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Englands bondage and hope of deliverance a sermon preached before the honourable House of Parliament at St. Margarets in Westminster / by Mr. Henry Burton ... Iune 20, 1641.
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Burton, Henry, 1578-1648.
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Christs delivering us from sin and from Sathan how glorious was it even when he hung on the Crosse he did on that Crosse by his death triumph over the Divell and over his Kingdome by the powring out of his blood he did work a glorious deliverance and as a glorious deliverance to the deliverer so to the delivered of slaves men were made the servants of God of bond men adopted to be his children Well in the next place another reason may be taken from the great punishment which God inflicts upon those who are not onely the oppressors of his people but the detainers of them that exercise violence over them we see this in the Egyptians they not onely kept the children of Israel in bondage but when God sent a message to them to deliver his people they put more Captivity upon them they rais'd their tale of brick well but you see how God deales with them he sends frogs to cover Egypt and they came into the Kings Chambers and when they were gon away they filled the Land with stinke and so GOD sent grasse-hoppers to devoure their fruits and he smote their first-borne and yet they would not be satisfied to suffer the people to depart but when the Israelites were gone they repented of it and God overthrowes them in the red sea if you looke for more Examples then these perhaps you shall find them nearer hand neerer home I am sure we may say there are more Egypts then one for wee read Revel. 11. That the two witnesses lay dead in the City which is spiritually called Egypt and Sodome so that there is a spirituall Egypt as well as a naturall Egypt now perhaps wee may find this very Egypt where ever we finde the oppressors of Gods people where Gods witnesses and people are persecuted or holden in contempt certainely that is a spirituall Egypt and beloved is this land free may we not find a spirituall Egypt amongst us Frogs who are they but Jesuits Priests and Friers these spread over the Land never the like as in these last dayes when the frogs were gone then came locusts and Grasse-hoppers these crept into the Kings Chambers in Cities into all places spared none and what say we of catterpillars who came in Armies into our land Irish Catterpillars and English Catterpillars that hâ—ve devoured the fruits of the Land and the strength thereof but we must thanke the Worthies of our Kingdome for scattering these And what say wee then to the darkenesse that was upon Egypt is not the like in England surely a wonderfull and a palpable darknesse when they cannot see at noone day when they were given over to that hardnesse of heart and that also in oppressing of GODS People that to this day they cannot see themselves So that after so many thousand yeares we may finde some Egyptians that farre exceed Pharaoh in hardnesse of heart for he did confesse his sin and did deprecate God to pardon it but our Egyptians can finde no fault with themselves Againe what say wee to the primogeniti of the first-borne in Egypt after the first-borne of Egypt were slain the Children of Israell were delivered David calls them the Chiefe of Egypt I speake of the chiefest of these Incendiaries do wee not see them smitten off in the late Vote against them and for the destroying of them Certainly primogeniti being taken away we may well hope for a glorious deliverance upon the Church of God The Children of God have not yet deliverance but they shall have it I will not pursue these men to the red Sea but surely if they doe not repent God hath a Sea a Sea of destruction to swallow them up Thus we see in respect of the punishment God doth send on the wicked that doe detaine his people in bondage we ought to be well affected to the Church of God and especially when he calls his people to doe justice and to deliver his people for when the Egyptians make a violent detaining of Gods people what can be expected but Plague upon Plague upon the Egyptians But now to speake a word of the last reason and that is the consideration of the meanes that is here committed unto us by which it pleaseth God still to deliver his people and that is by Prayer oh that some would deliver the people of God who shall give salvation unto Israel here you see was nothing but a bare wish yet out of a sound heart compassionate of the Captivity of GODS People who shall give deliverance unto GODS People This is the time wherein God doth begin to deliver his People when Gods people begin to cry and to seeke then he begins to heare In the 2 of Exodus the Lord tels Moses they sighed for their burthens and in the third chapter saith I have heard the cryes of the People and their sighings here was the first instance that God was pleased to take to send Moses to deliver his people when their brickes were doubled then Moses was I say sent to deliver them so then here is the 7th reason that God is moved to compassionate his people with a Prayer or a cry when nothing else will deliver us prayers and teares will But againe when the children of Israel were in Bondage God sent them another cause of deliverance when they were brought to the lowest ebbe to the greatest misery as you see Deut. 23.3 There the Lord saith of his people that when they shall bee brought low when all their strength was gone and there is no hope to prevaile then hee will deliver them 2. On the other side when the enemies of God are advanced to the height and to the pitch of all their pride and all their cruelty then this is a time that doth fore-run their destruction so God served the Amorites when their sins were full they gave way to the people of God to take possession of their lands and so you may read Esay 10.10 where the Lord speakes upbraiding of Assyria for oppressing his people thus he doth argue the case with them and thereupon their destruction comes and so when the Babylonian lifted up himselfe above the Throne of God as high as the star called Lucifer trampled upon the people of God and spoyled the Nations thereupon the Lord threatens the destruction of the Nation even of that whole Kingdome and so Ier. 57 My blood be upon the inhabitants of Caldea shall Israel say I will deliver them saith God take vengeance for them and dry up their Sea Thus wee see as on the one side the extremity of Gods people even a sigh to God moves him to compassion so on the other side the height of pride doth bring upon them destruction But some may say wee see that though there were but a few of them that were principall agents in Egypt yet God brought the ruine on the whole Land may he not doe the like on this God forbid that a faction should bring a Nation to ruine and
ENGLANDS BONDAGE AND Hope of Deliverance A SERMON Preached before the Honourable House of PARLIAMENT at St. Margarets in Westminster BY Mr. HENRY BURTON late Rector of St. Mathewes Friday-street in LONDON Iune 20. 1641. Psalme 53.7 8. Oh that the Salvation of Israel were come out of Sion When God bringeth back the Captivity of his People Jacob shall reioyce and Israel shall be glad LONDON Printed Anno Domini 1641. Mr. BURTONS SERMON Preached before the Parliament Iune 20. 1641. OH how my Soule is ravished as not to begin the opening of my mouth without blessing of God who hath not onely binn pleased as this very moneth 4 yeares agoe to cal me to preach in another kind of Pulpit not far from this place but hath also cald me now to speake unto you at this time in this place even as it followeth and is written in Psal. 53.7 8. which I beseech you give attention unto the words of the Text are these Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Sion Oh that the Lord would deliver his people out of Captivity Then shall Iacob reioyce and Israel shall be glad The last Verse of this Psalme is a Prayer for a Prophesie and in the maine it is already fulfilled for it points at Christ the great Saviour and by him salvation is already come and that salvation whereof Jacob reioyces and Israel is glad how seasonable therefore will it be for us at this time to speake of this Prophesie being for the main I say already fulfilled but though for the maine yet not for the whole The worke of Salvation is accomplished by Christ in respect of his death the merits and efficacy of it but there remaines still a great part of it as unfulfilled to the Church of God in the severall ages of it by way of application of the Prophesie Gods people have bin subject to Captivity to bondage in this world as you shall see hereafter and therefore it is not in â—aiâ—e that now I should speake of these words Oh that the salvation were come unto Israel c. Here in this Psalme are observed generally these two parts The first is that which is contained in the former verses wherein is set forth unto us the nature of the Enemies of the Church of God for in the very front of it stands the great whor that hardens hearts They doe not know God and then it is in the Verses following that they were full of fowle and wicked conditions and qualities as you may read all along the Psalme they were corrupt abominable no good at all in them God hunts them out and finds them so they were back-sliding they were altogether filthy they have no knowledge of God they eat up Gods people as bread they call not upon God they incampe against him but he dismounts them confounds them And then secondly followes the sequell of this what it behoves the people of God to doe in this case incompassed about and encamped against by so many enemies even as David here Oh that the Salvation were come out of Sion so that I may compare this Psalme to Rebecca'es wombe that had two Nations in it here be the Nations of the wicked Esau and of righteous Iacob when the Lord shall bring backe the Captivity of his People Iacob shall rejoyce c. In which words observe these two Branches First the condition of Gods people under affliction under persecution under captivity and bondage O that the salvation that is O that deliverance of the children of Israel from Captivity were come out of Sion The second is the condition of Gods people delivered out of Captivity and saved by the Lord and that is they rejoyce and are glad For the manner of the speech here in the former part that I shall insist upon at this time if the time will give me leave to follow it which I will contract as much as may be Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Sion The Hebrew phrase is who shall give salvation out of Sion it is a usuall phrase in scripture who shal give that is Vtinam I would to God oh that God would give salvation out of Sion I shall not need here to open the words much Salvation it is deliverance Deliverance here from Captivity and Bondage Sion it was the place of GODS habitation Of old the Arke was a tipe of Gods presence a type of Christ it was a type of Heaven our eyes are lifted up towards Heaven from whence commeth our helpe Israel the people of God the people of God that prevailed with him that prevailed with God as the Scripture tels us To come briefly to the point of observation from these words they doe import unto us an ardent affection which broke forth from that holy man David in wishing the good of the people of God Oh that the Salvation of Israel were come out of Sion It is a very patheticall expression I say of a heart full of fervency and zeale and ardent love of the people of God and from hence this point will arise for our instruction That it behoveth all the People of God to be thus affected as David was to have their heart possessed with an ardent affection and compassion towards the Church of God and especially when it lyes under Captivity and Bondage Affliction and Persecution in the world This was indeed admirable in David to see 〈◊〉 an affection in a King and a Prince such a great man as he was we see at his bringing backe the Ark he was not disheartned by his wives mocking him but answered againe if this be too be vile I will yet be more vile this he did in bringing the Arke unto Mount Sion see Psal. 16 2. My goods or my goodnesse extendeth not unto thee O Lord but to thy Saints that are on earth and to the excellent in whom is all my delight All Davids delight it was in the Saints on Earth upon the Church of God yea David was so ravished with the love of Gods people that hee desired no other happinesse then that that he should enjoy in the people of God Psal 106.4 Remember me O Lord saith hee with the loving kindnesse of thy people hee desired no other favour of God but that which he dealt to his people and so visit me with thy Salvation to what end would David have a part in Salvation that I may see thy peoples salvation and that I may rejoyce in thy inheritance here was the utmost and highest degree of Davids desire that hee might bee pertaker of the happinesse of Gods people that he might rejoyce in their good And so Moses was so taken with the love of Gods people that hee forgot himselfe and S. Paul Rom. 9.12 I could wish saith hee that I were Anathema from Christ for my Brethrens sake and so the Prophet Esay 59.1 For Sions sake I will not hold my tongue and for Ierusalems sake I will not