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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53979	A sermon preached before the King & Queen at Whitehall, Decemb. 8th, 1689 by Edward Pelling ...	Pelling, Edward, d. 1718.	1690 (1690)	Wing P1100; ESTC R18267	10,271	37

God upon them they take the Timbrel and the Harp and rejoice at the found of the Organ they spend their days in wealth But then it follows in a Moment they go down into the Grave Job 21. 13. It was the Observation of the Psalmist O how suddenly do they consume perish and come to a fearful end It was the Observation of St. Paul They say peace and safety and then sudden Destruction cometh upon them 'T is a thing commonly observable that a day bringeth forth strange Alterations that Men are oftentimes surprized in the depth of their Security that Vengeance comes as the Sentence upon Belshazzar's Wall did unexpectedly in a Night or as our last Change shall come in a Moment in the twinkling of an Eye And this is a demonstrative Argument of the watchful Providence of Christ that after a long Series and Train of Contrivances against his Church when Mens Hopes are the strongest when their Expectations are most confident when their Designs are at their full ripeness when the Success of them seems altogether unquestionable Then by some unforeseen Accident or other the Snare is all in a trice broken and that after a secret and unaccountable manner so that in that very Self same Net which wicked Men had laid for others their own Feet are providentially taken 3. From this whole Consideration that I may now in the Third Place render it Practical there are Two things which naturally follow 1. That as in all Cases we are with the most Humble and Devout Hearts to implore Christs Protection and lift up our Eyes to him from whom all our help cometh so we must in all difficult Cases especially depend still upon his Providence with all modest Assurance possessing our Souls in Patience and casting all our Cares on him who careth for us and committing our selves to him in Well-doing Every hour he is preparing new Mercies for us if we do but so order our ways by the assistance of his Grace as to make our selves Receptive of them He hath worked hitherto and doth still work nor will his Providence give over working till the Final and Eternal Salvation of his Church be accomplished Whatever it be therefore that we desire and hope for at any time whether it be the Deliverance of our selves in any dangerous Cases or whether it be the Preservation of the Church when it may seem to shake or whether it be the Enlarging of the Borders of Christ's Sanctuary we may safely and with full Trust rely on him who hath assured us that he himself will be with us even to the end of the World Many Predictions relating to our Saviour were plainly fulfilled upon his coming into the World and more have been fulfilled since his Ascension into Heaven But as a Learned Divine of our own Dr. Scot Christian Life Par. 2. Vol. 2. pag. 490. hath of late particularly observed there are divers more which are yet unfulfilled Some which speak of Christs Confounding Scattering and Subduing those his Enemies the Eastern Infidels that his Kingdom may be enlarged over that great part of the World and some too which speak of the universal Reformation of Christendom it self and the restoring of all Churches in this Western World to that admirable Purity of Faith and Worship which the Ancient Churches of Christ were so Renowned for According to the Tenor of these Predictions or at least according to the probable Construction that is given of them before this Universal Reformation which I now speak of That Faction which in some Places of Scripture is called by the name of Babylon and Antichrist will employ its Power by Wars and Persecutions to extirpate out of these Parts the present Pure Profession of Christianity and of this God knows we have already seen and daily see too much But the account which followeth is That many Kings and Princes even those who have hitherto been partakers with that Faction in its foul Impostures and Corruptions shall all on a sudden turn their Swords against it and Conspire to root it out utterly from off the Face of the Earth This indeed gives us a Comfortable Prospect of the Glorious state of Christs Kingdom that shall be and though the Completion of this Part of the Prophesie be still to be expected yet I will presume to say that were we of this Age but capable of so great a Blessing methinks it would not be against Reason to hope I am sure 't is not beyond the Rules of Piety to wish that that happy day may even now be approaching and that the present Juncture of Affairs may be the Dawning of that Day there is at this Critical time a Providential concurrence of such Circumstances as methinks seem at least to Promise a fulfilling of this Prediction in a short space and that the day of our Common Salvation is not very far off Let me here again use those devout Expressions of the Holy Psalmist Arise O Lord and have mercy upon Sion for it is time that thou have mercy upon her yea the set time seemeth to be coming But for this and all other Blessings we must depend on the good Providence of him whom the Father hath made the Prince and Captain of our Salvation to exercise and shew his Soveraign Power when the set the appointed Time shall actually come 2. To make way for it as much as lyeth in us it is necessary for us in the Second Place to express all possible Thankfulness to the great Bishop of our Souls for the Blessings we already enjoy and particularly for the Blessing in my Text Salvation from our Enemies and from the hands of those would to God I could say from the hands of all that hate us What Demonstrations of his Almighty Power and Over-ruling Providence hath Christ given at any time in any Nation which he hath not given unto this Whether it be the defeating and frustrating wicked Mens Designs he hath done it here Whether it be the Turning and Directing of their ill Designs to the best Purposes He hath done it here Whether it be the making designing Men Publick and Exemplary Monuments of his Justice he hath done it here Wheit be the stretching out of his Arm on a sudden and at nice and critical Seasons he hath done it here by delivering us in one Age from Tyranny when the Armado that should have landed it was just ready upon our Coasts by delivering us in the next Age from Ruine when the Fire was just ready for the Sulphur and by delivering us in this Age from Servitude when the Yoke was just ready for our Necks and all this with a quick hand after a strange and mysterious manner and let me add without Bloodshed for the most part nay which is more without any Stream of Blood of our very Enemies Never was the Truth more Own'd more Attested more Miraculously Defended and Preserved in any Countreys since the Primitive Ages then it hath been in this And God forbid that we who of all Nations are most indebted to the special Providence of Christ should at last prove the most Unthankful People in the World How divided soever we be in other Matters God forbid but we should unanimously joyn in this I mean in a deep sence of the wonderful Mercies of God and of the unspeakable Miseries which the Horn of our Salvation hath delivered us from As it is in Point of Nature though the Constitutions of particular Persons be different yet all of us agree in one common Humanity and as it is in point of Religion though the Opinions of particular Persons be different as to unnecessary Matters yet all of us agree in one common Faith so it ought to be in this Point of Gratitude though the Sentiments of Particular Persons may be different as to some things yet God forbid but we should agree in one common Acknowledgment of the wonderful Providence of Christ in saving us from our Enemies hitherto Let us be Thankful for the Blessings we have this is the way for us to obtain more I am sure Ingratitude never was the way to obtain any I Pray God open our Eyes that we may see the things which are for our Peace before they be hid from us And Christ of his Mercy grant us a continuance of his Protection that as he hath delivered us and doth deliver us so he may be pleased to Deliver us still To him with the Father and the Holy Ghost be all Honour and Praise World without End Amen FINIS