The sacrifice of thankfulness A sermon preached at Pauls Cross, the third of December,…The sacrifice of thankefulnesse A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse, the third of December,…

Men and Brethren, let us be Thankful: Let our Meditations travel with David in the 148.¹ Psalm, first up ⟨p. 33⟩into Heaven. Even the very Heavens and heights praise him. ²And those blessed Angels in his Court sing his Glory. Descend we then by the celestial bodies, and we shall find the Sun, ³Moon, and all the Stars of light, praising him. Pass we by the Waters, which the Makers decree hath confined there,⁴ and we shall hear those Praising him. A little lower, we shall perceive the Meteors, and upper Elements;⁵ the Fire and Hail, Snow and Vapour, magnifying him: even the Wind and Storm, fulfilling his wo•d. Fall we upon the Centre, the very Earth; we shall hear the Beasts and Cattle, Mountains and Hills, fruitful Trees and all Cedars, extolling his Name. The chirping Birds sing sweet Psalms and Carols to their Creators praise, every Morning when they rise, every Evening ere they go to rest. Not so much as the very Creeping things, saith the Psalmist; the noisome Dragons, and crawling Serpents in the deeps, but they do, in a sort, bless their Maker. Let not then Man, the first fruits of his Creatures, for whose service all the rest were made, be unthankful. If these, much more let all Kings of the earth, ⁶and all people: Princes, and all Judges of the World: Young men and Maidens, Old men and Children, praise the Name of the Lord.

Men and Brethren, let vs be Thankefull: Let our Meditations trauell with Da•id in the 148.¹ Psalme, first vp ⟨p. 33⟩