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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

which they have been so long strangers To that end hasten I beseech you your Ordinance for Ordination it were a sad thing that the strong Holds of the Kingdom should be taken for God and kept for the Devil for want of Pastors according ●o Gods own heart and that may feed them with knowledge and understanding Vers 32. Secondly Pra●se him in the Assembly of the Elders by setting up Church-Government according to your Covenant What it is I need not tell you enough hath been said about this matt●r and you are wise I will not I need not ask you Whether you intend really and cordially to go about this Work this greatest work wherewith God and the Kingdom have entrusted you I know you do intend it and if you do Why not now when the Lord hath so miraculously broken the power of the enemie and in so great a measure subdued the Kingdom before you as if God of purpose had created you an opportunity to give demonstration to the world that you are in good earnest Onely let me say thus much to you in that plainnesse you give the Ministers of the Gospel leave to use Jesus Christ will not always wait upon States and Kingdoms he will not always come a begging as it were to Parliament-doors He that bids his Servants shake off the dust of their feet Matth. 10.14 in case of refusal of their message knows how to do it himself Psal 2.12 should he be angred out of his patience Time is coming when Kings and Kingdoms would be as glad of Christ as he would be now of them When in their fears and dangers when enemies be upon them and ruine and desolation at their gates then Isaiah lift up a prayer then send the Lamb to the Ruler with supplications Lord Jesus come thou and rule over us But as the Scotch-man said of the English-mans Will Imprimis I bequeath my soul to God c. I but said he Will he tak it man will he tak it so may I question concerning such tenders of Thrones and Kingdoms Will Christ take them will he accept of them when haply they shall be surrendred upon no better terms then a desperate King would deliver up his Crown to any of his Neighbours Vortinger c. even to a Stranger that would come and help him against his prevailing enemies what Christ would do in such a case jude you And therefore Oh kisse the Son lest he be angry Psal 2.12 and ye perish from the way when his wrath is kindled but a little blessed are all they that put their trust in him Happie Parliament happie State happie People happie Person that makes Christ their choice and not their necessity I have done Onely suffer me one word more Take heed I humbly beseech you of setting your selves down at the upper end of Christs House and Table and of suffering Him to be thrust down to serve as an underling at the lower and to have no more then the lusts of some and the humours and fancies of others can spare him But you have not so learned Christ and therefore to all you that stand before God this day and to as many as desire to be a thankful people let me adde a word to close up all Here is a Model let it be your wisdom and honour to mould and form your Thankfulnesse for this days and for all your mercies upon it 1. Give all diligence to possesse your selves of the grace of Thankfulnesse as well as of the affection of Joy and Gladnesse to that end ply the Throne of Grace and plead the accomplishment of that promise A new heart will I give you Ezek. 36.26 and a new spirit will I put into you That is done when all the natural affections have a divine spiritual impresse stampt upon them when as they have born the image of the earthly so now they bear the image of the heavenly 2. Studie I beseech you Spiritual Grounds and Rises from which your Thankfulnesse may take flight heaven ward as First Scripture interest studie rather a good Title then great Possessions namely to enjoy what you have by Sonship as well as Creatureship by co-inheritance with Jesus Christ by promise as well as providence with Gods love as well as by Gods leave Studie the Covenant well and then count thy interest better then the principal I tell thee for thy comfort if thou canst do so if Scripture-interest can bring in more content and satisfaction to thy soul then all earthly possessions if Covenant-title can draw out and endear thy heart to G●d more then all the deliverances and provisions cast in by providence fear not thou art a childe of promise Secondly observe the Returns of Prayer if thou hast been a praying Christian all this time of Englands trouble and art such a one as lookest after thine own prayers knowest them when thou seest them again if the hearing of thy prayer can endear thy heart to God more then the bulk of thy mercy whatever it is of these visible treasures I pronounce the a man or woman that hast more cause to rejoyce then if God had given thee this days surrender the City of Chester solely and entirely to thine own share Thirdly be critical to spie out soul-advantages the Spiritual part of every mercy and wear them as the richest piece of all thy possessions Fourthly eye the Exaltations and liftings up of God in all his works especially such as this day brings in to us and let them lie neerest thy heart they will keep it warm with an heavenly influence 3. Be careful to maintain a faithful Remembrance of the mercies of God in your heads and a setled constant frame of Thankfulnesse upon your hearts for know this The mercies of God cannot perish alone but thou shalt perish with them if thou forget them that is with a carelesse gracelesse forgetfulnesse God will forget thee if thou cast the mercies of God out to the dung-hill God will throw thee after them O be often charging thy soul Psal 103 2. with David Blesse the Lord O my soul and forget not all his benefits 4. Designe out for God the choisest and most spiritual Returns such as you have beheld First set up God in your thoughts exalt him in your admiring facultie Psal 66.3 Say unto God How terrible art thou in thy works through the greatnesse of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee Secondly engage your selves and others in Prayer to God say Psal 63.2 O thou that hearest Prayer to thee shall all flesh come Be stedfast and unmoveable always abounding in this work of the Lord 1 Cor. 15. ult forasmuch as you see your labour shall not be in vain in the Lord He never said to the seed of Jacob Seek ye me in vain Isa 45.19 Thirdly let your Thankfulnesse work it self into pure flames of Love to God and expresse it by labouring To Know more of God Enjoy more Communion with God Boast and glory more in God Fourthly studie Self-denial let there be but one will between God and thee and let that will be Gods He is a thankful man indeed that in doing and suffering can say Father not my will but thine be done Fifthly pay your Vows If ever England or thou prosper it must be by ke●ping of Covenant Ezek. 17.14 Be often rolling that in thy soul Psal 56.12 I will render praises unto thee Sixthly Give glory to God by believing by all the wonders that God hath done learn to trust him in the n●xt strait if faith have not produced these Deliverances let these Deliverances produce faith If happie they that have not seen and yet believed what shall become of them that have seen and yet believe not Seventhly look to the ordering of your conversation the dispesing of your way aright The thankfulnesse of the life is the very life of Thankfulnesse Eighthly widen your hearts in enlarged desires that others may praise God go a begging from door to door thorow the whole Creation for praises for thy God Ninthly to that end declare among the people his doings Psal 9.11 Psal 66.2 Sing forth the honour of his Name make his praise glorious It were a good becoming Solemnitie on these days of Thanksgiving if Christians in their private meetings together to feast and rejoyce before the Lord would make it a Law that every one in their turn should remember and repeat some special eminent Victory or Deliverance wrought by God either for the Nation in general especially since the coming together of this happie Parliament and the beginning of these unhappie Wars or for themselves in particular Such conference as this would keep out vain and unprofitable discourse preserve the memorial of Gods Loving kindnesses exceedingly honour God and adorn your Christian meetings together surely such praise were comely for the upright Christians take all the ways you can that Gods praise may live when you are dead Tenthly be continually breathing after heaven where the praises as well as the spirits of just men are made perfect 〈◊〉 use Austins Contemplation with a little variation O Lord● says he can no man see thy face and live then let me die that I may thy face Say thou O Lord can no man praise thee and live then let me die that I may live to praise thee for ever And let me speak this one word to the comfort of all you who can spread or as the Hebrew signifies measure your Thankfulnesse upon this Model as Elijah spread himself upon the Shunemites dead son 2 Kings 4.34 mouth to mouth eyes upon eyes and hand upon hand limb upon limb and part upon part yea that do make it a businesse so to do you have begun your heaven on earth die when you will you may change your company but not your work you have begun an everlasting day of Thanksgiving you have the Word of God for it Who so offereth praise Psal 50. ult glorifieth me and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God AMEN FINIS