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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33201	A persuasive to peaceableness and obedience, seasonable and proper for these times being a sermon preached at Bury Saint Edmunds in Suffolk, on July 29, 1683, in the time of the assizes held there / by Nicholas Clagett ...	Clagett, Nicholas, 1654-1727.	1683 (1683)	Wing C4371; ESTC R108	23,636	57

Accidents which may hinder the success of a Plot one of them may be enough to occasion its Discovery and ruin the Conspirators Especially if another thing be consider'd which is all that I shall add to perswade men to the Study of Quietness and to be peaceable under Government and that argument is Lastly From the wonderful Providence of God whereby he brings to nought the Counsels and defeats the Purposes of those who Conspire the ruin of Governments This I hope may in some measure prevail with men to be quiet though the other Considerations now mentioned should do no good upon them if Gods Word and other Arguments cannot teach you Peaceableness and Loyalty yet however be so wise as to learn it from his Providences Nay do not wonder if by his Providences he shews his dislike of such things which he hath expresly forbidden in his word viz. of Treasonable designs in not suffering them to take effect or but seldom and then for weighty reasons best known to himself Prov. 29.21 There are many devices in the hearts of Traytors but the Counsel of the Lord that shall stand and unless you knew what his secret Counsel was it is in vain to attempt those things which he is mighty like to hinder For God in his Providence hath a particular regard to the Concernments of Kingdoms and Bodies Politick which last not beyond this life and are his Care only here and he will make it appear that he really Governs the world by his care over States and Communities because in their Preservation and Deliverances his providence shews it self the most illustriously to be taken notice of by the Inhabitants of the earth Moreover if Gods Providence be not unconcern'd in lesser matters and private persons are under the shadow of his wings most assuredly he is intent upon the good of Governments wherein the happiness of Thousands is involved Be therefore quiet and still for if you rise to be Traitors and Rebels then God will arise too and scatter his Enemies and though the design may have gone on a great while as if God was silent and neuter in the case and the keeper of Israel slumber'd and slept yet when it is near the Execution as the Psalmist elegantly speaks Psal 78.65,66 Then the Lord awakes as one out of sleep and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine and smites his Enemies in the hinder parts and puts them to perpetual reproach Accordingly the Wise Man in that first Chapter of the Proverbs before mentioned where he expresses his hatred of bloudy Combinations speaks in like manner Surely in vain the net is spread and they lay wait for their own bloud and lurk privily for their own lives v. 17 18. Wherefore learn to be quiet because the Psalmist tells you Ps 99.1 The Lord reigneth and sitteth between the Cherubims be the people never so unquiet Men may design and plot as they will yet he governs and will order things as he seeth good Psal 135.6 Whatsoever the Lord pleases that doth he in Heaven and in Earth and in the Sea and in all deep places He hath shewn his power and providence in all Ages in the miraculous Deliverances of his Church he hath time after time wonderfully delivered this Church and State and hath as wonderfully interposed to save us at this time And from these repeated providences whereby we have been preserved let our Enemies learn to be quiet and to lift up their Heel no more against us lest they be found fighting against God and striving with a Reprobate Impudence against all those Repulses Heaven hath given them and learn to be Loyal to a Prince whose Government over us is mightily asserted by Providence whom God hath so frequently delivered from the Sons of Violence and hath so miraculously preserved that we may well think him to be the Care of Heaven and that God has undertaken his Protection And in the mean while let us beseech God that he would be pleased to discourage our ill-willers and ill-affected Men from all Unquiet and Treasonable Attempts by still appearing graciously for us that he would still go on to let the World know that he is our Saviour and mighty Deliverer And so let us Conclude all with an excellent Collect of our Church for this purpose which we use in our daily Devotions O God who art the Author of Peace and lover of Concord in knowledge of whom standeth our Eternal Life whose service is perfect freedom Defend us thy humble servants in all assaults of our Enemies that we surely trusting in thy defence may not fear the power of any Adversaries through the might of Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen FINIS