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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46900	Three sermons preached the first in Richmond Church, August 17. 1690. on the most happy accession of Their Majesties, King William and Queen Mary to the Crown. The second in Mortlake Chuch in Surrey March 3. 1694. on the death of our late most gracious soveraign lady the Queen, of blessed memory. The third in Mortlake Church, April 16. 1696. being the day of Thanksgiving unto Almighty God, for discovering and disappointing the horrid and barbarous conspiracy to assassinate His most gracious Majesty's royal person: and for delivering this kingdom from an invasion, intended by the French. By Christopher Johnson, M.A. and school-master of Richmond in Surrey. Printed to prevent mistakes concerning the author.	Johnson, Christopher, b. 1657 or 8.	1696 (1696)	Wing J770BA; ESTC R216574	43,561	66

and Appellations as the (c) 2 Chro. 35. holy Ark the (d) 1 Sam. 7.1 Ark of the Lord the (e) 1 Sam. 14.18 Ark of God the (f) Psal 132.8 Heb. 9.4 Ark of his Strength It was kept in the Sanctum Sanctorum or Holy of Holiest in the Tabernacle and afterwards brought into the Oracle of the House to the most Holy Place of Solomon's Temple The Author to the Hebrews seems positive that it had in it the Pot The Golden Pot says he of Manna and Aaron 's Rod that budded as well as the Twe Tables of the Covenant And therefore because 't is said 1 Kings 8.9 to which is consonant 2 Chron. 5.10 that there was nothing in the Ark save the Two Tables of Stone which Moses put there at Horeb when the Lord made a Covenant with the Children of Israel when they came out of the Land of Egypt because of this saying some think the Apostle's meaning is rather that the Golden Pot of Manna and Aaons Famons Rod that brought forth buds and bloomed Blossoms and yielded Almonds were only put into the Tabernacle meaning that part of the Tabernacle after the second Vail called The Holiest of all according to that of Exod. 16.34 As the Lord commanded Moses so Aaron laid it i. e. the Pot of Manna up before the Testimony to the end it was that it might be kept for their Generations And Numb 17.10 The Lord said unto Moses bring Aaron 's Rod again before the Testimony to be kept for a Token against the Rebels So that both were to be preserved before the Testimony or the Two Tables of the Law but whether in the Ark with them or out of it before the Ark and so before the Testimony which was included therein is the question If we think both were put into the Ark before the Testimony we must judge they were taken out by some means before Solomon sent for the Ark Or else that these words There was nothing in the Ark save the Two Tables of Stone which Moses put there at Horeb are to be interpreted that only those Two Tables were placed then alone in the Ark when the Priests brought it into his place into the Oracle of the House i. e. the Temple to the most holy place under the Wings of the Cherubims 1 King 8.6 Or else because it seems plain by the Apostle's words well observed in the Original that both the Pot of Manna and Aaron's Rod were in the Ark as well as the Two Tables of the Covenant It may be satisfactory for reconciling the whole to suppose according to Theophylact that though in Solomon's time there was nothing in the Ark but the Two Tables yet in some time afterwards the Pot of Manna and Aaron's Rod were put therein also But to proced the Ark was Glory chiefly because of the Glorious Presence and Majesty of God on the Mercy-seat between the Cherubims that his Name was called on it that at it they enquired or asked Counsel For there was the Divine Oracle from thence God himself did vouchsafe to speak as he told Moses There I will meet with thee and I will commune with thee from above the Mercy-seat from between the two Cherubims which are upon the Ark of the Testimony of all things which I will give thee in Commandment unto the Children of Israel Exod 25.22 And it was a sign of God's Especial Presence among his People a signal instance whereof was that in Joshua's time at the Israelites pasage through the River Jordan when the Ark passing before the People into that River as soon as the Feet of the Priests that bare it were dipped in the brim of the Water at the time of its overflowing in Harvest the Waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap and those that came down failed and were cut off the Priests that supported the Ark standing firm on dry ground in the midst of the River until all the People were passed clean over on dry ground also Jos 3. And Moses before at the Ark's setting forward as certain of God's Presence used this form of Speech Rise up Lord and let thine Enemies be scattered and let them that hate thee flee before thee And when it rested he said Return O Lord unto the many Thousands of Israel Numb 10.35 36. And so Glorious was the Ark and so Wonderfully was God's Presence with it though in Captivity by the Philistines and brought into the House or Temple of their god Dagon that their Dagon could not stand before it his place could not contain and hold him fast from prostration for down he fell upon his Face to the Earth as it were saluting it with the greatest reverence as one would think if Dagon had been endued with any the least Life or Sense And when he was re-established in his place and fastened perhaps with much Art down again he fell upon his Face to the ground before the Ark with a worse Fate than before for now total Destruction came upon the Insensible god he was dashed to pieces his Head and Hands cut off upon the Threshold and no more than his Stump left to him Next after this defeat of their Idol the Philistines themselves very sorely smarted and felt the Mighty Power and Presence of God with the Ark for the Hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod destroying them and smiting them with Emerods their very Coasts not exempted from the sad Calamity And when upon Consultation with their Lords how they should remove the Evil from them they carried it about to Gath then Wo to all of that City small and great an heavy Destruction upon them by the Hand of the Lord And when sent to Ekron the Ekronites cried out as sensible of the Fate of others and what was falling upon them Saying They have brought about the Ark of the God of Israel to us to slay us and our People as it came to pass for there was a deadly Destruction throughout all the City the Hand of God was very heavy there also making the Cry of the City go up to Heaven 1 Sam. 5. So that better it had been for the Philistimes never to have touched the Holy Ark of the Covenant of the Lord for it was the worst Captive to them that ever they took it made such work and woful slaughter amongst them and forced they were to send it away and ask Counsel of their Priests and Diviners with what they should send it to its place whose Advice was not to send it empty but in any wise to return the God of Israel a Trespass-Offering And that they should moreover give Glory unto the God of Israel giving them some Hope 's thereby of a Release from the present Punishment thus Peradventure he will lighten his Hand from off you and from off your gods and from off your Land 1 Sam. 6. So that from hence we may conclude also that Eli's Daughter-in-law

hath done great things for us whereof we rejoice And this affirm we in defiance of all who deny Him or his Providence whether in Thought or in Act or be it by both And for all this may we fear Him may we love Him above all things in Heaven and in Earth May all our Hearts all our Souls our Minds and our Strength have a full share in this Affection towards God and so by the Operation of every Faculty and Power in us proper thereto may we take our fill in loving Him that as He hath loved us so the love of Him may dwell plenteously in us To excite us the more to our Duty of Love and Praise Adoration and Thanksgiving it is requisite that we consider what and how great the Blessing is wherein consists the Salvation wrought so lately in our Land And of the Blessing of God now upon us and His Salvation vouchsafed unto us none can be ignorant forasmuch as all know that God Almighty has manifested his Providence his Power and Mercy towards His Most Excellent Majesty and His People by laying open the Depths of Satan and the secret Intentions of wicked Men that He has Discovered and Delivered the King from an Horrid and Barbarous Conspiracy of Papists and other Trayterous Persons to Assassinate and Murder His Royal Person and the Kingdom from an Intended Invasion by the greatest Enemies to its and all Europe's Repose the French By which great Deliverance the King 's Royal Person is saved from Destruction His Government Secured and this Realm Freed from that Total Subversion of its Religion Laws and Liberties which if God had not thus mercifully interposed would have been the Fate of it Lo this is the Blessing and it is very great this is the Salvation we now give thanks for and it is wonderful Here is repeated Mercy and Goodness to an unwise and foolish People who have ill requited God with Ingratitude for His former Loving-kindnesses But as we now meditate on His Mercy so may we with Rivers of Tears in our Eyes think of the other Method God so lately used to reduce us unto a right Sense of our selves by the Deplorable Loss of that most Virtuous and Pious Princess the Queen of Blessed Memory who fell by a heavy stroke alas To us it was God punishing us for our many Provocations our Incorrigible and Undutiful Behaviour to Him that He might melt us thereby into Sorrow and Repentance that He might force us to humble our selves with Weeping and Fasting and to cloath our Souls with Mourning Attire when the thick Cloud of his Anger overspread these Nations by Her Death And now again He invites us to Him in love for lo the Bright Beams of His Mercy shining every where He hath called us this Day out of the Houses of Mourning into those of Joy He hath put a new Song into our Mouths even a Thanksgiving unto our God for the Safety of our Most Serene and Illustrious Monarch KING WILLIAM the Father of our Country the Great Joy and Hope and Support of many Nations the most Heroick and Noble Patron and Assertor of ours and all Europe's Liberties by whose Crown falling from His Head and so the Glory departing again from us God might have laid us with Bleeding Hearts in Dust and Ashes have heaped upon us all the Mischiefs that the Rage and Madness of our Incensed Enemies could bring who would have number'd their Merits by the quantities of our Blood they should have caused to run in our Streets when the more of us they had killed the more Service to God they would have boasted that they had done like that Duke D'Alva who assumed much Glory and Honour to himself for the Slaughter he made of many Thousand Protestants or Hereticks by such Men of Blood falsly so called But O that Men would praise the Lord for his Goodness and declare the Wonders he doeth for us the Children of Men when by a Miracle of Mercy we are saved from that Wo and Destruction which otherwise would at this time have been raging by Fire and Sword in these Islands with Apparent Danger of Ruin and Desolation upon all the Confederate Countries by that Ambitious Prince who has hunted after the Precious Life of our KING that he might Subdue the Nations to the Rod of his Power and tread them under his Feet But behold the Justice of the Lord as well as his Mercy in the King's Salvation For what had Men to do to take God's Prerogative out of His Hands and to number the King's Moments of Life by the time they should set a Fatal period thereto So long as God hath bound up his Soul in the Bundle of Life and may it be I pray God for many Years even to a good Old Age those who have to do with the Stool of Wickedness may sit thereon long enough Plotting and Contriving his Death thus imagining or framing Mischief by their own Wicked Counsels as a Law or Decree written like but more Cruel than those of Draco said to be in Blood and yet shall not be able to prevail with all the Powers of Hell on their side For no Sorcery no Divination no Inchantment no Conspiracy or Weapon form'd against this Mighty Defender of our Faith and of the Liberties of Europe can prosper so long as the Lord is on our side so long as He is the Rock of our Salvation and He will not leave us nor forsake us if we do not leave Him first O therefore draw we near unto Him in Faith and full Assurance of His continual Favour and keep we from every wicked thing from Atheism of the Mind from Atheism of the Will and the Act From Profaneness in our Hearts in our Words and in our Deeds Let us Religiously observe this Day with an holy Joy that it may be acceptable unto the Lord. Let no vain Oaths cause the Land to mourn nor any other Sin of our Souls or Bodies pollute this Day And let us observe every Lord's Day with greater distinction from other Days than we have hitherto done And so may we now turn unto the Lord and prosper May we wash off all Stains and Blemishes of past Ingratitude and be thankful for evermore hereafter And then will we say unto the Grand Enemy of Europe The Virgin Isa 37.22 the Daughter of Zion hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn the Daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her Head at thee Then the Gates of Hell shall not prevail against the Church of England for her Faith is Built on a Rock and He who is truly the Defender thereof shall stand by Her with Power from God to preserve Her as He hath promised to do to His utmost To our Consolation then be it spoken That Great Deliverance giveth God unto His King that he is a Tower of Salvation unto him and sheweth Mercy unto His Anointed Wherefore will we rejoice and sing triumphantly The Lord liveth and blessed be

Pleasure O therefore great is the Deliverance beyond the Comprehensions of our Understandings And praised be the Lord who hath not given us over for a prey unto their Teeth for our Soul is escaped as a Bird out of the Snare of the Fowler the Snare is broken and we are delivered For which may all that are or would have been sensible of the Black Device if it had taken its Dismal Effect Bless and Exalt God's holy Name May all the good People of this Nation Obey their Sovereign Lord the KING's Commands in such manner as may be acceptable to God And as His Majesty doth so may they acknowledge the singular Mercy and Goodness of God See His Majesty's Most Gracious Speech to Both Houses of Parliament Feb. 24. 1695. May all His Subjects Piously and Joyfully keep this Day and ponder the Occasion of it in their Hearts with a Perpetual Thanksgiving to the utmost extent of their Lives for so great a Salvation May it make such deep and lasting Impressions in their Souls Yea let them tell it to their Childrens Children that the Generations to come may Bless God for it And may no Rank or Quality Sex Order or Degree think themselves exempted from their Duty on this Day which the KING with the Advice of his Nobles hath thought fit to apply to so Solemn and Sacred a Use But praise the Lord ye House of our Israel praise the Lord ye House of Aaron praise the Lord ye House of Levi ye Clergy of this Land Ye that fear the Lord praise the Lord and confess he is Gracious and his Mercy endureth for ever Kings of the Earth and all People Princes and all Judges of the World Young Men and Maidens Old Men and Children praise the Name of the Lord for his Name only is Excellent and his Praise above Heaven and Earth He shall exalt the Horn of his People all his Saints shall praise him And now pray we unto God to open Mens Eyes that they may see and know those things that belong unto their Peace that they may not be Credulous of Dreams and Fancies nor give heed unto Fables As if that Monarch who has Troubled Christendom a long time has Cruelly Persecuted and Tormented Protestants and has laid waste Defenced Cities into Ruinous heaps as if he would shew all Clemency and Kindness to us as if he would make every one Happy and Great with large Donatives of Riches and Honour Fields and Vineyards and all the Delights of the Sons of Men which to think is very incongruous to Reason and dissonant to the Sentiments of common Prudence unless he and all his Admirers and Favourites loved the People of this Nation better than they do and except we would abandon our Religion which may we never so much as think of doing nor fear his Menaces or any high and lofty Looks But keep we stedfast to our God and our Faith to our Duty and Allegiance unto our Sovereign Lord the KING's Majesty to our Laws our Liberties and our Country and to one another in Love and Unity And may god shower down His Blessings upon us and make His great Salvation for which we now offer unto Him the Sacrifice of Thanksgiving a Pledge of more His abundant Favours to His Anointed and His Subjects And let us always therefore have somewhat of a Divine and Holy Song or Eulogy in our Mouths Plenteously may we be furnished in the Song of Moses and the Children of Israel of Deborah and Barak and in that great Magazine of Praises and Benedictions the Book of Psalms together with many other places of the Sacred Canon of Scripture Let us often think of God's Mercies to us and make Melody in our Hearts unto Him with such Excellent and Proper Lessons as may be taken out of those Breathings of the Holy Ghost Let Lute and Harp awake and let us awake right early with the high Praises of God in our Mouth Let this be the Badge of our Honour and Gratitude Praise ye the Lord. Let us bind it as Signs upon our Hands and Frontlets between our Eyes together with the Te Deum the Benedictus the Magnificat and like Joyous and Devout Trophies of God's Salvation Evermore with the Choir of Saints and Angels above Chanting forth the Trishagion Holy Holy Holy Lord God of Sabaoth Heaven and Earth are full of the Majesty of thy Glory Glory be to thee O Lord Most High Finally As we praise God this Day for His Admired Mercy so let us Beg His Continuance of it to us and pray heartily that the now ensuing Campaign may be Victorious both against F●ance and the Ottoman Empire and that an Honourable and Lasting Peace to England and Her Allies and Friends may succeed thereupon and that God will be pleased to Bless with Length of Days and Riches and Honour in His Throne here and to Crown afterwards with a far more exceeding and Eternal Weight of Glory in the highest Heavens His Anointed Servant our Dread Sovereign Lord and Lawful and Rightful KING WILLIAM Amen FINIS