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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81245	A model of true spiritual thankfulnesse. Delivered in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons, upon their day of thanksgiving, being Thursday, Feb. 19. 1645, for the great mercy of God, in the surrender of the citie of Chester into the hands of the Parliaments forces in Cheshire, under the command of Sir William Brereton. / By Tho. Case, preacher in Milkstreet London, and one of the Assembly of Divines.	Case, Thomas, 1598-1682.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.	1646 (1646)	Wing C833; Thomason E323_4; ESTC R200593	35,919	45

so much when that strong Garison Samson was surrendred up into their hands and offered a great Sacrifice to Dagon their god Judg. 16.23 c. I say If Carnal joy go into the Temple hear Sermons sing Psalms lift up the voice in Thanksgiving in all these it gets no higher then the dutie The dutie looks upon God the heart doth not or if God be propounded God is not exalted When ye fasted c. did ye at all fast unto me Zech. 7.5 even unto me And when ye did eat and when ye did drink did ye not eat to your selves and drink to your selves In fasting and feasting that is in days of Humiliation and in days of Thanksgiving they rested the in duty self was uppermost in both God was the object of the duty indeed but self was the end Ye did eat and drink to your selves And when the dutie is done all is done the Fasting of carnal people is but the holding downn the head like a bulrush for a day and their Thanksgivings are but the holdi●g up the head like a reed for a day Nothing outlives the day or the dutie Publike Duties are are the end of the carnal mans rejoycing they are but the Medium of the holy mans rejoycing that serves to advance him for further and higher Returns Springs we say will rise as high as they fall and so doth the Saints Thankfulnesse as it is a grace which comes down from heaven so it is a grace that ascendeth up back again to heaven True Thankfulnesse works it self out and carrieth up the soul with it thither and that 1. In exalting God 1. In high admirations and exaltations of God I will extol thee O Lord for thou hast lifted me up thou hast lifted me up and therefore I will lift thee up Psal 30.1 and he calls in others to help him in this great work O magnifie the Lord with me Psal 34.3 and let us exalt his Name together And this is the duty the Psalmist here commends to the sons of men O that men would praise the Lord Let them exalt him also in the Congregation of the people and praise him in the Assemblie of the Elders He would have God more exalted and man lesse Secondly it works heaven-ward and God-ward in holie prayer David got safe to the Crown thorow all his wars 2. In Prayer and troubles and persecutions resolves by way of Render Psal 116.13 I will call upon the Name of the Lord and to binde the Sacrifice with Cords to the horns of the Altar he doubles the engagement upon his own soul Vers 17. I will offer to thee the Sacrifice of Thanksgiving and call upon the Name of the Lord. One would have thought he might now have given over praying God had put an end to his troubles and he might put an end to his prayers nay but that is the note of an Hypocrite to cease praying when troubles cease What is the hope of the hypocrite c. Will he always call upon God No Job 27.10 there be two times when the Hypocrite will not call upon God First when troubles are too heavie Secondly when troubles are removed despair will not suffer him to pray then and lazinesse will not let him pray now With the truely-thankful it is other wise as prayer begets deliverance so deliverance begets prayer and so he shews that it is not necessitie makes him pray onely but love Love to prayer and love to the God of prayer That is a third thing wherein his Thankfulnesse operates 3. In love sc Love it carries out the heart in exceeding love to God I will love thee Psal 18.1 Title O Lord my strength c. so sings David in the day that the Lord had delivered him from the hands of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul And this Love the Saints expresse in these three ways especially 1. In labouring to know more of God after God had done so many miracles and wonders for Israel Moses presents God with this Petition I beseech thee shew me thy glory Exod. 33.18 He had seen much of the wonders of God now his love is fired with desires of seeing the God of these wonders He would fain be acquainted with that God which did all those wonders 2. In labouring to enjoy more of God to have him for their God Thou art great and doest wondrous things I but that will not serve the turn Psal 86.10 Teach me thy way O Lord unite my heart to thee to fear thy Name Vers 11. he would know the way to God that he might enjoy more communion with God Vnite my heart c. not the things of God but God himself will content a thankful heart as Luther profest to God when the Princes and States of Germanie sent him a whole Table full of Plate Lord saith he thou shalt not turn me off with these things A gracious heart could take little comfort in Victories and Deliverances and other comforts unlesse the God of those Victories and Comforts were his too And therefore thirdly this love doth expresse it self in glorying in God So the Church in that Psalm of Thanksgiving Psal 48 Psal 48.3 4 5 6 7 12 13. when she had told all the world the great Victories God had given by Land and Sea how he had routed mighty Kings and Princes and made them glad to betake themselves to their heels they came and so went home again after she had led the Spectator round about the Line of Communication and invited him to behold the beautie and strength of her Towers and Fortifications she concludes the Psalm with this triumph as that which infinitely transcended all the rest This God is our God for ever and ever Verse 14. The God that hath done all these wonders is my God She glories not so much in the Victories God had given her as in interest in the God of those Victories Well that is the third thing wherein Thankfulnesse acts Love to God The Fourthly Self-denial Fourth is Self-denial for Gods sake And after all this is come upon us since our God hath punisht us lesse then our iniquities deserve and hath given us such deliverance as this Exra 9.13.14 should we again break thy Commandments so argued thankful Ezra I tell you Sirs there is more Thankfulnesse in one act of Self-denial then in twenty days of Thanksgiving Fifthly in Payment of Vows Fifthly true Thankfulnesse works God-ward in payment of vows What shall I render saith David I will pay my vows And again vers 18 I will pay my vows to shew he would be much and watchful Psal 116.14 and exact in that Return of Thankfulnesse And doubtlesse it is as proper a return as any for all the mercies of God to his people whether National or Personal whether Victories or Supplies they are all the making good of his Covenant to them as I