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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66418	A sermon preached at the Northampton-shire feast, November 8, 1683 being the first general meeting of such citizens and inhabitants in London, as were born within that county / by John Williams ...	Williams, John, 1636?-1709.	1684 (1684)	Wing W2725; ESTC R7241	20,162	36

that is Cush to be understood Those that by reason of their Neighbourhood had been Pricking Bryers and grievous Thorns to the House of Israel Those that ruined them and those that rejoyced in it shall know that He is the Lord and they his people as the Prophet Ezekiel speaking of this very case doth represent it They shall all of them account it a happy Nation and those an happy people that he does so visibly own Bless and Protect and a Priviledge to any man that he is Born there This is otherwise but somewhat more clearly expres'd in Zechary in those days they shall take hold of all Languages of the Nations of the Skirt of him that is a Jew saying we will go with you for we have heard that God is with you 2 dly There is the State of the Church described as it really should be vers 5. Of Zion it shall be said this and that man was born in her and the highest himself shall Establish her when as the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 may signify a man of Eminency and Worth in opposition to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the former Verse So This and That signifies a multitude Thus our former Translation reads it Many are born in her And then the meaning of it is that Jerusalem and the Nation shall abound with Inhabitants with men of renown and eminency that shall be Honourable for Wisdom Virtue and Piety 3 dly There is a further Declaration of God's favour towards them that such should be honoured by him as in the Text The Lord shall count when he writeth up the people that this man was born there That is such shall be marked out by God be esteemed by him and be under his special care and protection For thus do we find the Phrase used Ezek. 13.9 where its threatned to the Prophets that Divine Lies that they shall not be written in the writing of the House of Israel neither shall they enter into the Land From the Words thus explained I shall take occasion to consider 1. What are the Priviledges of a Place or Country that render it Honourable and transfer an Honour upon persons there born 2. What is the right persons owe and the Honour they should give to their Country 3. How far this may concern us that are met together upon this occasion and solemnity 1. As to the first The things that do render a Country or Place honourable and valuable may be either natural acquired or providential 1 st Amongst the natural excellencies of a Place that which first offers it self to our consideration is its scituation by means of which it becomes delightful fruitful and secure For an instance in this we need look no further than the subject of this Psalm viz. the Land of Canaan which was remarkable for the aforesaid advantages and is therefore deservedly called the Pleasant Land Dan. 8.7 Pleasant it was in regard of its Scituation being in the middle of the then known World and in the fourth Climate of the Seven which Ptolomy divided the Earth into as it that time was and so was as temperate in its Air as convenient to serve the ends of Divine Providence which was from thence to disperse the knowledg of himself among all Nations Pleasant it was in respect of its fertility of which we have a full and excellent description Deut. 8.7 c. and an effectual demonstration of the truth of what is there said of it a Land wherein thou shalt eat Bread without scarceness thou shalt not lack any thing in it when though it extended not much above Two hundred Miles in length and Eighty in breadth could maintain its numerous Inhabitants of the vastness of which we may conceive by the computation of Fighting men alone made in the time of David which amounted to a Million and three hundred thousand And as Canaan was thus pleasant so it was also secure being compassed with Mountains to the North were Libanus and Antilibanus to the East Gilead and Hermon Psalm 89.13 and the Mountains of Moab to the South the Mountains of Judah to the West those of Ephraim and Carmel and where it was without it had the great Sea And what Canaan was to the then known world that was Jerusalem to Canaan being planted near the middle of the Land therefore it s said to be in the midst of the Nations and Countries round about her Ezek. 5.5 And to be beautiful for scituation Psal. 48.3 It was also secure as consisting of several Hills within and compassed with them round about as we are told Psal. 125.2 only toward the North from whence it s said to be on the sides of the North Psal. 48.3 and Isa. 14.1 as it had a freer prospect to that Quarter and not because Sion was on the North side of Jerusalem as some Learned men have thought 2. There are things acquired and accidental which render a Countrey or place valuable that belong not to it as such a particular place but are owing either to the industry and providence the valour and conduct of the Inhabitants or to some unseen and indisernible causes Of this kind are Dominion Wealth and Populousness for all which the Land of Israel was famous in the time of Solomon who Reigned over all Kingdoms from the River Euphrates unto the Border of Egypt and had so many Subjects that they were innumerable and in that respect as the Sand which by the Sea in Multitude and these Subjects so enriched that Silver in those days was nothing accounted of Of this sort is Learning and Knowledge for which Egyt first said to be the antient Nursery and Mother of Sciences and Greece afterwards were highly honoured and commended But that which above all makes a Country truly honourable is the Vertue and Piety of the people and the care taken for the encouragement and preservation of it by good Laws and a vigorous Execution of them The natural advantages of a Country are common to the foolish as well as the wise the slothful as the industrious and of these that are acquired some as Dominion and Wealth are obtained by Boldness and Power Fraud and Injustice or stumbled upon by chance and casualty But the Vertues of a Nation are truly their own and make it Great and Noble wherever it is and prosperous and successful for the most part in whatever it undertakes It was an Honour to be a Roman when that people were as the Historians report vertuous not more by Laws than Inclination when in the first place they were devout in their Religion just unto their Enemies and friendly to all when whatever Wars and Cententions they had abroad there was no other amongst themselves than who should exceed in things great and generous Nay it was more an honour to be then a Denizon of Rome and a Native of that Country than when in future times it was made an honour by a Law and