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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.
Former times were times of ignorance, and times wherein mens consciences were oppressed, and mouths stopped from speaking. But now the times are times of Reformation; now God hath given greater liberty, and hath sent a greater light into the kingdom. And now God commands all men every where to repent.
That the Commandments of Gods Ministers, they are Gods 1Commandments; God commands all men, saith the Text; that is, God by me commands; my Commandment is Gods Commandment. These four Doctrines I shall not any further meddle withal, but the Doctrine that through the help of Almighty God I shall desire to insist upon, is this:
That the Commandements of Gods Ministers, they are Gods 1Commandements; God commands all men, saith the Text; that is, God by me commands; my Commandement is Gods Commandement. These four Doctrines I shall not any further meddle withall, but the Doctrine that through the help of Almighty God I shall desire to insist upon, is this:
- 1Doct. 4.
That Repentance is the great Commandment of God for these 1times: Or thus; That Repentance is the duty of these days; ⟨p. 5⟩Repentance is the unum necessarium for England: Repentance is the primum & maximum mandatum for England: But now God commands all men every where to repent. And there are two Reasons, why that God commands England to repent now, rather then ever before.