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A52172 The midnight cry a sermon preached on the parable of the ten virgins / by J.M ... Mason, John, 1646?-1694. 1692 (1692) Wing M918; ESTC R32054 17,923 30

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God in other Countries and they will fill to Babylon double in the Cup she shall fill to them She will put a Cup into the Protestants Hands and will be made to pledg it double This Cup will awaken the sleepy Protestants The Scripture saith Equity cannot enter Isa. 59. 41. therefore an Enemy shall Nothing but the Spirit of God can defend the People of God for the Slaughter will be grievous Isa. 24. there you read of a Desolation no body thinks of it hardly but God hath spoken the Word Ver. 3. The Land shall be utterly spoiled Ver. 6. The Inhabitants of the Earth are burned and few Men left and abundance more then Ver. 10. The City of Confusion Heb. Vanity is broken down c. Ver. 23. Then the Moon shall be confounded and the Sun ashamed when the Lord of Hosts shall reign in Mount Zion c. This is the Key that opens the whole Chapter The Tribulation goes before the Destruction of Babylon and the glorious State Then the next Chapter is a Song of Praise for this Chap. 25. 2 3 4. Thou hast made of a City an Heap this is the Praise of the whole Church of God A Palace of Strangers to be no City Therefore shall the strong People glorify Thee the City of the terrible Nations shall fear Thee for thou hast been a Strength to the Poor Thou shalt bring down the Noise of Strangers the Branch of the terrible Ones shall be brought low Observe Here is a City called a Palace of Strangers that is ruin'd the Church doth in a holy manner triumph over it What City must this be There is no City that is such an universal Enemy to the Church of God a Stumbling-block to the Jews and Plague to the Protestants as Rome is Now in Songs of Praise the Church sings to the Glory of God his Attributes and Works how he carries them on before they are compleated So here the Prophet reflects on the downfall of this City Ver. 3. The City of the terrible Nations shall fear Thee It shall strike a Terrour into the terrible Nations Now observe Ver. 4. which comes to our Case Thou hast been a Strength to the Poor a Strength to the Needy in his Distress a Refuge from the Storm a Shadow from the Heat when the blast of the terrible Ones is as a Storm against the Wall Then Ver. 5. The Branch of the terrible Ones is brought low Here are the terrible Ones that are terrify'd themselves therefore before this they shew themselves so terrible The Tribulation is compared to a Storm and to a Heat then God is a Refuge to the Poor and Strength to the Needy Miserum est cum ventum est ad Deos. We say of such a one He is ruin'd if God does not help him The Storm is exceeding great on them that have not a God to save them such a Storm that nothing but a God can shelter a Man from it such a Heat as will burn them to Ashes if God be not their Shadow But God is a Strength to the Poor God's People are called poor especially at this time Here will be a Storm on the Land and it will be by the terrible Ones i. e. the Papists and terrible Papists One would think by such a Branch as hath been so terrible to others There will be a Storm and Heat and the poor People of God are under a Refuge Nothing will keep you but God See that you have a God an Interest in Christ. Compare this with Isa. 26. 5 6. there is another Song for these glorious things He bringeth down them that dwell on high the lofty City he layeth it low The Foot shall tread it down even the Feet of the Poor and the Steps of the Needy Why were not they all destroyed by the Storm before No God preserved them and reserved them to be his Instruments in the Destruction of Babylon a precious People that have been trodden under foot Called Chosen and Faithful But how comes this to concern us here in England Why yes No Nation more than this Rev. 17. 16. The ten Horns which thou surest upon the Beast these shall hate the Whore The Instruments are out of England for England is one of the Horns as all agree Here will arise a People out of England hated for Christ's Sake that are made use of they are called Poor and Needy and are miraculously preserved by a God that shad●ws them or else they had been destroyed too Here is a Storm and Heat that destroys a world of People How come the People of God then to escape more than others Why St. Peter saith The Lord knows how to deliver his People and he has given his Royal Word for it See that you are in Christ look to it Here will be a Storm and this is to be expected every day This is the Midnight Cry or the occasion of the Midnight Cry And this Storm and Tribulation Alarms the drowsy Virgins they that are sleeping at Midnight as most are are awakened First It will be a general awakening Vers. 7. Then all those Virgins arose Secondly Which is miraculous they will so awake as never to sleep more this would even pierce ones Heart Some are kept awake by Terror some by Joy We had a Midnight-Cry a Year and half ago but People are asleep again That was Rumour but this is Rumour and Violence Jer. 51. 46. Thirdly At this Cry All will come to be of one Mind as to these things following 1. That the Bridegroom is coming That none is glorious but Christ and they that are Christ's They are all sensible of it now we did not think it would ever be so but now we see it 2. They are all searching their Lamps for Oyl One searcheth and finds no Oil or little Oil in the Lamp but in the Vessels there is some but the other looks into the Lamp and there is no Oil into the Vessels and there is none neither There is great searching of Conscience then 3. They are all trimming their Lamps this is the scouring the Lamp not pouring in Oil for the foolish Virgins had no Oil but scouring the outside of the Lamp and this they are all at work at It is some outward performance of Duty that they all agree in Gentlemen leave their Hawks and Hounds Country-Men their Grounds and Tradesmen their Shops and run to their Prayer-Books and Practice of-Piety and all the Nation is in a wonderful Religious Posture 4. They all have an high esteem for Oil All the World for a little Oil Gold and Silver is nothing We have provided for such a Child and laid up snch an Estate worldly Projects took up our Thoughts these kept out Christ and the Spirit now these are all cut off Lands and Stocks and Flocks there is an end of all these Oh! A thousand Worlds for Oil Union with Christ Communion with Christ Oh! for Christ and Grace 5. They all agree that a Lamp