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The noble-mans pattern of true and real thankfulness presented in a sermon preached before…The noble-mans patterne of true and reall thankfulnesse presented in a sermon preached before…
The noble-mans pattern of true and real thankfulness presented in a sermon preached before the Right Honourable House of Lords, at their late solemn day of Thanksgiving, June 15, 1643 : for the discovery of a dangerous, desperate and bloody design tending to the utter subversion of the Parliament and of the famous city of London / by Edmund Calamy ...The noble-mans patterne of true and reall thankfulnesse presented in a sermon preached before the Right Honourable House of Lords, at their late solemne day of Thanksgiving, June 15, 1643 : for the discovery of a dangerous, desperate and bloody designe tending to the utter subversion of the Parliament and of the famous city of London / by Edmund Calamy ...
London: printed by G.M. for Christopher Meredith, 1643
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.
6. We are bound by the bond of Covenant. Quot promissiones,§6 tot ora. So many Vows and Covenants we have made with God, so many mouths to call upon us to serve him. When we were baptized we entered into a solemn Covenant to renounce the Devil and all his works, and to be Christs faithful Soldiers unto our lives end. And every time we receive the Sacrament of the body and blood of Christ, we renew our vows and covenants. And it is ⟨p. 14⟩not a week since Ye entered into into a sacred and solemn Promise to amend your lives. The Vow of God is upon you. And therefore I may say as Christ doth, Give unto God the things which are Gods. If service be not due do not give it him, but if it be due it is injustice to deny it him. We are all servinati, servi empty, jurati, faederati, consecrati, conducti. We are all the borne servants of God, and better we had never been borne, if we do not serve him. We are all the bought Servants of God, 1Christ hath bought us with a dear price, even with his own precious blood, he became not only a man, but a servant, to buy us to be his servants. We are the purchase of Jesus Christ, and it is a high act of Robbery to deprive him of his purchase. We are the sworn Servants of God, and we are forsworn if we do not serve him, and serve him aright as we ought to do. We have taken a Covenant to serve him better, and we are Covenant-breakers, if we do not serve him, which is one of the black-marks of a Reprobate.2 We are consecrated to the service of God, and dedicated to him by our baptism, and therefore it is a sin of sacrilege not to serve him. We are all the hired servants of God. All the blessings and mercies we receive daily from God are nothing else, but Gods press-money to hire us to serve him, and it is a shame to receive such great wages and to do no service for it. And thus you see what a great necessity lies upon all men, as well as great men to serve God.
6. We are bound by the bond of Covenant. Quot promissiones,§6 tot ora. So many Vowes and Covenants we have made with God, so many mouthes to call upon us to serve him. When we were baptized we entered into a solemne Covenant to renounce the Devill and all his workes, and to be Christs faithfull Souldiers unto our lives end. And every time we receive the Sacrament of the body and bloud of Christ, we renew our vowes and covenants. And it is