Preparation to meet God in the way of His judgments, the present duty of Christians : a sermon preach'd at Hackney, December, 16, 1720, being the publick fast / By John Barker.

  • Barker, John, 1682-1762.
Date:
1720
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Credit: Preparation to meet God in the way of His judgments, the present duty of Christians : a sermon preach'd at Hackney, December, 16, 1720, being the publick fast / By John Barker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    on God the feveral Pleas for mercy with a paffionatc Importunity, O Lord, fays he, thf our Iniquities teftify againft us, do thou it for thy Names Sake, O the Hope of Ifrael, the Saviour thereo f in Time of Trouble ! Wh9 Jhouldeft. thou be as a Stranger in the Land ? Again, Do not ab¬ hor m for thy Name’s Sake, do not difgrace the Throne of thy Glory. But all would not do; the Anfwer was, Tho Mofes and Samuel flood before me, yet my Mind could not be towards this Teople, caft them out of my Sight, and let them eo forth, fuch as are for Death, to Death-, fuch as are for the Sword, to the Sword-, fuch as are for the Famine, to the Famine-, and Juch as are for the Captivity, to the Captivity. If this fhould come to be our Cafe, we mult yet prepare to meet our God, and in Order to do it with Comfort, let us, , , 1. Confider well the Ways of God, and deli¬ berate in our o wn Minds about the Conduct of ^P flirt 1PYICP God is not only an abfolute Sovereign, whofe will is irrefiftible, but he is a wife, and good be ing, all whofe Ways are Mercy and Truth, ic has his own Glory always in View, and his Peo¬ ples belt Good: There is a Beauty and Harmony in all his Works, God never acts unbecoming himfelf, never does a Thing inconfiftent with his Honour, or takes one fingle Step anufs; his judicial Proceedings are guided with unerring Wit- dom, and there is nothing partial, or arbitrary in any of his Difpenfations; here therefore let his ' Da People