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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96450	Englands sorrows turned into joy. A sermon preached the 28th. of June, 1660. Being a publick thanksgiving, for the restauration of his Excellent Majesty, Charles II. Of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. To His crownes and kingdomes, and us (His subjects) to our antient rights, liberties, and lawes. By John Whynnell, minister of the gospel at Askerswell in the county of Dorset.	Whynnell, John, b. 1603 or 4.	1660 (1660)	Wing W2073; Thomason E1033_8; ESTC R208964	24,107	42

ENGLANDS SORROWS turned into JOY A SERMON Preached the 28th of June 1660. Being a Publick Thanksgiving for the Restauration of his Excellent Majesty Charles II. Of England Scotland France and Ireland KING Defender of the Faith c. To His Crownes and Kingdomes and us His Subjects to our Antient Rights Liberties and Lawes By John Whynnell Minister of the Gospel at Askerswell in the County of Dorset Prov. 29. 2. When the Righteous are in Authority the People Rejoyce LONDON Printed by T. M. for H. Brome at the Gun in Ivie-lane 1661. Carol ' Secund ' D G Mag Bri Fra et Hib Rex TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFULL GEORGE FULFORD Esq One of His Majesties Justices of the Peace and Quorum for the County of Dorset SIR THE experience that I have had of your former many favours makes me bold to Ask and confident to Obtaine this one more from you viz. To shelter this poor following Sermon under your Name I have not so high an esteem of it as to think it worthy your Acceptance if so I should have presented it to you as a Gift but so mean as that it needs your Countenance It was the advice of St. Augustine that in places where and times when Errours do abound all men should write that had any though but the least faculty which makes some Apology for me that so amongst many Books all sorts of people might meet with some to convince them of their Errours and establish them in the Truth Humanum est errare And these evil times in which we have lately lived involved many into Errours Some with reference to the Word of God some with respect to the Works if I may so say of God 'T is to the latter of these that I direct this Discourse to perswade them that Gods works of Mercy are Works of Mercy however they are misconstrued and mis-judged by some who measure Gods feet of providence by the last of their own Interests By the experience Sir in this latter and evill Age we have all found this to be a Truth that let Times be never so bad some will account them good and cry them up for Glorious Times And be times never so good some will account them evil and suffering times Some will account Mercies Miseries and Miseries Mercies Every man and party judges Gods dispensations according as they do favour his or their own private interests There is 't is known a sort of people amongst us that never would nor never will be contented No not with any Government in Church or State The Reason is because they are so addicted to Changes and affected with Novelties As if nothing could be true if not new nothing good and the right but that which sutes with their Humours Et hinc illae lachrymae c. From this root of bitternesse have sprung up many things that have troubled us Hence first sprung those many Dislikes of Disputes and Contentions about Formes of Church and State Government Which Contentions though they were but as Sparkes at first yet in a little while after they had sulterd in Contentious Brests grew to Flames and at last Flam'd high 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And fired the Church and State And what followed Discordia demens Intravit coelos superosque ad bella coegit Who were the Incendiaries Isidore will tell us Qui dissentionem animarum fecerunt Isidor lib. Etimol And what followed we can tell by wofull experience Nostine igitur quod omne quod Boetius de Philosoph consolatione lib. 4. est tamdiu manere subsistere quamdiu sit unum sed interire atque dissolvi pariter quam de unum esse desierit For as another sayes Nulla quantumvis minima natio potest ab adversariis per deleri Veget. lib. 3. c. 10. nisi propriis discordiis seipsa consumpserit And therefore Tyresius when he was asked by Scipio why Numantia aut prius invicta aut postea evicta Answered Concordia victoriam discordia exitium Paulus Diacon Hist lib. 4. adfert Many will colour their Seditions with this and that and most times In Nomine Domini incipit hoc malum But Aristotle will tell us the True Reason of it Minores ut fiant aequales seditionem Arist lib. polit 5. faciunt aequales ut fiant majores seditionem faciunt ipsi We have all of us or at least may see the evill of these things The issue of them was almost Destruction and would have been nothing less In foelix pereat Nihil relinquent bella tum vastis ager Squalebat arvis subditatectis face Altus sepultas obruet gentes cinis Senec. in Hercule furente Traged 1. Had not God in mercy done great things for us Yet many can scarce account this a mercy cannot be satisfied contented nor quiet the same Humours do work again But for my part I am of Cassiodorus his Principle Cogi debet ut sit quietus qui Cassiod lib. 1. Epist 1. suo vitio renuit esse pacificus Least such Sanballats and Tobiahs discontented Spirits Enemies to the Peace of Jerusalem should revive our old miseries and renew our former Griefes and turn our Singing into Sighing our Mirth into Mourning our Rejoycings into Lamentations But methinks t is high time for wise men at least such as would be accounted honest men though formerly they had unavisedly given their helping hands to make themselves and the Nation miserable to be far from favouring the least thought of so doing any more And to begin to see the folly of their actings and seriously to lay to heart the sad Consequences that followed thereupon as Anarchy in State Heresy in Church nay brought Destruction it selfe even to our very doores which they when they would with all their hearts could not with all their might prevent And to own and to acknowledge Gods mercy who did prevent our utter destruction and set us in Statu quo Prius gave us our Judges as at first and our Councellors as at the beginning Restored us our Ancient Rights Liberties Laws and Religion Our former Peace Prosperity Honour c. And laying aside their own private interests should have respect to the publick And should endeavour to quiet and satisfie themselves and others blesse God for this Mercy and live together in Love Vnity and Concord This will conduce both to our Peace and Prosperity For Si membra regni partesque inter se consentiunt P. Ae. mil. lib. 3. constabunt corpus universum salubre erit Concordia enim aureum adamantinum vitae vinculum est Omnia in pace vita festivitate tenet And to our profit too for as Micipsa a dying King said to his Sons Concordia res parvae crescunt And as the Poet sayes Velle Sal. de Bello Jugurth nolle ambobus idem sociataque lato mens aevo ac parvis dives concordia rebus As for others who are neither wise honest nor peaceable my