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A64422	The merchants and mariners preservation and thanksgiving. Or, Thankfulnesse returned, for mercies received Set forth in a sermon of thanksgiving, preached at S. Andrewes Undershaft, Sept. 6. 1649. To the r. worshipfull, the Comittee of Merchants, trading for the eastern India, upon a late returne of seven of their ships together. By Edvvard Terry, minister of the Word, (who was sometime in their service, there) now rector of the Church of Great-Greenford, in the county of Middlesex. Octob. 4. 1649. Imprimatur. John Downame.	Terry, Edward, 1590-1660.	1649 (1649)	Wing T780; ESTC R219187	28,101	40

{non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} the faire Havens Acts 27 8. which leade into that City of refuge which saves from the destroyer wherein the Righteous shall for ever sit and sing out of a most comfortable experience that great is the mercy the goodnesse of the L●rd A City whose builder and maker is God Heb. 11.10 to which wee may apply that spoken by the Psalmist Psal. 87.3 of the earthly to that heavenly Jerusalem Glorious things are spoken of thee thou City of God Glorious great things are spoken of it but greater things conceived where our thoughts far exceede our words and both of them come exceedingly short of the thing wee would apprehend and speake of And shall doe so till the time come where the Saints in Heaven shall say enjoying the end of their hope as they did in another case Psal. 48.8 As wee have heard so have wee seene I and abundantly much more in the City of the Lord of Hosts in the City of our God A City a place a rest an happynesse which cannot be found anywhere but there above and wee throw away our lives if wee doe not continually ayme at it Now while wee are in this life wee are but in our way towards that better and in this passage wee may conceive our selves to be like Passengers in a Shippe under sayle enjoying a faire Gale of Winde so that whether they eate or drinke or sleepe or whatsoever they doe beside are still going on to their Port. Beloved there are many of us heere assembled that have been farre wee have one journey more before wee can be at home for Pater Patria our God that made us and the Kingdome for which wee were created if wee were not borne out of due times are both above And further many of us heere in this Congregation may consider that time hath Snowed upon our haires and the end of our journey cannot be farre off and therefore it is very seasonable now after many travells and troubles to thinke of and prepare for our rest to thinke of our anointing to the buriall to thinke of finishing our course in bringing our lives as well to an happy conclusion as to an ende to stand carefully upon our watch that when wee be summoned wee may not be surprised that when God shall please for to call any one of us by his messenger Death wee may have nothing to doe but to dye and thus having a Plaister ready before wee receive the blow wee shall lose nothing by dying but what wee may well spare our sin and corruption And that wee may be the better prepared for that great businesse wee must labour to be like Shippes abroad farre from their home that are well furnished and fitted and richly laden In readinesse to returne unto their Countrey and want nothing but a winde to carry them thither Hence the Holy men of God in all Ages who were able to looke further then earth could never finde so much comfort in any thing beside as in the meditation of Heaven who having seen the promises concerning Christ a far off and being perswaded of them they embraced them Heb. 11.13 the word is {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} they kissed them they hug'd them as resting most abundantly satisfied with them And the Ancient Fathers in naming the day of the death of the Faithfull the day of their Birth and the day of their Martyrdome the day of their Nativity did shew how much esteeme they had of the life to come so excellent and glorious above this life that is present be a mans condition heere never so great so seemingly happy that there is no comparison betwixt them In this life there is much delight taken in changing of Places Apparrel Foode Company Recreations and the like in seeing and being seene But in Heaven our Felicity will consist in rest Blessed are the dead which dye in the Lord they rest from their labours Rev. 14.13 I say the happinesse of the blessed Saints above shall consist in rest in not longing after any other condition because there can be no change of that what the Saints there enjoy without much losse Heere the thoughts of men are distracted and disquieted with thousands and thousands of actions and cares and feares like a Shippe at Sea tossed up and downe by Windes and Waves Domine cor meum inquietum est c sayd that Ancient Father Oh Lord I am not I cannot be quiet till I come to rest with thee Heere in this life one misery overtakes another as one Wave of the Sea doth another there is no weeding up of these tares no remooving of these annoyances from the life of man for it is our portion as wee be men more as wee be Gods people to suffer in one kinde or other while wee be heere the Gospel propounds nothing so much as the Crosse the Crosse and the Crowne are fastened heere together not to be seperated till death part them man and misery being tearmes convertible Man that is borne of a Woman is of few dayes and full of trouble Job 14.1 but this is the comfort of every godly man that as his miseries are great so his life is short and no good man shall carry his owne Crosse further then Simon the Cyrenian did the Crosse of Christ Mar 15.21 to Golgotha to his Grave For as death beginnes the miseries of the wicked so it puts an end unto all the miseries of the godly I count or I reckon saith the Apostle that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the Glory which shall be revealed Rom. 8.18 as if he had sayd when I have considered the Crosse with all its incombrances when I have considered profit and losse what I may suffer and what I shall be sure to gaine it amounts all to this that the eternall weight of the Crowne doth exceedingly out-weigh the momentary weight of the Crosse so that when the godly have done that heere which God hath appoynted them either to doe or suffer when they shall have accomplished as an hireling their day then shall they lye downe in peace and receive their penny and take their rest after all their labours troubles sorrows sufferings times of refreshing will come from the presence of God and then all teares shall be wiped from their eyes all sadnesse from their spirits And therefore how will the soules of the blessed admire themselves when they shall come to that much desired and longed for Haven we here commend unto you and see themselves disburdened of all their Toyle and Trouble and Feare and Care in a moment when they shall enjoy Peace without trouble Joy without any mixture of griefe Happinesse without measure Felicity without end Contentment without any interuption when they shall enjoy that Good which satisfies all desires and excludes all feares Then Faith shall be no more for wee shall have Sight Fruition And Hope no more for we shall enjoy the things hoped for And Patience shall be no more for there shall be no more paine nor Mercy because there shall be no more Misery the onely Knowledge of God shall fill our understandings the Love of God shal wholly possesse our affections Oh how will the soules of the blessed be then and there transported with joy who after they have gotten safe through the storme shall see themselves in a place where they shall heare the holy Name of God no more blasphemed nor his deare people scorned nor his precious Ordinances any more trampled under foot nor his sacred Truthes any more perverted nor yet slighted by the groundlesse conceivings and perverse mistakes of men who are like froward or teachy children that deserve the rod rather then the spoone or breast because they kick at or kick downe that good nourishment which if they knew how to tast or relish it might make them thrive Oh how will the soules of the blessed be then ravished with comforts with contentment when they shall injoy the society of the blessed Saints and Angels where they shall have new company joyn in new thanksgivings and sing new songs which none can understand but those which sing them when they shall enjoy fulnesse of delight in enjoying God in whose presence is fulnesse of joy and at whose right hand there are pleasures for evermore Psal. 16.11 When I shall behold thy Face in Righteousnesse I shall be satisfied with thy likenesse saith David Psal. 17.15 and no marvell for this a Face that is all eye a Face that doth transforme into its likenesse all that do behold it as a looking-glasse exposed to the Sunne seemes to have the Sunne in it We shall be like him saith Saint John 1 Joh. 3.2 for we shall see him as he is and they that look upon him are lightned Psal. 34.5 they shall not onely see light but be light not see light as we see that brightnesse of the Sunne by our eyes but as if wee were all eye throughout our bodies shall receive light on all sides And this blessednesse which God hath prepared for his people non Minuitur multitudine possessorum sed tanta universis quanta singulis shall not be diminished with the multitude of possessors but is shal be as much to every one as it is to any one every one above enjoying it as every one here below having eyes enjoyes the light of the Sunne And as Jonathan before faint received some strength and had his eyes enlightned so soone as he had tasted of the hony 1 Sam. 14.29 So the faithfull who have been long wearied and toyled with evils here and been ready to faint under the burden of them shall then recover strength and have the sight of what they formerly believed after that they have tasted of the sovereign good the goodnesse of the Lord in the land of the living the meditation of that unexpressible happinesse prepared for all that live in the Feare and dye in the Favour of God is like that Tree cut by Moses and cast into the bitter waters which presently made them sweet Exod. 15.25 Oh these are thoughts to live and dye in I might enlarge my selfe much more on this most comfortable and copious subject but much speech is wearinesse to the flesh These are good thoughts to leave you in and therefore in this good meditation I will leave you FINIS

owne feares when they looke every minute to be buried in those rowling graves under those huge heapes those mountaines of water when all hope of deliverance failes when it is with them as it was sometimes with Israel brought to the Red Sea Exod. 14. when they had the Sea before them and the sword behinde them invironed or surrounded as it were with death when their case seemed to be such as one of the Ancients observes of Jonah layd up or buried in the Whales belly Jonah 1.17 as if salvation it selfe could not deliver him They cry unto the Lord in their trouble and he bringeth them out of their distresses v. 21. The Lord now appeares in the Mount in those Mountaines of Water and will let these poore distressed ones know to their great comfort that all things are so far from being impossible to him that nothing is hard He who before let forth the windes calls them in againe he who before raised up the waves commands them to be still for both windes and waves obey him Mar. 4 the last verse so that when these poore men in distresse seemed to be past all hope all probability of helpe then doth God appeare for their succour for their deliverance He makes the storme a calm so that the waves thereof are still v. 29. Then are they glad because they be quiet so he bringeth them to their desired Haven or to the Haven where they would be Let men praise the Lord for his goodnesse and for his wonderfull workes to the children of men And these last words are delivered repeated foure severall times in this Psalme set up as a Standard at the end the close of all the forenamed great deliverances to stir up all those that partake of these severall mercies unto particular thankefullnesse Celebrant apud Jehovam benignitatem ejus opera ejus mirabilia apud filios hominum Let them praise the Lord for his goodnesse c. Let them doe it secretly openly privately and before the Congregation Celebrent apud Iehovam Let them acknowledge this mercy privately unto the Lord Et apud filios hominum Publickly before the Congregation before the sonnes of men Let them take all opportunities at all times in all places to confesse the goodnesse of the Lord to extoll and magnifie his great and glorious Name for all his benefits to give him the honour and praise that is due to him for all his mercies And this I must tell you before hand is the general use to be made of this Text and the principall end of this dayes solemne meeting Then are they glad because they be quiet c. from which words we may observe First a preservation or deliverance and this is first imployed and then expressed in the Text imployed in the beginning of the former verse under the word quiet which presupposeth some foregoing trouble then expressed in the latter end of the verse in enjoying a desired Haven after a fearefull storme Secondly wee have the Parties that partake of this preservation or deliverance and they wee told you before are Merchants Mariners Seamen they are glad he bringeth them to their desired Haven Thirdly wee have heere the Authour of this preservation or deliverance the Lord He bringeth them c. And lastly wee have the result of all these particulars 1. In joy and gladnesse that comes to men by it 2. In praise and thankefullnesse which must be returned to God for it And now wee 'le wrap up all these foregoing particulars within the compasse of these two following plaine and unforced observations 1. To be delivered from perils or any streights whatsoever to enjoy a quiet harbour after dangerous stormes and feares of shipwrack are mercies that cannot chose but fill the heart with joy and gladnesse Then are they glad c. 2. Almighty God who alone can preserve and deliver in streights in extremities must have the honour and praise of all preservations of all deliverances Let them praise the Lord for his goodnesse c. These are the particulars upon which through Gods most gracious assistance I shall enlarge my selfe first of the first To be delivered from perils or any streights whatsoever to enjoy a quiet harbour after dangerous stormes and feares of shipwrack cannot chuse but fill the heart with joy and gladnesse Joy or gladnesse is a sweete motion of the soule arising from some present or hoped for good from some good in hand or some good in hope from some good in expectation or some good in possession For as hope deferred makes the heart sicke Prov. 13 12. So hope accomplished makes it glad Foode yee know is not so wellcome to any as to the hungry and empty not so welcome to any as to those whose bellies sound like pipes for want of bread For as the full soule loatheth the honey Combe Prov. 27.7 so to the hungry soule every bitter thing is sweete a good stomack making the meanest flesh the coursest bread dainty to the hungry and when in this case the hunger is satisfied how are the spirits refreshed And how wellcome a good entertainement is how pleasant a soft and a sweete lodging after a tedious and tiresome journey every one knowes A long continuance in the enjoyment of mercies detracts very much from the true valuation of them and therefore our God onely wise as the Apostle stiles him Rom. 16.27 whose good providence orders and disposes of every thing according to his infinite wisdome and will hath joyned bitter and sweete mourning and joy trouble and peace together that after wee have had a sence of both our miseries might make us to taste our happinesse the better For certainely it is a truth that Bona carendo good things are never so truely and so fully valued as by their want I might instance in abundant particulars but some few shall serve As In the time of a bloody oppressing undoing Warre when a free borne people are enforced to live under the power of bruitish absurd imperious unreasonable men as the Apostle phraseth them 2 Thes. 3.2 {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Then they can consider what an happinesse there was in the enjoyment of peace and liberty when they sate quietly without disturbance dwelt safely and neither felt nor feared evill under their owne Vine under their owne Fig-tree as Judah and Israel did all the happy dayes of Solomon 1 Kings 4.25 And in this case when God is pleased to turne the Captivity of a people to rebuke the multitude of the speare-men and to scatter them that delight in Warre as the Psalmist prayes Psalme 68.30 how comfortable is it for all those that have lived under the power of such as carry Lawes Liberties Religion all upon their swords poynts to be freed from that Bondage When a man lies roaring under the extremity of the Tooth-ach or the Gout or Stone or Strangury then he can consider what the enjoyment of health and ease was what the freedome