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B06642	A sermon, preached at Edinburgh in the Parliament-House, November 17th, 1700, before his Grace, James, Duke of Queensberry, his Majesties High Commissioner; and many of the nobility, barrons, burrows, members of the High Court of Parliament, / by David Williamson minister of the Gospel, at West-Kirk.	Williamson, David, d. 1706.	1700 (1700)	Wing W2797B; ESTC R186602	30,727	24

hardly knew of one anothers setting about the work to Answer that great Champion for Prelacy Dr. Monro who appeared as if he would give a Defiance to the Armies of Israel but they have turned the Enemy in the Gate and made him return ashamed and it is observable that Mr. Jamieson a blind Man who in the Worlds account might be thought a stripling in comparison of the great Dr. Yet hath he felled him in the Head and gone near to cut off the Golia's Head with Golia's Sword 8 Beware of their Example who are compared to bruit beasts haunting Harlots Houses Jerem. 5.7.8.9 shall not my Soul be avenged on such a Nation as this saith the Lord shall I not visite for these things I dread a vengeance from Heaven for the shameless abounding uncleaness of Scotland A Whore is a deep pit who are abhorred of the Lord fall into it and few or none return to the path of life Prov. 1.2.19 Prov. 22.14.9 Beware of their Example who has a flying Roll of Curses broad and long following them to their Houses Zechariach 5.2.3 c. They are called Theives and false Swearers Oppressours are greatest Theives and Perjury is a great Sin in Scotland there 's an out-cry for frequent imposing Oaths in Civil Accounts it proves a suare to many and occasions perjury it s expected and desired it be Remeided we look here and there for causes of Disasters and Thuarting and Crossing of honest Designes but let every one look in to their own bosome who is free to cast a Ston at another but I will tell you my Mind anent Gods great Controversie with Scotland by three Scriptures which will Answer three Objections Deut 29.24.25 All Nations shall say wherefore hath he Lord done thus unto this Land what meaneth the heat of this great Anger Then men shall say they have forsaken the Covenant of the Lord God of their Faithers the Children were bound as Moses tells from the 10 verse down ward Wives and little Ones and these absent were under the Oath what meant the three years famine in the days of David 2 Samuel 21. It was breach of Covenant with the Gibeonites which they obtained by a Cheat yet was the Lord avanged for the breach of it three hundred years after upon Sauls Sons what meant the Lord to stigmatize Zedekiach as a 〈◊〉 that should never thrive nor have a day to do well It was the breach of Covenant he swear to Nebuchadnezar The Lord calls it his Covenant his Oath that he had broken and he would recompense it upon his Head he did not willingly engage in this Oath Nebuchadnezar made him swear by God 2. Chron. 36.13 10ly Beware of their Example against whom the Lord denounces a wo Habbac 2.15.16 who press others to drink to Excess a cursed Custom for the Lords sake forbear it henceforth Take warning all of you and warn your Freinds to flee out of the way of Gods Curse out of the way of wrath to come which is the Hell of Hell If you plump into the pit when you have lien among the flames Millions of Years It is ay wrath to come wrath to come I Charge you all to think on it and if not I take Heaven and Earth the Timber and Stones of this House and every one witness against another and your own Consciences which are as a Thousand witnessess I am free of your Blood It is like when your eye strings are a breaking you will clear me and condemn your selves Consider what I say and the Lord give you understanding in all things Jerusalem was as dear to God as Scotland is had the Rulers and People known what belonged to their Peace and managed Gospel Oportunities the City had not been Ransacted nor the Streets run with Blood nor the Temple overthrown and all come to wrack O that Scotland would take warning we have our lesson by their dear bought Experience If there be any that fret and have Heart riseing at what is said I am not anxious for I fear God and have my Conscience to bear witness I neither designed to Irritate nor Flatter I have a due deference to Men in their Respective sphears in Subordination to God but to no Man the greatest in Competition with God who is the alone Judge and Law giver to the Conscience who alone can Save and Destroy the Soul That this God who is now your witness and mine and will at last be your Judge and mine may by his good Spirit Guid you in the Paths of Righteousness for his Names sake and be your exceeding great and Eternal reward Is my Hearty Prayer And to his Name Father Son and Spirit be Eternal Praise FINIS

for us when Law Satan and Conscience accuse he rises up and appears for the poor Sinner to answear what can be charged upon him Heb. 9.24 And this is sweet that he never losed a cause he took in hand John 11.42 The Father hears him always he was never denyed a sute Then we should know him in his Kingly Office a Glorious King Psal 24.7 who choises the Officers of his own house Ephes. 4 -11 12 he subdues and captivats Souls to his obedience Cor. 2.10.4.5 he rules by his Word and Spirit and defends by his power and can dash the Pot-Shards in pieces that are his Enemies Ps 2.9 We most receive whole Christ in all his Offices if we be not ruled by his Law we cannot be saved by his death Some will not have this Man to reign over them Luke 19.14 5ly we must know him in his Love 1st in the freedom of it We have nothing to engage his love but much in us to provock his Loathing He loved Jacob freely Rom. 9.11.14 2ly The speciallity of this Love in two respects 1st in respect of the kind Men chosen and loved no fallen Angels Heb. 2.16 he took not on him the nature of Angels their execution was as quick as their fall cast out of favour for ever 2ly in respect that he makes a choice among fallen Men and loves not all alike all-though all be of the same mass This makes every Beleiver a wonder to himself and to say what wonder he made choise of me 3ly in the antiquity of it from everlasting every Beleiver is the birth of eternal love before he made the Earth or the World or laid the foundations thereof his delights were with the Sons of Men Prov. 8.29 c. then in the duration of it his mercy and love is everlasting Ps 103.17 As it had no begining it knows no end whom he loves he loves to the end outthorrow Jo. 13.1 I have loved thee with everlasting loving kindness Jerm 31.3 and we would know wherein his Loye appeared especially in his death which though it was a painful shamful cursed death yet was he a volunteer in it not forced to it he had power to lay down his Life and power to take it up again Yea he was earnest to give a proof and vent his Love thus Luke 11.50 I have a Baptism to be Baptised with meaning of his dath and O how am I straitned or pained till it be accomplished and Ps 40. verse 8. I delight to do thy will as if he had said Father I will not debate nor prig anent the Ransom of the Elect I will come in your will for what you can charge on them I am willing to undergo We are ready to prig with him so much we would do but no more so far we would go in his way and no further if he had stood so in our matters we had perished eternally 6ly We should know the purchase of his Death 1. Justification He has procured a Righteousness to cover us and that is our peace Rom. 5.1 We have no covering of our own but that which is too narrow to wrap us in Isa 28.20 If we should walk in the light of our own Fire and the sparks of our own kindling Isa 50.11 We should lye down in sorrow 2dly He has procured the Noble priviledge of Adoption to all that embrace him Jo. 1.12 which secures Gods Peace Pardon and Love 3dly Sanctification 1 Cor. 1.30 which is the Image of God 1 Pet. 1.16 4ly Salvation is the purchase of the Blood of God shed as man Acts 20.28 doth not the heart affecting knowledge of all these tend to our peace 3. Head We must have the knowledge of the Spirit of Jesus there is a necessity for it Rom. 8.9 If any man have not the Spirit of Chist he is none of his We must know him in his Influences 1. His inlighting influences revealing to us the deep things of God making us know the things freely given us of God 1 Cor. 2.10 12. 2dly In his comforting influences he bears this Style the Comforter the Holy Ghost Jo. 14.26 and Psal 94.19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts shall delight my Soul Then in his Mortifying influences whereby he mortifies the Deeds of the Body That our Souls may live Rom. 8.13 how desirable is this to these wrestling with the power of Lust Then in his assisting influences to the Exercise of all Graces and Duties He is called the Spirit of Faith 2 Cor. 4.13 The Spirit of Holiness and Obedience Rom. 1 4.5 The Spirit of Prayer and Mourning Zecha 12.10 The Spirit of wisdom and understanding Council and might the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord Isai 11 2 He makes Ordinances Lively without whose shining they signifie no more than a Dyal where the Sun shines not it is he who by his power decides controversies as that 1 Kings 18 21 c. We should crave and cherrish this Spirit who is freely given to the poor as well as to the Rich who seek him in earnest Luke 11 11. c. 4 Head We should know the Covenant of Grace in the Blessed terms of it 1st To know it in its freeness God was not hired to make it no Money nor price required only Hunger and Thirst Isai 55 1. Secondly in the fulness of it all that the poor Sinner needs Ephes 1.3 All Spiritual Blessings in Heavenly places in Christ all things pertaining to Life and Godliness 2 Pet 1.3 And what can be more desired Thirdly The Sureness of it the heart affecting knowledge of it tends to peace First No one promise shall fail because He is Faithfull he will not break his Covenant nor alter the thing that 's gone out of his Lips Psalm 89 33 34. Josua 21 45. Appeals to the People that there failed not ought of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the House of Israel all came to pass it is a well ordered Covenant and is a Cordial at Death David among his last words had this 2 Samuel 23 5. He hath made with me an Everlasting Covenant well ordered in all things and sure and this is all my Salvation and all my desire Secondly It is sure the Stock is in a good hand Jesus's Hand the surity of the better Testament we would soon have played the Bankrupt but Christ makes all good 2 Cor. 1.20 all the promises are in him yea and Amen Thirdly This Covenant smells the more of Grace in that Christ engages to help us to do our part Heb. 8.10 He puts His Laws in the minds of his People and Writs them in their Hearts Ezekiel 26.27 The Lord Saith I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in my statutes and ye shall keep my Judgements and do them Fourtly consider the influence that the knowledge of this Covenant should have upon our Heart and Life not to make us loose and wanton but having