Babylons downfall a sermon lately preached at Westminster before sundry of the honourable House…

We are bound to honour the faithfulness of God,¹ more than the faithfulness of any other, because other things are faithful to us, (as Salvian observes) because he is faithful. We expect cooling, and cleansing from the water, and that is faithful: Why? For God is faithful, he bids it be faithful to us. We expect warmth, and light from the fire, and that is faithful: Why? for God is faithful, he bids it be faithful to us. In all these faithful creatures there is but a drop of Gods faithfulness, and when they promise, we believe them, and shall we not believe him when he promises, and when he threatens? When a faithful friend promises, we say it shall be, but we are to honour Gods faithfulness more, and therefore to speak of the thing promised, or threatened, as if it were done already.

Wee are bound to honour the faithfulnesse of God,¹ more than the faithfulnesse of any other, because other things are faithfull to us, (as Salvian observes) because he is faithfull. We expect cooling, and cleansing from the water, and that is faithfull: Why? For God is faithfull, he bids it be faithfull to us. Wee expect warmth, and light from the fire, and that is faithfull: Why? for God is faithfull, hee bids it bee faithfull to us. In all these faithfull creatures there is but a drop of Gods faithfulnesse, and when they promise, we beleeve them, and shall wee not beleeve him when hee promises, and when hee threatens? When a faithfull friend promises, wee say it shall be, but wee are to honour Gods faithfulnesse more, and therefore to speak of the thing promised, or threatned, as if it were done already.

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When we do but begin a good work, God §2speaks of it as done already,