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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
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Fourthly, Consider the great happiness that would accrue to Church and State, if we were united together against the Common Enemy. If all the Saints upon earth, and Angels in heaven should study to find out a way to save England from ruin, they could not find out a readier way, then by uniting us together at this time. England is an Island divided from all the world; and if it were not divided within it self, it need not fear all the world. If London were as a City at unity within it self, what could destroy ⟨p. 26⟩it? Did we all do as the Israelites did, Judg. 20. 8. They all arose as one man, &c. and as Joshua 23. 12. how quickly would these wars (through Gods blessing) be at end? What an honour would it be to the Cause we fight for; to the Reformation we pray for; the Religion we profess; to the God we worship, if we did with united strength pursue these things? How should we support and help one another, et portantem portare, as the Cranes do one another in the manner of their flying. I must not here forget to mind you of that known story of Scillurus that had eighty sons, and when he was dying he called them all before him, and presented them with a bundle of spears, and bad them try whether they could break that bundle; and they tried, but were not able. Afterwards he pulls out one javelin out of the bundle, and bade them break that, which they easily did; and so a second, and a third, till they had broken them all. Intimating thereby, that unity in Families, and compacted strength is the bond that preserves the whole Family; and wheresoever this bond is broken, that Family is quickly destroyed. The like story doth Sallust tell of one Micypsa, who when he was dying called his sons and caused them to write this sentence in Golden letters: Concordiâ parvae res crescunt, discordiâ magnae dilabuntur. Oh that God would give us hearts to spiritualize these stories!
Fourthly, Consider the great happinesse that would accrue to Church and State, if we were united together against the Common Enemy. If all the Saints upon earth, and Angels in heaven should study to find out a way to save England from ruine, they could not find out a readier way, then by uniting us together at this time. England is an Iland divided from all the world; and if it were not divided within it selfe, it need not feare all the world. If London were as a City at unity within it selfe, what could destroy