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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87801	A sermon preach'd at All-Hallows in New Castle upon Tyne, on the 22d. of September, 1695. Being the day of Thanksgiving to almighty God for the taking the town and castle of Namur, and for protecting his Majesty's sacred person. By Tho. Knaggs, M. A. and chaplain to the right honourable Ford, Earl of Tankerville	Knaggs, Thomas, 1660 or 1-1724.	1695 (1695)	Wing K663E; ESTC R230365	10,868	45

A SERMON Preach'd at All-Hallows IN New Castle upon Tyne ON THE 22 d. of September 1695. Being the Day of Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the Taking the Town and Castle of Namur and for protecting his Majesty's Sacred Person By Tho. Knaggs M. A. and Chaplain to the Right Honourable Ford Earl of Tankerville LONDON Printed for Richard Baldwin near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane 1695. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE FORD Earl of Tankerville Viscount Glendale Baron of Werk and one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council My LORD AS soon as I yielded to the publication of this Sermon I resolved to commit it to your Lordships Patronage The high Esteem together with an earnest desire publickly to shew my gratitude I have of your Loyalty to the King your hearty Zeal and Fervor for the Protestant Interest your dexterity in the management of publick Business your Sage and Eloquent way of Speech and those many other high Accomplishments and extraordinary Endowments you are abundantly rich in will I hope excuse the boldness of this Dedication and obtain pardon for prefixing your Great Name to so slender a Discourse My LORD Your Lordship has improved the Honour you were born to and advanced your Noble and Ancient Family by standing fast to your Religion and supporting our Laws and Liberties when Popery and an Arbitrary Power were coming in to be triumphant among us May your Lordship live long to be an Ornament to your Country and a Blessing to the Publick is and shall be the daily prayer of My Lord Your Lordship 's most humble and most obedient Servant and Chaplain THO. KNAGGS PSAL. 126.3 The Lord hath done great Things for us already whereof we rejoice WHO was the Composer of this Psalm I shall not curiously or nicely search into seeing 't is universally believ'd to be a joyful and chearful Hymn made by Ezra or some good Man at the Jews return out of Captivity who had been kept a long time in Bondage in a strange Country among Infidels and Idolaters When the People saw so wonderful a Change all on a suddain wrought for them and Liberty granted to return into their own Country they were so amaz'd and transported with the Deliverance that they could scarce believe it to be true and look'd upon it only as a Dream which vanisheth and comes to nothing v. 1. When the Lord turn'd again the Captivity of Sion we were like them that dream But awaking and seeing their Deliverance to be real v. 2. their Mouth was fill'd with Laughter and their Tongue with Singing crying out with joy and triumph The Lord hath done great Things for us already whereof we rejoice I shall take the liberty and that without any violence to the Words to apply them to the happy Occasion of this Day In which you may observe First A joyful Acknowledgment made to God that he hath done great Things for us Secondly I will shew what some of these great Things are Thirdly What our Duty is in return to the Almighty for doing so great Things for us Lastly What Improvement we are to make of the whole And First A joyful Acknowledgment made to God that he hath done great Things for us The rich Man makes his Wealth his strong City Joh. 31.24 He saith unto Gold thou art my Hope and unto the Wedge of Gold thou art my Confidence Pro. 11,28 but he that trusteth in his Riches shall fall The worldly wise Man that thinks to save himself by his own policy let him remember that God many times infatuates the Wisdom of the Wise and brings their Counsels to nought the mighty Man that trusteth in his Arm of Flesh and puts his Confidence in the multitude of his Chariots and Horsemen Isal 31.1 That goes down into Egypt for help and looks not unto the Holy One of Israel and seeks not unto the Lord. Let him consider v. 3. that the Egyptians are Men and not Gods and their Horses Flesh and not Spirit and when the Lord shall stretch out his hand both the Helper and he that is Holpen shall fall and they shall altogether fail It was the saying of One when he was falling into the Enemies hand My Kingdom for an Horse but Psal 33.17 an Horse is counted but a vain thing to save a Man neither shall he deliver any by his great strength We know that if we Isai 30.2 v. 3. trust in the shadow of Egypt and strengthen our selves with the strength of Pharoah v. 3. the end of that Trust and Strength will be our Shame and Confusion Jer. 17.5 Cursed be the Man that trusteth in Man and maketh Flesh his Arm. Armies and Navies Guards and Forts Bombs and Cannon Artillery and Ammunition are useless and unserviceable without God and the Success in the day of Battle must be attributed principally to his Blessing The divine Providence is our greatest safety and security both at Sea and Land God must be consulted first about the event of things his aid and help must be chiefly ask'd and our confidence when we go against our Enemies must be wholly in him This is to build our House with the wise Man upon a Rock and therefore Matth. 7. when the Rain descends the Floods come and the Winds blow and beat upon that House it falls not because it is founded upon a Rock Unless God fights our Battles Egypt and her Chariots and Horsemen are but sandy Foundations and not to be trusted in God has been pleased to do great Things for us his gracious Providence never appear'd brighter in any Cause than in our Deliverances we acknowledge them to be his handy Work his gracious care over us and whoever will give himself the trouble seriously to look back and reflect upon the Administration of Affairs since our happy Revolution must needs see that the Providence of God has concern'd himself interpos'd his Almighty Power and Wisdom and had an hand in all our Successes and Advantages They that will not believe this I dare be bold to say they believe no God no Providence at all or at least are angry at Heaven because it will not smile upon their Cause nor favour what they unreasonably would have uppermost God has heard our Prayers and answered them we call'd upon him in the Day of trouble and he has done far more exceeding abundantly than we could think his Almighty Arm has saved us the Lord himself has been on our side he has been with our Forces in their passing through the Waters and in walking through the Fire The Victories we have got already are standing Monuments of his truth and of the Lord's goodness to us Psal 44.5,6,7,8 Through him have we overthrown our Enemies and through his Name have we troden them under that rose up against us We did not trust in our Bow neither did our Sword save us but the Lord saved us from our Enemies and has put them to