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A95845 Two sermons preached before His Majesties High Commissioner; and the Estates of Parliament By the appointment of the provinicial Synod of Lothian and Tweddale. Upon Sabbath the 7th. of May, 1693. Unto which is subjoyned the sermon preached at the opening up of the Synod. May 2. 1693. By Mr. William Vetch minister of Peebles. Vetch, William. 1693 (1693) Wing V180; ESTC R230528 36,246 96

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Zealous and so a good example to all the people under them this note of attention calls all to take special notice of GOD's Messenger now unexpectedly sent to them and also of the message that he carries And then in the last place we have this remarkeable Thus saith the LORD thrice repeated the design of which I take to be this to clear confirm them in this call as if the Prophet Haggai had said it is not my message a sick-brain fancie or notion of mine but it is the command of JEHOVAH the Lord of Hosts I might observe from these words several things As 1. That the People of GOD may be called by a wonderful cast of Providenee and an Extraordinary Hand of GOD out of great trouble and affliction to carrie on a work of Reformation and yet when they are most clearly called to it it may meet with great Rubbs and and impediments You see they were called to this and yet it meets with great opposition and they also notwithstanding of GODS Call were careless and superficial in prosecuting this so great so necessarie and so profitable a work 2lie I might observe this That the LORD takes special notice of His people how they manage precious opportunities for His glory his Churches good and the advancement of Religion which are put in their hands and therefore he sends this Prophet Haggai to reprove their by past disobedience and negligence and to awaken them to their dutie for the future But the main Doctrine which I take to comprehend the very scope of the words is this That it is the dutie of all ranks of people in a land to be strong and join cordiallie and unanimouslie together to carrie on a begun work of Reformation when the LORD eminently calls them to it promises to be with them in it And this is the Doctrine that through the LORDS Assistance I purpose to stand on in prosecuting whereof I shall follow this method 1. To shew you what is meant here by be strong and that I shall do first positively shewing what it truely imports 2. Negativelie what it prohibites In the next place I shall give you the Reasons of the doctrine why all ranks of persons in a Land should be strong and join cordially together to carrie on a begun work of Reformation when the LORD eminently calls them to it And lastly I shall give you the use of all This is the work that lyes before me First then by Being strong is positively and plainly meant in Scripture phrase to take courage and resolution that persons of all ranks whom GOD calls to his Service should put on courage and resolution especially such as GOD sets up in publick Offices Ye may see this clear in the case of Joshua in his first chapter verse 9 When the LORD calls furth Joshua to install him in a publick Office which he was to manage for bringing the People of GOD through Jordan out of the wilderness and to bring them to the possession of Canaan and to go before them as their Captain General in the Warrs by which they were to execute GODS threatned judgements in destroying these Nations that were accursed and were to meet with manie a bloodie Rancounter in the doing thereof how does the LORD in order to all this encourage Joshua in this 9 verse Have not I commanded thee Be strong and of a good courage be not afraid neither be thou dismaid for the LORD thy GOD is with thee whithersoever thou goest Magistrates are to be men of courage Exod. 18.21 Thou shalt saith the LORD to Moses provide thee able men out of all the people such as fear GOD men of truth hating covetousness The Original word in the Hebrew is men of courage and strength Yea they that are in publick Office must not only put on courage and resolution but they must evidence it in the right management of the trust put in their hands Nehemiah chap. 6.11 Should such a man as I flee Nay I will neither fear nor flee but stand it out against Sanballat and all his Complices and all their power their scoffs their threats their plots this was the Answer he gave to such as were telling him such frightfull stories That the Enemies would be too strong for him that they would runn him and that work down that he was come from Artaxerxes with a new Commission to propagate and carrie on but he puts on Courage and Resolution as an Antidote against all these Fears I say That persons that are Magistrates and Ministers and such as have a publick Trust committed to them by the LORD should be men of great courage especiallie in a time when Reformation and Temple-work is in hand as in my Text. Samuel was a man of courage 1 Sam. 15.25 to the 30 verse when he told King Saul plainlie his sins And That GOD had rejected him therefore and rent the Kingdom from him Elijah also was a man of great Resolution and Courage as you may see in that conference between Obadiab and him 1 Kings 18. ver 15. c. And when he told a threatning Abab ver 18. That it was he and his fathers house that troubled Israel in that he had forsaken the LORD and followed Baalim And the Priests of the LORD were men of Courage 2 Chron. 26.17 18 when they resisted King Vzziah invading the Churches priviledges 2ly I take this to be meant by be strong and work to be Livelie Active and diligent in the work which they were now called to by the LORD that they not only have a fittedness for their work but that they be faithfull and diligent in the dispatch of it and indeed I find that the Wise man Eccles 9 10. does commend diligence activitie in all a mans lawful bussiness in the world Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do do it with all thy might c. How much more commendable must it be to be active and diligent in the great concernments of GOD and of His House and Glorie that must be a thing much more regarded than the concerns of our own houses And that 1st because the matters of God are preferable to our matters that is the thing that should be upon the heart and Conscience and affections of everie person of publick trust they should set the matters of GOD foremost like those persons Psal 137 ver 5 6. If I forgetthee O Zion If I preferr not thee to my chief Joy let my right hand forget her cunning and let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth Secondly This diligence and Activitie for GOD and his matters with which we are entrusted is the diligence that brings in the greatest Reward though alace it is little believed there are many of you that hears me this day that if you would lay out your selves in places and stations for GOD and his work it would bring you a greater reward than you are aware of and you will be made to