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Two sermons on the third of the Lamentations of Jeremiah preached at Hanwell in…Two sermons on the third of the Lamentations of Ieremie preached at Hanwell in…
Two sermons on the third of the Lamentations of Jeremiah preached at Hanwell in the first year of his Majesties reign, 1602. / The one by I.D. the other by R.C.Two sermons on the third of the Lamentations of Ieremie preached at Hanwell in the first yeare of his Maiesties raigne, 1602. / The one by I.D. the other by R.C.
London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Jonah Man, 1608London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Ionas Man, 1608
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.
Vers. 55. I called upon thy name.] This is the speech of the whole Church, who by reason that they are members of one body, and temples of one spirit, are brought in speaking throughout this whole book, as if they were but one person. By [low dungeon] is meant desperate evils: they were as it were shut up in a dungeon, where they had no hope of escaping: yet out of the depth of misery and anguish and horror, they called upon the Lord. Whence naturally ariseth this doctrine.
Vers. 55. I called vpon thy name.] This is the speech of the whole Church, who by reason that they are members of one bodie, and temples of one spirit, are brought in speaking throughout this whole booke, as if they were but one person. By [low dungeon] is meant desperate euils: they were as it were shut vp in a dungeon, where they had no hope of escaping: yet out of the depth of miserie and anguish and horror, they called vpon the Lord. Whence naturallie ariseth this doctrine.
1That there is no distress, no breaking and crushing, whatsoever, that shall hinder Gods people from praying unto him. It may for a passion and a fit, cause them to be at a stand, and bring them even to their wits end, as it did these here; but they will recover themselves and get heart again: and though in their distempers they say God hath forsaken them (which is a woeful thing) yet they recall their words again, and at length betake themselves to the right means of recovery; which is, to make their griefs known unto God, who is able to save and ready to succour those that seek unto him. This may be evidently seen in Psal. 88. vers. 6. 2where the man of God bemoaneth his case, saying: Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, and in the deep. Thine indignation lieth upon me, and thou hast vexed me with all the waves.