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The trumpet in Sion, sounding a general alarm in the nation. By J.G.G.
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Gailhard, J. (Jean).
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in Chains killed his Children before him put out his Eyes and carry'd him with the People captive into Babylon Wherefore this terrible Judgment for their Sins the King's Perjury named for one (c) v. 13 14 15 16. Moreover all the chief of the priests and the people transgressed very much and the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers rising up betimes and sending because he had compassion on his People But they mocked the Messengers of God and despised his words and misused his Prophets until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people till there was no remedy In many things this suits with our case our Sins are many and great if God move the Heart of some to speak about it we have too many of those who will despise and ridicule them for it Let us not hold out until God's Anger comes upon us and till there be no remedy O England Rulers and People pray mind this before it be too late I could upon this Head take notice how all signal Judgments in the World have been inflicted for Sin which brought the Flood upon the first World Fire and Brimstone upon Sodom and Gomorrah utter destruction upon the Seven Nations in the Land of Canaan which God by Moses commanded the children of Israel to do (a) Josh 9.24 The Lord commanded his Servant Moses to give you all the Land and to destroy all the inhahitants of the land from before you But time would fail me if I would insist upon all the Instances of God's Judgments for Sins Recorded in Scripture I pray God we be not made the next Example For out of this we may see how God doth shoot his Warning-pieces before he doth the Murthering ones We have warnings enough both at home and abroad whence it comes nearer and nearer to us but if we kick against the pricks grow stiff-necked and harden our hearts as Pharaoh did his then let us hear what God saith (a) Levit. 20 21 22. c But if ye walk contrary to me and will not hearken unto me I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins Again And if ye will not be Reformed by me by these things that is by the Plagues he threateneth them with then I will yet punish you seven times more for your sins And in that Chapter the Seven times is often multiply'd wherefore to avoid it let us prepare our Heart to seek the Lord or rather pray to God to do 't for us let us Repent Mend our Lives Reform our Manners leave off our Sins cease to do evil and learn to do good (a) Job 15.16 Man which drinketh iniquity like water is abominable and filthy Therefore compared to the Dog that returns to his vomit (b) 2 Pet. 2.22 and the Sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire Seeing then punishment is tied to the tail of Sin and that in the Nation we thô in different degrees are all Sinners what else can we look but for punishment According to God's Truth and Justice Sins must either be Pardon'd or Punish'd and is there no remedy for this No other way to Pardon but to Repent and Believe or else nothing (c) Heb. 10 27. But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation which shall devour the adversaries of God To make Punishment hold a proportion with Sins against an infinite Majesty There can be no other way but Eternal Torments besides those inflicted in this life What Remedy have we for this As we shewed the Distemper Sin and its due Reward Punishment for the wages of Sin is Death whether natural of Afflictions Spiritual or Eternal we must now speak of the Remedy Be converted from Sin to God and our Sins shall be forgiven God hath appointed Repentance consisting First In a contrition of Heart or sorrow for Sin Secondly In a confession of Mouth or owning our Faults thereby giving God the Glory as upon the like occasion did (d) Dan. 9. from v. 5. to 20. Daniel (e) Ezra 9.5 6 7 c. Ezra (f) Nehem. ◠5 6 7 c. chiefly in Ch. 9. Nehemiah c. Thirdly In a satisfaction given those whom after God we have offended and wronged And Fourthly In taking as far as we are able a full resolution to forsake Sin and follow after Holiness and Righteousness Then when the Cause is removed the Effect will cease and through God's Blessing the Remedy will produce a Cure of the Disease Through a deep and Universal Repentance Nineveh prevented the ruin which within 40 Days she was threatened with Days of Fasting and Humiliation should be kept but not such as God condemneth as (a) Isai 58.5 6 7. a day for a man to afflict his Soul to bow down his head as a bulrush and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him Such an outward and superficial Fast God hath not chosen but to loose the bonds of wickedness to undo the heavy burdens and to let the oppressed go free To deal thy bread to the hungry to bring the poor cast out to thy house c Exercise Justice and Charity as well as Piety This another Prophet call's to (b) Joel 2.13 Ezek. 18.30 Rent your hearts and not your garments God saith Repent and turn from all your transgressions so iniquity shall not be your ruin When once Men are really touched with a sense of their Sins and pricked in their Hearts they with the new Converts will say (c) Acts 2.37 men and brethren what shall we do and with the Jaylor to Paul and Silas (d) Chap. 16 30. Sirs what must I do to be saved Long before a Prophet had answered a Question about a Man's Duty (e) Micah 6.8 He God hath shewed thee O man what is good and what doth the lord require of thee but to do justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly before thy God To this answereth the Excellent Lesson of the Grace of God (f) Tit. 2.12 by the Apostle mentioned first Negatively Teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts Here we must begin then we should live soberly Here is our Duty to our selves Righteously This towards our Neighbour and godly This in relation to God In this present world Which Three words contain the whole Duty of Man So Men may not pretend ignorance of what we must know and do This is every Man's Duty thô of some more than of others according to their station and every one ought to know 't Now (a) Luke 12.47 the servant which knew his lord's Will and did not according to 't shall be beaten with many stripes which to avoid let every one with David say (b) Psal 38.18 I will declare mine iniquity I will be sorry for my sin Not barely out of the Mouth which sometimes the most wicked can do Pharaoh said (c) Exod. 9.27 I have sinned this time the lord
which is not corruptible even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit which is in the sight of God of great price But the more to confirm this Truth another witness joyns with this (h) 1 Tim. 2.9 10. I Will that women adorn themselves in modest apparel with shame fac'dness and sobriety not with broidered hair or gold or pearl or costly aray but which becometh women professing godliness with good works All Women that have some regard to God's words will mind this Many sins are committed in another kind of relation between Parents and Children often when Men want Children they desire to have some and when they have they look or ought to look upon 't as a Blessing of God for thereby they afford Church and State some Members but do they afterwards answer God's end in giving them Children Do they take due care to breed them in the fear of God and put them in a capacity to serve their Maker and their Country Sometimes they be very careful to gather an Estate for them but not to qualifie them how to manage it well If they have a sine Horse they look out for a good and skilful Groom to Break and Order him but often neglect the means to improve the Souls of their Children What they do for them is sometimes not with judgment and often it doth them more harm than good They ought to give them good Counsel and good Example not to fright but to entice them to good things bear with some Humane Frailties especially those which attend the Age but to make use of their Authority to curb and restrain them from evil things shew themselves enemies to every vitious course as much as may be infuse into them a love for Piety Virtue and Honour with a Hatred to all that is contrary to 't they ought to study their Tempers and Inclinations Reform what is Bad and improve what is Good in them When this foundation is laid and there are in a Family several Children 't is Prudence in Parents not to shew themselves too partial for some more than for others for such carriage hath caused great mischief in some Families Yet 't is fit Parents should shew their Approbation of those Children that do well and are virtuously inclined and wisely a dislike of those whose Dispositions are vicious (a) Coloss 3.21 yet do not provoke them but elsewhere I have abundantly written upon this Subject Farther 't is the Duty of Parents according to their Abilities and Quality to provide for Children and dispose of them in the World This Scripture presseth upon them (b) 2 Cor. 12.14 The children ought not to lay up for the parents but the Parents for the children And (c) 1 Tim. 5.8 If any provide not for his own and specially for those of his own house he hath deny'd the faith and is worse than an infidel On the other side How many Undutiful Disobedient and Rebellious Children in the World Some (d) Psal 58.3 are estranged from the womb they go astray assoon as they be born This is a most wicked and unnatural frame of Spirit abhorred by all Nations and by God's immediate Command the Offender was (e) Deut. 21.20 punish'd with death By a natural Right all Men are equal but only in this case there is by nature a subjection of one to another Children ought to Love Honour Obey and Help their Parents But how many now a-days who instead of being the Joy Help Comfort and Support are the cause of their Grief and of Trouble in many ways and instead of a staff in their Old Age especially to support it do rather serve to knock them down but God will judge for such wickednesses I shall now insist upon the sins here committed in another relation between Masters and Servants There are so many notorious examples as any one may see them on the Master's side are Hardness Injustice contrary to Scripture not only Threatnings which the Apostle exhorteth to forbear but also Blows and Violence not considering that (f) Coloss 4.1 their master also is in heaven On the other side Servants are Unfaithful Careless Vicious Despisers when they are Commanded (g) Ephes 6.9 to be obedient to their masters according to the flesh (h) v. 56. and Coloss 3.22 with fear and trembling in singleness of heart as unto Christ not with eye-service as men-pleasers but in singleness of heart as fearing God And they ought to (i) 1 Tim. 6.1 count their masters worthy of all honour 'T is a common guilt with many Servants when their Masters find fault with them to Reply which they are expresly forbidden to do (k) 〈◊〉 2.9 not answering again Another Relation there is between Rulers and the People which hath its Sins great and pernicious this being a slippery step one must be nice and wary upon 't howsoever it being of the highest concernment must not go untouched For suppose we should speak of the Throne but with a due Respect yet those who Sit upon 't are but Men subject to like Infirmities with us Humane Nature is in them attended with Frailties and imperfections for being Kings they cease not to be Men then sometimes happen such Conjunctures as Cross and are Le ts in the way of the Government which yet I say not to excuse those who might do better but only those that cannot help it Besides that in all things we must observe a Governing and Over-ruling Hand of God 'T is too usual and common for Authority to mind its own Honour more than the Glory of God and also not (l) John 5.44 to seek the honour that cometh from God only but that which cometh from men It was as truly as wisely said (m) Prov. 20.8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes that is ought to do so and look upon Evil with a design to disperse it as the Sun doth the Clouds Nay 't is sin him Wisdom to do so these are the words of a Wise King and not mine (n) v. 26. A wise king scattereth the wicked and bringeth the wheel over them 't is not only his Duty but his Interest so to do for (o) Ch. 16.12 the throne is established by righteousness which he gives as a reason of what he said in the beginning of the Verse (o) Ch. 16.12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness they should mind Christ's Interest preferably before their own in this world which in effect is to promote their own if it be not contrary to the Lord's whereby they ought to begin (p) Mh 6.33 (p) Psal 103.13 Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you After that they must procure the good of their People whom they ought to Love and upon some occasions in imitation of God to pity as a father pitieth his children