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The saints safety in evil times Delivered at St Mary's in Cambridge the fifth…The saints safetie in evill times Delivered at St Maries in Cambridge the fift…
The saints safety in evil times Delivered at St Mary's in Cambridge the fifth of November, upon occasion of the Powder-Plot. Whereunto is annexed a passion-sermon, preached at Mercers Chapel London upon Good-Friday. As also the happiness of enjoying Christ laid open at the funeral of Mr Sherland late recorder of Northampton. Together with the most virtuous life and heavenly end of that religious gentleman. By R. Sibbes D.D. master of Katherine-Hall in Cambridge, and preacher at Gray's-Inn London.The saints safetie in evill times Delivered at St Maries in Cambridge the fift of November, upon occasion of the Povvder-Plot. Whereunto is annexed a passion-sermon, preached at Mercers Chappel London upon Good-Friday. As also the happinesse of enjoying Christ laid open at the funerall of Mr Sherland late recorder of Northampton. Together with the most vertuous life and heavenly end of that religious gentleman. By R. Sibbes D.D. master of Katherine-Hall in Cambridge, and preacher at Grayes-Inne London.
London: printed by M. Flesher for R. Dawlman, 1634
THE SAINTS SAFETY IN EVIL TIMES.THE SAINTS SAFETY IN EVILL TIMES.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The ground of the miscarriage of wicked plots,1 is, that Satan and his maintain a damned cause, and their plots are under ⟨p. 37⟩a curse; Every one that prays thy kingdom come, prays by consequence against them as opposers of it, and how can the men and plots of so many curses but miscarry, and prove but as the untimely fruit of a woman? they are like the grass on the house top, which perks above the corn in the field, but yet no man prays for a blessing upon it; when men come by a goodly corn field, every one is ready to say, God bless this field, &c. Beloved it is a heavier thing then Atheistical spirits think of, to be under the curse of the Church; for as God blesseth out of Zion, so usually the heaviest curses come out of Zion: Woe be to the Herods and Julians of the world, when the Church either directly, or indirectly prays against them.
The ground of the miscarriage of wicked plots,1 is, that Satan and his maintaine a damned cause, and their plots are under ⟨p. 37⟩a curse; Every one that prayes thy kingdome come, prayes by consequence against them as opposers of it, and how can the men and plots of so many curses but miscarry, and prove but as the untimely fruit of a woman? they are like the grasse on the house top, which perks above the corne in the field, but yet no man prayes for a blessing upon it; when men come by a goodly corne field, every one is ready to say, God blesse this field, &c. Beloved it is a heavyer thing then Atheisticall spirits thinke of, to be under the curse of the Church; for as God blesseth out of Sion, so usually the heaviest curses come out of Sion: Wo be to the Herods and Iulians of the world, when the Church either directly, or indirectly prayes against them.
- 1Why wicked plots […].Why wicked plots 〈…〉.