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A sermon preached on the thanksgiving day the 27 day of October, 1692 at Crosby Square by Samuel Slater.
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Slater, Samuel, d. 1704.
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such a Laughter as Solomon called Madness with it Persons that are sober and in their Wits should have nothing to do Some cannot be merry without Ranting let them do so without you I do not now condemn nor speak the least Syllable against those outward Expressions of Joy which are in use among us and unquestionably lawful No no let the Bells ring and the Canons roar and your Bonfires flame let there be the sound of the Trumpet and Instruments of Musick But do not any of you mingle any thing of wilful Sin with these innocent and very becoming Signs of Joy do not speak your Thanksgivings in the Language of Hell away with all Swearing and Cursing and Excess all Drunkenness and Debauchery These things would be the Sacrifice of Fools and not of a sweet Savour in God's Nostrils They would indeed go up as Pillars of Smoak but not perfum'd with Myrrh and Frankincense and all the Powders of the Merchant While we are pleased I beseech you let not God be provoked by us lest he quickly distributes Sorrows in his Anger and turn our Mirth into Mourning Make it appear to all By-standers that while you are chearful and pleasant there is the Awe of God upon you remembring the Command given forth by an holy Person divinely inspired 2 Psal. Serve the LORD with fear and rejoyce with trembling Not as Slaves but as Children that know their Father's Greatness and their own Duty True Joy is a grave and severe thing and doth not admit of what is childish for that lessens it nor of what is prophane for that doth corrupt it Keep all your Festival Days like Christians not like Heathens Let Holiness to the Lord be written upon them May a Vein of Godliness run thorough all your Actions but do nothing contrary to the Principles and Rules of Morality When you have put on your white and beautiful Garments do all you can to keep them clean do not contract Dirt and Filth upon them for let me tell you that which is to day a Spot upon your Garment may another day prove a Wound in your Consciences Oh therefore after you have been here offering Praise to GOD do not go away and offer Affronts to Him May that abide upon you with a commanding Power which you find in the 50 Psal. 23. Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of GOD. Let God see that which pleaseth him and you shall see that which will comfort you In this way you shall see more Temporal Salvations and you will have need of them and at last you shall have an Eternal one III. Our Joy in the King's Salvation ought to be a well regulated well govern'd Joy Give it its full scope but still keep it in its right place and within its due Bounds God would not have you honour him with stoln Goods but hates Robbery for a Burnt-offering and for certain he is as much against Sacrilege his Soul loathing them that would go about to take the Crown off his head and set it upon a Creatures Therefore let your Joy in the King's Life Health and safe Return be subordinate to your Joy in God Love the King and Queen dearly but love GOD more for he is infinitely better than they Honour them but give GOD a greater Honour for he is the KING of Kings and the highest of them are his Servants Rejoyce in them but most in GOD make him your exceeding Joy the Gladness of your Rejoycing Let us bless GOD for establishing their Throne but let none go about to set them or either of them in GOD's Throne Remember that of our precious Saviour which is Counsel worthy of the Author Give unto Cesar the things which are Cesar's and to GOD the things which are GOD's Our King is a great King and he is a good King a singular Blessing to us yet he is but a Man a frail Man a mortal Man subject to Errours Mistakes and Passions who would soon faint and sink if GOD did not uphold him quickly swerve and wander if GOD did not guide him The sence of this put Solomon upon asking Wisdom of God 1 Kings 3 c. I am but a child I know not how to go out or come in give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people that I may discern between good and evil Some have been so vain foolish and absurdly wicked as to turn Princes into Idols so must not you for doing so will be a Mischief to yourselves and no Kindness at all to them 12 Acts 21. Herod arrayed in Royal Apparel and sitting on his Throne made an Oration thereupon the People gave a shout saying It is the voice of a God and not of a man But it had been better for him if they had been silent or he had sharply reproved them for immediately the Angel of the Lord smote him and he was eaten of Worms Cursed is the Man that trusteth in Man glorieth in Man and maketh Flesh his Arm As for us let us trust in the Lord and that for ever since in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength I proceed to the Use which shall divide itself into five Branches First Do you this day put that in practice which my Text tells you the Church had in her Resolution God even our God hath graciously commanded Deliverance Salvation for our King and for our Queen he hath been the securing comforting Shadow and saving Strength of his Anointed now let his high Praises be in our mouths let us compass him about with Songs of Deliverance It is GOD that giveth salvation to Kings and covered his Servant's head in the day of Battle and deliver'd him from the hurtful Sword His gracious Eye hath been upon him for good while the malicious Eyes of his Enemies have been against him for evil Let us there therefore put on our Garments of Praise which are indeed beautiful Garments and comely for the Upright Let us make Melody in our Hearts to the Lord and come before his Presence with Thanksgiving The Mercy calls for it our King and Queen call for it our own Interest doth oblige to it and God expects it at our hands Let us now answer the Calls on Earth and the Expectations of Heaven and in order thereunto look diligently upon the Mercy study it well labour to see it through and through in the Largeness of its Extent in the Greatness of its Beauty and Glory Thereby our Hearts may come through the concurrence of a Divine Influence to be duly affected with it and greatly inlarged Oh that none of us here may be found empty before the Lord but every one provided of such a Sacrifice to lay upon his Altar as he will not despise but accept having a Respect to our Persons and to our Offerings as he had to Abel's Yea I earnestly intreat that you together with me would use greatest Care to offer up