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

Let us therefore correct our manner of speaking.¹ If any storm or trouble arise upon the Churches, ⟨p. 32⟩we are ready to break forth into despondent conclusions, saying, God is now gone, mercy gone, the ordinances gone, we were in good hope to have seen good days, the ruin of the Churches enemies; but they do so prevail, as that we have no hope at all in this particular. But though the extremity of the Church be never so great, and the enemies never so flourishing, we ought to say, They are fallen, they are fallen.

Let us therefore correct our manner of speaking.¹ If any storme or trouble arise upon the Churches, ⟨p. 32⟩wee are ready to break forth into dispondent conclusions, saying, God is now gone, mercy gone, the ordinances gone, wee were in good hope to have seene good dayes, the ruine of the Churches enemies; but they doe so prevaile, as that wee have no hope at all in this particular. But though the extremity of the Church bee never so great, and the enemies never so flourishing, wee ought to say, They are fallen, they are fallen.

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But how can we speak thus when an utter improbability,¹ and unlikelihood dwells upon the business?

But how can wee speake thus when an utter improbability,