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A18432	Fulfordo et Fulfordae A sermon preached at Exeter, in the cathedral church, the sixth day of August commonly called Iesus day 1594. in memoriall of the cities deliuerance in the daies of King Edvvard the sixt. Wherein is intreated of the goodnes of God toward man, and of the ingratitude of man toward God. By Iohn Charldon, Doctor of Diuinitie. In which also some fewe thinges are added, then omitted through want of time.	Chardon, John, d. 1601.	1595 (1595)	STC 5000; ESTC S107731	37,202	98

no vncleane thing The frute will be this You shall eate your bread in plenteousnes and dwell in your Citie safely Leuit. 26.5 6. God will send peace in the land and ye shall sleepe and none shall make you afraid He will couer you vnder his wings Psal 91.4 and you shall bee safe vnder hys feathers his truth shall be your shield and buckler You shall not be afraid of the feare of the night nor of the arrowe that flyeth by day for he shall giue his Angels charge ouer you vers 11. to keepe you in all your wayes And this will the Lord doo for you and much more if you feare loue serue obey him For he will receiue you he will be a father vnto you and you shall bee hys sonnes and daughters 2. Corinth 6.17 18. hee will dwell with you and walke among ●ou he will be your God and you shall be ●●s people Leu. 26.12 Finally that I may conclude with the Prophet with whom I began if ye consent and obay ye shall eate the good things of the lande Esaie 1.19.20 But if ye refuse and bee rebellious yee shall be deuoured with the sword for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it This same our Lord God who alone pondereth 2. Chron. 6.30 trieth ruleth the harts of the sonnes of men Pro. 21.2 guide vs our harts to the loue of him 1. Thess 2.4 mollifie and soften vs Act. 1.34 and them by the gratious and mighty working of his holy and blessed spirit 2. Thess 3.5 that we may sensibly feele perceiue how good and louing a God and mercifull father hee hath beene and is vnto vs and that we may shew our selues thankfull and obedient vnto him liuing vnto his lawes and embracing his word and obeying his commandements so dooing wee shall be the Lords chiefe treasure aboue all people ●he will fight for vs as he did for the Israelites his elect chosen children he will carrie vs on Eagles wings as he did them throughout the dangers and troubles of this wofull Egypt till wee come to the hauen of perfect rest to the land of the celestiall Canaan where we shal haue the fruition of endles ioyes 1. Cor. 2.6 which eye hath not seen neither e●re hath heard neither haue entred into the hart of man prepared of God for them that loue him Of which ioyes God of his infinite mercie grant vs all to be partakers through the merites and death of Iesus Christ his sonne our Lord and sauiour to whome with the holy Ghost triple in person but one in substance be praise and glory and wisedome and thankes honour and power and might for euermore Apoc. 7.12 Now let vs pray O Lord thou that liuest for euer which beholdest from thy holy hill the things that are done vpon earth heare and hearken we beseech thee vnto the Prayers of thy seruants and receiue into thine eares the petitions of thy creatures Looke not O Lord vpon the multitude of our iniquities and haue no respect to the number of our sinnes let it not bee thy will to destroy vs which appeare worse before thee than the Oxe and Asse for the Oxe knoweth his owner and the Asse his Masters Cribbe but we thy children whom thou hast nourished and brought vp as a most louing father haue not knowne and wee that in time past were not a people but nowe thine owne people haue not vnderstand VVe must acknowledge and confesse vnto thee our Lord and God that euen the byrdes of the Ayre as the Storke and the Turtle and the Crane and the Swallow doo better knowe and obserue the times of their comming then we the iudgments of thee our God Our misdeedes are great and they presse vs downe as an heauy burden Our iniquities are as the sand of the sea in number before thee Thou hast O Lord many and iust causes to doe with vs according to our offences because wee haue not kept thy commandements neither haue walked in duty and obedience before thee but haue rebelled as did thy people the Iewes VVee haue the sickenesse of our Fathers wee haue done amisse and dealt wickedly Notwithstanding O Lord wee trust that thou wilt be fauourable and gracious vnto vs. In a contrite heart and an humble spirite let vs be receiued Deale with vs thy seruants which put their trust in thee after thy louing kindnes and according to the multitude of thy mercies so shalt thou be called mercifull and we shall haue great cause to praise and glorifie thee both for this and all other thy former benefits specially for that as vpon this day thou diddest deliuer vs and our Citie out of the handes of our wicked enemies and hatefull foes which sayd that they would burne our dwelling places and kill our yong men with the sword dash our sucking children against the ground and make our infants as a pray our virgins a spoyle which also sayd we will diuide the booty our lust shall be satisfied vpon them and then wee will draw the weapon and our hand shall destroy them But thou the Lord of Hoasts which art great and glorious maruelous and inuincible in power whose voyce no creature can abide diddest soone bring them and their deuises to naught Thy right hande was glorious in power thy right arme brused the enemy In thy great glory thou diddest ouerthrow them that rose against thee thou diddest send forth thy wrath which consumed them as the stubble and by the blast of thy nostrels the waters came which ran mightily through the channels of our streets so drowned the labours of their hands And so from that day to this as the Egle doth her yong ones thou hast carried vs vppon the winges of thy mercy out of all dangers for which and all other thy blessinges most gracious and louing father we shall from age to age remember thee and thy goodnes this shall bee a feast day vnto vs and our posterity we that are now and they that are to come shall sing prayses vnto thee exalt thy name Thou O Lord wast and art our strength and power thou wast and art our saluation thou hast beene and art our refuge our defence our castle and the rocke of our might thou art our God thou art the God of our fathers we will magnifie thee And here also wee are bolde to make our deuout and harty prayers vnto thee Lord almighty and father of vs al that thou after thine accustomed mercy wilt vouchsafe continually to remember vs from thy holy mount to looke downe vppon vs. Keep vs Lord as the apple of thine eye graue vs as another Zion vppon the palme of thine handes and let our walls bee euer in thy sight VVhen men shall rise vp against vs and shall be wrathfully displeased at vs if wee turne to thee with all our hearts and with all our soules and confesse thy name and pray and make supplication before thee in this house heare thou then O Lord in heauen in the dwelling place of thy habitation what prayer and supplication so euer shall bee made of any man or of all thy people and pardon the sinne of thy seruants and bee mercifull to the transgressions of thy children punish vs not according to our deserts deliuer vs not whom thou hast purchased for a spoile vnto captiuity and death sell vs not into the hands of our enemies round a-about vs giue vs not ouer for a pray vnto their teeth make vs not for a Prouerbe of reproch to the Nations farre and neere lest they aske where is now their God Let not the Heathen say which haue heard the fame of thee because the Lorde was not able to saue this people in the land that he gaue them or because hee hated them therefore hee hath left them in the handes of spoilers to spoile them and of the Nations to raigne as Lordes ouer them Lord we are thy people and thine inheritance which thou deliueredst of olde by thy mighty power and preseruedst by thy stretched out arme Let this greatnes of thy power continue withdraw not thy accustomed fauor from vs hide not thou thy face from vs in the time of troble but be thou mercifull vnto vs according to thy great mercies Let all the earth be filled with the brightnesse of thy glory let all such that beare euill will at Zion which seeke to lay thy vineyard wast which thou so graciously hast planted fortified on euery part to bring thine heritage to confusion be confoūded by thy great force and power and let their strength bee broken that they may knowe that thou which art called Iehouah art alone euen the most High ouer all the earth Finally O Lorde carry vs thy people by thy great mercie whom thou deliueredst bring vs we beseech thee in thy strength vnto thy holy habitation plant vs in the mountaine of thine inheritance which is the place that thou hast prepared for to dwell in euen in the Sanctuarie O Lorde which thine handes shall stablish make vs ioyfull Citizens of thy holy Citie Hierusalem which is aboue goe before vs both by day and by night in the pillar of thy fauour and goodnesse to leade vs the way that we may safely passe through this vale of misery and wretchednesse and finish this our pilgrimage with ioy And lastly that through the ayde and assistance of our true Ioshua thy son Iesus Christ we thy children hauing passed all difficulties may rest and dwell with thee our father in the Kingdome of all happines and felicitie Euen so Lord Iesus Nomb. 6.24 The Lord blesse you and keep you the Lord make his face to shine vpon you and be mercifull vnto you the Lord lift vp his countenance vpon you and giue you peace to your City and your selues now and euer Amen Soli Deo Gloria FINIS

offered to the Lord of all other Nations Israel the beloued of the Lord Esa 5.1 is rebellious and as an vnruly heyfar nay more than the storke and the turtle than the crane and the swallow yea than the oxe and the asse for the one sort knoweth the appointed times and the other his owner and his masters cribbe but Israel hath not knowen his people hath not vnderstand The oxe and asse are loued esteemed and praised not as children but as beasts for beasts they are brute and dull They are not preferred to anie dignitie or promotion but laden and pressed downe with great and waightie burdens and yet see the oxe knoweth his owner and the asse his masters cribbe but Israel vnto whome pertained the adoption Rom. 9.4 and the glorie and the couenants and the giuing of the law and the seruice of God and the promises of whom were the Fathers and of whome concerning the flesh Christe came who is God ouer all blessed for euer this Israel hath not knowen his people hath not vnderstand If it had been a strange people another people a bastard people a people vnknowen a people none of his it had not been so great a matter but saieth the Lorde Populus meus my people a people proper and peculiar vnto my selfe mine owne people hath not vnderstand Mine owne people which I haue chosen of old precious in my sight and honorable in my eyes Esa 43.8 whom I haue tenderlie cherished brought vp not for their sakes but for mine holie Names sake Ezek. 36.22 whose fathers I led by the shaddow of death Ier. 2.6 by a land that no man passed through to a pleasant and plentifull countrey which I gaue vnto them and their posteritie euen the glorious heritage of the Armies of the heathen Ier. 3.19 This my people hath played this pranke It will not heare nor hearken but rebell As a woman rebelleth against her husband so hath my people rebelled against mee Ier. 3.20 My people knoweth nothing it hath not vnderstand my righteousnesse nor walked in the waies of my commandements nor entred into the pathes of discipline through my righteousnes Therefore now the Lord sendeth Iuda his chosen and Israel his inheritance to the brute and dull beasts of the earth to the Oxe and Asse to learne of them knowledge dutie gratitude and obedience which yet had the lawe of God to teach them but would not learne and his Prophets to call them but would not come and his watchmen to blow the trūpet in Zion Ier. 6.17 but they would not heare Which vnreasonable brute and dul creatures of God as the Oxe and Asse in this chapter of Esay and the Storke the Turtle and the Crane and the Swallowe in the eight of Ieremie shall one day giue sentence not onely against them but also against vs and our blindnes except wee amend which hauing not the benefite of reason but guided and gouerned onely by the instinct of nature doo that which wee that haue the law of God and teaching discipline and vnderstanding and reason and memorie to conceiue iudge and beare away will not doo We are therefore earnestly and heartely to praye and beseech the Lord our God to banish farre from vs the sinnes of ingratitude and vnkindnes For beloued the onely recompence which the Lord dooth require at our hands for his sundrie giftes manifold blessings bestowed on vs is this to bee thankfull vnto him for the same to feare him to walke in his wayes to loue to serue him with all the heart and with all the soule Deu. 10.12 This is the very true perfect way to make our selues thankful This hath been is must be the sacrifice of al true perfect Christians the sacrifice of thanksgiuing in al things to be thankful such is the will of God in Christ Iesus toward vs which wil of his we ought are bound in al dutie and reuerence to imbrace obey For let vs mortall men wormes meate weigh well and consider with our selues what God hath done for vs as Cassiodus noteth vpon the Psalms how great and good things he hath giuen vs for sustentation preseruation erudition consolation and delight al these more than these in his free mercie without merite quid ni gratias agamus and what may wee doo but giue him thankes Thankes-giuing is named of Bernard sermon 54 super cant Balsamum purissimum the purest balme and sweetest sauour in the nosthrills of our God The Prophet Ose cap. 14. ver 2. calleth it Vitulos labiorum nostrorum the calues of our lips which by the spirite of God Heb. 13. we are exhorted to offer alwaies vnto God the sacrifice of praise the frute the lips which confesse his name Now then as Hugo exhorteth Si sentis beneficium redde debitum si accipis benignitatem redde charitatem If thou feele a benefit pay thy debt if thou receiue liberalitie deliuer home charitie This we ought to doo and this we may doo For as S. Austine in ps 27. saith Gratias agere Deo possumus referre non possumus Wee can giue thankes to God but we cannot recompence him If we might die saith Chrisostome a thousand deaths and powre out all the faculties and powers of the soule wee can doo nothing worthie of such and so great benifence fauour and grace which we haue receiued of God and therefore it only remaineth that we be thankful Let vs not flatter our selues least we deceiue our selues let vs not vnder the veyle of hypocrisie aske with the Iew Micah 6.6 the manner and waye to please the Lord which was contēt to offer sacrifice but wold not change the custome of his life Let vs not contend with him whether God will be worshipped with bare ceremonies without the heart Let vs not grieue the Lord with that Iewish motiue wherewith shall I come before the Lord bow my selfe before the high God Mic. 6.6 7. Shall I come before him with Calues of a yere old Wil he be pleased with thousands of rammes or with streames of oyle Thou foole all these are his both of the forrest mountaines and field Psal 50.10 11 12. If he be hungrie he wil not tell thee for the world is his and all that therein is Offer then vnto God with Dauid Psa 116 17. the sacrifice of thankes-giuing For who so offereth him thankes and praise hee honoureth him Psalm 50.23 Israel to please God would sacrifice the first borne for his transgression euen the fruite of hys bodie for the sinne of his soule Mich. 6.7 But the Lords voice by his seruant the prophet Micah calleth and cryeth better than so and sheweth thee ô man what is good and what he requireth of thee vers surely to doo iustly and to loue mercie and to humble thy selfe and to walke with thy God in truth and in a perfect heart in dutie and obedience without hypocrisie for the Lord hath not as great pleasure