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A48856	A sermon preach'd before the House of Lords at the Abbey-Church of St. Peter's-Westminster, on Saturday the 30th of January, 1696/7 being the anniversary of the death of King Charles I of Glorious Memory / by ... William, Lord Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield ...	Lloyd, William, 1627-1717.	1697 (1697)	Wing L2717; ESTC R20280	14,839	34

while he was with them yet he declared that when he was taken from them they also should Fast Matth. IX 15. And so we find in the example of his Blessed Apostle St. Paul He reckons Fastings among the things which he endured not only as a Christian but as a Minister of God 2 Cor. VI. 5. And again Chap. XI 27. He seems to value himself by it that he was in Fastings oft as a thing wherein he out-did other Men even his fellow Apostles themselves But what did he place Religion in this No at all he used it only as an Instrument of Religion He knew very well for he Teaches us That Bodily Exercise profits little 1 Tim. IV. 8. But it is a useful help to that which profits most of all even to Godliness which is Profitable to all things as there it followeth And for Mourning which is joyned with it in my Text this also is necessary upon the account of Sin otherwise we should have no occasion for it at all The Angels that have no Sin they have no occasion of Mourning nor should we if we could serve God on Earth as we pray that we may as the Angels do in Heaven In short it is a Godly sorrow that works Repentance 2 Cor. VII 9 10. All other Sorrow but for Sin is good for nothing but to break ones Heart as it will if one takes too much of it Worldly sorrow worketh Death faith the Apostle But as he goes on Godly sorrow works repentance not to be repented of Godly Sorrow is our Mourning to God in my Text. To God Mourning for ours and other Mens sins against him Lamenting Abhorring and Detesting them This works a Resolution against them which is the real beginning of Repentance And this being followed is a blessed amendment of Life In order to that Fasting also is profitable not so much for the Weakning of the Body as for the Strengthning of the Soul Those things which the Soul hath chiefly to struggle with are the Appetites and Lusts and Affections and Imaginations All which are seated in the Body and the Soul hath need of help for the subduing of these As to the Appetites Fasting plainly doth the work You will find it by this days experience if you Fast as you ought to do You deny your Appetite what it would have And denying it once you will be the better able to deny it again And the oftner you do this the more you will be Master of your Appetites The Affections and Lusts are to be subdued in like Manner It was the way that St. Paul gained the Government over himself He was in Fastings oft as I shewed you but now And that way he kept under his Body and brought it in subjection as himself faith 1 Cor. IX 27. By this Exercise of denying our selves we also learn to reject all evil Fancies and Imaginations They are most troublesome things if you hearken to them There is no quiet but by constant and stedfast rejecting them For that indeed all these sensual Faculties are alike It is only by feeding and humouring them that we make them too strong for us There is no way to Master them but by denying them what they would be at Get the Victory over them and keep it which is not to be done but by constant exercise by such exercise which is all a kind of Fasting and this Fasting is a Principal part of it I say by this means get the Victory over them and keep it By this you set the Rational Soul in its Dominion And that being enlightned by the Word of God and being assisted by his Grace which Prayer joyned with faithful endeavours will certainly obtain This will do the Work of God The Soul will be Transformed into his Image It will be like him in Righteousness and true Holiness O blessed affliction whatever it be that hath set us a Fasting and Mourning to so good a Purpose O joyful Trial that hath had this effect to purge out all our Dross and to restore us to the Image of God! O happy Rod that hath Chastised us into our Duty and made us so wise that we shall need it no more When we need it no more we shall feel it no more That is certain in Gods way of dealing with Nations For as the Jewish Church said in her Lamentations God doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the Children of Men. All his Judgments upon Nations when they are not to utter Destruction they are designed to prevent it if possible And therein he is so Gracious That if one Judgment will not do he will send more till they have their Effect either to save them or to fit them for Destruction and then to make them Inexcusable This is certainly true of any Nation which God hath taken into his particular Care As he did Israel of Old and as he hath done us at this Day He hath shewed his Care of us by so many Instances both of Mercy and Judgment and even in Judgment still remembring Mercy that I do not doubt to exemplifie all that I have said in the various Turns of Gods Providence over us of this Nation beginning from that dreadful Stroke of God's hand which hath occasioned our Meeting here together on this Day It was a dreadful Stroke indeed the Cutting off of that excellent King of whom the World was not worthy I think no Encomium too good for him but that is not so much my business at this Time I am now to Consider whence this terrible Stroke came and upon what Account it was given us and how we have Profited by it since after so many and many Fasts as we have kept on this occasion Whence it came Is there any evil in the Land and the Lord hath not done it saith the Prophet This evil was surely from the Lord. It was Gods Judgment upon this sinful Nation A dreadful Judgment it was such as the Jewish Church bewailed in her Lamentations Lament IV. 20. Speaking I suppose of King Zedekiah a King not to be named with Our's the same day He was one that did Evil in the sight of the Lord and yet he was their King and see how they lamented the Loss of him When he was fallen into his Enemies Hands they lamented him in these words The Breath of our Nostrils the Anointed of the Lord was taken in their Pits of whom we said under his shadow we shall be safe But when I speak of the Judgments of God which must be for the Sins of a Nation we are first to consider what those Sins were as well as we can do it at this distance of Time They are now so far out of remembrance that I would not call them to mind but that I think I am obliged to it at this time by the Duty of my Place For in vain do we Fast and Mourn for this Judgment without saying what the Occasion of it hath been I mean only what National Sins

Festivals That he would have delivered us from all our Enemies at once And doubtless so he would if we had Fasted to a National Reformation There was nothing wanting but that There wanted nothing on God's Part. He shewed his Inclinations towards us by those wonderful Preservations he hath given us And that not once or twice but Year after Year Such has been his continual Goodness towards us But such is our unthankfulness to him that we have grown not better but worse upon all the great Things that he hath done for us Who would have thought but that upon that Miraculous Revolution and the Wonderful Preservations he has given us since we should have been if not altogether such as he would have us yet at least much better than ever we had been before Who would not have expected that we should have mended upon it exceedingly But alas How far are we from that Are we not now worse than ever Our Provocations higher than ever Is not our Luxury more extravagant Are not our Adulteries more Impudent Our Drinking more Profligate Our Swearing and Cursing more Bold In all respects Do we not behave our selves as if we had been Delivered for these Things How can we expect but that God should now turn his Hand upon us That he should strike us down lower that he should wound us deeper than ever Alas Did he not do it in taking away our Blessed QUEEN from us The Light of our Eyes the Breath of our Nostrils the very Joy of our Hearts I can say no more I am Astonished as oft as I think of it This was a Blow at the Root This may convince us we have not yet Fasted to God We have not nor never shall till there be a National Reformation Nothing else will please God nothing else can save us but this Be Exhorted therefore in the Name of God to set Heartily to this great and necessary Work every one in his Place and Station You that have none but your selves have the less to do but you that have others under you have the more to answer for especially you whom God has advanced into the highest Rank you that fit in the great Council of the Nation you above all others ought to consider that not only your Honour and Interest but the whole Nation lies at Stake to be saved or lost by your Hands We have too much Reason to fear from what you have heard Yet blessed be God we are not without Hope if we are not wanting to our selves God hath yet preserved to us a Gracious KING now after that heavy Stroak of his Hand in taking our blessed QUEEN from us God hath given Him a Heart to supply to us what we have lost so that in Him we have them both in great Measure We have also yet remaining to us another undoubted Plant of the Royal Stock from whom we have one Princely Shoot and may yet hope for more if our sins do not hinder us of that great Blessing We have through the Goodness of God a fair Prospect toward a happy End of that horrible War that lies upon us God hath taken off Pharaoh's Chariot Wheels he drives but slowly to what he did He has been for some Years wholly upon the Defensive And now God be thanked he thinks it his Interest to have Peace We have nothing else to fear but only our Sins and our Divisions And our Divisions are the Fruit of our Sins Amend these and trust in God he will do every thing else for you No one of us can do all but let every one do his Part in Reforming himself and his Family and those that are under him If all others will do the same with you the Work is done for which we have Fasted all this while The Church and Nation are Safe and we are Happy But if others will not join with you in this Necessary Work it is sad to think what is like to follow However you shall not lose your Labour come what will you shall find your Account by it You shall even in this Life in such Measures as God sees best for you And whatsoever you want here it shall be made up to you more abundantly in Life Everlasting FINIS BOOKS Printed for and sold by John Everingham at the Star in Ludgate-street A Debate on the Justice and Piety of the Present Constitution Under King William In Two Parts The First relating to the State The Second to the Church Between Eucheres a Conformist and Dyscheres a Recusant By Samuel Hill Rector of Kilmington Author of Solomon and Abiathar The Guide of a Christian directing him to such Things as are by him to be Believed Practised and Hoped for There are added at the end Prayers to be used upon Several Occasions Price 6 d. A Sermon Preach'd before the House of Lords at the Abbey-Church of St. Peter's Westminster on Wednesday the 11th of December 1695. Being the Day appointed for a Solemn Fast and Humiliation By the Right Reverend Father in God James Lord Bishop of Lincoln A Sermon Preach'd before the House of Lords at the Abbey-Church of St. Peter's Westminster on Thursday the 30th of January 1695. being the Martyrdom of K. Charles I. By the Right Reverend Father in God Humphrey Lord Bishop of Bangor A Practical Discourse concerning the Redeeming of Time By Edward Pelling D. D. Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty and Rector of Petworth in Sussex A Discourse concerning the Authority Stile and Perfection of the Books of the Old and New Testament with a continued Illustration of several difficult Texts of Scripture throughout the whole Work By John Edwards Fellow of St. Jsohn's College in Cambridge Octavo Miscellany Essays By Monsieur St. Evremont with a Character by a Person of Honour here in England Continued by Mr. Dryden In Two Volumes Octavo Eight Sermons Preached on Several Occasions By Nathanael Whaley Rector of Broughton in Northamptonshire The true Royal English School for his Majesty's Three Kingdoms being a Catalogue of all the Words in the Bible Together with a Praxis in Prose and Verses and Variety of Pictures all beginning with one Syllable and proceeding by degrees to Eight divided and not divided whereby all Persons both Young and Old of the meanest Abilities may with little Help be able to read the whole Bible over distincty easily and more speedily than in any other Method With Directions to find out any Word Together with an Exposition on the Creed By Tobias Ellis late Minister of the Gospel Octavo Letters on several Subjects By the late Pious Dr. Henry Moore With several other Letters To which is added by the Publisher Two Letters One to the Reverend Dr. Sherlock Dean of St. Paul's and the other to the Reverend Mr. Bently With other Discourses Published by the Reverend Mr. Ellis Octavo An Answer to the Brief History of the Vnitarians call'd also Socinians By Will. 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