The dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in several treatisesThe dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in severall treatises

Ah, my Brethren! Never Nation, never Church from whom God hath showed himself more unwilling to depart and leave, than England.

Ah, my Brethren! Never Nation, never Church from whom God hath shewed himself more unwilling to depart and leave, than England.

Look upon the passages of us to God, and his ways towards us; and see how unwilling he declared himself. God hath upheld us, as if he himself should fall, if we did not stand: as if his Glory could not stand, if we fall: as if his Glory had depended upon our preservation.

Look upon the passages of us to God, and his wayes towards us; and see how unwilling hee declared himself. God hath upheld us, as if hee himself should fall, if wee did not stand: as if his Glory could not stand, if wee fall: as if his Glory had depended upon our preservation.

And how can we better answer Gods dealings towards us, than to abandon that, cast out that which was our fear, and gave God just occasion to destroy us? Let us now do by our sins as the Israelites did by their Leaven. There was 1. Inquisitio fermenti. There was search made for it. So let us search out that Leaven of sin, Superstition, Idolatry, which have soured our Kingdom, and laid us open to the stroke of Gods wrath. Search your houses, search the land, search your hearts. ⟨p. 70⟩2. Ejectio fermenti. 3. Execratio fermenti.

And how can wee better answer Gods dealings towards us, than to abandon that, cast out that which was our fear, and gave God just occasion to destroy us? Let us now do by our sins as the Israelites did by their Leaven. There was 1. Inquisitio fermenti. There was search made for it. So let us search out that Leaven of sin, Superstition, Idolatry, which have sowred our Kingdome, and laid us open to the stroak of Gods wrath. Search your houses, search the land, search your hearts.