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Vox hibernæ, or, Rather the voice of the Lord from Ireland a sermon preached…Vox hibernæ, or, Rather the voyce of the Lord from Ireland a sermon preached…
Vox hibernæ, or, Rather the voice of the Lord from Ireland a sermon preached in Saint Peters Church at Westminster before divers of the right honourable the lords of the upper House in the high court of Parliament : on the last public fast day, being Wednesday the 22th of December 1641 : wherein the miserable estate of the kingdom of Ireland at this present is laid open and the people and kingdom of England earnestly exhorted to turn to Almighty God by true repentance least the same judgements or worse fall upon us / by the laborious and reverend Doctor James Usher ...Vox hibernæ, or, Rather the voyce of the Lord from Ireland a sermon preached in Saint Peters Church at Westminster before divers of the right honourable the lords of the upper House in the high court of Parliament : on the last publike fast day, being Wednesday the 22th of December 1641 : wherein the miserable estate of the kingdome of Ireland at this present is laid open and the people and kingdome of England earnestlie exhorted to turne to Almight God by true repentance least the same iudgements or worse fall upon us / by the laborious and reverend Doctor Iames Vsher ...
London: printed for John Nicolson, 1642London: printed for Iohn Nicolson, 1642
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But now to come to the point of the act of repentance, I will not stand much to show you what repentance is, but to show you what you are to do. As you must not come before the Lord ⟨image 4⟩and say, Lord we repent us of our sins, and mock God, never intending it, never do it upon the peril of his indignation, of his wrath that shall burn against you in the world to come. Know that these are not vain words, for Repentance; there are two parts of it, and the Lord doth expect that both should be performed by us.
But now to come to the point of the act of repentance, I will not stand much to shew you what repentance is, but to shew you what you are to do. As you must not come before the Lord ⟨image 4⟩and say, Lord we repent us of our sins, and mocke God, never intending it, never doe it upon the perill of his indignation, of his wrath that shall burne against you in the world to come. Know that these are not vaine words, for Repentance; there are two parts of it, and the Lord doth expect that both should bee performed by us.
We read in the Scripture of repentance for sin, and we read of repentance from sin.
Wee read in the Scripture of repentance for sinne, and we read of repentance from sinne.
So the Apostle to the Corinthians, saith thus; least my God should humble me before you; for there are many that repent not of their abomination. and Acts. 8. 22. Repent therefore of this thy wickedness.