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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89274	Mercies for man. Prepared in, and by Christ, even for such as neither know them, nor him. Discovered, that they might know, and enjoy them. Or a discourse of the interest there is for all men in, and by Christ in the end, and usefulmesse of the beleevers peculiar priviledges and service. In which is also some information about that service to which the grace of God, that bringeth salvation to all men, instructeth, and obligeth the beleever for the good of them all, according to capacity, and opportunity given him. Likewise some directions for, and concerning Christian magistrates. In the opening some instructions arising from the Apostles exhortation to Timothy, 1 Tim. 2.1, 2. Delivered in November 1653. at the Munday meetings at Black-Friers: and because what then was spoken, met with some publick opposition, this is now published for further satisfaction. Written by Thomas Moor, Junior.	Moore, Thomas, Junior.	1654 (1654)	Wing M2605; Thomason E744_1; ESTC R207022	135,708	156

tendencie are for all men Of this nature is that prayer of our Saviour Joh. 17. 9. he saith He doth not pray for the world that is directly and in the first place in these Petitions or for these Blessings to be conferred on them they being not capable subjects of them But for them that the Father had given him through the prevalency of the heavenly Call out of the world not that they might be taken out of the world but still a seed or generation of them preserved in the world and therein kept from the evill of it verse 15. And that they might be sanctified through the truth to peculiar service of him in the world as he had sent them into the world even as the Father sent him in respect of his Ministration to be the light of the world verse 17 18. with Joh. 9. 5 Mat. 5. 14. And this not onely for the first Apostles but also for all those that should after believe through their word that they may be one with him and his Father in their Design love and endeavour for the good of the world All this saith he vers 21. 23. he prayes for for them That the world may know that thou hast sent me and hast loved them namely all such as through grace receive this word as thou hast loved me so that all these prayers in respect of their end and tendency were for all men And with this agrees Psal 67. God be mercifull to us and blesse us and cause the light of thy countenance to shine upon us That thy way may be known upon earth and thy saving health among all Nations The first verse we may take either as a prayer especially and more peculiarly for all the Israel of God but then for all of them not onely of the Jewes but of the Gentiles also even all such as in his calling are perswaded to come to him to receive him according to the manifestations afforded them to know the grace of God in truth in every Nation for such there are even children of the Kingdome as good seed sown all over the world And then compared with the next verse it instructs that peculiar and special particular blessings as before protections in and preservations from the evill of the world sanctification and furniture through his truth according to the manifestations given them the light of his countenance shining upon them in more abundant opening his glorious grace as appearing in or through his Son unto them And in and with all this his mercifull pardoning and passing by their iniquities that otherwise might keep these good things from them they being of a higher nature and deeper dye than other mens sinner That these things are to be desired and prayed for onely for the Israel of God to be directly conferred upon them according to their needs and capacities But to this end these prayers are to be prayed for them that in Gods gracious answering and so by them as they are by Gods providence sent to or scattered among all Nations His way may be known upon earth and his saving health among all Nations to the end that all men even all the people may praise him Or Secondly we may take the first verse as a Prayer generally for all Israel after the flesh for the whole Nation as a Nation to whom God had made known his Word his Statutes and Judgements as he had not done to other Nations and upon whom his Name was called that by them it might be proclamed and known to other Nations a Prayer for such peculiar National blessings protections and Salvations among other Nations and more abundant manifesting himselfe amongst them as a people called by his Name but then in such a sense it was a prayer peculiarly and only for that Nation so Numb 6. 23 24 c. The blessing where-with the whole House of Israel was to be blessed and so compared with the next verse it instructs us That peculiar or special general or National blessings such as by which among other Nations they may be known as a People whom God hath respect unto for his Name-sake are to be prayed for for such Nations as upon which the name of God in Christ is called that have his Word Ordinances and hold the profession and acknowledgement of him though too generally not in truth nor in righteousnesse and so to be more abundantly and especially desired for upon such as on whom his Name is more abundantly or more rightly called but to this end they are so to be prayed for and blessed in his Name that so by means of or through them His way may be known upon earth and his saving health among all Nations to the end that al the people may praise him And such is that prayer of Solomon 1 King 8. 59 60. which is much of the end and summe of all the former Petitions that he may maintaine the cause of his Servant and of his people Israel at all times That all the people of the earth may know that the Lord is God and there is none else which is that which being known by all or any of the ends of the earth wil move them to look to him and be saved Isa 45. 22. so that even these prayers for peculiar Nationall blessings though directly only for those Nations on whom his name is called as wel as also those fore-mentioned prayers for peculiar particular and personal blessings though directly only for the Saints and Servants of God in the world yet and upon a like account the one and the other are prayers made for all men for as much as one maine and last end of the things desired and of the desiring of them is for the good of all men even for their best good Of this nature are those prayers for all Saints exhorted to Eph. 6. 18 19. Praying alwayes with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all Saints and for me that utterance may be given me to what end that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mysterie of the Gospel which is equivalent with this 1 Tim. 2. 7 8. Paul being appointed and furnished a Herauld or Cryer of this Message to the Gentiles he wils therefore that men pray every where namely that he and others with and after him may be ever furnished to preserved and blessed in this service for the good of all those Gentiles amongst whom they are sent And that this is the first sort of Prayers and first sense in which prayers are to bee made for all men that is meant in this text also appears by the scope of the text as fore-considered 2 Those prayers that are made directly against them in their evil purposes and wayes against his Name his Gospel and people or against some particular persons and whole Nations of them in such their evil enterprises are yet for them in respect of their end

his Enemies as one earnestly desirous to obtain it if it might be without war or blood and that for their good whence he complains of it as a great grief and trouble to him My Soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace I am for peace or a man of peace but they are for war even when I speak of and offer terms of peace Psal 120. 6 7. Yea the Psalmist makes this general Prayer which indeed is also a certain prophesie and shall have its accomplishment on the subjects of it sooner or latter Scatter thou the people that delight in war Psal 68. 30. It is a great national blessing and to be desired yea as the conclusion of the blessing wherewith the house of Israel was to be blessed adding to the comfort and sweetness of all the rest To enjoy peace in the Land or Nation where they lived Levit. 26. 6. Numb 6. 26. Yea therefore they were to pray also for the peace of the Nation and City whither they were carried away Captives that in the peace thereof they might have peace Jer. 29. 7. Christian Rulers then should take heed their feet be not swift to shed blood lest their hands be defiled with blood and their fingers with iniquity Not to be forward to make war unless necessitated thereto for defending and preserving the peace of the Nation And therefore with good advise make war Prov. 20. 18. and 24. 6. Yea fi●st sitting down and counting whether they be able by the peoples hands and purse for they should consider no King goes to war at his own charges to manage and bear the charge of such a war else while the Enemy is yet a great way off our Saviour saith Wise Governours will send an embassage and desire conditions of peace To have peace in our borders as Psal 147. 14. is to be prized as one of the greatest outward mercies if God see it good to give us opportunity to enjoy it though with some disadvantages By means of it them that are in Authority shall have opportunity put in their hands to take off the heavy yokes that make the oppressed to groan and to see to the protection of such as do well and to have their eyes about them with which they may scatter the wicked at home and from about the Throne Whether they will wisely improve these opportunities to these purposes or no that may be a question which if they do not God will in his time take them from them again For to him that hath shall more be given but from him that hath not or that retaineth or improveth not shall be taken even that which he had seeing he did not rightly use or improve it Likewise By means of such outward peace especially the forementioned directions being heeded by them in Authority the believer shall have more freedom and liberty to worship God without disturbance and endeavour the good of men according as God hath given him a heart and capacity by being Messengers of the peace of God to them praying for them and shewing forth the vertues of Christ among them which is more suitable to their Spirit then to be fighting with them Against all this some may happily say We speak as not understanding the Visions or Prophesies proper to these times or which are now to have their fulfilling which say they speak of the Saints destroying conquering and bringing under all their Enemies by the material Sword and so taking and possessing the kingdoms of this World and so Christ taking to him his great power and raigning in his people and that by such means and in the time of this mortality which considered might encourage and put forward all Christians the Rulers and Ruled together to go on furiously and confidently without deliberate advisement yea without president or rule conquering and to conquer all that is before them by their power and Sword now while it is in their hand and not to seek peace but rather count it their honour as Christians or Saints to be further imployed in war In answer to this we say We cannot indeed boast as others do of our understanding the Visions of the times but freely acknowledge our great weakness and ignorance in them as a fruit of our more fundamental ignorance in or want of skill to make use of the Vision of all Visions which is the Key of knowledge for the opening them and whatever else is hard to be understood nor desire we at this time much to lengthen our discourse having been large in it already yet briefly this we say first We read somthing of the Visions of these latter dayes opened by our Saviour in his answer to the Disciples question Mat. 24. 3. which question had two things distinct in it viz. When shall these things be namely the things he had foretold about the destruction of Jerusalem and their Temple and what the signe of his coming and of the end of the world It may seem the Disciples thought that the destruction of Jerusalem and his second appearing and the end of the world should have happened together and happily were not yet able to understand or bear the hearing of another and longer time for his coming and the end of the world then for the destruction of Jerusalem however our Saviour answers to both the parts of the question together and though some of his particular applicatory sayings by way of direction to them as vers 16 20. are with more peculiar reference to the first which was to fall out in their day yet all the predictions or things foretold to fall out as fore-runners of both are generally to be applyed to each signifying That the same things and much in a like manner that did fore-run the destruction of Jerusalem shall also fore-run the second appearing of Christ and the end of the world but still more fully according to the predictions as the last fulfillings of prophesies are alwayes the clearest and fullest Now there we read that the Believers the Saints of God the Disciples of Christ shall hear of wars and rumours of wars in that he mentions wars as distinct from rumours of wars in Matthew and Mark it 's clear that by wars he means such as are neer them in those Nations and places where they live but then in that of them as well as of the rumours of wars in other places he saith They shall hear of them he clearly signifies That the Saints or Disciples of Christ as such shall not be actors or exercised in them It 's none of their proper quarrel or fight for their kingdom though there may be in them much of Gods quarrel against and executing wrath or vengeance on many of their oppressors by stirring them up one against another or stirring up some against them that may after prove such themselves under another form but the Saints or Disciples of Christ whose work is not to avenge themselves in this day see Rom. 12. 18 19 20.