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A46792 A thanksgiving sermon preach'd upon the fifth of November, 1689 by Ben. Jenks. Jenks, Benjamin, 1646-1724. 1689 (1689) Wing J623; ESTC R28742 21,433 42

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still as liable to be questioned For all the sour Intimations given and hard Words spoken of an indelible Blot cast on our Profession such Reproach need not break our hearts 'T is easie to put an ill Name upon any thing and than run away scar'd with the Mormo of our own Creating The proof is yet to come that the things excepted against are what some make bold to call them 'T is at the worst but a moot Point But that somewhat else was highly unlawful is no controverted Case at all And to be sorry that we are discharged from that Yoke is a strein above Primitive Christianity it self which never restrain'd its Votaries from being glad and thankful so to be rid of their Persecutors In the day when the Lord delivered David from the hand of all his Enemies and from the hand of Saul he said I will love thee O Lord my strength Psal 18.1 Blessed be my Rock and let the God of my Salvation be exalted ver 46. And does not such high thankfulness become us alike singularly obliged Not only the living Monuments but the Mighty Wonders of the most Signal Goodness When got out of the gloomy Shades of Babylon to possess the Land which again we may call our own We have the fairest invitation to lift up our Voices with our Hearts and sing the Songs of Zion And in our high Estate may we not forget him who remembred us in our lowest May not our Hearts be shut to him whose Hand has been so open to us O what so Charming Rhetorick as to beseech by the Mercies of God And being under a sweet Constellation of such Mercies O that we may feel their benign influence to transport us all into a cheerful Celebration of his Praises And not be worse than the dull Earth itself which reflects the Rays sent down upon it nor stifle the Memory of his Benefits who has done the greatest things for us As to which now we may say with the Psalmist here ver 2. The humble shall hear thereof and be glad Indeed we want only to be humble to make us thankful No such bar to gratitude as a supercilious pride The proud thinking all due to their Merits or below them they are asham'd to give thanks especially for such things as others have done to their hands but not just to their minds Only to the humble God gives more grace and such Souls will he still fill with his good things Let us then be humbly sensible of that we may be cordially thankful for his Mercy And as nothing will so secure the Blessings of Heaven to us so nothing will strike such confusion and dread into the Enemies of our Peace Like as when of old they began to Sing and Praise the Lord the Enemies of Judah were all Defeated before them 2 Chron. 20.22 Such blessed effects might we see of our sweet accord and uniting all to Magnifie the Lord and Exalt his Name They that have long hop'd to reap their Harvest out of the Seeds themselves have sown to breed our Dissentions would then Hear and Fear and no longer live in expectation to set up their Dagon again But be ready to throw their helpless Idols to the Moles and the Bats and go hide in Holes for fear of the Lord and for the Glory of his Majesty when he arises to shake terribly the Earth And then may we Bless God not only for the Deliverance begun but also for our hopes of the Perfecting all that concerns us If we will not reluctate against the Hand that is saving us but be only contented to be Happy and willing to see Glory dwell in our Land We may find the God of all Grace delighting yet further to oblige the Objects of his former Bounty and doing still more for us because he has done much already In the experience we have had of his Mercy lying all the best confidence we have of our security that he will go on to shew Mercy even for his Mercy 's sake making it a Motive to itself Circulating by its own Spring in a Perpetual Motion and to compleat the History of his own kindness because so long he has been Favourable to our Land watch over us still to do us good To him as we are most bounden for the Mercy of this Day and for those innumerable Mercies showr'd down upon us every day to fill even our whole Lives let us with the greatest Sincerity and Cheerfulness concur to Ascribe all Glory Thanks and Praise now and for ever Amen FINIS