God's Work in Founding Zion

Preached before Parliament in 1656, this landmark sermon expounds Isaiah 14:32 to argue that God's sovereign purpose in all national upheaval is the founding and preservation of Zion — his covenant people. Owen calls England's rulers to make the common interest of all God's people their governing pole-star: securing liberty of conscience, composing divisions among believers, and uniting Protestant nations against a resurgent Antichristian power. A masterpiece of Puritan political theology at the height of the Cromwellian Protectorate.