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A29373 A sermon preached unto the voluntiers of the city of Norwich and also to the voluntiers of Great Yarmovth in Norfolke by William Bridge ... Bridge, William, 1600?-1670. 1642 (1642) Wing B4466; ESTC R12276 14,881 24

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A SERMON Preached unto the Voluntiers of the City of NORWICH and also to the Voluntiers of Great YARMOVTH in NORFOLKE By William Bridge Preacher of Gods Word Judges 5.9 My heart is towards the Governours of Israel that offered themselves willingly among the People Blesse yee the Lord IT is Ordered this thirtieth day of January 1642. by the Committee of the House of Commons in Parliament concerning Printing That this Booke intituled A Sermon preached unto the Volunteers of the City of NORVVICH c. be Printed JOHN WHITE London Printed by J. F. for Ben. Allen and are to be sold at his shop in Popes-head Alley 1642. A Sermon preached unto the Voluntiers of the City of Norwich and also to the Voluntiers of great Yarmouth in Norfolk 2 SAM. 10.12 Be of good courage and let us play the men for our people and for the cities of our God and the Lord do that which seemeth him good IN these words are the Speech of that brave Commander Joab which he made at the head of his Army being surrounded with many enemies as you read vers. 9. He devides his Army into two parts the one led up by Abishai his brother the rest of the forces he brings up himself and spake thus to Abishai and to the rest of his men Be of good courage and let us play the men c. In those words you have these two parts The bravenesse of his resolution Be of good courage and let us play the men The humblenesse of his submission And the Lord do that which seemeth him good Or if you will thus An exhortation to true noble valour in the former part Be of good courage c. And secondly an humble resignation of himself and cause and successe into the hands of God And the Lord do that which seemeth him good His exhortation is strengthened with divers arguments It is for our people The Ammonities and Syrians are now about us if you do not behave your selves valiantly your people are pillaged plundered captived murthered and therefore Be of courage and let us play the men And for the Cities of our God Some think that by the City of our God is meant that City where the Tabernacle was but as Abulensis observes though in 1. C 19 13. it is read City in this place it is ●ead in the plurall number Cities and as he saith all their Cities were the Cities of God because given by God and because God in his worship and true Religion was in their Cities and therefore now Joab seeing all the people were in danger and the Cities of God the Religion and worship of God he breaks forth into this exhortation Be of good courage and let us play the men for our people and for the Cities of our God I shall not at this time reach the second part the humblenesse of his submission and gracious resignation only from his exhortaiion observe thus much In times of great danger when Religion is in hazard and the people of God are in danger good courage is very requisite It is then good for good people to have good courage when the times are evill This is that which Joab pitcheth upon and is the only matter of his exhortation Be of good courage and let us play the men So David when he was begirt and berounded with many enemies Wait on the Lord saith he and be of good courage Some there are that do wait on the Lord but are not of good courage some have good courage or courage but do not wait on the Lord Wait on the Lord be of good courage both together Psal 27.14 And he shall strengthen thine heart So Psal 31.24 Good courage then is very requisite in evill times Some think this belongs only to Souldiers but if you look into Hag. 2.4 You shall finde this commanded to all the people Yet now be strong ô Zerubabell saith the Lord that is the Magistrates and be strong ô Josuah son of Jehosadach the high Priest there is the Ministers and be strong all ye people of the Lord there is the people and that you read be strong in the Hebrew is all one with the word of my text be of good courage and if you will you may read the words so be of good courage ô Zerubabell c. So that it lyes upon all in evill times men women to be of good courage For my better prosecution of this point I shall do these three things First give the description of good courage shewing what it is Secondly confirme the point Thirdly make application of all unto our selves For the description of good courage you may take it thus Good courage is that gracious disposition of heart whereby a man being called by God unto any service doth adventure upon difficulties either in doing good or enduring evill and that without feare Here are four or five things considerable in this description first good courage is a gracious disposition There is a morall boldnesse and a naturall audacity and this is not good courage for the former is in Heathens and the latter is in bruit beasts Job describes the horse after this manner he rusheth into the Battell he laughs at the Trumpet and his neck is cloathed with thunder Job 39. This bruit beasts may have and therefore this is not the vertue I presse upon you Again There is a sinfull desperatenesse whereby men are apt and ready to rush upon all that is evill and are sinfully bold and they thinke him a foole or a child that will not drink and be drunke and whore and run into all kinde of evill this is not good courage David he was as valiant a mone of them as ever the earth bare yet notwithstanding in the matter of sin he was very timerous Surely good courage is such a flower as grows upon a good conscience a man in truth hath so much good courage as he hath a good conscience and if that a man shall desperately run upon what is eviil and sinfull his courage does degenerate into a foolish desperatenesse Waite on the Lord saith the Psalmist and be of good courage and again I say wayte on the Lord good courage is hemmed in with waiting upon the Lord Again There is a vaunting bragging boasting Cavalierisme which hath no true courage such a Cavalier was Rabshekah who sayd with us is valour and courage when he defied the Hosts and servants of the living God good courage is the health of the minde this vaunting bragging boasting is the swelling of the minde not courage Again There is a fierce angry revengefull disposition whereby men are ready to run upon cruelties this is no good courage The righteous is as bold as a Lyon the Lyon himselfe is mercifull not revengefull if a creature lyes down before him he will spare it I remember a Story one hath concerning Malcolmus a King of the Scots it seems there was one of his Nobles who underhand