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A66601	A seasonable question, in a sermon on Joshua 5.13 preacht on the 18th of June at Kingsnoth ... and on the 27th of July at St. Peters Cornhill, London, by Timothy Wilson ...	Wilson, Timothy, 1642-1705.	1690 (1690)	Wing W2951; ESTC R38145	11,705	37

oppressed them and Exod. 3.8 He came down and delivered them out of the Hand of the Egyptians and resolved to bring them up out of that Land unto a good Land and a large unto a Land flowing with Milk and Honey unto the place of the Canaanites c. That is the third Character 4. They defended themselves against their Oppressors The Israelites War was plainly defensive against Pharaoh King of Egypt though he pleaded that they had been his Subjects with the prescription of above four hundred years As soon as Gods time for Deliverance came Moses and the Elders of Israel went to the King of Egypt Exod. 3.18 and demanded leave to sacrifice to the God of Israel They would have Freedom of Religion and Liberty to serve God and live no longer under the oppression of Pharaoh This provoked Pharaoh to wrath and made him Blaspheme the God of Israel Who is the Lord that I should obey his voice to let Israel go I know not the Lord neither will I let Israel go Exod. 5.2 And instead of easing their Grievances he imposed more heavy Burthens requiring Brick and not allowing Straw and punished them for not performing what was impossible to be done They make their complaint as of a thing unreasonable and against the Law of Nature but they could have no redress for Pharaoh was resolved to oppress and suppress them if he could He calls all their pretences but idleness and to Sacrifice to the Lord was but the effect of their laziness Thus are wicked Oppressors whom God hath determined to destroy deaf to all complaints though never so just and reasonable That is the fourth Character 5. They had Gods promise for deliverance and believed in him Gods Promise they had Exod. 6.3 c. where you may see a full and plain Promise of God to deliver Israel to bless them and to settle them in Canaan the Promised Land It is true many of the Children of Israel had not Faith to believe this they hearkened not to Moses for anguish of Spirit and for cruel Bondage v. 9. But no doubt most of the Israelites adhered to Moses in this cause and had Faith to believe that God would perform his Promise and the most unbelieving when they saw Gods mighty Works were forced to confess that the God of Israel was most powerful That is the fifth and last Character 2. I shall consider who our Adversaries are The Adversaries of Joshua and the Israelites were divers people of Canann all Heathens and Idolaters a corrupt Generation whose iniquities were full wicked and prophane and God had decreed to destroy them 1. They were Idolaters 2. They were guilty of heinous Sins 3. They were appointed by God to utter Ruin and Destruction for their Sins 1. The Adversaries were Idolaters they forsook the true God Creator and Possessor of Heaven and Earth and Worshipped Idols the Work of their own Hands They changed the Glory of the uncorruptible God into an Image made like to corruptible Man and changed the Truth of God into a Lie and Worshipped and Served the Creature more than the Creator who is blessed for ever Amen as St. Paul speaks Rom 1.23 25. Hence God forbids his people Israel making Images Levit. 26.1 and nothing provoked the Lord to anger more than when his people Israel revolted to Idolatry either that of the Egyptians or that of the Moabites As for that of the Egyptians we read Exod. 32. that God was incensed by the Worshippers of the Golden Calf the Egyptian Idol and threatned to consume them had not Moses interceeded and prayed earnestly As for that of the Moabites we read Numb 25. that the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel because they Sacrificed and Bowed down to their Gods God sent a Plague among them in which died four and twenty thousand because they joined themselves to Baal Peor which some say was the Beastly Heathenish God Priapus a most lewd and abominable Idol abhorred by the very Heathens who had any sense of Goodness or sparks of Vertue and Morality left 2. They were guilty of heinous Sins Besides their Idolatry Prophaneness Superstition false Worship blasphemy and the like Sins directly against God and the Duties of the first Table of the Decalogue they abounded with notorious Vices forbidden in the second Table and directly against their Neighbour They stand accused of all Unrighteousness Malice Drunkenness Murder and especially of Whoredom and all manner of Uncleanness even Sodomy it self not excepted They were sinful yea a people laden with iniquity and a Seed of evil doers who sinned against Natural Light and Knowledge But I shall not descant on particulars at this time 3. The Adversaries were appointed by God to utter Ruin and Destruction for their sins Their iniquities were full and God had fully resolved to root them out Thus we read Levit. 18.25 The Land is defiled i.e. by lewdness and wickedness therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it and the Land it self vomits out her Inhabitants Heinous sins defile a Land and as it is at the 28 th verse make a Land spew out the Inhabitants so Levit. 20.22 the same phrase is used and ver 23. God says that he abhors them for their most grievous wickedness Great Sins bring great Plagues and Temporal as well as Eternal Judgments on a Nation It is true God promised Abraham to make a Nation of him that Kings should come out of him Gen. 17.6 and to establish his Covenant with him and his Seed after him in their Generations and to give them all the Land of Canaan for an Everlasting Possession but they were to be Pilgrims and go down into Egypt for four hundred and thirty years till the iniquities of the Amorites were full For Gods Promises and his Judgments are all conditional God destroys not innocent Creatures If the Canaanites had not done evil in his sight and lived in all manner of prophaneness and wickedness they should not have been destroyed If England reforms their evil ways they shall be saved For God decrees misery only to the Impenitent I shall give you the Reasons why all good Men should be for us which is the third particular in the Method propounded The Reasons may be taken 1. From our selves 2. From the Cause it self 3. From God himself 4. From the Examples of the most wise and devout Protestants whom we follow 1. From our selves We desire to live in all good Conscience towards God and Men We desire nothing but what Laws and Liberties our Forefathers left us We invaded no Mans right but studied to live quietly and do our own business Our Actions were good and lawful but our Enemies triumphed and without Law or Reason sought our ruin Our present Sufferings were great and we were threatened with greater and all this without our desert or offence We were enslaved by Jesuits evil councellors and Unreasonable Men. Our Liberties or Religion our Estates were almost gone we scarce

A Seasonable QUESTION IN A SERMON On Joshua 5.13 Art thou for us or for our Adversaries Preacht on the 18th of June at Kingsnoth being the Publick Fast And on the 27th of July at St. Peters Cornhill London By Timothy Wilson M. A. and Rector of Kingsnoth in Kent LONDON Printed by T.S. for Tho. Parkhurst at the Bible and Three Crowns at the lower end of Cheapside near Mercers Chapel 1690. TO THE READER I Was importuned by some Friends and Relations to publish this plain Sermon which was heard with general satisfaction in the Country but then I could not be prevailed with to transcribe a Copy for the Press However since a good Providence as I hope and business of importance hath called me to London I not loving to be wholly idle resolved to Preach this Country Fast Sermon hoping that it might be very seasonable and meet with as much acceptance here as it did in my Neighbourhood But some Auditors I had full of prejudice and the discourse was variously received This was the lot of our Blessed Saviour Some said he was a good man others said nay but he deceiveth the People I can say with St. Paul Men and Brethren I have lived in all good Conscience before God until this day Act. 23.1 I never believed the Divine Right of any one Form of Government antecedent to agreement but I always thought the obligation of Conscience was consequent to it And accordingly I have Justified Self-defence and Self-preservation against Illegal and Universal Oppression in discourses published some months ago So that I am most zealous for the present Government of King William and Queen Mary And I make it my business to convince and confirm all my fellow Subjects as I have opportunity But this Sermon is practical and in all things fitted to the meanest capacity And I never intended that it should see the light but because it is thought that it may do some good I have consented to publish it I live a retired life and my Nighbours are well contented living peacably Worshipping God in one place and Honouring King William and Queen Mary But when I come abroad in the World I find great Animosities and Prejudices whereas I think that though we cannot be all of one Opinion in smaller matters yet true Protestants should heartily unite against Popery and Slavery Good Christian Reader if thou hast any scruples I make no Question but that thou mayst receive satisfaction if thou wilt calmly dispute the case I am at thy service in this work Tim. Wilson JOSH. 5.13 These words of the Verse Art thou for us or for our Adversaries AFTER the Death of Moses the Servant of the Lord Joshua was made Captain of Gods Israel He was a Devout Man and a good Souldier full of Faith and full of Courage And God magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel and they feared him as they feared Moses all the days of his life chap. 4. ver 14. He led Gods people Israel over Jordan as Moses did over the Red Sea and he brought them to the Borders of Canaan their promised Inheritance and Possession This made the Kings of the Amorites and the Kings of the Canaanites tremble Their Hearts melted neither was there Spirit in them any more ver 1. of this Chapter of our Text. In his Travels Joshua had 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 saw a Vision or Apparition And it came to pass when Joshua was by Jericho that he lift up his Eyes and looked and behold there stood a Man over against him with his Sword drawn in his Hand and Joshua went unto him and said unto him Art thou for us or for our Adversaries Joshua saw one Man or Angel and he asked him this question And if I were a Preacher to all England this day I would ask them the same question Art thou for us or for our Adversaries The words are a question proposed by Joshua to the Angel or Person that appeared to him For the Illustration and Exemplification whereof I shall consider these things 1. Who the Us are 2. Who our Adversaries are 3. I shall give you the Reasons why all good Men should be for us 4. Why all good Men should be against our Adversaries And so proceed to a short Parallel and Application to our selves 1. I shall consider who the Us are They were Joshua and the Children of Israel and by parity of Reason all such as Joshua and the Children of Israel were And I shall give you their Character in these five Particulars 1. They were Jews Gods People and in Covenant with him 2. They maintained Gods true Religion 3. They were oppressed wicked Men. 4. They defended themselves against their Oppressors 5. They had Gods Promise for Deliverance and believed in him 1. They were Jews Gods people and in Covenant with him They were the Seed of Abraham the Friend of God and only Visible Church of God upon Earth And God was the God of their Fathers the God of Abraham the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob Exod. 3.6 and Deut. 28. and 9 The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself as he hath sworn unto thee if thou shalt keep the Commandments of the Lord thy God and walk in his Ways and all people of the Earth shall see that thou art called by the Name of the Lord and they shall be afraid of thee c. There is an Holy Covenant between God and his People That is the first Character 2. They maintained Gods true Religion Art thou for us who are the true Worshippers of God Gods Glory and his Name was celebrated among the Israelites and they served the Lord Ye shall serve the Lord your God saith Moses Exod 23.25 and he shall bless thy Bread and thy Water and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee They Worshipped neither the Idols which the corrupt World had before the Flood nor those Idols which other Nations Worshipped since the Flood but they Worshipped the God of Israel only and made no Covenant with the Heathen See Exod. 34.14 That is the second Character 3. They were oppressed by wicked men After the Death of Joseph there arose a King who hated Gods people and resolved to ruine them or keep them under and make them Slaves Exod. 1.8 c. He feared their Numbers and Strength and he consulted with his Favourites to deal subtilly with them At first he commanded all their Male-Children to be slain as soon as they were Born a most Barbarous and Cruel Edict And he set over them Task-masters to afflict them with their Burthens and they made the Children of Israel to serve with rigour and they made their Lives bitter with hard Bondage and many Devices they had to keep under and enslave the poor Israelites But God saw the Affliction of his people and heard their cry by reason of their Task-masters and knew their sorrows and he saw the Oppression wherewith the Egyptians