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An indictment against England because of her self-murdering divisionsAn indictment against England because of her selfe-murdering divisions
An indictment against England because of her self-murdering divisions: together with an exhortation to an England-preserving unity and concord. Presented in a sermon preached before the Right Honourable House of Lords in the Abby church at Westminster; at the late solemn fast, December 25. 1644. By Edmund Calamy, B.D. and pastor of Aldermanbury in London.An indictment against England because of her selfe-murdering divisions: together vvith an exhortation to an England-preserving vnity and concord. Presented in a sermon preached before the Right Honourable House of Lords in the Abby church at Westminster; at the late solemne fast, December 25. 1644. By Edmund Calamy, B.D. and pastour of Aldermanbury in London.
London: printed by I. L. for Christopher Meredith, 1645
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.
But besides this general help by Prayer; give me leave to name a few other which are more particular.
But besides this generall helpe by Prayer; give me leave to name a few other which are more particular.
1First, Let us labour to make our peace with God, and God will make us at peace one with another. Tranquillus Deus tranquillut omnia. If God be at peace with thee, he will make the very stones in the street to be at peace with thee; he will make peace flow down like a river, and like a mighty stream. When a mans ways please God, he will even make his enemies to be at peace with him, Prov. 16. 7. You shall find in Scripture, that when a Church, State, or person divided it self from God by sin, God suffered it as a punishment to be divided from it self by faction. As soon as ever Solomon had forsaken God by Idolatry, God presently divided his Kingdom from him. And God threateneth Jerem. 13. 13. That because his people had forsaken him, that therefore he would fill the Inhabitants of Jerusalem with drunkenness, and he would dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, he would not pity, &c. You shall find also that when a King and Kingdom returned to God, then they had peace, and flourished in all outward happiness, 2 Chron▪ 15▪ 3▪ 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 13, 19. 2 Chron. 17. 3, 5, 6. 10▪ And therefore if ever you would cure Englands distractions to purpose; strike at the root and cause of our divisions. Let us labour to find out all those sins that separate between us ⟨p. 33⟩