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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89195	The churches troubles and deliverance, or, Certaine sermons tending to shew the reasons why the Lord doth sometimes bring his people into extremities, with the blessed issue and fruits thereof, on Gen. 22. 14. Also divers arguments giving good hope that yet God will be gracious to England, and not deliver us into our enemies hands. Also some things briefly on Rev. 11. 7. to 14. Bby Tho. Mocket, Mr. of Arts, and preacher of Gods word at Holt in Denbigh-shire.	Mocket, Thomas, 1602-1670?	1642 (1642)	Wing M2305; Thomason E110_18; ESTC R19617	74,158	93

controule and no thoughts of Reformation and therefore much more will he spare it now Reformation is begun If God should now suffer the enemies to prevails now England begins to reforme then it w●●● be to his great dishonour the enemies of the Church would impute it to the Reformation and blasphemously say That because ●●e goe about to reforme things amisse in the Church and remove ev●ls therefore God is angry with us and hath gi●●n us up into their hands and so impute our destruction to reformation which is Gods worke as the procuring cause of our ●●●sery and overthrow and their victory and triumph in our ruines to their Popish prayers and Idoll-Saints but God will not part with his glory which he hath purchased with a strong hand See a notable promise and an example to this purpose 1. A notable instance to this purpose in Jehosaphats dayes 2 Chron. 19. he seeing things greatly amisse in the Church and Civill State set upon the worke of Reformation purged the house of God and reformed much in the Church and Common-wealth presently upon that came the Moabites Cap 20. v. 10 11 12. Ver. 25. the Ammonites and the inhabitants of Mount Seir against him with so great an army that he professed there was no might in him and his people to withstand them and that they knew not what to doe yet the enemies of Judah had a mighty overthrow and why because Jehosaphat had put himselfe and his people into a good posture of defence in respect of their spirituall state towards God by their humiliation and reformation they were returned againe to the Lord and sought him and therefore God would not now leave them when they had most need of his help Ionah 3.10 Yea when Pagan Niniveh did begin to reforme and turne away from their evill wayes God did not destroy them as he had threatened and otherwise had undoubtedly done and yet their reformation is generally supposed to be but outward and hypocriticall not inward of the heart and sincere much lesse will God destroy a Christian Nation when we begin to reforme and turne to him 2. See also a notable promise to this purpose Jer. 18. saith God At what instant I shall speake concerning a Nation Ier. 18.7 8. and concerning a Kingdome to plucke up to pull downe and destroy it If that Nation against whom I have pronounced turne from their evill I will repent of the evill thought to doe unto them God threatens destruction to England England begins to reforme her evill wayes and p●●● away her whoredomes and abominations and therefore surely God will spare not destroy England whatsoever dangers seem to threaten us 3. God hath many mourners in England that sigh and groane because of the abominations and sinnes of the land and doe strive against them and thirst after a pure state of the Church with longing desire Yea the Parliament the representative body of this Kingdome hath ever in these declining times bin against the evils declared themselves against them and laboured what in them lay to redresse evils and purge the Church and God doth not use to destroy a Nation or give them up into the hands of their enemies so long as the Lots Jobs Samuels Daniels remaine in it and stand in the gap much lesse when the whole kingdome as the Parliament is by representation and deputation stand in the gap and seeke to turne away wrath from the people So much is clearly implyed in that speech of God Ezek 22.30 I sought for a man among them that should make up the hedge and stand in the gap before me for the land that I should not destroy it but I found none This Argument hath given good hopes to many even when things were at worst and no Parliament thought of that God would yet be gracious to England 4. England fals to Fasting and Pryaing throughout the Land and God hath put a mighty spirit of prayer into the hearts of his people generally throughout the Kingdome every good mans heart is inlarged towards God for the peace of Jerusalem even children in yeares and young persons have eyes to see that things are amisse and their hearts open to goe to the throne of grace for mercy and favour for England and have their dayes of humiliation and prayer yea scarce any that hath the face of a Christian or principle of common honesty in him but doth as well as he can pray for Englands peace and happinesse And we doe not any where reade of any people whom God destroyed when they fell generally throughout the Land to Fasting and Prayer but ever that God spared them Ion. 3.5 Israel and Judah often yea and some out of the Church as the Ninevites and very often when they have bin brought to a very low condition yet when they sought unto God in their trouble he delivered them See one place instead of many namely Psal 107. especially v. 6 13 19 28 Then they cryed unto the Lord in their trouble and he delivered them out of their distresses I will trouble you with one publike instance 〈◊〉 that is in Hester Host 2.4.7 3 and two instances in particular persons in Hesters time the Church of the Iews was brought into a very low condition and a most desperate strait nothing was before them in the eye of humane reason but death and utter destruction the Deerbe was sealed never to be reversed and the Postes hasted to publish it every where that all their enemies might be ready at the day appointed to destroy them the Jewes fell to Fasting and Prayer and God delivered them For particular instances one is in Nebuchadnezzar he was brought so low that a man would have thought Dan. 4.31 it had been impossible for him ever to have been restored he had lost his Kingdome and wits also which are as a learned man said the onely way to bring a man in againe he had lost all his beauty and was become as a Beast of the field Ver. 34. not in substance but in condition and carriage yet when be looked up to Heaven God heard him and restored him to his senses kingdome and honour againe and so he did Ionah when a man in all reason would have thought it impossible Jon ● 2.1 being then in the middle of the Sea covered over with waters and in the Whales belly a creature whose stomack can digest any thing 4. And surely this also hath weight in it and is a good argument of hope and comfort that God hath set up many worthy lights and put many faithfull painfull and profitable labourers into his Vineyard very lately and many especially young people come in a●p●ce and submit to the Gospell and beginne to shew forth the power of Godlinesse in their lives 5. Also it is very remarkable and comfortable consider that all the plots designes and indeavours of the enemies have hitherto been so timely through Gods goodnesse

Lyons mouthes with the 3. children in the fiery furnace to restraine the force of the fire that it hurt them not and so with others in their troubles and tryals Isa 43 2. and hath promised to be with all his When thou passest through the waters I will be with thee and through the rivers they shall not overflow thee and when thou walkest through the fire thou shalt not be burnt Iosh 1 5 8. Heb. 13.5 neither shall the flame kindle upon thee I will never leave thee nor forsake thee In what condition or extremity soever thou be yet still wait patiently upon God he will help in the most seasonable time Oh but my sinnes are great I am a vile unworthy creature he will not regard such a vile wretch as I am beside all outward meanes faile Answ But take heed doe not limit the Holy One of Israel neither for the thing time manner nor meanes he is al-sufficient his mercies are great and free and he knowes the fittest time therefore feare not but relye wholly on God trust perfectly in him There is in many a trusting in God but 〈◊〉 is imperfect they seeke to and trust in other things with God yea without God in themselves friends and other things and meanes This ought not to be so we should trust w●●●●y and only in God and wait patiently on him he will be s●en in due time Consider the Husbandman I am 5.7 8. he waiteth for the fruit of the earth and hath long patience for it be ye also patient stablish your heart saith James If the Husbandman doe with patience undergoe all weathers and casualties and wait long for the fruit that he may have a joyfull harvest then much more ought they to wait that sow seed in Heaven gracious and precious seed teares and prayers and doubtlesse they shall reap in due time we have Gods owne word for it Psal 137.7 8. They that sow in teares shall reap in ioy Secondly as it may and ought to teach and encourage all to goe on and rest perfectly and patiently on God so particularly to You the Worthies of Israel who are now imployed by God the King and Countrey in the great service of the Kingdome You have a great worke before you mighty Adversaries and great opposition the Devill the Pope that Balaam of Rome that curseth the people that will not adhere to him and all the rabble of popish and prophane wretches who are digging as deep as hell to undermine you and your honourable proceedings and blow all up their continuall desperate designes and hell bred treasons and bloudy threatenings witnesse to all the world the extreame height of their malice and your dangers You seeme to be now even in the very top of the Mount of extreame dangers and the whole Kingdome our Religion Lawes liberties and free Courts of Justice with you are upon the verticall point yet be not discouraged much honoured Patriots God will be seen in the Mount doe you continue daily to seeke unto God wholly deny your selves and depend upon him walke with him and seeke him and the publicke good in all your undertakings and be assured God will ever protect direct preserve and deliver you Hath he not preserved directed and protected you hitherto even to admiration when there was but a step but a word betwixt you and death and he will ever protect and in due time deliver his Majesty and the Kingdowe with you if you still walke with him God will be seen in the Mount when it comes to the very point when the enemies of Sion thinke to strike the fatall blow But when God shewes himself in the Mount helps and delivery you and the Kingdome with you in our extremities and tre●●s the enemies under the foot of justice then beware you doe no forget to returne all possible praise and thankfulnesse to God for so great a mercy but with Abraham here erect a Monument to perpetuate the memory of such divine mercies to posterity And in the meane time you must set up your E●en-ezer ● Sam 7.12 Hitherto hath God helped us as Samuel and all Israel did And so I come to the third and last point observed in these words which is this That mercies and deliverances in our extremity or great troubles Dect 3. ought especially to be noted and the remembrance of them continued Here Abraham in memory of so great a mercy that so eminent a passage of divine providence might never be forgotten he as it were sets up a pillar or Monument to all posterity with this inscription Jehovah-jirah the Lord will see and provide with this proverbiall speech also In the Mount of the Lord it shall be seen All the while Abraham was busied in making the Altar laying on the wod c. God saw but was not seen did not shew himselfe but when it came to the act of striking the fatall stroake which was even falling downe then God was seene i.e. did manifest his gracious pleasure in preserving Isaac and therefore Abraham labours to perpetuate the memory of this great mercy in the name of the place He called the name of the place Iehovah-jirah And so should we doe of speciall mercies and deliverances Indeed we should be thankfull for all even for the least mercy and deliverance even nature common honesty and equity require that where we receive a benefit Nihil est aequè Deo gratu a ●●q grati esse anime Chrysost Orat. 2. ad Cor. 1. we should returne thanks beside it is a most excellent duty more displeasing to the Devill but more acceptable to God then prayer for prayer argues want and misery which the Devill desireth and rejoyceth at but thankfulnesse argues plenty at least a comfortable condition which the Divell envies Invitat al magna qui gratanter su●●●p●● mudica Ca●siod in Psal Grav ssimum v●t●um 〈◊〉 homine indig●um it doth more argue sincerity of the heart then prayer doth and shall continue when prayer shall cease It is very advantagious to our selves it conciliates favour with God is as I may say an encouragement to our heavenly Father to go on to do us good and to bestow better and greate● mercies and deliverances But unthankfulnesse is a grievous fault in the opinion even of the very Heathens displeasing * Spiritus gratiae contumeliam s●●●t qui b●ne ficium dantis grat● mente non suscipit Ber. Ex. 17.14 to God and seldome goes unpunished in this world God takes notice of it though against man much more if against himselfe records it to their infamy instance in Pharaohs chiefe Butlers forgetfulnesse of Joseph it hinders good things from us shuts up the fountaine of Gods goodnesse causeth him to take away or blast what he hath already given a people and often brings down judgement upon the head of the unthankfull as the Scripture witnesseth But especially hould we be thankfull for take speciall notice of and