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Two sermons viz. I. The diseases that make a stoppage to Englands mercies discovered…
Two sermons viz. I. The diseases that make a stoppage to Englands mercies discovered and attended with their remedies : in a sermon delivered at Margaretson Fish-street-hill, London : II. A preparation for suffering in these plundering times / by William Bridge ...Two sermons viz. I. The diseases that make a stoppage to Englands mercies discovered and attended with their remedies : in a sermon delivered at Margaretson Fish-street-hill, London : II. A preperation for suffering in these plundering times / by William Bridge ...
London: printed for Benjamin Allen, 1642
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6. In the sixth place. An unthankful receiving of the mercies that God hath given us, and a slight beholding of the great works he hath done before us now lately, is another sin that hath made a stoppage in our mercy, Psal. 106.7. It is said concerning the Israelites, Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt, they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies, but provoked him at the sea, even the red sea; there lies the emphasis at the sea, even the red sea that God carried them through. So you have a notable place for this purpose, Hosea 9.14, 15. Give them a miscarrying ⟨p. 18⟩[…] ⟨p. 19⟩[…] ⟨p. 20⟩womb and dry breasts, they shall conceive, mercy shall be begun, but it shall not bring forth, why? at the 15. ver. All their wickedness is in Gilgal: why, how was all their wickedness in Gilgal? they had much wickedness in other places: but the meaning is, Gilgal was the first place they came into when they went into Canaan, and there they were circumcised, and there the Lord rolled away their reproach, and therefore it was called Gilgal; now to sin in Gilgal, in that place where the Lord bad done so much for them, though they sinned in other places, yet the sin there was so great, as if all the sin were there, because that was a place of special mercy; for there I hated them, for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more; there is a stoppage made in mercy, when sin is in Gilgal, in the place of such and such mercy. So my beloved, you all know what great things the Lord hath done for this place, you were brought exceeding low into great straights, oh poor afflicted distressed England; but in the midst of all your troubles and fears, the Lord created a Parliament for you, and delivered you with great deliverances; and if after all this you will go on in the way of sin, and thanklessly regard all that God hath done, this provokes God to make a stop. Mark how Ezra reasons for this purpose, Ezra 9. they had committed a great sin in taking of the daughters of the Country to themselves to wife, ver. 10. And now, oh our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy Commandments, Ez. 13. and after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our trespass; seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this: