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The misery of a deserted people opened in a sermon preached at Pauls before…
The misery of a deserted people opened in a sermon preached at Pauls before the Lord Major, aldermen, and Common-Council, Decemb. 2, 1659, being a day of solemn humiliation by them appointed / by Edward Reynolds ...The misery of a deserted people opened in a sermon preached at Pauls before the Lord Major, aldermen, and Common-Councel, Decemb. 2, 1659, being a day of solemn humiliation by them appointed / by Edward Reynolds ...
London: printed by Tho. Ratcliffe for George Thomason, 1659
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3. Believe not those Donatistical and Pontifician spirits, who go about to persuade you, That Magistrates have nothing to do with Religion. Nothing to do with Religion? What then made David think of building God an house, 2 Sam. 7. 2. and to set in order the courses of the Levites? ⟨p. 39⟩1 Chron. 23. 6. and Priests, Chap. 24. How came Solomon the Wise to build a Temple for Gods worship which he had nothing to do with? 2 Chron. 6. How came Asa so bold to command Judah to seek the Lord God, 1and that in order to the quietness of his Kingdom, and victory over enemies? 2 Chron. 14. 3, 4, 5, 6, 11. How came Jehoshaphat so much to mistake, as to take away high places and groves, 2to provide that the people might be taught? 2 Chron. 17. 6—9. and to command the Priests and Levites to do their duties? 2 Chron. 19. 8, 9. How came Hezekiah to be so zealous to purge the Temple, to command the Priests and Levites? 2 Chron. 29. 4—11, 27, 30. to Proclaim a Passover, 2 Chron. 30. 1—6. to appoint the courses of the Priests and Levites, Chap. 31. 1, 2. to command the people to give them their portions, and not as we endeavour in this Age to take them away, that they might be encouraged in the Law of the Lord, ver. 4. How came young Josiah to take so much pains in reforming Religion? 2 Chron. 34. 1—7. to cause all the people to stand to a Covenant, v. 32. to command and encourage the Priests in the work of the Passover,