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A31009 A just lamentation for the irrecoverable loss of the nation by the doleful death of the late Queen Mary of blessed memory delivered in a sermon preached at Daventry March 5, 1694/5 [i.e. 1695] / by Andrew Barnett. Barnett, Andrew, 17th cent. 1695 (1695) Wing B875A; ESTC R30713 7,779 36

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A Just Lamentation FOR THE Irrecoverable Loss OF THE NATION BY The Doleful Death of the Late Queen Mary Of Blessed Memory Delivered in a Sermon Preached at Daventry March 5. 1694 5. By Andrew Barnett Minister of the Gospel Lam. 2.1 How hath the Lord covered the Daughter of Sion with a Cloud in his anger and cast down from Heaven unto the Earth the beauty of Israel and remembred not his footstool in the day of his anger LONDON Printed for Tho. Parkhurst at the Bible and Three Crowns in Cheapside near Mercers Chappel 1695. PSAL. ii 3 4. If the Foundations be Destroyed what can the Righteous do The Lord is in his Temple The Lord's Throne is in Heaven WE are now before the Lord to Commemorate the Death of the Renowned Late Queen Queen Mary by which the Glory of the Nation is Ecclipsed and one great ground of our Humane hopes Buried in the Dust Such a Character is given of her as few justly attain to in this censorious World So cordial in her conjugal Affections so constant in prudent Resolutions so compassionate to needy Subjects so concerned for the Publick-Good so considerate in weighty affairs so confirmed in the Principles of Religion so accommodated with moral vertues so conscientious in pious practices and so rarely qualified for her state of honour that she became to others an eminent example and her Name will be both Titulary and truly of blessed memory to all Posterity She was one of the Chief Corner Stones that supported the famous Structure of this Common-wealth and if the Foundation be destroyed what can the Righteous do What God will do with us we cannot certainly presage but this we know that when God boxeth up his pretious Jewels and Inneth his Wheat it tells us that a Storm is at hand And when sin groweth rampant and the Righteous are taken away it is a sign that Evil is a coming God hath made England a Sanctuary for the Righteous and hither poor Fugitive Christians that suffer for righteousness sake fly and find refuge But if the Foundations be destroyed what can the Righteous do Lament they may and will but alas alas what can they do 1. Note then the supposition contained in the Text if the Foundations be destroyed and innocent Persons come thereby to have their outward security taken away and have nothing left them to build their humane hope upon If this come to be their Case 2. Note then the sad conclusion What can the Righteous do Alas they can do just nothing in order to their own relief their case is become forlorn and deplorable and they are left without any visible remedy They must then will they nill they sit down under their oppressions and endeavour to bear them with Patience for they have no way to help themselves What can they do Can they raise up new Foundations No Can they dwell in safety in the building that wants good foundations No What then can they do All that they can do is to lament the Case and lay it open before the Lord and support their sinking hearts with this That the Lord sits still in his Holy Temple and his Throne is in Heaven Let us then here observe 1. That the Loss of the Foundations puts the righteous into a most forlorn condition and is matter of just lamentation 2. That when the Righteous are lamenting the loss of the Foundations they ought to look up to God for refuge and to call to remembrance that God sits in his Holy Temple and that his Throne is in Heaven 1. The loss of the Foundation is a lamentable loss and puts the Righteous into a most forlorn and deplorable condition By Foundations we are to understand all such things on which the welfare of the Nation doth depend and on which the Inhabitants thereof do use to build their humane hope of their safety and outward prosperity The Metaphor includes all the things that do support and uphold the Structures of the Church and Kingdom in which we live As The fundamental constitution the firm and righteous Laws and the faithful Governors thereof and the last of these is particularly pointed at in the Text All these belong to the Foundation but the supreme powers and the faithfulness of such as Govern the Nation are the chief Corner-stones in the Foundation And are called the Foundation in Psal 82.5 All the Foundations of the Earth are out of Course It is spoken of Judges and they are called Gods 1. Because they stand in God's stead and are to judge righteously that the Sentence may be God's Sentence and not their own And when Judges are corrupt and partial then the foundations are out of Course and all goes to confusion fiat justitia aut periat Mundus But when the Foundations are destroyed the matter is much more deplorable For the Foundations to be out of Course is sad but when the foundations are destroyed it 's much worse for Anarchy is worse than Tyranny and leads to utter ruine So that the destruction of the foundation is a lamentable loss to a Nation especially to all the Righteous in the Nation And this I further prove thus 1. The Destruction of the foundations Hazards the Superstructure and brings down the whole building upon the heads of the Inhabitants and such of them as are righteous are in great danger thereby of destruction for in a common calamity there is no particular safety Destroying the foundations is the same with laying the Axe to the root of the Tree spoken of in Mat. 3.10 which threatneth utter destruction both to the body and branches thereof yea irrecoverable destruction 2. The destruction of the Foundations Heightens the enmity of the common Enemy and promotes their designs against the Nation They wait an opportunity to revenge themselves upon the righteous in the Nation that have stuck close to the interest of the Nation and the destruction of the Foundations put such an opportunity into their bloody hands and lays the righteous open to their rage and Malice The Foundations are the security of the righteous from the violence of these unreasonable men and destroying the Foundations destroys this security and so exposeth them to the Mercy of their Barbarous and Cruel Enemies 3. The destruction of the foundations hinders the prosperity of the Church whereof the righteous are Members There is a great dispute amongst the Learned whether the Commonweal be in the Church or the Church be in the Commonweal I take it for granted that the Church is in the Commonweal and if so then when the Foundations of the Commonweal are destroyed the Church and her Members are thereby wounded and bruised and she lying in the bowels of the Commonweal must unavoidably be thereby infringed in her Liberties disturbed in her peace and deprived of her faithful guides 4. The destruction of the foundations holds forth the displeasure of God against the righteous themselves That he is not only angry with the wicked