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

These be your duties.

But it is exceeding hard, and very difficult to do these:¹ a perfect and full reformation is very good, and necessary, but exceeding hard, and difficult.

But it is exceeding hard, and very difficult to doe these:¹ a perfect and full reformation is very good, and necessary, but exceeding hard, and difficult.

1. 1Object.

True. But did not Abraham's Sacrifice hang in the briers and bushes?¹ Ye read, that when Isaac should have been sacrificed, God provided a Sacrifice, but that Sacrifice did first hang in the briars. Ye are the children of Abraham, and if you would offer a sacrifice of Gods own a sacrifice that should be pleasing to him, make account that it must hang in the briars, bushes, and many difficulties.

True. But did not Abrahams Sacrifice hang in the bryers and bushes?¹ Ye read, that when Isaac should have beene sacrificed, God provided a Sacrifice, but that Sacrifice did first hang in the bryars. Ye are the children of Abraham, and if you would offer a sacrifice of Gods owne a sacrifice that should bee pleasing to him, make account that it must hang in the bryars, bushes, and many difficulties.