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A70812	The glasse of Gods providence towards his faithfvll ones held forth in a sermon preached to the two Houses of Parliament at Margarets Westminster, Aug. 13, 1644, being an extraordinary day of humiliation : wherein is discovered the great failings that the best are liable unto, upon which God is provoked sometimes to take vengeance : the whole is applyed specially to a more carefull observation of our late covenant, and particularly against the ungodly toleration pleaded for under pretence of liberty of conscience / by Herbert Palmer ...	Palmer, Herbert, 1601-1647.	1644 (1644)	Wing P235; ESTC R5391	64,078	71

the rock he strikes the rock and that twice vers. 11. And this GOD takes so hainously that He charges him with not sanctifying Him before the children of Israel and not beleeving Him and that therefore he should not goe into the promised Land So that here is a three-fold fault noted in Moses in the story written by himselfe and in the Psalme 1. Some unbeliefe and distrusting that speaking to the rock would not suffice to fetch water thence notwithstanding GODS Word 2. Some impatience of spirit against the peoples untoward murmurings His spirit was provoked by them more and otherwise then it should have been 3. This exprest by unfitting and unadvised speech the story saith he call'd them Rebels and saith Must we fetch you water c. which language though they well enough deserved and worse yet it appeared GOD was not pleased with it in Moses And so you have the account of his faults as the Scripture registers them Then for Aaron 1. This we find in him throughout that what is noted of him is being a second in evill an accessary consenter and actor with others but never alone in any remarkeable fault But particularly three speciall failings are recorded of him 1. Exod. 32 1 4. there is a very great fault that at the peoples sollicitation and importunity he made them an Idol a Golden Calfe and joyned with them in the honouring of it for which GOD was exceeding angry with him to have destroyed him but that Moses interceded for him Deut. 9. 20. A second is Numb. 12. Where he joynes with his sister Miriam who is first named and noted ver. 1. in murmuring against Moses It was strange that he should speake against his own brother so whom he saw GOD had so honoured above him and who had before as was observed but now been a meanes to save him from GODS wrath by his prayers And yet by his sister is he drawne away and become a partner with her in this unnaturall Mutiny And for this GOD is againe angry with him though he layed then no punishment upon his Person yet Aaron confesses himselfe stricken in the leprosie suddenly inflicted for this upon Miriam ver. 10. and 11. His third fault was in consenting to Moses his Distrust and Passion in that 20. of Numb. The Charge was given to both together and GOD blames and threatens them both and accordingly soone after took Vengeance upon Aarons offence and he dies before the end of that Chapter as He did after upon Moses his Of which we have divers Memorandums afterwards shewing the more GODS displeasure against him for this Transgression and of this specially the Text we have in hand speakes This GOD remembers Numb. 27. 12 13 14. And Moses afterward speakes of it with sorrow Deut. 1. 37. and againe Deut. 3. 23 c. where he tels the people how he made a solemne sute of it and prayed earnestly to GOD that He would spare him and shew him that favour that he might goe into the Land of Promise and that GOD would not grant his sute and forbids him to mention it any more to Him ver. 26 27. and once more Moses speakes to Israel of it Deut. 4. 21 22. as shewing how neere it was to him and how great a Judgement he tooke it to be And so we see GODS taking Vengeance upon his inventions also as well as upon Aarons and the Text verified of two of those it speakes of We have a third to looke after whom we must not forget and that is Samuel He was the Judge of Israel by GODS appointment and trained up to be a Prophet from his childhood under the Wing of GOD in Shiloh and he was a very faithfull Servant of GOD Yet there is a fault of his insinuated 1 Sam. 8. that When he was growne old he was partiall towards his children he made his Sons Judges over Israel and they walked not in his wayes but tooke bribes and perverted Justice and it appeares by the sequele that Samuel was too indulgent and favourable to them and therefore the people tooke such a discontent that they would not have his Sons nor himselfe neither rule any more over them but would needs have a King to rule over them and though this was ill done of the people to reject Samuel himselfe and specially to aske a King as appeares by GODS words in that Chapter and by His Displeasure manifested from Heaven 1 Sam. 12. Yet we may read in it GODS Just Vengeance on the misbehaviour of Samuels sons and so of his partialitie toward them and we may see in both places that it struck Samuel very deeply 1 Sam. 8. 6. in reference to Himselfe and Chap. 12. 2. he cannot forbeare mention of his Sons who were wholly laid aside ever after though himselfe was not altogether And thus we see all these three faithfull men Moses Aaron and Samuel made Examples of Justice in some Vengeance taken on their Inventions and offences notwithstanding GODS favour to them Now we must adde a word how notwithstanding their failings and GODS severity yet He was a GOD answering and forgiving them 1. For Moses he is so famous for GODS answering him that GOD once doth as it were sue to Moses to forbeare Praying for Israel as implying that He could not but answer Moses if he did Pray Let me alone that I may consume them Exod. 32. 10. and accordingly when Moses for all this did pray GOD did answer and spare Israel upon his request ver. 14. and many other times Moses his Prayers were heard and answered 2. Moses and Aaron together in the universall Murmuring and Mutiny Numb. 14. 5. And Aaron specially when after the Rebellion of Corah Dathan and Abiram and the horrible Judgement of GOD upon them the earth swallowing them up alive and fire from GOD breaking out and burning up the 250 Princes that stood to be Priests in opposition to Aarons Calling and the next day all the Congregation murmured and mutined againe against Moses and Aaron as if they had been in fault for the death of those outragious sinners Aaron then at Moses his direction runs to the Altar and fetches fire thence and puts on incense and with that runs among the people and though the wrath of GOD were so hot against them as that while he was hasting to the Altar and coming backe againe 14700. were dead of the Plague yet as soone as he comes among them and as a Priest offers incense and so Prayers for them suddenly the plague ceases Numb. 16. 47 48. 3. For Samuel he was a knowne favourite in the Court of Heaven so that the Israelites ranne to him when the Philistines came against them and they put more confidence in his Prayers alone for them 1 Sam. 7. 8. then in all theirs and GOD then answered him with Thunder from heaven against the Philistines ver. 10. and again after the Israelites had rejected him yet

of the Men our Text speakes of it is said that he was meeke above all the men that were on the earth Numb. 12. 3. and yet this meeke Moses overshootes himselfe by passion and that which brought the evill upon him was as you have heard his spirit being provoked and so he spake unadvisedly with his lipps And withall he that had shewed so great faith in so many mighty works to be done by him and difficulties to be passed through for so many yeares together and had so greatly and perpetually honoured GOD in the sight of Israel now is challenged of GOD as you saw that he did not beleeve Him to sanctifie Him before the children of Israel and therefore he should not bring them into the Land 5. David who of all the people of GOD in his time had been longest in the schoole of Affliction and Patience and shewed great proficiencie in it upon all occasions as his Psalmes beare witnesse and the story together Yet when he received a rude repulse from churlish Nabal of a kind message and faire request 1 Sam. 25. he hath so farre his Lesson to seeke that he breakes out into violent passion and resolves and sweares he will have his bloud and the bloud of all his family and marcheth against him to that purpose Thus you see faults breaking out in the servants of GOD and even in those things wherein they were famous for Fidelity 6. So in him who of all others is set forth as the Patterne of Patience holy Job You have heard of the Patience of Job saith St James chapt. 8. 11. But we have heard and read in his Booke of his Impatience too and we would think him a man very impatient from whom we should heare such language as he speakes chap. 3. and afterward 7. And what say you to Jonah one whom GOD owned and employed to be a Prophet But first he runnes away and will not goe on GODS errand whereupon GOD takes vengeance upon his invention and transgression in a most terrible manner He first persecutes him with a Tempest and makes him afraid with a storme and then forces him to be his own accuser and Judge to condemne himselfe to be throwne into the sea and there he is cast as it were alive into Hell as his owne Phrase is in his Prayer chap. 2. by being swallowed up by the Whale and living in that most noisome stinking prison so long And yet after his repentance and GODS marvellous mercy to him and imploying him againe in his worke he breakes out into fearfull distempers againe even to justifie his former fact and he is angry and he will be angry and he doth well he saith to be angry even to the death with GGDS crossing of his mind and expectation How contrary was all this to the duty of a Prophet to the disposition of a Penitent received to mercy and yet thus it was with him This is our corruption remaining even in a faithfull mans heart 8. Looke upon Jeremie also and you shall see a wonderfull example First He was indeed very hardly used Jer. 20. and he saith he was in derision daily every one mocked him ver. 7. and therefore he is weary of his office and employment and resolves he will preach no more Then I said I will not make mention of Him nor speake any more in His Name ver. 9. A strange distemper to be in a Prophet who had preached so long but that GOD cures suddenly with some kind of vengeance by making His Word as a fire in His bones that he could not forbeare giving it vent and then he recovers himselfe and comforts himselfe that GOD would take his part against his enemies and persecutours The LORD is with me saith he as a mighty terrible one c. and so he gets so mighty a victory against this temptation that he sings a Song of triumph and calls others to joyne with him in it ver. 13. Sing unto the Lord praise ye the Lord for He hath delivered the soule of the poore from the hand of evill doers And now you would thinke he were for ever delivered from all impatience But marke the very immediate next words Cursed be the day wherein I was borne c. And which is worse Cursed be the man that brought word to my Father c. O strange Can this be possible that from a heart so calmed and setled in Faith and Joy such a suddaine storme should arise of monstrous and horrid impatience But such is man such is even the best man when his corruption is let out and his ill nature is suffered to discover it selfe I shall not need to tell you of Peters falls But 9. I have one example more to set before you of Paul and Barnabas together two that were as much united together by all manner of Religious considerations as almost any two can be Barnabas tooke Paul then named Saul newly turned from being a persccutour when the Disciples were afraid of him Acts 9. and brought him to the Apostles and is his witnesse how he was converted and how he had preached and after that he makes a journey as farre as Tarsus from Antioch to seeke Saul and brings him to Antioch and there they preach together a whole yeare and taught much people and after that they were sent together to carry Almes to Jerusalem and being returned to Antioch they were sent out together by the expresse charge of the Holy Ghost to preach and after great and happy successe they were imployed by the Churches to goe up to the Councell at Hierusalem about the Question of Circumcision And now after all this stictnesse of Union being about to goe forth againe to visit the Churches they fall at oddes about a small matter as one would thinke Whether such an one should goe along with them or not and the contention was so sharpe betweene them as neither the Church nor any of the brethren could reconcile them at that time but they part asunder and goe one one way and the other another and perhaps never saw one another again This is a very great and a sad proofe of the great corruption of nature still in the very best of GODS Saints and faithfull ones 3. To all which we may adde both the violent and cunning importunity of Satan who makes it a continuall businesse of his to tempt them to all manner of sins that if he cannot prevaile in one thing he may in another and if he cannot as he cannot regaine them under his tyranny and dominion he may yet doe them what mischiefe he can disturbe the peace of their consciences dishonour GOD and promote his own kingdome by their ill examples especially 4. Withall he can and doth very much make use of Men evill men and sometimes even of good as his instruments who not seldome doe even take it to taske and make it a maine part of their