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Babylons downfall a sermon lately preached at Westminster before sundry of the honourable House…
Babylons downfall a sermon lately preached at Westminster before sundry of the honourable House of Commons / by William Bridge ...
London: printed by I. N. for John Rothwell, 1641London: printed by I. N. for Iohn Rothwell, 1641
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
6. Though your condition, and station be never so private, you may according to your place, curse the practices and complotments of all the enemies. Doth not Jacob seem to pronounce a curse upon the practices of Simeon, and Levi, though his own children, Gen. 49. 7. Cursed be their wrath for it was cruel, &c. for in their anger they flew a man, and in their self, will they digged down a wall. What is the endeavour of the Babylonians, but to dig ⟨p. 27⟩down the walls of Jerusalem, and of our protection. O my soul come not thou into their secret. God hath commanded that Merosh should be cursed, and cursed bitterly; because they went not forth to help the Lord against the mighty. How bitterly then are they to be cursed, that go forth to help the mighty against the Lord.
6. Though your condition, and station be never so private, you may according to your place, curse the practices and complotments of all the enemies. Doth not Iacob seeme to pronounce a curse upon the practices of Simeon, and Levi, though his owne children, Gen. 49. 7. Cursed be their wrath for it was cruell, &c. for in their anger they flew a man, and in their selfe, will they digg'd downe a wall. What is the endeavour of the Babylonians, but to digge ⟨p. 27⟩downe the walls of Ierusalem, and of our protection. O my soule come not thou into their secret. God hath commanded that Merosh should bee cursed, and cursed bitterly; because they went not forth to help the Lord against the mighty. How bitterly then are they to be cursed, that goe forth to help the mighty against the Lord.
It was a Statute, & a Law in Israel, that if any removed the ancient land-marks, he should be cursed. Cursed, says the text, shall he be that removes the ancient Land-marks, and let all the people say Amen. What is the ancient Land-mark of England, but our Laws and Religion, and therefore if any man shall remove this our Land-mark, cursed shall he be, of the Lord cursed, and let all the people say Amen.