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Englands bondage and hope of deliverance a sermon preached before the honourable House of Parliament at St. Margarets in Westminster / by Mr. Henry Burton ... Iune 20, 1641.
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Burton, Henry, 1578-1648.
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ENGLANDS BONDAGE AND Hope of Deliverance A SERMON Preached before the Honourable House of PARLIAMENT at St. Margarets in Westminster BY Mr. HENRY BURTON late Rector of St. Mathewes Friday-street in LONDON Iune 20. 1641. Psalme 53.7 8. Oh that the Salvation of Israel were come out of Sion When God bringeth back the Captivity of his People Jacob shall reioyce and Israel shall be glad LONDON Printed Anno Domini 1641. Mr. BURTONS SERMON Preached before the Parliament Iune 20. 1641. OH how my Soule is ravished as not to begin the opening of my mouth without blessing of God who hath not onely binn pleased as this very moneth 4 yeares agoe to cal me to preach in another kind of Pulpit not far from this place but hath also cald me now to speake unto you at this time in this place even as it followeth and is written in Psal. 53.7 8. which I beseech you give attention unto the words of the Text are these Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Sion Oh that the Lord would deliver his people out of Captivity Then shall Iacob reioyce and Israel shall be glad The last Verse of this Psalme is a Prayer for a Prophesie and in the maine it is already fulfilled for it points at Christ the great Saviour and by him salvation is already come and that salvation whereof Jacob reioyces and Israel is glad how seasonable therefore will it be for us at this time to speake of this Prophesie being for the main I say already fulfilled but though for the maine yet not for the whole The worke of Salvation is accomplished by Christ in respect of his death the merits and efficacy of it but there remaines still a great part of it as unfulfilled to the Church of God in the severall ages of it by way of application of the Prophesie Gods people have bin subject to Captivity to bondage in this world as you shall see hereafter and therefore it is not in â—aiâ—e that now I should speake of these words Oh that the salvation were come unto Israel c. Here in this Psalme are observed generally these two parts The first is that which is contained in the former verses wherein is set forth unto us the nature of the Enemies of the Church of God for in the very front of it stands the great whor that hardens hearts They doe not know God and then it is in the Verses following that they were full of fowle and wicked conditions and qualities as you may read all along the Psalme they were corrupt abominable no good at all in them God hunts them out and finds them so they were back-sliding they were altogether filthy they have no knowledge of God they eat up Gods people as bread they call not upon God they incampe against him but he dismounts them confounds them And then secondly followes the sequell of this what it behoves the people of God to doe in this case incompassed about and encamped against by so many enemies even as David here Oh that the Salvation were come out of Sion so that I may compare this Psalme to Rebecca'es wombe that had two Nations in it here be the Nations of the wicked Esau and of righteous Iacob when the Lord shall bring backe the Captivity of his People Iacob shall rejoyce c. In which words observe these two Branches First the condition of Gods people under affliction under persecution under captivity and bondage O that the salvation that is O that deliverance of the children of Israel from Captivity were come out of Sion The second is the condition of Gods people delivered out of Captivity and saved by the Lord and that is they rejoyce and are glad For the manner of the speech here in the former part that I shall insist upon at this time if the time will give me leave to follow it which I will contract as much as may be Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Sion The Hebrew phrase is who shall give salvation out of Sion it is a usuall phrase in scripture who shal give that is Vtinam I would to God oh that God would give salvation out of Sion I shall not need here to open the words much Salvation it is deliverance Deliverance here from Captivity and Bondage Sion it was the place of GODS habitation Of old the Arke was a tipe of Gods presence a type of Christ it was a type of Heaven our eyes are lifted up towards Heaven from whence commeth our helpe Israel the people of God the people of God that prevailed with him that prevailed with God as the Scripture tels us To come briefly to the point of observation from these words they doe import unto us an ardent affection which broke forth from that holy man David in wishing the good of the people of God Oh that the Salvation of Israel were come out of Sion It is a very patheticall expression I say of a heart full of fervency and zeale and ardent love of the people of God and from hence this point will arise for our instruction That it behoveth all the People of God to be thus affected as David was to have their heart possessed with an ardent affection and compassion towards the Church of God and especially when it lyes under Captivity and Bondage Affliction and Persecution in the world This was indeed admirable in David to see 〈◊〉 an affection in a King and a Prince such a great man as he was we see at his bringing backe the Ark he was not disheartned by his wives mocking him but answered againe if this be too be vile I will yet be more vile this he did in bringing the Arke unto Mount Sion see Psal. 16 2. My goods or my goodnesse extendeth not unto thee O Lord but to thy Saints that are on earth and to the excellent in whom is all my delight All Davids delight it was in the Saints on Earth upon the Church of God yea David was so ravished with the love of Gods people that hee desired no other happinesse then that that he should enjoy in the people of God Psal 106.4 Remember me O Lord saith hee with the loving kindnesse of thy people hee desired no other favour of God but that which he dealt to his people and so visit me with thy Salvation to what end would David have a part in Salvation that I may see thy peoples salvation and that I may rejoyce in thy inheritance here was the utmost and highest degree of Davids desire that hee might bee pertaker of the happinesse of Gods people that he might rejoyce in their good And so Moses was so taken with the love of Gods people that hee forgot himselfe and S. Paul Rom. 9.12 I could wish saith hee that I were Anathema from Christ for my Brethrens sake and so the Prophet Esay 59.1 For Sions sake I will not hold my tongue and for Ierusalems sake I will not