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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97126	The good-vvill of Him that dwelt in the bush: or, The extraordinary happinesse of living under an extraordinary providence. A sermon preached before the Right Honourable, the House of Lords, in the Abbey Church at Westminster, on Tuesday, Iuly 22. 1645. At their publike thanksgiving for the good successe given to the Parliaments forces, under the command of Sir Thomas Fairfax in the west. /	Ward, John, d. 1665.	1645 (1645)	Wing W774; Thomason E293_16; ESTC R200163	33,640	44

THE GOOD-VVILL OF HIM THAT DWELT IN THE BUSH OR The extraordinary Happinesse of living under an extraordinary Providence A Sermon preached before the Right Honourable the HOUSE of LORDS in the Abbey Church at Westminster on Tuesday Iuly 22. 1645. At their publike Thanksgiving for the good successe given to the Parliaments Forces under the Command of Sir Thomas Fairfax in the WEST By Iohn Ward Minister of the Gospel in Ipswich EXOD. 3. 2. Behold the Bush burned with fire and the Bush was not consumed DEUT. 33. 29. Happy art thou oh Israel who is like unto thee oh people saved by the Lord the shield of thine helpe and who is the sword of thine excellency London Printed by G. M. for Christopher Meredith at the Signe of the Crane in Pauls Church-yard 1645. Die Mercurij 23. Iuly 1645. ORdered by the Lords in Parliament Assembled That Mr. Ward one of the Assembly of Divines is hereby thanked for the great pains he took in his Sermon he preached yesterday before the Lords of Parliament in the Abbie Church Westminster being appointed a Thanksgiving-day for the good successe that God hath given lately unto the Parliament Forces under the Command of Sir Thomas Fairfax in the West And further that the said Mr. Ward is desired to print and publish the said Sermon which is to be printed by authoritie under his own hand Io: Browne Cleric Parliamentorum I doe appoint Christopher Meredith to print this Sermon JOHN WARD TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE the LORDS now Assembled in PARLIAMENT at Westminster MY LORDS I Have observed that long Epistles are as little pleasing as long Sermons and therefore shall not be troublesome by a tedious Dedication Onely your Lordships may please to take notice that this Sermon which is now Printed in obedience to your Order before it goes forth to publike view comes first to be Presented to your Honours It is sufficient assurance of acceptance and countenance that your Lordships pleasure is to have it published If now this little sparke or rather almost dead coale shall give the least light or heat to any heart that shall vouchsafe to reade it and hereby any accession may be made to the praise or to the fear of This glorious and fearfull Name THE LORD OVR GOD It is that which is desired and as much as can be expected by MY LORDS Your Honours most unworthy Servant in the work of the Ministery JOHN WARD Errate PAg. 1. lin. 14 for memorandum read memoriall lin ult. del of God p. 2. l. 18. for state r. start p. 5. l. 5 ● if he will p. 6. l. 〈◊〉 for both stakes r. both estates p. 7. l. 21. for Iacob ● people l. 25. r. if we but imagine p 8. l. 3. for proofs r. proofe l 7. for infinite 〈◊〉 infinity r. in the margin against l. 29. 1. Chro. 4 10 p. 9. l. 23. del. these in the margin by l. 23. r. B reason and experience p. 10. 19. for evidenci● r. evidence l. 25. for up r. as p. 14. l. 19. for in the valley r c●st into p. 15. l. 22. for bond r. hands l. 23. for end r. and p. 18. l. 19. for priests r. party p. 19. l ●3 r. but the Lord l. 17. for watchfully r. wickedly p. 22. l. 34. for read r. reach p. 25. l. 5. r. righthand p. 27. l. 7. for 36. r. 33. p. 28. l. 12. for where r. when p. 34. l ●●… r. or the Covenant ●e rigidly p. 38. l. 5. r and this present A SERMON PREACHED before the Right Honourable the House of LORDS at their publike Thanksgiving July 22. 1645. For the Routing of Generall Goring in the West c. DEUT. 33. 16. And for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush THat song being published and left upon record in the former Chapter which God himself had dictated and commanded to be written for a Memorandum and Item to the people or witnesse against them And now that great favourite of God being the second time warned of his departure the story whereof follows in the next Chapter before he goeth up into the Mount to take a view of the Land of promise the land of Immanuel in which prospect he had also the happinesse to see afarre off and embrace the priviledges and blessings to be there enjoyed by the people of God He doth first in this Chapter take his solemne farewell of the Tribes leaving behinde him this other memorandum also becoming a Prophet of the Lord A summary of divine prophecies and promises fore-shewing and fore-assuring them sundry providences of God in favour of them For this is the blessing wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death After a lofty stately preface commanding attention charming affection be first layes his hands upon the head of every Tribe severally dividing the blessing amongst them to each according to the lot of God and then embracing them all altogether he blesseth God and blesseth himself together with them rapt in admiration of God's glory and their happinesse in regard of the goodnesse of God communicated with them There is none like to the God of Jesurun who rideth on the Heavens for thy help c. Happy art thou oh Israel who is like unto thee oh Jacob saved by the Lord the shield of thine helpe and the sword of thine excellencie As for the first part of the Chapter where the Text is found among the speciall blessings of the severall Tribes it were altogether impertinent and would be an unprofitable waste of time either to shew the consent or the difference between this benediction of Moses Deut. 33. and that prediction by Jacob Gen. 49. or to state the questions and ghesse at the reasons why one blesseth whom the other curseth or why Simeon should be left out and passed by rather then any of the rest of the Tribes or wherefore Moses should crosse his hands and preferre the younger before the elder when he comes to the sonnes of Jacob by Rachel Joseph and Berjamin as the Patriarch did when he blessed both the sonnes of Joseph Manasseh and Ephraim Neither will it be needfull to contend about the reading of this particular Text for even therein though the Gammar be not very difficult the Translatours do not all agree but without any violence or wrong to the sense or the scope of the words It is placed in the midst of this ample portion of Joseph as the Tabernacle among the tents the choice and chief of all They are the blessings of prosperity in ordinary this the happinesse of adversitie in extraordinary For though Interpreters do generally no otherwise look upon it then as the spring and fountain whence all the rest do flow expounding it by Gen. 49. 25. By the God of thy father who shall blesse thee c. and it must be granted a truth that the blessings of the Heaven above blessings of the deep that lieth under blessings