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A57150 The peace of Jerusalem a sermon preached in the Parliament House, Jan. 9, 1656 : being a day of private humiliation kept by the members thereof / by Edward Reynolds. Reynolds, Edward, 1599-1676. 1659 (1659) Wing R1271; ESTC R22215 20,052 40

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shall never totally fail But particular Churches and Nations never had a Patent of perpetual preservation Rome boasts of it but the Apostle hath entred a caveat against that boast Rom. 11.20 21. But all Gods promises of not failing us are made to those who keep covenant with him otherwise he also will break with us The Lord saith the Prophet unto Asa is with you while you be with him and if ye seek him he will be found of you but if ye forsake him he will forsake you 2 Chron. 15.2 I said saith the Lord unto Eli That thy house and the house of thy Father should walk before me for ever but now the Lord saith be it farre from me for them that honor me I will honour and they that despise me shall he lightly esteemed 1 Sam. 2.30 The Lord mar●ied his Church for ever Hos. 2.19 but when she committed adultery he gave her a Bill of divorce Ier. 3.8 He said he would dwell in his Temple for ever Psal. 132.14 yet he threatned to forsake it Ier. 6.8 and accordingly did so Ezek. 10.18 We should consider this and tremble at it as Iosiah did lest our mighty sins unthankfulness unfruitfulness animosities Heresies Blasphemies contempt of the Lords Messengers the sinne for which the Lord departed from Iudah when there was no remedy 2 Chro. 36.16 should provoke him to depart from us to take away his peace as he threatned Ier. 16.5 to shew us the back and not the face Ier. 18.17 And what a case is Gods own heritage in when he forsakes and hates it Ier. 12.7 8. If the way and the joy and the name of the Lord be the strength of his people what strength is left to them when they are gone out of his way and deprived themselves of his joy and cannot lay hold or lean upon his Name As therefore when men see the walls of their houses crack and open they hasten ro repaire them and set up Props and Buttresses to support them so when we see such vicissitudes of distractions war be land and then war at Sea again war at Sea and we know not how soon by Land again shaking shivering convulsion fits in the Church of God many a breach and hiatus in the walls thereof Truth corrupted Unity dissolved the Foundations out of cause it is high time to think of making up breaches repairing the waste places and raising up the Tabernacle of David to beg of God that he will lay our foundations and make our windows and set up our gates remove our fears rebuke our enemies calm our tempests that after so many shakings and concussions the Lord may at last be pleased to speak in a soft still voice unto us Secondly We are to pray for Brotherly Peace in the Church amongst the members thereof that as Christ is one so they may be one John 17.22 knit by Faith to him and by Love to one another as the Curtains of the Tabernacle were by loops and taches that as we are one City Houshold Family Assembly Ephe. 2.19.3.15 Hebr. 12.22 so we may have one heart and one soule Act. 4.32 In the body the head hath not one heart and the hand another the eye hath not one Soul and the foot another but one heart doth warm the whole and one Soul doth quicken the whole So should it be in the Church of God we should have one heart and one way Ier. 32.39 walk by the same rule and mind the same thing Phil. 3.15 gather up the stones remove every thing that offendeth Isai. 62.10 not prefer ends or interests above the publick peace of the Church of God apply our selves in all sweet ways of Christian correspondence and mutual condescension to make up the breaches and to pour oyl into the wounds of the Church of Christ It d cannot be but a joy to our adversaries a blemish to our profession a grief to good men a stumbling block to evil men to see brethren fall out in the way to see the Church crumbled into divisions and subdivisions and like a body which hath the itch to see one member tear and scratch and rub and gaul the rest and must needs give unspeakable advantage to our subtle and vigilant e adversaries both to reproach and to undermine us Thirdly we are to pray for external peace with all men which is as much as in us lies we are to follow walking wisely meekly humbly charitably obligeingly towards every one And in as much as the Church is as the Ark on the Waters Waves and Windes ready still to beat upon it we should pray for it that it may be delivered from the hands of strange children and that the Lord would still the raging of the Sea rebuke the enemy and the avenger the multitude of the Bulls with the Calves of the people and scatter those that delight in War We have tasted of War both domestick and forain but the Lord hath mingled it with much mercy If our eyes had seen the fruits thereof as other people have felt Cities burned with fire Children wallowing in blood Virgins perishing under the lust of Villains Widows mourning for their dead and dying for dareing to mourn Towns turned into heaps a Garden of Eden into a Wilderness no cattle in the Field no Flocks in in the Fold no Heard in the Stalls no Inhabitant in the City no child to the Father no Husband to the Wife no Money to the rich no cloathing to the delicate no Mercy in the Enemy no Liberty in the miserable to bewaile his misery Children howling for bread the honourable imbracing dunghils Death creeping in at Windows overtaking them that flie and finding out those that hide themselves we would learn to prize a recovered peace and to pray for the continuance of it Weighty are the Reasons in the Text to demonstrate and press this Truth upon us First The condition of the Church a City compacted and knit together by many strong bands one Father one Head one Family one Rule one Faith one Love one Baptisme one Spirit one Common salvation No where is peace so natural so amiable as in the Church Secondly The celebrity of Gods Worship which is the glory of a people let the Ark be gone and the glory is departed No so doleful a sight as the desolations of the Temple Psal. 74.3.79.1 Isa. 64.10 11 12. All our foundations and springs are here Psal. 87.1 7. the wells of salvation the Fountain of the Gardens the Graces and Comforts of Gods Spirit which make our souls like a watered Garden Thirdly The Thrones of David the Towers Bulwarks and seats of judgements in which things stand the externall happiness of a Nation Laws and Iudges are the foundations of the Earth Psal. 82.7 When they were corrupted with injustice and violence the Lord threatned that Ierusalem should become heaps Mich. 3.11 12. Great reason therefore to pray for Ierusalem that it may be a City of Righteousness