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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19189	Bee thankfull London and her sisters; or, A sermon of thankfulnesse setting downe the kindnesse of God to vs ... by Robert Abbott ...	Abbot, Robert, 1588?-1662?	1626 (1626)	STC 56; ESTC S100550	29,366	42

so glorious in holinesse fearefull in praises and doing wonders Fearefull in praises saith he because he cannot duly bee praised but with astonishment according to that of the Psalmist God is very terrible in the assembly of the Saints And thus Psal 89. 7. should he be to vs in praising him As if wee should say O our God let not thy fauours seeme ordinary vnto vs which thou bestowest vpon vs. It may seeme a small thing to vs to haue water to our hands aire to breath in earth to tread vpon and the like but when wee doe consider who it is that giues and to whom that thou art he who art a God of glory whose glory is able to swallow vp Heu miser quid sum vas sterquilinij concilia putredinis plenus foetore August our vnderstanding and that it is to vs who are a sinke of sinne and stinking noysomnesse before thee we are confounded in our selues and cannot tell which way to returne thee thankes which in the least measure may answer thy loue and so forth Thus haue we considered that thankes which we must giue to God in word yet that is not enough for it remaineth that we bee thankfull vnto God in deeds also And wherein this stands we cannot better learne then by looking into those that haue beene thankefull vnto God in the Scriptures Now these haue performed a reall thankfulnesse vnto God two waies First by studying and caring in what particulars they may shew themselues thankfull vnto God As one that hath receiued a great kindnesse doth bethinke himselfe how hee may in some measure requite it so will he that is thankfull doe As 2. Cor. 7. 11. the penitent man careth for the remission of his sinnes and eternall happinesse by Christ and therefore careth also to vse meanes answerable thereunto so doth also the truly thankfull person See it in Dauid who hauing receiued a great kindnesse from God saith What shall I Psal 116. 12. giue vnto the Lord as if he did consult and take care with himselfe how to be thankfull to God Euen thus must it be with vs we must when wee are by our selues alone take thought and care what to doe wherein wee may shew our selues thankfull to God As a man roles euery stone and takes thought how to liue and beare about the world as we say so must all of vs whom God hath pleased to deliuer from these dangerous times either by healing our sores or by keeping vs from infection or by comforting our hearts against the feare of our enemies either at home or abroad say and thinke with himselfe O Lord what shall I doe How shall I carry my selfe in my thoughts words and actions yea and sufferings so as may pleasethee and I may testifie how highly I prize those fauours which I haue receiued from thy hands Thus we must study but wee must not there leaue this were but like a dash of raine which wets not to the root therefore answerable to our care and study we must in the second place take paines to shew our thankfulnesse in foure particulars First we must register the noble acts of God according to that of the Psalme This shall be written for the generations to come Hence was it that the Patriarkes erected Psal 102. 18. Mountaines builded Altars and imposed fit names vpon their children that they might in these things register the kindnesse of God vnto them Therefore as Ahashuerosh did cause his deliuerance from Bigthan and Teresh to be written in the booke of the Chronicles before Hest 2. 22. the King so must we haue a record of fauours that we telling our soules that such a yeare God did such a kindnesse for thee and such a yeare moneth weeke or day did he another to day thou hast receiued one euidence of his loue and yesterday thou diddest receiue another wee may not onely practise a dutie of thankfulnesse in it but prouoke our selues thereby to be thankfull in after times As Ahashuerosh his registring of his deliuerance Hest 6. made him afterwards to be thankefull to Mordecai who vnder God was the author of it And think we not thus of our selues that there are few who haue done thus before vs. I make no doubt but that thousands of Gods people of whom the world is not worthy haue taken this Heb. 11. course in secret yea and do take it And of a good man I haue often read who is said to delight in one booke which he daily carried about him and was portable enough for it had but two leaues one blacke and the other white in the black he made a register of his sinnes that he might daily be humble in the white he made a register of Gods mercies that he might be thankfull Secondly we must heartily labour the good of others For can we requite God himselfe we cannot do it Our Psal 16. goodnesse reacheth not to him onely he pleaseth to interpret some seruices which he requires as thankfull requitals to himselfe amongst which this is one to do good to others Now this wee must do by way of thankfulnesse vnto God both vnto their soules and bodies As for their soules wee must labour their conuersion and turning from darknesse to light and from the power of Satan to God Acts 26. 18. that they may receiue forgiuenesse of sinnes and inheritance amongst them that are sanctified by faith in Christ Thus Dauid promiseth vnto God when he saith Restore to me the ioy of thy saluation and stablish me with thy free Spirit Psal 51. 12 13. then shall I teach thy wayes vnto the wicked and sinners shall be conuerted vnto thee Yea and Peter was commanded thus much when Christ saith vnto him When thou art Luke 22. 32. conuerted shew thy thankefulnesse by strengthening thy brethren As for the bodies of others wee must relieue so farre as our selves bee not grieued the poore members of 2. Cor. 8. 13. Iesus Christ For do but marke how it was with the Iewes when they freely heard the word of God againe they did eate and drinke and did send away part as they were Neb. 8. 10. 11. 12 commanded to those for whom nothing was prepared for ioy that they vnderstood the words which they had taught them And we may reade of an Apostolicall ordinance of thankfulnesse in the Primitiue Church to be obserued euery Lords day or first day of the weeke that euerie one should put aside by himselfe and lay vp as God had prospered 1. Cor. 16. 1. 2. him for the necessities of the Saints Thus also must it be with vs who haue tasted how good God is in these times of troubles we must throw about these our almes both spirituall and temporall Wee must labour to do others soules good who are within our gate and iurisdiction saying as Dauid Come ye children hearken vnto me Psal I will teach you the feare of the Lord or