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A29531 Tears for Jerusalem, or, The compassionate lamentation of a tender hearted saviour over a rebellious and obdurate people a subject entered upon on the late day of solemn humiliation, December 6, 1655, afterwards prosecuted, and now published as useful at all times, but very seasonable for the present / by John Brinsley. Brinsley, John, 1600-1665. 1656 (1656) Wing B4731A; ESTC R210555 79,536 150

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TEARS FOR IERVSALEM OR The compassionate Lamentation of a tender hearted Saviour over a rebellious and obdurate people A subject entered upon on the late day of solemn Humiliation December 6. 1655. afterwards prosecuted and now published as useful at all times but very seasonable for the present By John Brinsley Minister of the Gospel at Great Yarmouth Daughters of Jerusalem weep not for me but weep for your selves and for your children Luke 23.28 LONDON Printed by J. L. for Tho. Newberry 1656. To the Mourners in Sion Such as being truely sensible of are cordially affected with the present sad and calamitous condition of the Church of God in the Island of Great Britain Much esteeemed in the Lord. THe last year I sent forth a Groan a Groan for Israel I now here second it with Tears Tears for Jerusalem And whether there be cause for both these I appeal to you whom God hath in any measure made sensible of the present state of the land of your Nativity and specially of the Church therein When Nehemiah heard that sad report concerning Jerusalem that the remnant which were left therein were in great affliction and reproach and that the Wall thereof was broken down c. It came to passe saith he when I heard these words that I sate down and wept and mourned Neh. 1.4 And is not this the Condition of the poor Church of God among us in this Nation at this day Is not the Wall thereof broken down All Church-Government levelled By reason whereof all kind of dangerous and damnable Errours and Heresies and enormious practises with unbrotherly and unchristian divisions have broke in upon us to the rendring of us a scorn and derision to the Nations round about Thus doth Englands sore run in this night of her Affliction and ceaseth not her calamity every day increasing And yet which is no small addition to her misery how few are there who so lay it to heart as to seek out for cure and remedy Nay how many who refuse it being offered not induring to hear of any such thing as Church-Government Insomuch as the servants of God some and many of them may take up the like complaint concerning this Nation that Babylons friends once did concerning her Jer. 51.9 We would have healed her but shee is not healed Nay that which is far worse shee refuseth so to be So deplorable and almost desperate is her condition now become Now in this case what shall Sions friends do What desert and forsake her This indeed is the resolve of Babylons friends there Let us forsake her say they and let us goe every man into his own Countrey for her Iudgment reacheth unto heaven and is lifted up unto the skies They will give her over and every one shifteth for himselfe But far be such thoughts from all the servants of God in this Nation How ever it must be acknowledged they have cause enough to feare the event having so many sad symptomes before their eyes yet not knowing but that there may be hope in Israel concerning this thing let them not in the day of her adversity forsake their Mother in whose womb they were conceived and whose breasts have given them suck But let them with faith and patience yet looke out look up for from thence must come Englands cure being importunate with the God of Israel that he who hath in his just judgment for our unfruitfulnesse broken down the hedge of his Church amongst us so as the Boar out of the wood doth waste it and the wild beast of the field doth devour it would in his free grace and mercy return and look down from heaven and visit this vine and the vineyard which his own right hand hath planted Which that all may be excited to do is the design of this small Treatise To which end if it may be in any degree serviceable to any I have that I aimed at In the hopes whereof I rest Your Brother and Companion in the Kingdome and Patience of Jesus Christ John Brinsley Great Yarmouth Feb. 2. 1655. TEARS FOR IERVSALEM OR The compassionate Lamentation of a tender hearted Saviour over a rebellious and obdurate people Luk. 19.41 42. And when he was come near he beheld the City and wept over it 42. Saying If thou hadst known even thou at the least in this thy day the things which belong unto thy peace But now they are hid from thine eyes THis portion of Scripture I now take up The text upon what occasion taken up not that I look upon it as Prophetical to England So indeed it was to Hierusalem to which it is was spoken I wish it may not be so to this Nation But as concerning it both useful and seasonable for the present times and as proper to the present occasion as any I can meet with finding it put into my hands by that Declaration which hath upon this day called us together where we are directed to make this one chief part of our arrand at the throne of grace to beg it of God that he would give his people in this nation to know the things which belong unto their peace Declaration Novem. 21. 1655. which is the very thing which our blessed Saviour here wisheth to Hierusalem and that with tears in his eyes And when he was come near he beheld the City c. In the words we have a short History reported onely by this one Evangelist Division setting forth unto us the Passionate lamentation of our blessed Saviour over Hierusalem wherein the occasion of it Parts three the expression of it the ground or cause of it We may take notice of three things First The occasion of that lamentation his approaching and beholding of the City And when he was come near and beheld the City Secondly The expression of it by tears He wept over it Thirdly The ground or cause of it the sad state of the City in regard of a two-fold evil the one of sin the other of punishment of sin the stupidity and blindnesse of the inhabitants of that City in not laying hold upon the offers and tenders of grace and mercy held forth to them If thou hadst known c. The punishment first generally declared But now they are hid from thine eyes Then more particularly explained in the verses following These are the severals some of which I have now to deal with Begin with the first The occasion of this lamentation And when he was come near Part 1. The occasion of this lamentation he beheld the City So he did and that Oculis tam animi quam corporis with the eye both of his body and mind With the eye of his body he beheld the place And beholding it wept over it Thus is the eye of the body oftimes as a window to let in affection The eye lets in affection to the heart and passion into the soul Love and hatred joy and grief they often enter at this
Moab who were strangers nay enemies to God and his people O how ought Christians to be affected towards Jerusalem towards the Church and people of God Great reason why they should mourn with them for them In as much as they are members of the same body Reas Christians members of the same body Now such a sympathy we know there is betwixt the members of the natural body If one member suffer all the members suffer with it as the Apostle observes 1 Cor. 12.26 And such a sympathy there ought to be betwixt the members of the Mistical Bodie Appli That it should be so I presume it will readily be granted But then why is it not so The present times to be mourned over Let that be the first branch of the Application How is it that there are no more mourners in this our Sion Surely it is not for want of just cause of mourning I presume that among those who are most in love with the present times yet there are none that so doate upon them but they will acknowledge there is yet somewhat among us which deserveth both sighes and tears So much that Instrument which hath this day called us together hath proclaimed to the world And surely so we shall find it if we seriously consider the state of things both abroad and at home Look a broad In regard of the state of the Church abroad we may see or hear of that which deserveth to be laid to heart The sad state of our poor persecuted brethren in Piemont whose condition not long since hath been recommended to the needfull charity of this Nation As also that hand of God which hath lyen so heavy upon our neighbours on the other side where the destroying Angel hath been and yet is at work doing sad executions To which I might add the present state of our brethren in Scotland But we shall not need to go abroad The presen state of England a matter of just lamentation It was that which our Saviour said to the woman of Jerusalem whom he saw out of a feminine temper and some of them happily out of affection unto himself lamenting him going to his Passion Daughters of Jerusalem weep not for me but weep for your selves and your children Luk. 23.28 And truly the like may be said unto us at this day weep not so much for others as for your selves Such is the state of this nation that if rightly considered it may be conceived to deserve a weeping over which that you may be brought to do let me desire you to approach and take a veivv of it This it was that drew tears from your Saviours eyes viz. his approaching and beholding of Jerusalem When he was come near he beheld the City and wept over it That you may be like affected towards this your native countrey let me give you a sight of it Which I shall do in a three fold prospect Englands condition looked upon three waies desiring you to look upon it these three wayes considering what it was what it is and what unlesse God be pleased graciously to step in by a timous prevention it it is like to be What it hath been First What it was how happie under that long continued peace which for so many years together it enjoyed to the admiration if not envy of other Nations But again how unhappy under the late Civill Commotions which like a fire breaking forth in our own bowels what sad devastations did it make to the effusion of much precious bloud which is yet so fresh as that the memory of it cannot but deeply affect the hearts of all those who bear any true love to the land of their Nativity Such it hath been What it is Secondly But what is it Here I shall not go upon any private account whether my own or yours which if I should I might draw up a large Catalogue of sins and judgements under which at the present this nation lyes and groans deserving to bewept over But I have a publick one put into my hand That Declaration Set forth in the late Declaration which hath occasioned this our meeting I find it taking notice of three or four particulars Besides the late Rebukes those I suppose received on the other side of the world Iamaika where not a little English blood was shed to the no small dishonour of the Nation which hath not been acquainted with such repulses The tares of Division Abominable blasphemies Dreadful appostacies Four particulars justly to be mourned over with the Impediments of Settlement and Reformation These are held forth as the just occasions and grounds of this dayes Humiliation And truly if rightly looked upon as we see a reality in every of them so we shall find that there is never a one of them but giveth the people of God to do over this Nation what their blessed Saviour here did over Jerusalem to weep over it First The tares of Division Tares of division which vvhilest the Husbandmen slept the envious man hath sowen and that so thick as the whole field is over run with them insomuch that they threaten to eat out the heart both of Church and State Divisions of all sorts Divisions both of Heads and Hearts in jugdement and affection in Church and State So as it may novv be said of the people of England as once it vvas of Israel Hosea ● 2 Their he arts is divided God having taken away his spirit of unitie and concord from them he hath given them over to Seditions Factions Sects Schismes And is not this a just cause of mourning Such are divisions in the State In or for The divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart Judg. 5.15 Much more in the Church O what means that noise of Axes and Hammers in the Temple In the building of it there were none of these heard 1 King 6.7 Surely this is for the breaking down of the carved work thereof at once Psal 74.6 Abominable blasphemies Secondly Abominable blasphemies And those not onely the suddain eruptions of prophane and impious tongs by cursing and swearing for which the Prophet saith the land of Israel mourned Jer. 23.10 But deliberate blasphemies studied and resolved blasphemies Blasphemies against Jesus Christ and against his holy Spirit divesting both of their Divinity denying the satisfaction of Christ blasphemies against Scriptures Ordinances Ministery even spitting in the face all religion And is not this a just ground of mourning The Jews of old never heard a blaspemous word but their manner was to rend their garments 2 King 18.37.19 1. Matth. 26.65 Act. 14.14 O what cause have Christians then to rend their hearts at the hearing and seeing of such blaspemies as daily fly abroad among us The like whereunto are not to be found in Rome it self though she be the mother of abominations Revel 17.5 And hath the name of blasphemy written upon her forehead Rev.