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A92869	Zions deliverance and her friends duty: or The grounds of expecting, and meanes of procuring Jerusalems restauration. In a sermon preached at a publicke fast, before the Honourable House of Commons. By William Sedgvvicke, minister of Farnham in Essex.	Sedgwick, William, 1609 or 10-1669?	1642 (1642)	Wing S2392; Thomason E107_2; ESTC R18932	30,447	59

Zion God will adde as much more he is resolved no Creature shall equall him in love to his Church Take heed of being low spirited for God of haltings and halvings in Reformation Wee have seene the mischiefes of such a way already yea many times we lose all because we would be contented with some The Prophet was angry with Joash that when he was to smite the Syrians he smote but thrice 2 King 13.18 19. God honours and prospers them that doe all his will Jehu did much was very zealous but the Text sayes He tooke not heed to walke in the Law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart For he departed not from the sinne of Jeroboam 2 King 10.31 And the evill effect it had is noted in the next vers 32. In those dayes the Lord began to cut Israel short The same measure that you mete to him he will mete to you as you sow in spirituals you shall reape in carnals if you cut Reformation short he will cut your priviledges and the Kingdomes peace short It is safe and successefull to aime at great matters for God We may thankefully imbrace what we can get but seeke no lesse than perfection Magna audent quoniam magni sunt qua audent obtinent Bern. They that are truely noble and magnanimous they will attempt great things for God and what they doe attempt they shall obtaine Thinke of no lesse then making Jerusalem a praise in the earth despaire not to see her in all her beauty and brightnesse In outward things use your discretion be as moderate as you see cause but in the cause of God Moses his resolution is worth imitation he would not leave a hoofe behinde him In this case Jehoshophat gives good Counsell to his Judges the Lord write it in your hearts 2 Chron. 19.6 Take heed what you doe for you judge not for man but for the Lord. Thirdly Wherein should this labour be imployed I shall be your remembrance● onely for two things Doe them and God will doe the rest To make Jerusalem a praise in the Earth First You must set up light This is as you have heard a chiefe pait of the Churches beauty advance the light of powerfull Preaching and that will advance the Truth Religion Peace Christ and all The Hieroglyphicke of life amongst the Egyptians was light a burning lampe and though ignorance be the Mother of Romish devotion such lampes are the life of Religion powerfull Preaching It was the worke of some to doe all they could to put out the light the most horrid hellish and unnaturall wickednesse that can be to deny men the joy and comfort of our soules the more malicious they were in suppressing of it the more paines must be taken in freeing of it You have done much this way and intend more our prayers shall joyne with your indevours That the Word may runne and be glorified 2 Thess 3.1 That it may be said of England as it was of Antioch Act. 13.49 The Word of the Lord was published throughout all the Region Nothing so excellent but 〈◊〉 are displeased with it The light is offensure to sore eyes Some complained of Prometheus for reaching the use of fire as the Poets say and many amongst us Preach against Preaching But they that quarrell with the light Act. 13.48 quarrell with Christ himselfe who is the Light of the Gentiles Men complaine against the Seers as Isay 30.10 11. See not prophesie not right things But their anger is against him that sent them let them speake out and they say Cause the holy One of Israel to cease from before us The light it selfe stands in the light of their wicked wayes as the Angell in Bal●●ms way to his sinne and that 's the reason They hate the light because their workes are evill Men father divisions upon the light when as the present distractions and mistakes are because it is but halfe day the mist is not quite dispelled Darkenesse causes divisions and those most dangerous as quarrels in the night The more ●●stours and Teachers and the Worke of the Ministery the nearer we come to the unity of the Faith Let light scatter and it will pull downe the Kingdome of darknesse You and the Truth and Christ have no such enemy as ignorance Secondly Advance holinesse This is another winning and prevailing blessing Oh that Righteousnesse might be as waves of the Sea And then our Peace will be as a River Isay 48.18 Labor for holy Laws holy worship holy Sabbaths holy families For a holy Court and then holinesse will be in fashion For holy Universities and then they will be filled not with sonnes of Beliall but with sons of the Prophets But above all for a holy Ministry From the Prophets of Jerusalem is prophanenesse gone forth into all the Land Jer. 23.15 and from them must the people learne holinesse And a holy Magistracy if God would restore our Judges as at first Let us injoy faithfull Moseses Joshua's c. Then should we be called the City of righteousnesse the faithfull City Isay 1.26 Nothing but sinne can hurt us and sinne will not onely make all your good purposes of Reformation abortive but Gods too Jer. 18.9 10. At what instant I say concerning a Nation and Kingdome to build and plant it if it doe evill in my sight that it obey not my voyce then will I repent of the good wherewith I said I would benefit it Seeke first the Kingdome of God in light and helinesse and then all other things shall be administred unto you What ever difficulties hinder the execution let these be first in your intentions These directions God hath given you by me a weake creature I hope you need not much to quicken you Iudg. 5.9 We desire with Deborah to blesse the Lord that made the governours of Israel to offer themselves willingly Remember the place God hath called you to the Kingdome is in a broken and shatterd condition you are our watchmen we say to you as Moses to Hobab Num. 10.31 in the Wildernesse thou art to us instead of eyes you are our eyes to see our dangers and our hands to defend us from them We cannot better expresse that trust that lies upon you then God himselfe hath done concerning Moses Exod. 4.16 thou shalt be to him instead of a God Governours are stiled Gods in Scripture but those best deserve it that are delivering rulers such was Moses such to us instead of a God are you and then thinke you what Wisdome justice firmnesse and stability is required in you The trust is heavy our expectations great and the account will be dreadfull If you were alone in this worke you would sinke under it but God hath promised his presence and God is in you of a truth It is the sword of the Lord and the sword of Gideon Gods people see it with comfort his enemies shall feele it with shame What the people observed of Ionathan we may observe in you 1 Sam. 14.45 he hath wrought with God this day so you have and so you will we hope and then Gamaliels words will hold Act. 5.39 if it be of God you cannot overthrow it You labor with God and for God because you labour for Zion you travaile for her that travailed with you For the Church that must stand and prosper Christ hath promised the gates of hell shall not prevayle against her not the gate● in which was their strength in the gates the elders sat and so their polity as well as their strength was in the gates yet both shall not prevayle against the Church God is gone before you travailing in the greatnesse of his strength challenging countries Isa 63.1 and people he saith I will divide Shechem mete out the valley of Succoth Gilead is mine over Edom will I cast out my shooe c. Psal 60.6.7.8 And the prayers of Gods people are gone like the Arke before the campe of Israel three dayes journey to seeke out a resting place Num. 10.33 they are before you preparing your way hewing downe difficulties It is safe following such a conduct And God hath made the people willing in the day of his power Psal 1●0 3 That of the Psalmist is considerable Psalm 47.9 The Princes of the people are gathered together the marginall lection is the voluntary of the people the generous of the people God hath the hearts of all men in his hand And the shields of the earth belong unto the Lord The Militia of the world is his And all these shall second them that seeke his glory and Zions Peace Therefore proceed chearefully to make use of this sweete opportunity to honour God and heale our breaches Heaven we hope is bigge with blessings The Tabernacle of God is comming downe to dwell with men what ever darke clouds appeare let us continue praying waiting labouring beleeving God will at last establish and make Jerusalem a praise in the earth FINIS Die Mercurii 29. Junii 1642. IT is this day Ordered by the Commons now Assembled in Parliament that Sir Thomas Barrington doe returne thankes to Mr. Sedgwicke for the great paines he tooke in the Sermon he Preacht this day at St. Margarets Church in Westminster at the intreaty of the Commons House of Parliament this being the day of the publicke Fast And that he be desired to Print his Sermon And that no man presume to Print it but such as he shall appoint till the House shall take further Order H. Elsynge Cler. Parl. D. Com. I appoint John Bellamy and Ralph Smith to Print my Sermon WILLIAM SEDGVVICKE

they can plot nothing but their owne mischiefe No weapon formed against Zion shall prosper God hitherto hath and we hope still will make that your portion that was a part of Josephs blessing Gen. 49.23 24. The Archers have sorely grieved you and shot at you and hated you but your bow hath yet abode in strength and the armes of your hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob from thence is the shepherd the stone of Israel Our second point is the Church of right is and in time shall be a praise in the earth The Church is called Psal 48.1 2. The City of God the place of Gods residence the Mountaine of Holinesse Beautifull for scituation the joy of the whole Earth And in Psal 50.2 She is tearmed the perfection of beauty a high expression and intended to the Church under the Gospel for in that Psalme God rejects Jewish worship So great shall be the happinesse of the Church that it is called Heaven and the Saints in the Church are said to dwell in Heaven Rev. 13.6 For the opening and proving of the point we shall First Shew what this glory is and wherein it consists Secondly Prove that this of right belongs to the Church Thirdly That this happinesse is yet to come Fourthly That upon probable conjecture we may hope that it is now a comming First For the opening of the first What this praise or beauty is It is not that whorish paint nor carnall pompe nor that stately Tyranny which adornes the man of sinne You may see great preparations of this in the two former Chapters but the consummation is exprest in the beginning of this Chapter This praise or beauty is expressed generally in Chap. 60. ver 1.19 The glory of the Lord is risen upon thee it is something that is divine God is the excellency of Jacob Amos 8.7 God conferres upon the Church spirituall blessings such as are heavenly and Divine in their Nature and he conferres temporall blessings upon his Church yet so as they have upon them the impresse of a Divine and Almighty hand The particulars of a Churches beauty and glory are First Cleare and shining light Chap. 60. verse 1 2.19 God hath promised a large increase of light The light of the Moone shall be as the light of the Sunne and the light of the Sunne sevenfold The Church shall have A Crowne of twelve stars be cloathed with the Sunne and the Moone under her feet she shall have light in all parts Secondly This light shall prevaile and spread abundance shall come unto it multitudes of converts Chap 60. ver 5 6.8 They are compared to the flowing of the Sea to droves to a cloud to Doves flying to the windes Thirdly Not onely many but great ones shall be converted to the Church Kings shall come to thy brightnesse Chap. 60. ver 3. And the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee ver 5. Thou shalt sucke the breasts of Kings ver 16. Kings shall contribute the life and sweetnesse of their royalties to the helpe of the Church Fourthly Upon these he will powre out hollnesse and that universally Thy people shall be all righteous Chap. 60. ver 21. her Exactors her very enemies shall be holy Chap. 60. ver 17. As universall so excellent holinesse compared to Robes Ornaments Jewels Chap. 61. ver 10. by these spirituall blessings she differs from the sinke and Synagogue of Rome Fifthly To these spirituall God will adde many outward and temporal blessings to the Church Abundance of peace Chap. 60. ver 11. Her gates shall be open continually Victory over Enemies The Nation and Kingdome that will not serve thee shall perish Yea those Nations shall be utterly wasted Chap. 60. ver 12. And All those that despised thee shall bow downe themselves at the sole of thy feet ver 14. Abundance of Riches The glory of Lebanon ver 13. for Brasse Gold for Iron Silver ver 17. and for griefe joy and rejoycing But all these are but as preparations the consummation of the Churches happinesse and deliverance is expressed in this Chapter ver 3. She shall be a Crowne of glory in the hand of the Lord and a royall Diadem in the hand of thy God ver 4. Thou shalt be called Hephzipah and thy Land Beulah for the Lord delighteth in thee and thy Land shall be marryed Which is not meant onely of a mysticall and spirituall union of the Church to Christ but of a visible outward and manifest declaration of this marriage Christ will take his Church by the hand and publickely owne his people She shall be a Crowne of glory in the hand of the Lord and a royall Diadem in the hand of thy God ver 3. Christ and his Church will stand openly hand in hand there shall be a publicke solemnization of the marriage of the Lambe Revel 19.7 When the Church shall say Loe this is our God we have waited for him Isa 25.9 and he will save us As his people shall see it Isa 54.5 so the world shall acknowledge it and say Thy Maker is thy Husband Men see it darkely now Rev. 20.2.3 and hate them but they shall see it clearely and honour them Satan shall be bound and cast into the bottomlesse pit and with him this Antichristian malignity whereby men oppose the wayes of God Wicked men shall be as much below the Saints in power as in desert they are dogs and as dogges shall they crouch and bow to the soles of the feet of Gods children and shall call them the City of the Lord chap. 60.14 the Zion of the holy one of Israel They shall be as honourable as Joseph was in Pharaohs Court they said Can we find such a man as this is Gen. 41.38 a man in whom the spirit of God is The righteous is more excellent then his neighbour now and will be much more when God shall powre out more of himselfe upon his servants and this desperate hatred of Gods people shall be taken out of the world Then shall ten men of all languages take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew Zach. 8.23 saying we will goe with you for we have heard that God is with you Men shall say Vercly Psal 58.11 there is a reward for the righteous there is a God that judgeth the earth This shall be the happy condition of the Church and this I conceive to be a PRAISE IN THE EARTH Secondly Our second thing is to prove that this inward and outward happinesse of right belongs to the Church and that in time she shall and must enjoy it First We will take the rise of our reasons from the last and greatest happinesse of the Church she is the Spouse of Christ and herefore the highest honour riches safety and all excellent priviledges are due to her She is the Kings wife dignified with the title of Queene and Christ will give her state and honor