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friend_n	army_n	enemy_n	king_n	932	5	3.5183	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55028	The necessity and encouragement, of utmost venturing for the churches help together with the sin, folly, and mischief of self-idolizing applyed by a representation of 1. some of the most notorious nationall sins endangering us, 2. the heavy weight of wrath manifested in our present calamities, yet withall, grounds of 3. confidence, that our church shall obtain deliverance in the issue, 4. hopes that the present Parliament shall be still imployed in the working of it : all set forth in a sermon, preached to the honorable House of Commons, on the day of the monethly solemn fast, 28. June, 1643 / by Herbert Palmer ...	Palmer, Herbert, 1601-1647.	1643 (1643)	Wing P243; ESTC R21704	67,757	76

Reason 4. We pray for it in the Lords prayer Reason 5. Angels give us example Reason 6. All things and persons are for the Churches sake Doct. 1 Even Kings Esay 49. 21 22. 60. 16. And even the very Authority of Christ in Heaven Reason 7. Our comforts are from the Church Doct. 1 Reason 8. Our sins have endangered her Reason 9. Enemies do their utmost Reason 10. Friends fail or are strengthened by what we do Reason 11. So By standers in their degree Doct. 1 Vse Consideration 1. Of Churches dangers needing help 1. Judgments 1. Attempt against all this 2 Army raised against 3 Enemies possesse our King Doct. 1. Use Consider the Churches danger 4. They have prevailed far 5. Their strength enough to endanger all 6. Churches friends weak and few 7 Forrain States help not but hurt thence Doct. 1. Use Consider the Churches danger by sins Nationall 8. Ireland wasts and endangers 2. Churches danger by sins of Nation A Nation sinfull 5. ways 1. All ranks tainted much 2. The most tainted with any one kinde of sin 3. A few notorious sins altogether unpunisht though laws against them Doct. 1 Use Consider the Churches danger by sins Nationall 4. Laws silent or too weak to restrain sin 5. Sin countenanced or allowed by law Our Nation shewed sinfull by acknowledgments of all Doct. 1 Use II. Consider what help may should be afforded the Church 1. Outward 2. Spirituall 1 Prayer 2. Humiliatiō What it is Why required Doct. 1 Vse Consider how to help the Church by humiliation 2. How far it extends namely to 1. Sins of Nation 2. Sins of Forefathers for 5. Reasons 1. Tenants children lyable to pay Parents debts and forfeitures Doct. 1. Application Consider how to help the Church by humiliations for sins of forefathers 2. Enjoying fruit by their sinne 2 Kings 18. 3. Lest we approve or excuse sins because theirs 4. Or think it because they were not punisht for it 5. Or return to them again after a leaving them Doct. 1. Application Vse 1. Consider how to help the Church 3 Our own Though reforming or reformed N. B. 3. A holy example 4. An active endeavour of reformation Application Use 1. Consider how Reformation helps the Church Doct. 2. Grounded on Text Exemplified by Peter Doct. 2. Self-respects hinder most necessary duties The Jews neglecting the Temples building Confirmed by Reasons Reason 1. Selfe-love prevails in most Doct. 2. Taints all Reas. 2. Experience of backwardness profitable Reas. 3. Of forwardnesse hurtfull Reas. 4. Lazinesse and sensuality makes towards and negligent Reas. 5. So doth covetousnesse Doct. 2. Self-respects hinder most necessary duties Reason 6. Covetousness c. makes do work to halves Reason 7. Envie scorns to labour when others shall be thanked Doct. 2. Self-respects hinder most necessary duties Reason 8. Libertines spirits fear the Churches prosperity Reason 9. Earthly-mindednesse regards onely present and sensible thing● Doct. 3. Grounded on the Text Doct. 3. Self respecters not assured to escape Confirmed by Reason Reason 1. None can escape but by Gods leave Reason 2. Such provoke God more then ordinary sinners Doct. 3. Self respecters not sure to scape Observe this well Reason 3. Their base lusts deserve punishment at all times Doct. 3 Self-respecters not sure to scape Reason 4. Their fairest excuses are but sprouts of cursed unbelief Reason 5. None go under so strong a guard as in the Churches service Doct. 5. Though the Church be delivered another way Destruction owing to not helping the Church Grounded on Text Exemplified by the curse of Meroz And judgment on Succoth Penuel And Jabesh Gilead Explicated 1 1. 2 2. 3 3. 4 4. Doct. 5. Confirmed by Reasons Reason 1. Their sins not lestened by Gods grace or others faithfulnesse Reason 2. They are unprofitable servants Doct. 5. Destruction owing to not helping the Church Reason 3. They that forsook the Church in extremity are unworthy to rejoyce with her in prosperity Reason 4. Vnlesse converted they will betray again Reason 5. They will doe no faithfull service the while Reason 6. God jealousy will not bea●e with them Doct. 5. Destruction owing to not helping the Church Observe this well Reason 7. They sin for their children c. And corrupt them and are punisht in them Vse 1. Examinations how far we have helped the Church in her distresses or neglected it and why Application Vse 1. Examination about helping the Church 1. What outward help we have afforded Or doe yet resolve if need be or think much to think of 2. How we have prayed 3. What example we shewed Application Examinat Three sorts guilty 1 Professed Libertines 2 Scandalous Professors of Religion 3 The best in some degree give some ●●l example Application V●● Examination what example we have shewed Mischiefs of it to the Church 1 It multiplies sins 2 Reproaches religion 3 Hardens self flatterers 3. What endeavour of reformation for the Churches help 1 Domesticall Application Examination Gen. 18 18. Josh. 24. 15. Psal. 101. Rom. 16. Col. 4. In reference to servants To children 2 By authoririty of friendship Application Vse 1. Examination What help to the Church by endeavouring to reform Levit. 19. 17. Josh 22. 3 By Ministers Publikely Privately Remember this 4 By Magistrates Application Vse 2. Humiliation for helping the Church so little Specially this being a main duty of the day And there being so much cause Application Vse 2. Humiliation for Nationall sins 1. For our Nations sins against the 1. Cōmandment Idolatry Ignorance Atheisticall scorning of religion and all honesty Application Vse 2. Humiliation for sins against the 2. Com Against the 3. Commandm As also the monstrous prophanation of that sacred Ordinance of Excommunication made to lacquy for fees or persecute godliness Against the 4. Commandm Application Vse 2. Humiliation for Nationall sin Against the 5. Commandm Against the 6. Commandm Note this well Note this specially Against the 7. Commandm Against the 8. Commandm Application Vse 2. Humiliation for nationall sins Against the 9. Commandm Against all generally Lukewarmness of Laws Observe this well The discipline of the Church in ill hands Neglect of children and youth For great wrath manifested in Gods judgements in 10. considerations Application Use 2. 1 The judgment it self a devouring sword Esay 1. 20. 2 The kinde Civill war by drunkennesse Jer. 13.13 14. 3 Occasion the Militia hoped to be our setling 4 Sufficient means of prevention vain wise men confounded Esay 29. 14 Application Use 2. Humiliation for Gods heavie wrath 5 Example of others and our selves in others case blest with more wisdome and successe * Hos. 1. 6 7. Exod. 9. 10. 6 The ground of the quarrel Both protest for the same things Application Use 2. Suppose both side hypocrits Esay 10 5 6. Or one side 2 Sam. 15. 11. Or both sides meaning right 2 Chro. 20 23. 7 The time in civill respects when in hopes of setling Jer. 18. 9 10. 8 The