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A26346	God's eye on the contrite, or, A discourse shewing that true poverty and contrition of spirit, and trembling at God's Word is the infallible and only way for the obtaining and retaining of divine acceptation as it was made in the audience of the General Assembly of the Massachusetts Colony at Boston in New England May 27, 1685, being the day of election there / by William Adams.	Adams, William, 1650-1685.	1685 (1685)	Wing A498; ESTC W12431	33,350	44

all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree have exalted the low tree have dried up the green tree and have made the dry tree to flourish I the LORD have spoken and have done it The Yearly seasons also Seed-time and Harvest Summer and Winter binding up and covering the earth with Frost Ice and Snow and the releasing and renewing of the face of the Earth again it 's His work Psal. 147. 15 18. He sendeth forth His Commandment upon earth His Word runneth very swiftly He giveth Snow like wool He scattereth the hoar frost like ashes He casteth forth his ice like morsels who can stand before His cold He sendeth out His Word and melteth them He causeth His wind to blow and the waters flow Psal. 104. 29 30. Thou hidest thy face they are troubled Thou takest away their breath they dye and return to their dust Thou sendest forth thy spirit they are created and thou renewest the face of the Earth These as all other great works whatsoever they are the Lords Nothing is done without Him La●… 3. 37. Who is he that saith and it comes to pass when the LORD commands it not Psal. 136. 4. To Him who alone does great Wonders Hence in consideration of this let the Lord's People say as they Ier. 14. 22. Art thou not He O LORD our GOD therefore we will wait upon thee for Thou hast made all these things Concl. II. God's Dispensations many times to this or that People are very Signal Plain Demonstrations of His Favour Kind-Kindness Grace and good Will to them He does more for one Nation or People many times a great deal than He does for another Psal. 147. 19. 20. He sheweth His Word unto Iacob His Statutes and His Iudgments unto Israel He hath not dealt so with any nation He not only prospers them in the World above others but makes known and gives forth more of Himself as to visible Dispensations and outward meanes and advantages for Heaven than He does to others Thus signally did God dispence to Seth in whose Family and Race the Worship of God and the visible Adoption and Covenant was continued Genes 4. 26. And to Seth to him also there was born a son then began men to call upon the Name of the Lord. Or to be distinguished by calling upon or being called by the Name of the Lord Religious Worship being especially attended in Seth's Family when lost by others hence those of his posterity though they afterward Degenerated are called the Sons of God and so distinguished from the Daughters of men Genes 6. 2. That the sons of God saw the daughters of men Thus signally did God dispense to Noah who when all the World besides were overthrown with a deluge of waters found grace in the eyes of the Lord and is saved with his house in the Ark Genes 6. 8. and 7. 23. And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground both man and cattel and the creeping things and the fowl of the heaven and they were destroyed from the earth and Noah only remained alive and they that were with him in the Ark To Abraham also whom God separated from his idolatrous kindred revealed Himself most graciously to made of him a great Nation appropriated Blessing to him and to them that should bless him and Cursing to them that should curse him Gen. 12. 1 2 3. Now the Lord had said unto Abraham Get thee out of thy Countrey and from thy kindred and from thy Father's house unto a land that I will shew thee And I will make of thee a great Nation and I will bless thee and make thy Name great and thou shalt be a Blessing And I will bless them that bless thee and curse him that curseth thee and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed Josh. 24. 2 3. Your father 's dwelt on the other side of the floud in old time even Terah the father of Abraham and the father of Nachor and they served other Gods And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the floud and led him throughout all the Land of Canaan and multiplied his seed and gave him Isaac Most signal were the Dispensations of God to the Children of Israel whom God chose out of all People to be a peculiar people to Himself to bear His Name in the world to dwell in His presence to be betrusted with all the Ordinances of His House and visible Kingdom to have God nigh to them in all that which they called upon him for to work wonderfully and gloriously for them in all their necessities and difficulties Exod. 19. 3 6. And Moses went up unto God and the Lord called to him out of the mountain saying Thus shalt thou say to the house of Iacob and tell the Children of Israel Y●… have seen what I did to the Egyptians and how I bare you on Eagles wings and brought you unto My Self Now therefore if ye obey My voice indeed and keep My Covenant then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people for all the Earth is Mine And ye shall be unto Me a Kingdome of Priests and an holy Nation Deut. 26. 18. 19. And the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people as He hath promised thee and that thou shouldest keep all His Commandments And to make thee high above all Nations which he hath made in Praise and in Name and in Honour and that thou mayst be an holy people unto the Lord thy God as He hath spoken Deut. 4. 7. For what Nation is there so great who hath God so nigh unto them as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon Him for Signal also were the Lord's Dispensations to and so the priviledges and Advantages of those places where our Lord Jesus in the dayes of His flesh did mostly converse preach and do his mighty works viz. the Region of Galilee and Cities thereabout Mat. 4. 23. And Iesus went about all Galilee teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the Gospel of the Kingdome and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of Disease among the people The like favour was afterwards shown to those places where Christ's Apostles and Evangelists were sent in His Name by His order and with His Authority to publish and preach the Gospel of salyation beginning at Ierusalem and passing through the Regions of Iude●… and Samaria to Cesarea Damascus Ioppa Lydda and Saron Cyprus Derbe L●…stra Icomu●… and An●…och and a great part of Asia and at length in Europe to Macedonia Thessalonica Berea Corinth c. And since the Apostles dayes some Nations and several coun●…●…s and Bodies of People have been by Divine Dispensation 〈◊〉 only priviledged with the Gospel but God hath to ma●…●…aces and people wrought wonderfully for the bringing of 〈◊〉 to or settling them under the enjoyment of it or for the Continuance of

it to them Ecclesiastical history may give us many instances of this nature And we in New-England who should if God perswade us so look upon our selves as less than the least of all God's sincere people ha●…e been behind but few in the signalness of God's dispensations to us in these respects as this Place and these Solemnityes have often born us witness I mean not only that the solemnityes themselves have been witnesses but also that upon them frequent plain and full Reports have been made of the Lords wonderful and gracious 〈…〉 ●…eople Ps. 77. 14. 15. 19. 20. and 111. 6. 〈…〉 ●…eople the power of his works that He may give 〈…〉 heathen 〈…〉 ●…orks and Dispensations of GOD though admira●… 〈…〉 men yet they are no certain Evidence of 〈…〉 special and entire Acceptance with God As 〈…〉 ●…eation and external Providence the bene●… 〈…〉 ●…n to all the inhabitants of the World God 〈…〉 on the evil on the good and sendeth rain 〈…〉 ●…ust Mat. 5. 45. It s true the Lord doth 〈…〉 ●…ss the righteous and blast the wicked but 〈…〉 ●…t and perpetual as that any man can meerly 〈…〉 know love or hatred to be in God to 〈…〉 before him Things fall out alike to all 〈…〉 one event to the righteous and to the wic●… 〈…〉 And as to signal dispensations of visible 〈…〉 priviledges what God hath done or is 〈…〉 ●…d continuing his Gospel Worship and Or●… 〈…〉 ●…h a great advantage and hopeful token yet 〈…〉 concluding mark of special favour and of the 〈…〉 ●…e Salvation For 1. They may be abused by the corruptions and sinful neglects of men True grace in a Saint is not subject to a total abuse but every other thing even the most glorious Enjoyments and Priviledges men have in this life may be abused Men may and would to God there were none here that did so live under the most clear Gospel Light in the pure peaceable free Enjoyment of Gospel Order and Ordinances be obliged by manifold Kindnesses from God themselves have great Knowledge in Religion and make high profession with much Criticalness therein and yet live in some sin openly or secretly be enslaved to some base defiling lust wherewith they may not only pollute themselves but others also Let the Heaven hear and the Earth give ear let them be astonished at it be horribly afraid and be very desolate for it may be found that they whom God hath nourished and brought up as His children do rebel against Him that the Lord 's own people do forsake Him the Fountain of living waters and goe to empty or muddy Cisterns As the Lord emphatically complains of them in Isai. 1. 2. and Ier. 2. 12 13. Priviledged professors Professors in New-England may be discovered to be sinners some to be proud haughty high-minded supercilious self-exalting arrogant others to be sensual intemperate corrupt fleshly lascivious some to be Company-keepers to sit and spend time with vain persons others to be covetous unjust oppressing defrauding and over-reaching others some to be revilers railers ungoverned in their speeches and expressions others to be despisers of that whi●…h is good c. Moreover There may be under such Enjoyments Grievous and horrible Neglects receiving the Grace of God in Gospel offers and means of Salvation in vain Woful formality and slightiness in holy Duties men not stiring up themselves to seek GOD resting in a name to live Carnal confidence in priviledges and former visible enjoyments of Divine Favour Ier. 7. 4. Want of Zeal for GOD His Service and Glory against Sin Too great Indulgence to Sin and Sinners in compliance with the Laxness Loosness and spirit of the Times Unaffectedness with and Unreclaimedness under the loud-speaking voice of God's Dispensations Zeph. 3. 1. 2 5 6 7. Wo to her that ●…lihy ●…lthy and polluted to the oppressing City She obeyed not the voice she received not Correction she trusted not in the LORD she drew not near to her God The just Lord is in the midst thereof every morning doth He bring His Iudgments to light He faileth not but the unjust knoweth no shame I have out off the Nations I said surely thou wilt fear mee thou wilt receive instruction but they arose early and corrupted all their doings 2. Such offences in a people are not secured from provoking God's Displeasure and drawing down punishment by any signal Dispensations such a people have been under However near any have been lift up to Heaven by mercyes this endon to kakon this Sin within will tumble them down again Obad. 3. 4. And the Holy Oracles of Truth tell us that Corruptions and Neglects after and under such signal Dispensations 1. They do more provoke Divine displas●… God is more offended with the miscarriages of such as He hath brought near to Himself than with others It is in God's account an aggravation of sin Deut. 32. 19. And when the Lord saw it He abhorred them because of the provoking of His sons and of His daughters And therefore 2. They do expose to greater and sorer punishment Thus Christ told Capernaum Chorazin and Bethsaidah Mat. 11. 〈…〉 God 's favour and fell under the severe effects of His displeasure As their case is lamentably described and you may read in Lam. 2. 3. 9. The Churches of Asia also and other Churches among whom as golden Candlesticks the Son of man sometimes gloriously walked through their degeneracy and sin have lost all been overthrown and sunk into Ruine Concl. 4. There is that which is a certain Evidence and standing tryal of a person and people's Acceptation with God God has not left men altogether in the dark and at uncertainty in this matter But has told us to whom He will look in favour and with mercy Tho. Priviledges will not yet there are Qualifications which will infallibly evidence special Favour We need not be at a loss if we will consult and study the Divine Will what wee may depend upon for His Acceptation and Salvation The spiritually wise do understand and the prudent do know these things what course is to be taken that they may stand before the Lord have His presence with and grace towards them If men be so qualified as the Word of God decla●…s and requires He will save them from trouble or at least He will be with them when in outward trouble and support them therein and He will everlastingly save them There are a number or sort of people whom God does bear a Favour to to whom good belongs who shall rejoice with gladness and shall glory Psal. 106. 4 5. Remember me O Lord with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people O visit me with thy Salvation that I may see the good of thy chosen that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation that I may glory with thine Inheritance Whom God will bless and compass with Favour as a shield Psal. 5. 12. For thou Lord wilt bless the righteous with Favour wilt