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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96298	A thankefull remembrance of Gods mercy to several persons at Quabaug or Brookfield partly in a collection of providences about them, and gracious appearances for them: and partly in a sermon preached by Mr. Edward Bulkley, Pastor of the Church of Christ at Concord, upon a day of thanksgiving, kept by divers for their wonderfull deliverance there. Published by Capt. Thomas VVheeler. [Five lines from Psalms]	Wheeler, Thomas, ca. 1620-1676.; Bulkley, Edward, d. 1696.	1676 (1676)	Wing W1600; ESTC W35426	40,779	64

He looked for sweet grapes good fruits These fruits are the good works required of us in our Conversation in duties of godliness Righteousness Lovs goodness and mercy which God hath ordeined that we should walk in them Ephes 2.10 This was the Apostles prayer for the Philippians Chap. 1.11 that they might be filled with the fruits of Righteousness c. and for the Colossians Chap. 1.10 that fruitful in every good work The Lord takes great pains with us in his house He is pruning of us by the Affictions he brings upon us that we might be more fruitful Ioh. 15.2 Bring forth the fruit of Ordinances and Providences the fruit of your dangers troubles fears and also of your Deliverances and Experiences of Gods help in the time of distress Live more to God less to your selves less to the world Labour to abound in the work of God doing good in all places to all with whom you Converse Do good in your Communication Col. 4.6 by your Example as the Thessolonians did 1 Thes 1 7. and the Corinthians 2 Cor 9 2. Their Zeal provoked very many Be fruitful Trees in Gods Vineyard both in word and deed doing good to all as you have occasion ministred to you provoking them to love and good works by beholding your forwardness in the wayes of Christ Jesus Mot. 1. Consider it is an honour to the glorious and blessed God when those that are his people are fruitful when the Trees that he hath planted are laden with good fruit when a vine is full of goodly Clusters It is a Credit to the Vine dresser when ground yields great Increase It is not only the profit but the honour of the Husbandman when Ewes bear Twins It is the Shepards honour and so when Christians are fruitful It is the honour and glory of God who is the Husbandman John 15.1 their Shepard Psal 23.1 The Lord accounts himself honoured John 15.8 Herein is my Father honoured c. Hereby others are stirred up to praise God Math. 5.16 2 Cor. 9.12 Phil. 1.11 They are by Jesus Christ to the praise and glory of God Let this quicken us to Fruitfulness For this is the great End of our Lives to bring glory to God the God of our Life This ought to be our highest End in all 1 Cor. 10.31 2. Fruitful Christians are the Lords delight They are Hephzibab his delight is in them They walk worthy of the Lord to all well pleasing Col. 1.10 The Lord promiseth to be as the Dew unto Israel and then his beauty should be as the Olive Tree and his smell as Lebanon Hos 14.5 6. The beauty of the Olive Tree is to be full of Olives such Christians are beautiful in Gods Eyes Lebanon was full of sweet Trees and fragrant Flowers and filled all the parts thereabouts with a sweet smel and so should Israel be a sweet savour to God when they brought forth good fruit to him The Philippians fruitfulness in well doing communicating to Paul was an odour of a sweet smell a Sacrifice acceptable and well pleasing to God Phil. 4.18 3. Fruitless Professors are near unto a Curse and in danger of being plucked up or cut down Math 21 19. Heb. 6.8 If we bring not forth fruits of mercies deliverances Ordinances Afflictions if barren under all the Curse may come and God say never fruit grow on you more yea God may cut us down by the Axe of his Judgements which he hath brought upon us Math. 3.10 Now God is laying the Axe if not to the Root yet he is lopping off many branches and therefore the more need to take heed of unfruitfulness The Jews were a fruitless Vine Christ layed the Axe to the Root of the Tree c. Luk. 13.7 Cut it down c. would we not be cut down and cast into the Fire let us be fruitful and that in due season 4. The End of Fruitfulness in Gods wayes is Everlasting Life and Blessedness Rom. 6 32. The good we do in Family Town Church being done in uprightness will turn to good Account in the great day of Christs appearance Phil. 4.17 All good fruit which we here bring forth is as Seed sown 2 Cor. 9.6 Prov. 11.30 It will yield great increase 1 Tim. 6.18 19. 2 Tim. 1.16 17 18. you would willingly have the Reward then do the work If you would have a good Crop in the Harvest day now be sowing and that not sparingly serve the Lord faithfully and diligently in duties of holiness Righte ousness Love kindness Bounty and all goodness 1 Cor. 15.8 knowing your labour is not in vain in the Lord. Labour to be more and more fruitful that your works may be more at the laft then at the first as Christ speaks of them Rev. 2.19 yea be fruitful in Age honouring God and adorning the Gospel in all things Psal 92.14 8. Make this Return to God for all his Benefits and the great deliverances received to make him your Trust and Confidence all your dayes Trust upon the Lord live in dependance upon him for further mercy and Salvation In Experience of what you have received from God rest upon him we need daily from God and the Lord gives out daily unto us let us act Faith daily upon God Make this use of Gods gracious appearance for you never to distrust him what ever your dangers and streights or distresses may be so it was with holy Paul 2 Cor. 1.10 who delivered us from so great a death and doth deliver in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us Be not overmuch Careful or fearful in these evil and troublesomedayes Be not sollicitous what you shall eat or what you shall drink or whire with you shall be clothed or how you shall be preserved Trust on the Lord Jehovah in whom is Everlasting strength Isai 26.4 the Lord provided for his people daily in the wilderness though they had no bread left in the Evening yet they had it near their doors in in the morning he was a shadow in the day time from the heat c. Isai 4.5 6. This was Davids Resolution having had such wonderful deliverances from all his Enemies he would still trust in God Psal 18.2 And therefore in his greatest fears there shall be his Considence that he will not fear what man can do to him Psal 56.3 4. He is and will be a Buckler to all those that trust in him Psal 18.30 It is a very ill Requital not to trust him by resting on his promises not to rely upon his wisdome power faithfulness when we have had much Experience of his Care Love Compassion and wonderful works for our good It is high Ingratitude Hence the Lord was so angry with Asa for sending to Benhadad for his help though there were other evils in it that he relyed not on God when God had given him such a glorious victory over that mighty Host of the Ethiopians 2 Chron. 16 8 9 Thereby he provoked God from that time