God's work in founding Zion, and his peoples duty thereupon. A sermon preached in…

This I say then; God hath founded Zion, he hath taken care of the generation of the righteous, the children of Zion, however differenced among themselves; hath broken the yoke of their Oppressors, given them peace, ordered the affairs of this Nation so, that they do, or may, all of them enjoy quietness, one not envying the other, nor they vexing them, but serving God according to the light, which he is graciously pleased to afford them, they wait for farther manifestations of the glorious Gospel; and that God hath broken, and will break, every design, that either openly, and professedly, or upon specious pretences of crying, lo here is Christ, or lo there, hath sought, or shall seek and endeavour to subvert this his work, to the preservation whereof, he will certainly mould the Government, and interest of this Nation, ordering its affairs in a peculiar manner on that account only: and not that he delighteth in ⟨p. 31⟩one way or form, wherein to it hath been cast, more then another. And what ever high minded men, full of their own apprehensions and wisdom, may do, to this work of God, the poor of his people shall repair. And for my insisting on this Answer, and this only, I have these further Reasons to add for my justification.

This I say then; God hath founded Sion, he hath taken care of the generation of the righteous, the children of Sion, however differenced among themselves; hath broken the yoke of their Oppressors, given them peace, ordered the affaires of this Nation so, that they doe, or may, all of them enjoy quietness, one not envying the other, nor they vexing thē, but serving God according to the light, which he is graciously pleased to afford them, they waite for farther manifestations of the glorious Gospell; and that God hath broken, and will break, every designe, that either openly, and professedly, or upon specious pretences of crying, loe here is Christ, or loe there, hath sought, or shall seek and endeavour to subvert this his work, to the preservation whereof, he will certainly mould the Government, and interest of this Nation, ordering its affaires in a peculiar manner on that account only: and not that he delighteth in ⟨p. 31⟩one way or form, wherein to it hath been cast, more then another. And what ever high minded men, full of their owne apprehensions and wisdome, may doe, to this worke of God, the poore of his people shall repaire. And for my insisting on this Answer, and this only, I have these further Reasons to adde for my justification.