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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.
Answer. Never say so: What if you be in the low dungeon?Was not Jonah so? And yet he prayed and was helped: therefore never be dismayed: Your troubles are great, but your God is greater and mightier to help you out of them, than they are to hold you fast still. The Lord hath made the heavens and the earth, by his word, and that drowned the whole world in his displeasure. This mighty Lord, I say, rides upon the heavens (as it is Deut. 33.) full of majesty, and full of ability to deliver you; and to set you free from the strongest bonds of affliction.
Answere. Neuer say so: What if you be in the low dungeon?Was not Ionah so? And yet hee prayed and was helped: therefore neuer be dismayed: Your troubles are great, but your God is greater and mightier to helpe you out of them, than they are to holde you fast still. The Lord hath made the heauens and the earth, by his worde, and that drowned the whole world in his displeasure. This mighty Lord, I say, rides vpon the heauens (as it is Deut. 33.) full of maiestie, and full of abilitie to deliuer you; and to set you free from the strongest bonds of affliction.
13 The third thing in Gods name is, that he is merciful. Which word signifieth, that God hath such bowels of compassion towards his servants, as a mother hath towards the child of her womb. There need not many exhortations, much less an eloquent oration to a mother, to ⟨p. 42⟩stir her up to succour, and relieve her child, when it stands in need of her help: and yet put all the kindness of all the men and women in the world together, and it will come but to a drop, in comparison of that sea of mercy that is in our merciful God.