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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.
Sixthly, Let all thy private aims be swallowed up in the public good. Let the Cause of Jesus Christ and his Church be dearer to thee then thine own life; and this frame of spirit will exceedingly incline thee to all lawful ways of peace and unity. Remember Old Ely, and how his heart trembled for the Ark of God, ⟨p. 35⟩1 Sam. 4. 13. 18. He trembled not for the thought of his children, but for the Ark; and as soon as ever mention was made of the taking of the Ark, he fell down and brake his neck: he was not troubled at the mention of the death of his two sons, &c. The like we read of his daughter in law, 1 Sam. 4. 19, 10, 21, 22. The like of Nehemiah who was in great prosperity himself, and yet how was he distressed in spirit for the miseries of Jerusalem, Nehem. 1. 4. The like we read of Daniel, &c.
Sixthly, Let all thy private aimes be swallowed up in the publique good. Let the Cause of Iesus Christ and his Church be dearer to thee then thine owne life; and this frame of spirit will exceedingly incline thee to all lawfull waies of peace and unitie. Remember Old Ely, and how his heart trembled for the Arke of God, ⟨p. 35⟩1 Sam. 4. 13. 18. He trembled not for the thought of his children, but for the Arke; and assoone as ever mention was made of the taking of the Arke, he fell downe and brake his necke: he was not troubled at the mention of the death of his two sonnes, &c. The like we read of his daughter in law, 1 Sam. 4. 19, 10, 21, 22. The like of Nehemiah who was in great prosperitie himselfe, and yet how was he distressed in spirit for the miseries of Ierusalem, Nehem. 1. 4. The like we read of Daniel, &c.