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A61699	New-Englands true interest not to lie, or, A treatise declaring from the word of truth the terms on which we stand, and the tenure by which we hold our hitherto-continued precious and pleasant things shewing what the blessing God expecteth from his people, and what they may rationally look for from him / delivered in a sermon preached in Boston in New-England, April 29, 1668, being the day of election there, by Mr. W. Stoughton ...	Stoughton, William, 1632-1701.	1670 (1670)	Wing S5765; ESTC R9808	34,209	43

matters I would seriously minde you of and that is a piece of seasonable and sound Advice which some-where I meet with unto this purpose for the substance That where differences of Apprehension and Opinion do happen amongst godly Reformers in their Enquiries after the Will and Way of God It be thorowly laboured that such Points of Difference be accurately stated and unto the utmost that may be possible narrowed and some Rules of Practice for the preservation of Order and Peace mu●ually fixed and a Probatum est set upon the Experience of them during the life time of th●se who have been first in such matters of Debate and Controversie for otherwise if this should be neglected and they being dead and gone others spring up after them to inherit a diversity of Names from them the business of Reconciliation and Composure would be in a farre more difficult posture and rather go backward then forward as sad Experience in the Christian world hath already Testified But I may not hold you longer upon these things In a word do all the Lords work in your publick Capacities faithfully and vigorously Execute Justice impartially Be a Terrour to evil doers Encourage all them that are faithful Put new life into all publick Work that languisheth Look to Out-scattered unformed places in your Jurisdiction and that enjoy not setled publick Worship and Teaching And as the sum of all Fall not off from any thing upon any pretence whatsoever which adhering unto God hath hitherto saved you and this People for this would be to Lie unto God yea to make him a Liar in the voice and testimony of all his former Providences I have but a few words of Direction in all plainness to leave with You also Honoured and much Esteemed and so shall finish this Use 1. Wait upon God in your Places for discovery of Light and Truth that you may understand the way of this people Prov. 14. 8. and the Lords way with us and in the world too at this day that so your Wisdome and Knowledge may be the stability of our Isa 33 6. times God will not be unwilling to communicate Light to you in his own way Eccles 8. 5. Every lesser Star as one speaketh hath light enough for it self but no less then a Sun can give light to the World Rulers had need to be full of light Let your eye upon all occasions be upward unto the Father of Psal 34. 5. 32. 8. Lights and so shall his eye be fix'd upon yours and this eye of his shall guide you 2. Secure your hearts and spirits as to sincerity before the Lord and for that end seek the honour that cometh from God J●h 5. 44. P●al 25. 21. 78. 72. Prov. 11. ● onely Integrity and uprightness shall preserve and guide you An unbya●●●d Magistracy shall never want Assistance Watch against private narrow Self-ends that if in an hour of trial and temptation some proffer of a private good or to save your own particular state should be strongly managed by Satan to draw you off from the Publick and Common Interest yet you may abide resolved and constant thereunto It was the Resolution of an Heathen N● Immortalitatem quidem contra Rempub●icam acciperem Moses his Refusal and the Apostle Paul's wish are Heb. 11. 24 2● Exod. ●2 10. 11. Rom. ● 3. known to you Say you should do much of Gods work but not with a sincere aim at Gods ends this would be to Lie unto him Thus Jehu was a Lie in all he did Let there be no variation of the Compass with you as to sincere and upright aims and ends God will make large allowance to weaknesses but then there must be sincerity 3. Study Vnity among your selves and in your own Counsels that our first wheels may move with the sweetness and undisturbedness of a Coelestial divine Harmony 4. Drink deep of the love of God in Christ who shed his Blood to save his Church that your love to the Wayes and Ordinances Eph. 5. 25. 1 Joh. 3 16. and Churches and People of God may have its rise and nourishment from this fountain It is such a love alone that will constrain you and remain unquench'd though in the midst of many waters 5. Arm your selves with Courage if you will be good Magistrates you must be such as dare to act your Consciences and Arm your selves also with Patience I will joyn them both together for the burthen of the people must be born Get from under the influence of carnal fears these will make you to lie Isa 57. 11. You have been taught by Experience to expect Oppositions Trials Exacerbations wickedness will procced from the wicked there will be a tumultuating of the passions and lusts of men yea and of the corruptions of good men too under the strict exercise of Government when the Reins of Authority are held straight Without a good measure of holy Patience and Courage you will not hold our You must have so much Courage as to seek out that labour which belongs to your Office and Honour so much Courage that it may not be dreadful to you to be so hemm'd in with duty on every side as to see no way of Retreat 6. Look upon Faith to be the way to Fidelity if 〈…〉 not believe you shall not be established Faith undertakes all upon the 〈…〉 9. engagement of God Faith bottoms the Soul upon the promise and builds it up in a way of supplications Know it that if you will be found faithful with God at this day in the work of Rulers you must be neither Lower nor Mi●dle but Vpper-R●gim men and there is nothing but Faith and the constant lively exercise thereof that can carry you so high Su●h as live upon futura contingentia they will be miserably uncertain up and down now here and now there but Faith the eye and design the hope and the heart of Faith fix wholly upon things that are ●●●hangeable Secure your hearts therefore in a single dependance up●n and sole trust in God Co●mit your way to the Lord at all times and do n●● consume away in your own fears and cares and contrivances 7 When you have behaved your selves with the greatest si●cerity and i●●●grity in your places and have been able to do most for God still look Gen. 6. 8 9. Neh. 13. 22. for your Acceptance with God and your Reward from him as of Free-grace only This is to be upright in the upshot of all Finally have you not often received encouragements from the promises hath not the Lord been present with you in difficulties have you not been oft refreshed with the testimony of a good Conscience that in si●pli●ity and godly si●cerity you have managed what hath been in your hand 2 Cor. 1. 12. have you not been a Government enquiring after the mind and will of God given to prayer and to advise with the Word of God and the faithful

resolves to undertake and doth actually engage himself in the whole work of their Salvation Proving them and trying them under a singular dispensation and long continued series of mercy which began with their Redemption out of Egypt and so was carried on through the Wilderness unto Canaan as in the Verses following the Text is more fully declared God is here spoken of after the manner of men as giving to himself the grounds and reasons of his own great undertaking And therefore the expressions of the Text do no whit impeach the fore-knowledge of God whereby he knew from the beginning what the rebellions and backslidings of this people would be even as in v. 10. we find it but the Lord speaks as one of us judging of matters and taking up his hopes according to the visible and apparent just grounds and reasons of things even as a prudent and wise man would in the like case have done for who is there that would not have promised to himself great things from a people so engaged and circumstanced in case so great mercy and salvation were shewn to them Now that which the Lord promiseth to himself and expects from them is That they would prove Children that would not lie To lie in the sense of the Text takes in deeds as well as words yea matters of fact more especially The Spirit of God means hereby all Vnfoundness Perfidiousness Prevarication with the Lord whereby we go contrary to our Engagements and prove unfaithful to him The word is translated in other places to deal falsly as Gen. 21. 23. and to fail Psal 89. 33. It is to be referred unto the matters of the Lords Covenant with his people God expects and promiseth to himself that in these things his people will keep touch with him and not shrink Thus the Church asserts her uprightness by removing the Lie far from her self Psal 44. 17. All this is come upon us yet have we not forgotten thee nor dealt falsly in thy Covenant the word is the same with that in the Text We have not lied unto thee in thy Covenant This is the plain meaning of the words They will be perfect upright faithful to me and with me in all the concernments of my Covenant with them I have this good perswasion of them and I will try them with mercy and salvation to see how they will answer and make good my expectations of them From this 8th Verse as relating unto the next foregoing we may briefly take up this Note The fountain and fulness of all the Blessings of the people of Observ God it is contained in this to have the Lord Jehovah to be their Saviour All the loving kindnesses all the Lords bestowings all his great goodness and merci●s mentioned in ver 7. they are summ'd up in and made to flow from this one thing in ver 8. He became their Saviour Reas 1. From the Comprehensiveness of Salvation It contains in it all the good and blessedness of sinners whether temporal or spiritual and that in a way of glorious Redemption from c●nquest and triumph over and destruction of whatsoever can be found in opposition whether by way of demerit or as an adverse working power Of Salvation may every poor believing Soul or People say and that in their worst and most distressed estate All my well-springs are in thee Reas 2. From the ●●finite Sufficiency of the Vndertaker when the Lord Jehovah is the Saviour or undertakes to become the Saviour Isa 43. 11. Vse 1. Learn we then that we are to take notice of divine Salvation or of God as a Saviour in all that which the Lord hath graciously bestowed upon us his poor people in this Wilderness Our Churches our Ordinances our Liberties and Privileages our Mercies this day and unto this day from the beginning they are streams issuing from this one Fountain-head and lines meeting in this Centre Divine Salvation We have enjoyed them and do yet enjoy them in a way of Salvation Our Liberties and Priviledges they are Redeemed Ransomed Mercies malign them who will The Price and Power and Intercession of a Mediator and of many precious Saints have given and continued them unto us Many a time have the Archers shot at them Sins and Enemies Satan and his Instruments have stood in opposition but the Salvation of God hath prevailed and doth yet prevail so that we may make our entrance this day with that triumph of holy Mary Luke 1. 46 47. Our souls do magnifie the Lord and our spirits do rejoice in God our Saviour Vse 2. Then let us continue to draw all our waters out of Isaiah ●● ● th●se well● of Salvation the Redeeming grace and power and pity and faithfulness of the Lord our God as a Saviour to us and with us They are men of use indeed that have good buckets of Faith and Prayer to let down here Of such precious ones let the Governours of Judah say in their hearts that these Zech. ●2 5. shall be their strength in the Lord of Hosts their God You that can draw hence spare no labour nor pains The Well indeed is deep but the Spirit of God is with you and these waters drawn out by a lively constant acting of Faith will abundantly recompence all our labour By these shall the inheritance of the Lord be refreshed when it is weary yea in due time they shall ●low forth to be unto us a place of broad ●●vers and streams wherein shall go no galley with oa●s nor gallant ship shall pass thereby even waters of plenty and security to the Lords people Isa 33. 21. But there are two other Observations from the words which I mainly intend unto which let me speak severally in the Doctrinal part of them and so joyn them both together in the Application I. Observ There is a time and season wherein the Lord tries and proves a people with mercies or with salvation under his just and righteous Expectations of them and the promises which he hath made unto himself concerning them This is a speaking of God after the manner of men and in this way we utter matter of truth concerning him we speak of him things that are right though in a way of imperfection as to our manner As God is said sometimes to will a thing but not according to his Omnipotency for then it should be most certainly effected so he is said also to expect and look for some things and to make a promise of them to himself but not according to his infinite unerring Prescience Thus the Lord saith that he looked for grapes from his vineyard Isa 5. 2 4. and ver 7. He looked for judgement but behold oppression for righteousness but behold a cry So Zeph. 3. 7. I said Surely thou wilt fear me thou wilt receive instruction and in that Parable Matth. 21. 37. They will reverence my son In this Doctrine there are three things to be spoken to First The grounds and foundations