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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66597	Jerichoes dovvn-fall as it was presented in a sermon preached in St. Margarets Westminster before the honourable House of Commons at the late solemne fast, Septemb. 28, 1642 / by Thomas Wilson ...	Wilson, Thomas, 1601-1653.	1643 (1643)	Wing W2948; ESTC R6156	31,694	59

IERICHOES DOVVN-FALL As it was Presented in a Sermon preached in St. Margarets Westminster before the Honourable HOUSE of COMMONS At the late Solemne Fast Septemb. 28. 1642. By THOMAS WILSON Preacher of the word at Otham in Kent Published by Order from that HOUSE LONDON Printed for JOHN BARTLET and are to bee sold at the Gilt Cup near to S. Austins Gate 1643. Die Mercurii 28. Sept. 1642. IT is this day Ordered by the Commons House of Parliament that M. Hollis and Sr Robert Harley are appointed to returne thanks from this House to M. Hodges and M. Wilson for the great paines they have taken in the Sermons they preached this day at St. Margarets Westminster at the intreaty of this House And that they desire them to print their Sermons And that no man presume to print them but such as they shall appoint untill the House shall take farther Order H. ELSYNG Cler. Parl. D. Com. To the HONORABLE HOUSE of COMMONS Now Assembled in PARLIAMENT THE Great God the Lord your God God of Gods and Lord of Lords in pity to his people and mercy to this Land hath raised up in our great distresse a seven shepheards and eight principall men out of the severall divisions of the Kingdome when the enemy would come in like a flood the spirit of the Lord hath lift up a S●andard against him God hath called you for such a thing as this at such a time as this to this Great Court your call is high your work is hard you know why you are borne for the benefit of many as Bucers Physitians said to him non sibi se sed multorum utilitati esse natum You are our deliverers from heavy burdens our reformers of great corruptions You find Church and State bruised and diseased You are our healers b What though Israel fret shall Moses faint when men of renown murmure at the instruments of good the Lord will shew who are Gods no man suffers so much injury as God doth contumely as Melanchthon said nullum hominem tantum sustinere malorum quantum contumeliarum Deus It is not strange that some preferre Egyptians Onion● to Canaan and its dainties yet their Caleb a noble spirit fully followed the Lord Bucer and Melanchthon framed a form of reformation with approbation of the Peeres and States but the Clergy in the Colledge of Colen wherein were some stood right affected but more were contrary c rejected with slander and affirmed they had rather live in Turky then under such a reformation sub imperio Turcico malle se vivere quàm sub Magistrat● qui reformationem illam sequatur Nehemiah when he was in the Lords work was scorned resisted● accused threatned and by Nobles in Iudah sworn unto Tobiah deserted yet hee builds and prospers desists not his work defieth his adversaries factions dreads not words nor letters Mens d fury against Christ is a good Omen is better then their flattery they laugh at him weep not for it God laugheth at them Gods infinite providence the seven eyes upon ●ne stone Zechar. 3.9 is upon the Churches foundation all things below are wheeled about as the r●ngs full of eyes infinitâ Dei providentiâ Iun. in Ezek. 1. 18. Build you God will prosper your work make up the hedge God hath sought you for it stand in the gap before the Lord that he may not destroy the Land who now visits our ingratitude as Luther to Melanchton valdè cupio ut sint adversus Satanae furores inaestimabiles aliquor reliqui qui se pro do mo Israel muros opponant in hoc die furoris Domini visitantis nostram sicut dignum est ingratitudinem You love our Nation your acts are nationall execute judgement and seek the truth thus love our Land and the Lord will pardon Ier. 5. 1. Doe men hate him that rebuketh in the Gate and abhorre him that spèaketh uprightly it is knowne by it it is an evill time you contend for peace and truth be constant and confident your warre is peace as Zwinglius de bello Helvetico writing to his friends Bellum cui nos instamus pax est nonbellū they strove to preserv verity liberty of the Gospell Men may may be not hurt the body but they cannot reach not touch the soule that spirituall sparkle as Zwinglius his heart was whole cor illaesum when his body was turned into ashes Luther warmed Melanchthons spirit by a letter about the common cause then molested by Pontificall rage and Caesars fury I saith he about the publike cause have a quiet mind assured it is just true and unappalled I feare not the fierce and cruell Papists if we be overthrowne Christ shall be overthrowne with us and come what can malo ego cum Christo ruere quam cum Caesare stare I had rather fall with Christ then stand with Caesar You fast you pray you consult with the God of heaven who will answer in due time with good and comfortable words Zechary 1.13 Pray as e Luther was wont to doe with rever●nce as to a God and with confidence as to a friend and father The day of fasting allowes no ornaments in lesser things then Sermons it was only my purpose to speak something pertinent to the day fasting must have prayer prayer faith and faith activity What can be more necessary in the ca●se of faith then faith in tantū est opus fidei ne causa fidei sit sine fide your difficulties many faith which hath a kind of omnipotency will carry you through all tantum possumus quantum credimus In this service my study was that the word of truth propounded your hearts lift up in the way of the Lord to the work of the Lord might continue in their height and heat by the spirit of burning till all our filth and blood be purged and washed away till fasting be turned into feasting till men may use this speech in England concerning the State The Lord blesse thee ô habitation of justice and concerning the Church The Lord blesse thee ô mountaine of holinesse till there be one Lord and his Name one That this Parliament the repairer of the breaches the restorer of the Paths to dwell in by loyalty to our Soveraign fidelity to the Kingdome and zeale to Religion may be the joy of many Generations which is the prayer of Your devoted servant and daily Petitioner to the God hearing Prayer THOMAS WILSON JERICHO'S DOWN-FALL A SERMON PREACHED before the Honorable House of COMMONS at a solemn Fast Novemb. 28. 1642. HEB. 11. 30. By Faith the walls of Iericho fell downe after they were compassed about seven dayes THE authority of this Epistle depends not on the Writer but on the Authour not on Ma● but on God whose Spirit of truth held and ruled the pen of the Writer It evidently sets forth 1. Christs 1. Person God and man and 2. Offices King Priest Prophet 2. The