The Shaking and Translating of Heaven and Earth, License – Dedication
Die Veneris. 20 April. 1649.
ORdered by the Commons assembled in Parliament, That Sir William Masham do give hearty thanks from this House to Mr. Owen, for his great pains in his Sermon Preached before the House yesterday at Margarets Westminster; And that he be desired to Print his Sermon at large, as he intended to have delivered it (if time had not prevented him) wherein he is to have the like liberty of Printing thereof, as others in like kinde usually have had.
HEN: SCOBELL Cler. Parliament.
ΟΥΡΑΝΩΝ ΟΥΡΑΝΙΑ. The Shaking and Translating of HEAVEN and EARTH. A SERMON Preached to the Honourable House of COMMONS in Parliament Assembled: On April 19. A Day set apart for extraordinary Humiliation. By JOHN OWEN.
Isaiah 66. 14. 16.
And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoyce, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the Lord shall be known towards his servants, and his indignation towards his enemies.
For by fire, and by his sword, will the Lord plead with all flesh: and the slain of the Lord shall be many.
LONDON: Printed by M. Simmons, and are to be sold by John Cleaver, at his Shop in Paul's Church-yard near the School. 1649.
Where also are to be sold the Authors former Sermon, Preached the 31th. of January, 1648. And likewise his 2 Sermons for A memoriall of the Deliverance of Essex County and Committee.
TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE the COMMONS of England Assembled in PARLIAMENT.
SIRS,
ALL that I shall preface to the Ensuing Discourse, is, that seeing the Nations welfare and Your Own actings are therein concerned; the welfare of the Nation, and Your own prosperity in your present Actings, being so neerly related as they are to the things of the ensuing Discourse, I should be bold to presse You to a serious consideration of them as now presented unto You, were I not assured by your ready attention unto, and favourable acceptation of their delivery, that being now published by Your Command, such a request would be altogether needlesse. The subject matter of this Sermon being of so great weight and importance as it is, it had been very desireable, that it had fallen on an abler hand, as also that more space and leasure had been allotted to the preparing of it, first for so great, judicious, and Honorable Audience; and secondly, for publick view, then possibly I could begge from my daily troubles, pressures and templations, in thee midst of a poore, numerous provoking people. As the Lord hath brought it forth, that it may be usefull to Your Honorable Assembly, and the residue of men that wait for the appearance of the Lord Jesus, shall be the sincere indeavour at the throne of Grace, of
Coggeshall: May 1. 1649. Your most unworthy Servant, in the work of the Lord, John Owen.