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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78179	Gods lift-up hand for Lancashire, presented in a sermon preached before the honorable committee of the county at Lancashire. Upon the 18th of December 1645. Being a solemne day of thankesgiving to God for clearing of the country, in subduing the enemies thereof. / By Nehemiah Barnet, minister at Lancaster.	Barnett, Nehemiah, b. 1614 or 15.	1646 (1646)	Wing B874; Thomason E1165_2; ESTC R210100	19,384	61

GODS Lift-up Hand FOR Lancashire Presented in a Sermon Preached before the Honorable Committee of the County at Lancaster Upon the 18th of December 1645. Being a Solemne day of Thankesgiving to God for clearing of the County in subduing the enemies thereof By NEHEMIAH BARNET Minister at Lancaster LONDON Printed by W. WILSON for JOHN WILLIAMS and are to be sold at the Crown in Pauls Church-yard 1646. To the Worshipfull Mr. Major The Baylifs and Burgesses of the Towne of Lancaster N. B. desireth their sanctification on earth and glorification in Heaven GENTLEMEN MY thoughts have beene long perplexed to find out some way or other whereby I might returne some acknowledgement of the many expressions of love and underserved favours which I have received from you I dare not deny but I am deeper indebted to you then to any people under Heaven and the debt I owe to you is above my ability not willingness to pay I here tender you earnest let your goodness please to accept of this in part if it may bee in good part till the whole comes I offer herein some of my first fruits unto you and doe earnestly desire you would accept them and wish them safe protection for I dedicate not onely them but my selfe unto you necessitated thereunto by an obliged duty of thankfulnes and receive them as from one that unfeignedly desires the salvation of your soules In the preaching of this Sermon you might perceive I did not seek so much to please as to profit not to informe the judgement as to worke on the affections but till God blessed it in both I never purposed it should have been broached abroad because it might seeme as a candle lighted at noone day it found such approbation that it was thought fit that it should not bee confined within the narrow limits of a Parish but that it should bee communicated to others by these silent speaking characters It is a true saying that Printing is a kind of Preaching though not so * Solet acceptior esse sermo vivus quam scriptus Bern. plausible and prevalent to perswade yet it is of larger extent seeing a man may Preach to more by his pen then his tongue and bee farther heard out of the Presse then the Pulpit for a dead man may live in his bookes and by them preach to the living though unborne when he dieth I would accompt it a double happiness if I could doe good both wayes I am sensible of the curiosity of the times and of my owne insufficiency those small abilities God hath given me to profit others are rather in the Pulpit then the Presse yet for the benefit of sleepy and secure Malignants in the North whereof some received some light from this poore talent of mine therefore it is come to light and for a light that they may see how farre in the day it is that it is time for blind beleevers to awake and behold God every day by his lift-up hand putting matter of thanksgiving both in our hands and hearts It is a part of my prayer that God would winde up our hearts to the right tune of Hallelujahs and that the rest may have as much cause of praysing the the Lord of Hoast as the North hath had that so God might perfect his owne worke of reformation and put a period to our warres and depopulations You know too well how sad and deplorable was the Condition of this ancient Corporation when the common and cruell enemie had plundred your houses and loaden themselves with your Wealth which with much Labour and Sweat all your life time you had beene gathering for you and your posterity and wanting light to steale away what they had possest themselves of therefore their malice set on fire your habitations brought many of them to ashes When your Castle was left carelessely by Commanders that had it not been for Gods lift-up Hand that which was left unburnt had beene at their command and your selves Slaves to those bloudy Towne-Burning Adversaries Then you became the subject of many prayers and object of many teares so that you might have said with Saint Paul 2 Cor. 1.8 9 10 11. Wee were pressed out of measure above strength insomuch that wee despaired even of Life but wee had the sentence of Death in our selves that wee should not trust in our selves but in GOD which raiseth the dead who delivered us from so great a death and doth deliver in whom wee trust that hee will yet deliver us Yea also helping together by Prayer for us that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may bee given by many on our behalfe Hath God raised you out of this wofull condition and doe your dead bones live Let then the language of your praises bee that of DAVIDS Psalme 18.46 47 48 49. The Lord liveth and blessed be my rock and let the God of my salvation bee exalted It is GOD that avengeth mee and subdueth the people under mee hee delivereth mee from my enemies yea thou liftest mee up above those that rise up against mee thou hast delivered mee from the violent man Therefore will I give thanks unto thee O Lord among the Heathen and sing praises unto thy Name * Psal 62.18 19. and blessed be the Lord God of Israel who onely doth wonderous things What misery did formerly befall the Towne by the lift-up Hand of GODS Justice was for sinne And now GOD seemes to smile upon you and is willing to be reconcil'd with you never returne againe to your former folly for new-provoking Transgressions or old unrepented of will procure new depopulations Therefore sinne no more lest a worse thing come unto you Sinne is the ruine of a Town nay of a Kingdome and if that our Enemies did at any time ruinate our estates we may thank our selves Sinne is like a Traitor in our bosomes that will open the gates of the strongest Castle to the enemy Sinne weakens the hands and makes them unapt to fight it was not the strength of AI that overcame the Israelites but ACHANS sinne The sins of LANCASTER were the enemies of LANCASTER these cursed CANAANITES are alwayes rising up against us but it must bee our Repentance that must repaire our Ruines and bee our future Fortress in the dayes of dangers The LORD in mercy destroy our sinnes and not our Townes least our unrepented sinnes force him to fire the remainder of our houses to fire us out of our Formalities and manifold iniquities Let us not provoke GOD any more lest the next blow bee the last blow and the everlasting destruction of us I confesse the course you have lately taken in Reforming the Sabbath hath wrought much good and the executing Justice on prophane sinners hath been a good work and may prove the onely meanes to turne away the wrath of God from us which was increased by drunkenness and prophaneness I beseech you goe on in the worke and way