe not as God chn/eth; who in e '

?his choice of a Governour over his people, chofe for nothing in
the world but for fidelity. Hee /ought him 4 man after ht}: own
heart, that fl1ould.performe all his counfell.

It is a thonfand pities, that the hearts of men (I wouldnot
"of Chrifiians) are not Biali another Way in their choice.
Ifrael would needs have a King over them, though For no other
reafon, but that they might hee like other N ntionx, 6%‘, And

" ’ e hereby

f.

the Root. of Apo/fofiél  ’

hereby the people of God do not a little trouble and plague
\ themfelves, and crofi} their own doflgém, by‘ committing the ma-.
s naging of their affairs i_nto the hands of fuch, it may bee {DIDG-
L times, that think it no point of valour to fcruple at fo {mall a
matter as breaking of a Covenant with God: And no won-4
l der if God oro{,7'c them, fince in {uch Eleétions they crojfe Goa’, V
who, in his defignes,fingles out the ca/[m',‘mr.Idfo1ithfuZ2', omol tho»-
fén, Revel. 17. I4-_. yea they crofle ht} great dafigno, which is,
That no fit/5 fhoz/1 glory in hzé; fight : Therefore doth he Chlifh‘ the R°V°1-17-¥4-
foolifh thing: of the world, to corzfatmdthe iW1‘fl:=: and God hath cho-

Ffigzty  khaffe théhg: of the mzrloz’, and thing: which are dofpi.
5’ 4t 0 C 0 €77 "''‘'F. _ w

l ’ I-Ionour’d Senators, let me ask you one queflion, I blcffe

God I can do it without flatter]. If God had not fiir’du

V e V ‘ the hharts of people, in the molt parts of the K z’2zgo1oma,at Whal:
‘   ‘ “ time you were fingled out of thaufdfidi Ofjgriglflfiifli, For this
 L great and blefled Service, in which you have fate now above
‘,3 , . thefe three’yeers,.blefled be God, to make a better choife then
4 * ‘ e a they. did in many places of the Land, What htto’hocome.9f poor
I

‘England hcfiare this time ? Surely had not the Spirit of God gone a
forth, and wrought to a wonder of wifdome and power, in
I befpeaking the Votes of the people, for a majortpart of men,
_ whofe {pirits were above fears, and above flattjeries, &c.'*‘We

‘ might have fate down long before this time,and made om‘ wi/1:,

and bequeathid our poorchildren, every one of them, P opery,

i and Slower}, for their jhrrowfto/Z patrimony.» ' 3 1 p " .

~\ And, now H onottr’d Senators,   mod Hortotmthlo Commomolorr;

‘ let it be your honour, and piety, to recompense this care and pm-3

H _ dence, into the bofome of" this now poor hleedittg Kingdoms,

A ’ with anfwerable vigilance, even to at "Critlzoifme, in your Eleg-

e ' \ ftionsol thofe, in whole hands you it-rult the managing of to
great and important concernments, as have wrapt up in them
the honour of Chrtfl, and the s fizfet], and the -very heizzg of the

p Ktngdom.   _   . i t 7 -

' . Will you give me leave,to {peak 1a word in plain Engli/A
I know you will; If you do not purge y501lI"»flI"77l1t':6’J‘.,-.-o!6' waldo.
recrttte them, you rmy.rrcgftttetht:ni,'to your own and the Kingdom:

' confttfioh! » I» e_   «  “ ‘T "' ._  ‘gong

fin the weak thing; of the world, to confoundthc thing: which are 1 Cgi1°,xe;72;3;i 

iCo'Ue7_-74-fit V-Vic/ced:2effi2,' t

ID
Your Ar-mieé aretrefarming Armies, lctA.itbeeyour‘oar'e to
make them reformed Armies , and you may humbly cxpefi
that: God will go out withthem, to enable them to,do,Ex-e
«W; 3‘ a ploits. t . ' .

1?£al&.x 319;, 106.

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3’§3l.=';5’-£_7a~ .

 But thirdly, to come a little nearer 2 _i
A I18 Covenant treachery the root of Apofiaey ?«‘ 
Then C hrfilidns look to jam" Covenant:-, fo folemnly made;
and to often renewed :. What confciencioufneflir caulk’ plead
before God, in-the Civi/Z, and~Poli:£/{e reference of thy Cove,»
nants 3? Whatpeommand have thefe {olemn Covenants had over:
your Eflater, I nt-ereffs, Perfom‘, in all theft: leverall andfuccef-.

five Emergencies whichhave ca1l’d upon thee to come._f.orth,..
to the help of the Lord again]? the mighty‘ .? What V.igila1]Ce’ahd

ei=rcumfpeé7t7ion in the religious par-t  W hatpower have your
(Covenants; had over yous. converfat1on,.ini adorning thataecote»
ding Jtothe rule R‘ S1t do.txvn,- I befeech you, and let up a Triou.
nall inyour own Confciences, and let Chrifl: fit asj_ua'ge..
7 A11d.let*'n1e tell thee this‘; That according to the abcomptthou
ecanfl‘ ‘hrmg m, concermng that matter, thou; am; like :9 /fwd» 0,,

'_fgill~in\tthc hourpqftcmpmtiont.I:at'ra_igne thee. not=For.thy flips and '
pp failings. Every:-treflznjfi’ agairg/Z the Govenant, is not 4 hrcach of
the Covenant ; ptovided,thou doftebewailthyi failings‘, watch,

againlit‘ temptations, and own thy Covenant. I {peak of the
hdhimall ,i and general! frame of thy heart ,1- and fitea-m,eand

4 conrfe of thy Conuerfation, wherein ifthyaca-re be to faytwith
David, Th)!-~ vow: are. upon mr5..Iw~i/I render-~pr_aifi:= {tutu thee}

.hPf¢tl-i S5~ 12. flfldyl have fivorn,-.amd ‘I Wiflperforme ir,t.:2m 
will lqecpe-thyx rightem; fédgcmcntx... If thou canfi anfwfr 01.3
temptations,astHe did, withfigo mmfmn e a, _ 1 am no; the mm,
Iowa: ; If thou canfl: approve thy-.fe1f~t.oG§ V i
am refpcfl - to a1l~eh}}5:Comm2{na’cment—J, andthy -E;»;g4g¢»mgm ,- ,1‘ fcaf
pnotethy .ftanding,thou- {halt not:»;be.a{=harnecl,; Divid affuresi thee
fo much in hisown perfon, . Then./haIl'1 not. hc.a/lmmea’, wbmj
hczezewfizgfi teal! thyfiommandememrt . h .    l

V 'Btutif'thou,bee[t one of sazmmfo I  L  , ' 
" If ‘t:hot1—.a1lo’Wel7i§ thy felfrin IQéown,.h:zhit?}zal€1)gggijzfigégéififi '

the (3ovein:1nt; if thou canfl-finin the face ofthe Covenant, and

39$-lhgink at it: 5. ., flfl"~fé1k€7.1.t/9:. C.w:.mmt of God into th} mouth, Q

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mm’ yet heztefl to be reformed; Pear and tremble, I willnot -limit -

‘God, butthis I dare lay, it is a thoufand to one, but that when

God and the K ingdom ihould have moi} need of thee, thoti Wilt
then turn Ape‘/fete. My reafon is, becaufe, IfRelig:°em, and a C0-
't/emmt upan z't,cannot prevail with thee, re forfiekg thy lttfl; It is
a mighty odds,if thy ‘lfitfi do not prevail with thee, tafar/Zeke thy
Religion , and the Covenant. Ifthou art not true to God and
thine own foul, how canit thou think to be true to Church and
State : He that will fell hisfattl fora lttfl, will fill a K ingdam,
if need be, for A morfcll of bread. V , ‘
i He that t/ain/get’: be_/iemdet/2,16: him take heed lcfl be fk/Z’. 1 cot‘ ‘°’ ‘ 2"
.e Fottrtbly, I {hould in the fourth place lay in Cautions to all e
. . . . . Vf - 4-
to take heed of Flatteries, Rel! tan Flatteries, St/ate Flatteries, g
Perform]! Platteries ; fince the e be the Bait: Whercwith poli-

tike Seducers beguile tmfittéle and tmwezry foules: that would be

thought of, Prov.I4 I5. T/aefimplei beleevet/emery Word, bet

the prudent loo/get/a Well to hie‘ going : And I may lily with the

Prev. 14,. 1 g. '
I Cor. xo.t g.

I . Apofile, Iffieekunte wife mm, you arcprttdent, be not decei-

ved witha pm-cell offizir word: but look well to your goings;
Had I an Enemy whom I might lawfully curfe, I would wifh
him no greater plagvc then to be given up to éeleeve the fleztterie:
and witc/acmfi: of men that lie in Wait to deceive and eicjfroyg
doubtlefle thofe, who by inch Artifices and_ Engines, For their
own private Intereft, {hall be corrupted and wrought off, to
betray their publike "fruits and Depofitums, may I peed as well

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as many ofthofe in the Text did, who for their férvice they did * ‘4la.";“‘) 55-  

others '’’‘’"i 7“f’"?

to the Tyrant, were prefirred, fame to Beam‘/Zzment, Mm!“ (yc.
J 3

Neclex ejt Meter»/ta, eve.

- Thcreis nothing more jufl, and proper, then that Treachery

 fhould be rewarded with T reeehery. And indeed the hand of  

Divinejulhce doth to order the matter (even here ) that it is

e the portion of bait: Apoltats, that while they éetray their trttfit,

they do more éemzy xt/aem/Elm: ; That principle being written a
upon thebreaft of Tyrants : though" they lag/e the Treegfbn, «4 "10 P’?di'i°-
they hate the Tmytor, while they cannot expeétfidelity to their :f;'o';,e°d’1”°‘1
new Lcrdx, from them‘, who came o&" with pctffidioufnefle to  i”’ i
their 0149, ' ~ =  e T
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fr!" he Kiooutlecige of God,

i l, But I {hall ,n/ot need to prefife this Caution : Remembér :11;

former, and this Will be uefclclleo Fia'c[t_'I)‘ in Co'Uemmt_i.r the‘

' hcjft An,tido;e agozinfl the Enchantments ofFlatteror: : The Antia
l thefis in the Text holds out fo much to you, which is ,thefi-tend

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How G0d57¢fly&.’5€'5nb:vn.?-" fincehe-1s’faidtoo dwell in an;

main thing in the,T‘ext, and comes now to be handled. - Blot. the

L pa-op1cith2z1:1{z4é1zi’thoir'Gvd [hall hcflrozzg and do gfxplaiz: ,~ ficom
¢‘whenCe;_ i 1‘ 1 ' 1 o  i ‘ A

.Tho_/gkcond D offrine :2‘,

D033 2;. The fight Qzowledgo ofGod,i: thefjyrihg mzdfaztflmih ,
- of all two‘ Gredtrsojfe, and honourohlé Worthy oztchicmemontx. V
God himfclfhath fealed this truth with his own mouth,whil'e

he hath made this Qzowledg of hz'mfi’l,f,thegroundworl<,or foun-
dation of all Glorying and rejoyoingflhm./Ezith the Lord,iLot not
the wi/E mom glory in his Wt/Edomcweithor let the mz'ghty.. mom glory
in hzly might, Let not the richmam glory in his richer. , éflltlc-"t./71.776
that gloricth, glory in thzly, that he amdef/faandeth and knowcth me,
that I aim the'Lora',, which exerczfl: loving kfndnefl},jud(gcment, and
rightoo#J/'ncf]’é,in the earth : for in theft? thingo 1‘d‘cl'z:ght-, faith the
T Lord : fa/huh and.'Gi'dgon,_B‘amch5; Sampfonjgptozh azndibmzid
al«fo,Smmzel= and al1theP‘rophets,with all the worthies ofGod.,.,

W bctf’ore,}‘and fince.TChrz]z‘,'.wiIltcome in like at clouds ofwitneffcs

to give in teCi‘imony;to this Truth, who. by their knowledg
of God, Suhdmd Kingdoznes, wrought R ighteoztfioefllt at ohtained
promij?x,.floppcd theiflflootthox‘-rof Liom,.. qtzmched the. 7/iolome of
fire~,o_cfc_apcd:.th_e ee1:qe.,;ofthcf\17ora’,'out of Weufitoflo were made
' firong, wnxool valiant in fight, Put, to fiightrhc Armies. of tho’
Aliem. l ‘ “L '

But beforé.I:ca'n dietfioonllrate thiéatrutih un«toiy.ou,.finth¢.i'e§zs-» ,
cleer myjvva by. fatisfyingi _the‘f;ei A

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 ; Ferthc Hrfi  ;Y:ouméty remember. whait Gods5a'11fwef‘ way,

_!:o.M.a/2=:.his importunatc defire,.,tha.t God would /bci9oi‘him -ho}.
"  75  G'lor_y.:

e .:mnL_t‘but touch thefethingsin tranfitxz,

Tl}: of ma: Farfimde.

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G for] :Name1y,this,‘ ‘T/mu ccmfi‘ notfic myfzcebfor rberejht/l'na
mamfic me aged [Z2/c, «Thou. "Ca1'1ftlt1'<’)t‘fis’e% my fmfie :1 What,‘i‘Sf that ?
Why the fame, you know, is the clmrefl Jgfcoucry We can tal<e'0f'
a mans perfon, the fizcé is the full profpcfi ofa’m“_an.; "T-he/mt of
lreatuty, his G1a_ry':_ ‘And thus li‘l<eWife,“ l3;yt,l’.1hf¢zce.of G*o'-:2’ iss
iunclcrltood the 'fu[l"3I_f'1Cl €16.67‘ diflovery of’ Goa.’ in his- JV:-
._fmre, Egieme, and Glory‘; Now no manecan tlawrfce Goa’, ‘or
know God, on thislide Heaven ; it is an * objeélt of fuch. tran-
fendent Majeflie and Glory_,that the feeble eye ofmarmlity is not:
able to bear it, and therefore thisfazczlz/I zziflon , or knowledge of

God, is refervecl for that time, W’he1]-worm‘-lit} //‘mfl éefwallmed‘

up qfimmaftkzlityg When the Organ lhall be maclee,/z"ronig rand“
fpiritxm/I, futable ( in its proportion ) to fuch an excellent o-b'.—~
tjeét, than flmll wefée face tofazce, ‘then fézzllwe kg-20W, e'z2en'a.r5al/b

we are know;a:Wh_ereupon_ I.-rememberelxirzgaffizee hath this~

fweet rapture; Al) Lora.’-' cam ‘no .mflfifi€ thy face and "lit/6,1 than
_Lard let me dyejtémt 1 may fie tloyfaite. In the mean *tiII1e.obferv-e
further‘ What God tells Mé/Er, T/om /5.6:/ti /Ea my é.czc,{—‘-parts,
vvhat are the éa6‘kT.’Pflrt.: 05 febomktl?‘ Why ‘you know,’ that as
the face is the’ Full and elect prrofpeét ofa 1nan,r'foah_is éaclg-
; part: are but;th€ddrk.c*¢amlinc1ifzl..iflEZ ‘rcp.rz:[Entafion}0F him. if I

fee but. the back ofa man, I. take but tlieTconfu‘fecl and 'irr'»1pe'rfe&”

difeoverie of his Pcature,and proportion: And fuch indeed iesrthe
belt and cleereft kgaowlédge of Gad.that‘ie_si'attainabler on this Iide;
.-I-Ieaven ;'~we:fee but liis=ba.’C_'l.<-parts ;f, as §Divines:;fay,‘ our lzndw.~
l—r7'dge of GM’ h.?1‘€li.8 rather? Negatia: then” Afirmatiw,; we lénow‘
; him rather tbyewhat; be 125 wt, thenjby; what he.  This "know-“-
ledge oFGod in his éackjpartxo Confilts in thelethree things. .
,g 'I?”irfz‘,~.'In' his Names; fekavuh ,;. rwhich implies as much as 5:
Being confilting in itfelf, \and;g‘iving Being to every thing that
hath a being :+Lom’, God, Bzc; which exprefle his Greatnefie andi

:-8f.oveta.ignty‘,‘ and Srilprerhaicie overall the World- . t ‘ 

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T/airdly, In his Relations,:a'S-.§Cre:ztor;i;?1l&z_/fer, Fr£éaid,’sFzzihEir,

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«flaw-2?

if    KnowledgetfGod,

- L i ‘N¢m€fo
- iNoW thisiknow-ledge of-God-in his Attvwzter.
L  Relation: :

-Is- threefold.

- * *Fit&,Nm°onal!,or H£fior%icaIil-onely, which confifis onely in
e a bare intelleétuall notion of a God, whereby a man is able to

difcourfe of-t fuch a Being as God is, even no otherwile then of

any other Being in the world,ea1though perhaps it have no ex-

iltence in remm mzmm ; asa Golden mountain, or Elylium
Fields,i8(c. .

Secondly, There is a credm-tiazll#knowledge ; ‘( pardon the
word, ‘I ufe it becaufe a fitter offers not it felt) 4 lveleeoing
alqwwledge, and‘/‘o. the Dim]: below: and trcméle.

Third/y, There is an Experimental! knowledge of God‘,fuch

‘ as you {aw defcribed, jet. 9. 23. When a mango: he hath beard,

fa ( in a proportion ) he hath fl.-cjn ; what he hath heard and be-
leeved of God, that he hath Found by fweet and bleffed experi-
ence to be in God, namely, that god is that glariam being, and
S averaign Lard, unfpeakably full of Power, W’i/Edome,Holz'mfl2*,
fuflicé, Faitbfulnejfci Goadmfl}, évc. A Paithfull Creator, an

t unfailing Friend, 21 tender-hearted Father, a never dying Ha/1

boma/,this isfcienti4zzfi'c~£Ziva,as the Schools call it an heart-ufih‘?-_;
ing knowledge. a
NOW for the fecond _Qg.zre :

It mull be a knowledge that hath all thefl: heights and Grradati-i

xonsin it that mufizltrengthen a people to do exploits ,' Hiflo- a

rim]! or National! knowledge onely will not doiit, it is but A
paimedfire, it hath no warmth or life in it.

‘Credential! knowledge if it be but meerly an Hijforicall éclicf,
will indeed do {omewhat it will dare a man much,{uch an; one
will be afraid of doing azgainfi‘ Goa’. A ‘ L

But it is the.Experimmtall knowledge, that will make a man
9. daring mom, to do great things for God ; and this is the know-

i ; ledge in the Text, The people that Qedw their God,know him,and

know him in hi; Relation: : know him and know him to be
their God in C /art:/7'. They {hall é:flro}:g,omd do exploits.
Not that at man cannot attain fuch an Heroicknefie offpirit
without: plcripborie, or fall qffumttct of gods love Such at
s  ' 4 ' _ . ” " " , ii ‘ knowledge

 

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The Fezmtain oftrtte Fortitude. 1 ~ Lit!

‘V

»linowled'gei-ndeecl is'o:'m'oipoto;ot :.but that even .where the foul

‘hath-Mfled tmelfleen how good the Lord to in fuch adegtee,that it ‘ Pet'V’3'_f 7’:

~-hath cloafm G'od,,and hath tog»-God For its portion, as the

\ * Church fiiith ;‘~‘T/so Ijerd :5‘ my -partial”,/hit}: myfotxl: He fees-{uch L“m’3£'i"4“l
e things in God aswill. raife him above the ‘flatteries and witch-

crafts ofa lying? World and carry it outtnot only toAttempt but:

. to A‘-rte/aieve great things for God (when it.feejs.its call) beyond

it felfl
See D"emia"going out ‘againlli Golia/1}
‘ ./3/}zb*Wit'h a {mall inconfiderable patty , againfl Zero}: the
Ethiopian; and his army confifling of a Million of men, 4 thou-
fend tlooufomo’, 2‘ Chron.-14. 10.11; g V
Aéijala againfi a double proportion of ferolaoam, ~ Chap. I 3..
‘?e/Jo/7otzp.’oozt againll: a vaft innumerable hofi of"!/Ioozéitox, and
&:{mmom'teo,and others’, Chap. 20.1, 2. 13. And all of them a

  returning with the.Crown of Viélory ; upon their heads by ver-

me of this lqtewledge oft/icir Gad.‘ ,
The reafons of th' ableffed truth are briefly thefe. .
o T Rea/om. i .
A Firfl, T/9:2: koowloolg of Gadget/e.r oz meme: éottome to fidfidflpv Reofikt: «

t T on ;a Roelqfa Rackthat will [land when the earth 133 removed, and TPFEI-45-~11?--l - —-h

the mazintaim he carried into the mid/t eftke Jen : when t/aefotmi H“'’'6' 4*‘ 1

elation‘: of Heaven and eezrtbdaflnk, tender tbetwozicgbtt T/ae Rec/{of '

ages. Ages -paife awayv,.,onc after altothergbut the Rock rem ainst

and therfore Der?/1'4’ .defires no more but this, in the greateft

inundations of fears and dangers, .vihen his»hea"tt was moo- 1”!"-°+1‘~5»I-23 

(Whelmed, Dead me to the Rackt/Jtzt  "higher than I : I {aid he de-*

fires no more, and yet I impft recall my {elf ; 4 when he comes to i

the rock, he hath another petition, and he isvery. confident of

Ipeeding ;'laefbezllfletxtne-repentt/aeroek: V Pfal. 2.73‘-
Firfig Lord lead me to the Rock ;I cannot finde the way my

s felfgt ‘and then,[et me up gbttiy neighbour cannot fet me up. : zno p;31_49._l7_,

mam com redeem his érotheof ,-I Cannot»-fet"upa myxfelf‘, if ‘Rmfon or,
;,Sence give me their hand, " they‘. will iptoll me down ;— God: mu/$3 . e
and God /bozllltake metby. main l’ct’ength5ancl_/2.-2 weapon the Rook
.1/Mt iH9t'g1oe’r then I. ; .--. .. i   e ~ ' A ’

.05:

s. Jeeondly, This:'k'nowl=édge;_/22>: erioxqthin God te~'mz[7\3ee_—t  05-, -Kg,,/;,‘,, 23“
zefiivm y9u~¢ann9! fancxthat 9bi£¢¥i9n>‘W§i$133!13¢ klsswlédee i 7

 he Kni11zilecIge¢y‘¢aai, T L H ‘

Ifa..3$.2..§,

'oFGo’d:cannotanfwer. . The enemies m{glaty,bu‘t God Almigh. ‘
it} ; they fnéti/1 and politiqm, yet bee pzlfla 125 wife, zmdwi/Z éring

evil! upon them, emdwilltnat ml! heck 1:225 jwordr, hut wil Wife 4-

egdinfl theibau/E of the will daerr, and ozgazizafl the kelp oftbem tbézt
-work iniquity ; they cannot out-wit God ; they trmc/aeram, but
‘ fhe fézir/aflz/I,  fit in cier. i

. ;’Brezthr_en,   ( in a word) you cannot dare 4 7mm that knows“:

God, with any objeétion, when he fie: £123 cah’, becaufe he fees i

enough in God to éack him ; He will Pay, as onCe.Lht/oer to Me-

Ilanchtonf when hee began to create objcflions ) I f the warkfaee

Reazf5n.};f;..
Pf3.l~.9. Io. ‘

PI-‘a.1.3. 2.

Ver. 3 .
Rea/on 4. _

Nehemr 8. 10.

.of‘-Gad, W/mt flyottld we feazr? if not,1ct m lay it down’. ’:A

T/Jirdlj, This knowledge begetr frufl : T/aey that know thy
zzmc, will. put it/aeir trufl in thee, for than never farfizlqfl them
=HJ¢ztfeck ‘thee. There were many that {aid of David: foul, or to

L X D Mia’: foul (for that is the malitious plot of wicked men and

devils to drive the people of God to def pair of Gods help)they

‘faid to his foul ( when hee was flying before Abfizlom ) there is i

no help for him fr} God : But D47/id would not fay {O himfelf;

wbe knew God, and therefore .hee would tmfl /aim; B at thou, 0
Lord, aft zzjliieldfor me ; mytgldry and the lifter up ofmy hem’.

Foxtrtblf, It may well beget truft, for it éqgetxflrengtb ; Oh

‘ it is a jayom ek~noW'l.edge,A and the joy. o_f‘the’Lard zltyohr jlrengtla,

‘faid holy Ne/aaiieirt/a,.a'»tid fo faith rny.Text .; The people that know
their ‘ Gad, fhallf .:bee flroizg; Chit is it fireng.M¥t-cammnnica-fiflg

"/gnowledgc.

i ~- .70} is to the fln';iit,tha'tizvhichemarraziriis tothe 501-tea‘: bones i
fall of marranycannor eafily be ,5ro!{e'n_; and a fpirit full afjaf, i
cannot eafily bee canquwjcd .- the joy of thefpitrit works over _

Pfa1.4iii;.

_ Pfala 18.1.6.

i e «. a‘nian *tr(=as:.onc»on‘ct..tgalve the Charafler of agallantiisouldier, e

Tflrengthqinto the body. ; t     A
They got not the Land in .pofTei7i?ion=::by their own ~fword:,

ii ‘neither did their own arm fave fhems; What then 3 ;why, It/iy
‘ ,' -  7”ligbt‘_iJ&Z7'JEZ‘d71d‘t].1ii¢E'1&lI'7}i5i'dI¢6liflJ€‘gig/J?Of “thy cozxmtenézncc, The t

Jiglst of Gash‘ éfnyntennnce; is 'thJ€1I‘ig}Jt_- band, and arm of the moft

-High; and therilg/at hymdvf it/as Lord (fiiufl med: )«'o[0 wiliomtl];

Ike right lmml of tbe.Lnr4'&rin g:—'migb:; thing: tojpazfi}. . r.
T ‘Truly, the’lmfl'glimpfé of Gods favour in Ch‘ '[’c, will make

:'§!he  iofuyou  3 I0 livcilzkgaa Saint, mzdprdy

N weer"

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'—1.

The Fountain o f "true Fortitude. e 717

like an Angel,’ and fight like a Devill; or to ufe that‘ better lan-
guage of Scripture, He that is wealeg, to he as David, and he that
13'»: David, to he like em Angel of Goa’. l \
I 9 Fofthly, yea in the fifth place ; It gives not onely firength, Rmfiu 5.‘
but ‘ltfe ; A life ahove mortality, Thi: :3: life etertzall, to kgtow thee J01“ _ Q
the onely true God, and fefm Chrifl whom thotthajl-fimt, - ’ 7 3°‘
  There is indeed, no knowing efG’oa' ( after this manner in the
 " \ Text ) but in }efzo:.Chri[t ; and this knowledge is eternal! life;
That man hath begun his Heaven upon earth, that thus knows
God. . " ‘ i *
And this lqtowletlge of p Goa’, mull needs heighten a ‘people;
or perfon to do great t-hingszfor it is all that the glorified Saiatt,
and hol] Angel: have to live upon in Heaven, and it is enough,-,‘
forfiofarre as any one know} God, to Far he live: in Goa}, yea ( in
fame fence I may fay ) fo Far, ~ he lives the life which God himfilf
lives‘. He is clothed with 1he Sam, and hath the [Moon antler ht}
_ feet, the Churches Hieroglyphick, ‘Revel. 1 2. I. Hee is clothed
with Chrift, andtramples upon the World; above fears, and
above hopes ; above threatnings, and above flatteries ; above
3 death,‘ and above life ;‘ I had almoft ford, above hell, and above
a heaven : thereforegflahalgloahwill not fear, thottghthe fig-tree H,;',_3_,‘7,,3_
rloeoot hlofome, neither fruit he in the vine, the lahottr of the Olive ‘ ‘
fail, and the field: yeeld no meat, the «flock he out offrom the fold,
and there hoe no herd in the [tall ; Why" ? Hee knewthough there
ihould be a famine in earth, there wasnone in heaven ; he knew
God, and had learn’d to live he God, and therefore will rejoyoe
in the Lord, emdjoy in the God of his falvation-, 6%. He lives an
14m‘hemgetlh1e_ life, who lives in the omohaageahle God. Hee that
lives in the dying creature, dies r a thoufand deaths; as oftas
the A creature dies, or changes, he dies, his hope dies, his heart

hi

dies within him, like the heart of N aha].

Zech.t2..8. p

P0rt,tl1lS blelled truth ; and thaf is this, This knowledge ofG'ool‘
haththepromw of God: prtfince, and Goa’: aflzfiamoe : This is a
I’ promife in the Text,‘ The people that /{now their God, fhall he:

' firong, they J’-ha/I do Exploits. ‘ r
r And there is a gracious promife in the Pfalmr, that yvillhoth

ifecond, and Earaphrafe it.‘ v « 
e e 5 W‘ H‘  Q ‘Bemtg/E

 

3 o i Sixtly, Give me leave but to adde one reafon more, to {up Rea‘/imp. 5, ‘ ‘

is

3?

Pl';sl.91.:4,1y.

i xf ‘The Kz2owlezlge)ofGoo',

 

Beoamfl? be both fiat? /2155 love ozpon me, therefore I will deliver /airie,

I will  him on high, becem/E’ he hath /Qoown my N dme : I'Iee_/7751'/5

_ call upon me, and I will eznfwer him, 1 will lie with him izoétfozeéleg

fzsgejlian.

It;

2..

2123/'nver.Io.

Q4»/‘wer. 2.

Iffaiah 49. 1,2»

1 will olelit/-er him, e"z'noMo72oz¢r /aim. ,1 V a
No wonder, the knowledge of God doth enable :1 people to
do wonders, fince by vertue of promi{e( upon which a man
may let heaven and earth, and it will bearthem up )1 thy, fince
by Vertue of promife, it hing: in the tvonder-Worfinrg God to the;
b.ufinefle. The knowledge of God,hrings in God into the (Zoom-
fle/! .- It brings in God into the F_z"elol, and then what {hall bee
impofliéle, or dzfileull ? T *
Thus I have lhewen
fed truthis fupported». t
i There is a Qgeltione, that would be refolved on both fidox;
before we can freely proceed to improve this truth i; It is this:
Firllz, may nota people, or perfon; yea, have not . fomedoroe
gollontvly, that netier“hem' this knowledge of God E‘: e V ' '

you the Pillars, upon which this bl;efa*

, ~ Secondly,have not many tlaathowe /Qzovwz Goo/, come off with

flmme and lo 11?, andldo-new exploits ?' I-
- To ‘thefitlt, I Anlwer ; Providence works for the carrying

jonof Gods defignes, ozmontgfi" and 57 the boo’, and as well as the
good’. What Wicked men ClQ',flT3E\kf20W not God, they do byiPre»=-~
*'Uz'olem‘e"; what they do, that know Goo’, they doby Promife; and.

let me tell ‘you thus much’, They that\*lmoW«God,..Woulcl'not {ell
this diilinftion, for athoufand worlds... s —

i To the fecontl, I- Anfwer; 'r-. They that knoW'G'od, may

pollibly lay oé/Zméliom in their own way.’ \
a The Lord: loezrzd zS5jnor._/loortzoed, émtyourtimiquities ljavejeparda

tedlzetween }'0!4,¢ZiId}!0%7" God :- Some ooom-fled thing in the Camp; '

fome Aelaom-; and if fojbuob fhould have refufed to have calt
him out, this mull needs have eltranged God from the Army.
Secondly: a people, or- per{on,may know God,and yet {omen

, times not A55 their knowledge, their knowledge is out of the
W4] ; i they may know God loooitmz/ly,a but notnelqeowledge him ’

ozfhzo/Z7, to «fliveupon him, and a&’ in him, but go out ( it may
bee )_ in their own /lrengtb, and in their own voi/‘dome, eo’~e. and:
Zhen no wonder if Godido /lrrin/qt up their [z'mw.r,M andthey go
yolrtiog.   ,   , ~   7’?

fl?hirdl:y{ ,

 

 ra people may know God,_and yet God miiyitempt A 3, l

  dividpepthemfelves, and your contemplation, ‘into his Works

The Fountain qf true Fortitude. 19

them, and try them, that they may know him better, and that He:

may know them better. 301' 1’ ather that they may /{now themfelw:

better, and the World may know them better, that God and man

may fee, they are a people that will pray, and wait, and tmfi in —

their God ( with foh ) although he kill them. e 1  
l i All the '0/e that I will make of this precious truth, I will 7//9*
reduce to theft two Heads in one Word of Exhortettiart. * '_

Is the knowledge of Goclthefotmtotitt of all trttefidelit], _got/lomt- Exhortettiottg
neflh of fhirit, and heraick atchievement: ? ’ ‘
— Then firfi, if you would be Pcrong and do Exploits, Lohour 1»
fo know God. . t c u ‘
Secondly, when you have been Ptrong and done Exploits, 2;

sorry yottr film: M or people that do know their God. Lend me af

little of your patience to {peak fomewhat to either ofthefe. v

_ Fitfi, if you would be ltrong and do..Exploits, Lohoozr to '1,

lgzow God; Ptudy God more,and tl_1Cfi’007m' Cezufhtilejfhg beleeve it,

you will finde life and fl7‘_€rtgtl9 in it: And here, I befeech you,

follow me with your patience, and yet truely I {hall not need

(do notmifconfirue this confidence of mine, if I fay 1 [hell not

need ) to beg your patience, I {hall lead you a long they indeed,

but it Will be through green pot/hm-er, by the river: of living Wei-i

ten’; I {hall lead you, as it were, through the milkie Way aflym.

‘am, where you {hall behold vifiom of 1' life as you go, and look

into the flore—hoet/E: of heaven, where are laid up the tree;/itre:

of itrength, and of all holy courage and refolution, while I

ihallinvite you to find}. God. a l e T

t , I.Wark:.
, I h. t 2.}Zard. '_ . t
n 18 3.Notme:, etml Jttrihtttet.
4.Releztian.r. ‘

ma, Rudy God (1 befeech you ) in to Worhy, which

Creation.
of Providence.

., 1 Redemption. Q ~ ‘
it Fir/i,ThereFore fiudy,God in his Works of Creation, and
there you lhallfinde him bringing light out of tldrkgtefl}; this

-  2‘ P W heomtzfttll

..-,'-- 3 \_'/

      

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i,2o A   I A ..§’he Knowledge of God,

hmutifullftru.£fure of heaven and earth, out of a canfu/éel Ghaax,
and that Chem out ofnathing, Chtiltians when you fee feconcl
cyaufes at a dead-low-water,’ and your Creature-hopes ready to a
give up the Gholt, if you would, but remember the Creeztian, it *2
would put life into you, heark how God chides becaufe you
i do not ; Who art thou, that armfraéd of as man that [hall die,arrd (E:
fargettefl the Larelthy Maw, Who art thou? Art thou a fim of   ,5 ’
Amzom acana thou call yma Father, 2 They would have 
{corn’d to have dealtfo with me; to be afraid of a dyingman, W a '
and forget that ‘I am thethe living God, thy Ma@r , and the
worlds Maker, whaflretched out the heaven: , and laid thefom:~==-
drztiom of the earth, and hezfl feared continually, 6%. See Chrifti-~
ans,’ the very remembrance and contemplation of God in the
wbrlq of Creation, would have cured them of their fmr.r,. while
theymight have reafoned themfelves thus into an. holy {€Curlty;::‘
- He that made the World, is not he able to conquer an '/lfrmie ?r He
  that made his Enemies Of"720tkz'7’2g’. is not he able as eafl y to real
dame them into their fir/} nothing again ?4‘ ea»/it irz melt...
 ‘, Secondly, Smaly God in his Ordimtry , «
I i hi i .’ Work: of'pra'm'a’er2ce,, ’ _Extre.Ioxdz'mzry.. "1 'j
A Study God in his-ordinary Works of Providence, in the Ge-=3»
-bernment of the Whvle world, and there contemplate {ome {uch
! u~.pfa1_I.4sr_'15, things as thefe. What an Harafl: Goa’ I(eep.r;;hOW many *“'mauthe:~
T'B[.1l.I47.4. God, hath to feed everyday 3. How many * Stem in the Heaven,., ,
y W and yet he call: them all 5} their N amt: !".hoW many; mm in the ~ 
1 world, and infinitely how many more hezire: upon every one of: ,1;
j*Ma:th..t.o. 39,, their heads,..a‘nd yet * all thefe. men,,.y‘ea an-:thC{C haires» rmmhredg.
F What antipathy andfightirzgr” between the Greatures of all
E rancks and;c1aI’les,from x1}2gel.§,-dOWn to warmes, and yet the.
L ‘ world kept in Order. ‘  

1 Cor. .4. 6.

 

Ifa.y1.t2,I3.

, What Combat between the E lemma, and yet the Creation note:
fer all intoa. Cemhrfiiare l*iiWhat Cm-trariety in the Seafom and
C amplexriom ofthe yeer ; Summer, W1'rrter,Hot, Cold, WTs?t,Dri.-3, 
'@’‘-c. and yet all..thefe,'{weetly and harmonioully Coordinated to A
the {etvice of man, and producing the fame hezrvefl : In a word, ..
If you would in yourvgreatefl dangers,but get fo much leave and v
time, of your Fears and Difiraflions-W, as.‘ to read over» thefe .,
5 '     ‘ y3gi_fa1rnes,.the 104, the 14t,6,.y1A}7,. ,and-hear;-}$fhaF1 fiories of .PjI0°';
[~ ,_ ' —   W . I . yide-nce..:

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The Foimtoin of mi: Fortitude. zit”  

vidence are told there, to Wonder and delight,andthen fit dovvn

s and Work thecfonfideration of them upon your hearts; Surely,
T" in fpight of all the ods and ldifadvantageis,yoi1 meet with in the i

wor1d,and in your work and way,ewhet'het publike, or perfo-
nall ; you might be able to come off i with e the Gallant Pfalmiflz i

Q (pardon the Epethife ) Theglory of tlae'L,ara' /boa/1.’ mo/ooro for over, p[a1.,o4_3 ,_e
doe Lord flmll rejoyco in /92} Works, and not only, God will rojoyco; i

. but, I willfing omtot/so L'ord, no long do I live, 1 2271'/lfing prozifi to

my God while] have my éoing. My meditation of him /ball ’ée Vern g’3_
fwoet ; I Will éeglotd in the Loroz',@~c. And again, The Lord /541! ~Pfal.x46~.1o.
reigrtfor cvcr,.e'0m t/)y~God 0 Szjon omto ozllgener4tz'om,.. pr¢2ifi= ye i
the Lora’. Itzis a very taking confiderat1on,,to obferve,how‘in
the midft "offiraits, wherein the Church, or the Pfalmilt him-
{elf was, at the times of penning thefe Pfalms ; He d0tha'z'f-I
co/tijfla himfelfihto F air/9, from the verymifieries of prooidonoo. .
L 2. But then contemplate God in his oxLtmordZrmry work: of"
providence towards his Clmrcl: and people‘, and from thence
you might colleétthefe {ix Oéfirvationt. i T .
. F irfl, .. That :11: C /mrcbe: do/jzoiring time: have how Glad: /9elp- 01/{mt ‘J
I” T177261’...
g.S’e'cona'ly, I That God ‘carries on his defignes not onely. agozinfl‘ 0%,’, 2 j
but éy the oppo/Ztion and conflvémcio: ofbi: -ooorflol Enemies.‘ . ° ° \
T/jirdly‘ , % That the nomio: film?/e been nec’rc_'/1‘?'tl'3:irj dawnfotfl, 05/2,}, 3
when they have held ozptbozénlaoodx high:/f. ; j ' '
Fowtkl}, ', That you 116’:/E7‘ imzrol God complaining of too f.-w, 05/Er. o,.i
you .-have heard him fometirnescomplainig of too immj. _
i F£_ftl2l}'_,_.That every tame-éozc/e in a de1iverance,is not the [offs
of the Dcflgno ; Ifrael had manysa tum-lmclg in Egypt, and. in -
the Wildomoffo,a‘nd yet their deliverance was carried on. t
Six:/J1}, That even in thefe paflizges of Providence, wherein Oéfiro 6’ . 
Gods/E’emi.r~to fight again]?-his people, he is fighting for them; and PM '1. 2: z I 
while» he feems to rcjefl their pmier: he is anfnaering them ; q "3 ’ 
Honoured Wortbie:,and ‘5elo'zaodClJrifli.4m,what Rrength would 5
thefei ( and the like J canfidemtinx,‘ well wrought in, by medi--
tation, ..contrib.ute. toyoux: men/Q/Jandti-‘and feeble lgyoa: ?: But. %
aboveall :; ‘   it .    i T 
‘ T/sirdlyt, If youwould Rudy to know God ‘in the glorious 33‘ ‘ ;

Judges 7. 2;

Oh/or. 3.

,avor/{end--mo],i:rie offiedemption by  C/ariff, there you ihallv.
    l J 935 ‘ i " findfi-l

_.

-finde thefe’Heart-flrengithenirog , :S’orcl«’-rezyifing Wo'nder.r.e t ‘ -‘
4 ._1_3irli:, T he g7'Mtcfl' enemies that ever the Gh1erch’hezol‘conguetjed: p

T ' 7‘1”he Knowledge ofbod, T «

é_¢.¢

{A8, I. "A MoIz;gnanteWorld.

.2. An Enraged Detzillt  i --
3- Aviolate Lem.  v " V ‘ I .
A4. The violencedfiu/‘Eice ofGon', and . ii”

» Lafily, mrm himfelf ; afraid ofnothing fo mutih
as ofhis oWnT*Salvation‘: All-thefetaken oh‘ and conquefd. . e
  ’Se'Condly, The hezrclefi dificultie: that ever were heard of; re.

corrciled ; fc : how fr/xfficc and Mercy might be both fetiffied in.

men: recovery, how the crerfe might be both removed and execu-_
red. A Mother and yet a Virgin, Goa.’ and yet die. ’

Thirdly, God rztrhe greezt'efl'- charge; that ever was heard of to‘

fhringpthi: ahozet,” it Colt him the thought: of hzk heart from all
Eternit..y,hcfore time, andtthe helozzeol Son out of his ‘hofomeg and
Him the dearelt hloaa’ out of his heart in the fulnelfe of timefiall
thefe were laidout upon this purchafe. ' i ' e
Lhriltians confider, Hath the Church yet fueh Encmiecta

l hp t coreqezerr? hath God yet fuchdifiicylties to reconcile ? Willit (off

Luke 1.9.27-

Verl'.e14;' ‘

Ifct. 7. 2.
IV1l.,Cb.. 

God fo much now to redeem his Church 8.: people from death 81
the ‘wrath of mm, asdidfrom Hell,and t.he‘wrath‘of Goa?And yet

iifit“{hould, I am perfwaded God would not {tick at it, to doit

tlfie fecond~time,rather then his=Church and people lhould pe-
‘rilh : Butrit needs not ,’ the price of all the Churches delive-
irances was paidin at the fixftpurchafe, then it Colt him the
hlood ofhis heloz/edSen ; NOW it ‘Will but col’: him the h/ood 
his curfedfinemiec : upon Whom the fentence is already pal},
Thofél mine enemie: theztwould not have mereign’ over them, hrine

them hither and /lay them ‘fhefore me. The confideration of this

work of God is of fuch a cordial‘! Influence ,i that God lizopt the
moutlzes, and quieted the hearts of his people with the men-
tion ofit, even when their heart: home heerli moved ( Withfeczr)

* as the tree: of the wood are moved with the arindeg even With this

Word.-, Behold A Virgin jhrzll conceive emd- hareia Sore , anti} ft)’
again,\Thxl.t mew fhrzll be peace, when the Affyri'em'come into the
land, (fie.

would it put into at languifhing Spirit well cliafed in by’ miedi-'4

ration, ‘

And all this while this word was but ‘yet in the e
‘ promi/‘ea fer ofifia Miffer], a Ric1dle‘;Oh what life and ltrength

 

 

The -fatmitatini ofmtt Fortitude. { -  ‘:2

ration, * whereby the soul‘ come rd it fc1Fag¢in»t~might réfolvf *Now we fee
with the Apofile; be that fptzred*'not bi.r=own Son 5#t'gd'Ue btm tip itin__. the full

for W.’ hm‘,/54;! be ',,,0t.,§,;,;a bim am fr-€gZj'gI-We 14?: all thing; ? acc_o'mplz'y%mcnr\.

Surl , he that Spared not his Son? for the Chutches 36- R°F“'8'i3"'
derrfp}tion,will not now flick to ray, 1 wzzzgz'«»e Wnfof :ty—1:f¢, ‘ W34‘
tmdpcoplc for thy rtmfomc, fort certainly all other tlelxueranccs .

are not worthy to be mentioned on the fame day with this Dt—.

Iiwromoe of Deliwrtmcet.

Secondly, Asyou ihould Rudy Godf, in his Works,‘ to {Indy

, SI. Truth.‘
A_ .   2. Commtmol; _

H18 Word of  3. Tkredtniflg?
 e ~ 2 i  Promtfi. _ - ' ~

I ]~‘t'r/2, The Wort~fioFTrZt—l:; aid t'h;17i-y?L1;fl'la11gfld€ a1I'Notz'; Ifa.4o. 1 5.
om‘ do the drop office But at out the tt 0 ti: Bot omcc. ‘ 

it Alias, what is lefl'e confiderable then a-drop ofa Bttcket P For
whagig the Bucket to they.%l/,andX\vhat is the  to the Buck-
ot B behold, the Well 18 neither ft:/lcr nor empttor For the éttolqet,
not 8.',h€t‘Bflc‘@?t for the drop ;, Or what of lefie moment then
the do/t .? the [mall daft of the Ballancetew hich tumes the bal-
lance, neithet this way not that way.» ;~ which is blown ofl‘;
with the leafl: breath? Nowifall Nations be no more, Then
what is one Notion ?. What is a wretched partie ,4 or a Fofifion
in a Nation, in an houfe? Surely, not at drop ofia-drop, notthe
leaifimaginableypartofa {mall duPc'. . V a L e

Secondly, Know God in the Word of Commttttol ; the~fum'- 2,‘

whereof is, éeitboxtfoit/afttll to the detttk;; Sits, Gvoddefites no (Rev-e1.z«.;6.-.
more o£you, but fidelity, look to-duty ,. and leave fI«t6‘?6f_[]i.°' to’
. 7‘/a£ro’ly,'.EIfE: heat the word of T breotnittg, and behold it is ,5’};5
Is: on with a Cm]e‘,.hear'it,«0h ye people, a C'urfe not from the 
mouth ofa paflionatetRreacher5 but at-i Angelifrom heaven, the‘

Angel of”thC C at/ezmnt. Cttrfé ye /!>12'roz.,”faid the Angel of the _]udg¢5,5,,_i3;,

Lord, Cttrfle /aim éitterly, étcoufls be came not forth to £196’ help: a

the Lordagainfl the mighty ; And’ hear it 011 ye N 0516: 5 and!
-5-':Mtor:,;.andicommtmdort, and tsouldiers,-Cm-fi=d< be be t/Jot:-do‘tb"
the zavarlqzj of the Larddatitfulg, Thatprcttnds one.thing,and ‘in-r
. A. - A _. i e i L tends)‘

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  mozeage  

_ ;~t;_e;e}gz':‘anothei; Thatpretends for Chrzfl, and intendsfor Anti?

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.1 King. 2.o.4o_.

I utter deflwt Elion.

4. 

Jofh. 1.5’.
Heb. 13.5.

Revel. 2. 1 o.

3.

l&i.49.I y. i

in chrifli; Thatpretends for G o o and hirpeoplo, but intends For
sjtheir enemie: ; or that doth the work of the _* Lam’ negligently»;
e-Ih3't doth it by halflfis ,, and ‘piece-meals, that turns it off, as if
he cared not which end wentforward : \And carfid hee he: the;
Wit_hh_ol,4leth».h1$:‘. [word from hloud; that ffiarer when God faith,
fl‘ri/(3,; tllatlfufliers thofe toefiape, whom God hath appointed to
Behold, this may flozrtle. t .

, o_   _ But then on the other fide, , ,
Fourthly, jhedy G 0 D in the word of Promi/E, the fumme
of all which you {hall findein that word God fpakelto fojbmzh:
Fear not, I 7villne'z2_er'1em~/e thee, nor for/‘eke thee : Andhoe thee;

fezithfull to the death, and I Will give thee the crown of  There ‘

13 your promifl: for the}: lzfe, I will he with thee; and your proe
mile for the life to/zamc, I will i give thee the.Crow‘n, cévc. ‘God
with you here, and you with God hereafter .- Chriftians, what
wouldyou have more? Fidelity {hall wear the Crown. This
may ftrengthen. , ; ,   1 _ ~

Thirdly, Rudy *0 know~G0_d mhis N max, and inhis /It-=3’
trihaeex, and there, if you be week, you {hall findeflrength ; »5 e

If N onplv/he Wifdamez

, If hefetj with:Tr6vzchery, Faithfulnefl} ;
 Wranged, fee.//lieeyyg Q , L e ‘
If under 1 oppre/flan, gaodneje, loving-kz'zodne_/fe, tan;
der merciee.   ~ . .
In a Word, if you have nothing, bee nothing, there you {hall
finde all thing:-.   ‘ , .

I am Gaol Alfitflicient, Walk hefore me, and hee than perfeélg
Gen.t17. I. You {hall fiynele ell in G L
Efpecially if you will Rudy God.

In the fourth place, in his R_e-lati_om', look upon him as Me-A

ear, Friend, Father, H:¢ehemd,_e§'e. Youknow of what obli. .
gation and influence thefe are among men ( cema Woman forget e \

her, fading child:  of how much infinitely more,with God i
Oh flzudy your,E.w‘olenoo:, for intereft in thefe Relations, I tell
you nehle Patrion, andf hpnoufdt Chrifliam, the time iscome
minge, and  is, whfifl 0116- Evidence Well cleer’d, will bee 3
thcgter fertsrinto you» ‘:1¥¢¥1?t.Mi.m°¥1°f érméd m¢n.theI}11a{‘
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’ alfo as itthere follows, L-_ard,'tkou Wilt ordain peezcefar m,7(’§"(.

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The Fezmtelez oftrz4e;1’.~ertz'tzm'e. 25-
whole Nat/y ; fuch ‘as {hall enable you to elezreall the powers‘ of _
tlifi enemy, Inwill not bee afraid of ten t/Jo“zefeznel:'afpeople,;lJezt i/get?/e Pfalz 
flea tlaemfelvex ezgezinfl me rowed ezéoezt ; Odds enough,one.:,w,Quld
think, ten tboufemd to one, and to that one, no ,way.,left—jFo'r an
efcape; befet round about with Hoalts, and Myriadesof ene-
mies. Why will hee not fear? hear him, hee will tell you ;
Arefe 0 Lara’, Save me, oh my Gad .- I there it ié. , Hee that can PM 6,!~
fay ( and {ayit upongood grounds my Gad, may fay,)4rzfe 0 ' '
Lord ; anclif God arife, Hi: anemic: /7711/! be flattered, they that P[a1"8"°’**
194;: /9im,_f6al1flie lzefere him, let them bee never fo many thou.
fands; One éeleever, and hie God, is good enough for all the
world: If God be thine,hist Wifdoane is thine-,his Power is thine,
his faithfulnefle thine, his mercy, and loving-kinduiefjle thine ;.,All
hee herb, and all he is, is thine, Oh ftudy God in his Releztlmir,
and Ptudy his Relations in E videnee; .- Youharve taken up.God
upon tmfl, too long already, and thats the reafon, you dare not ‘ -
tmfz‘;him'; now lludyh intereft, Rudy evidences? Give all elili- 2 P“"°’o"
gence re make your calling ewe! cleflim fare. ; Andjlet me tell you The pmdy,-fig
thus much for yourlcomjfort ,j Not only Evidences,but the very of Evidences,

fimlyleeg ofyoelr E 7/ielencer, will minifler an holyllwtfet boldnefs 135 e3”EVid¢flC¢-

in theday of trouble,‘ and hour of a temptation; when the foul _
{hall be able to lay; With-myfiul lJezM72rerI_faugl1tr_t_/aeein the ;¢z'g/at,’ H3“ 15-9‘ l
yea Wit}: my /jzirit wiy-tbiee me, will I flak tbeeearly. You may fay V f
' ‘ ‘  ’ ‘ " CI-X2.

See Honourable and beloved, inallthefe here lisboth engege.
_fi$c’nt, and encoflrezgemerxt ; E4-ngezgemenf, F0 Clo fdr God what1o—
ever ie in the power of creatures; Enéaurezgemem, to expeét

from God, Whatfoeveris within the power ofia Godfyou may PM-{H-XS’-i ; 4

be {ure of it; Ble[fl:’d are the people, that are in flee‘/9 4-cafe, yeez
élglfed are the people‘ t/Mt-t/am  lemon: and have #16 Lord for their
God. And thus much for't_he firlt branch of theyfvfi .- _ .

L I come nowtothe fecond. r r   ~ e e. ~ ~ e ~
f   In all the /eonoezrezélepmzel wart/ay exploit: tlxettetrer am, _fermez_.y 5 dB . 
be done, let #4 fludy to ycezirry ezer file/er ea; 4 P'€‘0P‘le-_:.tb~'4F [gnaw their of‘I§’,’§hm‘;9;’f§,,

0 0 '~
‘_ And indeed ( Honourable and Beloved) Expldlts than/¢_e been
done, both in Scetlemez’, and in England, in thelelater dayes, 
ever any fince the beginning of thgworld. Time flml: rez2ee22z-
r_ * er

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A . "ti1'iren*of'f _.’S’carlémd,7 in refufingte§3uC'0n1;fibi1ete a.1T31r-§‘hi'hg'to\vt§ha§~
e ujnnaeurall wa'rre,‘notW-ith€tand1n‘g alt themhreaétis-, andiflatte-.

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even ~  T_ , ~—
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: 56%, fayd God'to I-fraek,  the wry wkléerv-in 1%14m ledglece  ¢
famiy ym‘r..c.. ;A1as,I ljawe notumeto remember to you the -*
eway ewheeein fithere  e hath led us the-fe five or fixeyem ; Ag

‘your le-ziffure perufefiyour §4o#m4/13,: and yen fimdve the ‘way

xfaéll of Wbfidtfl, kalxnmfi miméeuiam, wrhich7Ge;d;ha;t;;dQ,ne fore

gaml 4%} a £905: pezzqéble that l72z've”@mW;¢ ‘their Gad. Iii: l‘%“$,'¢~o;..4',~1;;-egg
A  ..' ., “ e  e  V §.STé’«r‘@ive«#ooYQ,.   -7

The Ca"Q”“’€«°“t Ofthfu ‘P°P‘fl1 ‘ ‘and P7-z~laszc*)-e.
Their firfi and- ]E'cond~un’él'a1»td‘y ‘v'ii&m:ie‘s_,. “over thefe ifomneideag
‘ble’ preparationsfor warre, which were bro~ught to their very

?borders, to have fbrc~ede%thc yoke of zlzzztb upon their necks,

;7‘b2z‘r ybke ‘iivb’z'c’la eneitlber they:-rnor t}Jc'i’i‘ fa2’ber;_r. iwerwg‘!H:' tewbear,
f@h‘What"exfp'1oits were thefltsi‘ e   e
L They ‘Will ‘tell yjeau more. L

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‘ In England, for I mufl; touch but £3132-off1te.n,_'of":a?n hune ‘L A
L area. ‘” e

’ Thatlittle ,_Pz2rlidme}ft.t gm: :fi'éleli?j',.. ‘.t40God"aind"t~heir brea-

‘fies ‘I’-1f‘é’cl'jto~ have 'cvrrupzed=Wrn  ‘-treaty =i-t whs«‘un*-mploix, full

bf efdmtrch power eeandergoodinefieeof Ge5d,:as.rt‘hat i‘t’turned;t’hat:.~
eAz£ifl»BI;ztiz:n,,w%hieche fonmerly h‘ad*been-.1a« pelagm, into one of jthe
grealnefi jrmrcie.«“thatever Ezzglandxeceived e;,e'IZ,he ;fence‘whereo£,M_
‘While fdtherse Wemmourning ‘for tih§t‘up1iti1I1ieIy ‘éreacla, filfd m ie:

‘with foimfuech“jby,,;a«s-that ’( I profefle )1  felt not (j-that day ),

jehe ground I went on,’_ while ~I=¢o’uld blefie“ God’,-‘am! blelfe than:
'Pfa'r1i2éInent, wft'h‘teh‘e wordsdfi P‘19i‘n'c’;u_,. téhe'f‘o‘necof ‘—E’lmzar‘tha.~

Priefi, to ‘tshejtwo ‘i‘Jribe‘ssaend anha1f;;; Tbzkvduj Wbeparceive rim-t.~

“tlfe Imrzzl nemoagft m,_<*émmf:* you bmzeirzotecammitted efikis ‘trefl-W , V

A€lgi!ai§1:.fl;:'.t”he Lord: now yge laa*ye+delivrred't1:ieec‘biL&lren<of Ifm-..

.21 am‘: of'i'1a‘e‘l4it:¢é‘c'f "the E0m'.. Ct’-I":tai¢nly (Brethren )ehadethey.,»

7""[‘*"d'W°7"‘*Y‘econtriebutedfbut:fix-pence .to't-hat W.‘ar‘re eo~’n0?I7i519, ithe-y.: had en-C

fear is even 31+-

mesa dgcfifdyedi

'voIve‘c?1;the_I;ath'd.fih-guilt, the Tguilt of b1bod,ea‘nd-:*brrought God;

fo:r¢tha‘t am-  as an enemieupo—n us ;__ Ircouldeeetellyou.+mo1fic;of7ethis,.;,bt1t,I_mutt;
naoxggfi othersgg pnoceed‘;

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L: Edur i ‘Q'filIft’I‘gef€loVim‘~df.;'t-{tie A-;S"tévjIi2fj-Ci19a«’&‘§'§¢6eer,_;,iflndeabigk-.]rzqu¢‘;..

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   fhe~rdl!ihZr éfzzbzg 1-w1:,z»;e;yr,:s.gi1iic1; .1ieke_2an¢theLre;;1p7m2i.e,a
. finlfangtaute‘f‘the-‘a»tl:efn22j‘bex, '

 

‘Tb: F0tIfitdifl'0ftrfl6 Fortitude. ":7
tie» ; that Mizpab; and ‘Tether, thcfc Mountain: of prey, andnom 5_,_
Dan: ofTIgeew:._ ' . _ ‘ ‘
‘ Your mfhng out of the Prclacie-,‘ firfl: out of the Hm./E of Lqrdt,
and now (we hope) out of the Lord: Haufc. t -.
  The fmlmrtkeningiof the hark of the State, and ncciclz, of the
, t Sim/er an
. Church, of unfupportablc Monopolies,   ‘5~,q,e,./;",-1,‘,-,,,,_
i The dwzagéjjing efmatiy Places, and Oifices,’ both inChurch
and State, of enemies to both, and placing faithful? men in their;
zooms, efpecially in this City. A ” ’   A
The famous atchiievements in yeur Martialltafgirt at Edgré ‘ ¢ 4
bill, Glauccflar, N méery, * Salt-heath , C/as/Zvire, Lancaflwire, *Nccr Stafiiwd
Torfiflaire, and now of late in Pemézrake/hire, and other places
thereabouts, with this late viélory in the tWe-fh. for which wee
are met together this dayto praife God : Thefe and many more
( for, as I faid, I can touchbut one of ten, of=anihund1*ed ) Oh
‘what’ c~.xplait.t have they been ll of all which we ma,y_true1y fay,
has that/put N able, and wortkil] /10:10:47‘ ‘J General! fpake of that
.1 one at Edge,-hi/I ; N ever mu tberetlefle fem qf waif, nor more of
Goa’. Surely our fézlwttion lmtla been aftbc Lord, bis bleffi_rIg- bath
hen ttpon%/Jzéjzcople .- Thé Wonder-worlqéng tG'ad,i /mt}: dam’ all t/9e__/E;
5 work: of Wonder and mercy for m ; ~   - J
’ ‘ ’ Witneiie thefefivé Demonfirations. _ I
Pififfl, That We never came ofwit/J more left and flame, than 
‘When our exipefhsztianx fbaredibighbq/f,» upon the wing; 0f‘aur 0.-W14
firfifigtb flndprepamtiam; i l . Q ’ < * A. L w
Secondly, Nor ever laaélgreater deliverancex, -‘mgd cnlargbment:,' 2;
then wbm in our apprebenjiom, mm’ in the probability offecond
Csmfiar, we gave 4:}! fqr lafi‘. God hath faflmioxfd all our dclive-9
rar:1ce;s,iand viétories, upon therlfllode/1;he flaewed to Aéraham,
is. What time he made a Covenant with him i; The fmaafizeg fi9r- G¢n;,‘5,,‘7:
amce hath tufher’d in the hurning lamp ; that is, dark, and fzd, and
gloom] dzficnfatian: o_fpratJidc-zece, have kt in the bright aydicbcers
full, bear!-razfing, and _/aul-.-Mm’/king going: forth of our Goa’,
for the redemption ," and deliverance of a pqor languifhi-ng
people. *   t 1'
t Thirdly, That all our deliverancar and 'u.ic‘«'£orz'e.c, ham flew the
éirtl: ofyrayr; Never did any defigne ofthe Church, ride more

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may fing of prayer, andthe [mrd,»,in this day ofiour rejoycitgg,‘
a5 theiyidid of Sax}! ‘an’d‘eADm}id'i1ft,théirt tr"iL_1mp»hs 4: _17“/ac‘ fwbrcl
I3, :5 [lain its Thozzfizndr, but prayer its an tbazzfzndx;

: 7_gFoxzrjl:ly,U"That in all that hath beendone, both iniyour

1 Parliamehtary and.Martia11, exploits, t/;2ere_/Jiozizjh £v:¢;aTna[eJ/]'e rim;

at miramlam ifdzifingt up bfthefjiififiof 71%;? ‘aé2_g2t}: t1a'éz'r‘aW7¢ mm.

-2~7.«»zl!e‘pr7¢2"j5a'rr£a;2,* fo that as it was with the Worthies, whofe Mo-L

numetits ftand in Scripture unto this day ;..f1'h_e Spirit ofzlaa Lord
came upon Samfon, and the Spz'-ri_t oft/98 Lard. t'c.2_me upon Jephta,
vm21’David,C&?c. ‘Sothath 1t;been' our confzhéts, the Spin’: bf the

"  Lartllwtt“-h"come‘:¢poh..imr'Na,l2le. .(z'é'.nt‘m/1, C omrmznders, The Spi-f

Z;acij;4. 62 ‘

rit. ofthe Lor7d_ hath Come upon our Ga/[ant Gentlemen", _To;m

men faithfzzll’ Cozmtrey n'¢m,’ Renowned Citizmx, fothat he t/7.2't~
W44 wcalgazmiong t1bem~i;:¢:» David, and be that was as David, /mtla
550}: L1»i.t19&:11W;¢fvl.'bf‘.tl:ie Lam’. tEi;ver1then;when ou'r‘Ar‘mies-ihave

been wearyjand t-yred, feeble, and ifaint, as once Dd'z)ia'xhimefci1f"
was ; Some. have rtfre2It‘ed,0th€rS'ft may bgfled,‘ and the {late of "
'-the Battell every. éioubtfiill and dangerous; yet cfzxén then hathithe T

Spirit ofGod«co'tI'1e."upontthem 7; In all ~Which«that Word hath
been madégood‘  ~;NatA éy"mig.ht bar‘ pozazk‘r‘éut‘—éy my‘ S piritfaitls
the Lord.  ~  -- i e e ‘ T’

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1?zfrJa1y., That whereas the.cot1nfe1Isiofthe7Enemy run; all in .
one:chann‘e1I,:with ianefrecdnd mmnimom Vote, againft Chriih,

and hi'S.1.p'__€_Op‘i-€.;i’Y‘oiua hazz¢e=jf,rug'lcjd‘i(,and I wifh I might fayonely

. yeubmze ) not only againft aitorrmt of oppafition Fromethe opent

profqfed E'nerhy~;_,but, twirl: ti/ycfi;-cret itide: and flreams. of crbfe
Malignant Gamicellx, dndpfojtcftx among your _/?*l'z2c.r, almofigin
all your M9tioh:.' and Preparation: throughout the Kingdome»,
which when It17erioufIyficon{id:e‘r:.in ;1ny,i‘Aeprivfé1te thougihts «I

:: wtonde'rinot:1(;as’1—°ome-do fithatimoreis-inot don;;But:‘am‘i filkd

izathcff Withewibnder ‘a-nd' a£’conifhJ.1eIient-,,'thatfoi m‘ml;' ;isidofie, as
is done;1and in uflmeeds- break out 'w1th the Churches . admira-

  tion and acknowledgment-;. I£"'I;$‘ t‘/ac Lbrd: ..me'rtz'€.r We m.;m:_

I;.;9,m.3_.z2,2g-g.

cgzafinned éecamfetlné:;campajfi'omfdil,.ndt :;—: Z7/acyLa7;ei.rei:2tWad7e:22er7
morning, greatid tkjfait/afulnejfe ’ .’ iv e * 7

‘ H—ad7.I not mm.edfth1‘§- laft, »o.f‘ crbe Couhfclr, ‘]i”cto_t31ild3‘ha'vcj
Jhewedgygon all thfife '; i72iprc_fl70'fiJ: of God, upon the Deliverance, _

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T/ae«ihFai_zzntzzi)2 of mu: Fortitude; T 7 » 2.9

tinti'.vi6'?a;7,"Whiéh wemis day celiebme; ’  ~

.'=;Foi','-firfl,» Was it notinfour oz’?/]miring?ti7.i2’bf,' when out hands I.
were Weak, and our knees feeble? -t — . T ~ -— 

Oh, the opportunity Qf this mercy , how feafonably it came
in to refrefh and revive outedrooping fpiritsgaftersthat fad blow
inthe North,1whei'ein;t'he hémd ofonr God . was Rretched out!
againPcj«us «!‘.ho“Wfe_afoné1b1y I fay , to flop the-mouth of repmzcb
and élafipbmtie, in our infnlting adverfaries;-whom if God had
fuffered to have feconded their formerfucceffe, with this dayes"
V‘ic°corie alfc‘), fure1}?th_eea'rth‘hé1d not been able td have borne
their words; ;/1: with 2 .fwo29dvz)4 our “Bowel: , they would

it havedoubled and"heightn‘_edeetheirvreproachessiwlmt 2': éecome of Pf31~4Z-1°-A

your fizffingx andpmjerx, yea, wlsere= ésjaxr God 3'' e
: Yea, Oh the patience and free-gmcaof‘ our God, which hath e
t.-riumphed'in_this deliverian/ce;! who when he faw us in our dc-»
flandencie: and de/pairings, and might have defiroyed us for our
7mtrm't:g'e'afid?nfiHcl1})".('aS=h€ did,§the Ifra‘el‘it:‘es.>) hath not only .

  l_ook’t‘ upon ’ou'rvaflii&ion,{.b'ut pit-icfd and help’: am‘ wzéelicifbyk {oh

i t — 3eca;adZy, Look1up'o'n-it“_under» anot~hei:advantage ofithe I-63-=. 2.=-

w.on'derfulliand"unexpe&ed "a reviving IL: ‘

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efcin, na‘mely,as' treading up;on.theihee1s ofénr ‘humz'£iation.5 and"
{'0 you may-behold’”it a double mercy, A 'vié?ory ; and the return}

i i of pr4yer.; whichiweimayTcelebrate-in Dmvidxrapture. J flzid Pfa1.gI.=2.z.7..

in my lmffe,_1 am cm of from befqré thine e}«cq-L‘, nevertheilelfe tlaau
heazrdejf the voice of my /application , when I cried zmto thee. _Oh‘ Vcrfizge « j’
letus felloew ‘item’ with hisgaglavqe’ ti/:a'Lig2rd l<z'!l.yb'14../ap'5‘fé3int:,and_.
I_ lazzeit/ac Landeérchufi he lgathheztra’ my-2/ojcei ¢z}2a'emy~/ixpplimtiion,‘
I2fal.1,__1,6{1’. The heizring a_;t’:pra;:cr.ifl1o‘u1c{marxieiloufly e21t1czzro}4rv‘
,7;¢’.47,”f:J';tf0.~G0.é.L'.‘ ,7.  i i.m..:1s"; .  4: 1.‘ ,..’.f.- _.‘ 1'.   '.  .:.  

r AIr:dvt;h'ird1y, w"ias;th'ere.nbte:a1*:mirac1iim-is:ejjiufaézqf-€;ézl:' .5’_pi.:
ri-if; feen;fin,.this Grificdfl day, Whe'r.q'n,t:h‘ef t;Ei:ntemia::c’zz§72e«ein£’lil{é‘2ii
flood; began to. crie:viié'torie’;,our hands‘-began to hang do-;Wn~,ou:;
heantsgto f‘aiI1t'V!.7._it.hii1'u-S, P the ‘day. was well nigh (eff, hand‘ even.
thfll  t/9.: .Spir}"t‘af the 1Lar.'d lzft':4f :4 flilndard dgézin./I-"tbe7;¢,~ by?'If‘°" 79‘ 39
7'gij§ng: xt-p,’t19‘.s’j:yir'i’t: of {@1116 that day: to wark with :id,, for thfi ‘
turning 0f3che~Rb.=te« bfthe Battell ; whereby their: brethren «alfo
We1fe:&rengthe'ned> fO'.I‘€tlJlTD€ and refi[’c the rage"i‘"?:é1‘t.1ed fury‘ of the
E;nemie,iand...to ,p.ur>.{ue it -‘t9'a,gr:azt.]l2z;zglater, and a taMl1_tro:4 ting-

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and dif2'amfimre»of that prauddaring A:-mie .9 Well We may con-3
elude, That Godgwas in»that dayes worke of a certain, and
-wroughtzwonderfully , andxmmediately for the ifalvation of
his people} a '     T A
Surely fo great a victoryi with fo cheap: aeloffe, was .mop¢*
then Gods finger, it was his Arm, his right-band that turnd the
rqueltion of that day , and_thef=are: ofhis ,people into incon-
.qx.eméle coamtge, and thelr mourning in-to triumph and res
jpajfiin I. ' F

p All thatul have to do now, isto befpeak you, Honourable.

and Beloved, that, under this and other Deliverances
and’Vi&ories we have, and hope for, as they were
wrought by the knowledge of God, Io we would 55-‘
‘have mrfiluu at not people that Qww our Godglet us wear
»ou»rddeliverances as a people that are acquainted with
Go.__, i. ..n

1 Sam“ 2; -17, i ‘In the firlt place therefore, let us "carry it tbanlégfxllyg let us

_2.8,z9,3o.

do with Chm:/I‘, as, fometime 7045 did with Dun’:/id», vvho,when
he had taken Raébah, feat for Dmaid , lel’c the City {hould have
been cafled after fo;z6:N:zme; and/it the King: C2-own‘: ( Very

weighty ‘and rich with precious Prone; ) upcmrke bead bf D avid;

let us us this day bring in our Lord fwu Chrzj}, and let not
victory be called after -our mm, but let His tName be let upon
it, The Lord emf Right:aufnefl'c.,  firehgtb 3 and the Creme:

  upon ea ma.

, “Ihave readofa Kiizgugoing-lby»water,who looking overtthe
bardge, his Crown fell into the water; one of the Waterman
leapes in, dives, takes up the 1Crowne,t and when he comes

up above water, puts the Crowne upon his head, that he ‘might-

ufe 'bo'th'handsito expedite -his return: to the Boat. The

Vp-ro‘portions+his rewardzthus; forjkvigg his C row», he allowesr

him a Talent, but becaufe be put it on, he takes ofl'-‘I111: -bcad(think€-

I ing that head not fit to [land upon its fhoulders, that prefumed
to weare t-hat—Crown, which was made lonely For the head ofa
King) my Paolitiques, are not fuficient to Critick upon the  
juftice eofifuch a cenfure : Sure I ram,,it will‘be.>the biglaeyt afi.‘ of
_ Traafon in '05., if wefhill put this Crown of viélary upon our

own eheadmpon the head ofour 'ow-enflnhgtb  wi/‘dome, 

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Which asolilt was wrought: onelfy by the ¥:'4m{,.\. as l it" was made:
cmely for the head of/aim who ‘is the King 7ofS.oz'm-:,' and Lord of
Hoff;  A-n_d the Ioighefimfi flufiioo in-‘him, ._i-'f:he_takVc% awaygtmti

l the C~roum?lone1y‘fro-miout be.ioE'~(in=1f¢<Fufingtolgilve us 'Ta:1y'«mo"re‘
lvffiorioes ) l-but gem: 3/send: too from our «fhouldens, by ?le2i viing 

o to ‘fheir Execution, ‘.W'hdfezmorclio:_ are omtolticsr : Let us~.t.here-«
4 fore With the lEld'or~:::in -the Revelation fall donm écj"or£.hZm ot/mt. Rfcvc.4.- :05 x 

fin: ypon the ‘Tb:-orze,,and worj,9‘ip+/aim that liwthwer ;mde72or’,.

5 ‘ and oafl‘ om‘ C’roWnrl:do.Wnalnforeob£m,,laying,”Tainan 4-rt*=\?¢ortIo7“,.

'0 Loro’,..to recei‘ooGlory,.otndl1onoo:r and po’or.c!r,._,@-“'6'. And «there,
fore, Not mm m; 0 Looro’,lnot:,omto m,  oéutzlomto rhy»Name gizzeo
‘the przzife: if wefiay ot~i1l"God”come.todemand< his“Cto=w~n;
Woeunto us. ; ‘ T ‘

.,g - Secondly, lletugs C2b\fy.i:(Ip5eZ?i€fltly :.'Wkof5 ofiootblomc prm:fl=,.PfaL 5°;h&l__

:. Jingdown ooftbo 7912.-ad lilQe»a+¥£vozl2*o¢fi¢far oz olozy,o,fo our -fb4nk_:gi-
  'zzz7ng;:are butzthe holding oxp : of the'hoadlik.eLa-‘Reed For: a day remDe0,,ffl.Pflm’

Glorifiérbnmloi. It is fume glory. indeed to God ,_and~you-Aha-Ave
‘tllonel Well Nohlé ..S'omttor:,t’ha‘t you -have For oepozrmz day -to pra»ife;
God for this vi&orie,wl_1<':reino your re_f‘olutions have bit; "like 3
that ‘of D 4vio1,I ‘W171 -not -offer -*to God 't¢mt.‘Whic'b oaofi.‘ ‘me -not=hin(g ::1 55n{._2+;24_¢_
Youzhave not turneil"Goél of-F:'W.ith-:a day that*wa=s~ »1oz§s'~ow7I soc. A A l ‘
for: ;( theugh, it be a Sabbath dayes-worktolcelebrate his—p;1=aifeoo
'for.any Mercyor Déli—verancC,*bleingo alltlhe fruits ofvrhat grand
Rook-mpt£onowhidh*that~ doayld-m3h~remembe.1'; But you ihaove <fe1--
fqueffred‘afi:ooio7ll~2lny; for a \ ’fpooia’li. Mercy, and you haoveo   done o
well. in it, o. lthe7Lord belblefléd; and5the Iiord blefle you *ifor7i?t*::
butyetolet me tell youfrom «thislTex’t, ?I’=his:is:noft »all,.¢nay:
‘this’ is the leéfl ’-part of that which God le-xpe‘&s— at‘ your‘
Jhands, and at: all our.~’hands 5: the main piece dfprmjz», is die?
‘0roz'crizz‘gjofyo}1r con?/erfztiom '41!‘-igbt ;; tl-hefie isffo —much ~thoznk;--
fizlrzeflooin our /aoozrtr, <-asthere is—»bol£rz»efl"o and filf-deaoiotll oin.Our=:
'(3onverf}ztiom'.. *Without'this, a$‘*0ur'Fzaflingrl are L but: t/a]oé/aol:i'-

Ifa} {*8-I 5'3 ~
Qgafifiw 01%? 1

“*an‘dfwe’e are ifoundvguilgy of that m’oCk€1‘y. Bernardfpeaks. p,;,;,010_.B¢,m

‘I"§remember,.7Augo1/fin, . comparing ‘vthe =-proplozane Hooztlnen-,«a11'd '4’ €°"Wfid€”'

"vuz’lo' ~‘C‘bri]}ian' together, ;m‘akes .onely..~thi6 di’fI-'crencef~between "“

V fiion live: ‘ozgozinflltbo faith, com. A? poor‘di&Erence,,wherei«nif¢ (76,.

eithcr.

0 offto -give ooo:rfSlalcrjfices~to God -',o but>Ourfi°lfoe:*tothe:Devill. Jnfidezi: difim-» »

ltliem ;—,,"~779o» Heott}9_cn»:tzzlke:i¢  tlawfecitla, floor tbo'f1éwd‘Clm'- *a,,,,,.a fldema.) 1

3h _ o , T he ‘Knowleelge.ef.G0.d, , .

either havethe better, it is thelleathen Without doubt : Let me.
invert’ ita .«l_it_tle thus ;‘3The wretched Cnwzliem, they fgvenr a-2
gainff Chrzflt; The unholy Pnrlinrnent-Prat:/fnnt live: againfl;
Chrilli; they hlnfl1he2neChrili: inftheir monthet, thefe hlnfizheme
Chrifl, in their live: : And tell mee Chrifiians, which diflxo-T
l nours God mofl, their zzerhnll, or our real! blafphemies? and

what do you think? were it not better God fhould be di{ho§ by

noured by a people that profefle open enmity and warre againl-ti
Chriil and his Government, then by a people that makes feeh
Amos size tion: of the enrthf therefore-will 1 pnni/h yanfor all your iniqnitiex.
Surely, our fecree nhoneinntiom-, are more hatefull to God then

their open wjchedrze/]"e:, which they commit in the Face ofthé  

_ ‘sun: And better cruely were it for us to perilh by the ln/2: oF

our enemies, then to perifh by our ownlnjfx; The lults of our "

enemies can kjll us but once 5 our own lulis, Will /gill us to the
ficoofel death» a ‘ - _. _ i ll   ‘p A
_   Chriltians, our Goddoth not onelyefieah peace, and {peak

pf_,g.u9.63’:3;' mercies, but he give: peace, and dothgooe/, T hon one good, nnd

than do]? good. a _ I;

‘In ourjreturns of pra‘if_e,_letpus be likeour God, and not con?-‘
tent our felvesto enk our thankfulnefle, and fing our'thanl<-
fulnefl'e,»~ but let us live our thankfulnefle, and do our thankful-
;ne‘{Te, and he our thankfulneffeg Let us take all from finne, and
felfi and give all to ]efus Chrilt. , ;   T 1 s
s ' If thisbe our thankfulnefle, I dare’ promife you in the Name

of my God, this fhall not be the lalt Viflory God willlgive us,

for fo the Pfalmilt hath yet toitell you; To him that order: he:

2-Cont/perféztion nright, I will jhew. the fnlwztion of Goo! : You {hall

have yet more fnlwztionx, even on this {ialc enerlnjlingfelontion.

s Brethren,»_=lool<t to your. Converfations, it is both your thanki-
fnlnejfe and your fnlwzrion. ,   - e p

Thirdly, lPmiyerfnlly. This I/iflorly hath been the return of

Pfalg yo.ult.-

pmyer, let prayer be the retnfn of this ‘Vigor; : S0 Dm‘/idref ii

folves, Pfnl. 1.1 6.13 ,17.p I will tag» of the enp of i fee/2/ntion.” nnol

cnllnpon the N am: of theeL’ord : and verfi I 7. h I wi/lofihr ththee '

,;he fncrzfice of sthnnkegiving, nnd will call npon the Name of the

L'or,,

it You ,

profiajjion of love to both? Ton onely have I known of nll the N e:-3 

 

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g ‘gm; 3113; ngyer prayed in all your llV€S, now leamto pray,‘
and fohelppto fulfill that ?ij0Phé11‘E Pf’:«./:55 -3-_. Q1/7 I50” ‘bf’. 5'94’
2,-eff pmy~er:,ta thee/hot/I 4/!‘fie/hgelame. God‘ hath _|e1’i’€W€d. hlmfelff
willing to hear, do youfhew your felvcs_w1ll1ngto pray 5 andx
on that have prayed, double your prayers, and yvlth your Mae,
‘ ficr Jefus Chrifi, pmypyetpmore eomoefll : Oh 1t 18 a fweet and a
glorious thing, when ' prayer heget‘: olelzver_omce_:,otnoi delgverozhce:
again hegct prayer. ‘ y = f ” » l g  , l ’  \
Fourthly and laftly, Bfelie'vi7_tgly., Brethren, let us lay up this
fro/h experience by us, and learnto _ljve hy faith in the next try-
all. Shall twee yet diftrult our God ? Shall wee yet make flefh
our Arm ? The Lord forbid. Surely, the leall: that God expeéts
and merits at our hands, For this and all other miraculous De.
liverances, is this, that Wee Lhould reflve with returning, re-
penting Ephraim. /I/hie?‘ jhoii/Z hotfmie are, we will not ride upon Holl t4§g.§
horfée, neither will We fay any more to the work of our handy, Tee
are our gods, for in thee the foztherleff e fizooz’ mercie.
Chriltians, let us remember this Deliverance,andtruPc God
, A as long as wee live. God hath done thefe things of purpofe to»
,. bribe and fupport our Faith, Pfel. 78 4 6,7.
Brethren, this will bee honour to our God, when the Ene-
mies {hall fee, in our greatelt difadvantages and dangers, wee
firm oz Goo’ whom we olore era/i‘. And thus Brethren, in carrying
b ‘u out Viétories Thhnkfotm/I ',0heoh'er:ti.a/ly, P fozyeiifes/[y’,6’ el'l'ee'uz':§¢;g!y,‘J
t we {hall behave our {elves as a people that know their God, and
ltbr whom God hath done to wonderfull things. I could have
been larger , but that I Was choicelyy prevented in the Forenoon.
Thereis a gracious Promifemadeto Iflozel, the Lord make it
  good upon England 5 Ifivzel jhall cry omeo me, My G05], 1 hgzow H01‘. 3, 2;,
K thee, It is an harder matter ( it feems ) then ever I /Pozel thought
1 of, or then we think of, to know Goa’. ;
And you have done well, nohle Senators, that you have enga-o *W€/1'mI'"fl€7‘,

' _ h ' ‘ 6 where isfa Le.’
ged your wifdome and zeal, for t e promoting ofthis hl jfeol,and am every

hleflihg-lqoowleolge of God in this *“place, in the neighbouring morning at fix

V‘ City,and in other places of the Kingdome, fo Far as-your power ofthe dock’
and opportunity have ferved you, by removing thofe vile per- m.1int:u'n°d gby
Ions, Whole livesiand preaching, have tom/ght nothing hm‘ rehel- 7 ,%‘?‘l1Y 3516 ,
lion in Ifi~ozel,: and putting fuch in Ipheir rooms, thattbothin p “”““°

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life and dofirim, fhould teach people the good knowledgeofthe
Lord. You have done ‘$17617, T fay, for you know him that bat/3faid,e~
Wij’dome and Iqaowledge flan]! kee the flability of thy time:, and:
jzrmgm cf Salwtian : And the geod Lord fo accompany his-'
. pwn ~Word, and his own War/gs, ( by both which hee now is‘
h teaching England) with his own Spirit,and prcfince,that
" at length,not onely thefé plam, but the Whole
_ K£ngdome,even all Englazmfimay fay,
  1117 God, I /{now thee’.
. Amen.  

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