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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.
1First, Let us mourn for the Divisions of the Commonwealth. Is it not a sad thing to see the Head rent from the Members; and that that Head that should be a preserver of the Body, is now, by ill counsel, a destroyer of his Body? that, that Head, that should be like a head of gold, is now, through ill counsel, made a head of iron, to crush its own body in pieces? Oh! let us mourn for this, this day.
1First, Let us mourne for the Divisions of the Commonwealth. Is it not a sad thing to see the Head rent from the Members; and that that Head that should be a preserver of the Body, is now, by ill counsell, a destroyer of his Body? that, that Head, that should be like a head of gold, is now, through ill counsell, made a head of iron, to crush its own body in pieces? Oh! let us mourne for this, this day.
- 11. For the divisions of the Commonwealth.
And then let us mourn for the rent that is amongst the Members. Is if not a sad thing to see the Members rent and torn one from the other? Nobleman against Nobleman, Gentleman against Gentleman, Citizen against Citizen; Father against Son, and Son against Father, &c. And that which England never saw till this day, A pretended Oxford Parliament, against a true Westminster Parliament?
And then let us mourne for the rent that is amongst the Members. Is if not a sad thing to see the Members rent and torne one from the other? Nobleman against Nobleman, Gentleman against Gentleman, Citizen against Citizen; Father against Sonne, and Sonne against Father, &c. And that which England never saw till this day, A pretended Oxford Parliament, against a true Westminster Parliament?