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A86270	Repentance and conversion, the fabrick of salvation: or The saints joy in heaven, for the sinners sorrow upon Earth. Being the last sermons preached by that reverend and learned John Hewyt, D.D. Late minister of St. Gregories by St. Pauls. With other of his sermons preached there. Dedicated to all his pious auditors, especially those of the said parish. Also an advertisement concerning some sermons lately printed, and presented to be the doctors, but are disavowed by Geo. Wild. Jo. Barwick.	Hewit, John, 1614-1658.; Wilde, George, 1610-1665.; Barwick, John, 1612-1664.	1658 (1658)	Wing H1637; Thomason E1776_1; ESTC R209722	86,537	249

and Musick wherein God himself hath seemed to tread the measures for it 's well seen O God how thou goest how thou goest how thou my God and King goest in the Sanctuary the singers go before the minstrels follow after in the midst are the Damsels playing with their timbrels yet all this is hudled up in confusion That house of holy pleasure wherein King David had rather be a door-keeper then dwell in the glorious tents of ungodliness is sacked and spoiled and the many thousand vessels of gold and silver and the rich and hallowed vestments of the house of God are sacrilegiously carried away and prophaned with revelling When we think upon these things we pour out our souls within us for we were wont to go with the multitude into the house of joy and praise but now by these waters of Babylon we sit down c. But they were Babylonians that did this Heathens that had no knowledge of Gods Laws but when men do Gentes agere sub nomine Christi mask Gentilisme with the titles of Christianity acting works of darkness under vizards of children of light not carrying the children of Zion captive into Babylon but turning Zion it self into Babylon this is enough to make us by these waters of Babylon sit down and weep when we remember thee O Zion Ezekiel took up a lamentation for wicked Tyre Ezek. 27.2 Isaiah bewailed with the weeping of Jaazar the vine of Sibmah I will water thee with my tears O Heshbon Esai 16.9 and how shall not we take up a lamentation and a bitter mourning when we remember thee O Zion How doth the City sit almost solitary that was full of people she that was Princess among the Provinces how is she become tributary Lam. 1.1 How is the gold become dimme how is the fine gold changed the children that did feed delicately are almost desolate in the streets and they that were brought up in scarlet are ready to embrace dunghils Lam. 4.5 hinc illae lachrymae hence hence are these rivers of tears which gush out of our eyes whilest by the waters of Babylon we sit down and remember thee O Zion I have now done with the parts of my Text and you may expect I should apply them but I forbear only from what hath been spoken let us gather two things as a double Corollary one from them as they were patientes sufferers the other as they were compatientes fellow-feeling members of other sufferings 1. As they were Patientes sufferers A Church may be brought into extream calamity By the waters of Babylon we sate down 2. As Compatientes as they were fellow-feeling members of others sufferings We must be affected with the calamities of the Church we wept when we remembred thee O Zion 1. Of the first A Church may be brought into deep misery by the waters of Babylon we sate down This Church of the Jews for I desire not to lead your thoughts into a further pilgrimage though it had such a magazine of blessings as no Nation or Church under Heaven was owner of yet was it not exempt from this humane nay Christian lot of misery in its very infancy for in the Egyptian bondage it was but an embryo not yet formed but no sooner did it take but its name but it was christned with the cross in Samuels dayes God suffered himself be it spoken with holy reverence to be taken captive of the uncircumcised Philistines for the Ark in which was his immediate presence was surprised and taken from the Israelites when the Church no less then Phinehas son first got the name of Ichabod where is the glory 1 Sam. 4.19 In the dayes of Zedekiah when she was now in her perfect age and beauty Jerusalem was destroyed by fire and her children led captives into Babylon which sad story that sorrowful Prophet hath exprest in his pathetical Lamentations and our Psalmist David here prophesied of In her decrepit age after the coming of Christ Jerusalem was sackt by Vespasian and made quite desolate of which Daniel prophesied Dan. 9. vers last And our Saviour himself foretold there shall not one stone be left upon another Matth. 24.2 Nothing is left of it but a name and ruines that bear the impress of Gods vengeance and justice Where now are those lying words wherein you trusted the Temple of the Lord the Temple of the Lord this is the Temple of the Lord Jer. 7.4 The Ark may be taken the Temple may be destroyed and ye may be carried captives into Babylon where by the waters of Babylon ye may sit down c. And was God so severe to the natural branches Appl. which were disobedient will he spare the wilde olive-branch that is grafted in Behold I bring evil upon the City that is called by my name and shall you go unpunished Jer. 25.9 What is become of those renowned Churches of the East mentioned in the Revelations are they not quite destroyed What is done to our neighbouring Churches in Germany are they not miserably defaced Hath not God been working this strange work of justice also even upon us these many years here in these three Nations which though divided from the rest of the world by Seas of waters yet are conjoined in the same lot of calamity What will be the end who can divine but without speedy and serious repentance and amendment of life may we not fear the like destruction in which others have perished Therefore what was the Angels advise to the Church of Ephesus it will be happy for us if we can make use of it Remember from whence thou art fallen and repent and do thy first works or else I will come quickly and remove the candlestick out of its place except thou repent Rev. 2.5 And thus considering them as Patientes sufferers you see that a Church may be brought into deep calamity by the waters of Babylon we sate down Secondly As Compatientes fellow-feeling members of others sufferings we must be affected with the miseries of the Church we wept when we remembred thee O Zion Compassion is an act of humanity to any in distress Did I not weep for him that was in trouble was not my soul grieved for the poor saith Job 3.25 but to the Church in evil times compassion is a duty of piety If I forget thee O Jerusalem let my right hand forget her cunning if I remember thee not O Zion let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth It is a sin that prophaneth the affections of nature it self to hide thy face from them of thine own flesh how much that crosseth the divinity of grace to hide thy face from them of the same spirit Our Saviour wept over languishing Jerusalem Daniel set his face to seek God in the captivity by prayers and supplications and fasting and sack-cloath and ashes Nehemiah when he heard of the afflictions of the people sate down and wept and mourned and fasted and prayed before the God