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A77007	Salvation in a mystery: or A prospective glasse for Englands case. As it was laid forth in a sermon preached at Margarets in Westminster, before the Honourable House of Commons, at their monthly fast, March 27. 1644. / By John Bond, B.LL. late lecturer in the city of Exceter, now preacher at the Savoy in London. A member of the Assembly of Divines. Published by order of the Commons House.	Bond, John, 1612-1676.; England and Wales. Parliament.	1644 (1644)	Wing B3574; Thomason E43_2; ESTC R1754	41,396	73

Die Mercurii 27 Martii 1644. IT is this day ordered by the Commons Assembled in Parliament That Master BOND and Master NICOLLS do from this Howse give Thanks unto Master BOND for his great pains he tooke in the Sermon he preached this day at MARGRET WESTMINSTER at the intreaty of this House it being the day of Publike Humiliation And they are to desire him to print his Sermon And it is Ordered that none presume to print or reprent his Sermon without being authorised vnder the hand wrighting of the said Master BOND H. Elsynge Cler. Parl. D. Com. I do appoint Francis Eglesfeild to Print my Sermon John Bond. SALVATION IN A MYSTERY Or A PROSPECTIVE GLASSE for ENGLANDS Case As it was laid forth in a Sermon preached at MARGARETS in Westminster before the Honourable House of Commons at their monthly Fast March 27. 1644. BY JOHN BOND B. LL. late Lecturer in the City of Exceter now Preacher at the Savoy in London A Member of the Assembly of Divines Published by Order of the Commons House EXOD. 3. v. 2. The Bush burned with fire and the Bush was not consumed JUDG 14. v. 14. Out of the eater came forth meat and out of the strong came forth sweetnesse LONDON Printed by L. N. for Francis Eglesfeild and are to be sold at the figne of the Marygold in Pauls Church-yard 1644. TO THE HONOVRABLE HOUSE OF COMMONS NOW ASSEMBLED IN PARLIAMENT HONOURABLE WORTHIES THAT which by your first command was in part presented to your eares from the Pulpit is here at your second command fully represented to your eyes from the Presse It is a piece I dare say as rare and usefull for the Plot and Subject which are immediatly the Lords as it is plaine and homely in my stile and method In the dresse thereof I thought it a duty to put off Ornaments for although it was Preached upon the yeerly day of the Kings Inauguration March 27. yet that season was also the Monthly day of the Kingdoms Humiliation when you did endeavour to Weepe Pray and Fast for the Royall Familie whilst others perhaps at Oxford did Drinke Blaspheme and Debauch themselves to shew their Loyaltie to His Majesty The subject of this sermon is like the two Pillars which guided our type Israel through the Wildernesse to Canaan by day and night The one was a Cloude which might well signifie the Lord hiding himselfe The other of Fire importing him to be the Saviour of Israel even whilst he was in that Cloude There is much talke now a dayes of now light and that new light as it is held forth by some is nothing lesse then old darknesse I may safely promise you in this Treatise at least the dawning of a light that is new Orthodoxe and certaine By which I have endavoured to begin the discovery of a hidden Mine of precious Providence though all my labours have scarcely opened the uppermost surface of the ground I shall leave the accurate searching of the veynes to more able observers I confesse that I did make an Essay upon his very Text in my native climate before my banishment but being plundered of those speculative thoughts and having since that time in some measure experimented this text I conceive my selfe bound in conscience to give you some meate out of my Eater Surely there is a vast difference betweene hearing of the Lord by the hearing of the eare and when our eyes have seene him Job 42.5 May it please you therefore to travell over this unusuall discourse once againe because Mysteries commonly are not understood at the first perusall Sure I am that never any Parliament in England had greater need of Viatica than your selves You are made a Spectacle to Angels and Men And beleeve it you are set up for the fall and rising againe of many in England The Lord hath cut off all bridges behind you and blessed be his name that they are cut off And now together with you all the Treasures of great Britaine and Ireland are imbarqued And according to your standing or falling in this great Cause must the present Generation and their Posterities in the three Kingdoms begin the dates of their perpetuall weal or woe for pure Reformation or open Popery ingenious Liberty or Norman Slavery must now be made the settled Master Nay to allude to Caesars speech you do now carry the whole Protestant Cause withall its Fortunes For mine owne part there is nothing upon earth that doth more amaze mine intellectualls then the prodigious Lethargie that doth still rest upon the heads and hearts of cursed Neuters and Protestant Malignants in the Land even now when both parties do abhor indifferency and that the excreable Rebels of Ireland are brought over But I might silence my selfe in this Quos perdece vult Jupiter cos dementat Surely the Lord hath smitten the generallity of the Land with madnesse and blindnesse and astonishment of heart as he threatned the Iews Deut. 28.28 Otherwise they could never dreame of defending Parliaments by Malefactors Property by Desperado's and Protestanisme by Irish Rebels May we not fear lest the Spanish or Irish or other Forreigners may beg the whole Land of the King and obtaine it alleadging that the Nation is not Compos mentis But my hope shall be that after the Lord hath deeply humbled us for our old and new abominations Dan. 4.14 and broken us as he did Nebuchadnezzer when he hath hewen us downe cut off our branches shaken off our leaves and scattered our fruits Vers 25. when he hath driven us from men and suffered our haires to grow like Eagles feathers and our nayles like Birds clawes Vers 33. then at the end of the dayes mens reason and understanding shall returne to them againe and perhaps our glory also At least I am confident Zeph. 3.12 that God will leave in the middest of us an afflicted and poore people and they shall trust in the name of the Lord. Meane while it is my Petition to you and for you worthy Patriots that you may hold-out through all those seas of difficulties which are before you Heb. 6.10 And that you may remember that God is not unrighteous to forget your worke and labour of love which you have shewed toward his name Yea 2. Thes 3.3 you may take it for a positive promise The Lord is faithfull who shall stablish you and keepe you from evill Vers 4. and we have confidence in the Lord touching you that you both do and will do the things which he commands you Vers 5. And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patient wayting for Christ This is the fixed hope and shall ever be the fervent prayer of From my Study at the Savoy April 20. 1644. Your Humble and willing Servant JOHN BOND A SERMON PREACHED at a late Fast before the Honourable House of COMMONS ISAIAH 45.15 Verily Thou art a God that hidest