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Eucharistia, or, A grateful acknowledgement of God's goodness in preserving our most gracious King William and for the success of his arms this last summer : deliver'd in a sermon to a country-auditory on the 22d of September 1695, being the day appointed by authority for a public thanksgiving / by William Corbin.
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Corbin, William.
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Wing C6278; ESTC R27918
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ΕΥΧΑΡΣΤΙΑ OR A Grateful Acknowledgment OF GOD'S GOODNESS In Preserving our most Gracious King WILLIAM And for the Success of His Arms this Last Summer Deliver'd in a SERMON To a Country-Auditory On the 22d of September 1695. Being the Day appointed by Authority for a Publick Thanksgiving By WILLIAM CORBIN Preacher at the Chapel of Bromley St. Leonard's in the County of Middlesex LONDON Printed for R. Baldwin near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane MDCXCV To the Right Honourable Sir JOHN SOMMERS Kt. Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England and one of His Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council MY LORD REflecting upon the hearty Affection that you bear both to His Majesty's Person and Government and the Greatness of the Post in which you now stand which renders you serviceable to both I have presumed to shelter this plain Discourse under your Honour's Patronage and sent it abroad into the World under the Protection of your Name The Design of it is to convince some to confirm others and to shew how sincerely zealous I am for the Publick Good both of the Church and State I humbly beg your Honour's Pardon for my Presumption in this Dedication since hereby only I have the Advantage of demonstrating my zealous Affections towards and grateful Acknowledgment of your excellent Merits and to shew how much I am MY LORD Your Lordship 's most Humble most Grateful and Obedient Servant Will. Corbin To the Worshipful GEORGE FORD Esq One of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex AND To the rest of the Parishioners of the Parish of Bromley St. Leonards in the said COUNTY AS this Discourse reached the Ears of most or all of you from the Pulpit it now returns to refresh your Memories from the Press not that I question your steady Loyalty to his Majesty's Person and true Affection to his Government nor from any ambitious Temper in me to appear to Print especially in this Carping Age but to gratifie the repeated Desires and earnest Sollicitations of some of you to whom I am highly obliged I therefore make a Present hereof to you accept of it therefore in the plain Dress in which it was deliver'd Your Earnest Desires were the Midwife that ushered it into the World and therefore how mis-shapen soever it is call it your own The Design of it is laudable and it may serve by the Blessing of God if it fall into the hands of any such to confirm the Minds of those that are wavering in their Affections to the Present Government to convince and silence the Enemies thereof and perswade all to a Holy and Christian Emulation of exceeding each other in their Loyalty to the KING in their true Affections to his Government and diligent Endeavours in their several Capacities for the Preservation of both and to engage all in a Charitable and Christian Deportment one toward another And that it may have this happy Effect upon all is the earnest Desire and hearty Prayer of Worshipful and Beloved Your Faithful and Obliged tho' Unworthy Minister W. C. EZRA III. 11. the former part And they sung together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the Lord because he is good for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel AS Troubles and Afflictions call for Repentance and Humiliation so Days of Victory and Deliverances call aloud for Rejoycing and Thanksgiving For the grateful Acknowledgment of Favours receiv'd is a mighty Obligation upon Almighty God to bestow more and greater Favours upon a People God hath blessed be his Name to all other his Favours and Advantages which he hath given our KING against His and Our Enemies added this one of Delivering so strong a Fortress which our Enemies possessed into his Hands In the Strength of which being so mightily encreased both by Art and Treasure since they had the Possession of it they mightily encouraged themselves and thought perhaps with the proud Sons of Anak that no Force could stand before them But blessed be God some of them have lived to see themselves deceived tho Multitudes have perished which hath not a little advanced the Subject of our Praises this Day and to add to the Glory and Triumph of so signal a Victory God in his infinite Mercy hath made use hereof to deliver several Thousands of our own Soldiers who were treacherously deliver'd over to and detain'd in the Captivity of our Enemies and that by the Conduct of our Renowned and Illustrious KING WILLIAM for whose Safety we praise God this Day as for so signal a Victory he hath obtained against His and Our Enemies in this his Expedition And oh that every one of our Hearts and Lives as well as our Lips and Tongues would unanimously and sincerely praise and magnifie the Rock of our Salvation the Lord of Hosts and sing together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the Lord because he is good for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel The Text and the Occasion are happily met together and both are joyned in one Duty The Thanksgiving in the Text was made upon the Laying of the Foundation of the New Temple which was to be in the room of that which was built by Solomon and destroyed by the King of Babylon And the Victory which God hath given our King and the Safety and Protection of his Person is the Subject of this Day 's Thanksgiving And we are met together at this time to acknowledge and adore the Infinite Wisdom and Power of Almighty God in contriving and bringing such mighty things to pass How light soever our Enemies may make of this Action yet I hope it will prove to be of Consequence to correct their Pride and a just Retribution for their Cruelty For doubtless God who hath not been an idle Spectator of their Pride and Blasphemy of their cruel and unchristian Carriage will have a time to correct them for all this And who can tell but this is the Season which God hath appointed for the Performance of so great a Work as that of Relieving almost all the Christian World from the Tyranny and Rage from the unjust Invasions and proud Insults of not long since a growing Tyrant I mean Lewis XIV who I hope will in a little more time be a dejected and sneaking Nothing in respect of our Heroick and Illustrious KING and through the good Providence of God the Affairs of the World at this time seem to be disposed for such a Performance by the wise Conduct diligent Care and undaunted Courage of our Renowned King WILLIAM whom God long long preserve to be a Terrour to France and for the Honour Safety and Welfare of all the Reformed Churches in the World God hath had a peculiar Care of his Church in all Ages and he hath never wanted Instruments to rescue and deliver her when in his infinite Wisdom he hath thought it most convenient We have many Instances to this purpose in the Holy Scriptures besides those in Humane