Ichabod. Or, A discourse, showing what cause there is to fear that the glory…Ichabod. Or, A discourse, shewing what cause there is to fear that the glory…

5. When such Persons who have had much of God with them and in them, and who can do much towards keeping the Glory amongst a people are removed, the Glory useth to remove with them. Christians who are eminent for Faith and Holiness have much of God with them, and by their fervent Prayers stop the Glory when it is going away. When many of these are removed at once, the ⟨p. 42⟩Glory does not use to stay long after them. Especially, this is true of Men in Public place, who are eminently Faithful. A Magistrate who is not of a worldly, selfish, private Spirit, but whose Heart is set for God, has a great Presence of the Lord with him, Judg, 2.18, 19. When the Lord raised them up Judges then the Lord was with the Judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their Enemies, all the days of the Judge. As long as that Eminent man Lived, the Glory departed not; but as soon as he was Dead, sad Changes came upon the Land in a little time. Sometimes when one Eminent man is removed, the Glory of a People is Buried with him. It was very much so when Josiah Died. Then did the Lords People say truly, The Crown is fallen from our Head. Lam. 5.16. Which is in other words, The Glory is departed from us. A Praying Magistrate may do much towards detaining the Glory still. So did Moses, when the Glory was going from the Church in the wilderness, by his Prayers he stayed it. So Ministers who have an Eminency of Gifts & Grace, have a great ⟨p. 43⟩Presence of the Holy Spirit with them. It is said of Barnabas, that he was full of the Holy Ghost. Such are instruments in the hand of Christ, by whom the Glory is continued. Elijah, and after him Elisha were as the Chariots of Israel and the Horsemen thereof. It was by their means that the Glory was kept from being totally removed. In the beginning Times of Christianity, whilst the Apostles Lived, who were richly furnished with Gifts and Graces, there was a Glory on the Churches, which after their Decease went away. Some Errors in Doctrine crept into the Churches before John who outlived the other Apostles was Dead: And in some Churches, the Discipline of Christ […] quite laid aside. And in the very next Age to the Apostles, some Ministers who were good men, and suffered Martyrdom at last;

5. When such Persons who have had much of God with them and in them, and who can do much towards keeping the Glory amongst a people are removed, the Glory useth to remove with them. Christians who are eminent for Faith and Holiness have much of God with them, and by their fervent Prayers stop the Glory when it is going away. When many of these are removed at once, the