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A81104	A sermon preached in the parish-church of St. Philip and Jacob, in the city of Bristol on Wednesday the 15th of July, 1691. Being the monthly-fast. By Thomas Cary, M.A. Vicar of the parish of St. Philip and Jacob, in the city of Bristol.	Cary, Thomas, 1648 or 9-1711.	1691 (1691)	Wing C743B; ESTC R232684	7,176	30

Mercy and Judgment together he doth not proportion the Stripes to the Offence he Corrects in Love when he might justly Destroy in Wrath the obstinate Jews deserved that God should utterly forsake them their Sins cryed for a longer Captivity then of seventy Years but it pleased God to restore them again to their Native Country and to erect a second Temple for his publick Worship Yet many Neh. 9. 30 31. years did'st thou forbear them and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets yet would they not give ear therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands Nevertheless for thy great mercies sake thou didst not utterly consume them nor forsake them for thou art a Gracious and a Merciful God And now to apply this to ourselves God hath certainly punished us less then our Sins deserve it was not for any Righteousness in us that God hath so Graciously delivered us for we are a Rebellious and an Unthankful People our Sins were clamorous for greater Judgments then those from which God hath in Mercy rescued us God may justly say to us as heretofore to the Jews Not for your sakes do I this saith the Lord God be it known unto you be ashamed Ezek. 36. 32. and confounded for your own ways O house of Israel God hath spared us to magnifie his Grace in our Deliverance he hath miraculously preserved us to Demonstrate to the Antichristian World that we profess his true Religion although we do not live up to it it was more for the Sins of the Papists then for the Righteousness of the Protestants that God so providentially Appeared for us O what great Reason have we then to celebrate God with Praises O how thankful should we be for this unexpected Deliverance God hath done great Things for us and shall not we rejoyce in God He hath Magnified his Mercy and shall not we Admire his Love O give Thanks unto the Psal 118. 1 2 3. Lord for he is good because his mercy endureth for ever Let Israel now say that his mercy endureth for ever Let the house of Aaron now say that his mercy endureth for ever Let them now that fear the Lord say that his mercy endureth for ever That the Deliverances of the Church and People of God come from Him and hast given us such deliverance as this The return of the Jews from their Captivity in Babylon was God's Act he put it into the Heart of Cyrus to issue out his Proclamation to rebuild Jerusalem and to Erect there a Temple to the Lord God brought them down to Babylon and brought them up again And thus our Deliverance from two intolerable Evils Popery in the Church and Slavery in the State is God's Work we may truly say of it what the Magicians of Aegypt did of the unimitable Miracle this is the Finger of God we have great reason to apply the Words of the Psalmist this is Psal 118. 23. the Lord 's doing it is marvellous in our eyes If ever any Deliverance had plain Characters of a remarkable Providence stampt upon it this hath God so managed the whole that every one may discern his Hand in it that doth not affect wilful Blindness it was so contrived in every part of it it came in such a time of Extremity and was brought about by such Unlikely and Improbable means all things did so Conspire together for the good of this Church and State that if ever God hath wrought Miracles in any Age since that of the Apostles then was the time Let us not then impute our Deliverance to Chance and Fortune or to our own Wisdom and Endeavours or to the Policy and Craft of States-men or to the renowned Instrument of it that Illustrous Prince whom God hath in Mercy to us Exalted to the Throne but wholly to the Providence of the Almighty Let us say with Daniel Blessed be the Name of God for ever Dan. 2. 20 21. and ever for wisdom and might are his and he changeth the times and the seasons he removeth kings and setteth up kings he giveth wisdom unto the wise and knowledge to them that know understanding He revealeth the deep and secret things he knoweth what is in darkness and the light dwelleth with him Here certainly we may apply the Words in the Song of Moses How should one chase Deut. 32. 30 31. a thousand and two put ten thousand to flight except their Rock had sold them and the Lord had shut them up For their Rock is not as our Rock even our enemies themselves being judges Let us then regard God as the sole Author of our Preservation let us not so much consider second Causes as the original Cause let us conclude this Point with the Words of the Psalmist If it had not been the Psal 124. 1 2. Lord who was on our side may Israel now say If it had not been the Lord who was on our side when men rose up against us Then they had swallowed us up quick when their wrath was kindled against us That great Deliverances do call for great Reformation by way of Thankfulness and Gratitude This is implied throughout the whole Beloved Brethren the late Deliverance of this Nation is Great and Remarkable it should not only be Recorded in our Chronicles but Written on our Hearts he that hath no sense of it hath no regard for God or Religion it deserves to be Proclaimed with the lowdest Praises our Hearts and Lives should concur together to demonstrate our Gratitude for it God intends his Mercies as Obligations to Obedience they are Arguments very proper to work on all that have any Ingenuity Let us then live up unto that holy Religion God hath preserved among us now being delivered out of the Hands of our Enemies let us serve our God with humble and obedient Hearts now we are secured from the Fears of Popery let us live as doth become the Protestant Profession Let us not be more zealous for the Rites and Ceremonies of Religion then for the Substantial and Indispensible Duties of it let us not waste our Zeal upon Triffles that cannot profit or edifie Souls and in the mean time loose those essential Graces without which we cannot be saved let us not contend about the Shell and part with the Kernel the Life and Spirit of Christianity the Love of God and our Neighbour let us all endeavour to exceed one another in practising the substantial Duties of Piety Justice Sobriety and Charity and then we shall not differ much about indifferent Things Peace and Unity are the Glory of a Christian Church this excellent Character is given of the Primitive and Purest The multitude of them that believed were Acts 4. 32. of one heart and of one soul Love is the inseparable Badge of a true Disciple of Christ By this shall all men know that ye John 13 35. are my disciples if ye have love one to another