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A57542 A sermon preached before the corporation of Trinity-house in Deptford Strand, at the election of their master, May XXX, 1681 by John Rogers ... Rogers, John, b. 1647. 1681 (1681) Wing R1818; ESTC R11375 14,418 41

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are Princes and our Traffickers the Honourable of the Earth 2. Let us consider What suitable returns were proper for you to make for all these benefits which God hath done unto you And I think you cannot give a greater and more proper demonstration of your thankfulness for these so great mercies than the sincere practice of these following Duties First A zealous endeavour after the propagation of true Religion Secondly Walking honestly towards them which are without And Thirdly A thankful remembrance of the dangers you have escaped First A zealous endeavour after the propagation of true Religion This is the noblest end of Navigation and the most profitable Plantation you can make to spread the glorious light of the Gospel and deliver men from the powers of Hell and darkness it will consecrate all your Returns from abroad and render your merchandise holiness unto the Lord and what more suitable return can you make unto God for his manifold blessings bestowed upon you than to make your selves Instruments of turning men from Idols to serve that living God And that you may not be unready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you the excellent Grotius hath furnished you with invincible Arguments against the Gentile Jew and Mahometan and to make up that Armour compleat you may find lately added unto it a Shield of the true Faith wherewith you shall be able to quench all the fiery Darts of the Church of Rome How much more proper a Companion would this be for you where by Calms and contrary Winds you are sometimes put to it for diversions than such unmanly exercises which tend only to the scandal of your Religion the corrupting of your Constitutions and the eternal perdition of your souls But Secondly Another proper return to God for his benefits unto you would be a walking honestly towards them which are without To preserve as the Apostle speaks a good Conscience by having your conversation honest among the Gentiles that whereas they speak against you as evil Doers they may by your good works which they shall behold glorifie God in the day of visitation For when all is done a good life is the best Argument in the World nor can you bring greater Glory to God nor remove worse scandal from our most holy Religion than by letting your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorifie your Father which is in Heaven For as one out of his own experience hath observed Quod Barbari fidem nostram de moribus judicant proclivius quippe est quod videas credere quam quod audias rarò persuadet factis sermo contrarius That the barbarous people do always judge of our Faith according to our lives it being much easier to give credit to what a man sees than what he hears and rarely will that discourse perswade which is accompanied with contrary actions Thirdly and lastly A thankful remembrance of the dangers you have escaped is a most proper return to make to God for all the wonders of his mercy There are many of you here such lasting Monuments of Gods Providence that in a good old Age you can perhaps reckon more dangers you have escaped than you can summ up years O therefore praise the Lord for his goodness and his wonders that he doth for the Children of men Let no miracle of his love escape your notice but let every one of them find some room in your Journals that you may know how good and gracious the Lord hath been unto you This is a just Sacrifice of praises and thanksgivings yet I will have mercy saith the Lord and not sacrifice i. e. God is well pleased with the former when it becomes a means and cause of the latter And indeed your Alms are the best memorial that can come up before God who for his mercies to us hath enjoined us pity and compassion to our Brethren for in as much as you have done it unto one of the least of these my Brethren you have done it unto me saith our Saviour But what need I animate this worthy Society and provoke a Duty so good and acceptable to you for your works already praise you and the prayers of the poor and destitute do light upon you May their prayers and your blessings still accompany each other till at last you come to hear that joyful Euge Come ye blessed of my Father inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world For I was an hungred and ye gave me meat I was thirsty and ye gave me drink c. Now to God the Father God the Son and God the Holy Ghost to the ever blessed and glorious Trinity three Persons and one God be all honour and praise now and for evermore Amen FINIS Heb. 4. 12. Chap. 1. ver 1 2. Chap. 3. ver 4. Psal. 139. 7 9 10. Jo. Tzetzes in Lycophr initio Cassand Psal. 118. 23. Vide Bishop Wilkins Beauty of Providence 2 Cor. 11. 25 26. Psal. 107. 23 24. 1 Kings 18. 44 Matth. 24. 42 43 44. Philip. 2. 12. Matth. 25. 41. Qui nescit orare discat navigare Psal. 107. 25. Psal. 33. 7. Psal. 65. 7. Psal. 89. 9. Jer. 5. 22. Herodotus Job 38. 31. Rom. 2. 4 5. 6. Apoc. 20. 13. Acts 27. 24. Psal. 107. 27. Heb. 12. 1. Matth. 7. 24 25. Isai. 57. 20. 2 Thess. 3. 10. Eccles. 9. 2. Matth. 8. 25. Ecclus. 39. 28 29. Bishop Ward 's Essay of the immortality of the Soul Luke 1. 79. Isai. 23. 3. Exod. 31. 3. 1 Kings 9. 26. Gen. 6. 14 15. Isal. 23. 8. Isai. 23. 18. 1. Thess. 1. 9. 1. Pet. 3. 15. Ephes. 6. 16. 1 Pet. 2. 12. Matth. 5. 16. Acosta lib. 4. cap. 5. Psal. 107. 8. Hos. 6. 6. Acts 10. 4. Matth. 25. 40. Matth. 25. 34 35.