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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46790	A sermon preach'd at Harley in Shropshire, December 2. 1697. Being the day of publick thanksgiving for the peace; and for His Majesty's safe return. By Ben. Jenks, rector of Harley, and chaplain to the Right Honourable the Earl of Bradford.	Jenks, Benjamin, 1646-1724.	1689 (1689)	Wing J621; ESTC R212890	15,907	28

that come to him in the name of the Lord. Their Feet are Dirty and far from Lovely Their Affections are Earthly and all for the World And their Conversations are Disorderly or at best no more than Ordinary Such is our Accusation And we are sorry That there is too much Truth in the Charge We Confess it We Bewail it We beg Pity and Pardon from God and Man for it We have the Treasure in Earthen Vessels And our Hearts hang too Near the Ground And our Lives are too Dissonant from the holy Gospel which we preach But then let me tell you my Brethren That you may gather Consolation even from that which is the Matter of our Humiliation That the most High God is pleas'd to Speak to you by men of like Passions with yourselves Which is a Favour from the Lord that his People of old were very Importunate for Exod. 20.19 They said unto Moses Speak thou with us and we will hear But let not God speak with us lest we dye If then we are no more than Ordinary men yet you are to own it as an Extraordinary Mercy from God That he will graciously Vouchsafe to Treat with you by your Peers And instead of Disdaining us for our Weakness It will beseem you to Thank him for his Kindness To shew you Hopes of Salvation on this side that Perfection which is not Attained even by those whom he Sends to Call and invite others to Aspire after it And where you cannot see any Recommendation in us Yet let us find some fair Reception for our Commission Sake for our Message Sake and for your Souls Sake Seeing your Salvation is Concern'd in our Application For we Publish Salvation and say unto Zion Thy God Reigneth Whether his Salvation shall openly Appear yet before the End of the World and his Kingdom Gloriously shew it self here upon Earth We cannot tell We dare not Determine What God can do We know As Improbable as ever things may look But what he will do To Advance his Church above all even in the Eye of this World We leave in the Secrets of his Councel Who knows Whether after all the great Turns of Affairs that we have Seen there will not yet be a greater Turn than ever the World Saw Whether we may not expect yet a further Compleating of that Prophecy Isa 2.2 It shall come to pass in the Last days That the Mountain of the Lord's house shall be Established in the Top of the Mountains and shall be Exalted above the Hills And all Nations shall Flow to it And as one Effect of that Glorious Change it is said Ver. 4. They shall alter the property of their Martial Instruments and not Learn War any more But Antipathies shall be Reconciled and the most Noxious Creatures shall not Hurt nor Destroy in all his Holy Mountain Chap. 11.9 And he knows in what Sense that has been or shall be fulfilled which the Lord shew'd to his Chosen Servant S. John in Vision Rev. 21.2 The Holy City New Jerusalem coming down from God out of Heaven prepared as a Bride Adorned for her Husband The Glorious things spoken of the City of God there and in the Prophets seem to want a further Accomplishment even in this World than ever yet has been However we may be bold to take up Solomon's Confidence Eccles 8.12 Surely I know it shall go well with them that Fear God that Fear before him So Himself has bid us Assure 'em Isa 3.10 Say ye to the Righteous It shall be well with them And Chap. 32.17 18. The Work of Righteousness shall be Peace and the Effect of Righteousness Quietness and Assurance for ever And my People shall dwell in a Peaceable Habitation and in Sure Dwellings and in quiet Resting places They have long time seem'd to have the Worst But in the Issues of things they shall for certain have the Best of it and be the Rising People after all To Reign with Christ and Sit Enthron'd in his Kingdom Yea their Advancement with their Redemption is drawing Nigh And while they Look to the Faithful and True that has Promised Waiting for the Salvation of God They shall not be Ashamed of their Hope But find all turning in their Favour to make 'em Great and Glorious for ever For they are the Temple of the Living God As God hath said I will Dwell in them and Walk in them And I will be their God and they shall be my People 2 Cor. 6.16 Thy God reigneth Carries all in it For if he be Ours we are His. And when he shews Himself Like Himself We shall then be also Like him And not only Gaze on but Share in his Glory For our part As the best Preparation to this Future Salvation Let us be in care to Secure to our selves another Salvation at present That is To be Saved from our Sins and from the Love and course of this present evil World. O let us Hearken and Yield to the Gospel of Peace and take the way that it puts us upon to make our Agreement with Heaven and Close up our Peace with God in this day of Grace And then we may comfortably look for Better things than any we are able now to Describe or Imagine And whatever be the Manner of the Coming of our Lord's Kingdom we may be sure That Come it shall And when it Comes put every Penitent Believing Soul into Possession of such Blessed Unspeakable Attainments as no Eye hath Seen nor Ear Heard nor any Heart of Man can Conceive And now that the most High who Rules in the Kingdoms of men has been pleas'd to give us some Preludium of what may be hereafter and a joyful Specimen of his Over-ruling Power in Fashioning all the Hearts of the Sons of men and bringing the most Distant and Divided close together Now that after all the Resentments Preparations and Hostilities Jacob and Esau have kindly Met and Shaken Hands and Struck up a Happy Vnion And the Gracious Lord has not only Exceeded our Hopes but his own Promise To make our Enemies at Peace with us Though our Ways have not been Pleasing to him O how shall we receive the Kindness sent from Heaven And how shall we use the Peace granted on Earth Shall we fall into their Absurdity who are Sullen and little Pleas'd That God has done us Good against their Wills Or shall we run into their Extravagance who know not how to express their Transports but in the Wantonness of Bruits full Fed or the Wildness of Heathens running Mad Shall we go on to Kick at our only Friend To Grieve his Spirit that has Eas'd ours and prepare for Battel with him who has given us Peace God forbid We should so Thank him for Sparing and Saving us God forbid We should shew such Cursed Fruits of all the precious Seed he has Sown amongst us Like a People not only Foolish and Vnwise but Incorrigible and Desperate But if any Goodness will Oblige us If the dearest Love and Mercy will Win us O let that which God even our own God has now done for us Gain upon us and Prevail with us To throw down the Arms that we have taken up against Heaven The Known Wilful Sins that bid Defiance to our Maker and our Judge And be Reconciled unto God Seek his Peace Keep in his Love Live to his Honour and also in such good Understanding and fair Agreement with one another That the God of Peace and Love may still be with us and Keep off all Evils from us and Rejoice over us to do Good to us and never be Weary to Express all his Kindness upon us To him let us Lift up our Hearts and make the Oblation of Ourselves together with our Thanks Praise waiteth for thee O God in Zion And in thy Temple should every one speak of thy Glory And having entred thy Gates with Thanksgiving and into thy Courts with Praise We desire to Continue the Sacrifice of our Thanks which is the due Tribute that we come hither at this time to pay unto the God of our Lives the Lord that has been so Favourable to our Land. For thou Lord hast made us Glad through thy Work we will Triumph in the Works of thy hands Thou hast been Mindful of us Thou hast been Good to us and done great things for us In making us a way to Escape out of the Fears and Dangers wherein our Sins involved us Giving Rest to thy People and that Peace which is the matter of our present Rejoycing before thee According to thy Name O Lord so is thy Praise to the Ends of the Earth And above all the Nations of the Earth are we Oblig'd to Magnify the Distinguishing Mercy of our God who has shew'd us such Marvellous Kindness in a highly-favour'd Land Turn'd away thy Anger and our Dread Saved us from the Sword Bless d thy People with Peace and compass'd us about with Songs of Deliverance Thou art our God and we will Praise thee Thou art our God and we will Exalt Thee and give Thanks to thy Name and Rejoice in the Riches of thy Grace and all the Wonders of thy Mercy to us O that we may give thee the Glory due to thy Name That not only our Tongues may speak of thy Righteousness and thy Salvation But that our Souls may be Joyful in the Lord and our Hearts so fixed that in them we may make Melody and Praise the Lord with all our Hearts and Glorify thy Name for evermore Yea as thou hast given us Peace So we beseech thee Grant us thy Grace to Express the Truth of our Thanks By walking before thee all our days in the Uprightness of our Hearts Devoting ourselves and all we are and all that we Have to Serve and Please our God Through Jesus Christ our Lord. To whom with the Eternal Spirit proceeding from Thee and thy Son be Blessing and Glory and Wisdom and Honour and Power and Might ascrib'd by us and by all the Israel of God World without end Amen FINIS