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A00608	A sermon preached to the nobely-deseruing gentleman, Sir Thomas Warner And the rest of his companie: bound to the West-Indies. For their farevvell: At St. Buttolphs, Aldersgate, London. Septemb. 6. 1629. By Iohn Featly, Preacher of the Word of God.; Sermon preached to the nobely-deserving gentleman, Sir Thomas Warner.	Featley, John, 1605?-1666.	1629 (1629)	STC 10743; ESTC S115123	17,112	40

it selfe to death against that which discouers the light But he whose heart is vpright and conuersation iust flies vp in his Meditations to the highest Heauens to prepare a place for what is yet imprisoned vpon Earth Whensoeuer hee stayes at home hee findes God there and for the time makes it a Bethel when he goes abroad with Iacob he findes God there too and sets vp a Piller of Praiers to make it the Gate of Heauen When he sleepes he is clambering vpon Iacobs Ladder vp to Heauen And when he wakes he finds God with him then too ready to accept of his Sacrifice and protect him vnder the shadow of his wings The whole Vniuerse can as easily teach vs the Omni-presence as the Omni-potencie of God and confound the Assertions of heathenish Infidelity Ioshua therfore here durst neither question the Power of God whether hee could be with him nor his Truth whether hee would be with him whithersoeuer he went Thus must we then with Ioshua resolue to obey that we may secure our happinesse God will be with vs if he promise it GOD will promise it if we desire it but without that no Promise nor fauourable Presence GOD will be with vs in Peace to preserue vs in vnity in the Warres to giue vs the Victorie in our Natiue Soile to blesse vs with Plentie and in forraigne-parts to enrich vs with Prosperity prouided alwaies that with Ioshua wee receiue our Command from the GOD of Heauen But if being commanded we runne into disobedience our Peace shall bee corrupted with perpetuall Alarums our Warres shall deuoure vs our owne Country shall lye waste and when we seeke abroad we shall perish where none shall haue compassion on vs. Let vs thē more especially which must looke vndaunted vpon Death it selfe by the protection of our Maker and see his workes of wonder in the Deepes that must flye from hence vpon the wings of the Wind to the wast places of the Earth to plant the knowledge of his goodnes who commands vs to goe Let vs I say more especially assure our selues that we are dispatched with Ioshuas Commission that the Sea may be but a Iordan vnto vs and the Land we goe to inhabit a Canaan Our examples must as much teach the Saluages what we obey as our Precepts whom we obey Our Religion must be aswell clad in Sinceritie as our Strength in Courage that so those ignorant Infidels obseruing our religious Conuersation may ioyne with vs in a happy Resolution Our equall Steps and vpright behauior thus inflaming the hearts of the Ignorant it may peraduēture proue in a short space a greater taste to disswade them from beleeuing vs to be Gods then to perswade them to beleeue that there is a God Thus may those which are yet without be comforted may perceiue that God is with vs whithersoeuer we goe It was his Promise to Ioshua and doubtlesse it is the same to vs the Conditions aswell as the Commission still running alike Onely be strong and of a good courage Be not afraid neither be dismaid Which is The second Generall The Person commanded Ioshua Wherein first of the Affirmatiue part Be strong and of a good courage MAns Integrity was the perfection of Amity but his Fall the ruine thereof When GOD imposed this Taxe vpon the Creatures for Adams disobedience all things tumultuously stole into a Mutinie The Earth suddenly hatched an abortiue Contention insomuch that the Thornes and Thistles witnessed their strife by a greedy scratching of each other The Elements not contented with Peace fell at variance too so that the Fire wanting ability to ouercome the Water hissed at the conquerour and that part of Ayre which was detained in the bowels of the Earth shooke the foundation when it triumphed in a Victory Ouid Metā Frigida pugnabunt calidis humentia siccis Ouid Metā Mollia cum duris sine pōdere habētia pondus Yea and to shew the corruption that wee our selues fell into the whole World seeming as it were too little to containe two Brothers Abels blood must be the price of Caines reuenge Hence haue our Wars drawne their succession and the gaining of Kingdomes hath become the large rate of innocent Blood yet all to proue the Iustice of our Maker who seeing vs neglect his Commandements giues vs ouer to be punished one of another But as in other things so in this is his Goodnesse manifested too in that he punishes Rebellion with extirpation makes Religion inherit where spotted Vice seekes its subuersion It is apparant by those whom the Israelites are sent to supplant The Canaanites which liued in the height of sensuality must be humbled now in the depth of Miserie The great Law-giuer obserues such a legall course in his Iustice that whom Plenty hath swelled vp to the disease of wickednesse Pouerty shall bee Physicke to bring them to humility And againe Those that haue suffered the Slauerie of Bondage to be free for his Seruice shall inherit a Canaan to encourage them in their Integritie The Israelites which were exposed to the tyrannie of injustice vnder the Aegyptian Pharoah must be comforted againe with Milke and Honey But lest a sodaine Liberty should procure their forgetfulnes of him that relieued them in miserie a tedious Iourney must vsher them to Repose They are come neere Iordan and their Commander poore wretches surrenders vp his Soule to the Giuer thereof Yet no sooner is he deceased then Ioshua is raised And lest hee should pleade excuse through a diffident Infidelity Moses before his death Deut. 31.6 encourages him saying Bee strong and of a good courage Bee not afraid neither be dismaid for thy Lord thy God it is he that doth go with thee he will not faile thee nor forsake thee The Injunction from Heauen still remaines the same Be strong and of a good courage Yea and to the intent that Ioshua should neither forget nor slight his Charge it is oftentimes repeated as you may reade in the 6. and 7. verses of the 31. Chap. of Deut. and in the 6 7 9 and 18. verses of this Chapter Where God is vrgent in pressing Man to his dutie his Punishments for neglect become the greater Ioshua certainely cannot forget what he is so often charged he cannot deny it because the Command is from Heauen and he must not disobey it for now his Credit his Obseruance and his Reward lye at the stake Durst any to question what need the All-mighty had to presse Ioshua so hard to it whom he could with a word make speedily valiant the answer is ready That hee is not alwaies pleased to doe what he can because he will try as it were whether men are willing to doe what they may But shall he command Ioshua to bee strong who hath said himselfe that hee delighteth not in any mans Strength Alas Beloued What haue wee which wee haue not receiued from him If I speake of strength Loe hee is strong saith holy Iob chap. 9.19

of GOD. 2. The Promise of GOD. 3. The Goodnesse and Loue of GOD. Fourthly The Sorts of it which are two viz. 1. Generall whereby GOD preserues all things in generall 2. Speciall whereby he doth more particularly tender the Faithfull Fiftly and lastly The Effects of it which are two-fold viz. 1. Generall to Create Gouerne Preserue Cherish and Defend vs. 2. Speciall to his owne Elect in giuing them his holy Spirit as a Preseruer and in caring both for their Soules and Bodies Thus you see here Gods especiall Prouidence ouer the Children of Israel his chosen People who for his Mercie-sake his Promise-sake and through his Loue would not suffer them to wander vp and downe without a Guide but vpon the death of Moses he puts Ioshua in his stead and giues him his Charge with an Encouragement Haue not I commanded thee Wheresoeuer GOD layes an Iniunction he cannot nay he will not endure any Contradiction His Authority will not bee questioned therefore his will must be obeyed Haue not I commanded thee True yet this Command is louing too and out of that affection which hee had both to the People and to Ioshua whom he first instructed and then preferred I could here remember the forwardnesse of our Times wherein some not knowing the burden of Authority thinke themselues happy to weare the fauour of a Title yet remaining ignorant in the dutie attending it Honour was neuer more then a blast which whistleth vp and downe and rather studieth Fashions then Goodnesse it is indeed a meere Ignis fatuus leading men out of the right way and yet shining as bright as if it meant no deceipt This Age is as well read in Titles as any euer was in former times but whether they haue all had their Authority from the Almighty as Ioshua in my Text with their Commission from Heauen running in the Style of my Theame Haue not I commanded thee I question whether I may question Great Persons in Honour I am sure are sometimes but like to the Line of an Angle-rod the Corke is the Honour floting on the top of the Water yet giuing notice where the Bait is which must catch that Fish which we commonly in our language call Vice There are seuerall kindes thereof Somtimes Adultery nibbles at the Baite oftentimes Couetousnesse but for the most part Pride But where Desert challenges the preferment of Honour the Lead so peizes the Corke that it is iust betweene floating and sinking yet not enclining to one more then the other He that thus considers with himselfe of the Honour hee hath gotten not purchased but merited shall not only haue his Commission with Ioshua Haue not I commanded thee but shall likewise haue the Promise with Ioshua too I will be with thee whithersoeuer thou goest Which is The second part of the first generall and therin first of the Promise it selfe I will bee with thee THe power of Vbiquity belongs to the Deity onely and determines that Person to bee most irreligiously ignorant that dares a contradiction That Spirit which in the beginning moued vpon the waters will wash the Peruerse into the extremity of Iudgemēt vnlesse the preuētion of repentant teares pleads his reconciliation Sparrows cannot take a flight nor a haire fall from the head till God hath granted a consent The Scripture takes notice of these two Instances as things vnder-valued in our opinion yet the former may teach vs by his flight to soare aloft and shun that nakednes wherwith we are cloathed as well as the latter may proue the Power and Prouidence of God who can blow away that which wee cannot so much as discolour Gods Immensitie is without circumscription his vbiquity without contradictiō his Omni-presence without limitation His Attributes haue all a relation each to other and remaine indissoluble Were he not Omni-present we might deny his Omnipotencie because he would not haue power then to be euery-where we might deny his Omni-science because he could not know the actions of men where he could not be And thus should we so mangle the Diuinity that by such Consequences we should in our opinions euen vtterly dissolue it How miserable thē we might become being left to our selues denying a future happines of Immortality and expecting no more Blisse hereafter iudge ye I could amplifie this point far more largely but that I hope your true beliefe would iudge it impertinent Let our Position then be that of S. Austin Lib. 22. De Ciuit. Dei Deus totus in Coelo est totus in Terrâ non alternis temporibus sed vtrumque simul Or as the same Father in his 57. Epistle Deus est totus vbique et totus in vnoquoque totus in Seipso God is all and wholly euery where and the same in euery person and place and that in himselfe The Heauens containe him or else we cannot begin the Lords-Prayer Our Father which art in Heauen And yet he is not limited and bounded within that place for so we should deny him to be heere vpon Earth and how miserable Mortals would then appeare let euery man censure GOD is in Heauen in respect of his more ample Glory and Maiestie because hee doth there most excellently make manifest his Power Wisdome Goodnesse and Communication of his Gifts and Graces in the presence of the blessed Angels We must vnderstand of him as the Philosophers doe of the Soule who say it it Tota in toto tota in quâlibet parte It is all compleatly in the whole Body yea and the same in euery part In the Hands Armes Legs Feete and the like but the chiefe Seate of it is the Head as the Galenists but according to Philosophers and Diuines the Heart Thus Beloued GOD is vpon Earth seeing and obseruing what we doe ordering and disposing of vs according to his pleasure yea and he is in Hell executing and viewing there the effects of his vnspeakable Iustice But his Chaire of Estate if I may so speak is aboue in the Heauens Nusquam est quatenus a nullo continetur et vbique est quatenus Omnia continet He is no where as contained and he is euery where as he containes all things Hee is euery where entire in himselfe and absent from none yet he is not contained by those with whom he is present as if he could not be without them He is euery where by his presence so as all things euer haue doe and shall stand naked to his view And lastly hee is euery where by his Vertue working and effecting his good pleasure Thus then haue we determined of the Omni-presence of God and the same essentiall Here we renounce the Errors of the Vbiquitarians who haue earnestly contended to proue the vbiquity of Christs humanity but how vaine their Tenent is let S. Austin speake who in his 57 Epistle thus concludes of it Vna persona Deus homo est vterque est vnus Christus Iesus vbique per id quod Deus est in