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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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Lastly, the General Senselessness of Judgments past or present, the sleep of slumber and security which is upon most of us, as upon Jonah in the Tempest, few awakening themselves to cry unto God or to pour out their Confessions, Complaints, or Supplications at the throne of Grace.
Lastly, the General Senselesness of Judgments past or present, the sleep of slumber and security which is upon most of us, as upon Jonah in the Tempest, few awakening themselves to cry unto God or to poure out their Confessions, Complaints, or Supplications at the throne of Grace.
The Lord open our Eyes, and persuade ⟨p. 32⟩us in this our day to lay to heart the things which belong unto our peace, to prepare to meet our God, to hold him fast with strong cries, and love of his Truth, and not to let him go till he preserve three sinful Nations and snatch them as Brands out of the burning, or at least that we our selves may be hid in the day of the Lords Anger.
The Lord open our Eyes, and perswade ⟨p. 32⟩us in this our day to lay to heart the things which belong unto our peace, to prepare to meet our God, to hold him fast with strong cryes, and love of his Truth, and not to let him go till he preserve three sinful Nations and snatch them as Brands out of the burning, or at least that we our selves may be hid in the day of the Lords Anger.
I shall Conclude with a few words of Exhortation, both unto the people in general, and unto you who are Magistrates of this great City in particular, unto such things as seem necessary Remedies of our great danger, and Means to keep our glory in the midst of us still. First, to the people.