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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97126	The good-vvill of Him that dwelt in the bush: or, The extraordinary happinesse of living under an extraordinary providence. A sermon preached before the Right Honourable, the House of Lords, in the Abbey Church at Westminster, on Tuesday, Iuly 22. 1645. At their publike thanksgiving for the good successe given to the Parliaments forces, under the command of Sir Thomas Fairfax in the west. /	Ward, John, d. 1665.	1645 (1645)	Wing W774; Thomason E293_16; ESTC R200163	33,640	44

and Titles that are relative to such a providence and the blessings of it then by any other in another way It s very observeable the Lord delighteth to be known and godly men to acknowledge him He frequently glorieth and they glorifie him in the notion and under the names of Saviour deliverer redeemer and the like Thirdly Many provisions were made by God and good men for preserving and publishing the knowledge and remembrance of such providences and mercies Anniversary festivals were instituted and solemnized divers monuments erected names given to persons and places proverbiall speeches taken up records kept Journals Annals Chronicles written of them the History of the Bible and a great part of the Bible is history what is it but a webb of such wonders like a rich piece of imbroyderie most pleasing to the eye a light worke upon a sad ground of other matters it may be said as of the story of those who gave themselves to mechanick and secular imployments 1 Chron. 4. 22. These are ancient or obsolete things things held unworthy of memory there were no memorials of them but there was a law for the recording of these and all means used to contribute an infinitie an eternity to their fame and the glory of God in them Lastly If the affections of men and their expressions may speak any thing in the praise of this blessing we finde that also in the Scripture for they otherwaies blessed the God of their mercies for these then for other blessings they celebrated the praise of God in these Psalmes and songs of thanksgiving with all largenesse of heart and elegancie of speech It s strange what apprehensions the very Heathens seemed to have of the excellencie and preeminence of this blessednesse and by what fictions they represented their fancies But when the holy men of God made recognition of the wonders and advantages of an extraordinary providence they spake in such straines not of fancie but affection as never men spake no not themselves but at such times and on such occasions Beside the light we have by the testimony of Scripture we may evince and perswade the truth of the doctrine by evidence of reason and experience and truly we need all manner light and proof for it is a Paradox like Sampsons riddle meat out of the eater and sweet out of the strong but we may easily finde it out if we will consider the wayes of God in such a season either in their reference to himselfe or unto his people These two things seriously pondered and without prejudice will clear the truth and perswade an acknowledgement The workes of God in the way of extraordinary providence do make most visible most clearly visible the invisible things of God even his eternall power and God head His workes are wonders wondrous workes mighty acts terrible deeds such as declare his greatnesse as shew the glorious honour of his majesty the glorious majesty of his Kingdome He gives abundant evidences of his presence in dreadfull manifestations so that all eyes are made to behold him and every tongue to confesse to him We may read his Name in Capitall flourishing letters written as with a Sunne beame glorious in holinesse fearfull in praises doing wonders We may behold him as a man of warre in his compleat bright armour as a King in his royall robes glorious in his apparell He saw and there was no man and he wondered that there was no intercessour therefore his own arme brought salvation to him He put on righteousnesse as a brest-plate and an helmet of salvation upon his head He put on garments of vengeance for a cloathing and was clad with zeal as with a cloak We may see that which Moses sings The Lord triumphing gloriously in the greatnes of his excellencie overthrowing those that rise up against him We may see him working all in all a blessed sight and which makes them blessed that have the happinesse to behold it as holding some proportion with that beatificall vision in Heaven where God shall be all in all And this fairly leads up to the other Secondly Then he communicates his goodnesse with his people most eminently then he rides upon the Heavens for the helpe of his beloved and in his excellencie on the skie he discovereth himself openly and seasonably in a way befitting his unsearchable greatnesse for their relief and help He walks amongst them in paths of mercy and truth both his hands full of blessing First In such times he deals out the blessings of the right hand the most sure mercies the light the support the supplies and the comfort of his word and Spirit the triall of grace the increase of grace the fruit of grace blessings much more precious then gold that perisheth though it be tried in the fire then he chuseth his people avoucheth challengeth redeemeth ransometh them and avengeth himselfe upon their enemies Then he lifteth up his hand and maketh himselfe known to them He wakeneth their ear prepareth their heart and fealeth their instruction Then he convinceth and humbleth them purgeth away their drosse takes away their sinne washeth their filth their bloud and refineth them by the spirit of judgement and by the spirit of burning Then he gives a spirit of prayer and supplication and is nigh unto them in all things they call upon him for They shall call on my Name and I will hear them I will say It is my people and they shall say The Lord is my God Then he openeth the book of his remembrance written before him for them that fear the Lord and thinke upon his Name and he maketh them up as his jewels or speciall treasure and spareth them as a father his own sonne that serveth him Never doth the Church and people of God enjoy more of God and more eminently then in the times of their trouble when he comes down to redeem them with great judgements Secondly In that time also the Lord dealeth out the best blessings of the left hand the most beneficiall mercies deliverances indeed all providence in such a season is deliverance so Ezra looks upon it And hast given us such deliverance as this So God himselfe interprets that to which my text alludes I have surely seen their affliction and I am come down to deliver them All the blessings received or possessed in such a season are but the appurtenances and additaments to deliverance and so the Psalmist confesseth in Psal. 136. a Psalme that hath none like it in all the Psalter while he summes up all the story of Gods extraordinary gracious providence in this acknowledgement And hath redeemed us from our enemies for his mercy endureth for ever 1. Now redemption is a most manifold blessing from much evil to much good ye cannot look upon deliverances as single kindnesses they are pregnant mercies full of good have many mercies in the wombe and bring forth abundantly 2. They are the