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A89565	Emmanuel: a thanksgiving-sermon preached to the Honourable House of Commons upon their solemn day of praising God for the victory obtained by the Parliaments forces in Southvvales. In the church of Margarets Westminster, May 17. 1648. / By Stephen Marshall B.D. minister of Gods Word at Finchingfield in Essex.	Marshall, Stephen, 1594?-1655.	1648 (1648)	Wing M753; Thomason E443_3; ESTC R204197	25,337	44

people Thus was it to Pharoah and his hoast thus was it to Sisera and his army thus was it to Oreb and Zeeb who perished at Endor and became like dung upon the face of the earth thus with Senacharib and his great Army thus with all the Nations who were gathered together to defile Zion and thus shall it be with all the enemies of the Church so let all thine enemies perish O Lord Could the time permit me I would a little further instruct you out of the word in the severall wayes how Jesus Christ uses to affect this which are all unexpected wayes unto his enemies they are such as these Sometimes the Lord doth make some diversion for them calls them off that they cannot goe on though they fully purpos'd it 2 Kings 19. 7 8. Sometimes the Lord doth infatuate their counsels that they goe a simple way to worke in a businesse that else might bee carried easily Esay 19. 20 12. Sometimes the Lord doth breed divisions amongst themselves that they who thought to destroy Gods people help to destroy one another 2. Chron. 20. Sometimes the Lord strikes into them a spirit of terror and amazement that they doe not know whence it is nor why it is and yet their courage is wholly gone and so God threatned it should be both to Niniveh and Babylon Esay 13. Sometimes the Lord stirres up other creatures to doe it the Wind the Sun the Stars nay it may be the very insecta animalia Exod. 8. 9 10. the Rats and Mice and Frogs and such poore creatures and so delivers his people as he did Ieremiah out of a dungeon by rotten rags Sometimes the Lord Jesus doth it by his own immediate hand as in my Text here the hand of the Lord doth it as with devouring fire So hee did against Senacharib the Angel of God sent a plague that in one night kil'd a matter of ninescore thousand Esay 9. 6. and Esay 1. 3. 7. Sometimes the Lord doth it by giving mighty strength unto a handfull of his own people to bee able to tread downe and to breake through huge hostes of them who made account to lick them up as the Oxe should lick up a little fodder Iudges 1. Kings 20. there are plentifull examples of all these such wayes as these doth Jesus Christ delight to turn the plots of all the enemies of the Church upon their owne hands and for his peoples deliverance the ground of it in one word is this It all comes from that infinite love that Jesus Christ beares to his people my Text hath it you must be broken to pieces for Immanuel it is Immanuels land it is Immanuels cause it is Immanuels people the tender love that Christ beares to his people is the cause of all this though they are altogether unworthy of it With an everlasting love have I loved thee in Ier. 31. 3. therefore with loving kindnesse will I thus draw thee and in the 43. of Isaiah Since thou wast pretious in mine eyes saith God that is since I set my heart upon thee I will give men for thee and people for thy life the Lord cares not to give a mighty Army of enemies for the ransome of them that are pretious in his eyes and in another place I 'le make them of the Synagogue of Satan fall at thy feet and they shall know that I have loved thee for their sakes is hee Immanuel for their sakes is al power in heaven and earth committed to him the Father judgeth no man that is the execution of all the Soveraigne authority of God is now put into the hands of Jesus Christ for this very end God hath given him to be the head over all things to the Church they are all to be subordinate for the good of the Church his onely work and design is the welfare of his Church upon the Church hee hath set his heart the Church he carries in his bosome his Church he hath writ upon the palmes of his hands and the tablet of his breast and hee being furnished with all the power of God and all the wisdome of God and all the righteousnesse of God it can bee no otherwise but that all designes and plots that are against the Church must bee dashed and come to nought according to that promise in the latter end of the 54. of Isaiah No weapon that is formed against thee can prosper but every tongue that riseth up against thee in judgement thou sholt condemn this is the heritage of all Gods people saith the Lord these things I know you are not unacquainted with I shall now wind it up with an Application in two or three uses and they are all of them such uses which the Lord teaches his people to make of it in this very Chapter the first is A word of Caution because all plots and conspiracies against the Church must come to nothing therefore say you not a confedracy with them that say a confederacy this use of Prophet makes of it in the 12. verse assoon as the Lord had made this promise He presently with a strong hand instructs him not to walk in the way of that people saying say not a confederacy with them that say a confederacy that is when others doe either out of ill will against Gods people or from base feare or any other principle whatever associate themselves with the churches enemies do not you joyn in that confederacy with them the same caution I give you let it bee a watch-word to all of you to beware how you have your hand in any designe that is against the cause and people of God for certainly in it you can contrive nothing but your owne ruine Ahitophel was a wise man and hee would joyne with Absalon possibly onely out of policy because hee saw Absalon was the rising star and the people were discontented with Davids government and factions were spread and this man was like to carry it and what became of this wise man God turned his counsell into foolishinesse hee twisted a halter to hang himself and that was all Thou maist by such plots kindle a fire to burn thy owne house thou maist furbish a sword to run into thy owne bosome but all thy contrivements and joynings with them how wise or cunning so ever they are must turn upon thy own head to thy ruin if thou have any thing to doe with them therefore as Pilates wife sent to him have thou nothing to doe against that just man so say I to you have you nothing to do against Gods Servants it is a dangerous and a wretched thing to be ingaged against them it 's a wretched thing to carry the devill in ones brain to be plotting mischief but to be unsuccessefull in attempts yea to advance and doe good to them whom men would destroy and themselves to perish for their labour this

Emmanuel A THANKSGIVING-SERMON PREACHED To the Honourable House OF COMMONS Upon their Solemn day of praising God for the victory obtained by the Parliaments Forces in SOUTHVVALES In the Church of Margarets Westminster May 17. 1648. By STEPHEN MARSHALL B. D. Minister of Gods Word at Finchingfield in Essex MICAH 4. 11 12 13. Now also many Nations are gathered against thee that say Let her be defiled and let our eye look upon Zion But they know not the thoughts of the Lord neither understand they his counsell for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor Arise and thresh O daughter of Zion Rom. 8. 31. If God be with us who can be against us London Printed by R. C●tes for Stephen Bowtell at the sign of the Bihle in Popes-head Alley 1648. Die Mercurii 17 Maii 1648. ORdered by the Commons assembled in Parliament That Sir John Trevour doe from this House give Thanks to Mr. Marshall for the great pains he took in his Sermon he preached this day at Margarets Westminster before the House of Commons it being a day of publick Thanksgiving for the Victory obtained by the Parliaments Forces in Southwales And that he be desired to Print his Sermon wherein he is to have the usuall priviledge in Printing thereof H. Elsynge Cler. Parl. D. Com. I doe appoint Stephen Bowtell to Print my Sermon STEPHEN MARSHALL To the Honourable THE House of Commons Assembled in PARLIAMENT IN obedience to your commands I here humbly present to publique view what you were pleased with ready affections lately to attend unto In it is cleared how vain the attempts of all men are against the people and Cause of God and these seasonable Mercies and Deliverances may help to confirm us in waiting for the full accomplishment of all these promises I confesse for our unworthy walking and little improving many like Mercies we continue still in a low condition and lye under many heavie pressures our times are like that day in Zach. 14. Neither clear nor dark not day nor night we are cast down but not forsaken of our God no not though our land be filled with sin against the holy One of Israel God sill appears in the mount of our difficulties Methinks this his gracious dealing shews how willing he is yet to heal our backslidings to take away our iniquities to doe us good and to preserve and establish us a people to himself O! that God would now in the end teach this Nation to leave struggling one against another for a curse and all to joyn together to wrastle with him for a blessing and seek him in his own Gospel-way O! that God would perswade such of this Nation who are engaged against the cause of God to leave plotting and contriving of Designes which shall not prosper and in stead thereof joyn hands with those who desire to see the prosperity of Zion And that all who are engaged in this Cause of God would labour to manage it in Gods own way That they would remember their Covenant what they have sworn and promised and by his grace study to make it good how abundantly should we finde the fruits of his loving kindnesses showred down upon us That this may be the study and endeavour of you all who represent the whole Commonalty of this Nation is the humble and earnest prayer of Your humble Servant in Christ STEPH●N MARSHALL A SERMON PREACHED Before the Honourable House of Commons at their Publick Thanksgiving May 17. 1648. Isaiah 8. 9 10. Associate your selves O ye people and ye shall be broken in pieces and give eare all ye of far Countries gird yourselves and ye shall be broken in pieces gird your selves and ye shall be broken in pieces take counsell together and it shall come to nought speak the word and it shall not stand for God is with us THis Chapter doth containe a threatning of two judgements One against the Kingdomes of Syria and the Kingdome of Israel or the ten Tribes that is in the foure first Verses and the summe of it is this The Prophet had a young son the Lord bids him at the Circumcision of his son name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz which signifies Make haste to the spoil make haste to the prey and the Lord gives the reason of it because before that child should bee able to call my Father my Mother before hee should bee able to say Dad or Mam The riches of Damascus and the spoile of Samaria shall bee taken away before the King of Assyria and it came to passe accordingly for this Prophesie was about the third yeer of King Ahaz and in the fourth yeer which was the yeer after a great part of Israel was plunder'd and spoiled and the Kingdome of Syria was wholly broken The second part of the chapter begins at the fifth verse and that containes a threatning of judgment against the Kingdome of Iudah and in it there are foure things remarkable First Here is the cause of this terrible judgement that God would bring upon the Kingdome of Iudah Secondly Here is laid down the judgement it self what it should be Thirdly Here is contained the deliverance of Gods people from the judgement and Fourthly Here is laid down the uses that God would have made of all this The cause of the judgement you have laid down in the sixt verse Forasmuch saith hee as this people refuseth or slights the waters of Shiloah which run slowly and rejoyce in Rezin and Remaliahs son because of this that is in one word because of their infidelity because they did not rest upon the Gospell promises made them in Immanuel that salvation which hee had promised to come from the house of David but slighted it because the house of David was now low and their neighbour Kingdomes of Syria and Israel were more pompous and stately then Davids throne therefore they regarded not the promises made to it but would bee glad to bee like those Kingdomes who overtopt them and to this end they made a confederacy with the King of Assyria that they might bee the better able to cope with Rezin the King of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah the King of Israel this the Prophet signifies in the words of refusing the waters of Shiloah that run softly and rejoycing in Rezin and Remaliahs son Shiloah was a little River which arose at the foot of Mount Sion whence ran slowly and in a crooked channell which some thinkes it 's called the Dragons Well Nehem. 2. 13. and this smooth stream was conveyed in some subterranean channells into that pool mentioned Iohn 9. 7. and was thence by pipes conveyed into the Kings Gardens and Orchards and was of use to the whole City yea and Temple of Ierusalem The same River of Shiloah is that which the Prophet mentions Psalm 46. There is a River the streames whereof make glad the City of God the holy place of the Tabernacle of the most High By

this River the Lord shadowes out the Kingdome of Sion and the house of David which now was in a mean and low estate and therefore despised by those unbeleeving Jews and it is usuall with the Prophets by Rivers to signify the adjacent Provinces Egypt by Nilus Babylon by Euphrates c. Now for this sinne of their unbeleif and relying upon an arme of flesh the King of Assyria was this judgment to come upon them Then Secondly Here is the judgment which therefore shall come upon them because that little River of Shiloah would not in their esteem doe them good would not comfort them the Lord would bring them waters broad enough foraine waters such as they desired but little for their good he would bring the Assyrian upon them hee who they trusted in to be their deliverer should come in and be their spoil Now therefore behold the Lord bringeth upon them the waters of the rivers strong and many even the King of Assyria and all his glory and he shall come up over all his channels and goe over all his banks and he shall passe through Judah he shall overflow and goe over he shall reach even to the neck and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land Oh Emmanuel This terrible judgement is laid downe in two comparisons one of a great river or the sea that had broke over all his banks a floud should spread over all their land and reach up to the very neck the other comparison is of an Eagle or fowl of prey he should come and spread his wings over the breadth of the whole land the whole land of Iudea should at one time be overspread by the mighty Army that Senacherib whom they expected to be their Saviour should bring upon them with a purpose to destroy them and in the close of this threatning there is an elegant Apostrophe he turns his speech to Christ he shal spread his wings over the breadth of thy land O Immanuel though it be thy land and thy people O Emmanuel yet because of their unbelief all this shall come upon them This turning of his speech to Christ seems to be an indignity to Christ that his land under the notion of his land should be wasted by such a wicked King but this appears to be added for two ends one to signifie the certainty of the judgement all that could possibly be pleaded why there should be any hope of keeping off the judgement was Emmanuels title to this land but it shall come though it be Emmanuels land secondly this is added as a secret ground of comfort of deliverance because it was the land of Emmanuel the land and people where Emmanuel was to be borne and where he was to reign where he had and would have his fire and furnace his seat ●nd habitation therefore their faith may expect deliverance these are the two first parts of the Chapter now my Text containes the third which is the deliverance which the Lord would give them notwithstanding their great unworthinesse but before I come to that let me name this one lesson from the other two parts namely That it is ordinary with God when his people doe forsake his promises and trust to an arme of flesh he makes that arme of flesh to bee their scourge which they expected to be their helper they had nothing that they would trust to against these two neighbouring Kingdomes but the power of the King of Assyria and this King of Assyria shoud be their scourge to beat and almost to breake them in pieces which is notably expressed 2 Chron. 28. 20 21. Ahaz sent all the treasure he could rap and rend thereby to ingage the King of Assyria And Tilgath-Pilneser the King of Assyria came to him and distressed him but strengthned him not he helped him not therefore Let us learne that when we do trust either to any nation to any Army or to any Councell and relie upon them with with-drawing our selves from the gratious promises of God we take the ready way to bring ruine and destruction upon our selves The third part of the Chapter is that which I intend by the Lords assistance to treat upon and that is the deliverance which the Lord was pleased to promise this unworthy people in this 9 and 10. verses for the understanding whereof I would open two things First The matter contained in these two verses Secondly The manner how the Lord is pleased to lay this down and expresse it The matter of the two verses containes these three Heads First Here is a great conspiracie against the Church of God Secondly Here is an eminent deliverance of the Church from this conspiracy Thirdly Here is both the author of the deliverance and the cause why they should be delivered The conspiracie against them is laid downe in these branches First Here is the multitude of people that were engaged in it called ye people and ye of far Countries a great many of them Secondly Here is their association their meeting about their businesse gather your selves together associate your selves ye people come and meet Thirdly Here is the Association of their Councell take counsell together contribute every one what you are able toward this designe Fourthly Here is their agreement in the Conclusion Speake the word set it positively downe nemine contradicente this is the businesse we will doe and carry it on as one man then Here is the preparation likewise of their Armes Gird your selves doe not only meet and talke and agree but arme and march and goe on with your businesse all this is the preparation to the plot Secondly Here is the defeat of this plot and that is very notable even the dissipating of their counsells the ruine of all their enterprizes Associate your selves but ye shall be broken gird your selves but ye shall be broken take counsell but it shall come to nought speak the word set downe your conclusion that you 'l never part from yet all shall not stand all shall be a vain thing it shall not onely not take effect but returne upon your owne heads to your owne ruine ye shall be broken in pieces Thirdly Here is the Authour of it and in the Author the cause for God is with us the Hebrew is for Emmanuel gather your selves gird your selves take counsell speak the word all shall come to nought for Emanuel that is for it is Emmanuels cause that you oppose it is Emmanuels people that you fight against it is Emmanuel who is the Leader the Generall of that Army one that will out-wit you and out-plot you and out-fight you one for whom you are too few and he alone will be too many for you it is against Christ and you doe but kick against the prickes this is the matter of these two verses then Secondly Note likewise the manner how the Lord is pleased to lay this downe which is done by severall