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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85505	Things now-a-doing: or, The chvrches travaile of the child of reformation now-a-bearing. In a sermon preached before the honourable House of Commons, at their solemne fast, Iuly 31. 1644. By Stanley Gower, sometimes Rector of Brompton-Brian in the County of Hereford, now Preacher of Gods Word at Martins Ludgate, London: and one of the Reverend Assembly of Divines. Published by order of the said House.	Gower, Stanley.	1644 (1644)	Wing G1462; Thomason E3_25; ESTC R2879	23,719	43

THINGS Now-a-doing OR THE CHVRCHES TRAVAILE Of the Child of Reformation now-a-bearing IN A SERMON Preached before the Honourable House of Commons at their solemne Fast Iuly 31. 1644. By Stanley Gower sometimes Rector of Brompton-Brian in the County of Hereford now Preacher of Gods Word at Martins Ludgate London And one of the Reverend Assembly of Divines MATTH. 24. 21 23 24 25. V. 21. Then shall be great tribulation such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time no nor ever shall be V. 23. Then if any shall say to you Lo here is Christ or there beleeve it not V. 24. For there shall arise false Christs and false Prophets c. V. 25. Behold I have told you before Published by Order of the said House LONDON Printed by G. M. for Philemon Stephens at the signe of the Golden-Lyon in Pauls Church-yard 1644. TO THE HONOVRABLE HOVSE OF COMMONS Now assembled in PARLIAMENT Right Honourable DAniels Prophecie concernes the Jewes in Hypothesi the whole Church of God in Thesi for no Scripture is of private interpretation saith S. Peter and These things hapned to them as ensamples saith S. Paul To them it speaketh two things 1. Their Calamities under the foure great Monarchies now almost at an end 2. Their Consolation afterwards and now approaching To us it speaketh two things more 1. Our Hope living in dayes of trouble but withall of delivery it is not a Tympany but a Child that the Churches of the Saints goe withall if they stick long in the place of birth it is because they are foolish but at length a safe deliverance is promised the man-child of Reformation shall be borne and Heaven and earth shall cry grace grace unto it 2. Our Help for hope deferred maketh the heart sick in this booke two ways it is afforded First From the History of it See here how the Church though it be a little and but a despised flock yet is it of that esteeme with God that for the Churches sake he wheeles about all the Monarchies of the world the Persian shall dash in peeces the Babylonian the Greekes the Persian the Romanes the Grecian and the God of Heaven the Romane Empire and them all and set up the Kingdome of Iesus Christ that stone cut cut without hands which shall become a great mountaine and fill the whole earth Secondly From the Prophesie of it not Humane but Divine that sacred Calendar and great Almanack of Prophesie the foure Kingdomes of Daniel are not only an Historicall but a Propheticall Chronologie of times measured from the beginning of the Jewes captivity till all the Kingdomes of the world should become the Kingdome of our Lord and his Christ a course of time during which the Church and Nation of the Iewes should carry the veile upon their hearts but afterwards should turne to God and be raised up from the death of sinne are turne so strange a delivery so great that it is resembled to a resurrection from the grave To this great Calendar of times the Apostles in the new Testament relate when they call the times of the fourth Kingdome the last times and the latter times of that Kingdome the latter times viz. the latter part of that last Kingdome as saith a learned Interpreter Goe we then to this Propheticall Calendar we have the Romane Monarchy almost at an end and concerning the Iewes whose comming in succeedeth their going out two things foretold The finall end of the Turkish Empire as learned men conceive the only obstacle to those Kings of the East as the Iewes are call'd and the last defence of the Beast whose beginning was about the yeare 1300. and the addition of 350. which is the time times halfe a time doth bring that Turkish tyranny to an end in the yeare 1650. The beginning of their gratious delivery this shall be after a two-fold epoche 1. The taking away of the daily sacrifice which was wickedly done by Antiochus long before but de jure by our Lord Iesus Christ his death destroying all other sacrifices by the sacrifice of himselfe the fulnesse of all their shadowes and defacto by Titus Vespasian who tooke away the place of sacrificing when he destroyed the Temple 2. The setting up of the abhomination of desolation or which maketh desolate this was wickedly attempted by the Iewes in the dayes of Iulian the Apostate he in contempt of Christ gave licence to the Iewes to build their Temple and renew their Iewish worship hereupon they tooke up every stone of the old foundation but before they laid any new one they were dispersed by a speciall hand of God A fearfull earthquake in the night destroyed all their work● a sudden fire consumed all their tooles and themselves so dispersed that from that time the Iewish superstitions did for ever cease Cyril Bishop of Ierusalem who admonished them of this Prophesie of Daniel but after no disswasion could prevaile he openly professed that now the time was come which our Lord fore-told that there should not be left one stone upon another Now understand we this to be the epoche Iulians reign fell out in the yeare 360. to which adde 1290. they make up 1650. the very time formerly designed for the finishing of the Iewes dispersion These things being so I knew not Right Honourable a Text speaking more to You Vs Our times then what I preached on and by your Authority have exposed now to more publike view To you it speakes by way of Caution that no spot nor blot nor shrinking back be found amongst you that are repairers of our breaches and restorers of pathes to dwell in To us it speakes by way of Crisis it discovers the temper of the sick body of both Church and State under you our great and under God only Phisitian your physick stirs the humours makes some better some worse To our times it speakes by way of comfort they are troublesome but trying times and after triall there shall be delivery to those that are purified made white and tried but destruction to those that doe and will doe wickedly true wisedome and understanding is hid from them and reveal'd to the godly wise Let then a bloody crew fight on and fill up their measure and let a foolish people refuse to assist you as they ought the Lord himself hath said the word to you as to Cyrus He is my shepheard and shall performe all my pleasure even saying to Ierusalem Thou shalt be built and of the Temple Thy foundation shall be laid and to them the Lord will throw downe his haile upon them that stand against Reformation and rend their hearts with indignation and blasphemy he will goe an end with his worke though they sweare and storme till he have utterly consumed them from the face of the earth Perfect is the work of God and as the