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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92132	A sermon preached at the assizes in Thetford in the county of Norfolk the 15th day of March 1692/3 by J.R. ... ; published at the special instance and command of the judges.	J. R.	1693 (1693)	Wing R2343A; ESTC R42572	16,504	33

be not very unworthy if we should not We may be sure that God is Wise and Good and because he is our God we ought to have honourable Thoughts of what he doth in reference to us and especially when his Providences are marked with the most visible Tokens of his Love and Care and though in the doing of it he chose rather to follow the counsel of his own Will than to please one Party of Men rather than another yet those that are Modest will conclude that God is Wiser and Better than they and those that are Ingenuous will be Thankfull And though some look so far before them as to be uneasie at their foresight without a due Trust in God yet for present Mercies we ought to give him Praise It was great Grace in the Master of the Vineyard Luke 13.6 to spare his fruitless Fig-tree one Year more and greater still that it should be dressed and manured and those that foresaw its downfall at the Years end instead of reflecting either upon the Owner or Dresser of the Vineyard ought to have admired the Patience and Bounty that was expressed to it The truth is respite for a season from deserved Ruin however Heaven brings it about ought to be thought well of And if neither the present Enjoyment of Good nor the prospect of Evil a coming will reduce us to temper nor procure a due regard to our Duty he that runs may read our Fate II. Secondly I am to recommend to you a Submission to Government and particularly to the Powers that be because they are of God And not onely so but to seek the Peace of the Land and every one in his Place to endeavour to assist that Establishment wherein we hope Heaven designs to make us yet happy Obedience to Rulers doth use to be accounted a distinguishing Mark of the Better sort of Christians Rom. 13.2 and it hath been said of old that those that resist shall receive to themselves Damnation That we must not revile the Gods Exod. 22.28 nor curse the Ruler of our People 1 Pet. 2.17 Prov. 24.21 that we must fear God and honour the King and not meddle with those that are given to Change All which carry such Authority in them as Good Men will reverence and observe and not suffer any ill Resentments to hinder the Discharge of the Duty they are so strongly obliged to And though the Observance of our Duty in this case as well as others may be defeated of its natural Reward in this Life yet we are sure that when we have done living here it will be our Comfort But this is not all we are concerned in in this Case but that also every one in his Place seek the Peace of the Land and endeavour to assist the Establishment that through the Mercy of God we now enjoy And there is this Reason for it viz. That we know what our present Condition is and that it promiseth well if our ill Management and our Sins do not obstruct it but what Condition another Revolution may put us into we cannot tell but have great Reason to fear it will be a very sad one And in the first place Those that bear a share in the Government and especially such as are in the Highest Orbs ought not onely to be true to it and with all Reverence be it spoken just to the Offices they fill but also by their active Motions to set the lesser Wheels a going that an Universal life and vigour may run through and be seen in all the parts of the Common-wealth It is indeed a most unhappy and no less wicked thing if those in eminent Posts especially keep their places only for the Profit of them but much worse if they do it to make an Advantage of the Government and destroy it together Doubtless such have sad cause to remember their dismal Accounts whilest the Unfortunate Nation laments its hard Fate praying Heaven to deliver it from such Plagues If the Life of any Politick Body be onely perceived by that sacred Hunger in its Ministers it is just such another fatal Symptom as that of excessive Greediness in some sick People a little before their Death but then this ought to be remembred that when the flourishing Ivy by its close embraces hath suck'd away the life of the sturdy Oak when that falls it cannot stand but becomes a prey to the devouring Fire And as I am this day the Orator of God though a most Unworthy one he knows so I will presume also in behalf of the Land to put up one Petition with all Veneration to our Terrestrial Gods and that is That they would remember Psal 82.7 that they shall die like Men and stand before that Great Judge with whom there is no Respect of Persons 2 Chr. 19.7 And as for those in inferior Stations I heartily pray That the Fear of God may so rest upon their Minds that they be found Faithfull and may give up their Accounts with joy at the last and great Day And here it may not be amiss to consider a little wherein especially the Endeavours of Men are most likely to be Advantageous and Successfull for the Establishment and Peace of any People And without being tedious in proving it I will presume to say that the Protection of Heaven is the best Defence and Religion its best Establishment and therefore to secure these is the greatest Policy and the wisest Practice That Justice and Judgment be executed that Atheism Blasphemy Prophaness and Perjury be discouraged and punished out of the World that Oppression Violence and Murder receive their just Reward that the Fear and Worship of God be promoted and that Vertue true Religion and Good Men be cherished encouraged and rewarded is the best part of Politicks as it is the most important Concern of Government for this as it is the most natural and rational Security of Society so it will also interest us in the care of Heaven Rom. 8.31 and if God be for us who can be against us The most active and cautious Management the most critical Contrivance and Execution of Laws for the Security of our Interests and Conveniencies are but the trying of so many Experiments which we cannot tell whether they will doe or no Many times we see the wisest Counsels defeated the most rational Designs frustrated the best Contrived Laws doing no good and that potent Armies can't so much as fight much less be Victorious It is not very unworthy our Observation that notwithstanding that necessary and improved Law was most industriously executed for mending the Roads A great Snow yet within a very little time they became utterly Unpassable and that notwithstanding the most prudent Management of Affairs and the vast Expence of Treasure and Blood we are yet subject to the Insults of our Enemies both at home and abroad by which and many other Instances Eccles 9.11 we may be convinced that the Race