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The reformation of the church to be endeavoured more then that of the common-wealth,…The reformation of the church to be endeavoured more then that of the common-vvealth,…
The reformation of the church to be endeavoured more then that of the common-wealth, declared, in a sermon preached before the Right Honourable House of Lords at the public fast, August 27. 1645. / By Anthony Burges, pastor of Sutton Coldfield, and now preacher at Laurence-Jury, London.The reformation of the church to be endeavoured more then that of the common-vvealth, declared, in a sermon preached before the Right Honourable House of Lords at the publike fast, August 27. 1645. / By Anthony Burges, pastour of Sutton Coldfield, and now preacher at Laurence-Jury, London.
London: printed by G.M. for T. Underhill, 1645London: printed by G.M. for T. Vnderhill, 1645
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A SERMON Preached before the Right Honourable the House of LORDS, August 28, 1645.
JUDG. 6.27, 28, 29. Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the Lord had said unto him: And so it was, because he feared his fathers household, and the men of the City, that he would not do it by day, that he did it by night. And wen the men of the City rose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built. And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing, &c.
JUDG. 6.27, 28, 29. Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the Lord had said unto him: And so it was, because he feared his fathers houshold, and the men of the City, that he would not do it by day, that he did it by night. And wen the men of the City rose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built. And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the sonne of Joash hath done this thing, &c.
This book containeth a wonderful alternation and vicissitude of the Israelites troubles, and their deliverances, as also of their sins, and prayers unto God; which old inconstancy of theirs, made Gregory compare them to the grasshoppers, that do on a sudden leap high, and then fall down again to the ground: Thus did the Israelites: and this Chapter containeth the fourth ⟨p. 2⟩