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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96443	A sermon, preached at Kingston upon Hull: upon the day of thankes-giving after the battell, and that marvailous victory at Hessam-Moore, neare Yorke. / By J.W. B.D.	J. W. (Joshua Whitton)	1644 (1644)	Wing W2049; Thomason E10_34; ESTC R979	27,341	40

A SERMON Preached at Kingston upon Hull VPON The Day of THANKES-GIVING after the Battell and that marvailous Victory at Hessam-Moore near YORKE By J. W. B. D. LABORE ET CONSTANTIA LONDON Printed by T. Badger for Matthew Walbank and are to be sold at his shop at Grayes-Inne Gate 1644. A SERMON Preached at Kingston upon Hull upon the day of Thanksgiving after the BATTELL and that marvellous Victory at Hessam-moore neere YORKE Ezra 9. The last clause of the 13. and 14 verses And hath given such deliverance as this Should wee againe breake thy Commandements and joyne in affinity with the people of these abominations c. THe people of Israel saw that they were in evill case when they were to make the whole number of bricks and yet want straw Exod. 5.7.8 and in what case may 〈◊〉 Ministers of the Gospell thinke themselves to 〈◊〉 that are to compose their whole number of Sermons and yet went bookes Such hath beene the m●ery of the parts of my acoustomary residence that not onely our goods within nor our cattell without our apparel to cloth us or our ●ands livings to seed us can suffice their insatiable inhu●nin and miserable ingluvious●ess● but the very wealth of our callings the fruits of many cold winters and hot summers studies ou● books our maniscripts our whole Libraries are def●ced plundred I may not say stollen that is out of use burned or tor●e in peices or for the honour those creatures give to the subject matter therein contained they use them to give fire to their Tobacco pipes or for worse offices In qualia incidimiu tempora was the complaint of the glory of the Roman language long agoe Lord into what manner of times are we sa●●en ●urely wee may use the words of the Prophet Lamentations 1.10 The enemy hath stret●hed out his hand over all our pleasant things and as for us we sigh and are in heavin●ss● whilst the present ●ries in the Church of God say like those of old Lament 1.16 Let us 〈…〉 certainely this is the day we looked for we have 〈◊〉 and seene it Oh but let our comfort be this God will certainely say to their wickednesse as to the waves of the Sea Iob 38.11 Hithert shalt thou come and no far her and here shall thy proud waves be stayed and call to mind this of the good Prophet Ieremiah in the great distresse of the Church of God Lam. 3.31 32. The Lord will not forsake for ever But though he send affliction yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies but I draw nearer the words of the text This Book in which lies the words of our text is stiled the Booke of Ezra and no doubt but was penned by him would you know who this Ezra was you may reade Chap. 7.12 He was a Priest a Scribe of the Law of the God of Heaven one that coppied out the Scripu●es and the Law of God revealed from Heaven a man inspired with the Spirit of God a pious man a famous instrument for the good of Gods Church and a great promoter of reedifying of the second Temple what the Prophet Ieremiah had foretold Ezra the Priest lives to see performed and that in a twofold respect First in regard of the returne out of the captivity of Babylon Secondly i● regard of the building of the second Temple for the returne of the captivity Ier. 29.10 After seaventy yeares be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you and porfor ne my good word towards you in causing you to re●urne to this plaoe yea and to that end that wicked men may see that it is no privil●dge to be an instrument of punishing the people of God Jeremy 25.1 at that time when J deliver you I will punish the King of Babylon and that Nation 〈…〉 their iniquity In the 〈…〉 long agoe and that the Nations may know that the words of the Prophets were not wind● I will bring against that La●d all that Ieremiah hath prophesied against it and against the Nations That returne I say which Ieremiah foretold Ezra lived to 〈◊〉 Ezra 2.1 Ezra 8.1 And some of those 〈◊〉 that went 〈◊〉 with Ezra Oy●● may read of Ezra 7.6 7. Secondly for the building of the Temple you may read Ezra 1 1 2 3. foretold also by Isaiah Chapt 44. last that sayes of Cyrus he is my Shepheard and shall performe all my pleasure Even saying to Ierusalem Thou shalt be built and to the Temple thy foundation shall be land And 〈…〉 City and let goe my Captives not for 〈…〉 No 〈…〉 fold for 〈…〉 shall be 〈…〉 Na● he was so farre stcan taking any price 〈…〉 ward that he canfed much to be given to them Ezra 1.4 Whosoever remaines in any place where he 〈…〉 of his place 〈…〉 with 〈◊〉 and with gold with good 〈…〉 the 〈◊〉 will offering for the House of God that is 〈…〉 This 〈…〉 that the hea●●s of King● 〈…〉 the hand of God and what 〈…〉 they shall performe Secondly that he can make strangers to 〈◊〉 truth the favourers of his Church as 〈◊〉 to pro●ate his honour Thirdly and lastly 〈…〉 they 〈◊〉 need to bring 〈…〉 God so over-rules the King of Persia that when the period of the persecution of Gods people is come they shall come out But after such a delivery as this sayes Ezra shall wee againe break his Commandements and after such a delivery 〈◊〉 shall we again break thy Commandements In the Text not we these five poynts First a gracious Commemoration Secondly a pious Interrogation Thirdly a particular Explication Fourthly an Expostulation Fiftly the effect● and they are two A gracious Commemoration And hath given us such 〈…〉 as this A pious Inter rogation Should we again break thy 〈◊〉 A particuler Explication And joyne in affinity with the people of these ab 〈◊〉 nations An Expostulation Woulast then not be angry The effects sollow The viewing of the fort●er should restrain us from the latter and Gods unspeakable mercy work upon our obdurancy Of these then in Order and first of the gracious Commemoration or the rehearsall of his gracious dealing with his people in giving them such deliverance as this And hath given us such deliverance as this In the Text mention is not onely made of a Deliverance but magnified with an emphasis of such a deliverance such deliverance as this Many a time did God deliver his people but such a deliverance as this ought to be of speciall notice Many a time God did deliver them as we may see in the Book of Iudges but yet which was such a deliverance as this The deliverance out of Egypt was a more miraculous deliverance but not such an easie and peac●able deliverance as this When God will punish it 's be that delivers into the hand of the enemy Iudg. 2.14 When Gods anger was hot after the death of I●shua it was he that delivered them into the hand of the spoyler that spoyled them but when he