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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 so great, that God himself stands amazed at it, that 1any man should be so impudent as to commit it. Isaiah 1. 2. Hear O Heavens, and give •are O earth, for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me; The Ox knows his owner, and the Ass his Masters crib, but Israel doth not know, my people do not consider; Ah sinful Nation, a people laden with iniquity, &c. This is a sin that makes us worse than the Ox or the Ass: A sin that makes a Nation that is guilty of it, not only sinful, but laden with iniquity, as an Ass with a burden. Thus also God calls to the Heavens, Jeremiah 2. 12. Be astonished O ye Heavens at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord; Why? what is the matter? For my people have committed two evils, they have forsaken m• the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that will hold no water. This is a sin that breaks the very heart of God: and it had need break our hearts to commit it. I am broken, saith God (of 2his people Israel) for their whorish heart. If God be broken with it, it is time for us to be broken with it.
It is a sin so great, that God himselfe stands amazed at it, that 1any man should be so impudent as to commit it. Esay 1. 2. Heare O Heavens, and give •are O earth, for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against mee; The Oxe knowes his owner, and the Asse his Masters crib, but Israel doth not know, my people do not consider; Ah sinfull Nation, a people laden with iniquity, &c. This is a sinne that makes us worse than the Oxe or the Asse: A sin that makes a Nation that is guiliy of it, not onely sinfull, but laden with iniquity, as an Asse with a burden. Thus also God calls to the Heavens, Jeremy 2. 12. Be astonished O ye Heavens at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye ve•y desolate, saith the Lord; Why? what is the matter? For my people have committed two evils, they have forsaken m• the fountaine of living waters, and hewed them out cisternes, broken cisternes, that will hold no water. This is a sin that breakes the very heart of God: and it had need breake our hearts to commit it. I am broken, saith God (of