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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66420	A sermon preached at St. Lawrence Jewry, before the Lord-Mayor, Aldermen, and Livery-men, of the city of London, on Saturday the 28th of September, 1695 at the election of the Lord-Mayor for the year ensuing / by John Williams ...	Williams, John, 1636?-1709.	1695 (1695)	Wing W2727; ESTC R7352	12,566	33

A SERMON Preached at St. LAWRENCE JEWRY Before the LORD-MAYOR Aldermen and Livery-Men OF THE CITY of LONDON On Saturday the 28th of September 1695. AT THE Election of the LORD-MAYOR For the YEAR Ensuing By JOHN WILLIAMS D. D. Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty and Rector of St. Mildreds Poultrey and St. Mary Cole LONDON Printed for Ri. Chiswell and Tho. Cockerill Sen r and Jun r at the Rose and Crown in St. Pauls Church-Yard and at the Three Legs in the Poultrey MDCXCV To the Right Honourable Sir THOMAS LANE lord-Lord-Mayor Sir JOHN HOUBLON lord-Lord-Mayor Elect Of the City of LONDON And the Court of ALDERMEN RIGHT HONOURABLE IT is not for me to think otherwise than well of a Performance which has the Order of your Court for its Publication And it is in Obedience to that and for promoting the same End for which this Sermon was Composed that 't is now Presented to Your Lordships by Your Most Faithful And Humble Servant JOHN WILLIAMS A SERMON Preach'd before the lord-LORD-MAYOR c. JOSHUA XXII 31. Phineas the son of Eleazar the Priest said unto the children of Reuben and to the children of Gad and to the children of Manasseh This day we perceive that the Lord is among us because ye have not committed this Trespass against the Lord Now ye have delivered the Children of Israel out of the hand of the Lord. THESE Words are the Close of a solemn Debate between the Ten Tribes of Israel that had their Lot in Canaan on the West of the River Jordan and the Two Tribes and a Half that were scituated on the East of it The Occasion of which was this After the Conquest of Canaan by the Israelites and an End in all appearance put to that War the Two Tribes and an Half who till that time by the Command of Moses and their own Promise stood obliged to attend it were dismiss'd by Joshua and were upon return to their own Inheritance When they landed on the other side and before their dispersion to their several Homes they agreed to build an Altar at the Place where the Children of Israel had first passed over ver 10. after the Pattern of that at Shiloh ver 28. This to those that knew not their reason nor their Motives leading to it seemed an intolerable Presumption since there was to be but one Altar for Sacrifice ver 23. and that at the place which God should chuse to put his name there Deut. 12. 5 6. And then to set up another Altar in opposition to that and to break off from the Communion of the Church established by God's Appointment among them was in effect to set up another Religion and to be guilty of Rebellion against the Lord ver 16. 19. Upon Tidings therefore of this the Ten Tribes gathered themselves together to Shiloh the Place at that time where the Tabernacle was pitched where God was worshipped and whose Cause they were bound to defend and according to the Precept of the Law they were resolved to proceed against them as Idolaters if the Fact proved according to their Information Deut. 13. 15. But here they proceeded like a wise and cautious People for in matters of such Importance and attended with such fatal Consequences as a Civil War and the Destruction of Two of their Tribes there needed great Deliberation and a careful attendance to the Method in such cases prescribed in the same Law Deut. 13. 12 c. viz. If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities which the Lord thy God hath given thee to dwell there saying Certain men the children of Belial are gone out from among you and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city saying Let us go and serve other Gods which we have not known then thou shalt enquire and make search and ask diligently that is they were to use the utmost Care to obtain a true Information of the Fact After this manner did the Western Tribes act in this case and sent Phineas the Son of Eleazar the Priest and Ten Princes one out of each Tribe to expostulate the matter with their Brethren and to seek by fair means to reduce them These Commissioners as well as the whole Congregation took the Case as represented to them for granted and when they came to the place were Eye-Witnesses of the Fact They saw the Altar and that it was a Pattern of the Altar of the Lord and like Persons zealous for the Good and Peace of their Countrey and for the Purity and Honour of their Religion they no sooner came but they delivered their Errand saying in the Name of the whole Congregation What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel to turn away this day from following the Lord in that ye have built you an altar that ye might rebel this day against the Lord v. 16 c. But after a patient and full hearing of the Charge the Two Tribes utterly disclaim it appealing to God the Witness and Judge of all That they were so far from erecting this Altar in opposition to that appointed by God as the only Altar for Sacrifice that on the contrary it was built for asserting and maintaining their Right to it and for fear lest Jordan being their Border and by which they were separated from the other Tribes that in time to come they might have their Propriety and Interest in the True Altar questioned and therefore they agreed to make an Altar after the Pattern of it that might be a Witness and Memorial to Future Generations That they on their side Jordan had as much a Right in that at Shiloh as those that lived in the possession wherein the tabernacle of the Lord dwelt When Phineas and the other Delegates heard this they were pleased and fully satisfied in this Relation and he concluded all in the Words of the Text This day we perceive that the Lord is among us because ye have not committed this trespass against the Lord. In treating upon which Words I design not to confine my self wholly unto them but shall consider them as the Close of this Narrative and accordingly I shall take the liberty to make some Observations from the whole As I observe 1. That Prepossessions and Misunderstandings are too often the occasion of great Divisions in the World and of such as if not prevented draw after them very pernicious and fatal Consequences Thus it was in the Case before us it was a Report a Hear-say ver 11. The children of Israel heard say Behold the children of Reuben Gad and of the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over-against the land of Canaan in the borders of Jordan at the passage of the children of Israel And upon this Report the whole Congregation of the Ten Tribes assembled at Shiloh to go up to war against them 2. There ought to be the speediest and most effectual Care taken for preventing the Ill Consequences of such Misunderstandings and to take