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truth_n	appear_v	day_n	zion_n	26	3	8.6067	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90269	God's work in founding Zion, and his peoples duty thereupon. A sermon preached in the Abby Church at Westminster, at the opening of the Parliament Septemb. 17th 1656. / By John Owen: a servant of Jesus Christ in the work of the Gospell.	Owen, John, 1616-1683.	1656 (1656)	Wing O758; Thomason E891_2; ESTC R203086	27,585	57

earth only but also heaven And this word yet once more signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken as of things that are made that those things which cannot be shaken may remain All the shakings of the Nations are that the unshaken interest of the Saints may be established Isai. 51. 15 16. But I am the Lord thy God that divided the sea whose waves roared the Lord of hosts is his name And I have put my words in thy mouth and have covered thee in the shaddow of mine hand that I may plant the heavens and lay the foundations of the earth and say unto Zion thou art my people Heaven and earth and all things therin are disposed of that Sion may be built and established All Gods works in this world lye in a subserviency to this end and purpose Doth God at any time prosper an evill or a wicked Nation an Anti-christian Nation is it for their owne sakes doth God take care for Oxen hath he delight in the prosperity of his Enemies No it is only that they may be a Rod in his hand for a litle moment and a staff for his indignation against the miscariages of his people Isai. 10. 5 12. O Assyrian the rod of mine anger the staff in their hand is mine indignation This in such a season is their proper interest to glorify God in distresse Doth he breake ruine and destroy them as sooner or latter he will leave them neither roote nor branch all that he doth to them is a Recompence for the controversy of Sion Isai. 34. 9. for it is the day of the Lords vengeance and the yeare of recompences for the controversy of Sion We see not perhaps at this day wherein the concernments of the remnant of Gods people doth lye in the great concussions of the Nations in the World we know not what designe in reference to them may lye therein Alas we are poore short sighted creatures we know nothing that is before us much lesse can we make a judgment of the work of God in the midst of the darknesse and confusion that is in the world untill he hath brought it to perfection All lyes open and naked to his Eye and the beauty of all his works will one day appeare The true and proper interest of his people so as they may best glorify him in the world is that which he is pursueing in all these dispensations The Grounds Reasons and foundations of this Truth in the Counsell from the Love and Attributes of God the Redemption in the blood of Jesus I must not now pursue this one thing I shall only offer The state of Sion of the people of God being much to depend upon the disposalls of them whom God by his providence raiseth up to rule and Government among the Nations though sometimes he sets up men whose hearts and minds are upright with himselfe yet he will not trust his owne to their mercy and the variablenesse of their Wills in generall But will so dispose alter weaken and strengthen them so set them up and pull down that it shall be their interest to which they will alwaies abide faithfull so to deale with his people as he will have them dealt with that they may best glorify him in their generations If it be in the infinite wise counsell of God to give his Saints in this nation peace and tranquility they shall not have it precariously upon the wills of men For he will not leave moulding and disposing of the affaires of the nation untill it find that it is its proper interest to give and measure out unto them what is to the mind of God All that hath been done amongst us all that we are in expectation of turnes on this hinge alone But lastly Ob. 4. It is the duty of Gods preserved remnant laying aside all other aimes and contrivances to betake themselves to the work of God founding Sion and preserving the common interest of his people God hath founded Sion and the poore of the people shall trust therein or betake themselves unto it We are apt to wander on hills and mountains every one walking in the imagination of his own heart forgetting our resting place When God was bringing the power of the Babylonian upon his people the Prophet Jeremiah could neither perswade the whole nation to submit to his Goverment nor many individualls among them to fall to him in particular And when the time of their deliverance from that Captivity was accomplished how hardly were they perswaded to imbrace the Liberty tendered notwithstanding all incouragements and advantages the greatest part of them abide in that place of their bondage to this day So hardly are we brought to close with Gods peculiar work and our own proper interest although his glory and our own safety lye therein The Reasons of this frame I have in part touched before I shall adde but two more 1. Discontentment with our peculiar lot and portion in the work of the Lord and common interest of his people It is with us in our civile affaires as the Apostle saith it is not in the naturall body nor ought to be in the spirituall or Church body The foot doth not say because I am not the head I am not of the body no it doth not but is content with its own place and usefulnesse It is so with the rest of the members that are more noble and yet are not the head neither It is otherwise with us I enterpose not my thoughts as to your present constitution and the order of things amongst us I speak no more then I have sundry years since sundry times complained of to a Parliament of this Common-wealth Every one if not personally yet in Association with them of some peculiar perswasion with himselfe would be the head and because they are not they conclude they are not of the body nor will care for the body but rather endeavour its ruine Because their peculiar interest doth not raigne the common interest shall be despised and this hath been the temper or rather distemper of the people of God in this Nation now for sundry years and what it may yet produce I know not Only for the present the work of God in founding Sion in purseuing his peoples common interest is despised thought light of and all the pleasant things thereof trodden under foot Unlesse God end this frame my expectations I confesse of an happy issue of the great work of God amongst us will wither day by day 2. The suffering of our Wills and Judgements as to the products of providence to run before the Will of God This the Experience of these daies hath taught us Those who have a forwardnesse in prescribing to God what he should doe as to the modus or manner of the work which at any time he hath to accomplish Are stubbornly backward in closing with what he doth actually produce These and the like things which might be in large Catalogues