A77846:29
Public affections, pressed in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons assembled in…Publick affections, pressed in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons assembled in…
Public affections, pressed in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons assembled in Parliament: Upon the solemn day of humiliation, Febr. 25. 1645. / By Anthony Burgess, pastor of Sutton-Cold-field: now minister at Laurence Jewry London, and a member of the Assembly of Divines. Published by order of that House.Publick affections, pressed in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons assembled in Parliament: Upon the solemn day of humiliation, Febr. 25. 1645. / By Anthony Burgesse, pastour of Sutton-Cold-field: now minister at Laurence Jewry London, and a member of the Assembly of Divines. Published by order of that House.
London: printed by J.Y. for Thomas Underhill, 1646London: printed by J.Y. for Thomas Vnderhill, 1646
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
For the first Observation, I shall declare in how many ways these tender affections to the public are to be seen:
For the first Observation, I shall declare in how many wayes these tender affections to the publick are to be seen:
1. In a deep sense and feeling of public miseries. In this, Nehemiah's practice is imitable; who, though he had all the content and accommodation, for himself, that his heart could wish in the Kings Court, yet was exceeding sad, and took no notice of all his advantages, because Jerusalem was in desolations. Christ, in the midst of all his applause and acclamation, wept, because of the evil to come upon Jerusalem. Write after this copy, and say, All our own safety and good success doth not take off our hearts from the sad thoughts about public desolations. Sometimes take off your thoughts from other matters, and consider in private how great the straits, miseries, and difficulties of thousands are in the three Kingdoms; especially on such days as these are, take the advantage of your hearts. Shall ⟨p. 5⟩so many families and estates be broken, and not your hearts? so many bodies lie wounded in the field, and shall not your hearts be wounded?
1. In a deep sense and feeling of publick miseries. In this, Nehemiah's practice is imitable; who, though hee had all the content and accommodation, for himself, that his heart could wish in the Kings Court, yet was exceeding sad, and took no notice of all his advantages, because Jerusalem was in desolations. Christ, in the midst of all his applause and acclamation, wept, because of the evill to come upon Jerusalem. Write after this copy, and say, All our own safety and good successe doth not take off our hearts from the sad thoughts about publick desolations. Sometimes take off your thoughts from other matters, and consider in private how great the streights, miseries, and difficulties of thousands are in the three Kingdomes; especially on such daies as these are, take the advantage of your hearts. Shall ⟨p. 5⟩