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A62583 A sermon preached at the cathedral church of Worcester upon the monthly fast-day, September 16. 1691 by William Talbot ... Talbot, William, 1658 or 9-1730. 1691 (1691) Wing T122; ESTC R33893 13,997 28

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of what great concern to the Nation can my single Repentance or Impenitence be I am but one and surely cannot by one or the other much forward or hinder the Kingdoms either wellfare or ruin There are enow besides to do the Work without me I may enjoy my Lusts and Vices and let others Repent for the Nation But 1. What if all and every one in the Nation should think and do the same would not the Work be well done then And all have just the same Reason i. e. none at all For 2. The sins of every single Person and thine in particular have added to and made up that Measure of Iniquity which has angred God and provoked him to shake his Rod over the Kingdom and therefore it is but Reason and Justice that since thou hast contributed to that Mass and Weight which is ready to sink the Kingdom into ruin thou shouldest bear thy part in taking off the Load Besides 3. How knowest thou but thy single Repentance may Save or at least Reprieve the Nation Time was when ten Righteous Men if so many could have been found in Sodom would have preserved that place and how canst thou tell but by thy sincere Conversion thou maist make up that number for whose sakes God will spare this Land And would it not be matter of Melancholy Reflection to thee if for want of thee such a number should not be found for which God would spare it But 4. Should there be enough without thee to do the Work should God for the sake of others of his Servants that cry day and night to him spare us and turn our days of Humiliation into days of Thanksgiving yet what right canst thou pretend to any share in the Mercy Thou that refusest to hearken to the Words of Gods Embassadors how canst thou expect any other Fate than that of the incredulous Lord that disbelieved Elisha's Prophecy of Plenty 2 Kings vii That with thine Eyes possibly thou maist see but shall not partake of the blessing Whereas Lastly If thy Repentance should prove unsuccessful for the Kingdom if the Sins thereof should be so Ripe their Iniquities so Full that God will not spare it yet assuredly thou shalt deliver thine own Soul so the Spirit of God assures thee Ezek xiv That when a land has sinned so grievously against God that his hand is stretched out and he will not accept of the fasting tears and prayers of Noah Daniel and Job for the deliverance of the land yet they shall deliver their own souls Away then with such idle put offs let us not shift off this necessary duty from one to another but having such invitations and such encouragements let every of us set to our Parts and contribute each ones Tears Prayers and Repentance to the Reversing the Decree that is gone forth against us so let us prepare to meet our God who is still ready to own that Relation yea desirous to Repent him of the evil that he thought to do unto us and to make our Jerusalem yet a praise upon the whole Earth Where then are the Penitent Davids and Jeremy's that may weep Tears for the sins of a Nation to wash away the guilt thereof Where are the Meek Moses's the chosen ones of God that may stand in the Gap and turn away his wrath that he destroy us not Where are the faithful Abrahams the Friends of God that may intercede powerfully and successfully for a sinful and disobedient People Yea where are the ten Righteous for whose sakes God will spare the Place Would it not my Brethren be a glorious thing for you and me to make a part of that number for whose sakes God would spare this Nation to be the Saviours of the Kingdom Why such are all the truly Contrite and Penitent Souls in the Land O then let us favour the Stones of Sion let it pity us to see her in the Dust let us pray for the Peace of Jerusalem and let us live and Repent for it too and then we shall not need to fear all the Enemies of our Sion for God will be for us and if he be for us who can be against us Then let the Children of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir the Philistines with them that dwell at Tyre come forth to Battle against us they shall not be able to prevail over us for there will be many with us Then we may bid defiance to all the Power and Policy of France and treachery of home-bred Enemies for our God will be our Guide and Protector our Shield and Buckler will secure us from Foreign and Domestick Adversaries yea will bless us in making a visible return of Mercy upon us will cause our Nation to Flourish and be the Admiration and Envy of its Neighbours will continue to us our excellently Constituted Government and preserve our Primitive Apostolical Church that neither the designs of those who would betray us into Slavery or Anarchy shall succeed to the Subversion of one nor the Gates of Hell or Rome prevail against the other Amen FINIS