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A90269 God's work in founding Zion, and his peoples duty thereupon. A sermon preached in the Abby Church at Westminster, at the opening of the Parliament Septemb. 17th 1656. / By John Owen: a servant of Jesus Christ in the work of the Gospell. Owen, John, 1616-1683. 1656 (1656) Wing O758; Thomason E891_2; ESTC R203086 27,585 57

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God's Work in Founding Zion AND His Peoples Duty thereupon A SERMON PREACHED IN THE Abby Church at Westminster at the opening of the PARLIAMENT Septemb. 17th 1656. By JOHN OWEN a Servant of Jesus Christ in the Work of the Gospell Walk about Sion and goe round about her tell the Towers thereof Mark ye well her Bulwarks consider her places that ye may tell it to the Generation following For this God is our God for ever and ever He will be our guide even unto death Psal. 48. 12 13 14. OXFORD Printed by LEON LICHFIELD Printer to the University for THO: ROBINSON 1656. Wednesday the 17 of September 1656. ORdered by the Parliament That Mr Maidston and the Lieutenant of the Tower doe give the hearty Thankes of the House to Doctor Owen Deane of Christ-Church and Vice-Chancellor of the Vniversity of Oxford for his great pains taken in his Sermon Preach'd this day in the Abby Church at Westminster before His Highnesse the Lord Protector and the Members Elected to Sitt this present Parliament And that he be desired to print his Sermon And that no man presume to print it without his Leave Hen Scobell Clerk of the Parliament TO HIS HIGHNESSE THE LORD PROTECTOR And To The PARLIAMENT Of the Common-wealth of England Scotland Ireland c. ALthough I need plead no other Reason for the publishing of the ensuing discourse but your Order and Command for my so doing yet because I know that your peculiar Interest as Governors of this Common-wealth in the severall stations wherein you are placed of God is truely stated therein in the pursuit whereof your Peace and the Peace of these Nations will be found to lye I crave leave to adde that consideration also Being fully acquainted in and with what weaknesse it was composed and delivered I cannot but conclude that it was meerly for the truths sake therein contained which is of God and its suetablenesse through his wise providence to the present state of things in these Nations that it found acceptance and entertainment with you which also makes me willing to be therein your Remembrancer a second time From the day wherein I received a command and call unto the service of Preaching unto you unto this issue of it wherein it is cloathed anew with obedience to your Order I found mercy with God to have that caution of the great Apostle abiding in my heart and thoughts if I yet please man I am not a servant of God Hence I can with boldnesse professe that influenced in some measure with the power of that direction I studiously avoided what ever might be suggested with the least unsuitablenesse thereunto with respect either to my selfe or others It was for Sions sake that I was willing to undertake this duty and service rejoycing that I had once more an opportunity to give publike Testimony to the great concernment of the great God and our deare Lord Jesus Christ in all the concussions of the Nations in the World and peculiarly in his wonderfull providentiall dispensations in these wherein we live And here as the summe of all touse plainesse and liberty of speech I say If there be any thing in any person whatever in these Nations that cannot stand with that can stand without the generall interest of the people of God pleaded for let it fall and rise no more And the Lord I know will send his blessing out of Sion on what ever in singlenesse of heart is done in a tendency to the establishment thereof Farther I shall not need to suggest any thing of the designe of the ensuing discourse they who take themselves to be concern'd therein will acquaint themselves with it by its perusall I shall only adde if the generall principles asserted therein be in your hearts if in pursuit thereof you endeavour that in no corner of this Nation it may be said this is Sion that no man careth for but that those who love the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity and are by faith and obedience separated from the perishing world following the Lamb according to the light which he is graciously pleased to impart unto them and ingaged by the providence of God in that work which he hath undertaken to accomplish amongst us be not overborne by a spirit of prophanenesse and contempt of the power of Godlinesse raging in the Earth that they may be preserv'd secured from the returne of a hand of violence and encouraged in the Testimony they have to bear to the Kingdom of Christ in opposition to the World and all the ways which the men thereof have received by Tradition from their Fathers that are not according to his mind you will undoubtedly in your severall conditions receive blessing from God which also that you may in all your concernments is the daily prayer of Your humblest Servant in the work of our dear Lord Jesus JOHN OWEN ISAIAH 14. 32. What shall one then answer the Messengers of the Nation That the Lord hath founded Zion and the poore of his people shall trust in it THe Head of the Prophetie whereof these words are the close lies in v. 28. in the year that King Ahaz died was this burden which gives us the season and just time of its Revelation and delivery The Kingdome of Judah was at that season low and broken Forraigne invasions and intestine divisions had made it so An account hereof is given us 2 Chron. cap. 28. throughout as it is especially summ'd up v. 19. of that Chap. For the Lord brought Judah low because of Ahaz King of Israell for he made Judah naked and transgressed sore against the Lord Amongst their oppressing Neighbours that took advantage at their low and divided condition their old enemies the Philistines the posterity of Cham in Canaan had no small share as v. 18. of that Chapter The Philistines also had invaded the Cities of the low Countrey and of the south of Iudah and had taken Beth-shemesh and Aialon and Gederoth and Shoco with the Villages thereof and Timnah with the Villages thereof Gimzo also and the Villages thereof and they dwelt there In this state of things God takes notice of the joy and triumphing of the whole land of Palestina that is the Country of the Philistines In that the rod of him that smote them was broken that is the power of the Kings and Kingdome of Judah which for many generations had prevailed against them especially in the days of David 2 Sam. 5. and of Vzziah 2 Chron. 26. 6. and kept them under was made weak and insufficient for that purpose v. 29. Rejoyce not thou whole land of Palestina because the rod of him that smote thee is broken It is no wonder if Palestina that was to be smitten and broken by the rod of God among his people rejoyce at their perplexities and distresses when we have seen men so to doe who pretend to dwell in Iudah To take them off from their pride and boasting their triumph and