and wheÌ„ as God himself protested that though Moses and Samuel stoode before him Ier 15 1. yet his affection could not bee toward that people And as for round executing of Iustice vpon offenders Eccles 8.11 the great necessitie therof appeareth hereby because it is directly gathered out of the wordes of the Preacher that the onely delay of Iustice is the animating of transgressours Wherefore King Dauid made a solemne promise that hee would betimes destroy all the wicked of the Land Psal â—01 8 that hee might cut of all the workers of iniquitie from the citie of the lord And for the same reasoÌ„ saith Salomon in the Canticles Take vs the Foxes the little Foxes which destroy the vines Cant. 2.15 Which course if we had takeÌ„ many yeares ago with the Iesuites secular Priests and other seminarie men we had not been so pestered with them and endangered by them as nowe we are and of late haue beene Deut. 13.11 17.13 Wherefore it is high time to put hand to this work that all Jsrael may heare feare do no more presumptuously Thus then it is euident that there is great vse and neede of the ordinarie meanes of preseruation the want whereof maketh a verie wofull estate As wheÌ„ the Lord of hostes meant in the time of Isay to expose the Iewes to all inconueniences both oppressions and miseries at home and also inuasions abroad then he threatned that he would take froÌ„ JerusaleÌ„ Isay 3.1.2.3 froÌ„ Judah the stay the streÌ„gth euen all the stay of bread all the stay of water the stroÌ„g man the man of war the Iudg the Prophet the prudent the aged the captaine of fiftie and the honourable and the Counseller and the cunning artificer and thy eloquent man Now that Saluation is of the Lorde wee haue had good experience of late by the rare manner of the discouering of that damnable and diuelish deuise which should haue beene acted vpon the fift of Nouember last For the same God which inspired Elisha that hee could tell the King of Jsrael 2. King 6.12 euen the verie wordes which the king of Aram spake in his priuie chamber And who in the dayes of Amos Amos. 3.7 would doe nothing but he reuealed his secrets vnto his seruants the Prophets And who appearing to Joseph in a dreame sayd Math. 2.13 Arise and take the babe and his mother and flee into Aegypt and be there till I bring thee word for Herode will seeke the babe to destroy him Ps 91.3.5.6 And who promiseth in the 91. Psalme to deliuer the faithfull not onely from the noysome pestilence but also from the snare of the hunter not onely from the arrowe that flyeth by day but also from the terrour of the night not onely from the plague that destroyeth at noonetide but also from the pestilence that walketh in the darkenesse euen he the same God put into the head of our gracious Soueraigne to make an vncouth and strang construction of an vnsubscribed letter but yet such an one as whereby both he and his and all wee were wondrously deliuered from the greatest daunger that euer would haue befallen vs. And that it may otherwise also appeare that this our Saluation was of the Lorde consider with what intent the letter aforesaid was written namely to saue one friend from perishing among vs but this resolution being still holden that wee should haue receiued the terrible intended blow Howbeit Almighty God who by his infinite power and wisedome bringeth light out of darkenesse and life out of death Isay 45.1 and who made Cyprus his annointed holding and guiding his right hand to subdue nations for the deliuerie of his people out of the captiuitie of Babilon whereas Cyrus at the first meant nothing lesse but only thought ther by to satisfie his owne ambition vaine glorie auarice and crueltie and who also turned the treachery of Iudas to the Saluation of mankind Math. 26. euen hee the same God of his vnspeakeable goodnesse made vse of this vndated letter intended for the good of one man onely to the preseruation of vs al both Prince and people Moreouer the greatnes of our deliuerance may appeare by this that the conspiracie went forward and our daunger continued without perfite discouerie till within few houres of the appointed time wherein the cruell massacre should haue been put in execution So Pharaoh brought the Jsraelites into such straytes Exo. 14.21 22. he being with his army behind them that if the Sea which was before them had not giuen present way vnto them they had been al put to the sword man woman and child Likewise Hezekiah was so distressed by Saneheribs armie that he confessed it to be a day of tribulation Isay 37.3 rebuke and blasphemie for the children were come to the birth there was no strength to bring forth In so much as Hezekia and his people must needs haue beene destroyed vnlesse the Lorde had sodainely put an hooke in Saneheribs nostrils and a bridle in his lips verse 29.36 and had caused his Angell to slay fourescore and fiue thousand of the enemies armie in the space of one night Psa 11.6.3 When Dauid made this mone in the 116. Psalme that the snares of death compared him and the griefes of the graue caught hold on him his meaning was to signifie in what great danger he had beene in the wildernesse of Maon when Saul and his armie compassed him and his followers round about to take them so that they could not possiblie haue escaped the edge of the sword 1. Sam. 23 26.27 if there had not come by Gods prouidence an vnlooked for messenger to Saul in post saying Hast thee and come for the Philistins haue inuaded the land Vndoubtedly Jehoshua was brought neere to the point of his vtter vndoing seeing it is sayd of him Zech. 3.2 Psa 68.20 Is not this a firebrand taken out of the fire Thus our God to whom beloÌ„geth the issues of death hath infinite meanes to deliuer his in the greatest and most extreame daungers that we may know that Saluation belongeth vnto the Lord. Again that this our late preseruatioÌ„ may be acknowledged to haue come of the Lord onely call to minde what our doings and deserts were at that time before surely I feare greatly least if the Lord had visited vs Zeph. 1.12 as in the day of Zephaniah hee searched Jerusalem with lightes hee should haue founde many frozen in their dregs that is by their prosperitie hardened in their wickednesse and saying in their hearts the Lord wil neither doe good not euill Hee should I feare haue found many drawing iniquitie with the cordes of vanitie and sinne as it were with cart-ropes putting far away the euil day Isay 5.18 approaching to the seat of iniquitie Wherfore in this respect we may say with the Prophet Jeremie Amos 6.3 Lam 3.22
A SERMON Preached before the Kings Maiestie at White Hall vpon the ninth of Februarie 1605. By the Reuerend Father in God Anthonie Rudd Doctor in Diuinitie and Lord Bishop of Saint Dauids LONDON Printed by Humfrey Lownes for Clement Knight 1606. TO THE READER HAuing gotten the Coppie of this Sermon heere following and read it ouer once or twise I thought it not vnmeete to aduenture to publish it for the common good of others which shall vouchsafe to pervse it Febr. 26. 1605. Thine in the Lord. T. S PSALME 3.8 Saluation belongeth vnto the Lord and thy blessing is vpon thy people THis Psalme was Dauids meditation when he was forced to flie before his vnnaturall Sonne Absalom who tooke vp armes to depriue him of the kingdome and mightily for a time preuailed against him Heerein first hee falleth into an admiration of the great number of his enemies conspiringe his destruction but falsely perswadinge themselues that God had forsaken him Vers 1.2 Secondly he expresseth what confidence he put in God and what assurance he had by him against all the assaults and attempts of his aduersaries vers 3.4.5.6 Thirdly he maketh petition for helpe grounding his hope vpon Gods former protection Vers 7 Fourthly he concludeth the Psalme with this Epiphonema Saluation belongeth vnto the Lord and thy blessing is vppon thy people Verse 8 In which words hee ascribeth vnto the Lord the power of sauing them which be in peril and that goodnesse whereby he prouideth for the safetie of his people and heapeth vppon them innumerable benefits and blessings Now imagin with me that Dauid sitting aloft in his Chaire of estate looketh downe to his subiects saying Saluation belongeth vnto the Lord And then casting vppe his eyes to Heauen by an Apostrophe to God saith thus And thy blessing is vppon thy people When Jonas had cried out of the belly of Hell and the Lord had heard his voice Ionae 2.2.6.9 and brought his life from the pit then he pronounced definitiuely that Saluation is of the Lord. And wheÌ„ Salomon had considered aduisedly of martial affaires from the beginning to the ending thereof Prou. 21.31 he resolutely concluded that the horse is prepared against the day of battaile but SaluatioÌ„ is of the Lord. By Saluation heere is vnderstood temporall preseruation from worldly troubles and perils of the which I expound that in the 36 Psalme Psa 36 6. Thou Lord doost saue man and beast And thereof Saint Paul meaneth when he saith to Timothie that the liuing God 1 Tim 4.10 is the Sauiour of all men specially of those that beleeue Seeing then that Saluation is of the Lord vaine is the hope of them that without or against God put their trust in any worldly meanes When Pharaoh pursued the Jsraelites he reposed his vndoubted hope of victorie in his Chariots Horses and great Hoste of valiant armed men but when the Lord came forth as a man of warre against him then he and all his were cast into the Sea the deepthes couered them Exod. 14. 15.3.4.5 and they sanke to the bottom as a stone Who will set vp his rest vpoÌ„ huge bignes strength of bodie after that the Anakims were destroyed vnder the conduct of Joshua Iosh 11.21.22 1. Sam. 17.50.51 2. Sam â—1 15.40 To the end and Goliah with the other sonnes of Haraphah fell by the hands Dauid and his worthies Leagues with forraine Princes are but a broken staffe of reede without the Lord for that wee read of the Edomites in Obadiah Obad. verse 7. that the men of their confederacie drave them to the borders As for riches and treasures Prouerbs 11.4 Salomon hath giuen this verdit of them Prouerb 23.5 that they auaile not in the day of wrath but euen when men should stand in greatest neede of them then they take them to their winges as an Eagle and flie vnto the Heauens Food and victuals are necessarie for the sustentation of mans life Ezech 4.16 Amos. 4 6. but God in his anger can easily break the staffe of bread and giue cleannesse of teeth in all our Citties If fortifications would haue serued the turn then might the Cananites haue beene safe in their Cities Deut 9.1 which were great walled vp to Heauen What can Counsell pollicie wordly wisdom effecte of themselues Iob. 12 20. seeing that Job hath obserued that God taketh at his pleasure speech from the Counsellers and iudgement from the auncient And this is one of Salomons Maximaes Prou. 21.30 that there is no wisedome neither vnderstanding nor Counsell against the Lord. In the time of sickenesse without the Lord nothing auaileth the Phisitian as in the cause of Asa 2. Chron. 16. â—â— 2. king 1.1.2 nor yet the God of Ekron as in the case of Azariah And that we may know that noe mortall man nor all the sonnes of men put together can saue vs without the Lorde therefore wee are aduised by the Prophet Jsay to cease froÌ„ the man whose breath is in his Nostrelles Isay 2.22 for wherein is hee to bee esteemed Ionae 2.8 Jonas hath vttered all this in fewe wordes saying They that waite vppon lyinge vanities that is which depende vppon any thinge saue God alone forsake their owne mercie 1. they refuse their owne felicitie and that goodnesse which they should otherwise receaue of GOD. Wherefore let euerie one of vs Psal 73 2â— take first into his heart and then into his mouth the words of the Psalmist sayinge to Almightie GOD. Whome haue I in heauen but thee And I haue desired none in earth with thee Thus hitherto it appeareth that Saluation belongeth to the Lord onely And by that which next ensueth it shall be manifest that Gods helpe alone is sufficient for vs. For when the Lord in Jsayes times perceaued all things to be out of order both in the Church and the Common-wealth namely that iudgement was turned backeward Isay 59.14 15. â—6 iustice stood farre of that truth was fallen in the street and equitie could not enter and that hee which refrained from euill made himselfe a praye and therewithall that noe man offered himselfe to rectifie those abuses then Gods own arme did saue it and his righteousnes it selfe did sustaine it Isay 63 1.3 4 5 And when as the day of vengeaÌ„ce against the Edomites came into the heart of the Lord and the day of his redeemed was come then he trod the wine presse alone his owne arme helped him and his wrath it selfe sustained him And when as Isay said Isay 26.1 Saluation shall God set vp for walles and bulwarkes his meaning was to signifie that Gods protection and defence should be sufficient for vs Psal 3.6 3. whereupon it is that Dauid in this present Psalme will not be afraide of ten thousand of the people that should beset him round about because God is his buckler and the lifter vp of his head
And as it is testified in the 23. Psalme Psal 23 4.1 though he should walke through the valley of the shadow of death yet would he feare no euill because the Lord is his shepheard whose rod and staffe doe comfort him Also by Salomons determination Prouerb 18. â—0 the name of the Lord is a strong Tower the righteous runneth vnto it and is exalted Jerusalem as it is in Zacharie Zech. 2.4.5 may be inhabited without walles if the Lord bee vnto her a wall of fire round about her and the glorie in the middes of her And if the Lord be with Judah in the siege against Jerusalem then shall Jerusalem bee a cup of poyson to all the people round about Zech. 12.2 3. yea it shall be an heauie stone for all people All that lift it vp shal be torne though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it And when as Saneherib inuaded the land of Jury with a most populous and puissant armie to make an absolute conquest of it the substance 2 Chron 32.7 8. of Hezekiah his militarie oration was this Be strong and couragious feare not neither be afraid for the king of Ashur neither for al the multitude that is with him for there be more with vs then is with him With him is an arme of flesh that is the power of man but with vs is the Lorde our God for to help vs to fight our battailes Howbeit though Saluation be of the Lord yet the ordinarie meanes of preseruation appointed by God are not to bee neglected 2. Sam. 1.18 Wherefore Dauid was no sooner entred into his kingdome but hee gaue commandement that the children of Judah should be taught to shoot least they should haue beene ouermatched by their enemies the Philistines in that art of warfare 2. Sam. 15.31 And when Absalom rebelled against him he did not onely pray earnestly that God would turne the Counsel of Ahitophel into foolishnes but also hee sent his friend Hushai the Archite into the armie of Absalom to be his discouerer from thence of all principal and dangerous plots designes vers 34.35 36.37 and that he might skilfully bring the Counsell of Ahitophel to naught the which hee deemed more perillous vnto him then all Absaloms forces 2. king 9.16 28 10.11.14 King Salomon also that he might not want the sinewes of warre nor the ornaments of peace vsed traffike with his Nauie by the way of the red Sea to fetch gold froÌ„ Ophir in abundance verse 27. wherby he was enabled to giue siluer in Ierusalem as stones 1. king 10.16 17 And his armory glistered with 200. targets 300. shieldes of beaten gold Also he prepared 1400. Chariots 12000. 1. king 10.26 2 chron 9.25 horsemen and 40000. horses for seruice which were bestowed in the Chariot cities and with himselfe at Jerusalem And I cannot but wonder at the exceeding great warlike preparation 2. Chron. 17.13 to the end which Iehosaphat made against all dangers the 2. of the Chronicles and the 17. chapter Such discouerie of the Counsels and plots of forraine enemies 2. king 6 8. to the 14. as Elisha made by diuine inspiration vnto Jehoram must now be supplied by intelligencers abroad How could Dauid haue auoyded the furie of Saul if he had not receaued from Jonathan and Michol i. Sam. 19.1 2. 20. information of his cruell purposes and escaped by flight And indeede this was the ouersight of Gedalah the gouernour and it cost him his life in the end Ier. 40 4.14 15 16. 41.12 for that he would not beleeue the report of Johanan who tolde him that Jshmael meant to murther him by the instigatioÌ„ of Baalis the king of the Ammonites Let vs enter into consideratioÌ„ how expedient it is necessarie to haue to cherish in a kingdom and common-wealth not onely valourous men but also wise meÌ„ Iust men such as be feruent in prayer and intercession for the publike good those that bee forward to execute lawes against malefactours As for valorous men howe should the Jsraelites haue beene deliuered out of the hands of the Midianites had it not beene for the sword of the Lord and of Gideon They had still laine vnder the yoke of Cushan Rishathaim Iud. 7 20 King of Mesopotamia vnlesse Othniel had beene raised vpp a sauiour vnto them Iud. 3.8.9 Ehud saued them out of the handes of the Moabites vers 15. And Shamgar and Samson from the Philistines vers 31. Barak likewise deliuered them from Iabin Iud. 14 15. 16 the King of Canaan Iud. cap. 4. and Jphtah from the Ammonites And the Lord wrought a great Saluation for all Jsrael Iud. cap. 12. when Dauid slewe Goliah the Philistine 1. Sam. 19.5 Concerning wise men how necessarie they be in euerie state Salomon implyeth when hee saith in Ecclesiastes I haue seene this wisedom vnder the sunne Eccles 9.13.14 15.16.18 and it is great vnto me A little Cittie and few men in it and a great King came against it and compassed it about builded fortes against it and there was founde therein a poore and wise man and hee deliuered the Citie by his wisedome So was the City of Abel preserued froÌ„ the rage of Joab by the wisedome of one woman 2. Sam. 20.13 to the 23. who perswaded the Citizens to deliuer the head of the rebellious traytour Sheba the sonne of Bichri And touching Iust men I haue learned of Eliphaz the Temanite in the booke of Job Iob 22.30 that the innocent shall deliuer the Iland and it shall be preserued by the purenesse of his hands so that if but ten iust men had beene founde in Sodom Gen. 18.32 the Cittie should haue beene spared for their sakes Gen. 19 22 20 21. Neither would the Angell destroy Sodom till Lot was departed thence into a place of safety the which at his request was kept from destruction Act. 27.22.23 And in a most stormy tempest vpon the midland sea God gaue vnto Paul the liues of all that sayled with him When King Joash saide with teares in his eyes to Elisha lying vpon his death bed 2 King 13.14 O my Father my father the Chariot of Israel the horsemen of the same he signified that the Kingdome had beene more prospered by his prayers then by force of armes And God in his iust wrath had vtterly consumed the Israelites in the case of the golden Calfe Psal 106.23 had not Moses his chosen stood in the breach before him to turne away his anger Num. 16.41 to the end And they had at another time altogether perished for murmuring vpon the execution of rebellious Corah Dathan and Abiram and not Aaron made an atonement for them Miserable then and wretched was the state of the Iewes Ier. 7.16 when as Jeremie was commanded not to pray for them
downe but wee will change them into Cedars neuerthelesse the Lorde will raise vp the aduersaries of Rezin against him and ioyne his enemies together Aram before and the Philistines behind and they shal deuoure Jsrael with open mouth They had no doubt as high and proud a conceite as possessed Benhadad when he said the gods doe so to me and more also 1 King 20.10 11. if the dust of Samaria bee enoughe for all the people that follow mee for euerie man an handfull but let not him that girdeth his harnesse boast himselfe as hee that putteth it of For SALVATION belongeth vnto the Lord. Now then for somuch as no man doubteth and euerie man confesseth that our late deliuerance out of exceeding great danger proceeded from the Lord lette vs first of all be admonished to be thankefull vnto Almightie God by the example of Dauid who after that hee had escaped the perill of the Court of Achish solemnely promised in the 34. Psalme that he would alwaies giue thankes vnto the Lord Psa 34 1. and that the prayse of God shold be continually in his mouth And likewise by the example of Jehosaphat 2. Chron. 20.26 who after that famous victorie against the vnited forces of Ammon Moab and Mount Seir assembled his soldiers and other his subiectes to blesse the lord in that place which was afterwarde by that occasion called the valley of blessing Secondly let vs receaue admonition to be constant in the professioÌ„ of the Gospel notwithstanding all threats calumniations and dangers intended by the fraud or force of any enemies whatsoeuer Psal 119.23.51.69 85.61.25.28.83.109 entire by the example of the Psalmist in the 119. Psalme who though Princes did sitte and speake against him and the proud had him exceedingly in derision imagining a lye against him and digging pits for him yea though the bands of the wicked robbed him and laid snares for him and wayted to destroy him so that his soule cleaued to the dust and melted for heauinesse and hee was like a bottell in the smoake and his soule was continually in his hand yet hee declined not from the law of God nor forgat his precepts nor swarued from his testimonies and statutes Thirdly let vs be encouraged to hope for such helpe and succour in time of neede hereafter Heb. 13.8 for that Iesus Christ yesterday and to day the same also is for euer not onely the founder but also the preseruer of the Church Hee was our arme in the morning when the Gospell began to be restored in these parts and he will no doubt be our strength in the euening thereof vpon earth hee will performe his worke toward vs Psa 138.7 8. and not forsake the worke of his hands But this hope must be grounded vpon a prouiso that we practise in life as wee professe in word And therefore I say to all that be here present as Azariah the sonne of Obed said to King Asa and all Juda and Beniamin Heare yee me the Lord is with you while you bee with him 2 Chron. 15.1 and if yee seeke him hee will bee found of you but if yee forsake him hee will forsake you Bee it farre from vs to runne the race of disobedience and obstinacie till our wickednesse be full as the Amorites was Gen. 15.16 when the Israelites came to invade them Be it farre from vs who haue lately receaued so great a Saluation from the Lorde 2 Chron. 36.16 to mocke the messengers of God and despise his wordes and misuse his Prophets vntil the wrath of the Lord should arise against vs and till there were noe remedie but that GOD must needes punish our sinnes in his iust and heauie iudgement Fourthly let vs be exhorted to future vigilancie against the priuie practises of the Romish faction at home and abroad Remember that when Ahab had ouerthrowen Ben-hadad in one sette battell hee was aduertised by a Prophet to bee of good courage 1. Kings 20.22 but yet to take heede what hee did because the King of Aram when the yeare was gone about wold come vp against him the second time But surely the Iesuites and their consorts will not giue vs so long a breathing time For they are like the raging Sea Isay 57.20.21 that cannot rest whose waters cast vp mire and dirt It would seeme that they are imitators of those euill and cruell men mentioned in the iii. Psalme Psa 111.22 which imagine euill things in their heart and make warre continually To vs they are strangers from the wombe Can the blacke Moore chang his skinne Psa 58.3 Ier. â—3 23 or the Leopard his spots Then may these men also do good which are accustomed to do euill Heere I cannot omitte the sentence in the 76. Psalme where is setfoorth the power of God and care for the defence of his people of Jeruslem in the destruction of the Armie of Sancherib The words being directed to Almightie God stand thus in the text Psa 76.10 Surely the rage of man shall turne to thy praise the remnant of the rage shalt thou restraine EueÌ„ so in this late coÌ„spiracy such hath beene the euent that the rage of the conspirators hath turned to the prayse of God who in his iust iudgement hath caused them to fall into the pit which they made and digged themselues Psal 7.15.16 procuring their mischiefe to returne vppon their owne head and their crueltie to fall vpon their owne pate Exod 9 i6 GOD shewed his power in Pharaoh and declared his name throughout all the world by his ouerthrow Hab. 2.14 Likewise in the destruction the of the Babylonians the earth was filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters couer the Sea Isay 26.9 And seeing that such iudgements of God are in the earth the inhabitants of the world shall learne righteousnesse Thus by this late discouerie God is magnified and the eyes of many I trust are opened to see that the Jesuites and the rest of the Romish brood are more daungerous guests to the state then formerly they had beleeued But yet the remnant of their rage must be restrained vnder Gods prouidence by circumspection foresight of the Church and common-wealth watchmen by diligent and trustie inquisition and by vnpartiall vndelayed execution of lawes which is the verie life of the lawes And if all the premisses be obserued then they that labour to bring in and erect poperie shall be found the builders of Babell to their owne confusion Gen. 11. And they shall bee subiect to the curse which fell on Hiel the Bethelite about the reedifying of Jericho who layd the foundation thereof in Abiram 1. King 16.34 his eldest sonne and set vp the gates thereof in his yongest son Segub Then I say shal their case nothing differ froÌ„ that of the ofspring of Esau of whome God speaketh thus in Malachy Though Edom say we are impouerished but wee will
returne and build the desolate places yet saith the Lorde of Hostes they shall build but I will destroy it Malach. 1.4 and they shall call them the border of wickednesse and the people with whom the Lord is angrie for euer And it shall bee saide of them and their workes as Habacuk speaketh Beholde is it not of the Lord of Hostes that the people shall labour in the verie fire Hab. 2.13 the people shall euen wearie themselues with verie vanitie They and their deuises shall consume like a snayle that melteth and like the vntimely fruite of a woman that hath not seene the sunne Psa 58.8.9 As raw flesh is taken out of the pot before the water feele the fire of thornes so shall God destroy their enterprises before they can be effected yea they shall be as the grasse on the house toppes Ps 129.6.7 which withereth afore it commeth foorth wherof the mower filleth not his hand neither the gleaner his lap Psa 7.14 Then they may indeed trauaile with wickednesse hauing conceaued mischiefe but they shall bring forth a lye they may purpose to hatch the cockatrice egges but they shall onely weaue the Spiders webbe And hereof wee haue a stronge and stedfast hope Isay 59.5 because that as well the destruction of the wicked as the Saluation of the Godly proceedeth from the Lord whose blessing is vppon his people accordinge to the latter part of this text And thy blessing is vppon thy people Beholde and consider the humilitie modestie and sinceritie of Dauid For if danger be imminent to the state then hee casteth all the imputation thereof vpon himselfe saying 2. Sam. 24.17 I haue sinned yea I haue done wickedly but these sheepe what haue they done let thine hand I pray thee be against me and against my fathers house But on the other side when as he is here deliuered from extreame danger behold he ascribeth his deliuerance to Gods fauour toward his people saying to Almightie God with eyes and heart lifted vp to heauen And thy blessing is vppon thy people Also when Dauid was falsely accused by Chush Psal 7.6.7 one of Sauls kinsmen he called vnto God for helpe framing his prayer in this wise Arise O Lorde in thy wrath and lift vp thy against the rage of mine enemies and awake for me according to the iudgement that thou hast appointed So shall the congregation compasse thee about for their sakes returne on high that is declare thy power for thy Churches sake Vpon whome falleth Gods blessing verely vpon Gods people Therefore we must first shew our selues to be Gods people then we may expect the encrease and continuance of Gods blessing For the accomplishing whereof Matth. 3.16 let our light so shine before men that they may see our good workes 1. Pet. 2.9 Tit. 2.14 and glorifie our father which is in heauen acknowledging vs to be a chosen generation a royal priesthood an holy Nation a peculiar people zealous of good workes shewing forth the vertues of him that hath called vs out of darknes into his maruailous light Psa 21 3.6 And then we may haue an assured hope that God will preuent our King with liberall blessings set him as blessings for euer making him a perpetuall example of his fauour to this presentage to all posteritie Then I say we may conceaue good hope that God wil endue all of vs with conuenient blessings both spirituall and temporall so that wee may liue in the feare of GOD and die in his fauour to bee partakers of the ioyes of Heauen prepared for vs by the mediation of our Sauiour Iesus Christ to whome with the father and the holy ghost be all honour and glorie both now and for euermore Amen FINIS