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Gods free mercy to England presented as a precious and powerful motive to humiliationGods free mercy to England presented as a pretious and powerfull motive to humiliation
Gods free mercy to England presented as a precious and powerful motive to humiliation : in a sermon preached before the honourable House of Commons at their late solemn fast, Feb. 23, 1641 / by Edmund Calamy ...Gods free mercy to England presented as a pretious and powerfull motive to humiliation : in a sermon preached before the honourable House of Commons at their late solemne fast, Feb. 23, 1641 / by Edmvnd Calamy ...
London: printed for Christopher Meredith, 1642
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.
It is a sin that takes away all excuse, and will so confound a 1man at the day of Judgement, that it will make him speechless. This is excellently set out in the 9 chapter of Ezra, the 6, 7, 8, 9, & 10. verses, O my God, saith Ezra, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, O my God: for our iniquities are increased over our heads, &c. For we were bondmen, yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy to us, &c. And now O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy Commandments. What excuse shall we bring? What shift shall we plead? What shall we say? That is, we have nothing to say. This interrogation is an emphatical negation. Had I not come unto you, saith Christ, ye had had no sin, but now ye have no excuse. Had not God shown such mercies to England, it might have had some Apology to plead for its contempt of the Gospel, for its pride, for its adultery, and drunkenness, but now it hath no excuse. To sin after mercy shuts up all defence. What shall we say after this, O our God? for we have forsaken thy Commandments.
It is a sinne that takes away all excuse, and will so confound a 1man at the day of Judgement, that it will make him speechlesse. This is excellently set out in the 9 chapter of Ezra, the 6, 7, 8, 9, & 10. verses, O my God, saith Ezra, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, O my God: for our iniquities are in•reased over our heads, &c. For we were bondmen, yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy to us, &c. And now O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy Commandements. What excuse shall we bring? What shift shall we plead? What shall we say? That is, we have nothing to say. This interrogation is an emphaticall negation. Had I not come unto you, saith Christ, ye had had no sinne, but now ye have no excuse. Had not God shewne such mercies to England, it might have had some Apology to plead for its contempt of the Gospel, for its pride, for its adultery, and drunkennesse, but now it hath no excuse. To sinne after mercy shuts up all defence. What shall we say after this, O our God? for we have forsaken thy Commandements.
- 1Reas. 8.