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Englands antidote against the plague of civill war presented in a sermon before the…Englands antidote against the plague of civill warre presented in a sermon before the…
Englands antidote against the plague of civill war presented in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons on their late extraordinary solemn fast, October 22, 1644 / by Edmund Calamy ...Englands antidote against the plague of civill warre presented in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons on their late extraordinary solemn fast, October 22, 1644 / by Edmund Calamy ...
London: printed by A. Miller for Christopher Meredith, 1652
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.
The fourth is, The Israelites repentance, you shall read often1 of their repentance, 1 Sam. 7. 6. Jud. 2. 1, 2, 3. Jud. 10. 10. But their repentance was not unto life. It failed especially in two particulars. 1. It was only and merely for fear of the Lord, it was only when they were in distress, as appears often and often in the book of the Judges, and also Psa. 78. 34. 2. It lasted only as long as the rod lasted, when the affliction was past they returned to their sins again, Psal. 78. 36, 37. Jud. 4. 1. Jud. 6. 1. &c. They were just like iron, which while it is in the fire, is soft and malleable to any thing, but when it is taken out of the fire, groweth presently hard again: or like unto water, that while it is upon the fire is very hot, but when taken off, presently groweth cold. And this, I fear, is all the Repentance that many have in these days. Some so bad as not to repent at all, even in these killing days; but they that do repent, I fear it is only for fear of the rod, and it will last no longer then the rod lasteth. The Lord give us hearts to search our hearts whether it be not so.
The fourth is, The Israelites repentance, you shall reade often1 of their repentance, 1 Sam. 7. 6. Iud. 2. 1, 2, 3. Iud. 10. 10. But their repentance was not unto life. It failed especially in two particulars. 1. It was only and meerly for fear of the Lord, it was only when they were in distress, as appears often and often in the book of the Iudges, and also Psa. 78. 34. 2. It lasted only as long as the rod lasted, when the affliction was past they returned to their sins again, Psal. 78. 36, 37. Iud. 4. 1. Iud. 6. 1. &c. They were just like iron, which while it is in the fire, is soft and malleable to any thing, but when it is taken out of the fire, groweth presently hard again: or like unto water, that while it is upon the fire is very hot, but when taken off, presently groweth cold. And this, I fear, is all the Repentance that many have in these daies. Some so bad as not to repent at all, even in these killing daies; but they that do repent, I fear it is only for fear of the rod, and it will last no longer then the rod lasteth. The Lord give us hearts to search our hearts whether it be not so.