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A85485	The progresse of divine providence, set out in a sermon preached in the Abbey Church of Westminster before the house of Peers, on the 24th of September, 1645. being the day of their monethly fast. / By William Gouge, one of the members of the Assembly.	Gouge, William, 1578-1653.	1645 (1645)	Wing G1393; Thomason E302_25; ESTC R200284	30,328	48

be accounted a good beginning wherein many rejoyced but no publike reformation was wrought thereupon About an hundred and fifty years after the Lord did better then at that beginning For he stirred up both King and Parliament to goe further in suppressing Popery and advancing the Gospel Witnesse that Act of Parliament in Henry the eight his dayes whereby the Popes usurped authority in England was taken away and liberty given to the King to reform abuses crept into the Church The King by vertue thereof sent out injunctions for removing images reading the holy Scriptures and performing all divine Service in English preaching Gods Word Catechising children and observing other duties of piety so as the Gospel began to shine forth somewhat brightly in England Only it was much obscured by an other Act of Parliament even in that Kings time which established Transubstantiation communion in one kinde private Masses Auricular confession Vowes of chastity and prohibiting Priests marriages 3. About seven yeares after that King being dead and his Sonne King Edward the sixth a childe of nine yeares old yet another Iosiah set on the throne God did better for England then before For the foresaid Act commonly called the scourge with six strings was repealed and a more thorow reformation established But even then many of the peoples hearts so lingred after Romish superstition as the Israelites did after the high places in the raigne of Asa Iehoshaphat and other good Kings so as this goodly reformation continued but six yeares For God tooke away that good young King After whose death a popish bloody Queen utterly defaced the foresaid Reformation and brought in that darke cloud of Popery which overshadowed this whole Land 4. God being mindefull of his goodnes to his Church within five yeares after raised up blessed Queen Elizabeth in whose raigne that darke cloud of Popery was more thorowly dispelled then ever before and Religion in regard of the truth and soundnesse of doctrine was restored to as full an integrity as ever it was in the Christian Church since the Apostles time A grave learned and judicious out-landish Divine giveth this testimony of Queen Elizabeth that under her that was granted to her Kingdome which he knew not whether it were given to any other Kingdome or no namely an intire profession of the pure and sincere doctrine of the Gospel More learned and stout Champions were in her raigne raised up to maintaine the same faith then ever before in this Kingdome 5. There is yet another reformation now begun in this Land which being added to the former evidently demonstrates that God doth intend better things then at our beginnings This is the Reformation of the Discipline and Government of the Church concerning which the foresaid judicious Divine thus saith If to the profession of true Doctrine a full reformation of Ecclesiasticall Discipline be also added surely I see not what England can more desire If any shall object that in many respects the state of our Church hath growne worse and worse I answer that by reason of our sluggishnesse want of zeal and unworthy walking of that light which God graciously afforded clouds of errour and superstition gathered together as by the negligence and wickednesse of the Israelites the Canaanites were not utterly destroyed but proved to be snares and traps unto them and scourges in their sides and thornes in their eyes Yet God did time after time remove those impediments and cause the light of his Gospel more and more brightly to shine forth Why then may not we yet looke for better things then at the beginning of our Reformation and hope that as then the Doctrine of the Gospel was restored to the purity of it so the Government also of the Church be restored to its purity Comfort your selves in these sad times with this hope 6. Gods reserving his better things to the later times ministreth unto us who have been reserved unto these later times much matter of gratulation The least of us which live in this Kingdome of God stiled for the celestiall excellency thereof the Kingdome of Heaven The least of us I say is greater then he of whom it is said Among them that are borne of women there hath not risen a greater Had we lived in the ancient former times and believed the promises of things exhibited in these times how should we have enquired and searched after them The Prophets so did How should we have desired to see them Many Prophets and Kings so did How should we have rejoyced to see this day Abraham so did Now that we are reserved to live in this time to hear see and enjoy these better things should not our hearts be filled with praises and our mouths opened to utter the same God hath made an abundant recompence unto us who live in these later dayes for putting off our time of living in this world so long It is to our unspeakable advantage and benefit and shall not God have the praise thereof True believers now have greater cause then old Zachary had to sing and say Blessed be the Lord God of Israel for he hath visited and redeemed his people Yea then old Simeon had to say Lord now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace for mine eyes have seen thy salvation These old men saw but the Sunne-rising of the Gospel We see it shining forth in the full brightnesse thereof Should not we then be thankfull even for the times wherein we live Well may I from the fore-mentioned Doctrine raise an Exhortation of worthy walking that is of carrying our selves answerably to this good Providence of God in reserving us to the enjoying of better things This worthy walking in generall is much pressed in Scripture We charge you that you would walke worthy of God who hath called you to his Kingdome and Glory We cease not to desire that you might walke worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing I beseech ye that ye walke worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called This word {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} worthy doth not intend any merit but a meer meetnesse no condignity but a congruity and correspondency to that whereunto it is referred This is evident by that phrase which the Baptist useth where he exhorteth to bring forth fruits worthy repentance which our last and best Translators thus turne Fruits meet for repentance And in the margin thus Fruits answerable to amendment of life If in that place {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} worthy should be taken for any matter of desert it might be thus translated Fruits which deserve repentance that is such as are to be repented of And what are those fruits thinke ye surely evil such as those whereof the Apostle thus saith What fruit had you then of those things whereof you are now ashamed For the end of those things is death A catalogue of