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God's goodness to this Israel in all ages being the substance of some sermons on Psalm LXXIII, I/ by J.F., minister of the gospel.
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J. F. (James Forbs), 1629?-1712.
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done and thy thoughts which are to us-ward they cannot be reckoned up in order before thee if I would declare and speak of them they are more than can be numbred Thirdly The consideration of the eminent acts of God's gracious Providence towards the Church of the Jews under the Old Testament is a proof of this truth some few whereof are these 1. Of all Nations under Heaven them only he separated to be a holy People for himself Deut. 7.6 7 8. Thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy God the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people for himself above all the people that are upon the face of the earth the Lord did not set his love upon you nor chuse you because ye were more in number than any other people for ye were the fewest of all people but because the Lord loveth you 2. That Aegyptian Deliverance so miraculously wrought for them was an eminent act of God's good Providence to them and that in these respects 1. He furnished them with a General every way fit for that Expedition Ps 105.26 He sent Moses his servant and Aaron whom he had chosen 2. He inflicted ten several tremendous Plagues and fearful Judgments on their persecuting and oppressive Enemies because they would not allow them liberty to worship God according to the Command of God and their own Consciences Ps 105.27 That of the cutting off all the First-Born of their Adversaries in one night when the deâ—â—â—oying Angel pass'd over them is memorable as also their being in Goshen a Land of Light for three days together when the other were in Darkness 3. In spite of all Opposers they had one very glorious Sacramental Passover-day before they were brought forth 4. He did greatly enrich them with Ear-rings and Jewels of their cruel Task-masters Exod. 22.36 5. While they were surrounded with the Red Sea on the one hand and Pharaoh's Army on the other you know what great Salvation he wrought for them Exod. 15.1 2 3 4 5. O sing unto the Lord for he hath triumphed gloriously the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the Sea 3. The many signal passages of his Providence towards them in the Wilderness do demonstrate this Truth Truly God is good to Israel 1. He sweetned the bitter Waters of Marah for them Exod. 15.23 24 25. 2. He Rained Manna from Heaven upon them and gave them Quails to eat even when in a pettish murmuring Humour they said unto Moses and Aaron would to God we had Died by the Hand of the Lord in the Land of Aegypt when we sat by the flesh-Pots and when we did eat Bread to the full for ye have brought us forth into the Wilderness to kill the whole Assembly with Hunger 3. When they Thirsted and had no Drink He opened the Rock and the Waters gushed out they ran in the dry places like a River Psal 105.41 4. Through the prevalency of Moses's Prayer they obtained a glorious Victory over the Amalekites Aaron and Hur holding up his Hands for which an Altar was errected to the Lord as an eternal Monument of that Meâ—â— Exod. 17. end 5. They had the Pillar of the Cloud by Day to keep them from the violence and scorching Heat of the Sun and the Pillar of Fire by Night to shelter them from the cold thereof and to lead them on their way in the Dark Ps 105.39 6. They had the Law in a most solemn way and manner given forth from Mount Sinai Exod. 20. O happy is that People that 's under a Theocracy and who are governed only by that Law which is purely Divine The Law Moral did in a general way teach them their Duty both to God and Man The Ceremonial did teach them more particularly what to give unto God and the judicial Law did inform them how they ought to walk one towards another as Members of such a Body Politick Nation Kingdom or Common-wealth 7. The Lord did institute Tabernacle-Worship first in the Wilderness Better be in the Wilderness with God's Ordinances than in Aegypt without them 8. When they proved Idolatrous in erecting a Molten Calf to be a visible representation of God's marching on before them upon their Repentance and Moses's Prayer God was graciously pleased to pardon their Sin Exod. 32.11 12 13 14 9. All that Forty Years they were in the Wilderness they had no need to renew their Shooes nor Garments 10. When they were stung with fiery Serpents they had a brazen Serpent erected as an Ordinance of divine Institution for their Remedy and Cure Numb 21.9 Lastly Most of all these things their Manna Water out of the Rock Tabernacles high Priest Ark Sacrifices Altars Pillar of the Cloud and Fire and the brazen Serpent were Typical representations of Jesus Christ and visible Signs of his Presence amongst them I was lately very much taken with the Reading of the First Second Third and Fourth Chapters of Numbers where after numbring the Children of Israel they are Ranked in Battalia as a Camp in the midst of this Camp was the Tabernacle with the Ark of the Covenant next unto it the Priests and Levites and round about them the rest of the Tribes when the Priests and Levites stood with the Ark the People stood when the Ark moved and marched on they accordingly followed and what did all this signifie But that they were even in the Wilderness under the conduct of their great Captain-General Jesus Christ Deut. 32.11 12 13. As an Eagle stirreth up her nest and fluttereth over her Young spreadeth abroad her wings So the Lord alone did lead him and there was no strange God with him he made him ride on high places of the earth that he might eat the increase of the fields and he made him to suck honey out of the Rock and oyl out of the stinty rock Gen. 32.34 Behold mine Angel shall go before thee it was in Allusion to this marching Posture of their's that the Psalmist breaks forth Psal 46. Though the Mountains be removed the Lord of Hosts is with us the God of Jacob is our Refuge God is in the midst of her she shall not be moved And Cant. 6.16 Who is she that looketh forth as the Morning fair as the Moon clear as the Sun terrible as an Army with banners Time would fail in telling you what God did in dividing Jordan in possessing them with a Land that did flow with Milk and Honey in distributing to every Tribe their Portion and Inheritance by lot in driving out their Enemies the Ammonites Moabites the Hivites Jebusites and Gargasites what shall I tell you of his raising up Deborah and Barak Gideon Sampson Ely Samuel and others endued with an extraordinary Spirit to be not only Princes and Judges over them but also to rescue them out of the Hands of their Enemies to whom their Sins had enslaved them what shall I tell you of all the gracious acts of favour conferred upon them under