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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57420	Englands prayers to heaven for mercy with very good instructions to all people in these dangerous times to call to the Lord for mercy in time, exhorting every Christian to take heed they be not deceived in these dangerous times / written by Thomas Robins.	Robins, Thomas.	1657 (1657)	Wing R1650; ESTC R29323	8,856	28

Englands PRAYers TO HEAVEN FOR MERCY With very good instructions to all people in these dangerous times to call to the Lord for mercy in time exhorting every Christian to take heed they be not deceived in these dangerous times Psal 9. verse 13. Have mercy upon me O Lord consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me thou that liftest me up from the gates of death Written by Thomas Robins B. of D. LONDON Printed by E. B. for John Stafford and are to be sold at his house at the George at Fleetbridge 1657. Psal 49. 1. 2. Hear this all ye people give ear al●●●e inhabitants of the world 2 Both low and high rich and poor ●ogether Mercy LORD 1 Timothy chap 2. vers 1. I exhort therefore that first of all supplications prayers intercessions and giving of thanks be made for all men MY beloved brethren here you may understand the humble obedience that belongs to every one that doth desire to be a faithfull servant to the Lord as you may understand by this place of Scripture for Paul here you may see gave Timothy a charge over the people to let prayer be made for all men and indéed good people I cannot perceive but Paul did sée they was a wicked and a sinfull people so he thought that by prayer they might be converted but alas how many is there now a dayes that would have a sinner converted by prayer no my brethren we now a dayes fly too much off the Apostles rules and the reason is we think our wits far better than theirs for rather then we will pray for a sinner nay we had rather curse them but good people I would desire every one of you to take the same exhortation that Paul gave to Timothy that is to pray for all men for if you see a drunkard take heed of him but pray for him if you sée a swearer deligh● not in his company but pray for him if you s●● a whoremonger take héed of his wickedness● but pray for him for you may perceive where b● this place of Scripture that we ought to pray f●● all men a●de by Gods Grace we may prevail● for in the 5 chap●er o● Jam●s and ●he ●6 vers● there you have a rule for it why you should pra● for all men and this is the rule that you may b● healed nay my brethren there is great comfo●● too for every one that will pray faith●ully f●● in this verse of this chapter you may find th● the prayers of the faithfull shall prevaile as y● may find it written in Jame● 5 16. therefore 〈◊〉 the name of God I would desire every go●● Christian to give their mind to pra●er and wi●● as good confidence as the Prophet David 〈◊〉 Psalme 62. 1. In these words T●uly my so● waiteth upon God from him cometh my sa●vation Indéed I would desire every good Chr●stian to have as good confidence in the Lord 〈◊〉 the Prophets had for certainly we must ha● a good confidence in the Lord if we mean to 〈◊〉 saved and have as much power in spirit as D●vid had then may we boldly say as he said 〈◊〉 Psalme 73. 24. In these words Thou sha●● guide me with thy counsel and afterward r●ceive me to thy glory and in the 25 vers the● you may sée the confidence that he had in Go● more than in man for said he Whome have I in heaven but thee and there is none upon Earth that I desire besides thee Indeed good people we ought to have no confidence in any man but in God which the Lord of his mercy give every man woman and child grace to serve him and obey him till the hour of death which indeed we do not know how soon it may please God to call us Indeed we do not know how soon it may be to night before to morrow no man can tell when Therefore as the Apostle said in Mark 13. 33. Take yee heed watch and pray for ye know not when the time is Indeed my brethren you may perceive heere that we have no time set when the time of the coming of our Lord and Saviour shall be therefore it is good for us all to have a care in time for fear the Lord give us a just cause to cry out as Zion did as you may find it written in the Lamentations 4. 4 in these words The tongue of the sucking child cleavet● to the roof of his mouth for thirst the young children ask bread and no man breaketh it unto them And in the 5 verse of this Chapter there you may see what misery came upon these people for sin they that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets they that were brought up in scarlets embrace dunghils I would desire every good Christian to take heed in time for fear the Lord execute the very ●ame judgment upon these Lands and Nations that we live in for by wofull experience too many in these times have found it too true that the very same judgments partly upon a great many for in many places you may see many a brave House and Family ruinated and gone to decay which certainly was not altogether for their owne sins no my brethren I am affraid that we all stand guilty of sin and although the Lord spare us for a time to see if we will repent yet certainly without true repentance the Lord will not spare us no more then he spared Egypt when he threatned their destruction as you may find it written in the 32 chap. of Ezekiel begining at the 9 verse and so to the 12. I will also vex the hearts of many people when I shall bring thy destruction among the Nations into the Countreys which thou hast not known 10 Yea I will make many people amazed at thee and their Kings shall be horribly afraid of thee when I shall brandish my sword before them and they shall tremble at every moment every man for his own life in the day of thy fall 11 For thus saith the Lord GOD The sword of the King of Babylon shall come upon thee 12 By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall the terrible of the Nati●ns all of them and they shall spoyl the pomp 〈◊〉 Egypt and all the multitude thereof shall be ●●stroyed Indéed my brethren you may see here by this ●ace of Scripture that the Lord threatned the ●gyptians with most heavy judgments for their ●●s and doe not we think that our sins be as ●eat as theirs yes certainly and greater too ●erefore in the name of God let us all pray un●● the Lord for mercy and surely he will hear 〈◊〉 for he hath no delight in the death of the ●icked but he had rather that we should turne ●om our wicked wayes and repent and be ●nverted And indeed I would de●ire every ●e of you young or old rich or poore to doe ●ur best endeavours to forsake your wicked ●ayes for as the Lord said to