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England saved with a notwithstandingEngland saved vvith a notwithstanding
England saved with a notwithstanding: represented in a sermon to the Honourable House of Commons, assembled in Parliament, Novemb. 5. 1647. The day of Thanks-giving for deliverance from the Powder-Plot. / By William Bridge, sometimes fellow of Emanuel College in Cambridge, now preacher of Gods word at Yarmouth. Published by order of that House.England saved vvith a notwithstanding: represented in a sermon to the Honourable House of Commons, assembled in Parliament, Novemb. 5. 1647. The day of Thanks-giving for deliverance from the Powder-Plot. / By William Bridge, sometimes fellow of Emanuel Colledge in Cambridge, now preacher of Gods word at Yarmouth. Published by order of that House.
London: printed for R. Dawlman, 1647
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Duty. 3 And so I come to the third Duty, which upon the account of Gods gracious and powerful deliverance, we are to return unto God; namely, To praise him, and speak well of his Name.
Duty. 3 And so I come to the third Duty, which upon the account of Gods gracious and powerfull deliverance, we are to return unto God; namely, To praise him, and speak well of his Name.
The Lord hath saved us, and made his mighty power known in the midst of us: O be thankful unto the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy endures for ever. We read in Psal. 126. that when the Lord turned the captivity of Zion, it is said, The Church was like unto those that are restored to health. The words run thus, When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like unto them that dream: But the words should rather be translated; We (n)are like unto those that are restored to health. The Hebrew word signifies, to recover, or to be restored to health. And so the same word is translated in the 38. of Isaiah, when Hezekiah recovered, he made a Psalm of Praise, and said, O Lord, by these things men live, and in all things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live. 'Tis the same word that is used here. Thus Cajetan, Shindler, and others would have it translated here; and it suits best with the following words, Then were our mouths filled with laughter, and our tongues with praise. When a man is in a good dream, his mouth is not filled with laughter; nor his tongue with praise: If a man be in a bad dream, his mouth is not filled with laughter, nor his tongue with praise; but when a man is restored to health after a great sickness, it is so. And therefore (says the Psalmist) When the Lord turned our captivity, &c. Now if you look into Scripture, you will find, that the word, captivity, is used for any violence that is done by others upon Gods people. So it is said of Job, when he prayed for his friends. He was never from his own house in all his affliction, how then in captivity? he was under violence, for the present put into the hands of Satan, and so in captivity. When Gods people are under violence, then in Scripture phrase they are said to be in captivity. Ye have also been under the violence of men; in Queen Mary's days, under the violence of Papists: In later days, under the violence of Prelates. And now of late, the Parliament under the violence of the Rout. And the godly of the