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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66601	A seasonable question, in a sermon on Joshua 5.13 preacht on the 18th of June at Kingsnoth ... and on the 27th of July at St. Peters Cornhill, London, by Timothy Wilson ...	Wilson, Timothy, 1642-1705.	1690 (1690)	Wing W2951; ESTC R38145	11,705	37

A Seasonable QUESTION IN A SERMON On Joshua 5.13 Art thou for us or for our Adversaries Preacht on the 18th of June at Kingsnoth being the Publick Fast And on the 27th of July at St. Peters Cornhill London By Timothy Wilson M. A. and Rector of Kingsnoth in Kent LONDON Printed by T.S. for Tho. Parkhurst at the Bible and Three Crowns at the lower end of Cheapside near Mercers Chapel 1690. TO THE READER I Was importuned by some Friends and Relations to publish this plain Sermon which was heard with general satisfaction in the Country but then I could not be prevailed with to transcribe a Copy for the Press However since a good Providence as I hope and business of importance hath called me to London I not loving to be wholly idle resolved to Preach this Country Fast Sermon hoping that it might be very seasonable and meet with as much acceptance here as it did in my Neighbourhood But some Auditors I had full of prejudice and the discourse was variously received This was the lot of our Blessed Saviour Some said he was a good man others said nay but he deceiveth the People I can say with St. Paul Men and Brethren I have lived in all good Conscience before God until this day Act. 23.1 I never believed the Divine Right of any one Form of Government antecedent to agreement but I always thought the obligation of Conscience was consequent to it And accordingly I have Justified Self-defence and Self-preservation against Illegal and Universal Oppression in discourses published some months ago So that I am most zealous for the present Government of King William and Queen Mary And I make it my business to convince and confirm all my fellow Subjects as I have opportunity But this Sermon is practical and in all things fitted to the meanest capacity And I never intended that it should see the light but because it is thought that it may do some good I have consented to publish it I live a retired life and my Nighbours are well contented living peacably Worshipping God in one place and Honouring King William and Queen Mary But when I come abroad in the World I find great Animosities and Prejudices whereas I think that though we cannot be all of one Opinion in smaller matters yet true Protestants should heartily unite against Popery and Slavery Good Christian Reader if thou hast any scruples I make no Question but that thou mayst receive satisfaction if thou wilt calmly dispute the case I am at thy service in this work Tim. Wilson JOSH. 5.13 These words of the Verse Art thou for us or for our Adversaries AFTER the Death of Moses the Servant of the Lord Joshua was made Captain of Gods Israel He was a Devout Man and a good Souldier full of Faith and full of Courage And God magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel and they feared him as they feared Moses all the days of his life chap. 4. ver 14. He led Gods people Israel over Jordan as Moses did over the Red Sea and he brought them to the Borders of Canaan their promised Inheritance and Possession This made the Kings of the Amorites and the Kings of the Canaanites tremble Their Hearts melted neither was there Spirit in them any more ver 1. of this Chapter of our Text. In his Travels Joshua had 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 saw a Vision or Apparition And it came to pass when Joshua was by Jericho that he lift up his Eyes and looked and behold there stood a Man over against him with his Sword drawn in his Hand and Joshua went unto him and said unto him Art thou for us or for our Adversaries Joshua saw one Man or Angel and he asked him this question And if I were a Preacher to all England this day I would ask them the same question Art thou for us or for our Adversaries The words are a question proposed by Joshua to the Angel or Person that appeared to him For the Illustration and Exemplification whereof I shall consider these things 1. Who the Us are 2. Who our Adversaries are 3. I shall give you the Reasons why all good Men should be for us 4. Why all good Men should be against our Adversaries And so proceed to a short Parallel and Application to our selves 1. I shall consider who the Us are They were Joshua and the Children of Israel and by parity of Reason all such as Joshua and the Children of Israel were And I shall give you their Character in these five Particulars 1. They were Jews Gods People and in Covenant with him 2. They maintained Gods true Religion 3. They were oppressed wicked Men. 4. They defended themselves against their Oppressors 5. They had Gods Promise for Deliverance and believed in him 1. They were Jews Gods people and in Covenant with him They were the Seed of Abraham the Friend of God and only Visible Church of God upon Earth And God was the God of their Fathers the God of Abraham the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob Exod. 3.6 and Deut. 28. and 9 The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself as he hath sworn unto thee if thou shalt keep the Commandments of the Lord thy God and walk in his Ways and all people of the Earth shall see that thou art called by the Name of the Lord and they shall be afraid of thee c. There is an Holy Covenant between God and his People That is the first Character 2. They maintained Gods true Religion Art thou for us who are the true Worshippers of God Gods Glory and his Name was celebrated among the Israelites and they served the Lord Ye shall serve the Lord your God saith Moses Exod 23.25 and he shall bless thy Bread and thy Water and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee They Worshipped neither the Idols which the corrupt World had before the Flood nor those Idols which other Nations Worshipped since the Flood but they Worshipped the God of Israel only and made no Covenant with the Heathen See Exod. 34.14 That is the second Character 3. They were oppressed by wicked men After the Death of Joseph there arose a King who hated Gods people and resolved to ruine them or keep them under and make them Slaves Exod. 1.8 c. He feared their Numbers and Strength and he consulted with his Favourites to deal subtilly with them At first he commanded all their Male-Children to be slain as soon as they were Born a most Barbarous and Cruel Edict And he set over them Task-masters to afflict them with their Burthens and they made the Children of Israel to serve with rigour and they made their Lives bitter with hard Bondage and many Devices they had to keep under and enslave the poor Israelites But God saw the Affliction of his people and heard their cry by reason of their Task-masters and knew their sorrows and he saw the Oppression wherewith the Egyptians