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A92852	England's preservation or, a sermon discovering the onely way to prevent destroying judgements: preached to the Honourable House of Commons at their last solemne fast, being on May, 25. 1642. By Obadiah Sedgwicke Batchelour in Divinity and minister of Coggeshall in Essex. Published by order of that house.	Sedgwick, Obadiah, 1600?-1658.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.	1642 (1642)	Wing S2372; Thomason E150_22; ESTC R212706	31,012	58

is hatred of sin the Hatred of sin the consequent of heart breaking for sin A double hatred of sin heart which is rightly broken is not only broken for sin but also from sin by an hatred 1. Of abomination loathing it as the greatest evill Get thee hence say they in Esa 30. 22. And 2. Of enmi●y and irreconciliation what have I to doe any more with Idols saith Ephraim in Hosea 14. 8. Thus have you heard what the breaking up of the fallow ground or sinfull heart is now I proceed in few words to demonstrate That it is the meanes to prevent the breaking downe of a sinfull Nation this Quest 2. may evidently appeare 1. By the fingers of God in Scripture pointing a Sol. 4. Demonstrations of the proposition in its truth people to this worke that so they might not sinke into ruine but be preserved Read Ezekiel 18. 30 31. Ioel 2. 13 14. 2. By the pledges which God maketh in severall promises that if a sinfull Nation will take this course he will then spare them and continue them Read Ier. 18. 7 8. 2 Chron. 7. 14. 3. By the Records or Instances of Gods sparing a people and a revoking of his wrath and judgements when they have set upon this Heart-breaking course Read Ionah 3. 6 7 8 9 10. 2 Chronicles 34. 27. 4. By the executions of destruction because they would not hearken to this course See 2 Chro. 36. 15 16 17. But why should the breaking up of sinfull hearts bee a meanes to prevent the breaking downe of a sinfull Quest 3. Nation The Reasons are these because First where hearts are rightly broken for sinnes there sinnes are pardoned and where sinnes are pardoned Sol. 4. Confirmations of the proposition 2 Chro. 7. 14. Esay 1. 16. all breaking down is unquestionably prevented In Esaiah you reade of washing and cleansing they are the same with this heart-breaking and mourning and presently you reade of pardon Though your sinnes be as scarlet they shall bee as white as snow 18. c. and presently after that you reade of eating the 19. good of the Land a comfortable fruition of themselves and of their Country and of all meanes and blessings Beloved when sinnes are pardoned then 2. Effects of sins pardoned 1. All their guilty clamour is silenced pardoned sins are disabled sins they can bring no action against us debts forgiven shall never prejudice nor hurt us Sins unpardoned can raise posse comitatus all the Armies Remissa culpa remittitur paena of God in Heaven and Earth against sinners but once pardoned they are of no force or strength at all And secondly when sins are pardoned all good hath a free passage God is reconciled and mercies have their Commission to attend us Now saith the Lord I will heare the Heavens and they shall heare the earth and the earth shall heare the Corne and the Wine Hos 2. 21 22 and the Oyle and they shall heare Iezreel 2. Againe If sinfull hearts be broken God hath his end and then all quarrels cease twixt him and a 2. Nation the Lord doth not threaten destruction to a people for destructions sake but for Humiliations sake Not that they may be destroyed but that they should repent and not be destroyed 3. Thirdly Broken hearts are a wonderfull delight unto the Lord There are somethings in which 3. God hath no delight He hath no delight in sinnings Psalm 5. 4. Ezek. 18. 32. nor in punishments and there are two hearts in which God takes much delight namely in an upright heart and in a Contrite heart The broken heart hee will not despise nay hee will looke upon that heart to revive it If broken hearts be Gods delight and the objects of Psal 51. 17. Esa 57. 15. his reviving then without question they are a means to prevent destruction 4. Lastly when hearts are broken for sins then Gods heart if I may so phrase it is broken with compassions unto sinners Though sinners remaine obstinate yet divine compassions work strongly towards them How shall I give thee up Ephraim how shall I deliver thee O Israel c. Hosea 11. 8. what bowels then thinke you are working in God when sinners are broken and humbled and turning If God can so hardly finde the way to punish impenitent Ephraim will he not find the way to spare an humbling Ephraim See Ier. 31. 18. I have surely heard Ephraim lamenting himselfe c. 20. My bowels are troubled for him I will surely have mercy upon him saith the Lord. I have done with the explication of the point I now addresse my selfe to the Application of it 1. To all of us 2. To you of publike employment Is the breaking up of sinfull hearts the means to prevent the breaking downe of a sinning Nation Vse Then let every one of us here ô that the whole Land also would search and try the temper and frame of our hearts whither they be broken or unbroken Beloved I beseech you sadly to consider of a few things 1. That brokennesse of heart is the worke of this 6. Things considerable about brokennesse of heart day This is a day of Humiliation but what is an humbling day without an humbled heart to present your selves before the great God at such a time with all your sinnes and yet without hearts broken for those sins is not only an irreligious incongruity but also an high provocation of our God like Zimries act when all the Congregation were weeping before the doore of the Tabernacle Numb 25. 6. Come we not this day with all sorts of guilt upon our soules and with ropes about our neckes expecting if the Lord should render unto us our deserts the sentence of death and confesse as much and yet dare we to play the Hypocrites having hearts under all this utterly unbroken Secondly brokennesse of heart is the hope of this day I professe seriously unto you that were you as much in fasting as Iohns Disciples and in praying as Christs Disciples could you by Fasting make your knees to faint and your flesh to faile and resolve your bodies into a very Sceleton if yet your hearts were not broken for your sins Neither your selves nor your endaevours nor our owne Nation nor the distressed Church of Ireland nor any other would bee the better for it As one of the Fathers said of Learning All learning is suspected nay disrespected by me wherein is not the mention of Christ that I affirme of all solemne fastings whatsoever the Lord regards them not if the broken heart bee not found in them What Ioseph said to his brethren unlesse you bring your brother Benjamin with you you shall not see my face or as Isaac said to his Father Behold the Fire and the Wood but where is the Lambe for a burnt offering That the Lord saith unto us Fast as often as you please and pray too unlesse your hearts