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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02589	A sermon of publike thanksgiuing for the wonderfull mitigation of the late mortalitie preacht before his Matie; vpon his gracious command, at his court of Whitehall, Ian. 29. 1625. And vpon the same command published by Ios. Hall deane of Worcester.	Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656.	1626 (1626)	STC 12713; ESTC S103657	13,269	61

wise Heathen O giue vnto the Lord yee mighty giue vnto the Lord the praises due to his name offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiuing and still let the foot of our song be Blessed be the Lord. This for the descant of gratulation the groūd follows His own sake hath reason to be first God will be blessed both as Iah and Adonai the one the style of his Essence the other of his Soueraigntie Euen the most accursed Deist would confesse that as a pure simple infinit absolute being God is to be blessed for if being be good these two be cōuertible nature must needs teach him that an absolute infinit being must needs be absolutely and infinitly good but what do I blur the glory of this day with mention of those monsters whose Idol is nature whose religion is secondary atheisme whose true region is the lowest hell these damned Ethnicks cannot will not conceiue of God as he is because they impiously seuer his essence from his inward relations VVe Chrstians can neuer be so heauenly affected to God as we ought till we can rise to this pitch of piety to blesse God for what he is in himself without the external beneficial relations to the creature Else our respects reflect too much homeward and we doe but look through God at our selues Neither is it for vs only to blesse him as an absolute God but as a Soueraigne Lord too whose power hath no more limit then his essence the great moderator of heauen and earth giuing lawes to his creature ouer-ruling all things marshalling all euents crushing his enemies maintaining his Church adored by Angells trembled at by deuills Behold here a Lord worthy to be blessed We honour as we ought your conspicuous greatnesse ô yee eminent Potentates of the earth but alas what is this to the great Lord of heauen When wee looke vp thither we must craue leaue to pitty the breath of your nosthrills the rust of your coronets the dust of your graues the sting of your felicities and if yee take not good heed the blots of your memories As ye hold all in fee from this great Lord so let it be no disparagement to you to doe your lowliest homage to his footstoole homage I meane in action giue me the reall benediction I am sure that is the best they blesse God that praise him they blesse him more and praise him best that obey him There are that crouch to you great ones who yet hate you Oh let vs take heed of offering these hollow obseruances to the searcher of hearts if wee loue not our owne confusion They that proclaimed Christ at Ierusalem had not only Hosanna in their mouths but palmes in their hands too so must wee haue Let mee say then If the hand blesse not the Lord the tongue is an hypocrite Away with the waste complements of our vaine formalities Let our loud actions drowne the language of our words in blessing the name of the Lord. Neyther must we blesse God as a soueraigne Lord onely but which is yet a more feeling relation as a munificent Benefactor Who loadeth vs daily with benefits Such is mans selfe-loue that no inward worth can so attract his praises as outward beneficence Whiles thou makest much of thy selfe euery one shall speake well of thee how much more whiles thou makest much of them Here God hath met with vs also Not to perplexe you with scanning the variety of senses wherewith I haue obserued this Psalme aboue all other of Dauids to abound see here I beseech you a foure-fold gradation of diuine bounty First here are benefits the word is not expressed in the originall but necessarily implyed in the sense for there are but three loads whereof man is capable from God fauours precepts punishments the other two are out of the road of gratulation when we might therefore haue expected iudgments behold Benefits And those secondly not sparingly handfulld out to vs but dealt to vs by the whole load loadeth with benefits Whō thirdly doth he load but vs Not worthy and well deseruing subiects but vs 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Rebels And lastly this he doth not at one doale no more as euen churles rare feasts vse to be plentifull but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 successiuely vnweariedly perpetually One fauour were too much here are benefits a sprinckling were too much here is a load once were too oft here is daily largition Cast your eyes therefore a little vpon this three-fold exaggeration of beneficence the measure a load of benefits the subiect vnworthy vs the time daily Who daily loadeth vs with benefits Where shall we begin to survey this vast load of mercies were it no more but that he hath giuen vs a world to liue in a life to enioy ayre to breathe in earth to tread on fire to warme vs water to coole and clense vs cloaths to couer vs food to nourish vs sleep to refresh vs houses to shelter vs varietie of creatures to serue and delight vs here were a iust load But now if wee yet adde to these ciuilitie of breeding dearnesse of friends competency of estate degrees of honor honesty or dignitie of vocation fauor of Princes successe in imployments domestique comforts outward peace good reputation preseruation from dangers rescue from euills the load is well mended If yet ye shall come closer and adde due proportion of body integrity of parts perfection of senses strength of nature mediocritie of health sufficiency of appetite vigour of digestion wholsome temper of seasons freedome from cares this course must needs heighten it yet more If still yee shall adde to these the order and powers and exercise of our inward faculties inriched with wisedome art learning experience expressed by a not-vnhandsome elocution and shall now lay al these together that cōcerne estate body mind how can the axeltree of the soule but crack vnder the load of these fauours But if from what God hath done for vs as men we looke to what hee hath done for vs as Christians that hee hath imbraced vs with an euerlasting loue that hee hath molded vs anew enliued vs by his Spirit fed vs by his word and Sacraments clothed vs with his merits bought vs with his blood becomming vile to make vs glorious a curse to inuest vs with blessednesse in a word that he hath giuen himselfe to vs his Sonne for vs Oh the height depth and breadth of the rich mercies of our God Oh the boundlesse to plesse bottomlesse load of diuine benefits whose immensity reaches from the center of this earth to the vnlimited extent of the very empyreall heauens Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodnesse and declare the wonders that hee doth for the children of men These mercies are great in themselues our vnworthinesse doth greaten them more To do good to the well deseruing were but retribution Hee ladeth vs who are no lesse rebellious to him thē he is beneficiall to vs. Our strait and