The gallants burden A sermon preached at Pauls Cross, the twenty nine of March,…The gallants burden A sermon preached at Paules Crosse, the twentie nine of March,…

But what if a Mountain, what if a City, or the strength of Edom, is it able to grapple with the Wrath of God, or buckle with his Judgements? If any piece of the broad Earth were shot proof against the Anger of God (as they feign the •arden of Hesperides against the Planets) it would not be unsought, unbought: there have been Mountains and Cities before and after Seir, prouder and stronger then she, that have measured their length on the ground, and been dissolved to dust and rubbish; and Edom her self hath danced the same measure. The world hath gloried in her several ages of many goodly Cities; […] the pride of Assyria, Troy the pillar of Asia, Babylon more a Region then a City, Carthage graced with 17. tributary Kingdoms; and let not Jerusalem be shut from both the glory and ⟨p. 9⟩sadness of this relation: may we not say of them all now (Etiam periere ruinae) That little of them is dissolved to nothing. Thus God cools and damps the glory of Israel: Go you unto Calneh, and see: and from-thence go unto Hamath the great:¹ then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better then these Kingdoms, or the border of their land greater then your border?

But what if a Mountaine, what if a Citie, or the strength of Edom, is it able to grapple with the Wrath of God, or buckle with his Iudgementes? If any peece of the broad Earth were shot proofe against the Anger of God (as they faine the •arden of Hisperides against the Planets) it would not be vnsought, vnbought: there haue been Mountaines and Cities before and after Seir, prouder and stronger then shee, that haue measured their length on the ground, and been dissolued to dust and rubbish; and Edom her selfe hath daunced the same measure. The world hath gloried in her seuerall ages of many goodly Cities; 〈…〉 the pride of Assyria, Troy the pillar of Asia, Babilon more a Region then a Citie, Carthage graced with 17. tributarie Kingdomes; and let not Ierusalem be shut from both the glory and ⟨p. 9⟩sadnesse of this relation: may we not say of them all now (Etiam periere ruinae) That litle of them is dissolued to nothing. Thus God cooles and dampes the glory of Israel: Goe you vnto Calneh, and see: and from-thence goe vnto Hamath the great: