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Hosannah: a Thanksgiving-sermon, June 28th. 1660. By J. M. Presb. Anglic.
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Martin, John, 1619-1693.
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HOSANNAH A Thanksgiving-Sermon JVNE 28 th 1660. By J. M. Presb. Anglic. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 S. Ignat. Ep. ad Philad ACADEMIA OXONIEÌ„SIS OXFORD Printed by H. Hall for Rich. Davis 1660. TO THE Right Reverend Father in GOD BRIAN LORD BISHOP of SARVM Right Reverend Father in God IT was once the complaint of the Sons of the Prophets that the place wherein they dwelt was too streight for them The Prophets of the Church of England have for divers years like a kind of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 had room enough to wander about in though little enough to dwel in Yet I beleive they never miss'd their houses so much as they did their Pulpits on the 28th 〈◊〉 June This made me take the Presse for my Pulpit and by a very easie conversion my Readers for my Auditors for my Lord if we should hold our peace the stones would immediately cry out I present this Sermon to your Lordship not for any confidence I have of the worth of it for I know my own size well enough but to account with your Lordship for the duty I owe you as your Curate of Soules I have this then to adde to the greatning of your joy in the day of Recompences that as I have by the grace of God through all the intrigues of the late Julian dayes faithfully kept your depositum down to these very times of the Restitution of all things so was it the good pleasure of God to pitch upon that little flock for such Sacrifices as were ready to be offered up for the testimony of a good conscience My Lord the insolence of this address will hereafter receive an alloy even in your Lordships own judgement when you shall be inform'd of your Lordships more individuall concernments upon this Author who is My Lord Your Lordships most humble and oâ—â—â—â—â—t Servant IO. MARTIN PSAL. 118. 22. The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner 23. This is the Lords doing it is marvellous in our eyes 24. This is the day the Lord hath made we will rejoiâ—ce and be glad in it 25. Save now I beseech thee O Lord O Lord I beseech thee send thou prosperity IN Isa 61. one of the great changes which the Lords Anointed should make at his coming was that he should appoint unto them that mourn in Sion the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness v. 3. This Psalme is that garment of praise a garment of praise delivered out of Gods Wardrobe for his Church and people to rejoice in upon two very remarkable occasions First for the people of the Jews when their Civill Wars were at an end the two great Factions managed by Abner and Joab this for David that for the house of Saul being fairly and unanimously complyed in the solâ— establishment of David over the whole Kingdome of Israel Upon that conjuncture it was that this Psalme was first composed and this garment of praise bestowed upon his Subjects by David the Lord 's Anointed and the Inspired Pen-man of this Psalm But yet the wrâ—â—â—â—side of this garment of praise as I may speak was by them worn outward for it belong'd to them the Iews only typically and literally the propheticall and hidden part thereof being a mysterie to be reveal'd in the ages then for to come Which were That second and more admirable occasion of putting-on this garment of praise and that was at the Inauguration of our blessed Saviour when he ascended up on high led captivity captive and sate him down on that Throne whereon he shall rule till he hath put all his enemies under his feet For this the whole Church of Christ is deck'd with this garment of praise upon Easter and Ascension day on the former whereof the Church hath appointed this Psalme to be read or sung in her publique service To this occasion you see the Psalme referres in the Antitype and so our Saviour is pleased to interpret it by applying part of my Text unto himself Mat. 21.42 Did you never read in the Scriptures The stone which the builders rejected the same is become c And so St. Peter twice once in Act. 4.11 and a second time in his 1 Ep. c. 2.4 This being the greatest conjuncture that ever did or should happen in the world namely the uniting of the Jew and Gentile into one holy Catholique Church under Christ their head and typified by the uniting of Judah and Israel under David their King was the most solemne and proper time for this garment of praise to be worn the right-side thereof being now displayed and the solid designations in the curious needle-work of this garment easily discernable through the mysterious contrivances of Ceremoniall and Historicall adumbrations Here 's now a third occasion to make use of this garment of praise and that 's for us us the Churches and people of three great Kingdoms we who have for so long time languish'd under the spirit of heavyness may now upon the coming of the Lords Anointed boldly put on I presume this garment of praise For first by the perfume and smell thereof I cannot think but it belongs to us Isaac knew his son Esau's rayment by the sweet savour of it Gen. 27. and so may this garment be known out of whose Wardrobe it came and to whom it belongs it smels so strongly of Myrrh Aloes and Cassia Psal 45. bitter things the best perfume for the robes of the Church who as Christ her Head must be beautified and perfected by sufferings This garment then hath been perfum'd with afflictions and therefore sorts well with us And then 't is very fit for us for us on this occasion the coming of the Lords Anointed and the uniting his people under his Government Be pleas'd to put it on with me in this Text and you shall then see how well it sits for the Text is but the Analysis of the Psalme and is as I may speak a Psalme in a Psalme containing in breif the whole matter of the Psalme in these four verses which are as so many quarters of this garment of praise and which we shall in their turn put on without making any rent or division thereof or cracking so much as a stitch therein by any strein'd and forc'd Application First then here is mirandum then mirandi admiratio next admirationis solennitas and lastly solennitatis celebratio 1. First here is mirandum somewhat that did not ordinarily come to pass nay a thing extraordinary and marvellous it was and that is The stone which the builders refused is become the head-stone of the corner v. 22. 2. Secondly here is mirandi admiratio mens admiring and wondering at it notice was every where by every one taken of it as a thing wherein God had a very speciall hand This is the Lords doing or this is from the Lord it is marvellous in our eyes v. 23. 3. Thirdly here is admirationis solennitâs a solemne and fit manner of