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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81152	Englands plus ultra both of hoped mercies, and of required duties : shewed in a sermon preached to the honourable Houses of Parliament, the Lord Major, Court of Aldermen, and Common-Councell of London, together with the Assembly of Divines, at Christ-Church, April 2, 1646 : being the day of their publike thanksgiving to Almighty God for the great successe of the Parliaments army in the West, especially in Cornwall, under the conduct of his excellency Sr. Thomas Fairfax / by Joseph Caryl, minister of the Gospel at Magnus neer the bridge, London, and a member of the Assembly of Divines.	Caryl, Joseph, 1602-1673.	1646 (1646)	Wing C752; ESTC R43612	28,502	54

ENGLANDS Plus ultra BOTH Of Hoped Mercies and of Required Duties SHEWED IN A SERMON PREACHED to the Honourable Houses of PARLIAMENT the Lord Major Court of Aldermen and Common-councell of London together with the Assembly of Divines at Christ-Church April 2. 1646. Being the day of their publike Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the great successe of the Parliaments Army in the West especially in Cornwall under the Conduct of his Excellency Sr THOMAS FAIRFAX By JOSEPH CARYL Minister of the Gospel at Magnus neer the Bridge London and a Member of the Assembly of DIVINES LONDON Printed by G. M. for John Rothwell at the sign of the Sun and fountain in Pauls Church-yard and Giles Calvert at the sign of the black-spread-Eagle at the west end of Pauls 1646. Die Veneris April 3. 1646. ORdered by the Commons assembled in Parliament That Thanks be given to M. Caryl and M. Peters for the great pains they took in the Sermons they preached yesterday before the Lords and Commons and City of London at Christ-Church in London at the entreaty of both Houses being a day set apart for a publike Thanksgiving to God for the great successes it pleased him to give the Army under the Command of Sr Thomas Fairfax Knight Generall and that they be desired to print their Sermons And it is ordered that none shall presume to print their Sermons without license under their hands writing And that Sr Arthur Hesilrig and M. Prideaux do give them thanks and desire them to print their Sermons accordingly H. Elsyng Cler. Parl. D. Com. I Appoint John Rothwel and Giles Calvert to print my Sermon Joseph Caryl TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE THE LORDS and COMMONS Assembled in PARLIAMENT WHen that holy Prophet fore-told the sorrows and ill usage which the Sonne of God should finde among sinfull men in the days of his flesh he cries out Who shall declare his Generation Isa 53. 8. which many understand of his eternal some of his Generation in the fulnes of time the mystery whereof was beyond words Others of his holy seed his crosse being fruitfull and his death giving life to an innumerable Generation But besides all these we may with good probability interpret the word Generation * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Est generatio seculum tempus vitae humanae per Synecdochen homines una aetate generatione viventes Buxt for the time or age in which Christ was born lived and died And then the meaning is whose tongue shall be able to speak or pen to write the History of His Age Where shall Rhetorique enough be found to draw out or delineate with lively colours the malice and enmity the plots and conspiracies the villanies and cruelties contrived and acted against that innocent Lamb Jesus Christ Together with his most glorious victories and triumphs over them all Who shall declare his Generation I believe there hath scarce been a Generation since that of Christs so journing upon the Earth more hard to declare then this We may well cry out Who shall declare this Generation What Age hath brought forth such monstrous births of man or such marvellous births of God When did man or God shew more of Himself Did men ever assay to destroy a Nation by pollicies and by power by threatning and by flattering by confederacies abroad and combinations at home as some have assaied to destroy this Nation Or hath God assaied to deliver a Nation by temptations by signs and by wonders and by warre and by a mighty hand and by a stretched-out arm and by great terrours according to all that the Lord our God hath done before our eyes Some have said of Zenophons Cyrus that surely it was written Non ad historiae fidem sed ad Principis effigiem not to shew what Cyrus personally was but what a Prince in exactest compleature may be fancied to be Such censures I am perswaded after Ages will give of the true Stories I hope some pens will write the truth of these times that surely they are poeticall raptures or feigned Romances to shew the height of imagination not the realitie of action For whether we consider the strange beginnings the difficult proceedings the variety of judgements the contrarietie of opinions the stands and motions the effects or issue of these warres and troubles together with the faithfulnesse or falsenesse of men the power and goodnesse of God discovered in them it will be found the most improbable relation that ever was put to paper The providence of God which acts in all Nations hath as it were striven to represent such scenes of action in England as are hardly parallel'd by any that are past His works among us have not only justice but beauty and wonder not only mercie but skill and art in them Though to do them be his propertie not his studie his nature not his labour Man cannot so much as be suspected to have done these things God hath done like God The Lord needs not subscribe his name to his work for that his Name is neer his wonderous works declare It must be said by way of assertion This God hath wrought as well as by way of admiration What hath God wrought God hath done so much for us that the most which remains for us to do is to Admire and be Thankfull If these Talents of mercy have not fair improvements we shall be cast for the most unprofitable servants and idle Stewards that were ever trusted by the great Master of heaven and earth Sad will their reckoning be who sleight these mercies but theirs saddest of all who put forth a hand to corrupt and spoil them The reason given by the holy Ghost why his blood must he shed who sheddeth mans blood is this because in the Image of God made he man God hath made our victories and deliverances in his own image There 's not one of them but looks like God What their doom shall be who by envie or self-ends who by sowing divisions or making sides who by somenting jealousies or nourishing discontents go about to murther them the perpetuall equity of that first statute-law puts into the mouth of every ludge Right honourable that these works of God may be aeclared by all manner of declarations perfected into all manner of perfections and that God who hath wrought them may be honoured with all manner of honours should now be Your special care and study the care also and study of all who tast the comforts and share in the blessings of them of which number I thankfully subscribe my self and Your Honours humbly devoted in the service of the Gospel Ioseph Caryl A THANKSGIVING SERMON Preached to the Honourable Houses of PARLIAMENT c. April 2. 1646. PSAL. 118. 17. I shall not die but live and declare the works of the Lord. THis is a Psalm of mercies and of praises A Psalm composed of victories and of thanksgivings The holy Pen-man at the first verse makes a generall invitation to the