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A59877	A sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and aldermen of the city of London, at Gvild-hall-Chappel, on Sunday, Nov. 4, 1688 by William Sherlock ...	Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707.	1689 (1689)	Wing S3348; ESTC R21594	11,672	38

A SERMON Preached before the RIGHT HONOURABLE THE Lord Mayor AND ALDERMEN OF The CITY of LONDON AT GVILD-HALL-CHAPPEL On Sunday Nov. 4. 1688. By WILLIAM SHERLOCK D.D. Master of the Temple LONDON Printed for William Rogers at the Sun over against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-street 1689. Chapman Mayor c. Cur. Special tent die Lunae Quinto die Novemb. 1688. Annoque Regni Regis Jacobi Secundi Angl. c. Quarto THis Court doth desire Dr. Sherlock to Print his Sermon Preach'd Yesterday morning at the Guild-Hall-Chappel before the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of this City Wagstaffe IMPRIMATUR Novemb. 14 1688. Z. Isham R. P. D. Hen. Episc. Lond. à Sacris TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE Sir John Chapman LORD MAYOR OF THE CITY of LONDON My LORD IN obedience to the Order I received from your Lordship and the Court of Aldermen I Present you with this plain Sermon the whole Design of which is not to debate any thing nor to determine on which side the Truth lies in those warm Disputes which have been among us but to convince all those who Love and Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem how many Controversies there are which should be laid aside without Disputing and how a little condescention to each other may either happily Vnite us into oue Communion or at least Teach us to Live together in Love and Charity notwithstanding some different Apprehensions of Things and I hope so Charitable a Design as this will raise no new Disputes and Quarrels among us That GOD would preserve his Church restore Peace and Vnity among Christistians bless this Great and Populous City and direct your Lordship in the Government of it in these difficult Times is the hearty Prayer of My LORD Your Lordship 's Most obedient Servant WILL. SHERLOCK A SERMON Preach'd before the Lord Mayor 122 PSALM 6 7. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem they shall prosper that love Thee Peace be within thy Walls and Prosperity within thy Palaces THough the particular time and occasion of Penning this Psalm is uncertain yet so much is plain that it was after David had setled the Ark at Jerusalem and made that City the place of God's House and of Religious Worship and the Seat of Justice and Judgment There was the House of God vers 9. that is though the Temple was not yet built if this Psalm was composed by David as the Title of it signifies it was yet there was the Tabernacle and the Ark of God which formerly was in Shilo and afterwards removed from one place to another till David setled it in Jerusalem thither all the Tribes of Israel were to resort three times a year to worship God before the Ark of the Testimony 4 ver There was the Imperial Seat where David had built his Throne and Palace and where his Posterity were to dwell and govern Israel and therefore it was the Seat of Justice too as that must be where the Kings Throne and the House of God was placed There are set thrones of judgment the thrones of the house of David 5 ver These were the peculiar Priviledges of Jerusalem above any other City in Jury This was the reason of that peculiar affection and passionate concern which David had himself and exhorts all others to express for Jerusalem that he greatly rejoyced to go thither and to continue there I was glad when they said unto me Let us go into the house of the Lord our feet shall stand within thy gates O Jerusalem That he exhorts all people to pray for the peace and prosperity of Jerusalem and promises a Blessing to those who love it as it is in my Text Pray for the peace of Jerusalem they shall prosper that love thee peace be within thy walls and prosperity within thy palaces All this was not for the sake of the material Buildings the beauty of the place or the convenience of its scituation but because it was the Center of Unity Which is builded as a City that is compact together whither the Tribes go up the Tribes of the Lord unto the Testimony of Israel to give thanks unto the name of the Lord 3 4 ver Which shews in what respect he commends Jerusalem that it is built as a City which is compact together not with regard to the Uniformity and regular Order and Union of its material Buildings but that it was the Center of a Religious Unity and Order in Worship where all the Tribes of Israel met and united in the same Acts of Worship and Praise to God. There was the House of God there were the set Thrones of Judgment So that to Love Jerusalem to Pray for the Peace and Prosperity of it is to love the House the Worship the Name of God to love and pray for the Unity Happiness and Prosperity of the Church for the flourishing State of Religion and the peaceful Opportunities of Worshipping God in his Holy Temple together with the equal and impartial Administration of Justice which is so much for the Publick good to promote the Temporal and Eternal Happiness of Men that our Love to Mankind but especially our Love to the Brethren as well as our Zeal for God's Glory and Worship requires this of us For my Brethren and Companions sake I will now say Peace be within thee Because of the House of the LORD our GOD I will seek thy good v. 8 9. Thus I have given you a very plain and easie Exposition of this whole Psalm and therein have sufficiently Explained my Text I have but one thing more to add to make way for my intended Discourse and that is to shew you that this Exhortation does directly and not meerly by Accommodation and Analogie concern Us as well as it did the Jews For Jerusalem was but a Type of the Christian Church as the carnal Israel or the carnal Seed and Posterity of Abraham were of true and sincere Christians who are the Children of Abraham by Faith in Christ And therefore St. Paul expresly distinguishes between the earthly Jerusalem and the Jerusalem which descends from above 4 Gal. 25 26. For this Agar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and answereth to Jerusalem which now is and is in bondage with her Children but Jerusalem which is above or from above that is the Christian Church is free which is the Mother of us all Which in 12 Heb. 22. he calls Mount Sion the city of the living GOD the heavenly Jerusalem And 3 Rev. 12. it is called The city of GOD the new Jerusalem which cometh down out of heaven from GOD. And 21 Rev. 2. The new Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from GOD prepared as a bride adorned for her husband Which is a Description of the most reformed and purified state of the Christian Church on Earth So that this Exhortation To Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem does most properly belong to Christians because the Christian Church is the true Jerusalem the new the holy Jerusalem descending out of Heaven