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

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.

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The heathen could say, Virtue groves upon the rocks, and if the extirpation of Babylon, with the reformation of true Religion, were not a hard work, it were not fit for a Parliament to do. They are met to untie such knots as none else can untie. The heathen King said to a poor man, Though this gift be too great for you to receive, yet it is not too ⟨p. 18⟩great for me to give. Either it is of God that you are assembled, or else it is not; if it be not, why sit you here, if it be, can any thing be too hard for God; Wherefore, let your faith laugh in the face of difficulties. For as unbelief will make a thing difficult though never so easy, so faith will make a thing easy though never so difficult.

The heathen could say, Vertue groves upon the rocks, and if the extirpation of Babylon, with the reformation of true Religion, were not a hard work, it were not fit for a Parliament to doe. They are met to unty such knots as none else can unty. The heathen King said to a poore man, Though this gift be too great for you to receive, yet it is not too