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A41589 A sermon preached at St. Michaels Church in Cambridge, on the 26th of July, 1685 being appointed the day of publick thanksgiving for His Majesties late victory over the rebel / by William Gostwicke ... Gostwyke, William, 1650-1703. 1685 (1685) Wing G1323; ESTC R31728 6,469 29

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A SERMON Preached at St. Michaels Church in CAMBRIDGE on the 26th of JVLY 1685. Being appointed the DAY of Publick Thanksgiving FOR HIS MAJESTIES late VICTORY over the Rebels By WILLIAM GOSTWYKE Fellow of Trinity College CAMBRIDGE Printed by John Hayes Printer to the University And are to be sold by H. Dickinson Bookseller there and by Walter Davis in Amen-Corner London 1685. A SERMON Preached at St Michaels Church in Cambridge on the 26th of July 1685. Prov. 11. 21. Though hand joyn in hand the Wicked shall not be Vnpunished THE Wisdom of Solomon though it was much ingaged in the contemplation of natural things yet since it was obtained of God for the better government of that People that was committed to his charge can never be supposed to have been more signall in any point than in Politicall Observations He as a King well understood the Duty of his Place the Power that was reposed in him and the Obedience that was required of them whom God had placed under his Command He knew the things that contributed to the happiness of a Kingdom and what were the most likely means either to establish or shake his Throne and therefore in the Words before us forewarns his Subjects against Popular Tumults and Insurrections shews them the danger that there was though they were many and He but One of entring into Leagues and Associations against their King But if the Jews gave ear to this as the instruction of a wise and prudent Governour it recommends it self to us with a more pressing obligation of being registred among those Truths which we acknowledge to proceed from God and from that stamp of the Divine Authority impressed upon it we may reap this advantage That though the World presents us only with a prospect of our danger from the Heat and Fury of an Audacious People the Church that always was the refuge of the Godly suggests unto us more comfortable meditations of Safety and Deliverance Here we have ancient and undoubted Monuments of Gods protection of his People and out of them this Maxim drawn by the observation of the Wisest Man That Insurrections of wicked doers cannot be prosperous that neither Strength nor Multitudes can render their Attempts successfull or secure them from Defeat but though hand joyn in hand though there be Numbers combined together yet shall they not escape Gods righteous judgment or go away unpunished The joyning of hands hath always been the symbol and token of friendship and an engagement of mutual Help and Assistance but what is friendship amongst good and honest Men is amongst wicked People conspiracie in iniquity always designed to the mischief of more Righteous persons than themselves and therefore bad in whatsoever sort of men are engaged in it but if it be against their Prince against their Laws and Government then it amounts to Treason and Rebellion the worst of Crimes So that in Treating of these Words I shall shew you First The Heinousness of this Sin when wicked Men joyn hand in hand and combine together and Secondly Present you with some Reasons whence you may conclude they shall not be unpunished First Of the Heinousness of this Sin which is so hatefull both to God and Man as it hath been adjudged in both the Courts of Heaven and Earth to be capitall above all other How highly God detests it we may hear him speaking by the mouth of one of his Prophets 1 Sam. 15. 23. Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft and Stubborness is as iniquity and idolatry Witchcraft is nothing less then a renouncing God and entring into a Solemn League and Covenant with his greatest enemy the devil Idolatry is the forsaking Him to whom we owe the highest Worship and Allegiance and paying a Devotion to them that are not Gods whom we unjustly set up over us attributing an Imaginary power to them who are not able either to secure themselves or give any succour or protection and then how nearly is Rebellion joyned how fitly to be compared with either of these is easie to be observed in all its Proceedings For Rebels either renounce their Allegiance to their natural Prince who is and should be in Gods stead over them and joyn themselves to some that is his Enemy as in the case of Witchcraft or else they set up Heads of their own and pay their worship to the Works of their own hands making them Rulers whom they know to be no Such and stand in fear and reverence of a power of their own Creating which is but too conformable to the notion of Idolatry then like the foolish Israelites though they knew it was their Priest that made the Molten Calf at their own Charges and the expence of their own Gold and that but Yesterday yet to such Idols must be ascribed the glory of the noblest Actions These must become the Workers of a blessed Reformation 'T is by their guidance People must be brought from ignorance and Superstition to the Light and Truth of the Gospel even according to the letter of the old Song Exod. 32. 4. These are thy Gods O Israel that brought thee up out of the land of Egypt 'T is by this Name the Idolatry of the Israelites is often branded of which God thus complains Ezek 20. 8. They rebelled against me and would not hearken unto me and wherein this Rebellion did consist he proceeds to illustrate in that they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes neither did they forsake the Idols of Egypt And in the 1st of Isai v. 2. he is introduced proclaiming of it to all the World Hear O Heavens and give ear O Earth for the Lord hath spoken I have nourished and brought up Children and they have Rebelled against me So great a Crime as this not deserving to be put up in silence or whispered in the ear nay the house-tops were not high enough to proclaim it from but the whole Creation is made to ring with the loud Infamy of so great a Wickedness And how detestable it is amongst Men the concurrent practice of all Nations will attest so tender do their Laws declare them of the Person of their Prince that 't is esteemed Sacred and they have Scripture too to warrant that Respect which hath said of Prince that they are Gods Psal 82. 6. And our own Laws have so provided for Them and their Security from any Actual Violence that they have made it Capitall only to Meditate and Design it that according to the counsel of the Preacher Eccl. 10. 20. we should not curse the King no not in our thought nor the Rich in our bedchamber for fear of some extraordinary providence that should discover our Malice lest a bird of the air should carry the voice or that which hath wings should tell the matter But not to trouble you any farther with the Heinousness of this Sin which all good Christians do acknowledge and heartily detest I shall only