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death_n	brethren_n	know_v	life_n	4,656	5	5.3920	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60704	A sermon preached upon the thirtieth of January, 1694/5, in the parish of S. in the county of Norfolk by Samuel Snowden ...	Iraeneus, junior.	1695 (1695)	Wing S4397; ESTC R38262	21,975	34

which the Prince of the Power of the Air raises against them if not staked with supports of greater strength and better consistency than themselves St. Peter was the rock of the Church yet if the rock of Ages I mean our Saviour had not held him fast when like the trembling Pillars of the Earth he was shaken he must have fallen Joh. 9.6 Yea he had been as chaff before the wind when Satan had desired to winnow him had not he prayed that his Faith might not fail The Wisedom of this just Man I mean the Psalmist appears in directing us to the surest object of our trust teaching us to be wise Master-builders not to lay the foundation of our hope in the dust Put not your trust in Princes or in the Son of Man c. But rather to erect our hope upon that which is elect and precious laid in Sion in him whosoever believeth he shall not be ashamed Yea rather happy is the Man who hath the God of Jacob for his help v. 5. He would not have us go down to Egypt for relief nor rest upon a broken staff or bruised reed which will not only buckle under us and deceive us when we lean too hard upon it but will also run into our sides and pierce us through with grief at the consideration of our disappointment For if we lay too great a stress a dead and massy weight upon a weak foundation we shall soon find a set in our Building the Fabrick will sink for want of a sufficient basis and bottom to sustain it The Psalm is a Song of Praise The Title which the Septuag gives this Psalm is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Praise ye Jah composed as have been thought to bless God for the reduction of his People out of Captivity which was a proper time for Jacob to rejoice and for Israel to be glad Psal 14. v. 7. When the Lord bringeth back the captivity of his People Jacob shall rejoice and Israel shall be glad Next to his resolve of blessing God he gives advice in what we may not and in what we may trust and depend upon which counsel he justifies in both respects with undoubted arguments taken partly from the state and circumstances of Man Partly from the Power Providence Goodness and Eternal Soveraignty of the Divine Being The Text tells us where we must not cast anchor because 't is no secure harbour to winter in nor can we under that lee weather the point seeing no small storms are like to lay upon and endanger us in our Voyage Put not your trust in Princes nor in the Son of Man c. Doct. From whence we observe that it 's a vain thing to repose our confidence in Man though in the highest exaltation for relief This is to seek for it where it is not to be found and to suck at a breast for Consolation which hath none of that sincere Milk Suppose we get under the shadow of these wings alas they are too full of faint plumes and sick feathers either to brood or defend us Nor can we be ever safe under the shelter of such withering and decaying plants They may truly say as is said in another case 't is not ours to give Or as the King to the Woman in the Siege of Samaria if the Lord does not help thee whence should I In my discourse upon this Theme I shall first show you that in our present state and circumstances we stand in need of help and relief Some to trust in and to flee to for succour 2ly Considering Men in their highest exaltation or best capacities of power and interest yet they are no proper objects of our trust and dependance 3ly We shall inquire whether we may have no recourse to or expectation from any humane assistance in time of need 4ly Consider what improvement may be made to our advantage 1st Natural 1st In our present state and circumstances we stand in need of help and relief If we be considered in our natural capacities we are not self-sufficient It cannot be said of us as of the Oak and the Teyl-tree Isai 6.13 that we have our Substance in our selves nor that Seed or Sap within us which can spring up with fresh supplies and recruit the decays of nature giving it a green and flourishing dress as often as its Leaves shed or the top of her Carmel withers Our Cisterns like the Brook Cherith are often dry and presently exhausted A good Man in this sense cannot be satisfied from himself his hungry and thirsty appetite teaches him to speak the Language of the Horse-leech give give What need the Raven to have been commissioned to carry the Prophet Bread and Flesh in the Morning and Bread and Flesh in the Evening if his wants had not returned upon him like an armed Man Though our Lamps for the present may shine brightly yet they 'll soon go out if not kept alive with frequent recruits and new infusions of Oyl The natural heat of a Man is a fire that cannot last long if there were not constant supplies of fuel to maintain it The wise Man saith where no wood is there the fire goes out Prov. 26.20 The eyes of all wait upon the Lord for their meat in due season Ps 104.27 by which attendance on his Providence our wants are not only imply'd and intimated but clearly proved upon us N = 2ly Politick Nor are we barely to be considered in our natural but also in our Politick capacities in which we often meet with such imbroilment in our affairs and intanglement in the croud of those occurrences which come cross and counter upon us that we many times know not which foot to set forward or how to direct our steps St. Paul tells us in Acts 27.20 That neither Sun Moon nor Stars for many days appeared to them nor no small tempest laid upon them insomuch that all hope of being saved was taken away And thus it proved in our late conflict with unreasonable Men the Vessel of our Church and State too was sorely afflicted and tossed with tempest We were in such distress that all hope of being saved was taken away If he who was our Pilot and steered our Ship had not held the Winds in his fist whom therefore those Storms and Waves obey'd he stilled the raging of the Sea he quieted the madness of the People who were so turbulent and impetuous that which way soever we look'd they cast a sad and fatal aspect upon us We were in peril of false Brethren in peril of our own Country-men in peril of Strangers persecuted afflicted tormented on every side we knew not which way to turn our selves either to the right hand or to the left so that in the midst of life we were in death which put us upon seeking succour but not of Princes or of the Son of Man for in them there was no help Which brings me to the second thing I designed to speak to