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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 Reason why England should repent now more then1 at another time, and rather then at another time is,
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Fourthly, Because Repentance is a most certain and an infallible 1way to remove the great plague of Civill War that is now upon the Kingdom. Mistake me not, I do not say, God will remove the bloody Sword for our Repentance, But this I say, God will not remove it without Repentance: and upon our repentance he will remove it. Though Repentance be not causa propter quod, yet it is causa sine qua non. It is not the cause for which, but the cause without which God will not do it. And not only so, but repentance is also causa removens prohibens, Repentance removes those sins that do hinder a Nation from deliverance; and in this sense is a cause of our deliverance. Repentance is the qualification of that Nation which God intends to preserve.
Fourthly, Because Repentance is a most certain and an infallible 1way to remove the great plague of Civill War that is now upon the Kingdom. Mistake me not, I do not say, God will remove the bloudy Sword for our Repentance, But this I say, God will not remove it without Repentance: and upon our repentance he will remove it. Though Repentance be not causa propter quod, yet it is causa sine qua non. It is not the cause for which, but the cause without which God will not do it. And not only so, but repentance is also causa removens prohibens, Repentance removes those sins that do hinder a Nation from deliverance; and in this sense is a cause of our deliverance. Repentance is the qualification of that Nation which God intends to preserve.
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