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A44166	A sermon preached at the assizes at Leicester, March 19, 1685, being the county-court also when the nobility and gentry met to chuse [sic] their knights for the ensuing Parliament / by Richard Holland ...	Holland, Richard, 1679-1706.	1685 (1685)	Wing H2435; ESTC R805	11,442	36

undaunted Valor besides that it baffles all base Attempters and beats of both real and imaginary Evils besides that it is thus profitable for Man so in a sence it honors God and proves a holy Veneration of him For when we trust our selves in danger upon his score when we are courageous at the approach of Evils that are called desperate and yet keep on doing our Duty we prove that we believe God's goodness that we confide in his Mercy that we reckon him as he is true and faithful He was pleas'd to list us under his Banner against Sin the World and the Devil He commanded us to fight his Battels not sneakingly to fear plot to save a whole Skin or run away but to continue stout and undaunted to the end And he has promis'd his Assistance to maintain us in his ways He has assured us to be Conquerors has made our Rock so strong that the Gate of Hell shall not prevail against us Shall a little Thunder or blackening of the Clouds shall the roaring of that infernal Enemy that goes about to devour Nay shall the rude Gatherings of the People or idle Whispers of the uneasie ever be able to force us from our Posts our Security from relying upon God No sure That Lyon is chained the Thunder shall go over our Heads and those Clouds will quickly be dispers'd and tho' they break and drop upon us it should be for Refreshment in our Holy Warfare Tho we feed on Tears for a while and eat the Bread of Affliction and His Sacred Majesty I hope will pardon us that we are yet forced to continue that affectionate Sence of our late most dear and incomparable King yet we have better Hopes than to distrust our God to subject our selves to any slavish mistrusts and doubtings For those Tears will be turn'd into Joy those Afflictions will work for us an exceeding and eternal Weight of Glory And we are assured that if we keep our Ranks if we mind our own Concerns if we observe the Commands of the Captain of our Salvation if we keep true to the Duties of our Religion the Defence of which we have fresh Assurances of from our Gracious Sovereign we shall be usher'd to Eternal Comforts For these few short and but seeming Evils we shall triumph in Glories in real Happinesses in heavenly Crowns when this Life shall be swallowed up of Immortality In a word we should remember That the Author and Finisher of our Faith the ever blessed Christ Jesus has taken away the sting of all Afflictions and of Death it self and consequently remov'd all Fears and Doubtings out of their way that follow him He knew well enough all his Enemies Plots and had sufficient proofs of their inveterate Malice and needed none of them to tell him what they intended against him or what he was like to suffer from them He freely underwent it fear'd them not He submitted to his Father's Will and Pleasure and dreaded not to humble himself to Death even the Death of the Cross So those Holy Men and Women that followed him those early Conquerors over Passions and unruly Affections who sacrificed their Lives to Truth and Reason were so far from a sneaking cowardly Temper that they rejoyced in their Tribulations and gloried that they were counted worthy to suffer for Christ's Sake Instead of fearing they loved and complemented their Tormentors and forgave them and with cheerful Countenances and joyous Hearts caressed themselves in those dreadful Flames that put an end to their Beings here They performed their Duties they minded the one thing necessary they studied God's Honor and the Salvation of their Souls and continued true to their Religion they awaited the Divine Pleasure and gladly submitted whether in doing or suffering for God's Sake which if we do we act like Christians and shall die like such and after that celebrate God's Honor with eternal Anthems in the Society of that Noble Army of Martyrs Which leads to the second Observable from the Text and that is 2 dly That in the midst of any great Dangers and appearances of Evil we must by no means embrace any unlawful methods tho' in order to our own Safety and Preservation St. James says in chap. 2. of his Epistle v. 10. Whosoever shall keep the whole Law and yet offend in one point is guilty of all He disobeys God and by that Disobedience forfeits his Mercies and makes himself liable to the Wages of Sin By any sinful Act we disclaim God and his Protection We court the Devil and his Assistance We abandon true Light and must expect the End thereof to be the Reward of the works of Darkness For there is no congruity betwixt Christ and Belial We cannot serve two Masters while we cleave to one we must forsake the other God is our hope and our strength and he is a present help in time of Trouble He is able to save and while we keep true to him he will be on our Side But then he expects that we be always true to him that we hate every evil Way that we depend upon his Assistance and do the duty of his most faithful Servants draw comfort from him only our chief Fountain and not hew out unto our selves broken Cisterns that can hold no Water No pretensions whatsoever can hallow an unholy Act Shall we do evil that good may come on 't Shall we sin that grace may abound God forbid said the Apostle And indeed none say otherwise but those present grand Enemies of our Order and our Lives the Jesuits and those bejesuited Dissenters from our Church tho' of many Sects The former sort do but weigh whether the good that ensues overbalances the Evil of the Vndertaking and then all 's well and themselves will always be Judges in the case which is no sooner determined but those terrible Bulls begin to thunder Princes and Nations are anathematized Kings dethroned and People absolved from Allegiance and Hereticks must be pickled in their own Blood All this and much more they pretend is lawful for God's sake They may do 't they say to promote the Honor of Holy Mother-Church And by the other sort the very same things have been done and resolutely design'd to have been done a second time in this last Age. They say That Dominion is founded in Grace and where the Prince does not in all points humor them they think they do well to take him off and then want nothing but their Arms and Leaders to encourage them to Rebellion and this they pretend for Conscience sake and to advance the Kingdom of Jesus Job's Friends thus triumph'd over him in a sanctified way they made use of the Name of the Lord and told him God was his Enemy They called his Truths Lyes and blamed him for multitudes of Words they esteemed his honest Advice Mocking and with Fanatical Cant and Zeal pretended to expostulate with God as in chap. 11. of his Book to whom in chap. 13. v. 7.

be most i' th' Fault and then for Bills of Exclusion and We will not have this Man to rule over us the Consequence of which is that instead of every we think much to submit our selves to any Ordinance of Man tho' we know our selves obliged to it even for the Lord's sake Just thus these Israelites when they look'd back and saw the Egyptians first grew sore afraid v. 10. and in the next ver they fly in the Face of Moses accuse him for helping forward their Destruction and opprobriously upbraid him tho' their rightful and honest Leader ver 12. To which he meekly answers in the two next Verses and endeavors to appease their unruly domineering Passions to assure them again of the Care and Assistance of the Almighty and recommend to them the Duty of that Juncture which is most emphatically contain'd in the words to be discours'd of Fear ye not stand still and see the Salvation of the Lord. The word in the Septuagint which is here translated Fear ye not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is derived from a word which signifies Presence of mind and Hope as well as Boldness This sence then is implyld Be ye not so dismay'd at these Threatnings and pursuit of your Enemies confide you in your God who has put you upon this Journey He has delivered you oft and now your are doing his Commands be assured he will assist and secure you Put your Trust in him then and go on mind your own Business And now that you are thus awakened by their Approach do not suffer any sneaking and low unworthy passions to prevail over you don't run into any Exorbitance to secure your selves as if God was not able to do 't Be but patient a while and you shall see the Salvation of God From the words with Allusion to our present Circumstances and this whole Story I take leave to discourse of these Propositions 1. That while we are doing what God requires of us tho' we have noise of many Enemies tho' their Designs be deep and cruel against us and tho' we seem to be in great danger we ought not to subject our selves to vile Passions to Fears and Jealousies but be courageous and stout and lively Fear ye not 2. That in the midst of these imminent dangers and great Appearances of Evil we must by no means embrace any unjust unlawful methods tho' for our own Security and Preservation but rather Stand still 3. That We the Israel of God thus doing our Duty and retaining our Integrity have the greatest security imaginable that our Enemies shall not prevail over us but We shall see the Salvation of God 1. They that do their Duty have no reason to be afraid of any thing when Moses says Fear ye not to the Children of Israel he does more than imply thus much Why should you of all men in the World why should you be dismayed and fear an Overthrow when the Honor of your God is so much concern'd Why should you be afraid when those that pretend against you declare against God Has not God been wonderfully kind and faithful to you bitherto and have you any reason to doubt but he will be so still Has he not dreadfully resented all those Egyptian Affronts and esteemed their ill usage of you as fighting against himself Has he not returned their Flouts with Plagues that amaz'd the World that daunted their Pride that confounded their Devices And has he not declared that all that was done that they might know that he was the Lord and because he would get him Honor upon Pharaoh and upon all his Hosts upon his Chariots and upon his Horse-men v. 17 18. Does God take pleasure think you that bloody men and deceitful that dishonour God and blaspheme him that would root out those that are honest and obedient and that worship him in Spirit and Truth should prosper in their Designs against him and his own People Has God forgotten to be gracious or is he willing his name should be had no more in remembrance Will he suffer his chosen to perish for whom he has declared so signally to whom he has assured deliverance so honourably 'T is true our Enemies these Egyptians that pursue are many are bitter and inveterate too and hate our Worship and our God because we flourish and they fall before us We know their Kindness if we were in their Power and what Mercy we were like to receive at their hands but tho' they be thus malicious and cunning tho' they exalt themselves and are mighty our God is mightier He that fights for us is the same yesterday to day and for ever a revenger of his Adversaries a rewarder of his Friends and willing Subjects and will never leave them nor forsake them Be not you tormented then you that are the Care of so tender and so mighty a God You that have assurance of protection from one that is able to deliver you that has deliver'd you oft and still will deliver you if yon rely upon him Fear ye not Holy David needed no such encouragement as this and'twas shameful that these his Ancestors did He when he was plotted against by many and mighty Foes hunted into Rocks and Dens and threatned with the severest fortune ever received Comfort from and delighted himself in his God and rebuked and chearfully quicken'd a thoughtful desponding heart Why art thou cast down O my Soul Why art thou so disquieted within me Trust in God for I will yet praise him who is the help of my Countenance and my God Ps 42. And again I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people that have set themselves against me round about Salvation belongeth unto the Lord Thy Blessing is upon thy people Ps 3. This ought to have been old Israel's Sence For by unmanly fears and doubtings we scandalize our Religion and dishonour our God when we make our selves Cowards instead of Conquerors and dwindle our Christian Courage into Fears and senceless Amazements we fly from our Colours we run away from our God we disbelieve his goodness and distrust his assistance we accuse either his Power or his Will and call in question his Mercy and seek help from our selves by our unworthy Doubts and Suspitions of Evils and consequently we forfeit his Protection and Assistance Nay and besides by this timorous Disposition we court all our unhappinesses and complement even what we are afraid of We anticipate Miseries those that perhaps but may be and make them our own before they have any Being at all and are overtaken by them even while they are afar off and 't is vast odds would never approach any nearer These melancholy Apprehensions low dejected Thoughts do always debase the Man bely his Condition awaken his Dissatisfaction create and encrease his Sorrows sometimes even to utter Ruin as some we have heard of that have died for fear of Death But a Christian generous Courage a brave