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A80045	Gods soveraign power over nations: set forth in a sermon preached at Pauls, before the Right Honourable, John Warner Esq; Lord Major of the city of London, Febr. 20. 1647. Wherein certain endeavors for the settling of mens spirits, in a quiet peaceable posture, in these tumultuous and unquiet times. / By John Cardell, Master of Arts, and preacher to the inhabitants of Alhallows-Lumbardstreet, London. March 3. 1647. Imprimatur Joseph Caryl.	Cardell, John.	1648 (1648)	Wing C491; Thomason E430_12; ESTC R206087	24,889	55

GODS Soveraign Power over Nations Set forth in a SERMON Preached at Pauls before the Right Honorable John Warner Esq Lord Major of the City of London Febr. 20. 1647. WHEREIN Certain Endeavors for the settling of mens Spirits in a quiet peaceable posture in these tumultuous and unquiet TIMES By John Cardell Master of Arts and Preacher to the Inhabitants of Alhallows-Lumbardstreet London Isa 40.15 Behold the Nations are as a drop of a bucket and are counted as the small dust of the ballance Vers 17. All Nations before him are as nothing and they are counted to him less then nothing and vanity March 3. 1647. Imprimatur Joseph Caryl London Printed by John Field for Henry Overton and are to be sold at his shop at the entrance into Popes-head Alley out of Lumbardstreet 1648. To the Right Honorable The LORD MAYOR AND Court of Aldermen OF THE Renowned City of London Right Honorable and Right Worshipful THis Sermon was first Preached and is now Published by your special Appointment In which respect as also because it comes forth in a very stormy tempestuous time it humbly craves leave to shroud it self under the wing of your Honorable Protection until that mist of Pride and Malice and Prejudice and Passion that is now upon the world and that hinders Truth from being entertained for its own sake shall come to be dispelled by the glorious appearing of the Sun of Righteousness Mal. 4.2 What there was in this poor mean piece of mine that should move you thus far to own it is not yet so clear to me as hereafter it may be That God who first brought it to your Ears and that hath now put it into your Hands he may please exceedingly to glorifie himself by it amongst you and thereby teach others Zech. 4.10 and my self also to see and say That there is no despising the day of small things Among many other pressing Evils that are now upon us Religio à Religando taro Hominibus quam Deo Emollit mores nec sinit esse feros 2 Tim. 3.5 Diffudissi per omnem mundum Religios nominis membra Religionis vint non Habentia Salvian ad Eccles Cathol lib. 1. it is certainly very sad to consider That the Religion of God which was purposely appointed to cause Contentions to cease should among so many be the onely matter of Contention That that which naturally cools and quiets and meekens and moderates the Spirits of people should occasionally kindle such strange fires and such unnatural heats as are now stirring almost every where a certain sign That there is too much of the Form and too little of the Power of godliness to be seen or found amongst us It was a sage Speech that formerly dropped from the Pen of a great Statesman among our selves here and it still stands upon Record under his Name That in Counsels concerning Religion that Counsel of the Apostle would be prefixed Ira hominis non Implet Iustitiam Dei i.e. The wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God Francis L. Verulam Viscount St. Atban better known by the name of sir Francis Bacon Ess p. 18 19. The same Author tells us moreover That it was a notable Observation of a wise Father and no less ingenuously confessed That those which held and perswaded pressure of Consciences were commonly interested therein themselves for their own ends My Lord The large Experience that I have providentially had within these few years of your Lordships Piety and Integrity and readiness to every good work hath mightily prevailed with me to conclude That your Honor will excuse it if upon this occasion I take upon me the boldness to represent unto your Lordship and the rest of those other worthy Senators that partake with you in the Government of this great City some few things in reference to present Actings First then this I humbly pray That your Care may be most where Gods Care is most Psal 8.26 Let not those that bear the Name of God be any way cruel or unkinde to those that bear the Image of God Eph. 4.24 Be ever tender over those that are tender gentle to those that are gentle meek to those that are meek I mean to those whom God by a supernatural work hath made tender and gentle and meek and humble Phil. 3.20 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 our trading or commerce is for heaven we are citizens of and for the new Jerusalem vid. Bez. in loc Let it be the joy of your hearts according to the Apostles language to see men driving an open and a free trade for heaven * Isa 29.19 To see the meek increasing their joy in the Lord and the poor amongst men rejoycing in the holy One of Israel Cruelty to the Saints hath cost the * You may please to see this excellently cleared by Mr. Tho Goodwyn in a Sermon of his whereunto I refer pag. 31. of my ensuing Discourse world exceeding dear already England it self hath smarted for it not a little in the downfal of Bishops and divers other ways 2 Pet. 2.22 Isa 28.22 Levit. 26. Let us take heed of returning to the old vomit again lest our bands be made stronger and our punishments sevenfold greater then heretofore they have been Next unto this I humbly leave it at the feet of your Honorable Considerations whether there be not a very urgent necessity lying upon you to use your utmost endeavors That your City-Councel may from time to time cordially comply with the Kingdoms great Councel The Parliament of England in all their Just and Honorable Proceedings To this purpose be pleased to cast back your thoughts upon the years newly past what great things was God pleased to do for you and by you so long as ye were united How wonderfully did the Lord of hosts appear in the high places of the field blessing and prospering those Forces that were sent out by them and incouraged by you And withal I desire that this also may seriously be considered What Profit or what Honor hath it been to your City that ye have been thus far estranged one from another I say no more but this Certainly your safety lies in combining and uniting and what else but Ruine can be expected if there should still be a continued breach between you Divide Impera Divide and Rule is their Maxime that seek your Ruine and that have now great hopes of effecting that upon you by your own intestine divisions that hitherto through the goodness of God they have not been able to effect in any other way In the next place I do likewise humbly move That ye would please in your great wisdoms to think upon some effectual course of putting some farther Restraint upon Swearing Drunkenness Prophanation of the Sabbath private oppressions and acts of Injustice between man and man so far forth as they come within the compass of your Cognizance and other such like Enormities that are

diametrally opposite and clean contrary to the Laws of God and Nature Penal Statutes there are inough and since knowing your zeal and forwardness I dare not so much as suspect the fault to lie in your selves I do therefore earnestly move That you would think upon some Safe and Honorable way Oderunt peccare boni virtutis Amore oderunt peccare mali formidine paenae Horat. whereby those Obstructions may be removed that lie in the way of Execution That so where love of Goodness will not melt yet fear of Punishment may at least restrain from those outward daring Iniquities that are indeed intolerable But one thing more and then I shall trouble you no farther Hearken to the cryes of the Poor as Jotham said to the men of Shechem Iudges 9.7 Hearken to them that God may hearken to you He that stops his ear at the cry of the poor he himself shall cry and shall not be heard says Solomon Proverbs 31.13 And did they ever cry lowder then now Stop not your ears at this cry therefore There was of old as some conceive from that place Deut. 15.4 to be no beggar in Israel why should there be any among us Be pleased to consider of some speedy course that such as can work may work or else not eat as the Apostle says 2 Thess 3.20 and that such as cannot through age or other infirmities that they may be otherwise provided for I have heard that such a Design as this hath been already thought upon and set on foot Now the Lord stir up your hearts to Reassume it and to carry it on vigorously even unto the full compleating of it Let me herein propound Jobs Example to you Iob 29 from vese 11 c. a Copy set by Gods own hand in his own Book for you to write after How did he make the ear that heard him to bless him and the eye that saw him to give witness to him The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon him and he made the widows heart to sing for joy He put on righteousness and it clothed him his judgement was a robe and a diadem He was eyes to the blinde and feet to the lame and a father to the poor and the cause that he knew not he searched it out c. Now that ye may be such Magistrates and such ministers of Justice Right Honorable and Right Worshipful even every way such as God himself would have you to be doing still more and more worthily in regard of all the Concernments and Ingagements that are upon you for the glory of God and the good of his people That God may not onely bless you but also make you eminent blessings in your Places to this famous and renowned City is the Prayer of Your most humble and obliged Servant JOHN CARDELL ERRATA PAge 10. line 19. for there r. theirs p. 17. l. 13. before Attributes r. these p. 20. l. 7. before us r. make p. 25. l. 6. before so r. to be GOD'S Soveraign Power OVER NATIONS JOB 12.23 He increaseth the Nations and destroyeth them he inlargeth the Nations and straitneth them again Introduction NOt to detain you long upon matter of Preface or Introduction to these words let thus much in short suffice for that This Holy man JOB whose course it was now to speak he is here in this Chapter upon a very high discourse concerning the most high God He was upon an Argument of the highest nature and his meditations are elevated or lifted up accordingly Chapter If you please to look back upon some former passages of the Chapter you shall see what mighty things are therein ascribed to God From the 16. ver and so on With him is strength and wisdom says he The deceived and the deceiver are his He leadeth counsellers away spoiled and maketh the judges fools He removeth away the speech of the trusty and taketh away the understanding of the aged He poureth contempt upon Princes and weakeneth the strength of the mighty which are all great things ye know mighty works and such as none but a God can do Text. But here in these words that I have read Iob declares the Soveraign Power and Command that God hath over Nations and Kingdoms to change and alter them to give them a Being or no Being even at his pleasure He increaseth the Nations and destroyeth them he inlargeth the Nations c. In which words you have three things chiefly considerable Divided into three parts First ye see here are very great changes spoken of Augmentation and Destruction Inlargement and Restraint Secondly Here are also the Subjects of these changes or the Stages whereupon they are acted and they are the Nations of the world or the Kingdoms of the earth they are sometimes increased sometimes destroyed sometimes inlarged and sometimes straitned Thirdly Here is the Author of these great and mighty Changes and that is God such a God as we shall afterwards describe He it is that increaseth the Nations and destroyeth them that inlargeth the Nations and straitneth them again The sum of all is this you may take the whole matter of the Text along with you in this one Conclusion or profitable Observation Doctrine That the Nations of the earth they are either increased or destroyed they are either inlarged or straitned according as God pleases This is both a very comfortable and a very seasonable Truth to put us upon considering That States and Kingdoms are not managed by men onely or according as they please but they are managed and ordered and disposed of by the Lord our God and according as he pleases so do things succeed or come to pass in them And for the proof or confirmation of this Truth Proved by several Arguments drawn That God hath this Soveraign Power or Command over Nations not onely over particular persons but over whole Nations to deal with them as he pleases I shall confirm this or make it good unto you by these Arguments following First 1. From the greatness of God It may appear to be so if we seriously view the greatness of God his unsearchable greatness as the Psalmist calls it Psal 145.3 Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised yea his greatness is unsearchable he had need to be a very great God that should have this Soveraign Command and Authority over Nations to increase them at his pleasure and to destroy them at his pleasure to inlarge them at his pleasure and to straiten them at his pleasure to build them at his pleasure and to break them down at his pleasure And yet this ye will easily apprehend to be feasible if ye do but consider the extent or view the latitude of the greatness of God True it is that the utmost bounds or limits of this greatness cannot be discerned or comprehended by us But yet by that which we may see and by that which the