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A39885	God's goodness to this Israel in all ages being the substance of some sermons on Psalm LXXIII, I/ by J.F., minister of the gospel.	J. F. (James Forbs), 1629?-1712.	1700 (1700)	Wing F1443; ESTC R32028	51,365	93

the good Kings David Solomon Asa Jehosaphat Hezekiah Josiah O how good was God to them even in Babylon How many of them were kept faithful in the worst times he sent extraordinary Prophets to Preach Repentance to them after they had revolted Isaiah and Jeremiah were commissioned to prophesy their deliverance from the Babylonish Captivity Daniel prayed for it O how miraculously were they preserved from Haman's bloody Conspiracy and intended Massacre in Esther and Mordecai's time O how they were preserved in Daniel's time notwithstanding of that tyrannical Edict and Decree That whosoever would not fall down before their abominable idolatrous Image should be thrown into the Fiery Furnace O the goodness of God to them in stirring up the Spirit of Nehemiah and Ezra for rebuilding the Temple O the goodness of God in raising Cyrus to be so favourable to them as to grant their desire and give them all due Encouragement to go on in the Work of the Lord. If I should proceed to particulars here I should not know where to make an end The providences of God to them in Aegypt may be known from the 15th Chap. of Exod. the 78.105 and 106. Psalms with the 7th Chap. of the Acts. If you would know God's goodness to them under the Judges and Kings Read Joshua Judges Samuel Kings and Chronicles If while in Babylon Read Esther Ezra and Nehemiah after the deliverance Read the Books commonly called Apocrypha to which we may give an Historical Faith as to any other Histories O how gloriously good was God in raising up Judas Maccabeus to rescue his Brethren and People from the cruel Tyranny of Antiochus Epiphanes A short Epitome and Summary Recapitulation of all you have Rom. 9.4 5. Who are Israelites to whom pertaineth the Adoption they were the only Children of God and the Glory i. e. either all that Glory whereby God exalted them above others in respect of many miraculous Deliverances or the Ark of the Covenant so called 1 Sam. 4.21 22. Because the Cherubims of Glory covered it as also it was a Shadow and Figure of the Divine Glory and Majesty of God Psal 26.8 Heb. 9.5 And the Covenants i. e. the Tables of the Law Deut. 9.11 Heb. 9.4 And the Lawgiving i. e. the judicial Law the former being understood of the Moral and the Service of God i. e. his Worship which was first Preached in the Tabernacle afterwards in Solomon's Temple and the promises to wit of sending the Messiah and with him all other Blessings and Benefits Acts 2.39 Eph. 2.12 whose are the Fathers i. e. they were descended of the Patriarchs and the Fathers are of them and of whom Christ is for as much as concern the Flesh who is God over all Blessed for ever Amen Before I proceed I would have you make this use of what has been said 1. Was God so good to his People of Old And is not he the same still Yesterday to Day and for evermore Trust in the Lord and do good and verily thou shalt be fed as well as they Psal 37.3 The Mercy of the Lord endureth for ever 2. When the Lord 's peculiar ones provoked him with their Sins they were not privileged with an exemption from Punishments as we may see at this Day Let us learn to stand in awe and fear to offend This very use the Apostle Paul makes of this point Rom. 11.20 21 22 23. Because of unbelief they were broken off and thou standest by Faith Be not high minded but fear For if God spared not the natural branches take heed lest he also spare not thee Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God on them which fell severity but towards thee goodness if thou continue in his goodness otherwise thou also shalt be cut off Fourthly God's goodness to his Gospel-Church far exceeds his goodness to them of old 1. Gospel-Converts are far more numerous than formerly the Jews and their Proselytes were but very few in comparison of all the rest of the World then and of Gospel-Converts now For now there are Thousands in Germany Thousands in France Thousands in Britaine Netherlands 2. Christ himself is now actually come Dead Risen Ascended and Glorified and therefore the Glory of the latter House is greater than that of the former Hag. 2.9 They were promised that he should come and were accordingly to believe on him which made honest Abraham so to rejoyce in seeing his Day though but a far off O how good is the Lord then to us whose lot is fallen under this dispensation of Grace where we may clearly discern that the work of reconciliation between God and us is perfectly accomplished Divine Justice is satisfied to the full and all our Enemies so far conquered that they cannot in the least injure us 3. God hath delivered us from the Ceremonies of Moses's Law a Yoak that neither they nor their Fathers were well able to bear Acts 15.10 Their Ceremonies were so many and each of them significant that it was a great burden to their Memories to remember all They were also very costly and chargeably they must kill many Lambs Goats Bullocks keep several solemn Festivals and all at Jerusalem but now the goodness of God to us is in this that he does not put us upon any such tedious Journies he does not require such chargeable Sacrifices of us not so limit his Worship to any one place but it is as acceptable in one as another John 4.24 25. 1 Tim. 2.8 Deliverance from the Ceremonial Law is an act of favour to us upon this account also that it was a Wall of separation in a visible way to distinguish between the Jews and us to signify that they were the People of God and we not Ephes 2.14 Colos 2.14 4. Their Ordinances were comparatively carnal Heb. 9.10 Which stood only in Meats and Drinks and Washings and were imposed on them till the time of Reformation ours are far more Spiritual they had many Sacraments to wit Manna the Rock the Pillar of the Cloud brazen Serpent Circumcision and the paschal Lamb in stead of all these we have only Baptism and the Lord's Supper 5. Though the Covenant under which they were and we are be the same for substance yet in respect of the diversity of administration our mercy far exceeds theirs 1. Their Covenant was in a more legal strain than ours Rom. 10.5 6. Moses describeth the Righteousness which is of the Law That the Man which doth these things shall live by them but the Righteousness which is of Faith speaketh on this wise Say not in thine Heart who shall ascend the word is nigh thee even in thy Mouth and in thine Heart that if thou shalt confess with thy Mouth the Lord Jesus and shalt believe in thine Heart that God hath raised him from the Dead thou shalt be saved 2. Their's was administred by the Hands of Moses a typical Mediator only ours by Christ himself Gal. 3.19 Heb. 1.1 2. God who at