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A19189 Bee thankfull London and her sisters; or, A sermon of thankfulnesse setting downe the kindnesse of God to vs ... by Robert Abbott ... Abbot, Robert, 1588?-1662? 1626 (1626) STC 56; ESTC S100550 29,366 42

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Bee Thankfull LONDON AND HER SISTERS OR A SERMON of Thankfulnesse Setting downe the kindnesse of God to vs the dutie of Thankfulnesse the way to it and the practise of it Applyed in particular to these times By ROBERT ABBOTT Preacher of Gods Word at Cranebrooke in KENT PSAL. 50. 15. Call vpon mee in the day of trouble so will I deliuer thee and thou shalt glorifie mee LONDON Printed for Philemon Stephens and Christopher Meredith and are to be sold at their shop at the golden Lyon in Pauls Church-yard 1626. TO THE RIGHT Worshipfull worshipfull and dearely beloued his friends kindred and acquaintance within the Citie of LONDON ROBERT ABBOTT wisheth due Thankfulnesse to God for his vnspeakable MERCIES THough I liue a farre off from you yet God knowes that I haue not beene vnmindfull of you in my daily prayers to God which was the best good which I could doe vnto you And when I heard that God did beginne to shine in loue vpon the City againe God knowes that I was not vnmindefull to bee thankfull to him that is the sole Author of it I thought not that enough therefore as before I had spent many dayes in fasting and prayer for our selues in body so did I resolue hauing that blessed liberty to spende one day in fasting prayer and thanksgiuing for you what good it wrought vpon my owne people and those of your body who heard me I am not worthy to know but what good I aymed at my conscience is priuy to what my desire is to do more I consider how louingly I haue beene intertained of many of you when I was assistant to a Reuerend Diuine amongst you who is now with God I consider Master Haiward of Wool-Church that I haue many brethren sisters and kins-folke who haue fellowship with you whose soules I tenderly affect In which respects though as it is wittily said some more Learned and godly men are Fathers Nurses and murtherers to their owne Children in begetting kissing and burying the fruits of their owne braines yet am I still aduenturous to shew others what God hath giuen me vnworthy wretch to bring forth and to say vnto you Behold I and my child I haue not trimmed it with ornaments and laces of Aegypt nor sweetned it with the Frankincense and myrrhe of the Christian Synagouge but as God hath sent it with the lawe of God written in the fore-head hands feete and heart of it so send I it vnto you desiring God to make this seruice acceptable and profitable vnto you And so I rest Yours to be vsed in the Lord ROBERT ABBOTT From my Studie this fifteenth of Nouember 1625. Be thankefull London OR A SERMON Setting downe the duty of thankfulnesse the way to it and the practise of it preached vpon PSAL. 31. 21. Blessed be the Lord for hee hath shewed his maruellous kindnesse towards me in a strong City WHEN God purposeth to plague a people who haue not beene wise to obserue the day of their visitation and by faith and conuersion Ier 15. 2. to hide themselues such as are appointed vnto death must vnto death such as for the sword to the sword such as for the famine to the famine and such as for the captiuity to the captiuity In which respect when we who now liue do perceiue that though wee haue beene chasiened sore yet wee haue not Psal 118. 18. beene deliuered vnto death and that neither Plague nor Sword nor Famine nor Captiuity nor any other noysome euill hath so farre preuailed ouer vs but that we may still praise God after the manner of the liuing then how can we resolue lesse with our selues then this I shall not dye but liue and declare the works of the Lord Or Psal 118. 17. what can we say lesse then this to others Praise yee Psal 34. 3. the Lord with me and let vs magnifie his Name together True it is that ordinarily the iniuries that are done vnto vs are written in Marble and the benefits that are shewed vnto vs are written in Sand and as the Aire in the Mat. 26. 69 70. High Priests Hall did after a sort infect Peter and was an occasion to his soone and sudden denying of his Master so euery blast of new fauours doth through our corruption infect vs with vnthankfulnesse and blow away the memory of the former mercies which haue beene shewed vnto vs. Hence it is that God expostulateth with his people Heare O Heauens and hearken O earth for I haue nourished Esa 1. 2. and brought vp children but they haue rebelled against me And that Christ cryeth out against the vnthankfull Luke 17. 17. Leapers Where are the nine Hence it is that God is as it were driuen to put his people in minde of the fauours which he hath done vnto them saying Surely I brought thee vp out of the Land of Egypt and redeemed thee out of the house of seruants and I haue sent before thee Moses Aron Mic. 6. 4 5. and Myriam O my people remember now what Balack King of Moab had deuised and what Balaam the sonne of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal Yea hence is it that good Moses did take such paines with Gods Deut. 6. 12. people to presse them not to forget the Lord which Deut. 8. 10. 11. brought them out of the Land of Aegypt but to blesse him for the good Land which he had giuen them And at that time when hee saw them tardy in their duty of thankfulnesse to God by corrupting themselues towards him by their vice how roundly doth hee take them vp saying Doe ye so reward the Lord O foolish people and vnwise Deut. 32. 6. is not he thy Father that hath bought thee yea hee hath made thee and proportioned thee All which courses doe manifest vnto vs our pronenesse to vnthankfulnesse yea and our practice of it also for what are we better then other people Yea and that we stand in neede of continuall prouoking to the good duty of thankfulnesse that wee may practise it to the assuring of our hearts that greater Plagues then that which we haue had doe not awaite vs. Therefore is it that I haue chosen this good example of Dauid to quicken you to this duty at this time who in the inioyment of some great deliuerance from some great trouble in some great City cryed out with a thankefull heart Blessed bee Psal 31. 21. the Lord for he hath shewed maruellous great kindnesse towards me in a strong City The Psalme where you reade these words is spent in the practise of a threesold duty namely Prayer Praise and Exhortation In his Prayer first he sueth for himselfe and secondly against his enemies For himselfe hee prayes to God that he would deliuer him out of his troubles as from the hands of his enemies and from them that persecute him Vers 1 15 16 17 and that he would make his Face to shine vpon