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A03839	The Ievves deliverance out of Babylon, and the mystery of our redemption plainely demonstrated in ten sermons, vpon the 126. Psalme, viz. 1. Sions saluation. 2. The saints securitie. 3. The free-mans frankincense. 4. The atheists acknowledgement. 5. Gods goodnesse. 6. The godlies gladnesse. 7. The prisoners petition. 8. The commoditie of the crosse. 9. The captiues case. 10. The Christians comfort. Preached in Yorkshire, by Iohn Hvme, Minister of the Word; and now published by authoritie.	Hume, John, minister of religion in Yorkshire.	1628 (1628)	STC 13954; ESTC S114146	137,004	180

strew the gates of Sichem with salt burne vp the Citie of A● for blessed is hee that rewardeth Babylon as shee hath serued vs yea blessed shall hee bee that dasheth her children against the stones and assure your selues that as the Lord hath decreed so in his owne time he will bring againe the captiuitie of Sion Captiuitie is twofold Corporall of the body and that either imprisonment as Ioseph in Pharaohs chiefe Stewards e Gen. 40.3 house and Ieremie in the house of f Ier. 37.15 Ionathan the Scribe or else seruitude and subiection that one Nation is to another as Israel to Egypt and Iudah to Babylon Captiuitie Spirituall of the Soule is either of the regenerate through the corruption of nature for there is a Law in our members rebelling against the Law of our minds and leades vs captiue to the Law of g Rom. 7.23 sinne or of the reprobate whose hearts are hardned in their wickednesse for be that committeth sinne is the seruant of h Ioh. 8.34 sinne and of whom a man is ouercome of the same hee is brought in i 1. Pet. 2.19 bondage now the latter of these is the cause of the former as the Prophet saith The Lord afflicted Iudah for the multitude of her transgressions and her children are gone into captiuitie before the k Lam. 1. enemie Now in the bringing againe of Sions captiuitie wee must first obserue the manner and then the time The Time is noted out in the particle When The manner of their deliuerance the Manner is here not mentioned but it was thus first The Lord inabled Cyrus to subdue their Enemie and then put it into his heart to set them at libertie and hence wee might gather for our consolation that God will not onely free his Church and Children out of all their troubles but also ouerthrow all their Oppressors and Disturbers for as a Father burnes the rod when he hath chastised his child euen so deales God with the wicked whom he vseth as a rod to correct his Children in his indignation hee burnes them and in his fiery wrath he consumes them But is it not iniustice in God Quest first to put his people into the hands of the Heathen and after to punish the Heathen for their cause No Answ because the vngodly whensoeuer the Lord doth glue his people ouer into their hands they oppresse and vexe them without all measure or meane iniustice Summum ius summa iniuria crudeles vocabo quicum puniendi causam habent modum non habent Sen. de Clem. ad Ner. Now wee know that the strictest Law proues greatest wrong and Seneca calls all such cruell who hauing cause to punish yet haue no measure in punishment this crueltie kindled the Lords wrath against the Chaldaeans I am iealous saith the Lord of Hosts ouer Ierusalem and Sion with a great zeale and am greatly angrie against the carelesse Heathen for I was angrie but a little and they helped forward the l Zath 1.14 15. affliction Againe Answ 2. I st us est iniustū euadere iuste quam iustum punire iniuste Chrysost 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the wicked are not content to exercise this crueltie vpon delinquents and offenders but besides they dare lay violent hands vpon the Lords seruants whereas it agrees better with equitie to let the guiltie goe as innocent then to punish the innocent wrongfully yea and is is better faith one vniustly to absolue then wrongfully to condemne and why The one is an offence and iniquitie and the other wickednesse and impietie Now the Babylonians kild the Prophets and murthered the Preachers of the Lord hanged vp their Princes dishonoured their Elders defiled their Matrons and deflowred their m Lam. 5. Virgins and villainously abused them without all distinction of sexe or exception of n 1. Esd 1.53 54. 2. Chron. 36.17 persons this inhumanitie added vnto their former crueltie did whet the Lords anger and did prouoke him to wrath against them as wee may see by his threatning of them by the mouth of his Prophet Sit still saith he and get thee into darknesse O daughter of the Chaldeans for thou shalt no more bee called the Lady of the Kingdomes I was wroth with my people I haue polluted mine inheritance and giuen them into thine hand thou didst shew them no mercy but thou didst lay a very heauy yoke vpon the Ancient therefore shall euill come vpon thee and thou shalt not know the morning thereof destruction shall come vpon thee which thou shalt not be able to put away destruction shall come vpon thee suddenly ere thou be o Isai 47.5 6. and 11. vers aware Let this teach men to take heed how they vexe or molest Gods Saints for as Dauid slue the Lion and kild the Beare because they medled with his p 1. Sam. 17.34 35. Lambs so shall the Lord smite wound and slay such as deuour his Lambs whom hee tenders as the apple of his eye and as Moses killed the Egyptian because he did contend with an q Exod. 2.11 12. Hebrew euen so the Lord will deale with all that dare enter the lists or contend with his Seruants for it is a righteous thing with him to recompence tribulation to them that trouble r 2. Thess 1.6 Insta malis haec admisso pro crimine p●ena est Si que f●cerunt eadem patiantur ipsi them and therefore he will assuredly require the blood of Abel at the hands of Cain he will be auenged on the Egyptians for oppressing his Israelites and he will repay double the crueltie of the Chaldeans when the Lord brings againe the captiuitie of Sion The time of their deliuerance is noted out in this particle The time of their deliuerance Ier. 25.11 Dan. 9.2 When and that was not before the threescore and ten yeares foreprophesied by Ieremiah were expired But why did the Lord suffer his people to continue so long in captiuitie The reason is because they abhorred the Lawes of God they despised his Ordinances Quest. Answ they did violate his Couenant and they did not keepe his Sabbaths and therefore the Lord dealt with them according to his Word if thou wilt not obay mee nor keepe all these Commandements I will scatter you among the Heathen and I will draw out a sword after you and your Land shall be waste and your Cities shall bee desolate then shall the Land enjoy her Sabbaths as long as it lyeth ſ Leuit. 26.33 34. waste Where wee see that they continued thus long in captiuitie First because of their sinnes Secondly that the Lords Word might bee verified and his Threatnings accomplished Thirdly that the Land might rest and enioy her Sabbaths now the Land had fulfilled ten Sabbaths in these threescore and ten yeeres Further Answ 2. Daniel alludeth his three score and ten weeks vnto these threescore and ten yeeres as they were threescore

King of Egypt to rob m 1. King 14.26 it or with Antiochus to ransacke n 1. Macc. 1.21 22. it but with Ioash to repayre o 2. Chron. 24. it with Iosiah to renew p 2. Chron. 34. it and with Cyrus to reare it and raise it againe Thirdly he was benigne and bountifull and liberall Thirdly his liberalitie to the poore Iewes to all such as were imployed in this worke or resorted home to Ierusalem for all such as through pouertie were not able to returne hee caused to bee releeued with siluer gold substance cattell and willing q Ezra 1. offerings strictly charging and commanding that for the building of Gods House the expences and charges should be raised out of his r Ezr. 6. reuenues if all Christian Princes were as forward as he was the Foxes durst not so boldly walke vpon Mount Sion nor the little Cubs destroy her Vines nor deuour her Grapes What is the cause that euery where wee see so many Churches ruinated and so many Chappels razed to the ground the Lords Houses so defaced and his Seruants so disgraced but because Naboths Vineyard is impropriated to be Ahabs f 1. King 21. Orchard and Strangers eate Panem sanctisicatum the hallowed bread which belonged to Aaron and his t Exed 29.32 33. sonnes and our great ones like Nebuzaradan with their vnhallowed hands doe rob Gods House of it u 2. King 25. treasure Hence it is that in many places the estate of the Church is like vnto that of the Iewes The carued worke of Gods House is broken downe with Axes and Hammers the Synagogues of God are burnt vp and the dwelling place of his Name is euen defiled and pulled downe to the * Psal 74. ground Hence it is that so many poore Ministers are dieted with Michaia with bread and x 1. King 22.27 water and are apparelled with Dauids seruants with garments cut off by the y 2. Sam. 10.4 buttocks and goe like famished Nazarites with a visage blacker then a z Lam. 4.8 cole and trauell like the Gibeonites with torne clothes and clouted a Iosua 9.5 shooes but let all Symoniacall and sactilegious persons take heed of the curse that hangs ouer them for spoiling of Gods Church and pilling of his Ministers For you are cursed with a curse because you haue spoiled mee saith the Lord in Tithes and b Mal. 3.8.9 Offerings Fourthly Fourthly his wisedome and valour in Martiall affaires I may obserue in Cyrus wisedome ioyned with valour policy with power the Prophet setteth downe the fiercenesse and furiousnesse of the Chaldaeans by comparing them for forwardnesse to Leopards and for their fiercenesse * Hab. 1.8 to Wolues beasts so rauenous that the one for eagernesse leapes and jumps and the other with open mouth for greedinesse runnes vpon the prey by which comparisons hee manifestly expresseth the nature and condition of that sauage Nation yet the Lord inabled Cyrus to subdue them and girded him with strength and power to ouer-come c Isai 45.1 2 3 4 5. them and as bee inabled him with power and valour so he indued him with wisdome and policy Vide Di●d Sicul r●um antiq l. 3. c. 4. de aedificatione Babylonis caepit ●rbem Cyrus quam vel bumano opere extrui ●otuisse vel bumana virtute destrui posse v●runque pene incredile apud mortales erat Or●sius Babylon was immured with strong Walls so fortified with Rampires and Towres so impeopled with thousands of Souldiers and so fenced with the Riuer Euphrates that to the Inhabitants it seemed invinsible and therefore Balthasar with his Princes fearing no danger sits securely feasting and drinking in the sacred Cups but Cyrus diuides the Riuer into so many Channels that hee with his Souldiers passe through safely and so comes vpon the Chaldaeans as Gideon came vpon the Amalekites at vnawares and whilst they are in the height of their jollitie the Medes Inuadunt vrbem somno vinoque sepultam enter into Babylon as the Graecians entered Troy whilst some of them are drowsie through sleepe and some drunke with wine Wisedome and valour are required and expected in Rulers and specially in a Warriour hee must not be like Rehoboam a child and e 2. Chro. 13.7 faint-hearted nor yet like Ahab too aduenturesome and f 2. Chron. 18. forward but like Iudith bold as a Lyon and yet like Dan wise as a g Gen. 49.9 and 17. Serpent Iosuah though hee was animated and incouraged by the Lord himselfe to fight against all the Kings of h Ios 1. Canaan yet warily he sends Spyes to view and search the i Ios 2. Land and politikely lyes in ambush and takes the Citie of k Ios 8. Ai. Iudas Macchabaeus was strong valiant from his l 1. Macc. 2.66 youth yet priuily he assaults his Enemies in the night comes vpon them at vnawares and burnes vp their Townes and Cities on a m 2. Macc. 8.6 7. Phil. Mel. Chro. lib. 2. sudden Now omitting to speake of Cyrus his education which some haue thought to haue beene vnder Daniel in the Palace of Shusan in the Prouince of Elam and other memorable gifts wherewith God had indued him lest I should bee too prolixe and tedious yet in that the Lord vseth him as an instrument to deliuer his people out of the hands of their Enemies it should animate and encourage all Christian Princes to sight the Lords battels manfully in resisting all the Enemies of the Truth to Gods glorie and the good of his Church God promised and purposed to roote out the prophane inhabitants of Canaan and yet he excites Moses and Aaron Iosua and Caleb to warre against them the Lord can with water drowne his Enemies as hee did the n Exod. 14. Egyptians by an Angell destroy them as he did the o Isa 37.36 Assyrians with a noyse to affright them as he did the p 2. King 7.6 Aramites and fell them with hailestones as he did the q Ios 10.11 Ammorites yet to verifie his word Whosoeuer sheddeth mans blood by man his blood shall bee r Gen. 9. shed Hee will vse man as an instrument to punish the crueltie of man God in his Decree and iust Iudgement hath determined to destroy and ouerthrow this Westerne Babylon and though hee might destroy it with fire from Heauen as he did f Gen. 19. Sodom yet will he haue the Inhabitants of the earth to bee instruments and agents herein For the Kings of the earth shall make her desolate and naked they shall eate her flesh and burne her with t Reuel 17.13.16 fire And who knowes whether euen this bee not the time appointed for the destruction and desolation of that whorish Citie and bloody See For the deliuerance of Gods Saints from all Antichristian and Babylonish bondage and for bringing againe the captiuitie of Sion But mee thinks I heare how