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A42550 Londons remembrancer, or, A sermon preached at the Church of St. Mary Le Bow on September the 3d, 1688 (the second day being the Lord's Day) which was appointed by act of Parliament for the citizens of London and their successors to retain the memorial of the sad desolation of the city by fire in the year of our Lord 1666 / by William Gearing ... Gearing, William. 1688 (1688) Wing G435E; ESTC R40472 20,624 36

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LONDONS Remembrancer OR A SERMON Preached at the CHURCH of St. MARY LE BOW ON September the 3d 1688. The Second Day being the Lord's Day which was appointed by Act of PARLIAMENT for the CITIZENS of LONDON and their Successors to retain the Memorial of the sad Desolation of that CITY by FIRE in the Year of our LORD 1666. By WILLIAM GEARING Rector of Christ-Church in Surrey LONDON Printed by J. Richardson for Tho. Parkhurst at the Bible and Three Crowns in Cheapside 1688. Licensed September 10th 1688. To the Right Honourable Sir JOHN EYLES Kt. LORD MAYOR of the CITY of LONDON My Lord GOD hath inflicted many Judgments upon this great City and kindled many Dreadful Fires among us which have at several times overthrown and consumed many Thousand Dwellings and yet most People are regardless of this Judgment There be three Duties to be done in respect of God's Judgments 1. When they fall out there must be special Notice taken of them They must be observed Marked and Commented upon both in our Meditations and Conferences Psalm 9.16 The Lord is known by the Judgments which He executeth or the Lord maketh Himself known by His Judgments what a Just and Powerful God He is God complains of some Isa 5.12 That they regard not the Work of the Lord nor consider the Operation of His Hands And Psalm 64.9 All Men shall fear and declare the Works of God for they shall wisely consider of His doings 2. God's Works of Justice must be magnified and God magnified in them Job 36. Remember that thou magnifie His Work which Men behold Every Man may see it and behold it afar off It is one thing to see God's Work which a Man cannot avoid if his Eyes be open another thing so as to see and agnize God's Greatness in them so as to cry out as Moses and the Children of Israel did when God drowned Pharaoh and his Host in the Red Sea Exod. 15.11 Who is like unto Thee O Lord among the Gods glorious in Holiness fearful in Praises and in doing Wonders We must observe and glorifie the Justice of God especially considering how His Judgments are many times sutable to Mens Sins 3. God's Works of Justice must be remembred Psalm 111.4 He hath made His wonderful Works to be remembred Therefore we ought always to keep them in mind Remember Lot 's Wife c. Obj. But is it not an easie thing to remember any strange Judgment that a Man hath tasted of seen or heard of Who is there that doth not remember such things Resp The Remembrance that God calls for is not a bare Historical Remembrance It is common and easy enough to remember the Story of Lot's Wife or any other on whom God's Judgments have been Executed The Remembrance that is required of us is an Operative and Practical Remembrance so to remember them as to be warned by them and to take heed of the same or such like Sins as such Judgments came for so to remember them as to be quickned to the Fear of God and to Obedience to His Precepts and to glorifie His Name in His fiery Dispensations towards us God hath not wrought such great things in the World whether respecting Persons or Nations nor kindled so many Fires in this City that we should write them upon the Water or in the Sand which the next blast of Wind defaceth and blows out But He hath made such wonderful Works of His to be remembred He will have them written in Brass as it were with the Pen of Iron and the Point of a Diamond And indeed all God's Works are so made that they are worthy to be remembred by us My Lord I humbly dedicate this ensuing Sermon to Your Lordship and present it to the touch and test of Your Judgment My utmost Ambition in this mean Tender is no more than that Persians was who having nothing to present the King Artaxerxes with ran to the River and brought him his handful of Water I hope this poor Present shall find acceptance with You and that my good Intentions stamped upon it may advance the Price of it as the poor Widows Charitable Mind in the Gospel did raise the Value of her Mite The Lord Direct and Assist You in all Your weighty Affairs in the Government of this City And so recommending You to the Rich Grace of God I humbly take my leave and remain September 13. 1688. Your Lordships in all Gospel-Services to be Commanded WILLIAM GEARING LONDONS Remembrancer OR A SERMON Preached at the Church of St. Mary-le-Bow On the 3d of September 1688. Isaiah xxiv 15. Wherefore glorifie ye the Lord in the Fires even the Name of the Lord God of Israel in the Isles of the Sea. IN the former part of this Chapter ye have the Description of a terrible consuming Judgment Behold the Lord maketh the Earth empty and maketh it waste and turneth it upside down and scattereth abroad the Inhabitants thereof The Effects here spoken of are like those that follow a Terrible Fire they make the Earth empty overturn Houses and scatter abroad the Inhabitants driven out of their Habitations The Prophet shews that this Judgment should make no difference in regard of any outward Estate or Condition of Men namely in reference to their outward Conditions The Judgments of God look upon all alike therefore saith the Prophet verse 2. It shall be As with the People so with the Priest as with the Servant so with his Master as with the Maid so with her Mistress as with the Buyer so with the Seller as with the Lender so with the Borrower as with the taker of Vsury so with the giver of Vsury to him They shall be all wrapt up in one bundle of Judgments without discrimination Then the Prophet goes on to describe the Consequents of it verse 3. The Land shall be utterly emptied and utterly spoiled for the Lord hath spoken this word The Earth mourneth and fadeth away the haughty People of the Earth do languish And so on to the end of the Twelfth Verse But now though the Judgments of God go thus forth and consume all sorts alike who be alike in their Sins yet the Lord knows how to make a difference and in the most common Calamities he usually hath a Reserve But the Reserve is made not upon any outward Consideration but the difference is in reference to the Spiritual Estate and Internal Condition of Man. Therefore he saith in the Thirteenth Verse When thus it shall be in the midst of the Land among the People there shall be as the shaking of an Olive Tree and as the gleaning of Grapes when the Vintage is done They shall lift up their Voice they shall sing for the Majesty of the Lord they shall cry aloud from the Sea. That is there are some though possibly they may be much afflicted and in great distress yet their Comforts shall not be quite removed It shall be with them as is expressed verse