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A03080	The triumph of the Church over water and fire. Or A thankfull gratulation for that miraculous deliverance of the Church and state of Great Britaine, from the Romish Tophet: or, that barbarous and savage Powder-plot As it was delivered (for substance) in a sermon at Blacke Fryers in London on the fifth of November. 1625. By Theodor Hering, minister of the Word of God.; Triumph of the Church over water and fire.	Herring, Theodore, 1596-1645.	1625 (1625)	STC 13204; ESTC S104029	27,216	53

with vs striken a firme League Hee hath taken vs for his people Hosca 1.10 wee chalenge him for our God Let vs but keepe to him he will not start from vs. Let the Church of God euer magnifie the riches of his super abundant grace that ladeth vs with his blessings and not onely cherisheth vs with the remembrance of old fauours but doubles the Benefits by giuing them as pledges of future and greater As the first fruites promised a plentifull crop and as the earnest though small assureth vs of the whole bargaine so the least mercy is great in this that it is but the first fruites but a beginning but an earnest a pledge of more and greater Thus may we in generall in particular if the fault be not our owne from that wee haue already receiued promise to our selues farre greater matters for the time to come But what doe I staying so long in the skirtes let vs now as Moses ascended Mount Nebo Deut. 32.4 so climbe this Mount in my Text and there take a double prospect first we may looke backward and there view the Israel of God now passing through the Red Sea now stung with fiery Serpents in the wildernes of this World wee may then looke forward and see them victorious ouer fire and water in their heauēly Canaan like their Lord and Master as here crowned with thornes so there crowned with victory and glory It seemes good to their heauenly Father to entertaine them wit stormes first and after they haue runne some dangerous hazards to bring a gracious calme The affliction of Ioseph is not nakedly propounded but notably amplyfied from the certainty the variety the extremity of it The certainty is intimated this the Lord takes for granted that his Spouse must through fire and water When thou passest c. As if the Lord had expressed his minde in other tearmes Mistake me not I neuer entended to secure my chosen wholy from danger or to set them out of the reach of affliction that the water should not touch them nor they touch the water at the fire should not come neare them nor they come neare the fire but to get my selfe a name and glory to magnifie my power and pitty by securing them in the water that the flouds shall not over-flow them by securing them in the fire that the flame shall not kindle vpon them The Saintes must haue their Purgatory on earth that of water to wash off the filth and soile contracted by sinne that other of fire to purge out the drosse of corruption The Conclusion standes as firme as Heaven and Earth The Church Militant while shee remaines in this vaile of teares and valley of misery is not priviledged from miseries and calamities Let her be the Darling of Heaven the favorite of the great King the worke of his hand his Redeemed his adopted his Beloved one no bonds no entirenes with God can plead an exemption Shee is the Lords Shippe his Marchant-royall and therefore must expect stormes while shee Sailes on the tempestuous Sea of this world His Lilly and therefore must grow in the midst of thornes his Rose and therefore must be enuironed with prickles his Gold and therefore must be cast ever and anon into the fiery furnace his Campe-royall and therefore must be ever skirmishing his vine and therefore ever and anon must be pruned This is the place of her Labour no rest from her labour till her worke be at an end no end of her worke till an end be put to these dayes of sinne Blessed are they that die in the Lord Rev. 14.13 for they shall rest from their labours So much was shadowed out and typified by the Riding of Noahs Arke on the Waters by the smoaking fire-brands Gen. 7.17 Gen. 15.17 presented to Abram by the wrastling of Iacob Gen 32.24 Exod. 3.2 by the Burning Bush presented to Moses so much is plainly expressed by our Saviour In the world you shall haue trouble Ioh. 16.33 He that will be my Disciple must take vp his crosse and follow we The ground hereof may be drawne partly from the appointment of God partly from the malice of Satan partly from that correspondence which should ever be maintained betweene the Head and the Members First It is that Decree enacted by the High Court of Parliament in Heaven a Statute more firme then the Lawes of the Medes and Persians that the way to Heaven shall be strawed with crosses that every one that will liue godly in Christ Iesus 2 Tim. 3.12 shall suffer persecution This is that thorny path which is chalked out as the common Rhode leading to Glory No man must expect two Heavens one here another hereafter Would you know the ground of this Sanction though his Will be a Law Sic volo sic iubeo stet pro ratione voluntas Eccles 8.4 though it be a saucinesse to say to the King much more to the King of Kinges What doest thou Yet sith the wise God is pleased to condescend so farre vnto our weakenes as to yeeld an account of his actions know it tends much to his glory and the good of the Saints It tends to the Glory of his wisedome that fetcheth light out of darknes life out of death Heaven out of Hell to the glory of his power that brings strength out of weaknes So the Oracle to Paul 2 Cor. 12.9 My grace is sufficient for thee My power is made perfect through weaknesse It turnes to the good of the Saints who are corrected with his children that they might not be condemned with the world Prov. 3.12 Heb. 12.6 Revel 3.19 Prov. 22.15 Whom the Lord loues he chastens There is much folly bound in the heart of the childe as that Mirror of wisedom giues out in his select divine Aphorismes but the rod of correction will fetch it out Blessed is the Man whom thou chastisest O Lord and teachest thy Law so David the Father of so wise a Sonne These Nocumenta are Documenta his Corrections are Instructions Wee see by experience these Starres shine brightest in the darkest night these sheepe thriue best in the saltest Marshes and tread surest in the roughest way Vide Christians soveraign Salue for euery Soare these Diamonds glitter most in the night this corne is purest from chaffe when vnder the staile these torches blaze most when they are most beaten Abrams faith Iobs patience Davids Repentance Salomons Recantation Manassehs humiliation all these with thousand more giue evident demonstration that the graces of the Spirit like the Arabian Spices never yeeld a more fragrant smell then when they are punned and bruzed together in the Morter of Affliction This is the first reason God hath appointed it and that for his glory and our good Deus enim adeo bonus est vt nihil mali sineret nisi etiam adeo esset potens vt ex quolibet malo possit elicere bonum Thus Austin Such is the

he also never sleepeth never slumbreth Let their enemies be never so many all nations to him are but as the dust of the Balance Isa 40.15 the drop of a Bucket as nothing lesse then naught Let their enemies be never so mightie he hath their hearts in his hand can turne them as the Rivers of waters and make our enemies at peace with vs Ier. 33.4 changing their stabs into kisses he hath their heads in his hand and can infatuate the wiliest Herod the craftiest Achitophel turning their Councells into folly he hath their Hands and Hornes in his hand and can either binde them to their good behaviour or knocke out the Teeth of grators before they bite let them digge dippe to hide their plots the Lord will goe beyond them let them ioyne hand to hand they shall not prosper Prov. 11.21 Wee may say it wee may sweare it wee must beleeue it wee haue had experience never any Church more of the like what it is to haue such a Protector whose power is vnresistable his will vnchangeable his skill vnsearchable whose Greatnesse is such that he can doe what he will whose Goodnesse is such that he will doe what he can and ever magnifie both his Greatnesse and Goodnesse in the protection of his Israel and in the conversion or confusion of his enemies Witnesse this day of dayes on the morning of our fifth of November they would haue blowne vs vp on the evening of their fifth of November God beate them downe Vse 2 Is Iehovah the Deliverer of his Israel Why let God then haue the Honor of his owne worke not our wit not our wealth not our goodnes not our greatnes not our friends not our Bulwarkes but the Lord onely it was the Lords doing Psal 118.23.24 let it euer be marueilous in our eyes This is the Day which the Lord hath made let vs be glad and reioyce Let the wicked Politician the Machivilian Atheist sacrifice to their owne nets We will cry with that Kingly Prophet Psal 115.1 not vnto vs not vs ô Lord but vnto thy Name wee giue the glory Totum hoc quatumcunque sit quod certè miximum est totum est tuum the whole prayse of so glorious a rescue how great so euer it be which indeede is exceeding great is onely due to Iehovah Let the King say it is the Lord that giueth great deliverances vnto his David Psal 18. and sheweth mercy to his annointed and his seede for ever Let the Great Peeres and Princes say it is not our Arme that hath saued vs not our mighty strength but the Strength of Israel Iehovah Let the House of Aaron say and sing prayses sing prayses vnto the Lord that hath done wisely discouered our enemies broken their snares and we are escaped Ps 124.1.2.3 Let all England say if the Lord had not beene on our side if the Lord had not beene on our side when men rose vp against vs they had swallowed vs vp quicke when their wrath was kindled against vs. Praise waiteth for thee O God in Sion who is like our God who doth great and wondrous thinges Honored for euer be that Noble and Honorable Society The High Court of Parliament that to all ages hath set a Day apart for the Honor of that God who is the Protector of his Sion the Detector the Destroyer of his and their implacable enemies Goe on still O Noble Senate let King Prince Peeres Prelats Commons all conspire to honor the God of heaven by enacting such solemne Panagerickes to Iehovah and the God of honor will honor You this Church this State your Posterity the Generation to come shall blesse God for the deliuerance of this Day for the Record of this Deliuerance for this publicke gratulation vpon Record Blessed be that God which hath put it into the heart of that Great Assembly with an vnanimous and free consent to enact it for a Law in Israel and an Ordinance in Iacob for euer If euer we forget this mercy let our tongues cleaue to the roofe of our mouthes and our armes rott from our shoulders Let all faithfull loyall true hearted English Protestants with one heart and voice cry Amen Amen Finally doth the security of the Church State all lie in the presence of God Where God is there is no danger as where hee is nor no safetie O keepe him while we haue him driue him not from you who is our Buckler our shield all in all vnto vs keepe him in his Word in his Sabboths in his Ordinances and he will keepe you Would you know in a word what driues the Lord from a land a people sinne nothing but sinne can doe it and sinne will doe it Isa 59.2 your sinnes haue seperated betweene me and you where sinne is countenanced maintained multiplied there is no Harbor for the Almighty He is a God of purer eyes then to behold iniquitie what communion betweene God and Beliall Hab. 1.13 2 Cor. 6.14.15 light and darkenesse Christ and Antichrist Sinne chases the Lord away and leaues that person that Nation naked vnfenced exposed to the malice of men to the fury of Satan to the flames of hell Every wilfull sinner is a Traytor to God his King and Countrey as well as to his owne soule Away with beloued darling sinnes away with those wasting King-killing State-ruinating sinnes Idolatry contempt of Gods word worship Sacraments Sabbath Ministers scandalous enormous impieties out-facing Authoritie these if they should be found among vs will kindle a flame in our Citie Countrey a worse then Powder-flame that shall burne to the bottome of hell If we our selues betray not our soules our Church our State our Kingdome in vaine shall the Gates of Rome repine at the prosperitie of England if wee pull not downe our owne walls with our owne handes no Engins of theirs shall ever batter them if wee doe not open the sluces and floud-gates the Invndations of that Romish Nilus with her marish waters shall never over-flow our bankes If wee carry not Flax Tinder Gun-powder in our owne bosomes and strike not fire with our owne fingers their matches shall never take their sparkles shall not burne the flame shall not kindle vpon vs. For Gods-sake therefore for your soules-sake for your Countreys-sake if you loue your King Countrey peace plentie the Gospell of peace your goods friends children away with the toleration dispensation of knowne grosse scandalous notorious enormous Impieties maintaine a perpetuall correspondence with your Heavenly Father be in league with Heaven delight to Honour him his Name Word Worshippe Sacraments Sabbaths Messengers that hee may delight to Watch over you Serue him who saved vs and therefore saved vs that wee being redeemed from the handes of our enemies such subtle cruell barbarous savage enemies might serue him without feare all the dayes of our life in holinesse and righteousnesse before him Blessed are the people who are in such a case who haue the Lord for their God FINIS