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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61211	A sermon preached before the General Assembly of the colony of Connecticut at Hartford in New England, May 13, 1697 being the day for electing the governour, deputy govenour and assistants, for that colony.	Saltonstall, Gurdon, 1666-1724.	1697 (1697)	Wing S510; ESTC R40168	41,524	82

Valley of Vision that of the Sword is one And tho' considering it as the Rod of Divine An●er it behooveth us to be deeply humbled under 〈◊〉 yet considering it as in the Hand of an unjust ●nemy in whose Heart it is only to destroy as is ●id of the Assyrian Enemy Isa 10.7 And so it 〈◊〉 a Duty both natural and religious to arm a●ainst it It is good Policy even in a Time of ●eace to follow Davids steps who commanded ●at the Children of Judah should be taught the ●se of the Bow 2 Sam. 1.18 And certainly to ●e deficient in this point when the noise of War is in our streets will be very unpardonable To be unprovided and secure too at such a time is a notable Judgment God forbid we should trust to our Bow to our Skill or to any arm of Flesh whatsoever we have as little pretences for it as any People under the Sun yet it behooves us to be up and providing for our selves and wherein we may to be up and doing for the succour of others We have many more instances than that of Laish to warn us of the Fate of those that dwell carelesly and at quiet in a time of danger Yet it is well worthy our noting what is said in that case as giving us one great reason of that Security Judg. 18 7. There was no Magistrate in the Land that might put them to shame in any thing You know also who were cursed for their Sluggishness and Backwardness to jeapord themselves in the High Places of the Field to help the People of the Lord against the Mighty Judg. 5.23 You know the Distresses of the Eastern Parts of the Country You frequently hear of the barbarous Cruelties of those Heathenish Miscreants that shed the blood of the Lords People I need not mind you of the Danger of our Sea Coasts the God of all Wisdom direct you that are our Leaders and the Captains of his Inheritance that you may discern the Times and know what may be requisite for our own safety and how far it may be Duty for us to expose and put our selves for ward in the Defence of the Common Interest o● God's People in this Wilderness That this Rui● may not be advanced by any Neglect of ours or be under your Hand 13. Study Unity in your Councils Proceedings and in all your Managements You know the familar similitude whereby the Strength and Power of Concord is usually Illustrated A Bundle of Rods they can't be broken while they are taken together but are easily snap'd asunder when they are severed Vis unita fortior is an old M●xim and true Divide Impera was hellish Policy from the Beginning and it is that which the World is throughly versed in now a days Let your Agreement defeat the hopes of all that may thus attempt to practise upon you A Harmony in your Councils and Determinations is the best way to be answered with another in our Obedience 14 Be often recommending your selves in all the Affairs especially proper to your Places unto the Lord by earnest Prayer for his Assistance and Blessing He is a God of Wisdom Justice Power and Holiness would you be Strong Rods for the Defence and Rule of his People by Faith lay hold on his Strength and he will make you so You have been used thus to wait upon the Lord go on still Beg the Lords Direction Influence Blessing Do it heartily and he who hath made you ours will be your Guide He will be with you and make you the Repairers of our Breaches the Restorers of our Paths Isa 58.12 exceeding great Blessings ●o his Distressed People 2. The second Branch of the Exhortation concerns is all who are the Body of this People If it be such a Priviledge to have Strong Rods for Scepters to rule us and if the want of such cannot but be of fatal Consequence then How much doth it concern us to endeavour wherein we may the Procurement and Preservation of such a Publick Blessing We consult our own Good and which ought to be as dear to us the good of our Posterity when we do so Be you then exhorted for your own sakes and for their sakes to mind this thing That Civil Liberty of Election which you are this day assembled to exercise doth advantage many of you to be in this Respect eminently Serviceable to the Publick Weal let it then be● wisely improved Remember the Directions that have been given you and act in the fear of God that by the Blessing of the most High upon your prudent endeavours we may have no such cause as the Prophet in our Text of Lamentation And as you especially have a great Advantage to procure it so we have all of us a great Interest in such a general Blessing and are joyntly concerned to do all we can to advance this Common Felicity There are many things which for this end God expects of us all our neglect of which whatever prudent methods the most Sufficient and Able men may take to prevent it will certainly involve us in a most inevitable Ruine There may be Maladies in the Body which if they be not speedily healed will ruin the head and all Whatever the advantages are which Rulers have to promote the Peoples good whatever Pains they take to improve them yet Rulers themselves are but Second Caules and will fail in their endeavours and of their Aims as God shall with-hold his Blessing and that God oftentimes doth as a just Punishment of the Peoples Sins When any Detriment befals the State it is common for the Ministers of it to bear the Blame when as they many times least deserve it For if there be an Ungrateful Murmuring Proud Spirit a Mutinous Envious and Rebellious Spirit an Irreligious Spirit Prevailing among a People it is not all the Counsels of the Wisest nor Understanding of the Prudent nor Conduct of the most Sufficient men that can keep off Ruin from them Such a People may be miserable do their Rulers what they can It was not King Jesiahs Piety or Prudence however at the present it laid some kind of Restraint upon them that could divert the approaching lamentable Fate of that Stubborn Sinful People he had the rule of If there be never so skilful a Hand at Him the Ship that will not feel her Helm may stave upon the Rocks or Strand upon the Shore at last There is much of the Success of Government depending upon the suitable becoming behaviour of the People under it And this is it which we are all Exhorted to at this time Strong Rods are Rich Blessings God hath a Favour for that People on whom he bestows them But then we must remember the Tenure by which a People so Priviledged do hold them It is the same with that on which they have received their Authority from God Viz Quamdiu bene se gesserint When a People fail of their Duty and carry it unworthily