The shaking and translating of heaven and earth. A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, in Parliament assembled April 19 1649. To which are annexed, prophetical extracts: particularly such as relaie [sic] to the Revolution in France and the decline of the papal power in the world / By John Owen.

  • John Owen
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1794
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Credit: The shaking and translating of heaven and earth. A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, in Parliament assembled April 19 1649. To which are annexed, prophetical extracts: particularly such as relaie [sic] to the Revolution in France and the decline of the papal power in the world / By John Owen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    mongd us look well to themfelves; the clay is co¬ ming that will burn like cat oven. Drofs will not en¬ dure that day ; we have many an hypocrite as yet to be uncafed. Take heed, you that act high, if a falfe heart, a defiled heart be amongft you ; there lhall be no place for it in the mountain of 'the Lord’s houfe. Y'he inhabitants of Sion fball be all righteous, Ifa. lx. 21. Many that make a great fhew now upon the ftage, lhall be turned off with Ihanie enough : Try and fearch your hearts, force not the Lord to lay you open to all. The Spirit of judgment and burning will try you. Tremble, l pray, for you are entering a molt purging, trying furnace as ever the Lord fet up on the earth. life 5.^] Be loofe from all fhaken things; you fee the clouds return after the rain ; one Iform in the neck of another. Thus it mud be, until Chrid hath dnilhed his whole work, Seeing that all thefe things mujl be difolved, what manner of perfons ought we to be in all manner of converfation ? Let your eyes be upwards, and your hearts be upwards, and your hands upwards, that ye be not moved at the palling away of lhaking things. I could here encourage you, by the glorious ilTue of all thefe ihakings, whofe fore-tade might be as marrow to your bones, though they Ihould be appointed to confumption before the accomplilhment of it: But I mud clofe. Ufe 6/] See the vanity, folly, and madnefs of fuch as oppofe the bringing in the kingdom of the Lord Jefus. Can’d thou hinder the rain from de- fcending upon the earth when it is falling? Can’d thou dop the fun from riling at its appointed hour? Will the conception for thee dwell quietly in the womb beyond its month? Surely thou ma^?d with far more eafe turn and dop the current and courfe of nature, than obdruft the bringing in of the king¬ dom of Chrid in righteoufnefs and peace. Whence comes
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