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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.
2. This makes the least sin of us in England greater than the greatest sin of Germany, or of Ireland, because God hath dealt more mercifully with us, than with them: therefore Christ saith, Woe be to thee Chorazin, woe be to thee Bethsaida; for if the mighty works which have been done in thee, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, 1they would have repented long ago in dust and ashes. But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of of judgement, than for you. If Bohemia, and the Palatinate had had the mercies and deliverances, that we have had, they would have repented in dust and ashes, therefore it shall be easier for them at the day of judgement, than for us. And thou Capernaum which h•st been exalted to heaven, shalt be brought down to hell, &c. God hath listed us up in mercies to heaven; therefore we must look for the lowest hell, if we abuse them.
2. This makes the least sinne of us in England greater than the greatest sin of Germanie, or of Ireland, because God hath dealt more mercifully with us, than with them: therfore Christ saith, Woe be to thee Chorazin, woe be to thee Bethsaida; for if the mightie works which have been done in thee, had beene done in Tyre and Sidon, 1they would have repented long agoe in dust and ashes. But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of of judgement, than for you. If Bohemia, and the Palatinate had had the mercies and deliverances, that we have had, they would have repented in dust and ashes, therefore it shall be easier for them at the day of judgement, than for us. And thou Capernaum which h•st beene exalted to heaven, shalt be brought downe to hell, &c. God hath listed us up in mercies to heaven; therefore we must looke for the lowest hell, if we abuse them.