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A45558 The olive-branch presented to the native citizens of London in a sermon preached at S. Paul's Church, May 27, being the day of their yearly feast / by Nath. Hardy ... Hardy, Nathaniel, 1618-1670. 1658 (1658) Wing H737; ESTC R17063 35,655 50

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in the adverb now and the future tense of the verbs will The Reasons why ushered in by the conjunction because whilest the Psalmist looking both downward upon his brethren and companions and upward upon the house of the Lord his God findeth strong obligations laid upon him to endeavour Jerusalems welfare I shall with all convenient speed climb up these branches staying upon some and onely touching upon others passe through these streames sometimes bowing down my knees and sometimes lapping with my tongue that I may make the more haste And now my Brethren if I may be so bold Companions remember I beseech you where you are namely in the house of the Lord our God so after a more especiall manner in his presence That which I seek is my conscience bearing me witness as first Gods glory so next your souls good let me not miss of my aim my chief errand is peace the peace of the City therefore I trust you will gladly hear what I shall say If by reason of the multiplicity of the Branches and Streames my stay shall prove a little longer than ordinary I before-hand beg your pardon and patience withall intreating the holy Spirit to sharpen your appetites that you may eat of the pleasant fruits which grow upon these branches and drink of the waters of life which flow from these streams and having fed your souls I shall then dismiss you to that love-feast which is prepared for your bodies In the handling of these words according to the proposed method my discourse must be retrograde beginning at the end and ending at the beginning of the verses {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} and {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} which are the last words in the Hebr. are the first we must take into consideration as referring to the subject for whom peace and good is desired nor need we go further than the sixth verse to find out the noun to which these pronouns refer it is Jerusalem which there speaking of the Psalmist here speaketh to ut majorem exprimat affectum as a more vehement way of expressing his affection Not to trouble you with the multiplied acceptions of this word Jerusalem in sacred Writ know to our present purpose that it may be taken either mystically or literally 1. In a mysticall sense by Jerusalem is understood the Catholick Church whereof she was a type and that in severall respects 1. Jerusalem was the place which God chose before all the world so we read The Lord hath chosen Sion and the Lord which hath chosen Jerusalem The Caholick Church is that number of people which God hath culled out of the rest of mankind being therefore called by the Apostle Peter a chosen generation 2. Jerusalem was an holy City an holy Mountain it 's often so called All the true members of the Catholick Church are Saints for which reason she is styled an holy Nation by S. Peter the holy City the new Jerusalem by S. John and in our Creed the holy Catholick Church 3. At Jerusalem was Gods house and Davids throne in the Catholick Church is Gods speciall presence and Christs royall scepter who was both Davids Lord and Son 4. To Jerusalem was the confluence of all Judea at the time of their solemn feasts To the Catholick Church according to Jeremy's Prophecy is the gathering of all the nations of the world 5. Jerusalem stood upon hills especially that part of it which was called the upper city The Catholick Church in respect of its divine originall is the Jerusalem which is above which cometh down out of heaven 6. Jerusalem was as we read in this Psalm a city compact within it self in respect of the regularity of its building and unity of its inhabitants The Catholick Church is one all whose members are knit together in the bond of love 7. Jerusalem was the mother city of Judea The Catholick Church is mater Christianorum the mother of us all of all Christians 8. Mountains and hills were round about Jerusalem Gods protection is round about his Church 9. Finally the names of Jerusalems citizens were enrolled in a Register and the names of the members of the Church are written in the book of life so fit and full is the parallel between them And now according to this construction we learn how deare and precious the peace and good of the Catholick Church ought to be to us what searchings of heart for her divisions what longings of heart for her union The Catholick Church in reference to God is his daughter to Christ she is his spouse to us she is our mother and therefore whilest Hereticks and Schismaticks like unnaturall children as it were rend her garment nay tread upon her body and viper-like eat out her bowels let us express a filiall love towards her by using our utmost care to procure her peace and promote her good It were easie to instance in Moses Jeremy Paul and others how as the Marigold openeth and shutteth with the rising and setting of the Sun so those good mens hearts have been suitably affected according to the different state of the Church her miseries have been their sorrow and her peace their joy oh let the same mind be in us The truth is we are never in a right frame till we come to this temper so it go well with the Church it matters not much though it be ill with us and if ill with the Church it contents not though it be well with us And as we tender the good oh let us study the peace of the Church since it can never be well with us unless peace be in her she is a building which cannot stand if the stones be not cemented and a chain which cannot hold if his links be not fastned a body which cannot thrive if its members be not united No wonder if upon this account there is nothing the Churches adversaries endeavour more than her disse●io●s nor is there any thing her friends should more strive for than her union oh let it be our earnest vote our hearty wish our daily prayer that all they who confesse Gods name may agree in the truth of his holy Word and live in unity and godly love 2. But though the mysticall interpretation would not be excluded yet the literall is principally intended and so at once suitable both with the Text and the occasion In this notion it is the city of Jerusalem for which David is so zealous and a City being a society or community yea according to Aristotles character {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} a perfect association that which we hence learn is what speciall regard every one of us ought to have to the publick peace and common good We see in nature how the severall parts agree together for the preservation of the Vniverse we may observe in our bodies how the eye seeth the