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A80758	Israels peace with God Beniamines overthrow A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, at their late solemne fast, August 31. 1642. By William Carter. Published by order from that House.	Carter, William, 1605-1658.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. Proceedings. 1642-08-31.	1642 (1642)	Wing C679B; ESTC R222274	30,414	48

ISRAELS peace with GOD BENIAMINES Overthrow A SERMON PREACHED Before the Honourable House of COMMONS at their late solemne Fast August 31. 1642. By William Carter Published by Order from that House NEHEM 8. 10. The joy of the Lord is your strength LONDON Printed for Giles Calvert and are to be sold by Christopher Meredith at the Signe of the Crane in Pauls Church-yard M. DC XLII Die Mercurij ultimo Augusti 1642. IT is this day Ordered by the COMMONS House of PARLIAMENT That M. Sollicitour and M. Salloway doe returne thanks unto M. Carter for the great pains he took at the intreaty of the House before the Members thereof at S● Margarets Westminster this day of the publike Fast and that they doe intreat him from this House to Print his Sermon And it is also Ordered and required that no man shall presume to print this Booke or Sermon but he whom M. Carter shall assigne under his hand H. Elsynge Cler. Parl. D. Com. I Appoint Giles Calvert to Print the afore-said Sermon WILL. CARTER TO THE HONOVRABLE HOVSE OF COMMONS now Assembled in PARLIAMENT YOur commands have hardened me against the conscience of my poore abilities to offer to you my two mites one from the Pulpit this other from the Presse The wise God is pleased to trust the treasure of his Gospell in earthen 2 Cor. 4. 7. vessells Such glorious and sweet discoveries of himselfe the Lord hath given us in it that the weakest 2 Cor. 10. 4. may by it be helpfull instruments unto the strongest The weapons of our warfare are mighty not from our selves but through God who glorifieth strength in 2 Cor. 12. 9. weakenesse This truth of his concerning reconciliation with him is one of the principall by it the soules of men are overcome to doe for God ' its called justification of life T it 2. 11 12. Rom. 5. 8. because the putting forth of spirituall life in us begins in that and God himselfe is overcome to doe for men I studied how to speake a word in season as for a day of Fast it is the businesse of that day to make attonement As for your selves of all the preparations you can make for that great work you have in hand it is the chiefe This ingageth heaven for your assistance fits you for the worke rayseth your affections to it continually gives a Ps 23. 3. new and fresh increase of strength it restores the soule which otherwise growes weake in all it's acts by decayes of nature in the body and the guilt of sinne upon the conscience when sinne is pardoned our youth returnes and Ps 103. 5 is renewed like the Eagles It will knit you all together in a mutuall and an heavenly love The Thebans in their 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Athen. l. 3 Armies had a band of men they called sacra cohors which consisted of such only who were joyn'd together in the bonds of love these they esteem'd the prime of all their strength in battell This is the priviledge of those who are at peace with God they are an holy band all knit together by that heavenly bond Now the God of peace that brought againe from the dead our Lord Jesus the great shepheard of the sheep through the blood of the everlasting covenant make you perfect in every good worke to doe his will working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ This is the prayer of Your daily Oratour and humble servant in Christ WILL. CARTER ISRAELS Peace with GOD Benjamines overthrow JUDGES 20. 26 27 28. VERS 26. Then all the children of Israel and all the people went up and came unto the house of God and wept and sate there before the Lord and fasled that day untill even and offered burnt-burnt-offerings and peace offerings before the Lord. 27. And the children of Israel inquired of the Lord for the Arke of the covenant of God was there in those dayes 28. And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron stood before it in those dayes saying shall I yet againe goe out to battaile against the children of Benjamine my brother or shall I cease And the Lord said goe up for to morrow will I deliver them into thine hand IN this Chapter we have the History of the Warre of Israel against his brother Benjamine The occasion of the Warre we have in the former Chapter the sinne about the Levites Concubine A fact so foule as all the Congregation of God the men of Israel held themselves obliged to see it punished The like ingagement was acknowledged by the people upon supposall of a sinne committed by the two Tribes and halfe at the bankes of Iordan Had they built that Altar with intention to have used it in the worship the people had been bound to warre against them as we see in that they make the case to be the same with that of Achan and of Peor Josh 22. 17 20. The cause here for which the people tooke up armes was just and their call was good it was from God besides what they had for it of the mind of God either by precept or example the Lord did countenance the action by an Oracle from Heaven vers 18. ●3 Shall I goe up to battell against the children of Benjamine my brother The Lord said goe up against them Yet the successe was ill Twice was Israel smitten by the rebells to the losse well nigh of forty thousand men Good successe in warre depends much upon the goodnesse of the cause but not only upon that nor is alwayes the justice of a cause a warrant for a man to take up Armes there must also be a lawfull call both these are not enough to bring an happy issue That we shall see in the Text in which we have two things First the practice of the people upon their being beat and put to flight the second time Secondly the successe of that their practice Their practice is laid downe First in generall they goe to God Then all the children of Israel and all the people went up and came unto the house of God and sate there before the Lord When Eccles 12. 7. Gods people leave this world they goe to God and when the world leaves them that is when crosses come and the comforts of this life forsake them they doe the like they goe to him Afflictions drive the wicked farther off from God but bring his people nearer to him Come say they let us returne unto the Hos 6. 1. Lord our God for he hath torne and he will heale us he hath smitten and he will bind us up Secondly in particular in two things First they labour the making of their peace with God which all this while they had neglected which neglect was the cause why God did not assist them A man that would doe any thing for God and prosper in his worke besides that both his cause and his call must be