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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.
Because God doth now use such an Argument to persuade us to Repentance, the like to which he never yet did use, since England was England: Gods Argument is this; Repent, O ye Lords and Commons, or else I'll give you over to Beggary: Repent, 1or else I will give you over to Popery; I'll give you over to slavery; Repent, or else I'll plunder your houses; I'll give up your wives and daughters to be deflowered; Repent, or else I'll burn your Cities; Repent, or else I'll remove the Gospel from you. And not to repent when God uses such Arguments, is a sin that God will hardly pardon; as you shall read in the 22. of Isaiah, 12, 13, 14. In that day the Lord called for weeping and mourning, (speaking of a time of war) and baldness, and sackcloth, &c. But behold, joy and slaying of Oxen, &c. and it was revealed in mine ears, &c. Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you, till ye die; that is, it shall hardly ever be pardoned. And then secondly,
Because God doth now use such an Argument to perswade us to Repentance, the like to which he never yet did use, since England was England: Gods Argument is this; Repont, O ye Lords and Commons, or else I'le give you over to Beggery: Repent, 1or else I will give you over to Popery; I'le give you over to slavery; Repent, or else I'le plunder your houses; I'le give up your wives and daughters to be defloured; Repent, or else I'le burn your Cities; Repent, or else I'le remove the Gospel from you. And not to repent when God uses such Arguments, is a sin that God will hardly pardon; as you shall reade in the 22. of Isaiah, 12, 13, 14. In that day the Lord called for weeping and mourning, (speaking of a time of warre) and baldnesse, and sackcloth, &c. But behold, joy and slaying of Oxen, &c. and it was revealed in mine ears, &c. Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you, till ye die; that is, it shall hardly ever be pardoned. And then secondly,
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