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First, As you are men. For as the Prophet Oded said to the¹ Princes of Judah, so do I say to you this day: Are there not with you, even with you sins against the Lord your God? And therefore God calls upon you, even upon you to repent.

First, As you are men. For as the Prophet Oded said to the¹ Princes of Iudah, so do I say to you this day: Are there not with you, even with you sins against the Lord your God? And therefore God cals upon you, even upon you to repent.

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There is an Ordinance of Parliament (which I named even now) that calls on all the Kingdom of England to repent; and in that Ordinance you set down fourteen Sword▪ procuring sins; you command that that Ordinance be read in our private Families, and in our Churches: you reckon there fourteen sins, which are like unto fourteen Iron whips, with which God is now whipping England to the very blood: Now it is not enough for you to command England to repent of these sins: but God requires, that you your selves should repent of them also. As it is not enough for a Minister to call upon his people to repent, but the Minister himself must repent also: So it is not enough for you to desire the subjects of England to repent, but you must repent even this day of these sins; I will name the sins over: For they be your own; I mean, such which you have commended to the Kingdom that they should repent of; God requires that if upon examination you find your selves guilty, you should repent of your Contempt of the holy worship of God; and your Contempt of the holy Ordinances of God; and your Contempt of Holiness, and of Gods holy Ministers; God requires and commands that you should repent of gross and affected ignorance under the light of the Gospel; of Unfruitfulness under the means of grace; of Unthankfulness for the many mercies you have received from him; of Incorrigibleness under the judgements that are upon the land: God requires you should repent of your Oaths and Blasphemies; of your Fornications and Adulteries; of Drunkenness and Gluttony; of your Contentions and unnatural Divisions; of your Pride. Vanity, and Prodigality in apparel; of your Oppression, Fraud and Bribery: One Sin I had like to bave forgotten, and that is the sin of the Profanation of Gods Sabbaths: But I would desire you likewise to remember that there is an Ordinance of Parliament lately printed, wherein you require the Kingdom of England to apply their hearts to the sanctification of the Lords Day, both in public and private. This you command us; Now I beseech you tell me, Do you do so your selves? that which you command the Kingdom, as a Minister of Jesus Christ I command you to put in practice; and to repent of those sins which you command us to repent of, so far as you are concerned in them.