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The true soldiers convoy A sermon preached upon the xvjth. day of May 1640,…The true souldiers convoy A sermon preached upon the xvjth. day of May 1640,…
The true soldiers convoy A sermon preached upon the xvjth. day of May 1640, upon a prayer day, for the Princes good success in going forth to war. By William Bridge.The true souldiers convoy A sermon preached upon the xvjth. day of May 1640, vpon a prayer day, for the Princes good successe in going forth to warre. By William Bridge.
In Rotterdam: printed for Thomas Lappagde, 1640
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.
Answ. It mattereth not, J will create a new thing: I that drew once the world out of nothing, will draw the deliverance of the Churches also out of nothing: I will be a creating God to the Churches though they be never so low, was it not an unlikely thing for Peter to be delivered that very night 1when he was to die the next day; First he was in close prison, Secondly he was fast in chains Thirdly he was there kept with Soldiers. Fourthly he had rough keepers to keep the prison doors. Fifthly he had to go through the first and second watch. Lastly he ⟨p. 47⟩was to pass the i•on gate that leadeth into the city, yet prayer conveyed him through all these parties of opposition, the Church prayeth and Peter cometh, but what is this to us? we may not expect miracles now. Ans. yes, we even we are commanded to commit our souls into the hands of 2God in well doing, as unto a faithful creator: not as unto a redeemer only, but of a creator, who hath promised his creating strength to supply us in our distresses, and therefore saith, into the hands of a faithful creator; well then, though the afflictions of the Churches be never so great, let us not mourn as those that are without hope, for God can do it with ease, and much facility: he is our creator he will do it ⟨p. 48⟩in truth, and in much faithfulness for he is our faithful creator, into whose hands we are to commit our selves and the condition of all the Churches.
Answ. It mattereth not, J will create a new thing: I that drew once the world out of nothing, will draw the deliverance of the Churches also out of nothing: I will be a creating God to the Churches though they be never so low, was it not an unlikly thing for Peter to be delivered that very night 1when he was to die the next day; First he was in close prison, Secondly he was fast in chaines Thirdly he was there kept with Souldiers. Fourthly he had rough keepers to keep the prison doores. Fiftly he had to go through the first and second watch. Lastly he