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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.
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.
It was a Statute, & a Law in Israel, that if any removed the ancient land-marks, he should be cursed. Cursed, sayes the text, shall hee 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.
7. What ever personal injury hath been done unto you by any of the enemies of the Churches, you may, you must pass them by, so far as it is a private concernment, and you shall not lose hereby, your forgiveness hastens their ruin. For this cause, as you may read, Numb. 12. 2, 3, 4. God himself took vengeance on Miriam, because Moses was a meek man: see how the mention of his meekness is brought in by way of parenthesis at the third verse, as the cause of Gods proceedings against her, ver. 4. Wherefore my beloved, have any been wronged, and injured by your, and Gods enemies, carry it meekly, carry it humbly, no revenge, no revenge, but all forgiveness. And have they begun to fall before you, let there be much rejoicing, but no insulting, praises, but no insulting, ⟨p. 28⟩prayer still, but no insulting. Let your moderation be known to all, for God is at hand. These are your duties. Which things if they be in you, and abound, in due time Babylon shall fall, and you shall see it; for the second doctrine tells us it.
7. What ever personall injury hath beene done unto you by any of the enemies of the Churches, you may, you must passe them by, so farre as it is a private concernment, and you shall not lose hereby, your forgivenesse hastens their ruine. For this cause, as you may read,