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A81215	The oppressor destroyed. As it was delivered in a sermon at Pauls Septem. 21. 1651. Preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, the Right worshipfull the aldermen and the sheriffs his brethren. It being a sermon in commemoration of the 3d of Sept. on which day it pleased the Lord to vouchsafe a wonderfull victorie to the Parliaments forces before Worcester, in the total defeat of the enemie, By Joseph Carryl, Minister of the Gospel at Magnus neer London-Bridge.	Caryl, Joseph, 1602-1673.	1651 (1651)	Wing C783; Thomason E643_4; ESTC R205988	8,510	21

saith the Lord yet ye have not returned unto me But the Voyce of Deliverance is especially to call to Holinesse and that for these following Reasons First Because Deliverances are Mercies and therefore they have this Obligation lying upon them Secondly Deliverance from Oppression are great Mercies and therefore it calls for more Holinesse Thirdly Wee are under the Engagements of the Lord wee have prayed for Deliverance and behold the Lord hath now delivered us Fourthly By Deliverance from our Enemies we are freed from Incumbrances and all Hinderances are taken away Now wee have roome to serve God now wee have an opportunitie to keepe Gods Precepts now the Oppressors are taken away the enlarging of the heart is an inward helpe for the running of the wayes of thy Commandements I might give you many more Reasons for the proofe of the Point but I will winde up all in some few words of Application Deliver me from the oppression of man so will I keepe thy Precepts Right Honourable and well-beloved I need not tell you that wee are a people who have formerly groaned under Oppression under such as would have Dominion over our Bodies over our Cattell over our Estates at their pleasure and especially from them which would lay heavie Yokes upon our Spirits and Consciences I need not tell you that wee have had such Oppressors that surely the noyse of those that groaned under them are not gone out of our eares Againe I need not tell you that wee were lately under a feare of having Oppression renewed upon us and to have had those to Rule over us whose little finger would have beene heavier then our former Oppressors Loynes I need not tell you of an Enemie that came like an over-flowing Floud that would even have swallowed us up quick I need not tell you that wee are delivered from these mens oppressions I need not tell you that wee have beene fearefully and wonderfully delivered that there is not onely Mercie but Miracle in our Deliverance How hath the Oppressor ceased They are ceased blessed be God but wee can scarcely say how I hope I need not tell you that it is God that hath delivered us from the oppression of man though God hath made use of many worthy Instruments for the accomplishing this great Worke which deserve your chiefest commendations I need not tell you of these things supposing also that you will heare further concerning this particular at another time The Deliverance that wee have now had from the oppression of man hath layd a mightie Engagement upon us to keepe Gods Precepts it hath put an Engagement upon us to keepe a Day of Prayse and Thanks-giving unto God it hath put an Engagement upon us to keepe his Precepts every day First some may say True it is wee are delivered from the oppression of man our Enemies are destroyed but doe they say now Come let us keepe the Precepts of God No they are farre from that Come say they now wee shall keepe our Estates and adde unto them now our Trade is open let us buy and sell and get Gaines Though this in it selfe be lawfull yet this is not the chiefe end that the people of God make of their Victories Davids Resolution was Come let us keepe the Precepts of God Secondly There are others that say Wee are delivered from the oppression of man Come let us eate and drinke and rejoyce wee shall not dye to morrow wee shall now live our Enemies are downe wee now seeme to have a longer terme added to our lives surely may some say the bitternesse of Death is gone Thirdly There are such who are so farre from keeping the Precepts of God by being delivered that they take more libertie to breake the Precepts of God they take libertie to breake all the bounds which God hath kept about them Their Lusts perhaps were at a stand when the Oppressors held their Rods over them but now they being delivered from the oppression of man doe willingly give themselves over unto sinne that sinne might have dominion over them Better a thousand times be under the power of a raging Enemie then lye under the power and tyrannie of Sinne to lye under Pride Covetousnesse Envie Malice Drunkennesse What shall wee say to such a Generation There was an everlasting Brand put upon Ahaz This is that Ahaz that sinned yet more and more whilst the hand of God was upon him How shall they escape a worser Brand then Ahaz had who notwithstanding all those glorious Deliverances which it hath pleased God to vouchsafe unto them yet sinne more and more against him That as God heapes Deliverances upon them so they heape their sinnes against God But before I part with these I would willingly commend these three things to their consideration First Doe you thinke that you answer the end and designe of God in bestowing these mercies upon you Jerem. 7. 10. there is a strange passage Saith the Lord They come and stand before me in this House which is called by my Name and say Wee are delivered to doe all these abominations Now what were these abominations To Steale Murther commit Adulterie Sweare falsely burne Incense unto other Gods I conceive there were no people in the world so wicked as to say wee have received these mercies wee are delivered from our enemies that wee may steale murther sweare falsly c. I thinke Sodom it self would not have said so neither doe I believe this people here did say so sillabically or verbally but by interpretation there actions did speake so much every one that sinneth wilfully against God throweth a stone at God 2. Doe you think that it is not possible that you may yet need a further deliverance is it impossible that new troubles should arise surely no and God may say unto you why should you bee delivered any more you are resolved to sinne yet more and more and more why therefore should you bee delivered any more since you have revolted more and more 3. From that dreadfull Scripture 9. Ezra 13. 14. and after all this is come upon us for evill deeds and for our great trespasses seeing that thou our God hast punished us lesse then our iniquities deserve and hath given us such deliverance as this should we againe break thy commandements and joyne in affinitie with the people of these abominations wouldst thou not bee angrie with us till thou hast consumed us so that there should bee no remnant nor escaping The second use may serve for exhortation seeing that we are delivered from the oppression of man be perswaded to keepe the Precepts of God keepe them according as you heard in opening of the Text keepe them by way of obedience and submission and keepe them by way of protection and preservation First Bee exhorted to keepe all the precepts of God by way of obedience and submission keepe them more strictly then you have done heretofore how happy would it be if there were found a people imitating that pattern 9. Acts 31. Then had the Churches rest throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria and were edified and walking in the feare of the Lord and in the comfort of the holy Ghost were multiplyed Then had the Churches rest temporal rest rest from the oppressors the Churches had rest because they kept the precepts of God they did walke in the feare of the Lord and were multiplyed Magistrates they should keep the precepts of judgement and justice Lord saith David I have done judgement and justice therefore deliver me from my Oppressors The Lord hath not left you to the Oppressor therefore doe you doe judgement and justice To all this Citie I would say one word seeing the Lord hath delivered you from the Oppression of man love one another take heed that God having delivered you from open oppression le ts not there bee secret oppression among yov I would also presse you to be keeping of the commandements of God doe not only keepe them your selves but cause others to keep them Secondly You must defend and protect the precepts of God contend earnestly for the faith once delived to the Saints especially Magistrates and Ministers they should keep the precepts of God Ministers they should defend the precepts of God by arguments they should redeeme them out of the hands of the Oppressors especially because there are so many that doe pervert them not only prophane persons but other Hereticall persons which bring in damnable doctrines God expects it also from Magistrates that they should defend them by the sword of their power fulfill the end of God in giving you victories keep his truth and his precepts from violence Magistratus sunt Custodes utriusque Tabulae Magistrates are the keepers of both the Tables Hath not God kept this Citie from violence and plundering your wives from ravishing your Children from being destroyed your estates your eyes from shedding teares your feet from going downe to the Pit therefore bee you now keepers of the Lord the Lord hath kept us as the Apple of his eye those which have gone about to touch us have been destroyed hee hath kept our peace our persons therefore let us keep his precepts from violence let none touch them that would wrong them let it not be said of you as David had occasion to say of Nabal In vaine have I kept all that this fellow hath that my Army hath not touched him but bee a shelter unto him Give not God occasion to say so by you in vaine have I kept your Citie in vaine have I kept your Estates in vaine have I kept your persons for you will doe nothing for mee you will not so much as keep my precepts which are for your eternall good Oh that God might have occasion to say thus of us This people have traded well with the Mercies and Deliverances formerly bestowed upon them therefore will I give them more Deliverances I will multiply my Blessings upon them Their Oppressors shall not rise and increase faster then I will destroy them when they rise up against them I will scatter them before my people their Oppressors shall no more rise up against them but you shall be a people saved by the Lord. Thus much for this time FINIS September 27. 1651. Imprimatur JOHN DOWNAME

concerning things to be beleeved those Precepts which are to be done are such as wee must use in our ordinarie conversation these are Precepts of Holinesse and then there are Precepts of Truth in reference to Doctrine what wee are to beleeve Object But may some say did not David keepe the Precepts of God before I answer Yes David had kept the Precepts of God before for the Lord speakes of him as a man after his owne heart who would fulfill all his will What then is the meaning of this expression Deliver me from the oppression of man The meaning is this Deliver me from the oppression of man so shall I have a better opportunitie to keepe thy Precepts There are two great hinderances of the service of God as you have heard before sinne within and oppression of man without Againe he meanes I will keepe them more then I have done before I will not live as formerly I have done I have walked in the wayes of thy Commandements before but now I will runne This is the meaning of that expression Deliver me from the oppression of man so will I keepe thy Precepts Object 2. But may some say if God would not deliver David would not he keepe his Precepts For answer to this David did not indent with God and say if God would not deliver him then he would not keepe his Precepts this was farre from Davids thoughts Thus much for the explication of the Text Deliver me from the oppression of man so will I keepe thy Precepts There are severall Observations that arise from the words Doct. 1. Observe that in all Ages there hath bin among men oppressors of men David found oppression in his time yea oppression was much elder then David it is as old as the World as soone as there could be oppression oppression appeared Cain oppressed Abel in the Age after the Floud there you reade of great oppression Nimrod was a mightie Hunter before the Lord he was the Patron of oppressors Gen. 10. 89. There is a notable oppression upon Record Ier. which stands to this day against Jerusalem a Citie of God a place where the people of God did dwell and yet you shall finde oppression there yea nothing but oppression shee is wholly oppressed some render it Tota ipsa shee is all oppressed and saith the Text Oppression is in the midst of her in interiori it is not here to be meant locally as if oppression were onely in the midst of the Citie but in the midst of her as there is a middle in her heart in her soule oppression in her very spirits As there is a spirit in man which lusteth to envie Iames 4. 5. so there is a spirit in man which lusteth to oppresse An envious spirit is angry troubled and vexed when any man enjoyeth any thing that is good An oppressing spirit will not give over oppressing till it hath taken away that good which a man doth enjoy And in this see how man is departed from the example of God God he is a preserver of man a lover of man and so should man be to man but they are as the Devill is to man a Destroyer and an Oppressor Thus are many men to men Doct. 2. Observe from the Text Deliver me saith David from the oppression of man Man hath a very heavie hand upon man David desired rather to be under the hand of God then under the hand of man The oppression of man is a very heavie oppression David prayeth against it with all his might the oppression of man is very heavie it was that which made the Psalmist crie out Arise O God to judge the fatherlesse and the oppressed that the men of the world may no more oppresse the word in the originall signifieth to terrifie Oppression in Scripture is expressed by Devastation it is that which layeth all waste Oppression makes a wise man mad Oppression doth not onely spoyle a man of his outward estate but it even bereaveth him of his wits he is as it were distracted dis-composed unfit for to doe God service There are three phrases given to Oppression in Scripture First The Scripture calleth Oppression the burthening of the people which is very tedious Secondly The Scripture calleth Oppression the grinding of the face and that 's farre worse Thirdly The Scripture calleth Oppression the eating of the flesh the gnawing of the very bones and that is worst of all Doct. 3. Deliver me from the oppression of man David was under a feare of oppression and therefore he addresseth himselfe to God observe it is God alone that delivereth from oppression he can doe it he alone hath power to doe it he will doe it he hath promised to doe it the glory of God consists in it he will doe it for he is honoured by it he will break the teeth of the oppressors The Lord doth this many wayes but I will onely name three First By the totall destruction and overthrow of Oppressors They shall be consumed as stubble that is fully drie Secondly The Lord delivereth his people from oppression by restraining the rage and malice of the Enemie that they are not able to hurt them Hee suffered no man to doe them any wrong saith the Text This implyeth that many would have done them wrong but God put a barre upon their power hee suffered no man to doe them any wrong God kept the fire from burning the three Children How Not by putting out the fire but by restraining the naturall power of the fire that it could not burne them Dan. 3. 23. God also preserved Daniel in the Lyons Denne How Not by destroying the Lyons but by taking away the Lyons appetite hee stayed their hunger that they did not hurt Daniel Dan. 6. 20. Thirdly Hee delivereth his from Oppression by changing the hearts of their Oppressors hee can make them of Enemies to become friends Esay 11. 6. The Wolfe also shall dwell with the Lamb the Leopard shall lye downe with the Kid and the Calfe and the young Lyon and the fatling together God can so change the Lyon that it shall not hurt the Lamb hee can so alter the Leopard that it shall not hurt the Kid but both shall lye downe together and the Earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord. Wee have had great experience of the Lords delivering us from the oppression of man the first way by destroying all our oppressors yea and by the second way when our Enemies were strong hee hath restrained their power that they were not able to hurt us Now our last prayer for our Enemies should be this That God would change their hearts that of Wolves they might become Lambs Doct. 4. The last Doctrine is this That the Deliverance from the oppression of man should be a strong Engagement upon us to a new and vigorous service of God So will I keepe thy Precepts Judgements call from sinne Amos 4. 10. I have brought this and evill upon you