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B06642	A sermon, preached at Edinburgh in the Parliament-House, November 17th, 1700, before his Grace, James, Duke of Queensberry, his Majesties High Commissioner; and many of the nobility, barrons, burrows, members of the High Court of Parliament, / by David Williamson minister of the Gospel, at West-Kirk.	Williamson, David, d. 1706.	1700 (1700)	Wing W2797B; ESTC R186602	30,727	24

A Sermon Preached at Edinburgh in the Parliament-House November 17th 1700 Before His GRACE JAMES Duke of Queensberry HIS MAJESTIES HIGH COMMISSIONER AND Many of the Nobility Barrons Burrows Members of the High Court of PARLIAMENT BY David Williamson Minister of the Gospel at West-Kirk EDINBVRGH Printed by George Mosman and are to be Sold at his Shop in the Parliament-Closs in the Year 1700. Good Reader THE Author being urged by several Persons of Honour and others To Print his Sermon found it necessar to add a few things He intended to have delivered but was prevented by a mistake of the Time PREFACE before Prayer I would speak that word to this honourable Assembly which Paul hath Rom. 10 1 My hearts desire and prayer to God for you all is that you may be saved could I obtain onething of these present to believe that there is a God and that the Scriptures are the Truth and Word of God I would hope this should not be a lost but blessed occasion I have charity towards the most part but fears of some For there is no age wherein Atheism and Prophanity have been more rife than in this of our time Many saying in their hearts with the Fool there is no God Psal 14 verse 1. their corrupt and abominable Practices say the fear of God is not before their eyes Their folly will be reproved when they feel what they fear not We must not shun to tell you Gods mind from his Word which you would notice with Reverence for by this word you must be all judged at the last Day John 12 48. The Prophet sayeth Psal 119 46. I will speak of thy Testimonies also before Kings and not be ashamed Right Honourable I will tell yow what Binds us God sends Jerimiah to Great Men. and sayeth Jer. 1.8 17. be not afraid of their faces for I will be with thee to deliver thee sayeth the Lord. Be not dismaid at their faces least I confound thee before them I knowe not what the design of all may be in coming here but I have heard I have read I have known in experience some come to hear a Preaching who might have been supposed Preaching proof and to have no good design curiositie the best of it and God fastned a nail of conviction in their Consciences and they could never loose the Grip what the Lord will do this day I know not but if the Lord would lay his word in about all your hearts it might give a lift to the interests both of Church and state and God even our God might dwell amongst us and bless us and our Land yeild her increase Be ware of drowsines lightness and wandering and let us call on God for his Countenance blessing and assistance A SERMON on Luke 19.41 And when he was come near he beheld the City and wept over it 42. Saying If thou hadst known even thou at least in this thy day the things which belong unto thy Peace but now they are hid from thine eyes Isa 1.3 The Ox knoweth his owner and the Ass his Masters Crib But Israel doth not know my people doeth not consider I intend not to be tedious in Introduction Explication or Division of the Words nor curious in Method but to offer a few plain Truths Both the Prophet and our Saviour speaks to the Rulers and the people ruled Isatah 9 16. The Leaders of this people cause them to err and they that are led of them are destroyed and our Saviour says Matth. 15 14. The blind are Leaders of the blind and both shall fall into the Ditch The Prophet Iasiah in verse 2d directs his Speech to the senselcis Creatures hear O Heavens and give car O Earth The more to awaken and affect the Isrelites his covenanted and professed people he challenges them as below the dullness of Bruites that acknowledge and obey their Owners who provides them and in their Way shews respect to their masters but my people Israel are more stupid than bruites they do not own nor acknowledge me There is a sort of people in this Generation called Deists but I call them Aitheists who arrogat the name of Witt 's they cry down revealed Religion despise their Souls refuse Instruction reject a Saviour and deny future Rewards and Punishments They live like Beasts and are worse than Beasts they do not own and reverence their Master And I may say are worse then Devils Jam 2 19. They believe and tremble It may be many here never beleived never trembled In that Text of Luke our Lord foreseeing the woful day of Desolation coming upen Jerusalem was affectionatly concerned with their deplorable condition and wept over them And breaks out in this abrupt and emphatick Speech If thou even thou hadest known or O that thou hadst known or happy had thou been if thou hadest known in this thy day Id est that is the time of his preaching to them which they slighted they shut their eyes and God Judicially plagued them with blindness To know fignifies here to acknowledge bend the Mind lay to heart and improve for practice By things belonging to their peace is understood things that belong both to their hapiness inward and outward Their peace with God peace in their Consciences and peace with the Creatures There be five things in thir words 1 That there are some things that belong to a peoples peace in all these respects 2dly That we are bound to study a heart affecting knowledge of these things 3dly That the present time and day would be thus improven 4tly The advantage that redounds to these that thus improve time It would prevent Misery It is implyed that people smart for neglect of time 5tly Slighting time lossing the season may never be recovered again Doctrine The point I offer is this That it is the Interest of all who would be approven of God and their own Consciences and escape a challenge and Ruine to know and take to heart the things that belong to their peace to their Souls peace the peace of the Church and Land I will not insist to prove so evident a point I shall first speake a Word of Gods Peace which is the Spring of all other true Peace 2dly Of these thing to be known that belongs to the Souls peace to the peace of a Church and Land For the Peace of God I give these 6 Things 1 it is not common to all It s Christs Gift and Legacy to His peculiar people John 14 27. Peace I leave with you my peace I give unto you 2dly It is the purchase of Christs Blood Ephes 2d 13 14. Ye are made near by the Blood of Christ for He is our peace 3dly It is a sure peace Isiah 54 10 The Covenant of my peace shall never be removed sayeth the Lord. 4tly It guards the Believers heart and Mind in all cases Phil. 4.7 5tly It s the great end and errand of the Ministry 2 Corinth 5 20 We are Embassaaors for

This is the Covenant that I will make with you I will never depart from you to do you good and I will put my fear in your hearts that you shall not depart from me Rom 8 28. All things shall Work together for good to them that love God and are the called according to his Purpose 1 Cor. 3.22.23 whether Paul Appollot or Cephas or things present or things to come or Life or Death all are yours and ye are Christs and Christ is Gods 2. Corinth 6 16. I will dwell in you and walk in you sayeth the Lord and I will be your God and ye shall be my people Heb 13.5 I will never leave you 〈…〉 forsake you 2. Observe the Commands to obey them such as that to love God and His Truths Interest and people for his sake and to believe on the Name of the only begotten Son of God that ye may have Eternal Life 1 John 3 23 3 Observe Heavenly Directions and Warnings to receive them such as these Luke 13 24. Strive to enter in at the strait Gate for many will seek to enter in that shall not be able Heb 12.14 Follow peace with all Men and Holieness without which no Man shall see the Lord whatever his Figure and quality be 2 Pet 1 10. Give Diligence to make sure your Calling and Election It is a foul Shame that men should content themselves with a groundless Conjecture as to Eternity whether they be saved or damned they neither know nor care and yet labour to be sure of the meanest petty Interest in the World 4. Observe the Reproofs of the Word to improve them for the Rod and Reproof gives Wisdom Proverbs 29 15. God reproves by the Rod by Dispensations By Conscience by his Spirit and his Word some will have none of his Reproof which is a black Mark of approaching Smarting Stroaks 5. Observe the Examples of the word the good Examples for Imitation and the bad to shun them Good Examples Enoch who lived three hundred sixty five years and walked with God Genesis 5 22 2. Abraham who instructed his Children and Houshold Geuesis 18.19 3. Joshua who served God and his House served God Joshua 24.15 And it took nothing away from their Gallantry 4. The Centurion Cornelius who was a Devote Man and feared God and all his house Acts 10.2 5ly Nehemiah valliant for the Truth who rebuilded the Temple in dispite of Fraud and Force and was zealous for observing of the Sabbath 6. Mordecas who sought not his own but the wealth of his people Esther 10 3 7ly David who was upright before God Psal 18 231 A Man according to Gods own heart 1 Sam 13 14. Who would have the Faithful of the Land to dwell with him and suffered no wicked person to be about him Psal 1.01 For bad Examples to shun 1. Beware of Cains Genesis 4. Who first cast down his Countenance upon his brother and then slew him 2dly Beware of Joabs Example who under the Covert of a courteous Salutation wounded Amasa to Death 3dly Beware of the Examples of Pharoh Haman and Herod who were Persecutors of the servants and people of God and all of them made a black Hinder-end 4tly Beware of Absoloms Example who used his Politicks to ruine his Father 2 Samuel 15. O! that I were judge said he I would see all Causes go right 5tly Beware of the Example of Tobias and Sanballad who under the fair colour of pretended Friendship to concur in building of the Temple sought to undermine and ruine the Work of God Lord think on them said Nehemiah 6 55. c. 6. Beware of their Example that prophane the Sabbath against whom the Lord threatens to kindle a Fire that shall burn up the places of Jerusalem and shall not be quenched 7. beware of Hiel his example who incurred the curse of God Joshua 6.26 made the People Swear both for the present and succeeding Generationes and to confirm their oath by a Curse before the Lord Intimating that he doth utter this not in a Passion but by Divine Inspiration as appears 1. Kings 16.34 God would have the Ruins of the City of Jericho to remain as a standing Monument of his Justice that who builds it shall lose all his Children in the work the first born in the beginning others in the progress and the youngest in the close of it There is an instance of Divine predictions and comminations fulfilled Hiel he would choise this place for his bulding not so much for his own advantage as out of contempt of the true God and of his threatning which he designed to convince of falshood by his own experience and out of an ambitious desire to advance his own reputation and interest by his sad experience he found the truth of Gods Word and how vain it was to contend with him he was made an eye witness of his Childrens untimely death as some observes several Hundereds of Years after the threatning I warn you all to beware of harbouring any thoughts of Building the Jericho of abjured Prelacie which Scotland has been so Solemnly and frequently Covenanted and sworn against a weed that never agreed with this soil but alwayes nipt the tender and wholsome plants What losses affronts and smartings of Mind have many had and some of no mean Account endured in their Persons end Posterities who were abetters of that Interest I forbear to speak of all which I have observed near these Fourty Years I well remember of two of no mean Account who were among the chief Contrivers of introducing Prelacy and both of them in their dying had severe smartings and horrour of Conscience one of them the last Sabbaths of his life would suffer none of his old Brethren to Preach in his Pulpit but engaged three honest men who had some connivance for the time to Preach in his Pulpite and took the last of the three engaged that whether he lived or died he should Preach the third Sabbath there are living Witnesses of this at this day This Account I had from one of the Ministers a near Relation of his own to whom he ackowledged he went over the belly of his Light and said to one of the Contrivers we could never set up Prelacy in Scotland unless B. Sanderson should write a Retraction of his Book De Juramento by which he was convinced of the indispensible obligation and binding virtue of the Oath of the Covenant the Brother he then spoke to laid his Head to the wall and sat silent for a time yet both of them thortured their Consciences and complyed with the design I wish all may beware of medling with that which has given a Scad and brunt others as by Arrows of the mighty and Coals of Juniper I would advise all that have leasure and are disposed without byass and prejudice in this point to Read and peruse what it written by the R. Principals Rule and Forrester and Mr. Jamieson who wrote without consert and