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A45350	A sermon preached in the cathedral and metropolitical church of St. Peter of York, on Thursday the fourteenth of February, 1688/9 being the day appointed by the lords spiritual and temporal, assembled at Westminster, for a publick thanksgiving to Almighty God, for having made His Highness the Prince of Orange, the glorious instrument of the great deliverance of this kingdom from popery and arbitrary power / by George Halley ...	Halley, George, 1655 or 6-1708.	1689 (1689)	Wing H454; ESTC R6579	12,462	36

A SERMON Preached in the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church OF St. PETER in YORK On Thursday the Fourteenth of February 1688 9. BEING The Day appointed by the LORDS Spiritual and Temporal Assembled at Westminster for a Publick Thanksgiving to Almighty GOD for having made His Highness the PRINCE of ORANGE the Glorious Instrument of the Great Deliverance Of this Kingdom from Popery and Arbitrary Power By GEORGE HALLEY M. A. Succentor of the Vicar's Choral of the Cathedral and Rector of St. Cuthbert's in York Published at the Request of the Auditors London Printed for R. C. and are to be Sold by Rich. Lambert and Francis Hildyard Booksellers in York 1689. A SERMON PREACHED In the CATHEDRAL CHURCH of St. Peter in York c. Psalm 107. Verse 2. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy Or as it is in the other Translation Let them give thanks whom the Lord hath redeemed and delivered from the hand of the enemy THis Psalm doth in the most Lively and Glorious Colours paint forth and adorn the admirable Kindness and Transcendent Love of Almighty God doth visibly represent to humane Eye the various and surprizing Scenes of Divine Providence doth clearly evince and prove That God who sitteth in Heaven doth so far humble himself as to behold the Things upon Earth that all the Vicissitudes and Changes all the great Revolutions and variety of Events in this World are from the Hand of God that all humane Affairs and Transactions are under his Providential Conduct and Wise Disposal And therefore it is that the Psalmist gives us so many Illustrious Examples such manifest Testimonies of Providence as are able to convince any considerate Person that the World is not governed by Fate or giddy Chance but by infinite Wisdom and infinite Goodness that God presides over his Creatures that his Providence is deeply concern'd and vigorously engaged in all the Changes and Chances of this Mortal Life Thus from the Third to the Seventh Verse we have a signal Instance of an Over-ruling Omnipotent Providence where we find the Children of Israel wandering in the Wilderness in a Solitary Way depriv'd of the necessary Supports and Comforts of this Life yet upon their devout Addresses to Heaven in Prayer found present Relief and Deliverance from their Pressures God by his Gracious Providence led them forth by the Right Way and safely conducted them to a City of Habitation Thus from the Tenth to the Fourteenth Verse we find how God is pleas'd to discipline and exercise others with Providential Afflictions with Bonds and Imprisonments because of their Wickedness and Impiety yet as soon as ever such sharp Discipline such severe Chastisement has produc'd its desir'd Effect that is brought them to a State of Meekness and Humility Repentance and Reformation as soon as they thus endeavour to make this Atonement God's Mercy then gets the Ascendant of his Justice and he becomes propitious and favourable to them brings them out of Darkness and the Shadow of Death and breaks their Bonds asunder Thus from the Twenty third to the Thirtieth Verse we read that such as go down to the Sea in Ships and do Business in great Waters such have more than ordinary Experiments of the Providence of the Sovereign Mercy and Power of God sometimes they are Mounted into the Air and then again go down into the Depths of the Vast Ocean are at their Wits end in the greatest Amazement and Consternation but when they cry or pray unto the Lord the Violent Storm then is turn'd into a perfect Calm by gentle Gales they are safely wafted to the Port they design'd to sail to Now What doth the Lord require at the Hands of such as have the Characters of Divine Providence so singularly and eminently engraven upon them for whom he hath wrought such Signal and Wonderful Deliverances Nothing but the Tribute of Praise and Thanksgiving that is a grateful Sense and publick Acknowledgment of his immense Favours such a Sense as darts a powerful Influence upon their Life and Conversation such a Sense as obliges them to look up unto him as the Heroick Captain of their Salvation to ascribe the Honour due unto his Name to praise him for his Goodness from whom they received their Protection their Safety and Preservation O give Thanks unto the Lord for he is good or gracious and his Mercy endureth for ever let the Redeemed of the Lord say so Or let them give Thanks whom the Lord hath redeemed and delivered from the Hand of the Enemy In the Words are these Two Observables I. A Duty enjoin'd together with the Object of it and that is to give Thanks unto the Lord. II. The Reason or Enforcement to the Practice and Observation of this Duty and that is the Consideration of a Redemption or Deliverance from the Hand of an Enemy Let them give Thanks whom c. But First of the First Observable A Duty enjoin'd together with the Object of it and that is to give Thanks unto the Lord. To give thanks in this place is according to the Version of the LXX 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Word which according to the Sence of the Ancient Interpreters properly imports Confession and in this Sense I find it us'd by St. James 5.16 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Confess your Faults and indeed before we offer up unto God any Eucharistical Sacrifice it is necessary for us to Confess and beg Pardon of our Sins which hinder God's acceptation of our Services for if we regard Iniquity with our Hearts the Lord will not hear us Psalm 66.18 And here by the by we may admire the Beautiful Succession of Times and Seasons Yesterday was Ash-Wednesday a day of Sack-cloth and Ashes a day of Sorrow and Humiliation for Sin to day a day of Thanksgiving and Joyfulness But as Heinsius observes according to the Modern Interpretation the Word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 doth likewise import to praise or give Thanks unto the Lord and in this Sense I find it Mark 10.21 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Jesus rejoiced in Spirit and said I thank thee O Father To give Thanks unto the Lord is a Duty frequently inculcated and press'd upon us in Holy Scripture thus Phil. 4.6 In every thing by Prayer and Thanksgiving let your Requests be made known unto God thus Col. 2.7 Abounding therein with Thanksgiving and Chap. 4.2 Continue in Prayer and watch in the same with Thanksgiving thus 1 Tim. 4.4 Every Creature of God is good if it be received with Thanksgiving thus Rev. 7.12 Blessing and Glory and Wisdom and Thanksgiving be unto GOD for ever and ever Amen But Secondly We have not only Precepts for but rare and illustrious Examples in Holy Scripture for the Practice and Observation of the Duty of Thanksgiving Not to Multiply too many Instances Where do we find a more Noble Pattern of Gratitude than the Royal Prophet King David He thought no place unfit