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A66471	The valorous warrior's welfare, in God's victorious warfare A sermon preach'd in His Majesty's English camp, near the city of Ghendt in Flanders; before the battalion of His Royal Highness George Prince of Denmark, under the command of the right honourable Colonel Charles Churchill, major-general of His Majesty's forces in the Netherlands. By William Williams, minister of the Gospel, and a son of the Church of England.	Williams, William, Inferior Brother to the venerable and orthodox clergy.	1696 (1696)	Wing W2791; ESTC R219571	20,595	33

Proclamation with holy David Psal 18.1 2 3. saying on this wise We will love thee O Lord our Strength The Lord is our Rock and our Fortress and our Deliverer Our God our Strength in whom we will trust our Buckler and the Horn of our Salvation and our high Tower We will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised so shall we be saved from our Enemies Like to this cordial and cheerful Proclamation was that comfortable Speech which good Hezekiah made to enliven and encourage his Army who being but few in number as compared with their Enemies the great Host of Senacherib King of Assyria were nevertheless by a setled Dependence on God's Power both willing and ready to give them the Encounter as you may read in 2 Chron. 32.7 8. where it is thus related Be strong and couragious be not afraid nor dismayed for the King of Assyria nor for all the Multitude that is with him for there be more with us than with him With him is an Arm of Flesh but with us is the Lord our God to help us and to sight our Battels And the People rested themselves upon the Words of Hezekiah King of Judah And while the People rested on the Words of Hezekiah behold the Lord sent a destroying Angel that on the same night smote in the Camp of the Alliances an hundred and fourscore and five thousand And when the People rose up early in the Morning behold they were all dead Corpses as you may read 〈◊〉 in the 2d of the Kings Chap. 19. Vers 35. Hence we may observe that a King who had the best Cause never fail'd of the best Courage The same may be said of WILLIAM the Third King of Great Britain and Ireland for God hath given him a good Cause of War against his Enemies as namely the securing of pure Religion the procuring of lasting Peace the uniting of divided Kingdoms the composing of Peoples Differences the preserving of wholesom Laws the correcting of disloyal Servants and the protecting of Loyal Subjects These being the Causes of God the King and the Church do so enhance his Majesty's Spirit that he is not afraid to meet his Enemies in the Gate but seems to declare his Interest in the Lord with holy David Psal 118.6 7. where the Prophetical King speaks on this wise The Lord is on my side I will not fear what Man can do unto me The Lord taketh my part with them that help me therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me Hence we may find it observable that the Lord also taketh part with our King's Party in order to fulfil his Desire upon his Enemies This Truth visibly appears in the late Wars that were managed both in the Kingdom of Ireland and the Territories of Flanders where God wonderfully preserv'd his Majesty's Sacred Person from the violent and revenging Peril of the Sword as if no Weapon form'd against him should prosper like one interested in those Escapes of David mentioned Psal 18. v. 50. namely Great Deliverances giveth he to his King and sheweth Mercy to his Anointed to David and to his Seed and Religious Successors for evermore Many miraculous Deliverances hath his Majesty already experienc'd as if a Guardian or encamping Angel had a special Commission from Heaven at all times in all places and upon all occasions to protect or preserve his pious Person Such a Commissionated-Angel we read of in Psal 34. vers 7. where it is said That the Angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him and delivereth them But of all the miraculous Deliverances and Preservations which Heaven decreed for his Safety the most capital and remarkable was his last Escape from a cursed Cabal of Assassinates who by mischievous Machinations hatch'd a Hellish Stratagem how to embrew their hateful and unhallow'd Hands in the scarlet and crimson Dyes of his Royal Blood had not God as the Anointed of Himself prevented the Martyrdom by a matchless Miracle of mysterious Mercy We have not besides what Divine Revelation affords a greater Argument to prove this World to be govern'd and all Things in it carried on and directed by the vigilant Eye and powerful Hand of Almighty GOD than the sudden and seasonable Discoveries of such damnable Enterprizes contriv'd with the utmost Caution and Secresie propagated with great Subtilty or Cunning and being just ripe for execution yet in an instant blasted in a trice broken all to pieces either by a surprizing dread seizing the Conspirators themselves or an unwary Word over-heard or an unaccountable Suspicion of ill Designs though founded upon no reason or a very trifling one yet hath proved true or God smote upon the Conscience of some one of them and for the ease of his tortur'd Mind he is forced to a Discovery Peradventure their Jealousie of being betray'd by others hath made some to give notice of it themselves A Letter miscarry'd a Fright Mistake Oversight or something happening otherwise than was expected hath brought the hidden Works of Darkness to light whereby the King and his Liege People or Loyal Subjects have been mercifully snatch'd from the Jaws of Ruin and the Conspirators themselves brought to condign Punishment according to that remarkable Observation of the Royal Prophet in his IX Psalm at the 16th Verse where he saith That the Lord is known by the Judgment which he executeth The Wicked is snared in the Work of his own Hands From these Diabolical and Inhumane Attempts may the Omniscient Omnipresent and Omnipotent God Protect His Majesties Gracious Person to improve that prepar'd Portion which we hope Divine Providence hath laid up for him in the Disposal of Sacred Providence as length of Days in her Right Hand and in her Left Hand Riches and Honour For her Ways are Ways of Pleasantness and all her Paths are Peace as appears in Prov. 3.16 17. Seeing therefore that the plain Paths of Wisdom are all of them both pleasant and peaceable let us learn of her to be so prudent as to make our Addresses unto God that he would be pleas'd to withdraw our Feet from the rugged Ways of War and Bloodshed that he may guide them into the smooth and pleasant Paths of Peace for in so doing both Church and State will famously slourish This was a Pious and a Primitive Observation among the Jews as appears in Psal 76.1 2 3. where holy David speaks these Expressions In Judah is God known his Name is great in Israel In Salem also is his Tabernacle and his Dwelling-place in Sion There brake he the Arrows of the Bow the Shield and the Sword and the Battel But now to the Praise and Glory of God we Christians may say That in Britain is God known his Name is great in England in the Salem of our British Dominion is his Tabernacle and his Dwelling-place in the Sion of our Three Kingdoms There also brake he the Arrows of the Bow the Shield and the Sword and

your God is he that goeth with you to fight for you against your Enemies to save you In this Divine Commission we have a Reviving Cordial to cheer up the drooping Spirits of a faint-hearted Soldier for it is matter of no great moment to him whether his Enemies are many or mighty since he hath the Infallible Promise of the most Mighty to take his part in all Lawful Engagements then a Thousand may fall at his side and Ten Thousand at his Right Hand but it shall not come nigh him God will be with him in Trouble to deliver him and honour him With long Life also will he satisfie him and shew him his Salvation as it is exprest in Psal 91.7 15 16. Therefore for such a Deliverance as is here promis'd let us give unto the Lord the Glory due unto his Name for God is never more pleas'd with us than when his Heavenly Maiesty is most prais'd by us A frequent Acknowledgment of God's Praises is an undeniable means of obtaining our desir'd Deliverances And to this end because our frail Lives are uncertain by reason of Destructive Wars with other daily Casualties and that while we have our continuance on this side the Grave we may live in God's fear and in our departure hence Die in his Favour thereby to obtain Eternal Felicity I humbly crave your Christian Patience for some few Moments that I may discover unto you what Praise is together with the Fruits and Effects of it in Ten brief Particulars also how God is to be praised in Six Compendious Points First then Praise is the End or Ultimate part of our Devout Petitions for we call upon and importune God to bestow on us out of the Rich Treasury of his Bounty and unexhausted Supplies such Benefits as are most necessary or needful both for our Corporal and Spiritual Necessities that we may bless and praise him for the same to which purpose Holy David in 1 Chron. 16.35 teacheth us a Divine Method how to sweeten our Prayers with Praises according to these Expressions Save us O God of our Salvation and deliver us that we may give thanks to thy Holy Name and Glory in thy Praise Secondly Praise maketh Petition powerful for God is most ready and willing to hear their Petitions whose Hearts are inclinable to praise him in giving due Thanks for former Benefits we do as it were engage God thereby to confer upon us further or future Blessings For on this Direction of David in Psal 50.14 Offer unto God Thanksgiving the Lord himself made this Gracious Promise in the next Verse Call upon me in the day of Trouble I will deliver thee Thirdly Praise is a due Debt which Petitioners are bound to pay for he that inviteth thee to call upon him and promiseth thy Deliverance from Trouble requireth and expecteth that Compensation or Recompence from thee as to Reward his Promise with thy Praise according to these Expressions of deserv'd Retaliation Recorded in Psal 50.15 Thou shalt glorifie me Fourthly Praise is the full Requital that we can give unto God for every good and perfect Gift which his Divine Benignity bestoweth upon us for when the praying and praising Psalmist propounded this Question in Psal 116.12 What shall I render unto the Lord for all his Benefits towards me The Answer or Resolution was thus given in Ver. 13. I will take the Cup of Salvation and call upon the Name of the Lord As if David should have said I will offer a solemn Sacrifice wherewith wherein or whereby I may clearly manifest the numerous and tremendous Deliverances or Preservations which God hath afforded to me for by way of Exposition he addeth these words in Ver. 17. of the same Psalm I will offer to thee the Sacrifice of Thanksgiving and will call upon the Name of the Lord. Fifthly Praise is a Satisfactory Evidence of that good Respect which we owe to the Lord our God By Petition we show that favour which we bear towards our selves The Ten Lepers who came unto Christ lifting up their Voices and saying Jesus Master have Mercy on us Luke 17.13 shew'd a care of their own welfare only one who return'd to give Glory unto God discover'd his Carefulness of the Lord's Honour Sixthly Praise is so prevalent a Duty that it moves God to shew good Estimation or Respect to Men for he that said in 1 Sam. 2.30 Them that honour me will I honour without Controversie will perform so punctual a Promise Seventhly Praise is the greatest Honour that we can give to Almighty God for it is his own Declaration or Acknowledgment in reference to his Divine and Essential Fame Recorded in Psal 50.23 He that offereth Praise glorifieth me Eightly To Praise God is the most Excellent Piece of Religious Service that in this World can be perform'd and also all the Celestial Spirits are concern'd herein as it is observable in Rev. 5.13 where he saith That every Creature which is in Heaven and on the Earth and under the Earth and such as are in the Sea and all that are in them heard I saying Blessing Honour Glory and Power be unto him that sitteth upon the Throne and unto the Lamb for Ever and ever Ninthly A setting forth of God's Praise is an indubitable means to enliven the Spirit and to make the Heart of Man more ready active and chearful in performing the Duty of Prayer for when David's Heart was in a prepar'd Temper to praise God he presently applies himself thereto and by confessing his stability therein said to his Tuneable Tongue and Musical Instruments in Psal 57.7 8. 9. My Heart is sixed O God my Heart is fixed I will sing and give praise Awake up my Glory awake Psaltery and Harp I my self will awake early I will praise thee O Lord among the People I will sing unto thee among the Nations When the Spirit of a Man is under an undisposedness to pray let him then meditate on the Mercies and Excellencies of God by which Divine Contemplations he shall find a Spiritual Vivification and Vigour put into him Tenthly and Lastly Praise is comely or pleasant as Devout David phrases it in his acceptable Psalms of Thanksgiving but Ingratitude is one of the most odious and vicious Qualities that can be nam'd for Israel's ungratefulness or unthankfulness was the only Cause of their Captivity as you may Read in 2 Chron. 36.16 17. where part of the History is thus related They mocked the Messengers of God and despised his words and misused his Prophets until the Wrath of the Lord arose against his People till there was no Remedy Therefore he brought upon them the King of the Chaldees who slew their young Men with the Sword in the House of their Sanctuary and had no Compassion upon young Man or Maiden old Man or him that stooped for Age he gave them all into his Hand We find that unthankfulness was the main Reason why God gave the Gentiles over to a Reprobate Sence in

the Battel where the Church of God hath a sound Principled King to her Nursing-father Elected and Established by Divine Providence to Defend her from Wrong and Violence and tho' her furious Foes are many yet her Faithful Friend is Mighty for God is in the midst of her therefore she shall not be moved God shall help her and that right early as holy David well observes in Psal 46.5 Since therefore that God is a very present help in Trouble unto his Militant or Warfaring Church we are in that respect oblig'd to pray unto him for her good Success and Prosperity as that his Divine Pleasure might be intreated to adorn and continue her in the Beautiful Ornaments of Unity Peace and Concord for in her Peace we shall enjoy Peace It is a certain Truth that as War is the Producer of Mortality Poverty and Perplexity among Men in that Kingdom or Nation wherein it is seated so Peace is the Procurer of Safety Plenty and Prosperity both to Church and State for which cause the Sacred Psalmist exhorted and excited the People in his time to Pray for the Peace of the Jewish Church which Petitions are very suitable and useful for the Church of God under Christianity as appears in Psal 122.6 7 8 9. where the sweet Singer and Orator of Israel thus spake unto his Fellow-petitioners Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem They shall prosper that love thee Peace be within thy Walls and Prosperity within thy Palaces For my Brethren and Companions sakes I will now say Peace be within thee Because of the House of the Lord our God I will seek thy good Next to our Petitions for the Peace of the Church we ought to Pray for the Peace and Prosperity of the King that God would be pleas'd to endue him with a Long Life a Prosperous Reign a Secure State and Habitation Unbyass'd Representatives a Faithful Privy-Council and Parliament Judicious and Consciencious Lawyers Mild and Merciful Magistrates Able and Valuable Physicians a Plentiful and Painful Ministry a Victorious Fleet and Army and all sorts of his Subjects that are Professors of Arts Sciences or other National Occupations a Religious Loving and a Loyal People all which will very much tend to advance the Fame of His Majesties Grandure that as he is the Defender of our Catholical Apostolical Episcopal and Protestantial Faith he may say at the end or full Expiration of his Wars with the holy Apostle St. Paul in 2 Tim. 4.7 8 9. I have fought a good Fight I have finished my Course I have kept the Faith Henceforth there is laid up for me a Crown of Righteousness which the Lord the Righteous Judge shall give at the last Day And may also all His Majesties Commanders and Soldiers both by Sea and Land Experience the Truth of my present Text where it is thus exprest by the Warlike Psalmist Through God we shall do valiantly For he it is that shall tread down our Enemies Which God the Father of his Multitudinous Mercies grant through the Marvellous Merits of God the Son and the Miraculous Manifestations of God the Holy Ghost to which Trinity in Vnity and Vnity in Trinity be ascrib'd as is most due all Honour Glory Power and Praise both Now and for Evermore Amen FINIS BOOKS Printed for J. Pero at the White Swan in Little Britain JEsus is God Or the Deity of Jesus Christ Vindicated being an Abstract of some Sermons Preach'd in the Parish-Church of St. James Clerkenwell By D. Pead The Abridgment of Christian Divinity or True Religion and Undefiled in all its Principal and most Useful Branches both as to Belief and Practice briefly Stated and Explained to the Meanest Capacities A Work Seasonable for these Times wherein so many Articles of our Faith are Questioned and so many Gross Errors daily Published A Persuasive from the Creatures to a Perfect Resignation of the Will to God's By B. Pratt of Merton Colledge Oxon.