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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32794	Eben-ezer, a thankful memorial of God's mercy in preserving England from the gunpowder-treason, 1605 being a sermon on 1 Sam. 7:12, prepared for Novemb. 5th to be preacht at the cathedral, but preacht for the most part of it at the parish-church of Temple, in the city of Bristol, on the 6th of Novem. being the Lord's day / by John Chetwynd ...	Chetwynd, John, 1623-1692.	1682 (1682)	Wing C3796; ESTC R19751	30,602	46

fourteeenth to the twenty-first many particular Instances of his Acts of grace and goodness and greatness he concludes with declaring what was his own and what he desires should be of others My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord. And let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever v. 21. Lo this is the Tenor of our blessing God and declaring our thankfulness to him when we recount to his Glory and Honour what he hath done for us Now this is a wide and comprehensive duty shall we pass over the imperate and only consider the elicite Acts of it such as flow from and constitute the very being of it All which we may find in this of Samuels expression of his and the Israelites for he was but their mouth thankfulness unto God Hitherto hath God helped us Now the elicite Acts of thankfulness are five 1. Observation 2. Remembrance 3. Confession 4. Valuation 5. Retribution 1. Observation For how can we be thankful for that we take no notice of This was Israels sin charged upon them that made them 〈◊〉 1. 1 2. worse than Ox or Ass The Kindness and the Circumstances of it must be observed by us Thus David Thou hast brought me hitherto what am I Thus Samuel Hitherto hath God helped 2. Confession with the tongue Thus Samuel he did not set a stone and say nothing but he called it Eben-Ezer saying hitherto hath God helped We must not stifle nor imprison the Apprehensions we have of Gods Goodness in our hearts but declare them to others Hence David Come my Children hearken unto me and I will tell you what God hath done for my soul And it is a Ps 92. 2. 3. good thing to sing praises unto thy name to show forth thy loving kindness in the Morning and thy faithfulness every night Hence he calls his tongue his Glory How is the mans tongue his Glory but as it is an instrument imployed in the glorifying Ps 16 9. of God wherein stands mans highest praise Acts 2 26. Meer speech is the glory of a man above brute Creatures Eloquent speech is the Glory of the learned above the untaught Gracious speech Language of Prayer and Praises is the Glory of a David a man after Gods own Heart 3. Remembrance Hence the Psalmist when he presseth his soul to praise God calls upon it not to forget any of his Ps 103 2. benefits Reflect we must on the mercies we enjoy or we shall never be thankful Hence God himself instituted Trophies Stones and Days and other Monuments to continue the memorial of them and we read it as a commendable and praise worthy deed of the City of Zurich who engraved the year of their deli●●rance from the Romish Antichrist upon Pillars in Letters of Gold 4. Valuation A d●e estimate of the mercies we enjoy at Gods hands If once we think meanly of them we shall quickly be unthankful for them if we say as Hiran or the Cities which Solomon gave him What Cities are th●se we shall soon forget the kindness and brand with disgrace call them Cabul 1 King 9. 13. If once say with the Israelites Nothing but this Manna we should soon prove Murmurers against and not Praisers of God When Korah thought his being a Levite a small thing then he murmured Numb 16. 9. If Gods Consolation seems small our thanksgivings will be Job 15. 13. very slender 5. Retribution an essential part of thanksgiving hence the Psalmist quid retribuam what shall I render As Ahasucrosh askt What done for Mordecai so we should ask what done for God on his Command to his Glory Certainly all we are have can do suffer are less than the least of Gods mercies Yet an Obligation lieth upon us render we must give up our selves souls bodies all we are have yet all will fall short of what we owe to Gods Glory and we can give him but his own 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Rom. 12. 1. Let us then own God in all we have and honour him by all we can do or suffer for him Own him in all our Mercies all our Deliverances this Deliverance our preservation And thus express our thankfulness as Samuel did by a due Observation Remembrance Acknowledgment Valuation and Retribution and by taking care as he did to transmit the memorial of it to Posterity which is the last that comes now to be considered 3. Samuels care for the continuance of the memorial in these words Then Samuel took a stone c. A practice that God himself had directed to continue the memorial of his great Acts and was practiced by Jacob and Josh 4. 5 6. here by Samuel which he named Eben-ezer the Stone of Gen. 28. 18. Help 31. 15. 35. 14. But because though stones be very durable and lasting Monuments yet time that is edax rerum may consume them or otherwise they may be removed therefore God was pleased to fix a memorial of his gracious Acts in time it self that so the renewing of that might perpetuate the Memorial of them To this end he had set apart fixt days as the Passover and the days of Purim The Trophies and Momuments of Stone or Brass though the materials may be and continue yet the Cause Author and Reason of their erecting may be utterly worn out As the Pyramids in Egypt and Stonehinge in Wiltshire no certainty why or by whom placed But when it 's fixt on days in time itself nothing can wear it out till time be swallowed in eternity There are three great National Deliverances mentioned in Scripture each of which had its memorial-day appointed 1. The Passover by Gods command Exod. 12. 2. Purim by Esther and Mordecai Esth 9. 3. Dedication of the Temple which Christ himself observed All these set apart as monuments of thankfulness for Israels Deliverance from Pharaoh's Bondage Hamans Plot and Babylons Captivity And should we parallel Englands old and late Deliverances with theirs we should find that they come short in nothing but are in some Circumstances more eminent and miraculous And therefore the Institution of the fifth of November for an high and holy day is a most justifiable Act and the observation of it a most necessary Duty on all true Englishmen good Subjects and sincere Protestants wherein we call to remembrance confer of and declare to others and stir up our own hearts to a thankful admiration of Gods wonderful works in our deliverance Let us say as Samuel Hitherto hath God helped us and with David O how great is thy goodness how terrible are thy works and consider with our selves what manner Ps 31. 15. 66. 3. of persons we ought to be in all holy and godly Conversation And with the Psalmist What shall we render And 2 Pet. 3. 11. what is more fitting Then since this is the Deliverance that God Ps 116. hath wrought let us do opus Dei in die suo Rejoyce and