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A95964	Calebs integrity in following the Lord fully, in a sermon preached at St. Margarets Westminster, before the Honourable House of Commons, at their late solemne and publick fast, Novemb: 30th. 1642. By Richard Vines, Mr. of Arts of Magd. Colledge in Camb: and minister of the gospell at Weddington in the county of Warr	Vines, Richard, 1600?-1656.; England and Wales. Parliament.	1642 (1642)	Wing V546; Thomason E130_4; ESTC R22161	22,669	42

Die Mercurij 30 Novemb 1642. IT is this Day Ordered by the Commons now Assembled in Parliament that M. Vines shall be desired from this House to print the Sermon hee preached before this House at St. Margarets Westminster this Day at the publike Fast And it is further Ordered that he shall have the usuall privledges as others formerly have had that none shall Print or reprint his Sermon but those whom he shall appoint Hen Elsyng Cler. Parl. D. Com. I Appoint Abel Roper to Print this Sermon Richard Vines CALEBS INTEGRITY In following the LORD fully IN A Sermon Preached at St. Margarets Westminster Before the Honourable House of COMMONS at their late solemne and publick Fast Novemb 30th 1642. By RICHARD VINES Mr. of Arts of Magd. Colledge in Camb and Minister of the Gospell at WEDDINGTON in the County of WARR Et facere pati fortia Christianum est LONDON Printed by G. M. for Abel Roper at the Signe of of the Sun against St. Dunstans Church in Fleete-streete M. DC XLII HONOR ATISSIMO GRAVISSIMOQVE SENATVI PARL DOM. COM. HANC SUAM QUALEMCUNQUE CONCIONEM HABITAM APVD EVNDEM IN ECCLESIA SANCTAE MARGARETAE APVD WESTMONASTERIVM SOLENNI MENSTRUORUM JEJUNIORUM DIE NOVEMB ULTIMO ANNO 1642. EX OMNIBVS QUI SACRIS OPERANTUR IN AGRO WARWICENSI MINIMUS D. D. D. RICHARDVS VINES CALEBS INTEGRITY In following the LORD fully OR The Patterne of a godly Man going upon a dangerous service or at a desperate point NUMBERS XIV-XXIV But my servant Caleb because he had another Spirit with him or in him and hath followed me fully Hebr. hath fulfilled after me him will I bring into the Land whereinto he went and his seed shall possesse it THE History whereof this Text Vers 2. 9. 11. ●● is part is a narrative of one of the murmurings of the Israelites which famous sinne of theirs is exprest in some variety of stile being elsewhere called Temptation of God or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 provocation or imbittering of God and sometime rebellion which is a sinne incident to a people that are under promife or in expectation of good from God and yet withall so incountred with temptations and obstructions of their hopes wave after wave that they cannot unto themselves by faith reconcile the promise or tendernesse of God with his present providence and dispensation towards them his foot-steps being cloudy and his hand heavy whereupon their spirits are even by his probationary scourges imbittered against him as if he neither regarded his own truth nor their sufferings And God againe is imbittered against them for their unbeliefe in him their jealousie of him their discontents thought or vented against him for God would not have the people of his Covenant because they are in straits to question his respect to them no though they be betweene Pharaoh and the Sea at point of perishing But if his present hand make them cry Alas for the day is great It is even the time of Jacobs trouble I●r 30. 7. and who will not shrinke at the first putting his feete into cold water yet to over-beleeve sence and adde withall but he shall be saved out of it This murmuring was the Tenth the greatest and of the heaviest consequence The Tenth so God himselfe numbers it who as he keepes a Booke of every mans particular sins as the phrase of blotting out imports and whereof every mans conscience is a counter part so it appeares hence that he keepes an exact account of our Nationall rebellions and provocations Ver. 22. They have tempted me now these ten times The greatest for besides that it is after nine and the repetition of a sinne makes the latter eo nomine the greater Ezra 9. 14. Should we againe breake thy Commandements I say absque ho● their other murmurings arose upon their want of flesh bread water or some dislikes of some particular occonomy of God over them This strikes at the roote at Chap. 12 16. Deut. 1. 20. the throate of all for now being in Paran or at the Mountaine of the Amorites in the very borders of the Land of their rest ready to put in their sickle to reape the promise made to Abraham so many hundred yeares before They so undervalue and dishonour Gods rest made over by deede of promise unto them long agone and now ready to be given by livery and seisin into their hand that they prefer a slavish life nay a grave in Egypt before such an adventure would God that we had died in Egypt Ver. 2. Or would God wee had dyed in the wildernesse any grave would serve their indignation rather then they would put on for this inheritance and haply they thought as we sometimes doe in like case that this Land being in promise it should have dropt into their mouthes even without their opening them and not have beene a Land of conquest as well as promise for so we fancy that promises must fulfill themselves even though we be not in capacity of them or contribute not to serve Gods command or providence in the way of reaping them And what was the consequence God was provoked and in his wrath swore an oath exclusive of this people led them off the borders of the Land a 40. years march in the wildernesse untill all the mutineers all above twenty yeares old at their going forth of Egipt fell therein Upon which account not a man of that great people except Caleb and Ioshuah of much above 60. yeares of age came into Canaan Now if these things be our ensamples 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1 Cor. 10. 6. then it is but laying the scene among our selves and the result of it will be this That if after all our other Nationall provocations of God for which wee have long deserved that the hand should write upon the wall that God hath numbred our Kingdome and finisht it We should be brought to the borders of that long prayed for rest from our yoakes and burdens in Church and State and then prove as I may so say run-awayes from Edge Hil and stumble at the threshold despising the offer cancelling our former prayers scandalizing our selves saying The time is not come the time the Lords house should Hag. 1. 2. be built and so wish for Captaines that we may returne into Egipt as this people Vers 4. Might wee not feare such another oath of God against us and such another pilgrimage of our selves in the wildernesse of our own misery untill our carcasses were all fallen as theirs The occasion of this mutiny was Twelve Princes or heads of the Tribes were sent out to discover the Land they went returned and reported but these Twelve were not all agreed of their verdict they were ten to two The ten spoke their carnall feares nothing but walled Townes warlike people sons of Anak the Land indeed is good but like the garden of the Hesperides Dragons keepe it not a word or sillable of