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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95091	Gods covenant the churches plea: or A sermon preached before the Honorable House of Commons at a late solemn fast, in Margarets Church at Westminster, Octob. 29. 1645. By Francis Taylor B. in D. pastour of Yalding in Kent, and a member of the Assembly of Divines.	Taylor, Francis, 1590-1656.	1645 (1645)	Wing T278; Thomason E307_20; ESTC R200348	29,106	33

it Gods patience is admirable but it is exercised for good to those onely that are in Covenant with him Our adversaries may doe us much wrong and such as no Magistrates can right Gods justice can doe it But with what face can wee come to God for justice if wee bee not in Covenant with him Many times our consciences will threaten hell to us But God is the God of Truth who hath appointed salvation for us if wee bee in Covenant with him That which is said of Gods mercy (a) Psal 89.28 that hee will never take it away from those that are in Covenant with him is true of his power wisdome and the rest of the forenamed attributes So in leagues here defensive and offensive one parties power and wisdome supply the others folly and weaknesse Reason 2 Secondly it gives us a right in all Gods promises For they are all made to such as are in Covenant with him Gods promises are innumerable There is in Gods Word a multitude of particular promises that may bee as so many salves for so many sores There are many generall promises that comprehend within the bowels of them remedies for all our calamities There are promises that concern this life there are others that concern the life to come The Covenant gives right to them all (b) 1 Tim. 4.8 Godlinesse is profitable unto all things having the promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come Reason 3 Thirdly it gives us an interest in all Gods good creatures In beasts (c) Hos 2.18 In that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and with the fowles of the Heaven and with the creeping things of the ground In men (d) Prov. 16.7 When a mans wayes please the Lord hee maketh even his enemies to bee at peace with him In Angels (e) Psal 91.11 12. Hee shall give his Angels charge over thee to keepe thee in all thy wayes They shall heare thee up in their hands lest thou dash thy foote against a stone (f) Heb 114. And all Gods Angels are sent forth to minister for the heires of salvation * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Romulus Dionys Halic l. 2. Vxor rethumanae atque divinae sccia suscipitur Modestin in Reg. jur Digest l. 23. tit 2. l. 1. Et Gordian l. 9. tit 23. l. 4. A Wife by the covenant of Mariage hath an interest not onely in all her husbands personall abilities and the promises made to her in Mariage but also in his servants and cattle So have Gods people in all his good creatures by vertue of the Covenant Fourthly they which are in Covenant with God have a right in all Gods provisions In temporall as meate apparell Physick and the like In spirituall ones as in the outward Ordinances the Word Prayer Sacraments In inward graces as Faith Hope Charity c. These are the Jewels that Christ adornes his spouse withall Yea these have a right to eternall glory and shall receive it in soule when they dye and in body at the resurrection See the largenesse of our Charter (a) 1 Cor. 3.21 22 23. All things are yours whether Paul or Apollo or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come all are yours And the reason and ground of all and of their interest in all is * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Clem. Protrept Because they are Christs and Christ is Gods Reason 5 Fifthly in Gods protection This also by covenant belongs to Gods people Paul boasts of it and glories in it (b) Rom. 8.38 39. I am perswaded that neither death nor life nor Angels nor Principalities nor Powers nor things present nor things to come nor heighth nor depth nor any other creature shall bee able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Hee teacheth us to vilifie as well the might as malice of any creature whatsoever when wee * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Soerat in Platon Apol. Epict. Enchir. c. 79. Disfert l. 1. c. 29. l. 3. c. 23. Clem. Strom. l. 4. Theodor. Therap l. 8. Plut. de Tranq Max. Diss 2. are in Covenant with God (c) Rom. 8.21 Si Deus pro nobis nisi qui Deum vincit non laedit nos Aug. de Verb. Apost 16. Beda in Rom. 8. If God bee for us who can bee against us Let the world let the devill rage they cannot hurt us Reason 6 Sixthly they have a right in Christs victories over Satan the world and hell Christ is the great Conquerour but his conquests are for our comfort (d) Joh. 16.33 In the world yee shall have tribulation but bee of good cheen I have overcome the world Nay wee have interest in his victories Wee are not able to overcome our spirituall enemies by our piety nor by our patience nor by our obedience nor by our zeale but by our Faith in Christ (e) 1 Joh. 5.4 Whosoever is born of God overcommeth the world and this is the victory that overcommeth the world even our Faith Doct. 4 The fourth point follows Wee have most need to plead Gods Covenant in times of greatest trouble This hath been the practise of Gods Saints David pleads it for himself when hee was in deep afflictions (f) Psal 119.49 50. Remember the word unto thy servant upon which thou hast caused mee to hope This is my comfort in my affliction for thy word hath quickned mee Moses pleads it for the children of Israel when God was so incensed against them that hee threatned to consume them (g) Exod. 32.13 Remember Abraham Isaac and Israel thy servants to whom thou swarest by thine own self and saidst unto them I will multiply your seed as the starres of heaven and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed and they shall inherit it for ever This is the fittest time to plead Gods Covenant Reason 1 First in regard of our enemies It is in vain to seek help from them that doe all they can to ruine us They bend all their policy and all their power against us And what hope can wee have of any succour or comfort from them Reason 2 Secondly as wee can look for nothing but injury from our enemies so wee have no helpe in our selves Our condition may bee so low that wee may bee forced to say to God with Jehoshaphat Wee know not what to doe but our eyes are upon thee 2 Chron. 20.12 And what have wee most need to plead then Gods Covenant Reason 3 Thirdly wee may bee forsaken of all others as Israel was in Egypt And then our eyes must bee fixed on the Covenant Reason 4 Fourthly if at such time God had denyed to help us when our foes oppresse us our own strength failes and others refuse to help us wee might sinke for desperation But God hath often