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A40995	A seasonable sermon for these trovblesome times preached to the right worshipfull companie of the haberdashers, Novemb. 23, 1641 : in the parish-church of St. Mary Stainings in London / by Samvel Favvcet ...; stirring up every one to lay to heart the publique troubles and to doe what is in his power to remedy them.	Fawcet, Samuel, 1600 or 1601-1662?	1641 (1641)	Wing F562; ESTC R6413	18,641	31

troubles without seeking to God by Prayer and that for these three reasons 1. All Israels troubles come from God no commotions in States no combustions in Church or Common-wealth but God hath an all-ruling and all-ordering hand in them There is no evill in the City in the Kingdome which the Lord hath not done whether it come from enemies abroad Ashur is the rod of Gods anger orfrom bad governors at home God sometimes Gives a King in his wrath to be a scourge to a people or come it from the rebellions of people The Lord raised up evill against David out of his owne house The Lord stirred up adversaries against Solomon The Lord rent the Kingdome from Reboboam The Lord sent an evill spirit betweene Abimelech and the men of Shechem The Lord bringeth people low through oppression c. Men and devils may have their wicked heads and hands in nationall troubles but God hath a just hand in them all therefore by what meanes soever nationall stormes doe rise in a Kingdom we should looke above instrumentall causes and say with the Mariners in Jonah Thou Lord hast done as it pleased thee Secondly As God hath a hand in bringing upon Israel all his troubles So God onely can remove them and therefore it is necessary to pray with the Psalmist here Deliver Israel O God In vaine is Salvation hoped for from the hills and you know great men are called hils and mountaines In Jehovah our God is the Salvation of Israel saith the Prophet If there bee a Nationall storme raised it will not downe untill the Lord say unto it Peace and be still if there be Nationall rents and divisions in Church and State it is the Lord onely that can cure these wounds and make up these breaches If a watch bee taken asunder and every part unpinde it must be the skill and hand of the maker of it to set it together againe one Scripture saith that he that turneth the Rivers of waters turneth the hearts of Kings Another Text saith he that stilleth the rage of the Seas quieteth the fury of the people If the sword be unsheathed it is the Lord onely that can command it up there is a full place to this purpose in the Prophesies of Jeremiah O thou Sword of the Lord how long will it beere thou be quiet Put up thy selfe into thy scabbard rest and be still this is Vox populi the voyce of the people but in the next verse followeth Vox Dei the voyce of God How can it be quiet seeing the Lord hath given it a charge against Askelon and against the Sea shore there hath he appointed it Every judgement commeth from God with a commission and charge what to doe and how farre to goe untill wee can prevaile with God to call in his Commission there is no possibility of staying the judgement Vaine is the helpe of man Trust not in Princes there is no helpe in them nor in Parliaments there is no helpe in them neither all the consultations and endeavours of the greatest and wisest and holiest men in the world cannot remove one Nationall trouble from Israel unlesse the Lord put to his hand and that God will not doe unlesse wee be earnest with him in Prayer in that behalfe and that is the third Reason why wee should pray for the removall of Israels troubles Because as God onely can remove Nationall troubles So prayer onely can prevaile with God to doe it Prayer is that which will bring all Gods promises into performances God hath made many sweet promises but all his promises are made to our prayers Aske and yee shall have and saith the Lord I will for this be inquired of by the house of Israel to doe it for them Prayer is the key to unlocke all the Treasury of Heaven there is not a blesting there but prayer will fetch it downe God hath in a manner bound himselfe to Prayer hee who ruleth the world and hath the hearts of all men in his hands suffereth himselfe to be as it were over-ruled by Prayer Prayer can knocke downe enemies When Moses held up his hands Israel prevailed Prayer can undermine all the plots of mischievous men and blast all their designes It was Prayer that choaked Achitophell Lord turne the wisedome of Achitophell to foolishnesse saith David It was Prayer that advanced Haman to the gallowes Hester and Mordecai and the Jewes fasted and prayed and they prayed Haman to death and all his plots to shame and ruine Therefore if we would have our Israel freed from troubles we must seeke to God in behalfe of Israel Deliver Israel O God Vse 3 Now from this Doctrine we may be informed which is the right way to remedy our present troubles in Church and State it is to strive with God and be earnest with him to helpe and amend all use other meanes we must but without this all other meanes will be inavaileable nothing can helpe Israel so long as the children of Israel bee loud in their sinnes and silent in their prayers when Christ is asleepe in the ship it is not the tumbling and tossing of the ship nor the roaring of the winds Sea nor the noyse of the Mariners handling their tacklings that can awake him but only the prayers of the Disciples Lord Save us wee perish And hence we are also informed who are like to be the best helpers of Israel at a pinch the best friendes to Church and Common-wealth when they are in distresse namely such as have acquaintance with God and can prevaile in Heaven the praying generation are the wonder-workers of the world the true Chariots of Israel and horsemen thereof Vse 2 Therefore beloved suffer the words of Exhortation if ye desire to be instrumentall to the publique good pray pray pray your consultations will doe no good without prayer your Fortifications no good without prayer your ammunition no good without Prayer your contributions no good without you give prayers with them and send prayers after them Prayer must remedy all and hold up all and therefore it is needfull we should hold up Prayer The few Prayers that have been made in the Land have prevailed hitherto with God to spare us that we are yet a Nation O let us venture still in this ship which brings home such returnes let us give God no rest till he make our Ierusalem the praise of the earth let us beset the Throne of Grace with much earnestnesse and much importunity the season requires it and the present state of things calls for it delay will be dangerous ye know if fire be begun in a house a few buckets of water brought in time may quench it if time be delayed a thousand times so much water will doe no good If we will not now for the allaying of Israels troubles part with prayers hereafter we may offer to redeeme Israels safety with teares and blood and yet not

that are committed in the middest thereof How few how cold how formall are our Prayers for a happy successe of those great affaires that are in hand How little doe we in these stirring times towards the carrying on of the great worke of Beformation We are ready to cal unto the great Assembly of State Lords Knights Gentlemen helpe us for the Lords sake helpe us now by your wisdome by your courage by your counsell helpe to settle our Peace to make up our breaches to prevent our dangers or we are undone And those Worthies and Heads of our Tribes on the other side are readie to cry backe againe to us doe you helpe too or we can doe nothing the worke is too heavy for us we find great rubbes in our way while we are labouring the publique good great Mountaines which we can neither remove nor leape over we are at a stand helpe by your strong cries and strivings in Prayer to God for us that he would open a way or we cannot helpe the present dangers are beyond the skill of the wisest Pilots unlesse God himselfe allay the windes and stormes which arise still more and more unlesse God helpe us to cast overhoord those Jonasses which are yet too hard for us all our rowing and tugging cannot bring the Ship to land all will miscarrie when we have toyled our selves to the utmost Beloved this is the voyce of those who sit at the Helme the voyce of our Parliament-worthies and yet how many of the people of this Land yea of this City are still asleepe and will not heare this voyce nor be affected with the present dangers nay how many amongst us are so farre from helping our Parliament-Worthies in their promoting the common good that they doe what they can to hinder them by slighting their persons depraving their actions mis-judging of their intentions dis-regarding what they propound what they order pulling backward all they can not affording them a good word for all their paines and care and cost and hazarding daily their very lives for the publique safetie yet how little all this is regarded by many and how ill requited I cannot speake without griefe and shame the Lord lay not this sin to our charge Those people are farre from promoting the publique good who doe what they can to dis-hearten and discourage those who are promoting it That for reproofe Vse 3 Let us now in the last place be exhorted and perswaded for Gods sake for our owne sake for the Churches sake for the Kingdomes sake for Posterities sake now at length to looke about us and see which way it is possible for any of us to contribute any helpe to the common cause and let us set about it considering that all our private concernements will be losse if the publique miscarrie O that great men in publique place and Noble men would shew Noble Spirits and with good Nehemiah improve all their greatnesse and interest at Court for the publique good O that all the representative bodie of the Kingdome would shew themselves more and more to be men of publique aimes we may pray for the publique cause they can speake for it plead for it act for it Oh that every one of them would consider what they are intrusted with Me thinkes not one of them should dare to betray that trust but rather hazard all in a faithfull discharge of it as Hester did If I perish I perish it is the cause of God of Religion of the whole Kingdome it is better to doe worthily and perish for a Kingdome than unworthily and perish with a Kingdome And you worthy Citizens especially who are in any publique place take to you publique spirits This Citie is truely said to be the looking-glasse for the whole Kingdome to dresse it selfe by the whole Kingdome hath from time to time beene beholding to you both for your helpe and for your example Ye being a great and verie considerable bodie may doe much much to discourage the common enemies much to encourage our Parliament-Worthies by your countenance and concurrence of your mindes and hearts with them by your assistance by your strength by your purses Yee have done much alreadie we blesse God for you and we blesse you in the name of the Lord and the Lord blesseth you and will blesse you be not wearie of well-doing Now Ireland calls for your helpe the fire is begunne there and who knows whether it may burne if it be not timely quenched those Romish Ignatians and antichristian brood have begunne that fire there who doubtlesse are blowing the coales at this time here amongst us also Well God hath brought all their mischievous designes upon their owne heads hitherto and I am confident so he will still but yet we must do our dutie everie one must bestirre himselfe and bring his bucket of water towards the quenching of this common flame especially sith no man is so meane and weake but he may contribute something towards this great worke If he cannot lend a pennie he may give a Subsidie of Praiers towards the taking off of Israels troubles and that is the second Generall observed in the Text We have considered the partie whose good and welfare is laid to heart Israel I come now to consider the meanes used to procure Israels good and welfare it is Prayer Deliver Israel O God Hence Doctr. 2 The second Observation ariseth thus Though every man cannot helpe forward the publique good every manner of way yet every man may and ought to doe it by Prayer A man must endeavour to helpe Israel out of troubles by the use of all the lawful meanes which God hath put into his hands every way he can but whether hee can helpe any other way or no yet hee must Pray this is an universall indispensable dutie charged upon all orders rankes and conditions of men 1. Kings and Magistrates must command and rule for the common good but they must Rule and Pray 2. Statesmen must consult and set their heads on work to study the common good but they must consult and Pray 3. Ministers must Preach and spend themselves in the common service but they must Preach and Pray 4. Souldiers must fight and offer themselves willingly for the defence of their Country but they must Fight and Pray 5. Rich men must Contribute and open their purses freely when the common cause calls for it but they must Contribute and Pray 6. Lastly He that can do none of these things neither Command nor Advise nor Preach nor Fight nor Contribute yet he must Pray none are exempted from paying this Subsidie of Prayers as there is no impossibility in the thing it may be done of all so there is a necessity it must bee done of all a double necessity 1. Necessitas praecepti all are commanded to pray Pray for the peace of Jerusalem 2. Necessitas medii there is no meane to be used that can bee successefull to helpe Israel out of