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A65752	The troubles of Jerusalems restauration, or, The churches reformation represented in a sermon preached before the Right Honorable House of Lords, in the Abby Church Westminster, Novemb. 26, 1645 / by John White ...	White, John, 1575-1648.	1646 (1646)	Wing W1784; ESTC R186492	39,612	69

have failed hitherto as it appeares wee have too much let our own hearts smite us in secret having in bitternes of spirit bewailed before God our former neglects engage our selves by renewed promises strengthened with firme resolutions after Davids example Psalm 132.3 4. to make this great work which God hath called us unto our first and chiefest care which wee would certainly doe if the zeal of Gods house had eaten us up with David Psal 69.9 That the fencing and ordering of the Church is a work that God will bring to passe I have shewed already And that it is our dutie to joyn with him therein no man will deny lest the curse of Meroz fall upon us Judg. 5.23 Thirdly that the greatest weight of this work lies upon the hands of the Princes and Rulers appears by Gods message sent unto Zerubbabel Hag. 1.2 By Davids charge to his son Solomon and all the Princes of Israel 1 Chron. 22.6 17 18 19. and by the examples of Jehosaphat 2 Chron. 20.8 9 Hezekiah 2 Chron. 29.3 4.5.11 and Josiah 2 Chron. 34. commended and set before us as patterns for their zeale in establishing and reforming the Church of God And lastly that this is the time wherein you are called upon to bring forth the head stone of this work as your selves cannot deny so God himself makes it evident by the course of his dispensations towards us for the farther we proceed in this work the neerer God drawes unto us in wayes of mercy scattering our enemies and crowning us with such successes as exceed our own hopes and expectations Let me therefore speak unto you in Davids words to his son Solomon 1 Chro. 22.16 Arise Right Honourable and be doing and the Lord be with you or a little more fully in the Nobles words to Ezra chap. 10.4 Arise for this matter appertaineth to you we also will be with you be of good courage and do it Not only the Ministers and people of the Land but of all the reformed Churches abroad assist you with their prayers as Moses Aaron and Hur did Joshua fighting with the Amalekites Exod. 17.10 12. till this work be carried on to perfection Besides the honourable name which you shall leave behind you to all posterity to be called The Repairers of the breaches and Restorers of paths to dwell in Isai 58.12 your labour will not be in vain in the Lord 1 Cor. 15.58 and will be found upon your account at the last day To descend to the particulars of the duty required of you in this great work of the Churches reformation Let us I beseech you have the help of that power that God hath entrusted you with to protect us that the Boar out of the wood waste us not nor the wild beast of the field devoure us Psal 80.13 that enjoying abundance of peace under you our souls may be redeemed from deceit and violence Psal 72.7.14 which must be done either by cutting off wicked doers from the city of the Lord Psal 101.8 or by breaking their jaws and plucking the prey out of their mouth Job 29.17 or so discountenancing their wayes that they may be the scorn of the world and men may cry after them as after a thiefe Job 30.5 In the next place let me humbly desire that the building of the inner wall of the Church may be hastened with all possible speed I mean that Ecclesiasticall Discipline may be established First that Dogs and Swine prophane persons may no longer pollute the holy things of God that such as want wedding garments may be kept out from the Lords feasts Mat. 22.11.13 For the removing of that block of offence from such as upon that pretence separate themselves from our Assemblies as polluted by the leaven as the Apostle terms it 1 Cor. 5.6 of such unclean persons who being mixt with us and admitted by us to partake of our holy things leaven the whole lump Something you have assaid to do that way already my prayer is that you may do and I hope the Lord will stir up your spirits to do yet much more Perhaps ye fear to commit too much power to Ministers lest the undiseneet abusing it liberty may thereby suffer prejudice Let me answer with the Apostle 1 Cor. 6.2 If the world shall be judged by you are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters If Christ have committed to the Minister alone the highest power of the keys to bind over some to wrath and judgment and to loose others and acquit them from that dreadfull sentence in the dispensation of the Word as you must needs acknowledge promising to ratifie in heaven what they do on earth Mat. 16.19 Do you think it much to commit unto them assisted with the whole Presbyterie matters of far lesse moment the suspending of men for a while from the use of some outward ordinances But my hope is you purpose to try them in a little first which if they manage well you intend to trust them with more hereafter as the Master dealt with his servants Mat. 25.21.23 Secondly for the preventing or repressing of such as make divisions amongst us Rom. 16.17 speaking and teaching perverse things to draw disciples after them Acts 20.30 That divisions and drawing into parties are the most destructive wayes to Christian societie besides the grounds of reason the constant practice of Satan who both knowes and pursues his own advantages in making use of this dangerous Engine to undermine the Church makes it evident to the world Thus he laboured to trouble the Church in the Apostles own times as both the histories of the Acts and their own Epistles testifie The like practice he used in all succeeding times as is witnessed by all Ecclesiasticall Records And in this last age when Luther began the work of Reformation he raised up first the Anabaptists in great multitudes in Germany to disturb the peace and to hinder the growth of the Church and afterwards by dividing the Lutherans from the Calvinists hath made that wide breach between the Reformists that will hardly be closed up and in the mean time gives daily infinite advantages to that man of Sin to work the Churches utter ruine No marvell then that the Apostle adjures the Corinthians 1 Cor. 1.10 by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to be perfectly joyned together in the same minde and the same judgement And afterwards useth that vehement obtestation Phil. 2.12 If we have any consolation in Christ any comfort of love any fellowship of the Spirit any bowels and mercy to be of one accord and of one minde That in all things men should be of one minde we must suppose them to be one man while we are divers men we shall have divers mindes in many things which yet need not hinder us from walking by the same rule and minding the same thing in our aim and scope Gods honour and our salvation by Christ whereunto if we be guided by the same rule the Law and Word