A sacred record to be made of Gods mercies to Zion: a thanksgiving sermon preached to the two Houses of Parliament, the Lord Major, Court of Aldermen, and Common-Councell of the city of London, at Christ-Church, June 19. 1645. Being the day of their publike thanksgiving to almighty God for the great and glorious victory obtained by the Parliaments army under the conduct of Sir Thomas Fairfax in Naseby-field. /
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             A sacred record to be made of Gods mercies to Zion: a thanksgiving sermon preached to the two Houses of Parliament, the Lord Major, Court of Aldermen, and Common-Councell of the city of London, at Christ-Church, June 19. 1645. Being the day of their publike thanksgiving to almighty God for the great and glorious victory obtained by the Parliaments army under the conduct of Sir Thomas Fairfax in Naseby-field. /
             Marshall, Stephen, 1594?-1655.
          
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           A
           SACRED
           RECORD
           To
           be
           made
           of
           GODS
           MERCIES
           TO
           ZION
           :
           A
           
             Thankesgiving
          
           Sermon
           Preached
           to
           the
           two
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Major
           ,
           Court
           of
           Aldermen
           ,
           and
           Common-Councell
           of
           the
           City
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           at
           
             Christ-Church
             ,
             June
          
           19.
           1645.
           
        
         
           Being
           the
           Day
           of
           their
           Publike
           Thanksgiving
           to
           Almighty
           God
           for
           the
           Great
           and
           Glorious
           Victory
           obtained
           by
           the
           Parliaments
           Army
           under
           the
           Conduct
           of
           Sir
           
             THOMAS
             FAIRFAX
          
           in
           
             Naseby-field
          
           .
        
         
           By
           
             Stephen
             Marshall
          
           B.
           D.
           Minister
           of
           Gods
           Word
           at
           
             Finching-field
          
           in
           
             ESSEX
             .
          
        
         
           
             Exod.
             17.
             14.
             
          
           
             And
             the
             Lord
             said
             unto
             
               Moses
               ,
            
             Write
             this
             for
             a
             Memoriall
             in
             a
             Booke
             ,
             and
             rehearse
             it
             in
             the
             Eares
             of
             
               Joshua
               .
            
          
           m
        
         
           
             Psal.
             44.
             1.
             
          
           
             Our
             Fathers
             have
             told
             us
             what
             Works
             thou
             didst
             in
             their
             dayes
             ,
             in
             the
             times
             of
             Old.
             
          
        
         
           
             Psal.
             78.
             4.
             
          
           
             Wee
             will
             not
             hide
             them
             from
             their
             Children
             ,
             shewing
             to
             the
             Generation
             to
             come
             the
             praises
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             his
             strength
             ,
             and
             his
             wonderfull
             Works
             that
             he
             hath
             done
             .
          
        
         
           
             London
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             Rich.
             Cotes
          
           for
           
             Stephen
             Bowtell
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           the
           sign
           of
           the
           Bible
           in
           
             Popes-head-Alley
             .
          
        
      
       
       
       
         
           TO
           THE
           RIGHT
           HONOVRABLE
           THE
           
             LORDS
          
           and
           
             COMMONS
          
           Assembled
           in
           PARLIAMENT
           .
        
         
           YOur
           time
           is
           so
           taken
           up
           with
           the
           important
           Worke
           of
           rescuing
           these
           bleeding
           Kingdomes
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           in
           and
           with
           them
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           sure
           you
           are
           not
           at
           leisure
           to
           read
           long
           Epistles
           ;
           and
           were
           I
           able
           in
           a
           Dedication
           to
           write
           what
           might
           very
           much
           kindle
           your
           zeale
           ,
           provoke
           your
           whole
           inward
           man
           ,
           and
           thereby
           further
           your
           great
           Work
           ;
           I
           conceive
           it
           were
           onely
           to
           tell
           the
           world
           what
           counsell
           I
           thought
           might
           doe
           you
           good
           ;
           and
           therefore
           in
           stead
           of
           studying
           to
           present
           you
           with
           an
           Epistle
           ,
           which
           few
           of
           you
           would
           read
           ,
           I
           doe
           onely
           obey
           your
           Order
           ,
           and
           at
           your
           Command
           publish
           to
           the
           view
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           use
           of
           all
           ,
           and
           present
           unto
           your selves
           this
           plaine
           Sermon
           ,
           Preached
           unto
           you
           upon
           the
           day
           of
           your
           late
           Thanksgiving
           unto
           God
           for
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           mercies
           (
           the
           Victory
           ,
           and
           what
           came
           with
           it
           duly
           considered
           )
           that
           God
           hath
           bestowed
           upon
           our
           unworthy
           Nation
           these
           many
           yeares
           .
           What
           else
           I
           desire
           to
           have
           pressed
           upon
           your
           hearts
           ,
           I
           chuse
           to
           doe
           it
           when
           I
           am
           called
           at
           any
           time
           to
           Preach
           unto
           you
           ,
           or
           rather
           to
           beg
           it
           for
           you
           at
           the
           Throne
           of
           Grace
           ;
           where
           you
           ,
           and
           your
           great
           Work
           are
           every
           day
           (
           as
           by
           many
           thousand
           others
           )
           humbly
           remembred
           by
        
         
           
             Your
             most
             obliged
             Servant
             STEPHEN
             MARSHALL
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           
             
               
                 Die
                 Veneris
              
               20.
               
               
                 Junii
                 ,
              
               1645.
               
            
          
        
         
           IT
           is
           this
           Day
           Ordered
           by
           the
           Lords
           in
           Parliament
           Assembled
           ,
           That
           Mr.
           
             Marshall
          
           one
           of
           the
           Assembly
           of
           Divines
           who
           Preached
           yesterday
           in
           
             Christ-Church
             ,
             London
             ,
          
           before
           the
           Members
           of
           both
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           the
           Lord
           Major
           ,
           Aldermen
           ,
           &c.
           of
           the
           City
           of
           
             London
             ;
          
           is
           hereby
           thanked
           for
           his
           great
           pains
           that
           he
           took
           in
           the
           said
           Sermon
           ,
           it
           being
           a
           day
           of
           Publike
           Thanksgiving
           within
           the
           said
           City
           ,
           and
           Lines
           of
           Communication
           ,
           for
           the
           late
           prosperous
           successe
           of
           the
           Parliaments
           Forces
           under
           the
           Command
           of
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Fairefax
             .
          
           And
           that
           he
           is
           hereby
           desired
           to
           Print
           and
           Publish
           the
           said
           Sermon
           ;
           which
           none
           shall
           presume
           to
           Print
           or
           re-print
           ,
           but
           by
           Authority
           under
           his
           own
           hand
           .
        
         
           
             Jo.
             Brown
             Cleric
             .
             Parliamentorum
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
               
                 Die
                 Veneris
                 ,
              
               20.
               
               
                 Junii
                 ,
              
               1645.
               
            
          
        
         
           ORdered
           by
           the
           Commons
           assembled
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           That
           Sir
           
             Peter
             Wentworth
             ,
          
           and
           Sir
           
             William
             Masham
          
           doe
           returne
           the
           Thanks
           of
           this
           House
           to
           Mr.
           
             Vines
             ,
          
           and
           Mr.
           
             Marshall
             ,
          
           for
           the
           great
           paines
           they
           took
           ,
           in
           the
           Sermons
           they
           yesterday
           Preached
           at
           the
           intreaty
           of
           both
           Houses
           ,
           before
           the
           said
           Houses
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Major
           ,
           and
           Aldermen
           ,
           at
           
             Christ-Church
          
           in
           
             London
             .
          
           And
           that
           they
           be
           dered
           to
           Print
           their
           Sermons
           :
           And
           it
           is
           Ordered
           that
           none
           shall
           presume
           to
           Print
           their
           Sermons
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           shall
           bee
           authorized
           under
           their
           hands
           writing
           .
        
         
           
             H.
             Elsynge
             Cler.
             Parl.
             D.
             Com.
             
          
        
      
       
         
           I
           doe
           appoint
           
             Stephen
             Bowtell
          
           to
           Print
           my
           Sermon
           .
        
         
           
             Stephen
             Marshall
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           THANKESGIVING
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           To
           the
           two
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           
             
               June
            
             19.
             1645.
             
          
        
         
           
             
               PSAL.
               102.
               18.
               
            
             This
             shall
             bee
             written
             for
             the
             Generation
             to
             come
             :
             and
             all
             the
             People
             which
             shall
             bee
             created
             ,
             shall
             praise
             the
             Lord
             .
          
        
         
           
             Right
             Honourable
             and
             Beloved
             ,
          
        
         
           
           I
           Have
           formerly
           in
           two
           Sermons
           opened
           the
           two
           Verses
           immediately
           going
           before
           this
           Text
           ;
           The
           first
           of
           them
           before
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           House
           of
           Peeres
           ;
           The
           latter
           before
           the
           Honourable
           House
           of
           Commons
           ;
           and
           there
           shewed
           at
           large
           that
           these
           two
           Verses
           did
           containe
           two
           Circumstances
           
           which
           alwayes
           accompany
           the
           Lords
           Work
           of
           building
           up
           of
           his
           Church
           ;
           and
           they
           are
           rendered
           as
           two
           Arguments
           ,
           why
           all
           the
           world
           should
           stand
           in
           admiration
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           
             The
             one
          
           is
           ,
           because
           ,
           when
           ever
           the
           Lord
           builds
           up
           
             Zion
             ,
             Hee
             dotb
             appeare
             in
             his
             Glory
             ;
          
           hee
           appeares
           like
           himself
           ,
           magnifying
           all
           his
           Attributes
           .
        
         
           
             The
             other
             ,
          
           that
           he
           does
           then
           return
           a
           gracious
           answer
           unto
           the
           Prayers
           of
           his
           afflicted
           People
           .
        
         
           These
           two
           were
           handled
           in
           the
           valley
           of
           
             Baca
             ,
          
           the
           valley
           of
           Teares
           ,
           upon
           dayes
           of
           Humiliation
           ;
           that
           out
           of
           them
           you
           might
           receive
           some
           strength
           in
           your
           mourning
           after
           the
           Lord
           ,
           to
           help
           you
           to
           wait
           upon
           him
           while
           you
           are
           at
           his
           Work
           ,
           building
           the
           Street
           and
           Wall
           of
           
           
             Hierusalem
          
           in
           a
           troublesome
           time
           :
           But
           now
           the
           Lord
           having
           in
           great
           measure
           given
           a
           gracious
           experience
           ,
           and
           fruit
           of
           those
           two
           ,
           in
           this
           late
           great
           and
           unexpected
           Victory
           and
           Mercy
           ,
           wherein
           God
           hath
           appeared
           in
           his
           Glory
           ,
           and
           answered
           his
           Peoples
           Prayers
           ,
           in
           our
           exceeding
           low
           condition
           ;
           his
           Providence
           having
           also
           called
           me
           by
           your
           choice
           ,
           to
           meet
           you
           in
           the
           valley
           of
           
             Beracah
             ,
          
           the
           valley
           of
           Blessing
           to
           praise
           God
           for
           this
           ;
           I
           could
           not
           thinke
           of
           a
           fitter
           Text
           then
           of
           the
           very
           next
           words
           to
           those
           that
           helped
           you
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           your
           Mourning
           ,
           which
           containes
           the
           use
           which
           the
           Church
           in
           all
           ages
           shall
           make
           of
           the
           Lords
           building
           up
           of
           
             Zion
             .
          
           And
           though
           my
           time
           for
           preparation
           hath
           been
           very
           short
           ;
           yet
           I
           am
           incouraged
           ,
           because
           I
           have
           been
           taught
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           a
           Peace-Offering
           to
           himself
           is
           easily
           found
           :
           And
           I
           have
           often
           found
           from
           you
           ,
           that
           my
           poore
           endeavours
           ,
           how
           weak
           soever
           (
           being
           the
           best
           I
           have
           )
           have
           never
           been
           rejected
           :
           And
           therefore
           without
           further
           Apology
           and
           Preface
           ,
           let
           us
           consider
           of
           the
           words
           as
           
           they
           thus
           lie
           .
           
             This
             shall
             bee
             written
             for
             the
             Generation
             to
             come
             :
             And
             the
             People
             which
             shall
             bee
             created
             ,
             shall
             praise
             the
             Lord
             .
          
        
         
           Here
           are
           you
           see
           ,
           two
           Sentences
           :
           And
           for
           the
           Interpretation
           of
           them
           ,
           some
           Expositors
           doe
           conceive
           ,
           that
           the
           first
           Sentence
           containeth
           the
           use
           that
           the
           Generation
           who
           receive
           this
           Mercy
           shall
           make
           of
           it
           ;
           
             They
             shall
             Write
             it
             for
             the
             good
             of
             Posterity
             .
          
        
         
           The
           second
           (
           they
           think
           )
           containes
           the
           use
           that
           the
           future
           Generation
           shall
           make
           of
           former
           Mercies
           that
           are
           thus
           written
           ;
           and
           and
           transmitted
           to
           them
           ,
           
             The
             People
             that
             shall
             bee
             created
             ,
             shall
             praise
             the
             Lord
             ;
          
           the
           unborn
           Generation
           shall
           praise
           God
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           
           But
           others
           (
           and
           I
           think
           more
           rightly
           )
           doe
           conceive
           ,
           that
           both
           sentences
           are
           meant
           of
           the
           same
           individuall
           People
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           one
           of
           them
           is
           but
           an
           Exegeticall
           interpretation
           of
           the
           other
           :
           or
           rather
           ,
           the
           first
           of
           them
           is
           an
           expression
           of
           
             one
             way
             ,
          
           how
           the
           redeemed
           of
           the
           Lord
           shall
           glorifie
           him
           ;
           by
           
             writing
          
           the
           Mercies
           they
           have
           received
           ,
           and
           transmitting
           them
           to
           posterity
           :
           and
           the
           other
           is
           a
           comprehension
           of
           their
           
             whole
             Work
             ,
          
           that
           they
           shall
           not
           rest
           in
           any
           one
           way
           of
           manifesting
           their
           care
           to
           glorifie
           God
           ,
           but
           shall
           make
           it
           the
           sum
           of
           their
           whole
           life
           ,
           they
           being
           created
           to
           no
           other
           end
           ;
           
             The
             People
             that
             shall
             bee
             created
             ,
             shall
             praise
             the
             Lord
             .
          
           And
           I
           rather
           incline
           to
           this
           ,
           because
           this
           expression
           ,
           
             The
             People
             that
             shall
             bee
             created
             ;
          
           does
           ordinarily
           in
           the
           Scripture
           signifie
           a
           People
           brought
           from
           an
           extreame
           low
           ,
           despicable
           condition
           ,
           to
           a
           state
           of
           happinesse
           and
           blessednesse
           ,
           fit
           to
           serve
           God
           .
           These
           are
           said
           ,
           A
           people
           
           created
           for
           Gods
           praise
           .
        
         
           But
           Beloved
           ,
           wee
           need
           not
           bee
           solicitous
           about
           it
           ,
           chuse
           which
           of
           them
           you
           please
           ,
           the
           difference
           will
           not
           
           be
           materiall
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           practicall
           Observations
           arising
           from
           them
           ,
           both
           of
           them
           afford
           many
           and
           the
           same
           helps
           for
           a
           day
           of
           Thankesgiving
           :
           Some
           few
           whereof
           I
           shall
           endeavour
           (
           by
           the
           Lords
           assistance
           )
           in
           one
           houre
           ,
           or
           a
           little
           more
           ,
           to
           set
           before
           you
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           ,
           and
           the
           maine
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           (
           indeed
           )
           is
           
           the
           comprehension
           of
           the
           whole
           Verse
           ,
           is
           this
           ;
        
         
           
           That
           
             when
             God
             appeares
             in
             his
             Glory
             to
             build
             his
             Church
             ,
             and
             gratiously
             answers
             his
             Peoples
             Prayers
             ;
             their
             whole
             work
             should
             hee
             to
             praise
             him
             :
          
           That
           is
           the
           generall
           .
        
         
           They
           have
           then
           nothing
           else
           to
           doe
           ,
           but
           to
           make
           it
           the
           work
           of
           their
           life
           ,
           to
           give
           praise
           ,
           and
           glory
           to
           him
           ;
           This
           paying
           of
           the
           Rent-penny
           of
           praise
           to
           our
           God
           ,
           this
           worke
           of
           Thankesgiving
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           end
           God
           aimes
           at
           in
           all
           his
           workes
           ;
           which
           is
           the
           end
           why
           Man
           at
           first
           was
           created
           ;
           why
           the
           Church
           was
           redeemed
           ;
           why
           the
           Saints
           are
           called
           :
           This
           ,
           that
           is
           the
           onely
           heavenly
           work
           that
           can
           bee
           done
           upon
           earth
           ;
           this
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           onely
           joyfull
           imployment
           ,
           that
           shall
           last
           to
           all
           Eternity
           in
           another
           life
           :
           This
           work
           which
           should
           ever
           waite
           for
           God
           in
           
             Zion
             ,
             Praise
             waiteth
             for
             thee
             O
             God
             in
             Zion
             :
          
           This
           whereof
           the
           Church
           should
           bee
           the
           Magazine
           ,
           
           the
           Store-house
           and
           Treasury
           ,
           
             Unto
             him
             be
             Glory
             in
             the
             Church
             by
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
             throughout
             all
             ages
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Church
           is
           therefore
           called
           his
           Glory
           ,
           
             Israel
             my
             Glory
             :
          
           Not
           onely
           because
           hee
           glories
           in
           it
           ;
           but
           because
           it
           glorifies
           him
           :
           This
           Duty
           (
           I
           say
           )
           of
           Gods
           redeemed
           ones
           
             To
             praise
             him
             ,
          
           can
           never
           be
           handled
           often
           enough
           ,
           never
           pressed
           enough
           on
           Gods
           people
           .
           But
           truly
           ,
           it
           hath
           been
           so
           frequently
           ,
           and
           so
           fully
           in
           all
           the
           branches
           of
           it
           ,
           delivered
           unto
           your selves
           ,
           upon
           such
           joyfull
           dayes
           as
           
           these
           are
           ,
           wherein
           you
           have
           had
           the
           whole
           institution
           of
           a
           thankfull
           people
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           work
           ;
           that
           I
           know
           not
           what
           to
           adde
           to
           that
           which
           heretofore
           hath
           been
           delivered
           ;
           save
           onely
           ,
           that
           what
           is
           said
           of
           our
           English
           laws
           ;
           That
           we
           have
           abundance
           of
           good
           Lawes
           ,
           and
           need
           but
           one
           more
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           put
           all
           the
           rest
           in
           execution
           :
           the
           same
           I
           may
           say
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           abundance
           of
           Sermons
           of
           Thankesgiving
           extant
           ,
           and
           we
           need
           but
           one
           more
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           have
           our
           hearts
           inflamed
           to
           practise
           them
           ;
           which
           I
           shall
           endeavour
           this
           day
           ,
           by
           the
           Lords
           help
           ,
           by
           handling
           some
           more
           particular
           Observations
           which
           this
           Verse
           affords
           ,
           very
           suitable
           to
           the
           condition
           whereinto
           the
           Lord
           hath
           brought
           us
           at
           the
           present
           .
           And
           there
           are
           three
           things
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           from
           whence
           (
           as
           from
           so
           many
           Well-heads
           )
           may
           flow
           severall
           instructions
           ,
           seasonable
           and
           usefull
           for
           our
           present
           businesse
           .
        
         
           
           First
           ,
           somewhat
           I
           shall
           collect
           from
           the
           
             Persons
          
           who
           should
           perform
           this
           work
           ;
           
             The
             People
             that
             shall
             be
             created
             :
          
           that
           is
           their
           Epithet
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           from
           the
           
             Work
          
           which
           these
           Persons
           shall
           imploy
           themselves
           in
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           endeavour
           ,
           that
           
             God
             may
             have
             his
             Glory
             from
             themselves
             ,
             and
             succeeding
             ages
             .
          
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           and
           principally
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           I
           shall
           most
           insist
           upon
           ,
           from
           the
           way
           and
           meanes
           which
           this
           created
           people
           should
           take
           ,
           that
           God
           might
           have
           his
           due
           glory
           from
           themselves
           and
           succeeding
           ages
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           this
           great
           Mercy
           of
           God
           in
           building
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           hearing
           his
           Peoples
           Prayers
           ,
           
             should
             bee
             Recorded
             by
             them
             ;
             This
             shall
             bee
             written
             for
             the
             Generation
             to
             come
             .
          
        
         
           
           In
           the
           first
           of
           these
           ,
           which
           I
           shall
           onely
           point
           at
           ;
           
             the
             Persons
             from
             whom
          
           God
           doth
           promise
           himselfe
           the
           
           performance
           of
           this
           great
           Duty
           ,
           
             The
             People
             that
             shall
             bee
             created
             .
          
           Many
           excellent
           Collections
           might
           be
           made
           .
        
         
           
           One
           is
           ,
           that
           which
           Mr.
           
             Calvin
          
           observes
           upon
           this
           Text
           :
           
             viz.
          
           Wee
           may
           here
           discerne
           what
           (
           in
           the
           Judgement
           of
           Gods
           People
           )
           is
           the
           state
           of
           the
           Church
           when
           they
           are
           deprived
           of
           Gods
           Worship
           and
           Ordinances
           ,
           and
           scattered
           among
           the
           Heathen
           :
           and
           what
           their
           estate
           is
           ,
           when
           God
           is
           pleased
           again
           to
           set
           up
           his
           Tabernacle
           amongst
           them
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           first
           of
           these
           conditions
           they
           were
           as
           if
           their
           
             Creation
             were
             annihilated
             ;
          
           as
           if
           they
           were
           resolved
           into
           their
           first
           principles
           .
           But
           when
           God
           was
           pleased
           from
           Heaven
           to
           looke
           upon
           them
           ,
           with
           a
           restauration
           of
           his
           Temple
           and
           Worship
           ,
           and
           bring
           them
           again
           into
           a
           Religious
           Common-wealth
           :
           then
           they
           looked
           upon
           themselves
           as
           a
           People
           that
           were
           
             new
             created
             ,
          
           that
           had
           a
           new
           being
           bestowed
           upon
           them
           .
           Their
           outward
           condition
           was
           much
           alike
           in
           both
           ,
           for
           the
           things
           of
           this
           life
           .
           Bond-men
           they
           were
           in
           
             Babylon
             ,
          
           and
           Bond-men
           they
           were
           when
           they
           returned
           into
           
             Canaan
             ,
          
           the
           same
           Emperours
           and
           Kings
           bore
           sway
           over
           them
           ,
           and
           kept
           them
           under
           ;
           and
           for
           ought
           I
           can
           learne
           ,
           they
           were
           richer
           in
           their
           captivity
           ,
           then
           in
           their
           own
           Countrey
           ;
           but
           when
           they
           were
           brought
           back
           ,
           to
           have
           liberty
           againe
           to
           serve
           God
           in
           the
           way
           of
           his
           Ordinances
           ,
           then
           they
           looked
           upon
           themselves
           as
           people
           that
           had
           a
           new
           
           being
           .
           Thus
           they
           constantly
           judged
           of
           themselves
           ;
           when
           their
           Temple
           was
           burnt
           ,
           and
           they
           scattered
           among
           the
           Heathen
           ,
           then
           they
           judged
           of
           themselves
           ,
           as
           
             dead
             and
             ary
             bones
             ,
          
           as
           those
           whose
           bones
           
             lay
             scattered
             ,
          
           as
           when
           one
           cutteth
           chips
           about
           the
           pits
           mouth
           ;
           but
           when
           they
           had
           againe
           got
           a
           naile
           in
           Gods
           Sanctuary
           ,
           and
           might
           enjoy
           the
           liberty
           of
           his
           Sabbaths
           ,
           Feasts
           ,
           Sacrisices
           ,
           
           &c.
           it
           was
           as
           the
           founding
           of
           a
           
             new
             Heaven
             and
             a
             new
             Earth
          
           unto
           them
           .
           This
           I
           onely
           mention
           .
        
         
           
           Another
           is
           ,
           That
           when
           the
           Lord
           would
           engage
           his
           Servants
           to
           give
           him
           his
           praise
           and
           glory
           for
           their
           deliverance
           ,
           hee
           chuses
           to
           call
           them
           by
           this
           Name
           ,
           
             A
             people
             created
             :
          
           that
           is
           ,
           reduced
           out
           of
           nothing
           ,
           brought
           to
           a
           blessed
           state
           ,
           from
           a
           low
           and
           meane
           condition
           ,
           from
           a
           people
           whom
           God
           calls
           by
           this
           Name
           ,
           hee
           promiseth
           himself
           his
           glory
           and
           praise
           ;
           whoever
           forget
           him
           ,
           yet
           the
           people
           who
           shall
           thus
           
             bee
             Created
          
           will
           praise
           him
           :
           And
           that
           affords
           this
           Lesson
           :
        
         
           That
           
             the
             People
             whom
             God
             in
             Mercy
             brings
             from
             a
             low
             and
             meane
             condition
             ,
             are
             the
             People
             from
             whom
             God
             promises
             to
             receive
             praise
             and
             glory
             .
          
        
         
           Indeed
           ,
           such
           is
           the
           selfishnesse
           of
           our
           corrupt
           Nature
           ,
           that
           if
           we
           are
           any
           thing
           ,
           or
           doe
           any
           thing
           ,
           we
           are
           prone
           to
           forget
           God
           ,
           and
           sacrifice
           to
           our
           own
           nets
           ,
           and
           burn
           Incense
           to
           our
           own
           yarne
           ;
           insomuch
           ,
           that
           when
           ever
           God
           finds
           a
           people
           who
           shall
           either
           trust
           in
           
           him
           ,
           or
           praise
           him
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           an
           
             an
             afflicted
             and
             poor
             people
             ,
          
           or
           a
           people
           brought
           from
           such
           an
           estate
           ;
           Free
           Grace
           is
           ever
           most
           valued
           by
           such
           people
           .
           And
           if
           you
           looke
           all
           the
           Scripture
           over
           ,
           you
           will
           find
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           praises
           ,
           and
           Songs
           of
           deliverance
           that
           have
           been
           made
           to
           God
           ,
           have
           proceeded
           from
           a
           people
           that
           have
           thus
           judged
           of
           themselves
           ,
           as
           those
           that
           were
           brought
           to
           nothing
           ;
           but
           God
           in
           mercy
           had
           brought
           thē
           back
           again
           from
           the
           gates
           of
           death
           ,
           and
           usually
           untill
           they
           had
           such
           apprehensions
           of
           themselves
           ,
           they
           never
           gave
           unto
           God
           the
           glory
           due
           to
           his
           name
           .
           I
           could
           give
           you
           a
           cloud
           of
           witnesses
           to
           evidence
           the
           truth
           of
           it
           ;
           but
           I
           intended
           only
           to
           point
           at
           
           this
           .
           Onely
           give
           mee
           leave
           before
           I
           passe
           from
           it
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           short
           Application
           of
           it
           to
           our selves
           in
           these
           two
           particulars
           :
        
         
           
           First
           ,
           that
           hence
           wee
           may
           certainly
           learne
           one
           cause
           why
           our
           calamities
           doe
           continue
           thus
           long
           ;
           why
           still
           wee
           are
           brought
           lower
           and
           lower
           ;
           why
           though
           wee
           bee
           lifted
           up
           one
           day
           ,
           or
           one
           moneth
           ,
           wee
           are
           suddenly
           brought
           and
           cast
           back
           again
           into
           as
           forlorne
           a
           condition
           as
           ever
           we
           were
           in
           :
           God
           would
           bring
           us
           to
           such
           a
           judgment
           of
           our selves
           ,
           that
           wee
           might
           praise
           him
           when
           we
           are
           delivered
           .
           I
           am
           perswaded
           God
           does
           intend
           to
           have
           a
           People
           here
           in
           
             England
          
           that
           shall
           bee
           for
           his
           praise
           ,
           and
           wee
           doe
           not
           yet
           looke
           upon
           our selves
           as
           a
           people
           out
           of
           meere
           Mercy
           brought
           from
           nothing
           ;
           in
           the
           time
           of
           our
           calamities
           we
           seek
           him
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           he
           onely
           is
           our
           rock
           and
           our
           salvation
           :
           But
           it
           is
           too
           evident
           that
           the
           pride
           of
           our
           Nation
           is
           not
           yet
           laid
           low
           ;
           still
           our
           Armes
           of
           flesh
           are
           prone
           to
           bee
           exalted
           .
           It
           is
           with
           us
           ,
           just
           as
           it
           was
           with
           the
           Israelites
           ,
           when
           God
           brought
           them
           out
           of
           
             Egypt
             ,
          
           hee
           made
           account
           that
           hee
           had
           done
           enough
           to
           make
           them
           know
           their
           dependance
           upon
           him
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           created
           as
           out
           of
           nothing
           ,
           by
           such
           a
           miraculous
           breaking
           the
           yoke
           of
           their
           bondage
           ,
           and
           bringing
           them
           through
           the
           red
           Sea
           into
           the
           Wildernesse
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           howling
           Wildernesse
           giving
           them
           bread
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           water
           out
           of
           the
           Rocke
           ;
           but
           the
           people
           had
           not
           
             yet
          
           learned
           it
           ,
           they
           were
           high
           and
           proud
           ,
           they
           were
           too
           rough
           pieces
           to
           bee
           so
           easily
           hewed
           ;
           one
           yeares
           leading
           them
           in
           the
           VVildernesse
           would
           not
           teach
           them
           their
           dependance
           upon
           God
           :
           and
           therefore
           
             God
          
           continued
           to
           lead
           them
           in
           the
           wildernesse
           ,
           and
           kept
           them
           out
           of
           
             Canaan
          
           till
           they
           had
           learned
           it
           .
           VVhat
           they
           would
           not
           learne
           in
           one
           yeare
           ,
           God
           made
           them
           learne
           
           in
           forty
           yeeres
           .
           And
           so
           
             Moses
          
           told
           them
           ,
           
             Deut.
          
           8.
           23.
           
           That
           the
           
             Lord
             led
             them
             forty
             yeeres
             in
             the
             Wildernesse
             ,
             and
             tryed
             them
             ,
             and
             suffered
             them
             to
             hunger
             ,
             that
             hee
             might
             humble
             them
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             know
             that
             they
             lived
             by
             every
             word
             that
             came
             out
             of
             his
             mouth
             :
          
           And
           till
           they
           had
           learned
           that
           lesson
           ,
           God
           never
           made
           an
           end
           with
           them
           .
           And
           surely
           it
           is
           so
           with
           us
           ;
           were
           wee
           but
           once
           come
           to
           that
           passe
           ;
           that
           wee
           looked
           upon
           our selves
           as
           a
           forlorne
           Nation
           ,
           as
           a
           people
           void
           of
           wealth
           ,
           of
           Counsell
           ,
           of
           Strength
           ,
           of
           Ability
           to
           carry
           on
           our
           Work
           ,
           and
           would
           lie
           at
           Gods
           feet
           ,
           and
           acknowledge
           that
           it
           is
           hee
           that
           must
           doe
           it
           ,
           or
           we
           are
           dissolved
           ,
           and
           undone
           ;
           God
           would
           soone
           make
           an
           end
           with
           us
           ,
           then
           hee
           would
           trust
           us
           to
           praise
           him
           ;
           a
           people
           who
           thus
           look
           upon
           themselves
           ,
           will
           give
           him
           the
           praise
           and
           glory
           due
           to
           his
           Name
           .
        
         
           
           Another
           thing
           that
           I
           as
           briefly
           commend
           to
           your
           consideration
           from
           it
           is
           this
           ,
           That
           because
           God
           Almighty
           doth
           expect
           that
           a
           people
           brought
           from
           nothing
           ,
           a
           people
           new
           created
           will
           praise
           him
           ;
           therefore
           if
           
             such
          
           a
           people
           ,
           for
           whom
           the
           Lord
           hath
           done
           such
           things
           ,
           should
           faile
           him
           ;
           if
           they
           should
           prove
           ungratefull
           ,
           it
           would
           aggravate
           their
           sin
           beyond
           all
           apprehensions
           ,
           beyond
           all
           expressions
           .
           It
           is
           thus
           among
           men
           ,
           we
           extreamly
           abhorre
           to
           see
           a
           Begger
           mounted
           on
           Horseback
           ,
           and
           riding
           proudly
           :
           
             Solomon
          
           sayes
           ,
           It
           is
           one
           of
           the
           
           things
           that
           the
           earth
           cannot
           bear
           ,
           to
           see
           a
           Handmaid
           made
           heire
           to
           her
           Mistresse
           ;
           A
           
             Hagar
          
           laid
           in
           her
           Masters
           bosome
           ,
           and
           then
           shee
           to
           prove
           insolent
           ;
           this
           amongst
           
             Men
          
           is
           intolerable
           :
           Beleeve
           it
           ,
           it
           is
           much
           more
           with
           
             God
             ,
          
           when
           God
           shall
           take
           a
           People
           ,
           as
           from
           a
           dunghill
           ,
           from
           a
           desperate
           and
           forlorn
           condition
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           create
           them
           for
           his
           glory
           ,
           and
           they
           slight
           
           him
           ,
           and
           undervalue
           him
           ,
           and
           deale
           ungratefully
           with
           him
           :
           Thus
           
             Ezra
          
           judged
           ,
           
             cap.
          
           9.
           13.
           
           
             When
             we
             have
             received
             such
             a
             deliverance
             as
             this
             ,
             should
             wee
             againe
             breake
             thy
             Commandements
             and
             prove
             ungratefull
             ;
             wouldst
             thou
             not
             bee
             angry
             with
             us
             till
             thou
             hadst
             consumed
             us
             ?
          
           This
           was
           the
           ground
           of
           that
           unappeasable
           wrath
           that
           was
           kindled
           in
           God
           against
           the
           people
           of
           Israel
           ,
           in
           the
           1.
           of
           
             Esay
             ,
          
           
           
             Heare
             O
             Heavens
             ,
             and
             give
             eare
             O
             Earth
             ;
             I
             have
             nourished
             and
             brought
             up
             Children
             ,
             and
             yet
             they
             rebell
             against
             mee
             .
          
           And
           especially
           in
           
             Ezekiel
          
           16.
           
           Where
           hee
           told
           them
           ,
           I
           found
           thee
           in
           thy
           mothers
           wombe
           ,
           thy
           navel
           not
           cut
           ,
           no
           eye
           pityed
           thee
           ,
           as
           a
           bastard
           cast
           out
           in
           the
           time
           of
           her
           nativity
           ;
           and
           there
           I
           took
           thee
           from
           a
           dunghill
           ,
           and
           bred
           thee
           ,
           and
           trained
           thee
           up
           to
           be
           my
           wife
           ,
           and
           thou
           playedst
           the
           whore
           against
           mee
           ;
           and
           
             in
             all
             thy
             abominations
          
           (
           sayes
           hee
           )
           
             thou
             never
             remembredst
             how
             I
             found
             thee
             desolate
             and
             naked
             .
          
           This
           made
           God
           judge
           her
           after
           the
           manner
           of
           harlots
           .
           And
           beleeve
           it
           ,
           so
           will
           it
           prove
           with
           us
           ,
           if
           the
           Lord
           should
           go
           on
           thus
           mercifully
           to
           deale
           with
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           create
           us
           again
           ,
           to
           raise
           us
           out
           of
           these
           gulfes
           and
           quick-sands
           ,
           and
           to
           establish
           us
           to
           bee
           a
           people
           ,
           if
           we
           then
           should
           goe
           and
           sacrifice
           to
           our
           owne
           Net
           ,
           or
           burne
           Incense
           to
           our
           owne
           yarne
           ,
           prove
           ungratefull
           to
           him
           ,
           kick
           with
           the
           heele
           against
           him
           ;
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           would
           bee
           kindled
           against
           us
           so
           farre
           ,
           that
           there
           would
           bee
           no
           remedy
           .
           God
           expects
           better
           things
           from
           us
           ,
           hee
           looks
           ,
           that
           a
           people
           
             so
             created
             ,
          
           should
           be
           for
           his
           praise
           .
           But
           this
           first
           branch
           I
           intended
           onely
           to
           point
           at
           ;
           The
           
             Persons
          
           that
           should
           doe
           this
           work
           ,
           
             The
             people
             that
             should
             bee
             created
             .
          
        
         
           
           The
           second
           follows
           ,
           wherein
           I
           shall
           bee
           a
           little
           larger
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           
             What
             their
             work
             should
             bee
             ;
          
           This
           shall
           
           bee
           written
           for
           the
           generations
           to
           come
           ,
           and
           this
           created
           
           people
           shall
           praise
           the
           Lord
           :
           The
           summe
           whereof
           is
           ,
           That
           God
           having
           done
           thus
           much
           for
           them
           ,
           they
           should
           wholly
           apply
           themselves
           ,
           that
           in
           all
           generations
           ,
           both
           the
           present
           ,
           and
           those
           to
           come
           ,
           his
           glory
           may
           bee
           given
           to
           him
           ,
           both
           by
           themselves
           ,
           and
           by
           all
           posterity
           ;
           whatsoever
           was
           possible
           for
           them
           to
           doe
           ,
           should
           be
           faithfully
           endeavoured
           by
           this
           thankfull
           redeemed
           people
           ,
           That
           
             glory
             might
             bee
             given
             unto
             God
             for
             this
             great
             Work
             throughout
             all
             ages
             ,
             world
             without
             end
             .
          
        
         
           
           VVhence
           first
           observe
           briefly
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           that
           which
           is
           sufficiently
           intimated
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           and
           noted
           by
           severall
           Expositors
           ;
           
             That
             in
             all
             ages
             God
             will
             have
             a
             people
             for
             his
             praise
             ;
          
           no
           generation
           past
           ,
           or
           to
           come
           ,
           but
           there
           shall
           bee
           a
           people
           for
           Christ
           to
           praise
           and
           glorifie
           him
           :
           it
           is
           not
           so
           with
           other
           Monarchies
           and
           Empires
           ,
           one
           carries
           it
           a
           great
           while
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           then
           it
           is
           dissolved
           ,
           and
           their
           people
           remaine
           not
           to
           them
           ;
           
           but
           are
           either
           destroyed
           or
           delivered
           over
           ,
           and
           left
           to
           some
           other
           Governour
           ;
           
             but
             this
             Kingdome
             of
             Christ
             shall
          
           
           
             never
             leave
             its
             people
             to
             any
             other
             Conquerour
             :
          
           It
           is
           with
           
             other
             Kingdomes
             ,
          
           as
           my
           Text
           a
           little
           after
           tells
           you
           ,
           it
           is
           with
           
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             Heavens
             ,
          
           as
           a
           garment
           ,
           they
           all
           wax
           old
           ,
           
             as
             a
             Vesture
             they
             change
             ,
             and
             rot
             ,
             and
             come
             to
             nothing
             ;
          
           but
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           Christ
           like
           himself
           ,
           hath
           never
           any
           end
           ,
           and
           
             the
             Generation
             of
             his
             Servants
             shall
             ever
             continue
             in
             his
             sight
             .
          
           The
           Church
           is
           sometimes
           
             more
             ,
          
           and
           sometimes
           
             lesse
             visible
             :
          
           The
           people
           that
           praise
           God
           are
           sometimes
           more
           in
           number
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           fewer
           ;
           but
           they
           alwayes
           
             are
             ,
          
           in
           all
           ages
           :
           God
           will
           have
           them
           that
           shall
           give
           him
           his
           glory
           ,
           and
           sing
           him
           praises
           in
           the
           Churches
           .
           This
           I
           onely
           mention
           .
        
         
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           another
           which
           more
           concernes
           us
           ,
           is
           ,
           the
           works
           they
           should
           attend
           unto
           ;
           that
           the
           glory
           of
           this
           great
           deliverance
           might
           be
           alwayes
           rendred
           unto
           him
           .
           Which
           affords
           us
           this
           lesson
           ,
           
             
               That
               a
               People
               who
               are
               truly
               thankfull
               for
               Gods
               building
               up
               of
            
             Zion
             ,
             
               and
               hearing
               the
               prayers
               of
               his
               afflicted
               ones
               ,
               will
               endeavour
               by
               all
               meanes
               possible
               ,
               that
               all
               ages
               present
               and
               to
               come
               ,
               may
               glorifie
               God
               for
               it
               .
            
          
           Or
           more
           briefly
           take
           it
           thus
           ,
           
             The
             whole
             work
             of
             Gods
             redeemed
             people
             ,
             is
             to
             provide
             that
             God
             may
             alwayes
             ,
             and
             every where
             have
             the
             glory
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
           Expositors
           observe
           upon
           this
           Text
           ,
           that
           this
           redeemed
           Church
           take
           no
           thought
           
             concerning
             themselves
             ,
          
           about
           their
           own
           
             ease
             ,
             pleasure
             ,
             wealth
             ,
             gaine
             ,
          
           or
           any
           thing
           else
           might
           accrew
           unto
           themselves
           by
           this
           deliverance
           ,
           to
           make
           their
           own
           life
           easie
           or
           sweet
           ;
           but
           their
           thoughts
           and
           studies
           are
           wholly
           laid
           out
           ,
           how
           the
           present
           and
           succeeding
           Generations
           should
           give
           all
           glory
           to
           
             God
          
           for
           it
           .
           And
           hee
           that
           runnes
           may
           read
           it
           in
           the
           practise
           of
           many
           others
           recorded
           in
           Scripture
           .
           The
           time
           would
           faile
           me
           to
           give
           you
           a
           catalogue
           of
           the
           Churches
           Kings
           ,
           Prophets
           ,
           Priests
           ,
           and
           other
           holy
           men
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           have
           been
           like
           minded
           :
           Their
           care
           was
           as
           
             Joabs
          
           at
           the
           
           taking
           of
           
             Rabbah
          
           of
           the
           
             Ammonites
             ,
          
           that
           
             David
          
           might
           have
           the
           glory
           of
           it
           .
           Thus
           did
           
             Moses
          
           when
           they
           were
           brought
           out
           of
           the
           
             Egyptian
          
           bondage
           ,
           Thus
           
             Deborah
          
           
           and
           
             Barak
          
           after
           the
           discomfiture
           of
           
             Jabin
             .
          
           Thus
           did
           
             Hannah
             ,
          
           1
           
             Sam.
          
           2.
           and
           innumerable
           others
           ;
           who
           in
           all
           
           the
           Lords
           administrations
           to
           them
           ,
           whether
           inlargements
           
           or
           pressures
           ,
           have
           been
           studious
           of
           nothing
           so
           much
           ,
           as
           how
           in
           all
           things
           God
           might
           have
           his
           glory
           preserved
           
           and
           spread
           .
           
             David
          
           the
           man
           after
           Gods
           own
           heart
           
           exceeded
           all
           others
           in
           this
           thing
           ,
           
             Quid
             retribuam
             ?
          
           what
           shall
           I
           render
           unto
           the
           Lord
           ?
           was
           his
           usuall
           study
           ;
           and
           hee
           never
           thought
           his
           own
           parts
           ,
           his
           wit
           ,
           fancy
           ,
           thoughts
           ,
           tongue
           ,
           pen
           ,
           &c.
           sufficient
           for
           it
           ;
           but
           when
           hee
           had
           stirred
           up
           all
           within
           him
           ,
           
             Blesse
             the
             Lord
             ,
             O
             my
             soule
             ,
             and
          
           
           
             all
             that
             is
             within
             mee
             blesse
             his
             holy
             Name
             :
          
           Hee
           would
           also
           stirre
           up
           all
           without
           him
           ,
           
             all
             the
             Church
             ,
             Blesse
             the
          
           
           
             Lord
             yee
             house
             of
             Israel
             ;
             let
             Israel
             say
             ,
             let
             all
             that
             feare
             God
             say
             ,
             His
             mercy
             endureth
             for
             ever
             :
          
           All
           the
           Nations
           ,
           
             make
             a
             joyfull
             sound
             unto
             God
             ,
             all
             ye
             Lands
             :
          
           All
           the
           Angels
           ,
           
             Blesse
             the
             Lord
             yee
             his
             Angels
             ,
             all
             yee
             his
             Hosts
             :
          
           
           Yea
           ,
           all
           Creatures
           ,
           
             blesse
             the
             Lord
             all
             his
             workes
             ,
             in
             all
             places
             of
             his
             Dominion
             ,
          
           whether
           above
           or
           below
           ,
           animate
           ,
           or
           inanimate
           ;
           
             The
             Sun
             and
             Moon
             ,
             the
             Starres
             of
             Light
             ,
             the
             Dragons
             and
             deeps
             ,
             fire
             and
             haile
             ,
             Snow
             and
             vapours
             ,
          
           
           
             Mountaines
             and
             hills
             ,
             fruitfull
             trees
             and
             Cedars
             ,
             Beasts
             and
             all
             cattle
             ,
             creeping
             things
             ,
             and
             flying
             Fowles
             ,
          
           hee
           layes
           a
           tax
           upon
           them
           all
           ,
           to
           come
           in
           ,
           and
           contribute
           their
           utmost
           ,
           that
           God
           might
           have
           the
           glory
           due
           to
           his
           Name
           ,
           for
           
             exalting
             the
             horne
             of
             his
             people
             ,
             even
             the
          
           
           
             children
             of
             Israel
             ,
             the
             people
             neere
             unto
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
           And
           there
           are
           three
           speciall
           Reasons
           why
           this
           should
           bee
           the
           great
           worke
           of
           the
           Lords
           saved
           and
           rescued
           people
           :
           and
           why
           indeed
           they
           can
           doe
           no
           other
           then
           study
           thus
           to
           exalt
           him
           .
        
         
           One
           is
           ,
           because
           they
           well
           know
           that
           the
           Lord
           hath
           reserved
           nothing
           to
           himselfe
           but
           onely
           his
           glory
           ;
           the
           benefits
           hee
           gives
           to
           them
           ,
           all
           the
           sweetnesse
           and
           honey
           that
           can
           bee
           found
           in
           them
           ,
           hee
           gives
           them
           leave
           to
           suck
           out
           ;
           but
           his
           glory
           and
           his
           praise
           is
           his
           owne
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           hee
           hath
           wholly
           reserved
           ,
           of
           that
           hee
           is
           
             jealous
             ,
          
           lest
           it
           should
           either
           bee
           denyed
           ,
           Eclipsed
           ,
           
           diminished
           ,
           or
           any
           the
           least
           violation
           offered
           to
           it
           in
           any
           kind
           :
           All
           
             Gods
          
           people
           know
           this
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           cannot
           but
           indeavour
           to
           preserve
           it
           for
           him
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           besides
           ,
           they
           know
           ,
           as
           God
           is
           jealous
           in
           that
           point
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           all
           the
           work
           that
           hee
           hath
           appointed
           them
           to
           doe
           ;
           he
           hath
           therefore
           separated
           them
           to
           himself
           out
           of
           all
           the
           Nations
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           to
           be
           his
           peculiar
           ones
           for
           this
           very
           end
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           give
           him
           all
           the
           glory
           and
           praise
           of
           his
           mercy
           ;
           
             I
             have
          
           (
           said
           God
           )
           
             created
          
           him
           ,
           
             formed
             ,
          
           and
           made
           him
           
             for
             my
             glory
             ,
             Esay
          
           43.
           7.
           
           This
           is
           the
           law
           of
           his
           
             new
             Creation
             ,
          
           
           which
           is
           as
           powerfull
           in
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           law
           of
           
             Nature
             ,
          
           or
           the
           
             first
             creation
          
           is
           in
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           Works
           .
           And
           therefore
           with
           a
           holy
           and
           spirituall
           naturalnesse
           (
           if
           I
           may
           so
           call
           it
           )
           the
           hearts
           of
           all
           the
           Saints
           are
           carryed
           to
           give
           God
           the
           glory
           ,
           as
           really
           ,
           as
           the
           stones
           are
           carryed
           to
           the
           Center
           ,
           or
           the
           fire
           to
           fly
           upwards
           ;
           this
           is
           fixed
           in
           their
           hearts
           ,
           the
           work
           of
           grace
           hath
           moulded
           them
           to
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           can
           doe
           no
           other
           but
           endeavour
           to
           exalt
           God
           ,
           it
           being
           the
           very
           end
           why
           their
           spirituall
           life
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           other
           priviledges
           are
           conferred
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           Yea
           ,
           thirdly
           ,
           they
           know
           their
           owne
           Interests
           are
           much
           concerned
           in
           Gods
           glory
           ,
           they
           never
           are
           losers
           by
           it
           :
           if
           in
           any
           work
           of
           God
           ,
           he
           want
           his
           praise
           ,
           they
           will
           want
           their
           comfort
           :
           but
           if
           God
           bee
           a
           gainer
           ,
           they
           shall
           certainly
           bee
           no
           losers
           .
           Whatsoever
           is
           powred
           upon
           the
           head
           of
           Christ
           ,
           what
           ointment
           soever
           of
           praise
           or
           glory
           ,
           it
           will
           in
           a
           due
           proportion
           fall
           downe
           to
           the
           skirts
           of
           his
           garments
           ;
           nor
           is
           there
           any
           other
           way
           to
           have
           any
           sweetnesse
           ,
           comfort
           ,
           praise
           ,
           or
           glory
           to
           bee
           derived
           unto
           themselves
           ,
           but
           by
           giving
           all
           unto
           
           him
           ,
           to
           whom
           alone
           it
           belongeth
           ,
           and
           then
           ,
           although
           hee
           will
           never
           give
           away
           
             his
          
           glory
           ,
           the
           glory
           of
           being
           the
           
             fountaine
             ,
          
           the
           
             first
             ,
             supreame
             ,
             originall
             giver
          
           of
           all
           good
           ;
           yet
           they
           shall
           have
           the
           glory
           of
           Instruments
           ,
           and
           of
           fellow
           workers
           with
           him
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           glory
           and
           praise
           sufficient
           .
        
         
           
           This
           is
           a
           lesson
           of
           singular
           use
           to
           all
           Gods
           redeemed
           ones
           in
           many
           particulars
           .
           But
           the
           onely
           thing
           I
           shall
           at
           the
           present
           insist
           upon
           ,
           is
           to
           direct
           how
           we
           may
           best
           improve
           the
           mercy
           of
           this
           day
           ;
           and
           how
           we
           may
           do
           something
           worthy
           of
           this
           dayes
           meeting
           ;
           the
           Lord
           hath
           turned
           our
           heavinesse
           into
           rejoycing
           ,
           hath
           took
           off
           from
           us
           the
           garment
           of
           mourning
           ,
           and
           put
           upon
           us
           this
           day
           the
           garment
           of
           salvation
           .
        
         
           
           And
           I
           am
           perswaded
           this
           honourable
           Assembly
           hath
           not
           for
           a
           long
           time
           had
           a
           more
           reall
           rejoycing
           heart
           then
           you
           now
           feele
           ,
           for
           the
           mercy
           which
           this
           day
           wee
           meet
           to
           celebrate
           and
           commemorate
           .
           Now
           would
           you
           know
           what
           you
           should
           doe
           ,
           what
           you
           should
           render
           unto
           the
           Lord
           ,
           what
           would
           bee
           the
           comeliest
           ,
           and
           most
           excellent
           sacrifice
           in
           this
           day
           of
           your
           praise
           and
           rejoycing
           before
           God
           :
           Surely
           there
           is
           nothing
           comparable
           to
           this
           ,
           
             That
             you
             provide
             that
             of
             all
             those
             great
             things
             which
             the
             Lord
             hath
             wrought
             for
             us
             ;
             all
             possible
             praise
             and
             glory
             may
             bee
             set
             upon
             the
             head
             of
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             ,
             and
             abide
             unto
             succeeding
             Generations
             .
          
           Some
           such
           work
           as
           might
           preserve
           his
           honour
           in
           the
           present
           and
           succeeding
           ages
           ,
           were
           worthy
           such
           a
           great
           assembly
           ,
           worthy
           of
           the
           name
           of
           a
           day
           of
           their
           Thankesgiving
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           perswaded
           your
           hearts
           are
           so
           warmed
           with
           the
           unexpected
           Victory
           ,
           that
           you
           would
           readily
           swear
           with
           
             David
             ,
          
           to
           take
           no
           rest
           untill
           you
           were
           doing
           that
           very
           Work
           ;
           if
           once
           you
           knew
           what
           it
           were
           ,
           I
           shall
           
           tel
           you
           ,
           
             Even
             in
             doing
             that
             where
             in
             his
             glory
             is
             most
             concerned
             in
             all
             ages
             ;
             and
             that
             is
             the
             setting
             up
             of
             his
             Kingdome
             ,
          
           the
           purgation
           &
           reformation
           of
           Religion
           ,
           setting
           up
           his
           Ordinances
           in
           purity
           ,
           providing
           that
           his
           Church
           may
           bee
           governed
           and
           ruled
           by
           his
           own
           laws
           according
           to
           his
           owne
           Word
           .
           This
           would
           indeed
           bee
           a
           lasting
           Monument
           of
           your
           thankfulnesse
           .
           This
           wee
           should
           all
           study
           ,
           and
           to
           this
           every
           thankfull
           heart
           may
           contribute
           something
           ,
           but
           none
           so
           much
           as
           
             you
             ,
          
           Right
           Honourable
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           Assembled
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           by
           whose
           appointment
           ,
           and
           for
           whole
           furtherance
           in
           this
           work
           I
           stand
           here
           this
           day
           .
           God
           hath
           put
           into
           your
           hands
           the
           greatest
           opportunity
           ,
           and
           meanes
           of
           providing
           for
           all
           the
           glory
           that
           he
           expects
           from
           
             England
          
           while
           the
           world
           stands
           ,
           that
           he
           did
           put
           ever
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           any
           .
           The
           measuring
           line
           ,
           and
           plummet
           of
           his
           house
           is
           put
           into
           your
           hands
           as
           once
           it
           was
           in
           the
           hand
           of
           
             Zerubbabel
             .
          
           From
           you
           he
           seems
           to
           expect
           what
           
             portion
          
           himselfe
           shall
           have
           in
           
             England
          
           for
           time
           to
           come
           ,
           what
           kind
           of
           Subjects
           hee
           shall
           have
           ,
           what
           
             Worship
          
           shall
           bee
           offered
           to
           him
           ,
           what
           kind
           of
           
             Guests
          
           shall
           sit
           with
           him
           at
           his
           Table
           ;
           by
           what
           
             lawes
          
           his
           house
           and
           people
           shall
           be
           governed
           ;
           hee
           seems
           now
           to
           put
           into
           your
           hands
           ,
           what
           unto
           the
           end
           of
           the
           world
           hee
           may
           expect
           from
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           in
           the
           way
           of
           his
           
             Ordinances
             ;
          
           not
           onely
           the
           managing
           of
           a
           Kingdome
           of
           men
           ,
           but
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           our
           Lord
           and
           Saviour
           Christ
           Jesus
           ,
           seemes
           now
           to
           bee
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           two
           honourable
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           when
           such
           opportunities
           as
           these
           are
           in
           your
           hands
           ,
           to
           doe
           such
           great
           things
           for
           God
           ,
           how
           silent
           should
           all
           slesh
           be
           ,
           till
           this
           worke
           be
           done
           ?
           how
           hush't
           and
           laid
           aside
           should
           all
           your
           other
           businesses
           bee
           ;
           your
           own
           estates
           and
           priviledges
           ,
           and
           private
           interests
           ,
           or
           any
           
           thing
           that
           concernes
           your selves
           ,
           names
           ,
           or
           families
           ;
           how
           should
           they
           all
           be
           waved
           and
           set
           aside
           ,
           till
           all
           that
           bee
           done
           ,
           from
           which
           Jesus
           Christ
           shall
           receive
           glory
           in
           all
           ages
           .
           If
           then
           (
           Right
           Honourable
           and
           Beloved
           )
           any
           of
           you
           should
           after
           all
           the
           mercy
           God
           hath
           bestowed
           upon
           you
           ,
           make
           it
           your
           worke
           to
           feather
           your
           own
           nests
           ,
           build
           your
           owne
           Houses
           ,
           and
           let
           the
           House
           of
           God
           lie
           waste
           ,
           or
           hinder
           the
           setting
           up
           of
           this
           Work
           in
           purity
           and
           perfection
           ;
           if
           you
           should
           make
           a
           slight
           businesse
           of
           the
           Worke
           of
           Religion
           ;
           and
           cause
           the
           authority
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           Ordinances
           of
           Christ
           ,
           to
           vaile
           bonnet
           to
           the
           lusts
           and
           liberties
           of
           poore
           sinfull
           Men
           ,
           and
           decline
           the
           setting
           up
           of
           the
           authority
           of
           his
           Scepter
           ;
           lest
           the
           corruptions
           of
           Men
           should
           be
           brought
           under
           the
           yoake
           more
           then
           they
           are
           willing
           ,
           you
           will
           provide
           ill
           for
           Christs
           honour
           ,
           ill
           for
           the
           Church
           ,
           worst
           of
           all
           for
           your
           owne
           souls
           ,
           in
           betraying
           the
           cause
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           spoyling
           the
           most
           glorious
           opportunity
           of
           advancing
           the
           honour
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           ever
           men
           were
           betrusted
           with
           ,
           these
           thousand
           yeares
           .
           But
           if
           you
           shall
           resolve
           so
           to
           goe
           through
           with
           it
           ,
           that
           there
           shall
           not
           need
           a
           reformation
           to
           come
           the
           second
           time
           ,
           I
           meane
           in
           stablishing
           the
           rule
           for
           Faith
           ,
           VVorship
           ,
           and
           Government
           as
           neere
           as
           can
           be
           found
           out
           by
           the
           VVord
           (
           all
           carnall
           considerations
           set
           aside
           )
           should
           you
           but
           doe
           this
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           bee
           set
           up
           in
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           transmitted
           to
           posterity
           :
           God
           will
           then
           acknowledge
           you
           really
           thankfull
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           have
           done
           as
           much
           for
           his
           honour
           as
           hee
           expects
           from
           any
           mortall
           men
           ,
           and
           posterity
           shall
           confesse
           that
           as
           you
           are
           the
           most
           remarkable
           Parliament
           for
           Gods
           owning
           you
           ,
           protecting
           and
           saving
           you
           ,
           so
           God
           received
           more
           glory
           from
           you
           ,
           then
           from
           any
           former
           Parliament
           ;
           
             Josiahs
          
           praise
           should
           be
           verified
           of
           you
           ,
           
             ●ever
          
           
           
             the
             like
             went
             before
             you
             ,
             or
             followed
             after
             you
             .
          
           I
           therefore
           humbly
           beseech
           you
           ,
           Right
           Honourable
           Lords
           ,
           and
           noble
           Gentlemen
           ,
           whilst
           now
           your
           hearts
           are
           warm
           with
           this
           mercy
           ,
           &
           all
           of
           you
           are
           ready
           to
           say
           with
           
             David
             ,
             what
             shall
             I
             tender
             to
             the
             Lord
             ?
          
           what
           shall
           I
           give
           the
           Lord
           for
           all
           his
           mercies
           towards
           us
           ?
           take
           
             this
             cup
             of
             salvation
             ,
          
           resolve
           to
           pay
           your
           vowes
           ,
           the
           vow
           you
           made
           ,
           that
           you
           would
           endeavour
           the
           reformation
           of
           Religion
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           to
           the
           nearest
           conformity
           with
           the
           best
           reformed
           Churches
           .
           Goe
           on
           zealously
           and
           impartially
           with
           it
           ;
           let
           the
           successe
           bee
           what
           it
           will
           ,
           work
           belongs
           to
           us
           ,
           successe
           belongs
           to
           God
           ;
           therein
           shall
           you
           in
           truth
           give
           unto
           God
           ,
           and
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           that
           
             glory
             and
             prase
             which
             a
             Parliament
          
           should
           give
           him
           ;
           other
           people
           must
           come
           short
           ;
           though
           wee
           all
           are
           interessed
           in
           this
           Mercy
           ,
           and
           are
           equally
           bound
           to
           provide
           for
           his
           honour
           ,
           yet
           our
           meanes
           are
           shorter
           ,
           wee
           move
           in
           a
           narrower
           spheare
           .
        
         
           
           Some
           of
           our
           endeavours
           must
           bee
           in
           our
           own
           Families
           ,
           to
           make
           them
           better
           :
           Others
           in
           a
           Pulpit
           to
           make
           our
           Congregations
           better
           ;
           few
           of
           us
           ,
           though
           raised
           to
           our
           highest
           ,
           are
           able
           to
           do
           any
           great
           things
           for
           his
           glory
           ;
           but
           if
           the
           Lord
           enlarge
           your
           hearts
           to
           doe
           your
           worke
           aright
           ,
           the
           whole
           Christian
           world
           in
           her
           severall
           ages
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           give
           glory
           unto
           him
           ,
           by
           your
           improvement
           of
           these
           mercies
           which
           our
           God
           hath
           given
           us
           .
        
         
           And
           a
           little
           further
           to
           provoke
           you
           unto
           it
           ,
           consider
           seriously
           of
           these
           three
           things
           .
        
         
           
           First
           ,
           in
           all
           our
           great
           conflicts
           ,
           these
           huge
           shakings
           of
           the
           Nations
           ,
           and
           combustions
           ,
           the
           Lord
           hath
           no
           designe
           in
           any
           of
           them
           ,
           but
           onely
           the
           building
           up
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           answering
           his
           peoples
           prayers
           ,
           his
           heart
           is
           set
           upon
           nothing
           else
           :
           You
           indeed
           contend
           for
           Liberties
           
           and
           Laws
           ,
           and
           justly
           you
           may
           doe
           so
           ;
           and
           the
           rather
           ,
           because
           the
           liberty
           of
           your
           Religion
           stands
           and
           falls
           with
           your
           laws
           ;
           but
           God
           can
           looke
           upon
           
             England
          
           as
           well
           if
           it
           were
           in
           slavery
           ,
           as
           in
           freedome
           ,
           he
           regards
           neither
           of
           them
           further
           then
           slavery
           and
           freedome
           hath
           
           relation
           to
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           welfare
           of
           it
           ;
           if
           all
           other
           his
           works
           were
           buryed
           (
           as
           one
           day
           they
           shall
           resolve
           into
           the
           Chaos
           out
           of
           which
           they
           were
           taken
           )
           God
           cares
           not
           one
           whit
           ,
           sobeit
           that
           bee
           done
           his
           heart
           is
           set
           upon
           ,
           record
           his
           work
           of
           building
           of
           
             Zion
             ,
          
           and
           let
           what
           else
           so
           ever
           be
           forgotren
           ,
           it
           matters
           not
           ;
           ought
           yee
           not
           to
           be
           like
           minded
           unto
           our
           Lord
           ?
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           let
           me
           assure
           you
           ,
           there
           is
           nothing
           else
           will
           ever
           appease
           our
           troubles
           ,
           but
           the
           vigorous
           carrying
           on
           of
           this
           work
           :
           A
           great
           many
           are
           afraid
           lest
           the
           quick
           establishing
           of
           Religion
           (
           through
           the
           multitude
           of
           mens
           divided
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           ungodlinesse
           of
           many
           mens
           minds
           )
           should
           make
           our
           troubles
           and
           conflicts
           ,
           more
           then
           they
           have
           been
           ;
           but
           be
           ye
           assured
           ,
           the
           Lords
           Kingdome
           being
           provided
           for
           in
           the
           right
           way
           ,
           God
           will
           prepare
           salvation
           for
           walls
           and
           bulwarks
           ;
           hee
           
           will
           be
           the
           safety
           of
           that
           Kingdome
           ,
           which
           advanceth
           his
           Kingdome
           ;
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           Christ
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           Kingdome
           of
           Peace
           ,
           (
           as
           himselfe
           is
           a
           Prince
           of
           Peace
           :
           )
           It
           will
           never
           make
           tumults
           ,
           it
           will
           appease
           tumults
           in
           a
           Kingdome
           where
           Christs
           Scepter
           prevailes
           :
           whare
           hee
           strikes
           the
           Earth
           with
           the
           rod
           of
           his
           mouth
           ,
           Cockatrices
           
           will
           be
           charmed
           ,
           and
           all
           enemies
           shall
           bee
           hush't
           and
           quiet
           .
           It
           will
           I
           say
           make
           no
           tumults
           where
           it
           is
           received
           :
           but
           let
           mee
           tell
           you
           ,
           Christs
           heart
           is
           so
           set
           upon
           the
           advancement
           of
           his
           Kingdome
           ,
           that
           where
           it
           is
           not
           received
           ,
           himselfe
           will
           breed
           tumults
           enow
           for
           them
           that
           oppose
           him
           :
           and
           the
           stone
           cut
           out
           of
           the
           mountaine
           
           without
           hands
           ,
           will
           dash
           asunder
           all
           men
           ,
           and
           all
           things
           ,
           
           all
           Kingdoms
           ,
           &
           all
           States
           that
           shal
           not
           give
           way
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           
           I
           adde
           further
           concerning
           your selves
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           nothing
           will
           bring
           so
           great
           and
           everlasting
           glory
           to
           you
           ,
           as
           to
           have
           been
           instruments
           in
           your
           generation
           ,
           to
           further
           the
           work
           wherein
           Christs
           honour
           is
           so
           much
           concerned
           ;
           you
           have
           read
           Books
           ,
           and
           know
           the
           world
           ;
           I
           beseech
           you
           tell
           me
           out
           of
           all
           the
           ages
           of
           the
           world
           that
           are
           past
           ,
           cull
           out
           the
           choisest
           among
           men
           in
           their
           generations
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           who
           among
           them
           was
           really
           an
           eminent
           Man
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           not
           for
           being
           an
           instrument
           in
           helping
           forward
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           :
           multitudes
           have
           made
           stately
           buildings
           ,
           Fish-ponds
           ,
           Gardens
           ,
           Palaces
           :
           Some
           have
           erected
           Kingdomes
           ,
           what
           is
           become
           of
           them
           all
           ?
           
             Jam
             seges
             est
             ubi
             Troja
             fuit
          
           is
           the
           doome
           of
           all
           of
           them
           ,
           they
           are
           all
           turned
           into
           vanity
           ,
           and
           so
           are
           the
           Makers
           of
           them
           .
           Consider
           the
           greatest
           ,
           wisest
           ,
           richest
           ,
           learned'st
           of
           all
           who
           have
           lived
           ;
           if
           they
           were
           not
           for
           Christ
           and
           his
           Church
           ,
           what
           glory
           doth
           now
           remaine
           to
           any
           of
           them
           ?
           how
           much
           so
           ever
           they
           magnified
           themselves
           ,
           or
           were
           flattered
           by
           others
           ,
           who
           now
           wil
           honour
           them
           ?
           who
           now
           extols
           
             Pharaoh
          
           for
           a
           wise
           King
           ,
           
             Absalon
          
           for
           a
           compleat
           Courtier
           ,
           
             Achitophel
          
           for
           a
           politique
           States-man
           ?
           who
           now
           would
           have
           the
           lot
           of
           any
           of
           them
           ?
           do
           they
           not
           all
           lye
           buried
           ingloriously
           ?
           hath
           not
           the
           Lord
           made
           the
           moth
           &
           corruption
           to
           rot
           them
           al
           ?
           But
           now
           look
           into
           Gods
           Book
           ,
           and
           read
           all
           Chronicles
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           find
           ,
           that
           all
           they
           who
           have
           set
           their
           hearts
           to
           this
           work
           ,
           all
           Rulers
           ,
           Counsellers
           ,
           Parliaments
           ,
           who
           have
           been
           for
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           his
           Church
           and
           Kingdome
           ,
           their
           memoriall
           is
           honourable
           and
           blessed
           in
           all
           ages
           ,
           they
           are
           still
           eminent
           and
           glorious
           ,
           and
           shall
           bee
           so
           to
           the
           worlds
           end
           ,
           and
           in
           Heaven
           to
           all
           Eternity
           .
           Set
           therefore
           your
           hearts
           to
           this
           great
           work
           ,
           shew
           a
           reall
           defire
           to
           glorifie
           
           him
           who
           hath
           these
           great
           things
           for
           us
           .
        
         
           This
           ,
           Right
           Honourable
           Lords
           and
           Patriots
           ,
           I
           had
           to
           say
           unto
           you
           ;
           and
           as
           for
           you
           the
           rest
           of
           this
           Honoured
           and
           Reverend
           Assembly
           ;
           very
           many
           things
           might
           bee
           suggested
           unto
           you
           ,
           as
           means
           to
           exalt
           the
           glory
           of
           this
           our
           God
           and
           Saviour
           ;
           but
           the
           onely
           thing
           I
           shall
           at
           the
           present
           commend
           unto
           you
           ,
           is
           ,
           to
           be
           often
           with
           God
           in
           the
           Mount
           ,
           follow
           him
           with
           your
           prayers
           and
           supplications
           ;
           give
           him
           no
           rest
           till
           hee
           hath
           carryed
           on
           this
           great
           and
           Honourable
           Assembly
           to
           doe
           this
           work
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           raise
           the
           foundations
           for
           many
           Generations
           .
        
         
           This
           from
           the
           second
           part
           of
           the
           Text
           ;
           The
           work
           that
           they
           should
           doe
           ,
           not
           to
           seek
           themselves
           ,
           but
           how
           the
           glory
           of
           God
           may
           be
           preserved
           in
           the
           present
           ,
           and
           future
           Generations
           .
        
         
           
           The
           third
           and
           last
           followes
           ,
           which
           concernes
           the
           way
           they
           shall
           take
           to
           perpetuate
           Gods
           glory
           for
           building
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           answering
           his
           peoples
           prayers
           ;
           what
           way
           shall
           they
           take
           for
           it
           ?
           
             This
             shall
             be
             written
             ,
          
           [
           in
           perpetuam
           reimemoriam
           ,
           ]
           
             for
             an
             eternall
             monument
             of
             it
             .
          
           The
           onely
           Lesson
           which
           I
           shall
           hence
           observe
           ,
           is
           this
           ,
           
             
             That
             
               one
               great
               way
               of
               giving
               God
               his
               deserved
               glory
               for
               his
               building
               of
               his
               Church
               ,
               and
               answering
               his
               peoples
               prayers
               ,
               is
               by
               causing
               these
               wonderfull
               workes
               of
               God
               to
               be
               written
               for
               the
               generations
               to
               come
               .
            
          
        
         
           For
           the
           truth
           of
           it
           ,
           it
           is
           one
           of
           
             Gods
             Ordinances
             .
          
           You
           shall
           finde
           it
           in
           the
           78
           
             Psal.
             vers.
          
           5.
           where
           the
           Prophet
           had
           exhorted
           them
           to
           give
           eare
           ,
           and
           learne
           what
           God
           had
           done
           for
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           teach
           it
           to
           their
           children
           .
           This
           (
           said
           he
           )
           
             hee
             ordained
             for
             a
             Law
             ,
             and
             a
             Statute
             for
             Israel
             :
          
           what
           was
           this
           Ordinance
           ?
           
             that
             they
             should
             write
          
           
           
             it
             ,
             and
             teach
             their
             posterity
             to
             come
             ,
          
           the
           wonderfull
           things
           which
           God
           hath
           done
           for
           his
           people
           :
           he
           commanded
           not
           onely
           themselves
           to
           know
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           works
           ,
           and
           to
           talk
           of
           them
           ;
           but
           to
           provide
           that
           the
           generations
           to
           come
           might
           know
           what
           God
           had
           done
           .
           So
           in
           the
           17.
           of
           
             Exod.
          
           14.
           
             vers.
          
           When
           God
           had
           begun
           to
           appeare
           for
           his
           people
           in
           a
           Warre
           against
           
             Amalck
             ;
          
           write
           it
           (
           said
           he
           ,
           )
           in
           a
           Booke
           ,
           a
           Book
           of
           the
           Warres
           of
           God
           for
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           against
           his
           enemies
           ,
           must
           bee
           written
           and
           kept
           as
           a
           record
           from
           age
           to
           age
           .
           So
           also
           
             Moses
          
           commanded
           them
           in
           the
           31
           of
           
             Deut.
          
           19.
           
             vers.
             Now
             therefore
             write
             ye
             this
             Song
             for
             you
             ,
             and
             teach
             it
             the
             Children
             of
             Israel
             .
          
           A
           song
           must
           be
           written
           and
           learned
           to
           expresse
           what
           God
           had
           done
           for
           a
           people
           who
           were
           most
           unworthy
           of
           the
           Mercies
           bestowed
           upon
           them
           :
           So
           likewise
           
             Ester
             ,
             Est
             .
          
           9.
           32.
           
           The
           great
           work
           of
           Gods
           defeating
           the
           conspiracy
           of
           
             Haman
             ,
          
           and
           deliverance
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           was
           recorded
           ,
           not
           onely
           by
           an
           anniversary
           feast
           ,
           but
           it
           must
           
             bee
             written
             in
             a
             Booke
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           you
           see
           ,
           the
           Lord
           hath
           often
           enjoyned
           his
           people
           to
           record
           and
           transmit
           to
           posterity
           the
           great
           things
           which
           hee
           hath
           done
           for
           them
           .
           And
           as
           he
           hath
           commanded
           it
           ,
           so
           his
           Spirit
           hath
           ordered
           and
           brought
           to
           passe
           ,
           that
           it
           hath
           been
           so
           .
           
             Moses
          
           and
           
             Samuel
             ,
          
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Prophets
           have
           done
           it
           ;
           what
           should
           I
           trouble
           you
           with
           a
           discourse
           of
           particular
           instances
           ,
           since
           the
           whole
           Book
           of
           God
           is
           nothing
           but
           a
           Chronicle
           Book
           of
           Acts
           and
           Monuments
           of
           the
           Lords
           wonderfull
           works
           in
           gathering
           ,
           and
           building
           protecting
           ,
           and
           saving
           ,
           and
           doing
           good
           to
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           destroying
           their
           Enemies
           ?
           And
           they
           did
           it
           many
           wayes
           ;
           sometime
           they
           made
           Eucharisticall
           
           
             Songs
             ,
          
           which
           they
           taught
           their
           children
           ;
           sometime
           they
           wrote
           them
           upon
           their
           
             Childrens
             names
             ;
          
           sometime
           
           
           by
           giving
           names
           to
           the
           
             places
          
           where
           the
           mercies
           
           were
           received
           ;
           sometime
           erecting
           
             stones
             and
             pillars
             ;
          
           sometime
           by
           appointing
           
             yearly
             Feasts
          
           of
           remembrance
           .
           Many
           of
           which
           wayes
           were
           presented
           unto
           you
           the
           last
           solemn
           meeting
           you
           had
           in
           this
           place
           upon
           a
           like
           blessed
           occasion
           .
        
         
           
           And
           the
           grounds
           or
           reasons
           why
           this
           ought
           to
           bee
           done
           ,
           why
           these
           things
           should
           bee
           recorded
           ,
           are
           necessary
           ,
        
         
           
             First
             ,
             in
             relation
             to
             God
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             in
             relation
             to
             the
             Generation
             who
             receive
             these
             mercies
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             in
             relation
             to
             the
             posterity
             that
             are
             to
             come
             after
             .
          
        
         
           
           First
           ,
           
             in
             relation
             to
             God
             and
             his
             glory
             .
          
           As
           the
           works
           of
           God
           are
           
             all
          
           worthy
           to
           be
           registred
           and
           remembred
           ,
           so
           the
           work
           of
           building
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           answering
           his
           peoples
           prayers
           ,
           is
           the
           
             most
             worthy
             ,
          
           the
           
             most
             excellent
             :
          
           because
           these
           are
           his
           master-pieces
           ;
           in
           all
           these
           works
           ,
           God
           appeares
           in
           his
           glory
           ;
           all
           his
           excellent
           perfections
           shine
           forth
           in
           their
           beauty
           :
           and
           therefore
           none
           so
           worthy
           to
           be
           written
           .
           And
           as
           this
           work
           is
           most
           worthy
           ,
           so
           there
           is
           no
           way
           or
           meanes
           so
           excellent
           and
           effectuall
           for
           the
           perpetuating
           of
           the
           honour
           and
           glory
           due
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           the
           faithfull
           recording
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           delivering
           it
           from
           hand
           to
           hand
           in
           all
           generations
           ;
           which
           else
           will
           soone
           bee
           forgotten
           and
           lost
           ,
           as
           loose
           pearles
           and
           pretious
           stones
           :
           But
           when
           they
           are
           recorded
           ,
           they
           are
           like
           pretious
           and
           excellent
           pearles
           put
           upon
           a
           golden
           thred
           ,
           and
           thereby
           easily
           kept
           together
           and
           preserved
           ,
           and
           his
           glory
           thereby
           made
           everlasting
           .
           His
           Works
           are
           all
           Eternall
           ,
           
             à
             parte
             ante
             ,
          
           in
           his
           decree
           ;
           this
           writing
           and
           registring
           of
           them
           ,
           will
           make
           them
           so
           :
           
             à
             parte
             post
             ,
          
           in
           the
           eternall
           commemoration
           
           of
           them
           .
           Thus
           shall
           be
           fulfilled
           to
           his
           glory
           that
           which
           
             Solomon
          
           says
           ,
           
             I
             know
             whatsoever
             God
             does
             ,
             it
             shal
             be
             for
             ever
             ;
          
           it
           shall
           last
           for
           ever
           to
           his
           glory
           .
           
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           
             in
             relation
             to
             them
             who
             receive
             these
             mercies
             ,
          
           the
           present
           age
           that
           enjoyes
           them
           ,
           may
           also
           bee
           great
           gainers
           by
           it
           ,
           for
           it
           makes
           the
           favour
           and
           mercy
           deeplier
           written
           in
           their
           owne
           hearts
           in
           indeleble
           characters
           :
           and
           the
           frequent
           reading
           of
           them
           would
           keep
           the
           mercy
           alwayes
           fresh
           and
           green
           ,
           alwayes
           of
           the
           same
           efficacy
           and
           vertue
           unto
           them
           who
           have
           received
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           besides
           ,
           those
           excellent
           Instruments
           whom
           God
           hath
           employed
           to
           helpe
           in
           the
           great
           worke
           of
           building
           the
           Church
           ,
           shall
           thereby
           enjoy
           the
           honour
           and
           praise
           which
           God
           is
           willing
           to
           have
           conferred
           upon
           them
           :
           (
           for
           hee
           would
           have
           the
           righteous
           in
           everlasting
           remembrance
           )
           when
           in
           all
           ages
           it
           shall
           be
           known
           ,
           not
           onely
           
             what
          
           the
           Lord
           hath
           done
           for
           his
           people
           ;
           but
           also
           
             who
          
           they
           are
           whom
           God
           hath
           been
           pleased
           to
           employ
           in
           this
           great
           Work
           :
           wee
           know
           the
           old
           saying
           ,
           
             Multi
             ante
             Agamemnona
             fuere
             fortes
             ,
             &c.
          
           there
           were
           many
           valiant
           Commanders
           and
           Souldiers
           before
           
             Achilles
             ,
          
           or
           
             Ulysses
             ,
          
           but
           none
           of
           them
           are
           famous
           to
           posterity
           ,
           because
           they
           wanted
           a
           
             Homer
             ,
          
           their
           worthy
           deeds
           are
           not
           recorded
           :
           but
           by
           such
           a
           faithfull
           register
           the
           Lords
           worthy
           instruments
           are
           in
           all
           ages
           made
           partakers
           of
           a
           glory
           which
           is
           next
           the
           glory
           of
           Heaven
           .
        
         
           But
           chiefly
           my
           Text
           leads
           to
           the
           third
           ;
           in
           relation
           to
           posterity
           .
           These
           things
           
             shall
             be
             written
             for
             the
             Generations
             to
             come
             ,
          
           and
           for
           their
           sakes
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           written
           .
           
        
         
           1.
           
           Because
           they
           are
           their
           
             due
             ,
          
           and
           the
           present
           generation
           
           cannot
           without
           injustice
           deprive
           posterity
           of
           a
           faithfull
           record
           of
           Gods
           mercies
           ,
           for
           in
           all
           these
           things
           he
           speaks
           to
           all
           the
           ages
           to
           come
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           present
           .
           You
           have
           it
           in
           
             Hosea
          
           12.
           3.
           where
           
             Jacobs
          
           wrestling
           with
           God
           and
           meeting
           with
           him
           in
           
             Bethel
             ,
          
           are
           mentioned
           :
           
             There
          
           (
           sayes
           the
           Church
           )
           
             hee
             spoke
             with
             us
             ;
          
           what
           he
           spoke
           to
           
             Jacob
             ,
          
           hee
           spoke
           to
           Israel
           ,
           that
           lived
           in
           
             Hosea's
          
           time
           ,
           above
           a
           thousand
           years
           after
           it
           ;
           and
           what
           
             Paul
          
           spake
           ,
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           10.
           11.
           concerning
           Gods
           Judgment
           ,
           
             All
             these
             things
             happened
             unto
             them
             for
             ensamples
             ,
             and
             are
             written
             for
             our
             admonition
             upon
             whom
             the
             ends
             of
             the
             World
             are
             come
             ;
          
           is
           as
           true
           of
           all
           his
           works
           of
           mercy
           ;
           they
           hapned
           unto
           them
           for
           oursakes
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           for
           their
           owne
           ;
           and
           the
           Prophets
           knew
           this
           ,
           
             unto
             whom
             it
             was
             revealed
             ,
             that
             not
             unto
             themselves
             ,
             but
             unto
             us
             they
             did
             admin●ster
             the
             things
             which
             are
             now
             reported
             .
          
           Now
           look
           as
           it
           is
           with
           Parents
           who
           though
           themselves
           know
           they
           cannot
           live
           long
           ,
           and
           peradventure
           some
           of
           them
           are
           but
           termers
           in
           their
           states
           and
           Honours
           ;
           yet
           their
           Evidences
           of
           their
           Lordships
           or
           Mannors
           ,
           which
           belong
           to
           their
           children
           ,
           they
           dare
           not
           but
           transmit
           the
           Copies
           of
           them
           to
           those
           who
           shall
           inherit
           their
           Lands
           after
           them
           .
           Since
           then
           the
           records
           of
           these
           things
           are
           their
           due
           ,
           wee
           cannot
           deny
           them
           to
           posterity
           ,
           unlesse
           we
           would
           rob
           them
           of
           that
           which
           God
           will
           have
           them
           receive
           from
           us
           .
        
         
           
           Nay
           ,
           secondly
           ,
           it
           is
           their
           gaine
           as
           well
           as
           their
           due
           ,
           yea
           ,
           it
           may
           prove
           an
           infinite
           and
           invaluable
           gain
           to
           posterity
           ;
           for
           by
           the
           recording
           of
           these
           great
           and
           excellent
           Works
           ,
           posteritie
           may
           learne
           to
           
             know
          
           God
           ,
           to
           
             trust
          
           him
           ,
           to
           
             feare
          
           and
           
             serve
          
           him
           ;
           they
           may
           out
           of
           these
           learne
           their
           duty
           ,
           and
           read
           their
           destiny
           .
           This
           was
           the
           very
           end
           why
           God
           made
           that
           law
           ,
           
             Psal.
          
           78.
           5.
           
           That
           the
           Parents
           should
           transmit
           unto
           their
           children
           ,
           the
           wonderfull
           works
           
           which
           hee
           had
           done
           ,
           
             That
             they
             might
             set
             their
             hope
             in
             God
             ,
             and
             keep
             his
             Commandements
             ,
             and
             might
             not
             bee
             as
             their
             fathers
             ,
             a
             generation
             whose
             spirit
             was
             not
             stedfast
             with
             God
             .
          
           The
           like
           causes
           of
           writing
           these
           things
           ,
           you
           shall
           find
           ,
           
             Rom.
          
           15.
           4.
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           10.
           11.
           
           Look
           as
           it
           is
           with
           them
           
           that
           travaile
           at
           Sea
           (
           take
           for
           instance
           
             Columbus
             ,
          
           or
           
             Drake
             ,
          
           or
           any
           of
           those
           famous
           Sea-men
           ,
           that
           have
           discovered
           unknown
           tracts
           in
           the
           deep
           waters
           )
           when
           they
           themselves
           had
           past
           them
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           come
           home
           again
           without
           making
           a
           Sea-mans
           Chard
           ,
           who
           had
           been
           the
           better
           for
           all
           their
           voyages
           ?
           whereas
           now
           ,
           ordinary
           Sailers
           by
           help
           of
           their
           Chard
           ,
           can
           compasse
           the
           world
           round
           about
           ;
           because
           they
           know
           where
           the
           safe
           chanels
           ,
           and
           where
           the
           rocks
           and
           dangers
           lye
           .
           So
           in
           the
           faithfull
           Stories
           of
           the
           works
           which
           God
           showes
           to
           his
           people
           in
           one
           generation
           ,
           the
           generations
           to
           come
           shall
           before
           their
           eyes
           be
           able
           to
           read
           the
           right
           way
           ,
           by
           the
           fall
           of
           others
           they
           shall
           know
           where
           lies
           the
           rocks
           and
           stumbling
           blocks
           ;
           by
           the
           deliverance
           of
           others
           they
           shall
           know
           where
           out-gates
           are
           to
           be
           found
           .
           The
           reading
           of
           a
           record
           of
           
             Mordecays
          
           good
           service
           ,
           was
           a
           meanes
           to
           save
           all
           the
           Church
           of
           the
           Jews
           at
           one
           time
           ,
           
             Est
             .
          
           6.
           1
           ,
           2.
           
           The
           remembring
           of
           
             Micah
          
           his
           prophecy
           ,
           saved
           the
           life
           of
           
           the
           Prophet
           
             Jeremy
             ,
          
           at
           another
           time
           ,
           
             Jer.
          
           26.
           19.
           the
           remembrance
           of
           the
           causes
           why
           Israel
           was
           carryed
           captive
           out
           of
           their
           owne
           Land
           ,
           was
           a
           meanes
           to
           bring
           them
           to
           repentance
           at
           another
           time
           .
           The
           records
           of
           Gods
           dealing
           with
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
             ,
          
           and
           
             Jacob
          
           have
           succoured
           Gods
           people
           in
           their
           distresses
           ten
           thousand
           times
           ;
           the
           particular
           wayes
           how
           the
           Church
           hath
           profited
           by
           them
           ,
           are
           not
           to
           bee
           numbred
           ;
           inexpressible
           is
           the
           gaine
           which
           may
           be
           gotten
           by
           them
           :
           therefore
           the
           Lord
           would
           
             have
             them
             written
             for
             the
             generations
             to
             come
             .
          
        
         
         
           
           For
           Application
           of
           this
           :
           First
           ,
           if
           the
           Lord
           will
           have
           his
           great
           Workes
           recorded
           to
           
             posterity
             ,
          
           that
           
             they
          
           may
           give
           him
           his
           glory
           ;
           surely
           ,
           then
           the
           
             present
          
           age
           should
           observe
           them
           ,
           and
           glorifie
           him
           ;
           if
           our
           present
           mercies
           shall
           bee
           the
           wonderment
           of
           the
           world
           in
           after
           ages
           ,
           how
           ill
           would
           it
           become
           us
           who
           receive
           them
           ,
           to
           passe
           them
           over
           unregarded
           ,
           or
           put
           them
           into
           oblivion
           ?
           what
           a
           catalogue
           should
           every
           one
           of
           us
           have
           ,
           how
           full
           should
           all
           our
           memories
           and
           records
           bee
           ,
           who
           receive
           them
           thus
           by
           heapes
           upon
           heapes
           ?
           how
           excellent
           and
           comely
           a
           thing
           were
           it
           ,
           if
           every
           one
           wee
           meet
           with
           in
           the
           streets
           ,
           and
           fields
           ,
           could
           bee
           able
           to
           tell
           us
           the
           Story
           of
           Gods
           dealing
           for
           
             England
          
           these
           three
           ,
           or
           foure
           ,
           or
           five
           yeeres
           ;
           beleeve
           it
           ,
           it
           is
           our
           shame
           that
           wee
           are
           not
           able
           
           to
           doe
           it
           .
           What
           a
           shame
           and
           unworthy
           thing
           is
           it
           to
           lay
           up
           in
           our
           memories
           trash
           and
           vanities
           ;
           write
           downe
           in
           our
           Books
           ,
           our
           passions
           ,
           toyes
           ,
           and
           fooleries
           ,
           and
           have
           no
           records
           of
           these
           glorious
           VVorks
           of
           God
           ?
           how
           shall
           wee
           lift
           up
           our
           heads
           before
           God
           ,
           when
           he
           shall
           reckon
           with
           us
           for
           this
           ingratitude
           ?
           O
           that
           every
           one
           of
           us
           could
           endeavour
           to
           have
           our
           records
           of
           these
           mercies
           ,
           as
           perfect
           as
           Gods
           are
           ;
           he
           observes
           and
           keeps
           account
           of
           all
           ,
           let
           us
           doe
           so
           likewise
           ,
           let
           our
           books
           and
           memories
           ,
           be
           treasuries
           of
           these
           works
           and
           wayes
           of
           God
           ;
           let
           our
           tongues
           talk
           of
           them
           ,
           let
           us
           be
           all
           good
           Historians
           ,
           at
           least
           of
           these
           latter
           yeares
           ,
           since
           the
           beginning
           of
           this
           Parliament
           ,
           be
           able
           to
           count
           all
           our
           journeys
           and
           pitching
           places
           ,
           our
           deliverances
           and
           Victories
           from
           
             Kynton
          
           unto
           this
           day
           :
           yea
           ,
           and
           when
           wee
           think
           or
           speake
           of
           them
           ,
           let
           it
           bee
           with
           admiration
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           
             individuus
             comes
             ,
          
           
           the
           inseparable
           companion
           of
           praising
           God
           :
           wee
           never
           can
           duly
           tender
           his
           praises
           for
           these
           mercies
           ,
           unlesse
           our
           understanding
           see
           it selfe
           conquered
           by
           that
           
           which
           it
           contemplates
           ;
           and
           be
           compelled
           with
           
             David
             ,
          
           againe
           and
           againe
           to
           cry
           out
           ,
           
             O
             Lord
             our
             God
             ,
             how
             excellent
             is
             thy
             Name
             ,
             how
             wonderfull
             are
             thy
             workes
             !
          
           Doe
           these
           things
           daily
           ,
           but
           doe
           them
           this
           day
           more
           carefully
           :
           this
           day
           is
           separated
           for
           his
           praise
           and
           glory
           ,
           but
           in
           a
           more
           peculiar
           manner
           let
           him
           have
           the
           glory
           of
           this
           
             la●e
             great
             ,
             and
             unexpected
             Victory
             ;
          
           and
           let
           us
           consider
           
           seriously
           what
           kind
           of
           mercy
           it
           is
           ,
           which
           wee
           this
           day
           come
           to
           blesse
           the
           Lord
           for
           .
           I
           shall
           not
           goe
           about
           by
           ostentation
           of
           words
           ,
           and
           hyperbolicall
           expressions
           to
           elevate
           it
           above
           its
           height
           ,
           had
           I
           Rhetorick
           and
           words
           to
           doe
           it
           ,
           this
           Assembly
           would
           not
           be
           taken
           with
           such
           kind
           of
           language
           ;
           but
           simply
           and
           plainly
           bee
           pleased
           to
           behold
           this
           great
           work
           of
           God
           ,
           both
           for
           the
           substance
           and
           circumstances
           of
           it
           ;
           for
           the
           thing
           it self
           ,
           for
           the
           substance
           of
           it
           ;
           Granted
           it
           is
           ,
           to
           bee
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           Victories
           that
           ever
           the
           Lord
           bestowed
           
           upon
           us
           since
           the
           beginning
           of
           our
           troubles
           ;
           wherein
           all
           the
           enemies
           Foot
           ,
           all
           their
           Carriages
           ,
           all
           their
           Ammunition
           ,
           so
           many
           of
           their
           Horse
           were
           taken
           in
           the
           field
           .
        
         
           
           But
           there
           are
           foure
           Circumstances
           accompany
           it
           ,
           which
           maks
           this
           mercy
           most
           wonderfull
           .
        
         
           
             First
             ,
             the
             
               Time
            
             when
             this
             mercy
             was
             bestowed
             upon
             us
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             the
             
               Place
            
             where
             it
             was
             bestowed
             upon
             us
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             the
             
               Persons
            
             by
             whom
             it
             was
             wrought
             for
             us
             .
             And
             ,
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             the
             
               Manner
            
             how
             God
             did
             it
             for
             us
             .
          
        
         
           
           First
           ,
           the
           
             Time
          
           when
           it
           was
           done
           ;
           truly
           ,
           when
           
             we
             were
             very
             low
             ,
          
           exceeding
           low
           in
           our
           
             Spirits
             ,
          
           low
           in
           our
           
             Counsels
             ,
          
           low
           in
           our
           
             Treasures
             ,
          
           low
           in
           our
           
             Arms
             ,
          
           low
           through
           our
           mutual
           
             Divisions
          
           &
           jealousies
           ;
           wondrous
           low
           (
           I
           think
           )
           as
           we
           have
           
           been
           almost
           at
           any
           time
           since
           the
           beginning
           of
           our
           troubles
           :
           at
           a
           time
           when
           the
           
             Enemy
          
           was
           extream
           
             high
             ,
          
           high
           in
           their
           
             Spirits
             ,
          
           high
           in
           their
           
             confidence
             ,
          
           high
           in
           their
           
             scorn
             ,
          
           high
           in
           their
           
             resolutions
             ,
          
           so
           high
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           already
           swallowed
           all
           ,
           boasting
           that
           our
           Armies
           were
           crumbled
           to
           nothing
           ,
           and
           wondering
           we
           were
           so
           foolish
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           resign
           up
           all
           .
           Yea
           ,
           done
           in
           a
           time
           when
           we
           had
           newly
           prayed
           and
           sought
           God
           ,
           when
           the
           Honourable
           Houses
           had
           called
           the
           City
           and
           the
           Assembly
           of
           Divines
           to
           lie
           in
           tears
           and
           dust
           before
           God
           ,
           to
           wrestle
           with
           him
           :
           this
           was
           the
           time
           when
           the
           Lord
           remembred
           us
           ,
           agreeing
           with
           that
           
           of
           the
           Psalmist
           ,
           
             Who
             remembred
             us
             in
             our
             low
             estate
             ,
             for
             his
             mercy
             endureth
             for
             ever
             .
          
        
         
           I
           may
           adde
           one
           more
           concerning
           the
           time
           ,
           it
           was
           in
           the
           rising
           of
           the
           yeare
           ,
           almost
           in
           the
           Spring
           ,
           when
           yet
           we
           have
           foure
           or
           five
           moneths
           before
           there
           be
           any
           necessity
           of
           winter
           Quarters
           ;
           in
           which
           time
           ,
           if
           God
           give
           us
           wisedome
           to
           follow
           it
           ,
           and
           himself
           please
           to
           goe
           on
           with
           us
           ,
           who
           knows
           what
           a
           blessed
           period
           our
           troubles
           may
           have
           ?
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           and
           
             the
             place
             where
          
           is
           remarkable
           .
           Where
           was
           it
           done
           ?
           truly
           ,
           in
           that
           part
           of
           the
           Land
           where
           the
           Enemy
           had
           lately
           wrought
           outragious
           villanies
           .
           I
           speake
           not
           of
           taking
           a
           Town
           in
           a
           hostile
           way
           ,
           but
           of
           murdering
           of
           women
           ,
           of
           ravishing
           wives
           and
           maidens
           ;
           where
           the
           Commanders
           could
           boast
           what
           liberty
           they
           had
           given
           to
           their
           Souldiers
           ,
           though
           not
           to
           murder
           the
           women
           ,
           yet
           to
           ravish
           as
           many
           of
           them
           as
           they
           could
           :
           where
           the
           Country
           groaned
           under
           the
           blasphemies
           ,
           and
           outrages
           that
           they
           wrought
           ;
           that
           the
           
             Lord
          
           should
           have
           it
           so
           ordered
           that
           where
           they
           had
           plundred
           and
           spoiled
           ,
           themselves
           should
           be
           plundred
           and
           spoiled
           ,
           that
           thither
           they
           should
           ●●y
           with
           shame
           ,
           hardly
           daring
           to
           look
           in
           where
           
           all
           these
           cruelties
           and
           insolencies
           had
           been
           wrought
           by
           them
           .
        
         
           
           Thirdly
           ,
           and
           take
           in
           the
           
             Persons
          
           by
           whom
           .
           Of
           whom
           I
           will
           say
           two
           things
           ,
           which
           you
           will
           all
           grant
           to
           bee
           true
           .
           They
           were
           an
           Army
           
             despised
          
           by
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           little
           lesse
           then
           
             despaired
          
           of
           by
           our
           Friends
           ,
           as
           men
           from
           whom
           little
           was
           to
           bee
           looked
           for
           ;
           Gods
           glory
           is
           the
           more
           conspicuous
           ;
           this
           is
           according
           to
           his
           own
           manner
           of
           working
           ,
           
           
             Who
             delights
             by
             weak
             things
             to
             confound
             the
             mighty
             ,
             and
             by
             things
             which
             are
             despised
             ,
             and
             things
             which
             are
             not
             ,
             to
             bring
             to
             nought
             things
             that
             are
             ,
             that
             no
             flesh
             might
             glory
             in
             his
             presence
             :
          
           This
           is
           the
           Lords
           doing
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           wonderfull
           in
           our
           eyes
           .
        
         
           
           Fourthly
           ,
           and
           
             the
             manner
          
           how
           is
           very
           remarkable
           ,
           how
           God
           did
           it
           ;
           truly
           so
           ,
           that
           the
           men
           should
           doe
           what
           men
           can
           doe
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           have
           the
           praise
           of
           Instruments
           ,
           giving
           them
           valour
           ,
           courage
           ,
           wisdome
           and
           faithfulnesse
           :
           and
           yet
           withall
           letting
           them
           be
           so
           overborn
           ,
           one
           wing
           in
           a
           manner
           broken
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           the
           Foot
           routed
           ,
           and
           all
           in
           danger
           to
           be
           lost
           ;
           that
           
             it
             might
             appeare
          
           (
           as
           hath
           been
           in
           the
           rest
           of
           our
           Victories
           )
           
             that
             the
             thing
             was
             wrought
             by
             God
             :
          
           Now
           can
           you
           looke
           upon
           all
           these
           things
           together
           ,
           &
           not
           with
           admiration
           cry
           out
           ,
           
             This
             is
             the
             Lords
             doing
             ,
             this
             is
             wonderfull
             in
             our
             eyes
             :
             Non
             nobis
             Domine
             ,
             non
             nobis
             ,
             Not
             unto
             us
             Lord
             ,
             but
             unto
             thy
             Name
             give
             the
             praise
             and
             glory
             ?
          
           Overmuch
           to
           extoll
           men
           ,
           God
           would
           not
           have
           you
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           have
           you
           doe
           it
           ,
           you
           would
           wrong
           them
           and
           your selves
           and
           your
           God
           ,
           if
           you
           should
           looke
           upon
           them
           otherwise
           then
           as
           instruments
           .
           But
           O
           that
           you
           could
           admire
           this
           mercy
           ,
           that
           God
           hath
           given
           in
           ,
           that
           you
           could
           see
           all
           the
           mercies
           that
           are
           in
           the
           wombe
           of
           this
           mercy
           !
           how
           many
           have
           already
           sprung
           from
           it
           ,
           
             Leicester
          
           taken
           in
           againe
           ,
           and
           other
           tydings
           are
           come
           out
           of
           other
           parts
           of
           
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           some
           mercies
           about
           
             Taunton
             ,
          
           others
           about
           
             Chester
             ,
          
           hath
           our
           God
           cast
           them
           in
           ,
           that
           this
           day
           might
           be
           as
           a
           day
           of
           Jubilee
           to
           us
           .
           Shall
           not
           God
           have
           glory
           for
           all
           this
           ?
           shall
           not
           our
           hearts
           bee
           lifted
           up
           to
           give
           him
           praise
           ?
           Would
           God
           have
           a
           Chronicle
           written
           ,
           that
           the
           ages
           to
           come
           may
           stand
           amazed
           at
           it
           ;
           and
           shall
           we
           that
           see
           these
           things
           ,
           and
           enjoy
           them
           thus
           unexpectedly
           ,
           confine
           and
           pen
           up
           our
           praises
           to
           one
           day
           of
           Thanksgiving
           ,
           and
           not
           have
           our
           whole
           heart
           ,
           and
           our
           whole
           life
           filled
           with
           studies
           and
           endeavours
           to
           exalt
           him
           ?
           let
           this
           be
           our
           first
           Use
           ,
           if
           we
           should
           write
           them
           in
           a
           Book
           to
           provoke
           others
           ,
           then
           surely
           we
           should
           write
           them
           in
           our
           hearts
           to
           provoke
           our selves
           to
           praise
           him
           .
        
         
           
           The
           other
           Use
           I
           would
           make
           of
           it
           is
           
             this
             :
          
           That
           seeing
           the
           
             Lord
          
           would
           have
           his
           wonderfull
           Works
           written
           for
           the
           Generations
           to
           come
           ;
           Let
           the
           Honourable
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           looke
           upon
           it
           as
           a
           duty
           they
           owe
           unto
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           present
           and
           future
           age
           ,
           to
           provide
           that
           these
           glorious
           and
           admirable
           works
           which
           God
           hath
           done
           for
           
             England
          
           and
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           since
           the
           beginning
           of
           our
           troubles
           ,
           may
           faithfully
           bee
           transmitted
           to
           posterity
           ;
           you
           hear
           God
           hath
           appointed
           it
           for
           a
           law
           and
           an
           Ordinance
           ,
           that
           the
           generations
           to
           come
           should
           know
           his
           wonderfull
           Workes
           ,
           and
           it
           's
           both
           due
           and
           expected
           by
           one
           age
           from
           another
           ;
           it
           hath
           been
           the
           received
           Opinion
           of
           wise
           men
           ,
           that
           the
           World
           is
           more
           beholding
           to
           them
           who
           write
           Histories
           ,
           then
           to
           any
           men
           living
           ,
           except
           onely
           those
           that
           did
           the
           excellent
           Works
           which
           the
           others
           writ
           .
           
             Tully
          
           tells
           you
           ,
           that
           History
           is
           the
           witnesse
           of
           time
           ,
           the
           light
           of
           truth
           ,
           the
           life
           of
           memory
           ,
           the
           school-Mistris
           of
           ourlife
           ,
           &c.
           
           When
           yet
           ,
           alasse
           ,
           all
           their
           Histories
           were
           written
           with
           ignorance
           ,
           vanity
           ,
           passion
           ,
           partiality
           ,
           and
           gave
           very
           little
           help
           to
           our
           main
           businesse
           ,
           to
           teach
           us
           the
           administrations
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           
           the
           way
           hee
           hath
           taken
           in
           carrying
           on
           his
           Church
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
           But
           now
           by
           the
           true
           and
           faithfull
           setting
           forth
           to
           the
           World
           what
           the
           Lord
           hath
           done
           for
           us
           ;
           you
           should
           honour
           God
           and
           advantage
           his
           Church
           as
           much
           as
           in
           any
           thing
           that
           you
           can
           possibly
           doe
           ,
           unlesse
           it
           be
           the
           building
           of
           the
           Church
           it self
           .
           Never
           could
           more
           excellent
           things
           tending
           to
           advance
           the
           goodnesse
           ,
           wisdome
           ,
           power
           ,
           and
           mercy
           of
           God
           bee
           manifested
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           then
           this
           story
           of
           our
           times
           would
           afford
           .
           The
           Jews
           have
           a
           saying
           ,
           That
           when
           God
           destroyed
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           Copy
           of
           all
           kept
           in
           the
           Arke
           with
           
             Noah
             ;
          
           and
           after
           the
           Floud
           was
           gone
           ,
           this
           Copy
           was
           re-printed
           and
           spread
           over
           all
           the
           world
           .
           The
           meaning
           was
           ,
           that
           the
           Creatures
           that
           were
           kept
           there
           ,
           did
           fill
           all
           the
           world
           with
           Creatures
           of
           the
           same
           nature
           that
           the
           World
           had
           before
           .
           Truly
           ,
           I
           have
           often
           thought
           ,
           that
           were
           all
           the
           Copies
           in
           the
           world
           lost
           ,
           of
           Gods
           admirable
           dealing
           with
           an
           unworthy
           people
           (
           except
           only
           those
           mentioned
           in
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           there
           might
           be
           a
           re-impression
           of
           them
           out
           of
           the
           admirable
           things
           that
           God
           hath
           done
           for
           us
           since
           these
           publike
           caelamities
           came
           upon
           us
           ;
           and
           all
           the
           world
           might
           learn
           sufficient
           out
           of
           our
           Story
           ,
           what
           a
           God
           our
           God
           is
           ,
           and
           learn
           to
           know
           ,
           and
           trust
           ,
           and
           fear
           him
           forever
           ;
           give
           me
           leave
           onely
           to
           name
           some
           
             Capita
             rerum
             ,
          
           some
           heads
           of
           things
           ,
           which
           is
           fit
           the
           World
           should
           read
           and
           know
           :
           They
           should
           read
           of
           a
           
             Parliament
          
           called
           together
           by
           a
           strange
           providence
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           were
           called
           ,
           God
           dealt
           with
           them
           ,
           as
           hee
           commanded
           
             Ezekiel
          
           to
           deale
           with
           his
           own
           haire
           ,
           
             Ezekiel
          
           5.
           one
           third
           part
           of
           it
           to
           be
           thrown
           away
           into
           the
           wind
           ,
           another
           to
           be
           burnt
           in
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           another
           to
           be
           againe
           purged
           and
           refined
           ,
           and
           kept
           in
           the
           skirt
           of
           his
           garment
           .
           They
           should
           read
           of
           4
           or
           500
           Commons
           ,
           and
           multitude
           
           of
           Peeres
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           passing
           through
           the
           fire
           ,
           some
           scattered
           into
           all
           the
           corners
           of
           the
           land
           ,
           seeking
           to
           destroy
           the
           Nation
           that
           had
           entrusted
           them
           ;
           and
           a
           remnant
           left
           behind
           ,
           fined
           and
           refined
           ,
           and
           humbled
           again
           and
           again
           ,
           and
           kept
           to
           do
           wonderfull
           things
           for
           the
           Lords
           glory
           ,
           and
           his
           peoples
           good
           .
           They
           should
           likewise
           read
           of
           Army
           after
           Army
           ,
           and
           fight
           after
           fight
           ,
           which
           wee
           have
           had
           with
           our
           Enemies
           ;
           of
           every
           one
           whereof
           they
           should
           be
           able
           to
           say
           ,
           what
           my
           Noble
           Lord
           said
           immediately
           after
           
             Kynton
          
           fight
           ,
           
             That
             there
             was
             never
             any
             thing
             wherein
             there
             was
             lesse
             of
             man
             ,
             and
             more
             of
             God
             .
          
           They
           should
           acknowledge
           in
           all
           wee
           have
           done
           ,
           there
           was
           little
           of
           man
           ,
           and
           much
           of
           God
           .
           There
           they
           should
           likewise
           read
           ,
           how
           this
           famous
           City
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Countries
           where
           the
           Gospel
           had
           prevailed
           ,
           have
           faithfully
           stood
           to
           God
           and
           his
           cause
           even
           to
           their
           owne
           exhausting
           ,
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           infinite
           discouragements
           ;
           and
           how
           the
           rest
           that
           were
           nursed
           up
           under
           Popery
           and
           superstition
           ,
           both
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           ,
           and
           Gentlemen
           ,
           and
           whole
           Counties
           did
           endeavour
           to
           fight
           themselves
           into
           slavery
           ,
           and
           labour
           to
           destroy
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           
             that
             is
             ,
          
           themselves
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           is
           theirs
           .
           There
           they
           should
           read
           how
           God
           broke
           all
           our
           crutches
           we
           leaned
           upon
           ,
           our
           Counsels
           ,
           our
           Treasuries
           ,
           our
           Armies
           ;
           and
           never
           prospered
           us
           really
           ,
           till
           he
           had
           deeply
           humbled
           ,
           and
           made
           us
           to
           look
           to
           himself
           onely
           for
           help
           ;
           how
           he
           brought
           the
           two
           Nations
           into
           a
           Covenant
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           set
           them
           upon
           a
           work
           of
           Reformation
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           carryed
           on
           that
           work
           in
           a
           troublesome
           time
           ,
           in
           a
           time
           of
           Warre
           ,
           better
           then
           (
           in
           likelihood
           )
           it
           would
           have
           been
           in
           a
           time
           of
           Peace
           .
           There
           they
           should
           read
           the
           fruits
           and
           effects
           of
           Prayer
           ;
           how
           he
           suffered
           his
           Almighty
           hand
           to
           be
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           directed
           by
           it
           .
           They
           should
           see
           what
           strange
           Plots
           were
           discovered
           ,
           prevented
           ,
           detected
           ;
           how
           God
           made
           some
           of
           our
           strong
           Holds
           to
           be
           easily
           delivered
           ,
           and
           
           others
           of
           no
           strength
           little
           lesse
           then
           miraculously
           preserved
           against
           all
           the
           Force
           of
           the
           enemy
           ;
           how
           usually
           God
           made
           our
           losses
           to
           bee
           our
           gaine
           ,
           and
           did
           us
           most
           good
           by
           undoing
           us
           ;
           compelling
           us
           often
           to
           say
           ,
           
             Perissemus
             nisi
             perissemus
             ,
          
           wee
           had
           been
           undone
           if
           we
           had
           not
           been
           undone
           ;
           and
           how
           our
           enemies
           ,
           that
           rose
           against
           us
           ,
           evermore
           found
           their
           gaine
           to
           prove
           their
           losse
           ;
           and
           that
           which
           raised
           them
           up
           highest
           ,
           instantly
           laid
           them
           lowest
           .
           What
           shall
           I
           say
           ?
           they
           shall
           in
           a
           thousand
           particulars
           read
           in
           this
           Story
           our
           folly
           and
           Gods
           wisdome
           ,
           our
           weaknes
           and
           Gods
           strength
           ,
           our
           divisions
           and
           confusions
           ,
           and
           Gods
           ordering
           them
           all
           to
           serve
           his
           holy
           ends
           .
           They
           should
           read
           such
           things
           as
           (
           I
           am
           confident
           no
           History
           in
           the
           world
           )
           is
           able
           to
           hold
           out
           the
           like
           .
           Now
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           is
           it
           not
           pity
           that
           these
           things
           should
           be
           lost
           ?
           shall
           we
           deprive
           the
           world
           &
           posterity
           of
           these
           things
           ;
           
             Serimus
             arbores
             ,
          
           we
           plant
           Trees
           which
           may
           beare
           fruit
           to
           after
           ages
           ,
           and
           shall
           we
           not
           doe
           this
           ,
           which
           like
           
             Nebuchadnezzars
          
           
           tree
           would
           beare
           fruit
           to
           all
           the
           world
           ;
           or
           shall
           wee
           hazard
           them
           to
           bee
           written
           by
           a
           lying
           or
           unskilfull
           hand
           ?
           written
           they
           will
           be
           without
           all
           question
           ,
           
             Scribimus
             indocti
             doctique
             ,
          
           Diurnalls
           ,
           and
           Weekly
           Intelligencers
           undertake
           to
           set
           them
           all
           down
           ;
           but
           shall
           posterity
           bee
           left
           to
           make
           their
           computatiō
           ,
           &
           draw
           their
           estimate
           of
           the
           Lords
           dealing
           by
           such
           Books
           as
           these
           ?
           should
           not
           we
           rob
           God
           ,
           our selves
           ,
           his
           Cause
           ,
           &
           his
           Church
           in
           al
           ages
           ,
           if
           we
           should
           leave
           it
           to
           such
           Historians
           as
           these
           .
           God
           forbid
           ,
           rather
           let
           some
           of
           the
           choicest
           men
           in
           the
           Land
           be
           set
           about
           it
           :
           It
           was
           said
           of
           
             Claudian
             ,
          
           that
           he
           wanted
           matter
           to
           write
           of
           suitable
           
           to
           his
           wit
           ;
           but
           what
           wit
           is
           suitable
           to
           this
           matter
           .
           
             Who
             is
             sufficient
             for
             these
             things
             ?
             who
             can
             tell
             the
             loving
             kindnesse
             of
             the
             Lord
             ?
             who
             can
             shew
             forth
             all
             his
             goodnesse
             ?
          
           My
           humble
           suit
           therefore
           to
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           Houses
           ,
           is
           
           (
           a
           thing
           which
           I
           am
           assured
           God
           expects
           from
           you
           )
           even
           that
           you
           would
           provide
           that
           some
           worthy
           ,
           faithfull
           heart
           ,
           and
           heads
           ,
           and
           pens
           bee
           set
           on
           work
           ,
           who
           may
           undertake
           this
           Work
           ,
           and
           have
           leave
           (
           as
           Mr.
           
           
             Fox
          
           had
           in
           Queen
           
             Elizabeths
             dayes
             )
          
           to
           search
           all
           the
           Registries
           ;
           and
           be
           enabled
           to
           hold
           forth
           all
           the
           light
           that
           may
           bee
           ,
           that
           the
           Generations
           to
           come
           may
           see
           a
           true
           picture
           ,
           a
           faithfull
           Story
           of
           these
           three
           or
           foure
           last
           years
           :
           And
           let
           him
           doe
           it
           faithfully
           ,
           let
           him
           not
           be
           discouraged
           with
           the
           Politicians
           fear
           ,
           
             That
             it
             is
             dangerous
             to
             write
             truth
             in
             the
             present
             age
             ,
             not
             safe
             to
             come
             too
             neere
             the
             heels
             of
             truth
             ,
             lest
             it
             kicke
             out
             his
             teeth
             :
          
           But
           as
           the
           Penmen
           of
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           wrote
           mans
           folly
           ,
           and
           Gods
           goodnesse
           ;
           so
           let
           him
           bee
           encouraged
           to
           let
           the
           world
           know
           great
           things
           God
           hath
           done
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           how
           little
           we
           have
           done
           for
           our selves
           :
           no
           gratious
           man
           shall
           have
           the
           lesse
           glory
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           by
           letting
           God
           have
           his
           glory
           by
           us
           on
           earth
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           in
           publishing
           our
           weaknesses
           and
           follies
           .
           I
           once
           again
           humbly
           beseech
           you
           the
           thing
           may
           bee
           done
           .
           And
           yet
           further
           to
           provoke
           you
           ,
           consider
           that
           in
           all
           ages
           the
           eminentest
           men
           have
           been
           employed
           in
           this
           kind
           of
           Work
           .
           
             Moses
          
           wrote
           the
           dealings
           of
           God
           for
           2500
           years
           from
           the
           Creation
           to
           their
           entring
           into
           
             Canaan
             ;
          
           and
           afterward
           it
           was
           carryed
           on
           by
           other
           chiefe
           Instruments
           ;
           above
           half
           the
           Old
           Testament
           is
           a
           Chronicle
           of
           the
           things
           done
           by
           the
           Lord
           in
           War
           and
           Peace
           for
           his
           people
           .
           In
           the
           New
           Testament
           four
           Evangelists
           wrote
           the
           story
           of
           Christ
           ;
           
             Luke
          
           writing
           the
           
             Acts
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ,
          
           and
           how
           ill
           could
           the
           world
           have
           wanted
           one
           of
           these
           ?
           How
           miserable
           had
           we
           been
           ,
           if
           we
           had
           been
           deprived
           of
           them
           ?
           And
           since
           that
           time
           I
           appeale
           to
           all
           Scholars
           ,
           whether
           the
           choicest
           men
           in
           learning
           have
           not
           been
           imployed
           in
           this
           service
           ;
           and
           let
           all
           English
           men
           speake
           ,
           whether
           they
           think
           any
           book
           written
           in
           our
           Mother
           
           tongue
           ,
           hath
           brought
           more
           glory
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           stirred
           up
           more
           zeale
           for
           Christ
           ,
           and
           encouraged
           people
           more
           to
           a
           holy
           life
           ,
           and
           to
           own
           Gods
           Cause
           couragiously
           ,
           then
           Mr.
           
           
             Foxes
          
           books
           of
           Martyrs
           ,
           the
           Acts
           and
           Monuments
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           In
           all
           this
           ,
           I
           plead
           not
           for
           the
           honour
           of
           any
           man
           ,
           or
           men
           ,
           let
           them
           all
           be
           laid
           in
           the
           dust
           ,
           so
           God
           may
           be
           glorified
           ,
           they
           who
           doe
           worthily
           shall
           have
           glory
           enough
           with
           God
           in
           Heaven
           ;
           yet
           God
           would
           have
           them
           also
           had
           in
           everlasting
           remembrance
           :
           but
           it
           is
           for
           God
           and
           his
           honour
           that
           I
           plead
           ;
           there
           are
           such
           things
           of
           God
           ,
           of
           his
           Wisdome
           ,
           Power
           ,
           Goodnesse
           ,
           Compassion
           ,
           Mercy
           to
           be
           set
           forth
           ;
           that
           should
           the
           Lord
           move
           your
           hearts
           to
           resolve
           upon
           it
           this
           day
           ,
           it
           were
           a
           testimony
           of
           your
           thankfulnesse
           ,
           next
           to
           the
           going
           on
           vigorously
           in
           the
           Reformation
           and
           setling
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           and
           you
           can
           pitch
           upon
           nothing
           that
           shall
           bring
           more
           eternall
           glory
           to
           the
           Lord
           ,
           that
           hath
           done
           these
           great
           things
           for
           us
           ,
           thn
           to
           cause
           these
           things
           to
           be
           
             written
             for
             the
             Generations
             to
             come
             ,
             that
             the
             people
             not
             yet
             created
             may
             praise
             the
             Lord
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A89578e-720
           
             
               Introduction
               .
            
             Shewing
             the
             fitnesse
             and
             scope
             of
             the
             Text
             .
          
           
             Dan.
             9.
             25.
             
          
           
             The
             meaning
             of
             the
             words
             .
          
           
             Esa.
             43.
             1
             ,
             2.
             Jer.
             31.
             22.
             
             Ephes.
             2.
             10.
             
          
           
             The
             first
             most
             generall
             Observation
             .
          
           
             The
             great
             work
             of
             Gods
             redeemed
             People
             is
             to
             praise
             him
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             65.
             1.
             Ephes.
             3.
             
               ult.
            
             Esa●
             46.
             
               ult.
            
          
           
             More
             particular
             Observations
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             from
             the
             persons
             who
             shall
             doe
             it
             .
          
           
             Thence
             I
             observe
             the
             condition
             of
             God
             .
             people
             whē
             deprived
             of
             Gods
             Ordinances
             .
             And
             when
             they
             injoy
             the
             libertie
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             Ezek.
             37.
             
          
           
             2.
             
               Observat.
            
             A
             people
             redeemed
             from
             low
             condition
             most
             fit
             to
             praise
             God
             .
          
           
             Zeph.
             3.
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
             13.
             
             Psal.
             22.
             24
             ,
             25
             ,
             26.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             I
             came
             one
             great
             cause
             why
             our
             miseries
             continue
             :
             We
             are
             not
             yet
             brought
             low
             in
             our
             eyes
             .
          
           
             How
             great
             the
             sinne
             of
             such
             people
             is
             ,
             when
             they
             forget
             this
             duty
             .
          
           
             Prov.
             30.
             21
             ,
             22
             
          
           
             Esay
             1.
             2.
             Ezek.
             16.
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             22.
             
          
           
             2.
             
               Part.
            
             The
             work
             it selfe
             ;
          
           
             That
             God
             might
             in
             all
             ages
             have
             the
             glory
             of
             this
             great
             work
             .
          
           
             
               Observat.
            
             1.
             Ephes.
             3.
             21.
             
             In
             all
             ages
             
               God
            
             will
             have
             a
             people
             to
             praise
             him
             .
          
           
             Dan.
             2
             44.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             102
             ,
             25
             ,
             26
             ,
             27
             ,
             28.
             
          
           
             
               Observat.
            
             2.
             
             The
             whole
             work
             of
             Gods
             redeemed
             people
             ,
             is
             ,
             to
             provide
             that
             God
             may
             have
             his
             glory
             in
             all
             ages
             .
          
           
             Proved
             by
             example
             of
             the
             Saints
             .
          
           
             2
             Sam
             ●2
             .
             27.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             1●
             .
             Judg.
             5.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             4.
             13
             ,
             17
             18.
             
          
           
             Jos.
             7.
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             116.
             10
             
          
           
             Psal.
             103.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             118.
             23.
             
             Psal.
             100.
             1.
             
          
           
             Ps.
             103.
             20
             ,
             21.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             48.
             
               per
               to●um
               .
            
          
           
             
               Vers
               .
            
             14.
             
          
           
             And
             by
             reason
             .
          
           
             Esa.
             43.
             7.
             
          
           
             
               Application
               .
               Exhortation
               .
            
             1.
             
             To
             the
             Parliament
             to
             doe
             this
             .
          
           
             How
             they
             may
             doe
             it
             .
          
           
             Motives
             thereunto
             .
          
           
             First
             Motives
             .
             ●
             .
             God
             chiefly
             minds
             this
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             7.
             
             ●●
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             This
             onely
             will
             end
             our
             troubles
             .
          
           
             Esa.
             26.
             1.
             
          
           
             Esa.
             11.
             3.
             
          
           
             Dan.
             2.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             This
             will
             be
             the
             everlasting
             honour
             of
             them
             who
             do
             it
             .
          
           
             
               Part.
            
             3.
             
             The
             meanes
             whereby
             they
             should
             seek
             to
             perpetuate
             Gods
             glory
             .
          
           
             
               Observat.
            
             One
             great
             meanes
             to
             preserve
             and
             render
             unto
             
               God
            
             his
             due
             glory
             ,
             is
             to
             record
             his
             mercies
             .
             Proved
             by
             Scripture
             .
          
           
             Exod.
             15.
             
          
           
             Judg.
             5
             
          
           
             Gen.
             41
             51.
             
             Gen.
             22.
             13
             
             :
             1
             Sam.
             7.
             12.
             
             Hester
             9.
             
             
               M.
               Arrows●nih
               ▪
               Ebenezert
               .
            
          
           
             And
             by
             reason
             ▪
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Gods
             glory
             is
             hereby
             preserved
             and
             spread
             abroad
             ,
             Psal.
             111.
             4.
             
          
           
             Eccles.
             3.
             14.
             
          
           
             Thus
             people
             who
             receive
             them
             are
             hereby
             bettered
             .
             And
             the
             instruments
             imployed
             by
             God
             ,
             are
             had
             in
             due
             remembrance
             and
             honour
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             generations
             to
             come
             have
             their
             due
             ,
             these
             works
             concern
             them
             .
          
           
             And
             may
             many
             wayes
             be
             gainers
             by
             them
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             15.
             4.
             1
             Cor.
             10.
             11.
             
          
           
             E●ra
             9.
             10.
             
             ●
             ▪
             
          
           
             
               Vse
            
             1.
             
             If
             posterity
             ,
             then
             much
             more
             they
             who
             receive
             these
             deliverances
             should
             praise
             God
             for
             them
             .
          
           
             Exhortation
             to
             all
             to
             doe
             it
             .
          
           
             Especially
             for
             mercy
             .
          
           
             The
             greatnes
             of
             this
             Victory
             .
          
           
             Both
             in
             the
             substance
             
          
           
             And
             circumstances
             which
             greatly
             magnifie
             Gods
             mercy
             in
             it
             .
          
           
             ●
             .
             The
             〈◊〉
             when
             it
             was
             done
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             125.
             33.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             place
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             The
             persons
             by
             whom
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             1.
             27
             ,
             28
             29.
             
          
           
             4.
             
             The
             manner
             how
             .
          
           
             
               Vse
            
             2.
             
             Exhortation
             to
             record
             these
             Mercies
             for
             the
             Generation
             to
             come
             .
          
           
             Dan
             4.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             10.