Remains of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…Remaines of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…

The Application (my Brethren) is unto you. If God do expect that his people should do more than others, see that you do accordingly. Let this be a provocation to you, my Brethren, to lift up your hearts and voices in the praises of the Lord. What people doth the Lord expect such returns from, as from this people? he hath not dealt so with any people, therefore he expects praises from you more than from any other people. Therefore consider with me what the Lord hath done for you more than for any others. If we look upon our selves as common members of the nation, and so God hath done more for us than for any others. Or if we look upon our selves with reference to the particular place to which we belong, ⟨p. 139⟩and so God hath done more for us than he hath done for others, or, if we look upon our selves as to our particular persons, God hath dealt with us so, as he hath not dealt with any other people.

The Application (my Brethren) is unto you. If God do expect that his people should do more than others, see that you do accordingly. Let this be a provocation to you, my Brethren, to lift up your hearts and voyces in the praises of the Lord. VVhat people doth the Lord expect such returns from, as from this people? he hath not dealt so with any people, therefore he expects praises from you more than from any other people. Therefore consider with me what the Lord hath done for you more than for any others. If we look upon our selves as common members of the nation, and so God hath done more for us than for any others. Or if we look upon our selves with reference to the particular place to which we belong, ⟨p. 139⟩and so God hath done more for us than he hath done sor others, or, if we look upon our selves as to our particular persons, God hath dealt with us so, as he hath not dealt with any other people.

First, Let us look upon the mercies of God to us and the nation in common. Surely we may say with the Psalmist, he hath not dealt so with any nation. This is a land which he hath set his heart upon, and watche over it from one end of the year to the other. I will not speak of the outward mercies of this nation, though we have a Land slowing with milk and […]. I will speak to spiritual blessings. Oh, let it be remembered by us what spiritual mercies we have had! how soon did the Lord plant the Gospel with us? and how long hath it continued to us? what would the world have been without the Gospel? what is the world without the Sun, but the beginning of Hell as it were? I may say of you blessed are your eyes, for they see: and blessed are your ears, for they hear.