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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45352	A sermon preach'd in the cathedral and metropolitical church of St. Peter in York on Friday the fifth of November, 1697 being the anniversary-day of thanksgiving for that great deliverance from the gunpowder-treason, and also the day of His Majesty's happy landing in England : with a postscript and two letters, which clearly discover the Roman designs against the English church and nation / by George Halley ...	Halley, George, 1655 or 6-1708.	1698 (1698)	Wing H456; ESTC R40936	15,514	33

Second Epistle to the Corinthians 11.23 St. Paul tells us That he suffered more than any of the very Twelve Apostles in Labours more abundant in Stripes above Measure in Prisons more frequent in Deaths oft that is in eminent Perils of Death it is an Hebraism the Hebrews express great Dangers Afflictions Conflicts or Agonies by the Name of Death thus Psalm 18.4 5. the Royal Psalmist when his Blood-Thirsty Enemies were ready as a Torrent to overwhelm him complains the Sorrows of Death compassed me and the Floods of ungodly Men made me afraid the Sorrows of Hell compassed me about the Snares of Death prevented me And thus in Deaths oft that is in Deadly Accidents and Dangers And what they were the Verses following sufficiently declare Of the Jews five times received I forty Stripes save one thrice was I beaten with Rods once was I stoned thrice I suffered Shipwrack a Night and a Day I have been in the Deep 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 There are some who according to Theophylact assert this to have been the Name of a Well in which he hid himself after his great Danger at Lystra Acts 14.19 Or else it imports some deep filthy noisom infamous Prison A Night and a Day I have been in the Deep in Journying often in Perils of Waters in Perils of Robbers in Perils by my own Countrymen in Perils by the Heathen in Perils in the City in Perils in the Wilderness in Perils in the Sea in Perils among false Brethren in Weariness and Painfulness in Watchings often in Hunger and Thirst in Fastings often in Cold and Nakedness And at the 32d and 33d Verses in Damascus the Governour under Aretas the King kept the City with a Garison desirous to apprehend me and thro a Window in a Basket was I let down by the Wall and escaped his Hands God delivered him from so great a Death Such were the Sufferings of the Holy Apostle St. Paul thus God was pleased to try him and many other his principal Favourites in the Fiery Furnace of Affliction God for such wise Ends and Purposes as are best known to himself peradventure for an Exploration or Trial of his Faith and Constancy or lest he should be exalted above Measure lest he should be too much elevated with the high transcendent Revelations vouchsafed unto him or for the more effectual Propagation of the Gospel God permitted him to sail through a Sea of Blood to be toss'd with Storms and Tempests of Trouble and Affliction And oh how did he endure them with an undisturbed Patience and an entire Resignation to the Divine Will How did he bear up against them with all Christian Courage with a vigorous and undaunted Resolution How perfectly pleas'd with how did he glory of his Infirmities that is his Sufferings He very well understood that the Sufferings of this present World are not worthy to be compar'd to the Glory that shall be revealed Tho' the Floods of Sorrow arose tho' the Winds of Persecution blew and vehemently beat upon him yet he fell not he had in Prospect the beautiful and fair Haven of Eternity His sole Trust and Confidence was in the Lord his God whom the Winds and the Seas obey Thus tho' he was troubled on every side yet not distressed tho' perplexed yet not in despair though he was persecuted yet not forsaken tho' cast down yet not destroy'd no! God delivered him from so great a Death and doth deliver in whom we trust that he will yet also deliver us And this brings me to the Second thing namely That God in this as well as in the Apostolical Age doth still deliver from Death In the 13th Chapter of the Hebrews Ver. 8. we read Jesus Christ the same yesterday and to day and for ever The Faith in him the entire Religion of Jesus Christ is not only unchangeable constantly the same throughout all measures of time but also his Care and Love to his Mystical Body and all the Members of it is immutable throughout all Times and Ages of the World with the Lord our God is no Variableness neither Shadow of Turning God never did leave God never will forsake such whose Lives are conformable to his Laws as are Pure and Holy in all Manner of Conversation God hath in all Ages doth now and ever will cover such as fear him with the Wings of his Divine Providence will give them his immense Favour and Almighty Protection so long as the Sun and the Moon shall endure It is God who made who governeth preserveth and taketh Care of the World he sees all the Springs of Motion all Transactions here below all Things are naked and opened to the Eyes of him with whom we have to do Tho' his glorious Residence and Habitation be in the Mansions of Bliss above yet he so far humbleth himself as to behold the things done upon Earth and therefore tho' wicked Men encourage themselves in Mischief and commune of laying Snares secretly and say who shall see them tho' they imagine Wickedness and keep it secret among themselves every Man in the Deep of his Heart yet God shall suddenly shoot at them with a swift Arrow that they shall be wounded yea by his good Providence their own Tongues shall make them fall insomuch that whoso seeth them shall laugh them to Scorn Thus Prov. 19.21 Solomon tells us there are many Devices in a Man's Heart nevertheless the Counsel of the Lord that shall stand There are many Designs and Contrivances in the Minds of Men which they think are so well laid that they cannot miscarry but are all defeated by the over-ruling Counsel of the Lord. No! it is not the most refined Policy it is not the most subtle Stratagem it is not the most strong and invincible Contrivance of Man that can out-vie the Strength of Heaven nothing can stand in Competition with the Divine Favour and Protection This the Great Politicians the Hellish Projectors of the Gunpowder-Treason found to be infallibly true The Arch-plotter Garnet who was at that time superior of the Jesuits here the Jesuits a wicked Generation or Men how hath this Church and Nation of ours been and still is plagued by them They are under a Holy League and solemn Oath to pursue our Ruine and the Destruction of our excellent Religion and to effect this they have all along acted and still do act under any Masque they turn themselves Proteus like into any Shape to enkindle Strife and Contention amongst us Alas all our Schisms and unhappy Divisions flow from this bitter Fountain Oh that we would become wise and suffer our selves no longer to be cajol'd and deluded by them Oh that we may see in time the Things which belong to our Peace Oh that we would strive to answer the illustrious Character of the Primitive Church to be all of one Heart of one Mind and of one Soul to meet together with one Accord in one Place But to return I say it is not the