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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66382	A sermon preach'd before the Lord-Mayor and court of Aldermen in the church of St. Mary le Bow, on Thursday the 26th of November, being the day of the publick thanksgiving William Wake ...	Wake, William, 1657-1737.	1691 (1691)	Wing W269; ESTC R4903	26,626	40

this to Him and more insensible than the very Gentiles themselves who as we have before observed never fail'd in the most solemn manner they were able so to do Such then was the Justice and Reasonableness of that Acknowledgment which the Royal Psalmist here engaged himself to make to God Almighty for delivering Him out of those imminent Dangers to which He had been Exposed I will sing a New-song unto Thee O God! upon a Psaltry and Instrument of ten strings Will I sing Praises unto Thee And it is supposed by some that the very next Psalm to this was that Hymn which he composed in pursuance of this Vow And in which with all the heighth of Poetry and in the most exquisite Form that Art and Piety joyn'd together and assisting one another could produce He sets forth the Glorious Goodness of God to the Whole World but especially to Mankind and among them more particularly to such as duly serve him and put their Trust and Confidence in his Mercy And in conformity to whose Example it will behove every One of us this day to lift up our Hearts to Heaven in Songs of Praise to that God who has now again in our Case as He did heretofore in Davids in so extraordinary a manner made Good the Character of the Text to us It is He that Giveth Salvation unto Kings that hath delivered David his Servant from the hurtful Sword But of our own concern in this Duty I shall take Occasion to speak more particularly hereafter In the mean time having thus briefly consider'd in the General What those Grounds were upon which the Holy Psalmist took up the Resolution you have seen in the Words of the Text I will sing a new-song unto Thee O God Let us for our further Direction in the Duty before Us enquire more expresly What the Subject of his Praise was and what Ours ought at this Time to be Now this He tells Us in the next Verse viz. that it should consist in a Grateful Acknowledgment of Gods particular Providence 1st Over All Kings and Princes whatsoever more than over other Men It is He that giveth Salvation unto Kings 2 dly Among Them in a more especial manner over Himself more than any Other King besides It is he that giveth Salvation unto Kings and delivereth David his Servant from the hurtful Sword And 1 st That we ought to bless God for that particular Providence he is pleased to exercise over Kings and Princes beyond what he usually does over other Ordinary Persons For let not the Greatest Monarchs mistake themselves as if it were their own Power or Conduct that secured them against those many and imminent Dangers to which their very Place and Station continually exposes them But rather let them consider What would all their Guards and their Attendants all their mighty Power and Forces avail Them were there not a superiour Eye of Providence continually watching over them to protect and preserve them That a whole Nation should stand in awe of one single Person whom they all know to be but a Man like unto themselves That they should obey his Commands and tremble at his Justice That those who oftentimes despise their own Lives should yet not dare to strike at His but startle at the very Thought of doing him a Mischief 'T is not their own Wisdom or Power or Resolution 't is not the Name or Ensigns of Majesty than can be thought sufficient to work such a Restraint It is the Providence of that God by whom Kings reign and Princes decree Justice that alone is able to give such a Reverence and Security to them He has set his Stamp of Majesty upon them He has declared them to be his Ministers and this forces even the most Violent Men to have such a regard for them as nothing but this could ever engage them to And this I say ought at all times but especially on such Solemn Occasions as these to be esteem'd a Matter of especial Praise and Thanksgiving to God for it For were it not for such a Restraint as that we have now been speaking of What would become of All the Peace and Order and Government of the World Kings might enact Laws they might settle our Liberty and Property at Home and enter into Leagues of Peace and Commerce Abroad But alas What precarious things would All these be were they left open by God to the Violence and Fury of every bold Invader and no longer to be of any Force than till some desperate and turbulent Spirits should be found to run All things into Disorder and Confusion But Blessed be God! who has not given Us up to the Wild Passions and ungovern'd Appetites of Wicked and Violent Men. But as he has laid the strongest Obligations upon Us to be subject to the higher Powers not only for Wrath but also for Conscience sake to obey their Laws and support their Government to bear with their Infirmities and if Occasion be even Suffer too rather than dare to resist their Authority So has he impress'd on our Minds a certain Awe of that Power which he has put into their hands that will not permit us no not in our very Hearts to despise or disregard them and by frequent Instances of his Vengeance has effectually assured us that there is a Singular Eye of Providence that overlooks them and that no One shall lift up his hand against them and go unpunish'd This as it is the Great Security of all the Peace and Quiet of all the Happiness and Prosperity which we Enjoy So ought we upon all Occasions to be ready to declare our Sense of it by our grateful Acknowledgments to God for it But the Royal Psalmist had a yet more particular Subject for his Praise than this For 2 dly This God who has such a near and tender regard for All Kings and Princes whatsoever above Other Men did in a Singular Manner shew his Concern for Him more than for any Other Prince that then lived in the World If we consider Him before his coming to the Throne From how many Dangers did it even then please God to save and deliver Him Let the Hazards which he run with the Lion and the Bear His Encounters with Goliah first and then with whole Armies of the Philistines His narrow escape from the Javelin of Saul and his yet more narrow escape from the Hands of those Murderers whom he sent on purpose to slay him Let the Perils he underwent when Saul with his Army hunted him up and down from place to place forced Him to flee sometimes into the Wilderness among the Wild Beasts for Refuge at other times into the Enemies Country to those very Philistines whom he had so much enraged by his frequent Encounters against them not to mention any more Particulars declare to us Nor were those he underwent 2 dly after he came to the