The ninth sin that brings the sore Judgment of Fire upon a §9People, is profanation of the Sabbath, Jer. 7. ult. But if you will not hearken unto me, to hallow the Sabbath-day, and not bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath-day, then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched. In this memorable Scripture you may observe. 1. A specification of the Judgment that God will punish Profaners of his Sabbath with, and that is fire. 2. The specification of the object that this fire shall fall upon, viz. a City, not a Town, a Village, or any other mean place, but a City, a stately City, a populous City, a trading City, a secure City. 3. Here is the specification of the City, viz. not 1every City neither, but Jerusalem, the City of Cities, the best of Cities, the beloved City, the joyous City, the glorious City, the renowned City, the crowned City, the Metropolitan City, the City of God, the wonder of the World, the joy of the whole Earth; yet God threatens to destroy this Jerusalem with fire and flames for profaning of his Sabbath. But did God only threaten Jerusalem? No, for he executed his threatenings upon it, as you may see in that 22 Kings 25. 8, 9, 10. And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month (which is the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon) came Nebuzar-adan captain of the ⟨p. 138⟩guard, a servant of the King of Babylon to Jerusalem. And •e 3burnt the house of the Lord, and the Kings house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great mans house burnt he with fire. And all the army of the Chaldees that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about. The same you have Jer. 52. 12, 13, 14. The Jews were great profaners of the Sabbath. Nehem. 13. 15, 16, 17, 18. In those days saw I in Judah some treading winepresses on the sabbath; and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses, as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath-day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victual•. There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
The ninth sin that brings the sore Judgment of Fire upon a §9People, is prophanation of the Sabbath, Jer. 7. ult. But if you will not hearken unto me, to hallow the Sabbath-day, and not bear a burden, even entring in at the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath-day, then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched. In this memorable Scripture you may observe. 1. A specification of the Judgment that God will punish Prophaners of his Sabbath with, and that is fire. 2. The specification of the object that this fire shall fall upon, viz. a City, not a Town, a Village, or any other mean place, but a City, a stately City, a populous City, a trading City, a secure City. 3. Here is the specification of the City, viz. not 1every City neither, but Jerusalem, the City of Cities, the best of Cities, the beloved City, the joyous City, the glorious City, the renowned City, the crowned City, the Metropolitan City, the City of God, the wonder of the World, the joy of the whole Earth; yet God th•eatens to destroy this Jerusalem with fire and flames for prophaning of his Sabbath. But did God only threaten Jerusalem? No, for he executed his threatnings upon it, as you may see in that 22 Kings 25. 8, 9, 10. And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month (which is the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylen) came Nebuzar-adan captain of the ⟨p. 138⟩guard, a servant of the King of Babylon to Jerusalem. And •e 3burnt the house of the Lord, and the Kings house, and al the houses of Jerusalem, and every great mans house burnt he with fire. And all the army of the Chaldees that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about. The same you have Jer. 52. 12, 13, 14. The Jews were great prophaners of the Sabbath. Nehem. 13. 15, 16, 17, 18. In those days saw I in Judah some treading winepresses on the sabbath; and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses, as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath-day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victual. There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
- 1Isa. 52. 1. Psal. 48. 1-8. Psal. 87. 3. Jer. 22. 8.
- 2So 2 Chron. 36. 17, 18, 19. Psal. 74 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
- 3Those Chaldeans that set Jerusalem on fire, came from literal Babylon, and whether those Chaldeans that first set London inflames, came not from mystical Babylon, I shall not here enquire nor dispute.Those Chaldeans that set Jerusalem on fire, came from literal Babylon, and whether those Chaldeans that first set London inflames, came not from mystical Babylon, I shal not here enquire nor dispute.
