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A11458	Two sermons preached at Paules-Crosse London The one November 21. the other Aprill 15. 1627. By Robert Saunderson, Bachelour in Divinitie, and sometimes Fellow of Lincolne Colledge in Oxford.	Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663.	1628 (1628)	STC 21709; ESTC S112209	107,028	135

there be Prophesies they shall faile or whether there be tongues they shall cease or whether there be knowledge it shall vanish away There shall bee no vse of taming the flesh by Fasting or of supplying the want either of others by Almes or of our selues by Prayer Nay euen Faith and Hope themselues shall haue an end for wee shall not then need to belieue when we shall see nor to expect when we shall enioy But giuing of thankes and praise and honour and glory vnto God shall remaine in the kingdome of heauen and of glory It is now the continuall blessed q Reuel 4.8.11 7.11 12. exercise of the glorious Angels and Saints in heauen and it shall be ours when we shall be translated thither O that we would learne often to practice heere what we hope shall be our eternall exercise there O that we would accustome our selues being r Epes 5.18.20 filled in the spirit to speake to our selues in Psalmes and himnes and spirituall songes singing and making melody in our hearts to the Lord giuing thankes alwayes for all thinges vnto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Iesus Christ as speaketh our Apostle Ephes. 5. Consider secondly the multitude and varietie and continuance of Gods blessings §. 54.2 The continuance of Gods blessings and let that prouoke thy thankfulnes If thou hadst receiued but one or a few benefits yet thankes were due euen for those few or for that one more then thou art able to returne But what canst thou alledge or how excuse thy vnthankefulnesse when his mercies are renewed euery morning nay euery s Omni momento me tibi obligas dum omni momento mihi tua magna beneficia praestas August Solil cap. 18. Tot numera quae sine intermission● diebus de noctibus Dij fundunt Senec. 4. de benef 3. moment when he is euer t Psal. 145.16 opening his hand and powring out his blessings and u Psal. 68.29 loading and euen ouerwhelming thee with his benefits as if he did vye with thee and would haue thee see how easily he can overcome thy evill with his goodnesse and infinitely out-strip thine infinite ingratitude with his more infinite munificence His Angels are about thee though thou knowest it not from a thousand vnknowne dangers hee deliuereth thee which thou suspectedst not hee still continueth his goodnesse vnto thee and repriueth thy destruction though thou deseruedst it not What should I say more thy very life and being thou owest to him x Act. 17.28 in whom wee all liue and moue and haue our beeing thence resolue with holy Dauid to sing vnto the Lord y Psal 104.33 as long as thou liuest and to sing praise vnto thy God whilest thou hast thy beeing Many and continuall receipts should prouoke many and continuall thankes Consider thirdly thy future necessities §. 55.3 Our future Necessities If thou wert sure of that thou hast that thou and it should continue together for euer and neuer part and that thou couldest make prety shift to liue vpon the olde stocke hereafter and neuer stand need to him for more there might bee so much lesse neede to take care for giuing thankes for what is past But it is not so with any of vs of what wee haue we are but tenants at courtesie and we stand continually vpon our good behauiour whether wee shall hold of him any longer or no and much of our future hapinesse standeth vpon our present thankefulnesse And with what face can wee craue to haue more and yet more wee must haue or we cannot subsist if we bee not thankfull for what wee haue a Bern. Serm. 77 Peremptoria res est ingratitudo saith Saint Barnard it cutteth it of all kindnesse b August Soliloq e. 18. Ventus vreus exiccans like that c Exod. 14.21 strong East-winde which in a night dryed vp the Red sea it holdeth of the streames of Gods bounty from flowing Gratiarum cessat decursus vbi recursus non futri● Bern. serm ●0 and dryeth vp those channels whereby his mercies were wont to be conueyed vnto vs. Certainly this is one especiall cause why God so often sayeth vs Nay and sendeth vs away empty when we aske euen because we are so little thankefull to him for former receipts The d Ecel 1.7 sua reddentur origine fluentae gvatiae vt vberius ●luant Bern. serm 89. Rivers returne all their waters to the Sea from whence they had them and they gaine this by the returne that the sea feedeth them againe and so by a continuall fresh supply preserueth them in perpetuall being and motion If they should e Alloquin nisi ad fontem redeant exictantur Bern. ibid. withhold that tribute the Sea would not long suffice them nourishment So wee by giuing receiue and by true paying the old debt get credit to runne vpon a new score and provoke future blessings by our thankfulnesse for former as the Earth by sending vp vapours backe to Heauen from the dew shee hath receiued thence filleth the bottles of heauen with new moysture to bee powred downe vpon her againe in due season in kindly and plentifull showers By our Prayers and Thankesgiuings wee erect a Ladder like that which f Gen. 28.12 Iacob saw whereon the Angels ascended and descended wee preserue a mutuall entercourse betwixt heauen and earth and wee maintaine a kinde of continuall trading as it were betwixt God and vs. The Commodities are brought vs in they are Gods blessings for these wee traffique by our Prayers and Thankesgiuings Let vs therefore deale squarely as wise and honest marchants should doe Let vs keepe touch and pay it is as much as our credit is worth Let vs not thinke to haue Commodities still brought vs in and wee send none out g Horat. 1. Epist 1. Omnia te adversum spectantia this dealing cannot hold long Rather let vs thinke that the quicker and speedier and more returnes we make our gaines will be the greater and that h 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chrys. in Gen Hom. 26 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ibid. Hom. 25. the oftner wee pray and praise God for his blessings the more we secure vnto our selues both the continuance and the increase of them Consider fourthly thy misery §. 56.4 Our misery in wanting if thou shouldest want those things which God hath giuen thee a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Tum denique homines nostra intelligimus bona Quū quae in potestate habuimus ca●misimus Plau. in Captiu 1.2 Carendo magis quàm fruendo Fooles will not know that true worth of things but by wanting which wisermen had rather learne by hauing them Yet this is the common folly of vs all Wee will not prise Gods blessings as we should till he for our vnthankfulnesse take them from vs and teach vs to value them better before we haue them againe We repine at Gods great blessings we grudge

men shew themselues bad sinning with an high hand and an arme stretched out and God seemeth to strenghen their hand by adding to their greatnesse and encreasing their power if we see the a Hab. 1.13 wicked deuouring the man that is more righteous then he and God hold his tongue the whilest if we see the vngodly course it vp and downe at pleasure which way soeuer the lusts of their corrupt heart carrieth them without controule like a wild vntamed Coult in a spacious field God as it were laying the raines in their necke and letting them runne in a word when we see the whole world out of frame and order we may yet frame our selues to a godly patience and sustaine our hearts amid all these evils with this comfort and consideration that still God keepeth the raines in his owne hands and when he seeth his time and so farre as he seeth it good he both can and will checke and controule and restraine them at his pleasure as the cunning rider somtimes giueth a fiery horse head letteth him fling and runne as if hee were madde he knoweth he can giue him the stop when he list The great b Psal. 104.26 Leuiathans that take their pastime in the Sea and with a little stirring of themselues can make c Iob. 41.31.32 the deepe to boyle like a pot and cause a path to shine after them as they goe he can d Ibid. vers 5. play with them as children doe with a bird he suffereth them to swallow his hooke and to play vpon the line and to roll and tumble them in the waters but anon he striketh the hooke through their noses and fetcheth them vp and layeth them vpon the shore there to beate themselues without helpe or remedy exposed to nothing but shame and contempt What then if God suffer those that hate him to prosper for the time and in their prosperity to Lord it ouer his heritage What if Princes should e Psal 119 23. sit and speake against vs f Ibid. vers 161. without a cause as it was sometimes Dauids case Let vs not fret at the iniuries nor enuy at the greatnesse of any let vs rather betake vs to Dauids refuge to be g Ibid. vers 23. occupied in the statutes and to meditate in the holy word of God In that holy word wee are taught that the hearts euen of Kings how much more then of inferiour persons are in his rule and gouernance and that hee doth dispose and turne them as seemeth best to his godly wisedome that he can h Psal 76 12. refraine the spirit of Princes i Psal 149.8 bind Kings in chaynes and Nobles in linkes of iron and though they k Psal. 21.6 rage furiously at it and lay their heads together in consultation how to breake his bands and cast away his coards from them yet they imagine but a vaine thing whilest they striue against him on earth he laugheth them to scorne in heauen maugre all opposition wil establish the kingdome of his Christ and protect his people Say then the great ones of the world exercise their power ouer vs and lay what restraints they can vpon vs our comfort is they haue not greater power ouer vs then l Regum tim●n dorum in proprios greges Reges i● ipsos imperiū esi I●uis Horat. 3. Carn Od. 1. God hath ouer them nor can they so much restraine the meanest of vs but God can restraine the greatest of them much more Say our enemies curse vs with Bell Booke and Candle our comfort is God is able to returne the curse vpon their owne heads and in dispite of the too m Deut. 23.5 turne it into a Blessing vpon vs. Say they make ware like preparations against vs to inuade vs our comfort is God can n Psal. 48.7 breake the ships of Tarshish and scatter the most Psal. 69.4 inuinceable Armadoes Say they that hate vs be more in number then the heires of our head our comfort is the very p Math. 10.30 haires of our head are numbred with him and without his sufferance not the least q Luk. 21.18 haire of our heads shall perish Say to imagine the worst that our Enemies should preuaile against vs and r Psal. 106.41 they that hate vs should be Lords over vs for the time our comfort is he that loueth vs is Lord ouer them and he can bring them vnder vs again whē he seeth time In all our feares in all our dangers in all our distresses our comfort is that God can doe all this for vs our care should be by our holy obedience to strengthen our interest in his protection and not to make him a stranger from vs yea an enemy vnto vs by our sinnes and impenitency that so wee may haue yet more comfort in a cheerefull confidence that God will doe all this for vs. The Assyrian whose s Esay 10.7 ambition it was to be the Catholique King and vniuersall Monarch of the world stiling himselfe the Great King t Esay 36.4 thus saith the great King the King of Assyria when he had sent u Esa. 27.28.29 messengers to reuile Israel and an army to besiege and destroy Ierusalem yet for all his rage he could do them no harme the Lord x Esa. 10.11 brought downe the stout heart of the King of Assyria y Esa. 37.33 put a hooke in his nose and a bridle in his lippes and made him returne backe by the way by which he came without taking the City or so much as casting a banke or shooting an arrow against it Nay he that is indeed z Iob. 41.34 the great King ouer all the children of pride and hath better title to the stile of most Catholique King then any that euer yet bare it whose territories are large as the Earth and spacious as the Aire I meane the Deuill the * Eph. 2.2 Prince of this world he is so f●ttered with the chaine of Gods power and prouidence that he is not able with all his might and malice no not though he raise his whole forces and muster vp all the powers of darknesse and Hell into one band to doe vs any harme in our soules in our bodyes in our Children in our friends in our goods no not so much as our very * Math. 8.31 32. Pigges or any small thing that we haue without the speciall leaue and sufferance of our good God He must haue his Dedimus potestatem from him or he can doe nothing Fourthly since this restraint is an act of Gods mercy §. 40.4 To labour to restraine others from sinning whom we should striue to resemble in nothing more a Luk. 6.36 then in shewing mercy let euery one of vs in imitation of our heauenly father and in compassion to the soules of our brethren and for our owne good and the good of humane society endeauor our selues