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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	assemble_v	king_n	parliament_n	11,796	5	6.7701	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88994	A shadovv of the victory of Christ, represented to the Honourable House of Commons, in a sermon preached at Margarets Westminster on the day of the publick fast, Octob. 28. 1646. / By John Maynard, Minister of the Gospel at Mayfield in Sussex.	Maynard, John, 1600-1665.	1646 (1646)	Wing M1453; Thomason E359_5; ESTC R201167	22,927	30

A SHADOVV OF THE VICTORY OF CHRIST Represented to the Honourable House of COMMONS IN A SERMON Preached at Margarets Westminster on the Day of the publick Fast Octob. 28. 1646. By JOHN MAYNARD Minister of the Gospel at Mayfield in SUSSEX Rev. 17. 12. And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten Kings which have received no kingdom as yet but receive power as Kings one houre with the Beast 13These have one minde and shall give their power and strength unto the Beast 14These shall make war with the Lambe and the Lambe shall overcome them For He is Lord of lords and King of kings and they that are with Him are called and chosen and faithfull LONDON Printed by F Neile for Samuel Gellibrand and are to be sold at his Shop at the Brasen Serpent in Pauls Church-yard 1646. TO THE HONORABLE House of COMMONS Assembled In PARLIAMENT WHen Joshua was by Jericho there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand and Joshua seemeth in a military way to examine him Art thou for us or for our adversaries Nay saith he but as Captain of the host of the Lord am I now come This answer maketh him fall on his face to the earth and worship acknowledging Him for Commander in chief and humbly subjecting himself to Him as His Lieftenant Generall ready to receive His Commands What saith my Lord unto his servant It is one of the greatest honours the sons of men are capable of here on earth to follow the Ensignes of this victorious Captain of the Lords host and to wait upon his triumphant chariot If herein the Lord hath honoured You above many thousands of your brethren it concerneth You much to imitate Joshua First as he questioned the Son of God whom he knew not in that apparition at the first sight so ye knowing Christ to be that Captain of the Lords host who will subdue all things to Himself ought in an holy jealousie to search your own hearts and to examine all your counsels and proceedings Are we in these things for Christ or for His adversaries for Him or against Him Secondly I beseech You be willing to lye lowe before him and to say What saith our Lord unto His servants Ye expect not His immediate voice and therefore in all humility hear Him by His Ambassadours when they speak according to their Commission as if His mandates were delivered unto You by His own mouth Admirable is that of Valentinian recorded by Theodoret when Ambrose had freely reproved some things amisse in his government said the Emperour I knew well thy zeal and courage and therefore was so far from opposing that I was forward to promote thine election to this pastorall charge Go on therefore to cure the diseases of our Souls according to the prescript of Gods Word And it is reported of Albert Duke of Mickleburgh that when a flattering Courtier sought to incense him against a Preacher for dealing roundly with him He told him he loved the man so much the better and willed him in his name to give him thanks for his pious Sermon If Ye follow Christ as your Captain not turning to the right hand or to the left who knoweth whether after six yeers compassing the w●ls of Jericho they may not on the seventh fall to the ground before You. The Lord Jesus direct You by His Spirit and gird You with His strength to endure unto the end that no man take Your Crown So prayeth Your unworthy Servant in the Lord JOHN MAYNARD Die Mercurii 28 Octob. 1646. ORdered by the Commons Assembled in Parliament That Collonel Stapeley do from this House give thanks to Mr. Maynard for the great pains he took in the Sermon he Preached this day at the intreaty of this House at St. Margarets Westminster it being the Day of publick Humiliation and desire him to Print his Sermon And he is to have the like Priviledge in Printing of it as others in the like kinde usually have had H Elsyng Cler. Parl Dom Com. I Appoint Samuel Gellibrand to Print my Sermon John Maynard A SERMON Preached before the Honourable House of COMMONS Phil. ● 21. According to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself THe Apostle giveth a large testimony to the Saints of Philippi concerning the sincerity and eminency of their graces yet not being satisfied with the measure to which they had attained he presseth them to a farther growth and progresse And for this end having laid before them his own example he exhorteth them Brethren be followers of us and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an example Which exhortation he enforceth by two main arguments 1 From the basenesse of their way who took a contrary course and the wofull issue of that way they were enemies to the crosse of Christ their God was their belly their glory was in their shame they minded earthly things the issue is answerable their end is destruction 2 From the excellency of the way wherein he walked and the blessed and glorious issue of that way His way is described in these words Our conversation is in heaven the issue in the words following where he sheweth that as the conversation of the Saints is in heaven so their expectation is from heaven Where may be observed 1. The Person whose appearing they expect The Lord Jesus Christ their Saviour in whom all their hopes are treasured up 2. The fruit of His appearing and that is a glorious change to be wrought in their whole man though that of the body onely be here expressed In this change may be noted foure things 1. The terminus à quo the condition wherein their bodies shall be found before they are transformed a state of vilenesse Secondly The terminus ad quem the condition into which they shall be changed a state of glory Thirdly The pattern according to which they shall be changed the glorious body of Christ Fourthly The power by which this glorious change shall be wrought and that is the efficacy or working of Christ whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself which is the thing I intend to insist upon This change is wonderfull that such vile bodies should be transformed into a condition so exceedingly glorious yet no way incredible if we consider that it shall be done by the working of him of whom it was prophecied of old His Name shall be called Wonderfull The mighty God who wrought such wonders in the dayes of his humiliation and discovered so much of God in the form of a servant and which was the height of wonders when he was dead by his own power by the Almighty working of his eternall Spirit and Divine nature raised himself from death to life So that here we see the Apostle ascendeth very high in asserting this truth which seemeth so far above reason he hath recourse to Christ his omnipotency who hath all