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A55028	The necessity and encouragement, of utmost venturing for the churches help together with the sin, folly, and mischief of self-idolizing applyed by a representation of 1. some of the most notorious nationall sins endangering us, 2. the heavy weight of wrath manifested in our present calamities, yet withall, grounds of 3. confidence, that our church shall obtain deliverance in the issue, 4. hopes that the present Parliament shall be still imployed in the working of it : all set forth in a sermon, preached to the honorable House of Commons, on the day of the monethly solemn fast, 28. June, 1643 / by Herbert Palmer ...	Palmer, Herbert, 1601-1647.	1643 (1643)	Wing P243; ESTC R21704	67,757	76

Christ and the Church are one and have but one name Jer. 23. 6. with 33. 16. and 1 Cor. 12. 12. If we could see no Reason for this yet since he so often saith it we must not choppe logicke with Him and offer to deny it but if we would all logick and reason would confute us for 3. God is specially glorified upon earth or dishonoured according as His Church fares Israel is His glory Esa. 46. ult. The Church Christs spouse and His kingdome He is glorified in their welfare when their number encreases their sins are purged they freed from judgements and enemies and their prosperity advanced Therefore to endeavour this with our whole strength and utmost hazard is our duty as well as to love Him with our whole hearts and soules and minds and strength and to doe all things to His glory And we cannot faile in any thing but we faile so much in our love to Him and dishonour Him so much therefore 4. We pray for this for the Churches good when we understandingly pray as Christ hath taught us Hallowed be thy Name Thy kingdome come Thy will be done in earth as it is in Heaven And we mock God if we so pray and endeavour it not with all cheerfull readinesse universall Fractice and constant continuance like the Angels in Heaven though we cannot reach their perfection nor are they put upon hazards because they have no sin and so no suffering to undergoe but 5. The very example of the Angels endeavours affords a distinct argument of our obligation They are sent forth to minister for their sakes that shall be the heirs of salvation Heb. 1. 14. It is not too mean an office then for the greatest on earth to endeavour the Churches helpe For 6. All things and persons are ordained for the Churches sake The very world continues that every one that in Gods Decree belongs to the Church should be converted and be brought to repentance 2 Pet. 3. 9. All gifts are bestowed for the Churches sake The manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withall 1 Cor. 12. 7. all for the Churches profit and so 1 Cor. 3. 21 22. All things are yours whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come all are yours All not only things but persons Apostles and Ministers Kings and Parliaments and all are every one of them intended for the Church God called this Parliament for his Churches sake and for his Churches sake it is that he hath so establisht and continued it And the Prophet tells how that it was for Jacob his servants sake and Israel his elect that God raised up Cyrus and gave him victories holding his right hand and subduing Nations before him and loosing the loynes of Kings opening the two leaved gates c. Esay 45. ver. 1. 4. And elsewhere that Kings should be nursing Fathers to his Church and Queenes nurses and that they should carry the Churches children in their armes and upon their shoulders and give them suck do even the meanest offices of help to them with all diligence and paines-taking and breaking their sleep as Nurses use for their nurslings for their good And all this Cyrus hath taught us to be not onely prophesies of what shall be but precepts of what ought to be For understanding of the prediction Esay 44. 28. that he should build the Temple he takes it to be a command given to him as he proclaimes to all the world 2 Chron. 36. Ezra 1. Thus all humane authority on earth is for the Churches good And which is farre higher and a most exceedingly admirable expression the very Authority of Christ in Heaven though ultimately for his own glory the glory of God yet is also intended for the Churches good So remarkeably and fully speakes the Apostle Ephes. 1. 22. God gave him to be the Head over all things to the Church How much more are earthly men so meant It is injurious therefore without question not to God onely but to the Church in point of right for any man on earth to withhold any thing from her whereby she may be helped or benefited For also 7. The comforts as well as Talents that we have received we may instrumentally thank the Church for them as our Mother that bare us and her children as our brethren and sisters that helped to bring us up both naturally and spiritually and doe still while we live more for us then we can possibly requite with our utmost endeavour and venturing our selves for them Thankfulnesse then ties us besides all former Obligations The rather because 8. Every one by their sins have sundry wayes endangered the Church and do almost continually provoking God and sometimes men against her dishearting the Friends and strengthning the Enemies by evill Words and Examples We owe then by way of satisfaction to her and repentance toward God to do henceforward our utmost to help and rescue and strengthen her every way This was Davids reason in the forementioned 2 Sam. 24. and Pauls provocation to his duty doubtlesse many a time This is the more strong because still 9. The Church hath many Enemies who do and will do their worst against her and are specially encouraged and advantaged by our neglect They get ground as much as we withdraw and give back And our valour makes them at least at a stand and is some discouragement to them Also 10. When any of Gods people shrinks he endangers to break the Ranks and disorder others and make them run away from their Colours as well as himself or at least sads their hearts weakens their hands and makes bare their sides and contrarily each ones vigour and valour adds strength to his companions every way We owe it to them then and to the profession we have made to stand to them and live and die with them And there are great examples both wayes of this 11. Finally By-standers and Neuters are much led like sheep by the eye and though fearfull yet are sometimes engaged by our courage But to be sure they learn fearfulnesse of us And if those see us backward any way whose interests seem to be more in the Cause then theirs they will easily think themselves excused And then their sins will prove ours This I speak to those that in a more peculiar manner professe themselves Gods people though others also are professed Christians at large there should be no such difference if all would come up to their duties But since all will not at least not readily we that are outwardly forwardest any way must be so every way else I say we discharge not our debt and duty and give ill example to those that are too too backward of themselves So I have done with the proof of the first Point which is the main foundation of all and therefore not to

urge the continuance of this Parliament by a Law the onely possible means for leisure to reforme as also for legall power of defence against them if they should any more plots as now they have and the two Armies in the Kingdom no way else to be payed forced the yeelding to it 6. Before this They raised Souldiers to go against Scotland who did no other service in divers Countreys but to begin to pull down their innovations and play the reformers with a strangely sober wildnesse A Preludium not to be neglected though then it may be no man imagined any such thing that a warro must make further way for a further reformation 7. Their plottings and conspiracies and attempts against the Parliament and rapi●●es and spoilings of Countreys making the resolution for reformation appear the more necessary and so become the more strong From all which my Conclusions are three First This is indeed a time of Jacobs trouble but he shall be delivered out of it 2. The longer deliverance is delayed and the lower we are brought before we obtain Reformation the greater and more glorious will the one and the other be when the full time comes 3. Who ever abuses this to carelesse neglect is like never to see it or enjoy the good of it but they and theirs to be destroyed according to the Text But I must answer an Objection or two First,Object. 1. 1 In stead of a Reformation say some we see nothing but Deformation All in Confusion our Reformers unreformed in life and opinion unbridled in their fancies and wayes Heresies Schismes and Libertinisme abound This is the worst can be said Yet may be satisfied divers wayes 1 1. It was ever so where Reformation was working So in Luthers time so in the very Primitive Church yet God carried on the work and so he will how 2 2 Perhaps the cry is greater then the cause The distractions of the time leaving all at liberty all appear in their worst Posture yet there are many sober still and pious undeniably and most of them will be soon quelled by a good discipline These things are not long-lived but when they are let alone 3 3. Their shewing themselves will make the Reformation more compleat Ill manners causing good Lawes 4 4. God seemes on purpose to prolong the warre to cut off many that would abuse a peace The most earnest for Reformation say others are so divided in opinions as they will never agree and so all will come to nothing This is also a great grief and danger 1 But 1. For this the Assembly through Gods blessing may be and will be a happy remedy And whereas men object again that also as unlikely I bid them Pray pray and not prophesie 2 2. Since they all and all that pretend to Reformation professe to hold to the Word when things come to be debated by the Word there will I doubt not be found more agreement in the issue then any one thought of before or at least a modest resolution not to disturb the Churches Peace But what say you to the killing of the two Witnesses May not that be to come and even now comming and where is then your confidence and the promises you talk of 1 1. Whether the two Witnesses be slain or not I will not at the present so much as offer my Opinion for divers reasons The rather because I can fully answer that objection without it Namely by saying 2 2. If this be the time of their killing ere this warre end then is my confidence most certain and we have a most full verball promise which is more then I said before That England shall not quite lose the Gospel nor the Church at this time Their death is limited clearly to three dayes and a half that is so many years and then they certainly rise again and ascend into heaven which cannot signifie lesse then a most glorious and blessed Reformation at the close of all the foregoing evils which fully answers both my Doctrin and Application I have now onely the sixt and last Point to handle namely There is great hopes that those who are extraordinarily raised up to a speciall opportunity of serviceablenesse of the Church are intended by God to procure her help if they will themselves and be faithfull The phrase in the Text Who knows is usuall in Scripture to signifie great hope if not altogether certainty Jonah 3. 9. Joel 2. 14. And with this Mordecai intends to put courage and comfort into Esther to whom he spake before in a threatning strain not willingly but as apprehending a necessity And the bitternesse of that Pill he tempers and allays with this Cordiall That in all likelihood if she would venture her self for the people of God according to their necessity and her duty she should be the person used in the deliverance and that her extraordinary strange advancement to be Queen was intended by God for this very end And the Reasons are very fair for it 1. God is most wise and doth nothing in vain Now it would at least seem to be in vain that when a work is to be done He should extraordinarily fit an instrument for it and then not imploy that instrument unlesse there prove some to be some speciall failing in that instrument in the mean time Indeed if such an instrument warp or grow crooked He may with apparent wisedom lay it by altogether or for a time 1. That all such may be humble and ascribe nothing to themselves of their fitnesse strength or successe but all to God 2. And that those that look at the most hopefull instruments should not idolize them and forget God by trusting too much in them or applying our selves to them too much neglecting God as we are greatly apt to do But if they persevere in faithfulnesse no reason can by us at least be conceived why God should refuse to use them in that work which is to be done certainly namely the help of his Church in desperate dangers 2. God is pleased to do thus to shew that He hath no ficklenesse in him He is not weary of an instrument which he hath long used much lesse when the great time of using them comes Onely as before he will not have any think him tied to any that shall carry themselves untowardly specially in any visible manner And yet he also vouchsafes sometimes to overlook a great many failings in those that are his own Of which their humiliation repentance and amendment may be a happy pledge both to thomselves and others too as far as it is as visible as their failings have been visible So though God saw fit to lay aside Moses for a particular visible failing yet specially for the types sake to shew that the Law brings us not to Canaan but Joshuah Jesus yet raising up Joshuah in his stead he carries

Reason 4. We pray for it in the Lords prayer Reason 5. Angels give us example Reason 6. All things and persons are for the Churches sake Doct. 1 Even Kings Esay 49. 21 22. 60. 16. And even the very Authority of Christ in Heaven Reason 7. Our comforts are from the Church Doct. 1 Reason 8. Our sins have endangered her Reason 9. Enemies do their utmost Reason 10. Friends fail or are strengthened by what we do Reason 11. So By standers in their degree Doct. 1 Vse Consideration 1. Of Churches dangers needing help 1. Judgments 1. Attempt against all this 2 Army raised against 3 Enemies possesse our King Doct. 1. Use Consider the Churches danger 4. They have prevailed far 5. Their strength enough to endanger all 6. Churches friends weak and few 7 Forrain States help not but hurt thence Doct. 1. Use Consider the Churches danger by sins Nationall 8. Ireland wasts and endangers 2. Churches danger by sins of Nation A Nation sinfull 5. ways 1. All ranks tainted much 2. The most tainted with any one kinde of sin 3. A few notorious sins altogether unpunisht though laws against them Doct. 1 Use Consider the Churches danger by sins Nationall 4. Laws silent or too weak to restrain sin 5. Sin countenanced or allowed by law Our Nation shewed sinfull by acknowledgments of all Doct. 1 Use II. Consider what help may should be afforded the Church 1. Outward 2. Spirituall 1 Prayer 2. Humiliatiō What it is Why required Doct. 1 Vse Consider how to help the Church by humiliation 2. How far it extends namely to 1. Sins of Nation 2. Sins of Forefathers for 5. Reasons 1. Tenants children lyable to pay Parents debts and forfeitures Doct. 1. Application Consider how to help the Church by humiliations for sins of forefathers 2. Enjoying fruit by their sinne 2 Kings 18. 3. Lest we approve or excuse sins because theirs 4. Or think it because they were not punisht for it 5. Or return to them again after a leaving them Doct. 1. Application Vse 1. Consider how to help the Church 3 Our own Though reforming or reformed N. B. 3. A holy example 4. An active endeavour of reformation Application Use 1. Consider how Reformation helps the Church Doct. 2. Grounded on Text Exemplified by Peter Doct. 2. Self-respects hinder most necessary duties The Jews neglecting the Temples building Confirmed by Reasons Reason 1. Selfe-love prevails in most Doct. 2. Taints all Reas. 2. Experience of backwardness profitable Reas. 3. Of forwardnesse hurtfull Reas. 4. Lazinesse and sensuality makes towards and negligent Reas. 5. So doth covetousnesse Doct. 2. Self-respects hinder most necessary duties Reason 6. Covetousness c. makes do work to halves Reason 7. Envie scorns to labour when others shall be thanked Doct. 2. Self-respects hinder most necessary duties Reason 8. Libertines spirits fear the Churches prosperity Reason 9. Earthly-mindednesse regards onely present and sensible thing● Doct. 3. Grounded on the Text Doct. 3. Self respecters not assured to escape Confirmed by Reason Reason 1. None can escape but by Gods leave Reason 2. Such provoke God more then ordinary sinners Doct. 3. Self respecters not sure to scape Observe this well Reason 3. Their base lusts deserve punishment at all times Doct. 3 Self-respecters not sure to scape Reason 4. Their fairest excuses are but sprouts of cursed unbelief Reason 5. None go under so strong a guard as in the Churches service Doct. 5. Though the Church be delivered another way Destruction owing to not helping the Church Grounded on Text Exemplified by the curse of Meroz And judgment on Succoth Penuel And Jabesh Gilead Explicated 1 1. 2 2. 3 3. 4 4. Doct. 5. Confirmed by Reasons Reason 1. Their sins not lestened by Gods grace or others faithfulnesse Reason 2. They are unprofitable servants Doct. 5. Destruction owing to not helping the Church Reason 3. They that forsook the Church in extremity are unworthy to rejoyce with her in prosperity Reason 4. Vnlesse converted they will betray again Reason 5. They will doe no faithfull service the while Reason 6. God jealousy will not bea●e with them Doct. 5. Destruction owing to not helping the Church Observe this well Reason 7. They sin for their children c. And corrupt them and are punisht in them Vse 1. Examinations how far we have helped the Church in her distresses or neglected it and why Application Vse 1. Examination about helping the Church 1. What outward help we have afforded Or doe yet resolve if need be or think much to think of 2. How we have prayed 3. What example we shewed Application Examinat Three sorts guilty 1 Professed Libertines 2 Scandalous Professors of Religion 3 The best in some degree give some ●●l example Application V●● Examination what example we have shewed Mischiefs of it to the Church 1 It multiplies sins 2 Reproaches religion 3 Hardens self flatterers 3. What endeavour of reformation for the Churches help 1 Domesticall Application Examination Gen. 18 18. Josh. 24. 15. Psal. 101. Rom. 16. Col. 4. In reference to servants To children 2 By authoririty of friendship Application Vse 1. Examination What help to the Church by endeavouring to reform Levit. 19. 17. Josh 22. 3 By Ministers Publikely Privately Remember this 4 By Magistrates Application Vse 2. Humiliation for helping the Church so little Specially this being a main duty of the day And there being so much cause Application Vse 2. Humiliation for Nationall sins 1. For our Nations sins against the 1. Cōmandment Idolatry Ignorance Atheisticall scorning of religion and all honesty Application Vse 2. Humiliation for sins against the 2. Com Against the 3. Commandm As also the monstrous prophanation of that sacred Ordinance of Excommunication made to lacquy for fees or persecute godliness Against the 4. Commandm Application Vse 2. Humiliation for Nationall sin Against the 5. Commandm Against the 6. Commandm Note this well Note this specially Against the 7. Commandm Against the 8. Commandm Application Vse 2. Humiliation for nationall sins Against the 9. Commandm Against all generally Lukewarmness of Laws Observe this well The discipline of the Church in ill hands Neglect of children and youth For great wrath manifested in Gods judgements in 10. considerations Application Use 2. 1 The judgment it self a devouring sword Esay 1. 20. 2 The kinde Civill war by drunkennesse Jer. 13.13 14. 3 Occasion the Militia hoped to be our setling 4 Sufficient means of prevention vain wise men confounded Esay 29. 14 Application Use 2. Humiliation for Gods heavie wrath 5 Example of others and our selves in others case blest with more wisdome and successe * Hos. 1. 6 7. Exod. 9. 10. 6 The ground of the quarrel Both protest for the same things Application Use 2. Suppose both side hypocrits Esay 10 5 6. Or one side 2 Sam. 15. 11. Or both sides meaning right 2 Chro. 20 23. 7 The time in civill respects when in hopes of setling Jer. 18. 9 10. 8 The