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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42369	A thanksgiving-sermon for the peace: preach'd at St Michael Crookedlane, December the 2d, 1697. By James Gardiner, M.A. rector of the said parish.	Gardiner, James, 1637-1705.	1697 (1697)	Wing G228A; ESTC R223633	20,128	32

hugg'd them they embraced them Peace like the Vernal Sun gives new Life and Vigor to the World and makes its Inhabitants like the Hills of Sion to laugh and sing It whets mens Diligence and Industry in their several Callings giving them hopes that their lawful Undertakings shall return Crowned with their desired Effects It is the Spring of all Participation and gives a free Communication from One End of the World to the Other that we share in the good things intrusted by GOD and Nature with other Nations and Persons It is so Excellent that the Orator * Dulce est Nomen Pacis res tam jucunda salutaris qud non modo ii quibus sensum Natura dedit sea ettam Tecta atque agri laetari videntur Cic. tells us not only such as have Sense and Discretion but the very Fields and Houses rejoice in it Peace it 's the Soul of the Universe the Chain of the World and the Cement of Nature Peace it 's the Beauty of Providence the Bond of Governments and the Mother of Order Peace the Life of the Law the Guardian of Learning and the Encouragement of Vertue Peace the Health of the People the Sojourner's Safety and the Enemies Terror Further yet for the better half has not been told you Peace it 's the great design of the Ever-blessed TRINITY The Promise of the Father who has done this Vertue the Honour to stile himself from it The GOD of Peace Rom. 15.33 2 Thess 3.16 The Purchase of the Son who is the Prince of Peace Isa 6.9 and the Product of the Spirit who is set forth to us by the Vnity of the Spirit in the bond of Peace Ephes 4.3 At the Birth of Our Saviour the Angels chanted it forth On Earth Peace The Excellency of his Sufferings is couched in this that They were the Chastisements of his Peace Isa 53.5 and He himself Published it at his Resurrection Peace be with you And by the way it may not here be improper to make one Remark Our dear Lord though content to be Crucify'd on Mount Calvary yet whilst he was living he was most delighted to be in the Mount of Olives He loseth his Life in a place of Skulls an Emblem of War where truly he is still Crucified but he leads his Life most commonly in a place of Olives an Emblem of Peace there he prays there he preaches there he walks contemplates and watches doth every thing but die that was reserved for Mount Calvary Yea thence he ascends into Heaven and as Peace was one of the last Legacies his Lips bequeathed us when he dy'd so Mount Olives the dwelling-place of Peace was the last piece of Earth his blessed Foot touched when he ascended But to return and I shall only speak this Once Peace it 's the Reconciliation of Sinners the Consolation of the Saints and the Crown of the Blessed Peace at which the Scriptures aim Faith intends Hope aspires to and it is compleat Beatitude to attain it And therefore happy must that People needs be that are in such a Case whom GOD hath prevented with such a Temporal and Spiritual Blessing It is our own Case blessed be the Lord Ps 68.19 Ps 92.17 who daily loads us with his Benesits The Beauty of the Lord our GOD is upon Vs and we have lived to see the Dove and the Olive-branch of Mercy and Peace lighting upon the Head of the Nation Perhaps we may think we have deserved as much at GODs hand It may be it has been our Strictness and Exactness of Conversation before him our Care of his Worship and Vindication of his Truth our Observation of his Sabbaths c. perhaps it has been our Charity our Hamility and Sobriety which so far have prevail'd upon him Surely it is because he hath not spy'd in Vs those Lusts and horrible Abominations which he hath beheld in some other Times and Places O Prophane I magination Let not such vain Thoughts lodge within us Should GOD have gone by this Rule we had long long since been in Ruins Let us rather say it 's the free Grace of that GOD who is good and doth good Who hath Shewed favour to this Kingdom because he would shew Favour as though he would be called the GOD of the English insomuch that We of all others have comprehended or rather been comprehended by the Breadth and Length and Depth and Height of GOD's Love The Philosophers tell us but of Three Dimensions the Apostle has sound out Four in GOD's Mercy Ephes 3.18 Let us rather think that we enjoy the Benefit of the Graces of Martyrs and other Holy Persons who by their Prayers and Votes whilst they were here below reserved a special Blessing for Vs in these Succeeding Times And this will engage our Hearts to the practice of those Duties which the Kindness that has been done unto us so justly deserves at our hands The 3d and the last Thing to be spoken to And 1. Deut Nob●s 〈◊〉 O●ta Let us ascribe this Mercy to GOD with all Thankfulness We must not look upon this Peace as a Matter of Chance and Fortune as the sole product of humane Wisdom and Courage It is true Men are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 GOD's hands as Herbalists call Plants And these Hands of GOD we may kiss Acts 14 11. but let us be careful not to take the Crowns and Garlands which we should lay at GOD's Feet to set upon Man's Head It is no diminution in the least to His Majesty that we ascribe it to GOD. For what can so much dignify any Mortal Man as to be an Instrument in GOD's hand one whom he chuses to bring about glorious Things by and to convey Blessings to a Kingdom To bring Peace out of War is a Work worthy of GOD. Psal 46.9 He maketh Wars to cease he breaketh the Bow and knappeth the Spear in sunder and burneth the Chariots in the Fire And therefore that great Promise of Peace runs thus They shall beat their Swords into Ploughshares and their Spears into Pruning-Hooks Soldiers shall turn Vine dressers and Husbandmen the Bees shall hive in their Helmets Nation shall not lift up Sword against Nation That shall once for all be put up into its place Non solum cum Rhodus sed cum Artibus ger●tur Bellum and never be drawn again Neither shall they learn War any more Blessed days when the Art Ta●lic or Military shall be out of date and being it self the greatest Interrupter of Learning shall be learned no more Thus again Isa 45.7 I form the Light Civil as well as Natural I make Peace Temporal as well as Spiritual I the Lord do all these things We praise Thee therefore O GOD we acknowledge Thee who art the Lover to be the Lord and Author of our Peace and Concord This is the day that the Lord hath made we will rejoice and be glad in it even in the presence of all those that have