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A69627	Two sermons viz. I. The diseases that make a stoppage to Englands mercies discovered and attended with their remedies : in a sermon delivered at Margaretson Fish-street-hill, London : II. A preperation for suffering in these plundering times / by William Bridge ...; Sermons. Selections	Bridge, William, 1600?-1670.; I. A.	1642 (1642)	Wing B4470; Wing B4464; ESTC R13183	21,550	38

became of it in the following part of the Chapter the Lord would have consumed the whole Congregation And Moses sayd to Aaron take a Censer and put fire therein from off the Altar and put on incense and go quickly unto the Congregation and make an atonement for them for there is wrath gone out from the Lord. vers 45.46 Oh my beloved I would to God we were not guilty here the Lord hath raised up a blessed and happy Parliament and hath made them instruments of much good unto this Kingdome some idolize and deisie them others again have accused them as traitors the great Senators and Judges of our Kingdome no lesse than traitors thus have the Instruments of the Lord been abused and how can this but make a stoppage in our mercy Object What is this to us we have not accused them that is done above Answ I pray do but consider the place diligently Numb 16. it is sayd Korah Dathan and Abiram and two hundred and fifty Princes men of renown rose up against Moses but wrath breaks out upon the whole Congregation and the Lord would have consumed them all why because they were not humbled And if upon all this evill that hath been done to the instruments of God we have not been humbled the wrath of God may breake out upon us all and justly it should be that a stop should be made in Englands mercy 4. Carrying on the worke of Reformation and the great affairs of the Church upon the shoulders of humane prudence will make a stoppage in the way of mercy You know that when David broughr back the Ark they were very cheerfull and went along withall nothing fearing at last Uzza layes his hand upon the Ark and is smitten a cloud ariseth David is dismayed a stop is made in the businesse what is the matter the Text tells us they carried the Arke upon the Cart and it should have been carried upon mens shoulders So when God is bringing back the Arke men set it upon a Cart and upon the shoulder of humane wisedome oh sayes one there is no government appointed in the Church it is a matter of humane prudence and so will you cart the Ark of God look that God will make a stoppage in mercy And this is another sin that provokes God to make a stoppage in our Englands mercy 5. In the fift place As prayer and humiliation does exceedingly further the worke of God in the hands of his people so the falling and slacking of the hands in those two works doth make a stop in mercy and hath done in our mercy In the 2 Kings 23. we read there that good King Josiah went a great way in the worke of Reformation the Law is brought out his heart trembles the images are pulled down he executes justice upon Baals Priests yet notwithstanding all he had done the Lord turned not from the fiercenesse of his wrath wherewith his unger was kindled against Judah vers 26. and vers 29.30 he went out to battell with Pharaoh Nechoh and Pharaoh Nechoh slew good King Iosiah oh what a stoppage was made in Iudas mercy what is the matter let us enquire into that here are two causes at the 26 vers you have mention made of Manassehs sin the Lord turned not from the fiercenesse of his great wrath wherewith his anger was kindled against Iudah because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withall the people were not thorowly humbled for their fathers sins and good King Iosiah goes up to war and did not seek the Lord before as he should have done So that want of humiliation and flacking in the worke of prayer made this stop On the contrary you shall read a notable place Ezra 8.21 22 23. when the Jews came out of Babilon to build the Temple they were way-layd by their enemies and in the midst of the field Ezra proclaims a Fast a strange kind of fasting and praying to be in the field so it was then in the field by the rivers side they go to fasting and prayer but Ezra might have had a guard from the King why had he not verse 22. For I was ashamed to aske of the King a band of Souldiers and horsemen to helpe us against the enemy in the way because we had spoken unto the King saying The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seeke him but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him so we fasted and besought our God for this and he was entreated of us Marke fasting and prayer was their convoy oh beloved what will not fasting and prayer do when we are beset with divers enemies there must be these two the slacking of these make a stop As for prayer first you know how it was with the Israelites when they fought against Amalek when Moses held up his hand Israel prevailed when he let fall his hand Amalek prevailed slacking in prayer made a stop And so likewise for humiliation there are two things that are opposite to that which makes a stop spirituall pride and also nice curiosity concerning the means of grace Spirituall pride makes a stop Paul was caught up into the third heaven and had great revelations but lest he should be proud and a stop should be made in that mercy a messenger of Sathan is sent to buffet him It is recorded of a Frenchman having read excellent Lectures of Divinity some of his auditors came to him and desired him that he would print them he was so puffed up withall as he broke out into this blasphemy Lord Jesus how art thou beholden to me if I had turned my wits against thee how much hurt could I have done thee whereupon he was stricken with such blindnesse ignorance and dulnesse as he was two yeare after learning the Lords Prayer this I speake to shew what a stoppage spirituall pride will make And for curious nicenesse about the means of grace 1 Sam. 6. The Arke being in the hands and Countrey of the Philistims they sent it back and so the Arke returning God was returning but at the 19 verse the Lord smote of the people fifty thousand threescore and ten men why because they had looked into the Arke of the Lord their foolish nicenesse and curiosity about the Arke what a stoppage it made in the way of mercy It is recorded by Historians that before the great massacre in France the Protestants were grown so curious about preaching that no preaching would down with them but acute sententious preaching Beloved both these are opposite to humiliation and where these two humiliation falls and prayer slacks there is a stoppage made then will the Lord say to Mercy stand go no farther For the present God be thanked there is a day of humiliation and a spirit of prayer up in the field but when of late the enemies began to fall how did men leave off prayer and began to insult over the enemies the Lord saw this