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A90266 Eben-ezer a memoriall of the deliverance of Essex, county, and committee, being an exposition on the first ten verses of the third chapter of the prophesie of Habakkuk in two sermons. The first preached at Colchester before his Excellency on a day of thanksgiving for the surrender thereof. The other at Rumford unto the committee who were imprisoned by the enemy Sep. 28. a day set apart unto thanksgiving for their deliverance. / By John Ovven pastor of the church of God which is at Coggeshall. Owen, John, 1616-1683. 1648 (1648) Wing O742; Thomason E477_8; ESTC R203085 54,742 64

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the Love and Grace in it which run through them all is given him Josh. 1. 5. I will be with thee I will not faile thee nor forsake thee Now the Apostle tells us that the truth and love of this promise is ours Heb. 13. 5. Faith may doth assure it selfe that what good-will soever was in all the great mercies which Joshuah received upon that promise is all ours All the good-will and choyse Love of I will never leave thee nor forsake thee is mine and thine if we are believers He that hath this present hath all Joshuas victories present The very glory of the Saints in Heaven is ours in the love of it We enjoy that love which gave them glory and will Crowne us also in due time 2. In their comforts and refreshments Thou gavest Leviathan to be meate to the people in the Wildernesse Psal. 14. They fed their souls full of the sweetnesse of that mercy The destruction of their oppressing tyrant we chew the cud upon the blessings of former ages Who hath not with joy delight and raysed affections gone over the old preservations of the Church in former years How doe's David run them over with admiration closing every stop with His mercy endureth for ever Psal. 136. And for things to come as yet in the promise only whether generall to the whole Church as the calling of the Jews the comming in of the fulnesse of the Gentiles the breaking out of light beauty and glory upon the Churches and Saints the confusion of Nations not subjecting themselves to the standard of the Gospell c. or in particular further assurance of love then presently enjoyed neerer Communion with Father and Son being with Christ freed from misery and corruption dwelling with God for ever how do's Faith act over these and the like things in the heart leaving a savour and relish of their sweetnesse continually upon the soule O how sweet also are the things of the World to come unto poor Believers Christ leads the soule by faith not only into the Chambers of presently-enjoyed loves but also into the foreprepared everlasting Mansions in his Fathers house Thus it gives poore mortall creatures a sweet relish of eternall joyes brings Heaven into a Dungeon glory into a prison a crown into a cottage Christ into a slaughter-house From the nature of Faith Though it do not make the thing believed to be the Act cannot create its own Object yet applying it it makes it the Believers It is the bond of union between the soule and the thing promised He that believes in Christ by that believing receives Christ Joh. 1. 12. he becomes his It is a grace uniting its subject and object the person believing and the thing believed There needs no ascending into Heaven or descending the word of faith makes all things nigh even within us Some glasses will present things of a great distance very neere Faith looking through the glasse of the Gospell makes the most remote mercies to be not onely in a close distance but in Union It is the subsistence of things hoped for that which they have not in themselves it gives them in the full assured minds of believers From the Intendment of all mercies they are for every believer All things are theirs world life death things present things to come 1 Cor. 2. 22. All promises being made to every believer and all mercies being the fruit of these promises they must all belong to every believer Now if all these should be kept from us at that distance wherein they fall in their accomplishment in respect of time what would they availe us God therefore hath appointed that they shall have a reall though not a naturall presence and subsistence at all times to all believers See hence what use you may make of past mercies deliverances blessings with promised incommings Carry them about you by Faith that you may use them at need Where is the God of Elijah Awake awake oh Arme of the Lord c. I saw the Tents of Cushan Take store mercies along with you in every Tryall Use them or they 'l grow rusty and not passe in heaven Learne to eat Leviathan many yeares after his death Forget not your pearles scatter not away your treasure bee rich in a heape of Mercies Faith will make you so The Love the comfort the benefit of all former and future blessings are yours if you know how to use them Oh how have we lost our mercies in every hedge and ditch Have none of us skill to lay up the last eminent deliverance against a rainy day 2. Learne how to make the poorest and most afflicted Condition comfortable and full of Joy Store thy Cottage thy sick bed by faith with all sorts of mercies They are the richest furniture in the world Gather up what is already cast out and fetch the rest from heaven Bring the first fruits of Glory into thy bosome See the Jewes called the residue of Opposers subdued the Gospel exalted Christ enthroned all thy sinnes pardoned Corruption conquered Glory enjoyed Roll thy selfe in those Golden streames every day Let Faith fetch in new and Old Ancient mercies for thy supportment Everlasting mercies for thy Consolation He that hath Faith hath all things 2. Gods dealing with his enemies in the season of his Churches deliverance is of especiall consideration I saw the Tents c. so did the Israelites beholding the Aegyptians dead on the shore Exod. 14. 30 31. The Heathen raged the Kingdomes were moved he uttered his voyce the earth melted The Lord of hosts is with us the God of Jacob is our refuge selah Come behold the workes of the Lord what desolations he hath made on the earth Psal. 46. 6 7 8. The enemies undertaking ver. 6. Gods protection to his people ver. 7. A view of the Adversaries desolation ver. 8. are all orderly held out The Lord tells Moses that he will harden the heart of Pharaoh that he might shew his power to this very end that it might be considered and told to one another Exod. 10. 2 3. How many Psalmes have wee that are taken up in setting forth Gods breaking yoking befooling terrifying his Adversaries at such a season The remembrance of the slaughter of the first borne of Egypt was an ingredient in the chiefest Ordinance the Antient Church enjoyed Exod. 14. Much of the greatnesse and intensenesse of his love to his own is seene in his Enemies ruine Isa. 43. 3 4. I gave Egypt for thy ransome Ethiopia and Seba for thee since thou wast precious in my sight thou hast been honourable and I loved thee therefore I will give men for thee and people for thy life When God gives such mighty Kingdomes for a small handfull it appeares they are precious to him Whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake Isa. 54. 15. When God will maintaine a quarrell with all the world sweare that he will never have peace