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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25886	Englands Eben-ezer, or, Stone of help set up in thankfull acknowledgment of the Lords having helped us hitherto : more especially for a memoriall of that help which the Parliaments forces lately received at Shrewsbury, Weymouth, and elsewhere : in a sermon preached to both the honourable Houses of Parliament, the lord mayor and aldermen of the citie of London being present, at Christ-Church, London, upon the late solemne day of thanksgiving, March 12 / by John Arrowsmith ...	Arrowsmith, John, 1602-1659.	1645 (1645)	Wing A3775; ESTC R200016	25,663	39

Saints be joyfull in glory let them sing aloud upon their beds let the high prayses of God be in their mouthes The birds chirp most in the fairest weather succesfull seasons are joyfull seasons to thankfull Saints Yet because as poyson conveyed in flowers is most dangerous in that it presently takes the brain so there is nothing more deadly than poysoned joyes to the end your chearfulness may be kept within Scripture bounds your rejoycing be such and none but such as becomes the Gospel I shall here present you before I conclude with a short character of Christian joy 'T is a spirituall affection that hath the Holy Ghost for its Father Faith for its Mother Prayer for its Midwife the Word for its Nurse Sincerity for its Keeper and trembling for its Handmaid 1 The Holy Ghost for its Father we finde it called joy of the Holy Ghost 1 Thes. 1. 6. They in Nehemiah kept the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem with gladnesse and thanksgivings they offered great sacrifices and rejoyced for God had made them to rejoyce with great joy Cap. 12. ver. 27. 43. Light is sown for the righteous Ps. 97. 11. Spirituall joy is a light shed from heaven it springs not out of ones own bowels as the carnall joy of worldings doth but is as seed cast in from without and the Seeds-man is the Holy Ghost 2 Faith for its Mother Joy of Faith so 't is called Phil. 3. 25. Beleeving ye rejoyce saith Peter with joy unspeakeable and full of glory 1 Pet. 1. 8. In the ring of graces faith is the diamond joy the sparkle of the diamond Heare Saint Paul We are the circumcision which worship God in Spirit and rejoyce in Christ Jesus Holy men have their rejoycing onely in Christ they are made partakers of Christ onely by faith Such as desire to have joy as a flower blown in their hearts must be carefull to water the root of faith for from thence it springs 3 Prayer for its Midwife John 16. 24. Aske and ye shall receive that your joy may be full Rejoyce evermore 1 Thess. 5. 16. and presently after pray without ceasing as if hee had said Cease to pray you will cease to rejoyce pray without ceasing so shall yee be able to rejoyce evermore The cheerfullest Christians are usually those that are fullest of Prayer After Hannah had poured out her soule before the Lord her countenance was no more sad 1 Sam. 1. 15 18. 4 The word of God for its Nurse Prov. 12. 25. Heavinesse in the heart of a man makes it stoop but a good word makes it glad A soul sick of sorrow is directed by the Word of grace to an able Physician Upon Philips preaching Christ there followed great joy in the Citie of Samaria Acts 8. 5 8. Then Philip went down to the Citie of Samaria and preached Christ unto them And there was great joy in that Citie Where the Priests are clothed with salvation there the Saints shout aloud for joy Psal. 132. 16. 5 Sinceritie for its Keeper 2 Cor. 1. 12. Our rejoycing is this the testimony of our conscience that in simplicitie and godly sincerity not with fleshly wisdome but by the grace of God we have had our conversation in the world They are the upright in heart for whom the light of gladnesse is sown Psal. 97. 11. It comes up in no other soile Any kinde of sin may nip joy in the bud hypocrisie kils it at the root True joy can never breathe in an heart obstructed with by-ends In the transgression of an evill man there is a snare such a snare as will be sure to strangle his joy that appeares by the opposition there made but the righteous doth sing and rejoyce Proverbs 29. 6. They in 1 Chron. 29. 29. were able to rejoyce in the service then in hand why because with perfect hearts they offered willingly to the Lord 6 Trembling for its Hand-maid Psal. 2. 11. Serve the Lord with feare and rejoyce with trembling Do you lend an eare to this who are members of the Honourable Houses for the Psalmist speaks it to such as are Rulers of the earth Verse 10. Your affections should be proportion'd to Gods dispensations His manner is to feed the Church with bitter-sweets her care should be to mingle trembling with her joy Be pleased to reflect upon the war which your selves have managed and consider whether providence have not seemed to delight as it were in checkerwork a white and a black a successe and a blow whether for the most part ye have not had a white in the North for a black in the West or a black in the North as at this day to tremble at when ever you had a white in the West Wherefore rejoyce in the Lord at present and again I say rejoyce but do it with trembling to think of provoking the eyes of his glory whose power is able to confound us in a moment Tremble but with rejoycing to think how many places the Lord of hosts hath appeared for us in of late as glorious in holinesse fearfull in praises doing wonders Now unto him that is able to do and hath done for us exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think according to the power that worketh in us Unto him be glory in the Church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages world without end To him that hath helped and doth help in whom we trust that he will still help us more and more to him be prayse and thanks and dominion for ever and ever Amen FINIS Hag. 1. 9. Acts 3. 10. Is 1. 25. Gal. 6. ●2 Vitulus aureus occidit Serpen● aeneus sanat 1 Sam. 2. 12 13 14. 2 Sam. 13. 4. Ver. 6. 7. 14. Ver. 15. 17 18. Gen 7. 2 with Chap. 8. 20. April 1644. 2 Sam. 14. 7. Is 1. 8. Psal. 82. 6. Gerhard L. C. Ioc. de Poenis 117. Gen. 49. 24. See Doctor Willet upon this place Obs 1. Glass onomat p. 445. Psal. 118. 22. Gratia reparatrix bonam volantatem inspirat ut sit deinde bon●e voluntati aspirat ut moveatur primùm operatur eam deinde per eam Hugo de Sanct. Vict. Non intelligit divina beneficia qui se tantumm●du à Deo iuvariputat Lactant de salsa relig. l. 1. c. 11. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Basil Ios. ●0 11. Iudg. 5. 20 21. Psal. 34 7. Heb. 1. last Mittis unigenitnm immittis Spiritum ne quid vacet in coel●stibus ab opere sollicitudi us Angelos mittis in minesterium Bern. Dan. 6. Gen. 19. 2 King 6. Acts 12. Gen. 32. 1 King 19. Acts 27. Luk. 10. 1 Thess 5. 13. Satius est ut Sol non luceat quam ut non doceat Chrysostomus Aude pater ●ecum Trinitatem ipsam ●●ce Turkish History p. 321. Matth. 16. 18. Iudg. 5. 23. Isa. 26. 1. Pareus in 1 Cor. 3. 6. Hag. 2. 9. Si nobis cum bominibus tantum res esset tametsi non nisi Caesares Reges principes essent nostro Evangelio illes mox vinceremus ac vel intra unius anni spatium totum mundum converteremus cùm tam clara sit veritas c. Hîc autem Diabolus ipse regnit rationem obstruens c. Malus neqvam host is est inque uno digita prudentior astutier quam universus mun●●● Lunae radi is non maturescit botrus Is 30. 22. Hos. 14. 8. Bloudy Tenent propos. 6 Ephes. 4. Delicata res est non patitur alienum Vid. Sanēt Trin. in loc. Quod bomo detegit Deustegit Iohn 1. 29. Quicquid docetur oratur aut vivitur extra Christum idolatria est coram Deo peccatum Obs. 2. Ingratus est qui beneficium accepisse se negat quod accepit ingratus est qui dissimulat ingratus qui non reddit ingratissimus omnium qui oblitus est Senec. de Benefic l. 3. c. 1. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Annunciat●icum Abulens Lyranus apud Salianum Indixit Samuel generalia comitia Ibid. Is 22. 23 24. Gen. 14. 19. Gen. 28. 13. Exod. 3 15. alibi passim Exod. 20. 2. 2 Cor. 1. 3. ibid. c. 11. 31. Col 1. 3. and elswhere Is 64. 3. Heb. 11. 19. Salian Annal. Obs. 3 Quasi dicat heri elaudavimus propter besternum be ●esicium hodie expectat te laus propter novum hodiernum Coppen in Ioc. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Tibi silentium Beza in Argumen Ps. 136. Super tribus consistit mundus super lege cultu sacro Retributione beneficiorum Aloys. Novar Schediasm p. 149. n. 99. Revel 7 10. Gratitudinis ad animum tota aestimatio redit Senec. de Benefic l. 4. c. 21. Psal 16 9 with Acts 2. 26. Oratio sine laude est thuribulum sine prunis Luther Iohn 19. 3 Ezek. 20. 37. Ver. 2 3 4. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Matth. 21. 3. 1 Iohn ● 17. Luk. ● 29 30. Phil. 3. 3. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Philip 4. 4. Is 3. 8. Exod. 15. 11. Eph 3. 20 21.