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A57132 The brand pluck'd out of the fire a sermon preached before the lord major, aldermen, and companies of London on Novemb. 5 at Pauls by Edward Reynolds. Reynolds, Edward, 1599-1676. 1659 (1659) Wing R1240; ESTC R32283 17,217 44

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little mercy which was in one of these bloody men to snatch one brand out of this fire quenching the flame which would have devoured all the rest so inconsistent was this villany with a dram of mercy And all this not for our worthinesse but for his own free grace because he loved England and chose it for a place to set his Name in And blessed be his Name that notwithstanding all Romish attempts and machinations we have had his presence and the true reformed Religion in the midst of this Nation for now a full hundred yeares for so long it is from Novemb. 17. 1658. since Queen Mary died and that glorious Princes Elizabeth succeeded in her Throne In this moneth were her fires quenched and in this moneth was this fire quenched the eyes of the Lord running through the earth to shew himself strong in behalf of this poor Nation And now what remaines but being thus delivered and yet through Gods mercy in the possession of the reformed Religion the Lord knows how long that yet may last we should betake our selves to the duties here mentioned by the Prophet 1. To stand before the Lord to have our eye still upon him to attend his Will to listen to his Commands to waite on his Worship to aime at his Glory to have our mouthes and hearts filled with the praises of his Name who hath made us not as fire-brands pluckt out of the burning Amos 4. 11. but preserved from it 2. To put off our filthy garments to bewaile the woful provocations of all orders of men amongst us to make hast and be zealous to purge the house of God of those sad corruptions which have defaced it and of that woful leaven of heresie which threatens to sowre the whole lump 3. To get change of raiment to be cloathed with the garments of praise with the long white Robe of Christs righteousnesse that our nakednesse be not discovered to worship the Lord in the beauties of Holinesse 4. To walk in Gods wayes and to keep his Charge to be zealous and conscionable in all our peculiar duties to hold fast those wholesome truths which the Lord hath so long continued unto us We know how busie forraigne Emissaries are who are said to swarme among us under a disguize and in a mysterious way to infuse their doctrines into the mindes of credulous and seduced people We see what hideous errours are every where broached what contempt is poured out upon a learned and faithful Ministry What dishonour is cast upon Magistrates as if it belonged not either to their power or duty to take care either of the truth or worship of God in their Territories What immense and boundless licence men take to write print publish the most horrid opinions without check or controle what sad effects this infinite liberty hath produced in some Atheisme in others Scepticisme in others Apostacy in others sad divisions jealousies animositites scarce any face left of that Christian love and holy communion which heretofore shined in the Assemblies of Professors What woful Symptomes we have of Gods threatning to remove our Candlestick and his Glory from us Calling home to himself many eminent Ambassadors in the Church laying aside many worthy and religious Patriots in the State exercising his Ministers that remaine with the reproaches and defamings of many our leaving our first love and former zeal for the truths of God The doleful confusions and changes in the State Governments changing as it were with the Moon up one moneth and down another Certainly it is through the wrath of the Lord of Hosts that a Land is darkned It is for the Transgression of a Land that many are the Princes thereof It was a forerunner of a final wrath amongst the ten Tribes when God left them to pull down one another Oh what need have we to be awakened to lay these things to heart to prepare to meet the Lord to do our first Works to revive the ancient communion of Saints to awaken the Spirit of prayer and to cry mightily unto God to spare his people and not to give his Heritage unto reproach To receive the truth in love and to contend earnestly for the Faith once delivered unto the Saints To use all holy endeavours in our places and stations to keep the glorious presence of the Lord still amongst us To prove all things and hold fast that which is good to try the spirits whether they be of God To provoke one another to speak often to one another not to forsake the assembling of our selves together It may be the Lord will return and repent and leave a blessing behinde him That so we whom the malice of Satan and wicked men would gladly make Brands may by Gods blessing be Trees of Righteousnesse the planting of the Lord that the spirit blowing upon our garden the Spices thereof may flow out and our beloved may delight in us and eat his pleasant fruit So shall the enemies of the Church alwayes finde that he whose name is the Branch will still be too hard for the furnace of Egypt for the staffe of the oppressor That he who is a Stone with Eyes will make his Church a burdensome stone to all that set themselves against it That he will so watch over this Land while it continues Immanuels Land that we shall still as the Prophet Isaiah speaks chap. 24. 15. Glorifie the Lord in the fires Even the Name of the Lord God of Israel in the Isles of the Sea FINIS Exod. 14. 19. Judg. 6. 11. Judg. 33. 3. Zach. 1. 8 11. Dan. 3. 28. Dan. 6. 22. Acts 27. 13. 2 Reg. 6. 17. Gen. 19. 1. The Vision Job 8. 15. 2 Reg. 18. 21. Ezek. 29. 6. Isa. 24. 17. Jer. 4● 11. Hos. 14. 3. Hos. 2. 6 7. Luke 15. 16 17 18. 2 Chron. 20. 12 Isa. 36. 6. Zach. 5. 8. Zeph. 2. 2. Joshua standing as a servant Aristot. politic lib. 1. cap. 4. Depositum Custodi quod tibi creditum est no● quod a tè inven●um quod accepisti non quod excogitasti rem non ingenii sed doctrinae Vincent Lyrinensis Acts 4. 20. As a defendant Satan standing As a Tempter As an Accuser Impii diabolum habent primo suggestorem dei● tortorem Cyprian de Iejunio Tentat Una civitas una Civitas Babylonia una Hierusalem una illa R●ge diabolo ista Rege Christo c. Ang ii Psal. 61. Rev. 15. 3 17 14 19 16. Joh. 12. 31. ●oh 5. 14 15. Heb. 2. 10. Rev. 12. 7. Subsicuturis testationibus munimenta praestruimus Tert. de Baptismo c. 20. vid. Aug. Epist. 148. The Advocate for Joshua and his victory over Satan {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Homer Iliad Isa. 9. 6. Rom. 8. 33. 1 John 2. 1. 2 Cor. 12. 9. Heb. 7. 25. Luke 11. 21. 1 Tim. 1. 14. Psal. 68. 18. Job 29. 15. The foundation of the Victory 1. Gods gracious Election of Jerusalem 2. His deliverance of Joshua Isa. 9. 19. Prov. 28. 2. Amos 4. 12. Rev. 2. 5. Joel 2. 17. 2 Thes. 1. 10. Jude v. 3. 1 Thes. 5. 21. 1 Joe 4. 1. Heb. 10. 24. Mal. 3. 16. Joel 2. 14. Isa. 61. 3. Isa. 5. 7. Ezek. 47. 12. Cant. 4. 16. Zach. 3. 8. Deut. 4. 20. Isa. 9. 4. 14. 5. Zach. 3. 9. Zach. 12. 3. Isa. 8. 8.