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A60353 A sermon preached on the thanksgiving day the 27 day of October, 1692 at Crosby Square by Samuel Slater. Slater, Samuel, d. 1704. 1693 (1693) Wing S3974; ESTC R23646 19,638 40

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A SERMON Preached on the Thanksgiving-Day The 27 th Day of October 1692. AT CROSBY-SQUARE By SAMUEL SLATER Minister of the GOSPEL LONDON Printed for John Lawrence at the Angel in the Poultry over-against the Compter 1693. TO THAT Flock of GOD which meets at Crosby-Square Dearly Beloved THE following Discourse was through Divine Assistance prepared for you and deliver'd in your hearing it is now publish'd upon your Desire which would not take a Denial Ambition of appearing in Print is far from me the very Trouble of it is sufficient to discourage one who hath so much Work besides to engage him But you are so dear over me and to me that to refuse what you request is next to impossible specially when it speaks your Zeal for their Majesties Interest and tends to the promoting of common Good The Acceptance my poor Labours find with you is a great strengthening of my Hands as your Peace and Unity among yourselves and the sincere Love you bear to all that love our dear Lord Jesus is no less the matter of my Rejoycing Sad Divisions there are to be found up and down at this day which cause great Thoughts of Heart and call for great Searching Oh that the infinitely great and wise Physician would be pleased to speed the Healing of them and blessed be his Name the Devil hath not hitherto set his Cloven Foot among you and oh that he never may And that you may still keep the Unity of the Spirit in the Bond of Peace growing exceedingly and sensibly in Grace and in the Knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ shining with the bright Beams of Holiness to the Adorning of your Profession And that you may meet with God in Ordinances here to your Comfort and Improvement and after that have a full Enjoyment of him and immediate Communion with him in his Heavenly Kingdom for ever is and shall be the hearty Prayer of him who is Yours to serve you in the Gospel of Christ S. SLATER From my Study Nov. 14 1692. XX. Psalm v. We will rejoyce in thy salvation THIS short but sweet and excellent Psalm was indited by the holy Spirit of God and penn'd by David the sweet Singer of Israel in the form and manner of a Prayer for the help of the Church in their imploring Blessings and Successes upon their Kings whom God by his Providence had set over them though here is also a particular Reference or Respect had unto the Lord Jesus who is the Head of the Church and over all things to the Church King of Sion and of Saints Of whom those other Kings in their Power and Authority were Types shadowing of him out in his Royal Office and Dignity and some of them as David and Solomon were so in a more special and peculiar manner The Psalm indeed doth contain in it two parts or is made up of two things Prayer and Praise The former of these namely the Prayer takes up the five first Verses in which they do humbly and heartily beg of GOD these things for the King First They beg of GOD Audience for the KING The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble Where we may observe that Kings may be in Trouble as well as meaner Persons They have Burdens upon them the Burden of Government which calls for a strong Sholder and the Burden of Care which requires an able Head and Heart And as they have their Burdens so their Troubles Crowns and Thrones are not without their Thorns no more than other Things Trouble will make its entry into the Prince's Palace as well as the Peasant's Cottage Observe again As Princes have their Troubles so they should not be without their Prayer It is not enough for them that their Clergy and other Subjects are Suitors on their behalf but they ought to spread their own Case before God and make their Requests known to him while their People pray for them they should pray for themselves and their People too As they are Men of Power so they should be Men of Prayer I give my self unto prayer said David And happy that Nation which hath a Praying King such a King as is valiant and dares fight with Enemies for them and being gracious knoweth how to wrestle with GOD too It is in the Text taken for granted that the King prays and therefore they desire he may be heard Observe again While the King prays it is the People's Duty to back him and set in with God with him and for him We owe him a special Room in our Hearts and Petitions The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble Doth the King pray oh that he may prosper oh that his Prayer may come up before God as Incense oh that his Prayer may be accepted and granted The Lord hear thee Secondly They desire Protection for him The name of the GOD of Jacob defend thee Do Troubles encompass thee let Salvation do so too Are Men thine Enemies let God be thy Guard his Name is a strong Tower let it be so to thee from the Face of thine Enemies Let all his glorious Attributes which are as so many Letters of his Name be engaged and employed for thy Security and Preservation Thirdly They beg Assistance for him not only that the Divine Shadow may be over him but that the Divine Hand also may be with him and the Everlasting Arm stretched out on his behalf Send thee help from the sanctuary and strengthen thee out of Sion Help when thou needest it and callest for it maist thou never be without the help of God Strength when thou hast Enemies to grapple with that thou maist conquer them and when thou hast Work to do that thou maist go thorough with it and do it to Acceptance Praise and Honour send thee such Help as will be seasonable and such Strength as will be sufficient Fourthly They beg for him Acceptance with God and the gracious Remembrance of all his Religious Services Remember all thy offerings and accept all thy burnt-offerings O my Friends what a singular Comfort is it to a gracious People when they know their King to be a true Worshipper of God together with them and have reason to look upon him as one that is devoted to the Fear Service and Honour of God and when they are so perswaded it is unquestionably their Duty to desire that he might in all that he doth be accepted of God acceptable to his People at least to the best and most judicious of them and to his God too Lastly They beg the fulfilling of all his Counsels and of all his Petitions Verse 4. Grant thee according to thine own heart and fulfil all thy counsels And v. 5. of which the Text is a part The LORD fulfil all thy Petitions The Lord grant that when thou hast directed thy Prayer and lookest up thou maist see something of Mercy coming down That none of thy Prayers may miscarry none drop by the way and fall short of