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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.
Fourthly, to do all this for us, when we were in a most desperate condition; when all our faithful Ministers with one lip preached desolation and destruction, when thousands had left us as Rats & Mice do a house when it is ready to fall, when we 1lay among the pots sullied with superstition; for God then to begin to make us, as the wings of a Dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold; to make us a glorious Church, to purge out our dross, and whatsoever gives just offence, and to make us white as the snow in Salmon; (It is reported of Salmon, That it is 2an high hill shadowed with trees, dark, and full of pits, but when the snow is upon it, it is white. Our condition was like the hill of Salmon, we were in dark and dismal condition, full of pits and snares, but God is making us white as the Snow in Salmon, and all on the sudden contrary to all expectation is opening a door of hope for us, when we were in the valley of Achor.) This is an admirable circumstance.
Fourthly, to doe all this for us, when we were in a most desperate condition; when all our faithfull Ministers with one lippe preached desolation and destruction, when thousands had left us as Rats & Mice doe a house when it is ready to fall, when we 1lay among the pots fullyed with superstition; for God then to begin to make us, as the wings of a Dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold; to make us a glorious Church, to purge out our drosse, and whatsoever gives just offence, and to make us white as the snow in Salmon; (It is reported of Salmon, That it is 2an high hill shadowed with trees, darke, and full of pits, but when the snow is upon it, it is white. Our condition was like the hill of Salmon, we were in darke and dismall condition, full of pits and snares, but God is making us white as the Snow in Salmon, and all on the suddaine contrary to all expectation is opening a doore of hope for us, when we were in the valley of Achor.) This is an admirable circumstance.
- 1Psal. 63. 13.