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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

and pray for them that persecute vs Answ or if through ignorance they maligne and trouble vs ☜ as Saul did persecute the Saints we ought with our Sauiour to pray for them Si ita gaudeas vt this affect ●us indulgeas aeteris tuas iniurias vindicari affectus h●c o●n●o est vitiosus sugiendiss sed si animum refer●● ad glorian Dei s●lutem p●●ximi te intra has metas contine●● affectus hic laudandus est Moll in Psal 137. because they know not what they doe yea though contrarie to their knowledge and conscience they thirst after our blood yet must wee with Steuen desire that it bee not laid vnto their charge that is as Lyra saith in desiring God not to punish them eternally but to giue them repentance but if our enemies bee Gods enemies and seeke not onely our shame but Gods dishonour not our particular hurt but the ouerthrow of his Church then we may both pray for their i Psal 79.11 12 13 14. confusion and reioyce at their k Psal 58.10 Iudg 5.31 destruction Secondly their owne libertie did afford vnto them no little comfort Captiuitie is a great miserie and Libertie no lesse a blessing the felicitie of the one may be gathered from the miserie of the other For in captiuitie you may see Manasses in chaines Iehoiakim in fetters Samson at the mill and Hoshea in prison in time of libertie you may see Debora and Barak singing the M●nstrell playing Myriam at her Timbrel and Dauid at his Harpe In captiuitie the Land lyes waste our Houses are giuen to Aliens and our Possessions to strangers but in libertie wee may see Elisha plowing Isaak sowing and Boaz reaping In captiuitie poore bond-men are clothed like Dauids seruants with garments cut off by the buttocks their fare shall be like Michaiahs bread and water their lodging like vnto Iacobs the cold ground for their bed and a hard stone for their pillow and their taskes like the Israelites more then they can beare but in libertie you may see Daniel and Mordecai clothed richly Nehemiah and Ezra feasting ioyfully and Dauid resting on his bed securely in a word Plant. Salust Cicero the Heathen themselues obseruing the lamentable condition of a captiue they thought seruitude the worst euill that could befall man and that the most dangerous libertie was to be preferred before the best and safest captiuitie yea and death it selfe to be chosen before bondage And this made Samson choose rather to die then to continue in such f Iudg. 16. seruitude and Razis rather to kill himselfe then to yeeld to g 2. Macch. 14. Nicanor No maruell then if they were glad and reioyced when they were freed from such bondage Psal 14.7 Psal 53.6 Magna fuit i●s consolatio redire ad locum cultus diuini Lyra. according to that of the Psalmist When God turneth againe the captiuitie of his people Iacob shall reioyce and Israel shal be glad Thirdly it was a great occasion of ioy for them to returne to Sion where they might freely without disturbance and void of all feare worship and serue the Lord in his holy Temple For a Captiue hath not so much as his conscience left free as wee may see vnder Antiochus the Iewes were compelled to transgresse the Law of God to prophane the Temple to defile the Altar and to breake the Sabbath not daring once to confesse themselues to be Iewes So in Babylon they were forced to learne the language of the Chaldeans and constrained to worship their Idols and Images h 2. Macch. 6.1 to 7. For now the * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Greg. Naz. Orat. 12. walles of Ierusalem were pulled downe the Citie made leuell with the ground the Sanctuarie destroyed Note The Temple was begun to be built 2. Cyri Ezra 3.8 but the building was hindred vntill the second yeare of Darius of Persia Ezr. 4.24 and was finished the sixt of his reigne Ezr. 6.15 Hagai prophesied the first day of the sixt moneth and Zacharie in the eight moneth both in the second yeare of this Darius Hag. 1.1 Zach. 1.1 Ezr. 5.1.1 Esdr 6.1 in the seuenth of his reigne Ezra came to Ierusalem Ezr. 7.7.8 in the twentieth yeare of his reigne N●hem●a came to Ierusalem Neh. 12.1 and on the seuenth moneth Ezra expounded the Law vnto them Neh. 7.73 and 8.1 and the moneth before which was the sixt the wall was finished Neh. 6.15 the Prophets were silent and the Priests were carried captiues but now in their libertie at their returne they might see Zerubbabel and Ieshua repayring the Temple Hagai and Zacharie prophecying the Priests and the Leuites singing the people building Nehemiah defending them and Ezra expounding the Law vnto them and truely Psal 122.1 ● all other occasions of ioy are not to be compared to this to goe into the House of the Lord and to stand in the Gates of Ierusalem For as Dauid neuer danced so ioyfully as he did before the A●ke euen so the godly neuer reioyce so gladly as when they may without molestation enter into the Courts of the Lord Psal 10● serue him with gladnesse and come before his presence with a song Lastly we might adde hereunto that it was occasion of reioycing vnto them to bee freed from the societie and fellowship of the wicked How was the righteous soule of iust Lot ●vexed from day to day with the vnlawfull deeds of the wicked Sodomites whilest hee had his conuersation amongst i 2. Pet. 2.7 8. them How was the peaceable soule of godly Dauid grieued so long as he abode with Meshech and had his habitation amongst the Tents of Kedar and dwelt with those that were enemies to k Psal 120.4 5. peace And how were the sorrowfull soules of Gods Saints troubled whilest they stayed captiues amongst the prophane and idolatrous l Psal 137. aduersaries Now as Lot could not choose but be glad when he was brought out of So dom to Zoar and Dauid from the Tents of Kedar to the Courts of the Lords House So the faithfull amongst the Iewes must needs be ioyfull when they were freed from the societie of the wicked at Babylon and brought to the fellowship of the Saints at Sion But to leaue the occasions of their ioy in the words we will obserue first It is both expedient and lawfull for the godly to reioyce How it is lawfull for the godly to reioyce Secondly What is the ground of their ioy Thirdly How it is onely peculiar and proper for them to reioyce and fourthly the generalitie of their ioy First from this their example wee gather whensoeuer the Lord doth great things for vs whether it be in remouing his Iudgements or blessing vs with some happy deliuerance or conferring some good benefit vpon vs it is both lawfull and commendable for vs to reioyce and bee glad For wee haue both Precepts to command it and