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truth_n	jesus_n	lord_n	spirit_n	7,577	5	4.8812	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90064	Jerusalems vvatch-men, the Lords remembrancers: a sermon preached at the Abbie at VVestminster, before both Houses of Parliament, and the Assembly of Divines, upon their solemn fast, Iuly 7. 1643. / By Matth: Nevvcomen M.A. and Minister of the Gospell at Dedham in Essex. Published by order of both Houses of Parliament.	Newcomen, Matthew, 1610?-1669.	1643 (1643)	Wing N911; Thomason E63_7; ESTC R8797	23,198	43

these promises notwithstanding al their counter-machinations of his enemies Isay 46.10 My counsell shall stand and I will doe all my pleasure Yet fourthly It is not the Lords pleasure to accomplish these things unto his Church but in and by his peoples prayers Ierem. 33.3 Call unto mee and I will answer thee and shew thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not Ezek. 36.37 I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel to doe it for them Doctrine applyed Sed quò feror some use I would gladly make of this point if I knew what I might afford variety of profitable instructions but it is not for me to presume to instruct so Honourable Learned and Religious an Assembly give me leave to apologize for my selfe with Elihu Iob. 32.6 I said I am of few days and yee are old wherefore I was afraid and durst not shew you mine opinion I said dayes should speak and multitudes of yeares should teach wisdome The Lord knows glad would I have been to sit at any of your feet to learn rather then to stand hereto teach and to receive rather then to give instruction therefore I decline that work For Reproof In the next place this truth might serve for reproofe and if such an application would not lead me besides my Auditory ô with what vehemency might a man from hence in the name and by the Spirit of our Lord Iesus Christ thunder indignation and wrath upon the heads of those who though they have usurped and possessed the place of such as should be the Lords Remembrancers yet in stead of performing the duty of this text have practised the cleane contrary in stead of praying that God would establish his Church in truth have endevored nothing but to undermine the truth to subvert adulterate the truth their folly as the Apostle speakes 2 Tim. 3.9 is manifest unto all men God hath unmasked them and all that will see may see their designe was to let in such an inundation of popery and Socinianisme as should have drowned the truth of God for ever in stead of praying that God would establish his Church in peace they have acted the part of those unclean spirits the frogs spoken of Rev. 16.14 stirring up the kings of the earth to battle against the Church of God first in Scotland who were the Incendiaries what the fuell of the war there And since that in England have not the warres of both kingdomes had the same fuell and fomenters and who are they but the Iesuitizing clergie of England who like the uncleane spirit we reade of Mark 9. fearing they shall now be cast out of their long possession rent and tear the kingdom and lay it wallowing not as he did the child there in its foam but in its bloud What shall I speake of such a clergie who in stead of praying that God would make his Church a praise have endeavoured nothing more then to rob the Church of all that might make it praise-worthy in stead of desiring that the Church might enjoy fulnesse of ordinances endeavouring to strip the Church of them all to abolish Sabbaths to bring the delight of dayes the Queen of dayes under the curse of Iobs birth day Let it not be joyned to the days of the year let it not come into the number of the months to excommunicate preaching and praying and cast them quite out of the Church to turn the sacrament of the Lords supper into a sacrifice of the altar In stead of praying that all ordinances and offices might be administred according to Christs rule and order would have all things in Gods house worship done according to their own fancy will lust humour What shal we say to such a Clergy they dote upon the name still Arist de Hist Anim. l. 8. c. 27. let them enjoy it Aristotle speaks of a little worm called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is pestilently noxious destructive to Bee-hives no lesse noxious and destructive hath our 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the greatest part of them been to the true Church of God amongst us against whom the Church of God may powre out as sad complaints to her Lord Iesus Christ as sometimes she did Cant. 5. The watchmen the keepers of the wall found me they smote me they took away my vaile let such read their doom 2 Pet. 2 their judgement now of a long time lingreth not their damnation sleepeth not I had not turned aside to this reproofe for I look for none of this generation here this day had it not been to provoke my selfe and you to a more serious and deep humiliation for those abominations of the late times which though many of us have seen and observed even then and some of us have felt and smarted under the violences thereof yet few I fear amongst us have had our hearts so humbled for the iniquity of thē as they should have beene the Lord help us so to take to heart this day our own and other mens sins that he may forgive our iniquities and heal our Land But I return to my Auditory and the only boldnesse I shall assume brethren and fathers is but to do as much as Naamans servant did unto his Lord exhort you to doe that which you know God would have you doe pray for Ierusalem and I am confident I might spare even this it is your work daily but God having called me this day to speak unto you for Zions sake I cannot hold my peace Qui monet ut facias quod facis dum monet laudat The Doctrine applyed for exhortation Is it the duty of Ministers in a speciall manner to pray uncessantly that God would establish Ierusalem and make it a praise in the earth then let every one of us by solemn engagements to God to his Church bind our selves to the performance of this duty and surely brethren if ever there were times that called for this duty if ever there were men called to this duty this is the time we are the Men. First 1. Enforced from the time present for the time if ever there were time that did command the most importune and uncessant prayers of all Gods ministers and people for here I will take in all that they should cry mightily to the Lord night and day in the behalf of Ierusalem keep no silence give him no rest til he establish and make Ierusalem a praise in the earth if ever there were a time that did exact this Now is the time Had I art or grace enough to present before you the lively or rather gastly deadly face of Ierusalem the Churches of Christ Iesus at this time I know it would command tears and prayers from the most flinty heart in this congregation could I let you see Ierusalem like that man in the parable Luke 10.30 that went down from Ierusalem fallen among theeves and by them stripped and wounded and left halfe dead while