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The arraignment of unbelief, as the grand cause of our nationall non-establishment
The arraignment of unbelief, as the grand cause of our nationall non-establishment: cleared in a sermon to the Honourable House of Commons in Parliament, at Margarets Westminster, upon the 28th. of May, 1645. being the day of their public fast. / By Joseph Caryl, late preacher to the Honourable Society of Lincolns-Inn, now pastor at Magnus near the bridge, London.The arraignment of unbelief, as the grand cause of our nationall non-establishment: cleared in a sermon to the Honourable House of Commons in Parliament, at Margarets Westminster, upon the 28th. of May, 1645. being the day of their publike fast. / By Joseph Caryl, late preacher to the Honourable Society of Lincolnes-Inne, now pastor at Magnus neer the bridge, London.
London: printed by G. Miller for Giles Calvert, 1645
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It is as if he had said, You see the head of Syria, and the head of Ephraim, but the head of Judah is Jerusalem, and the head of Jerusalem is Jesus Christ: Who is able to reach the head of Judah, which is Jerusalem, while that hath Jesus Christ for the head of it? who is Rezin, or Remaliah's son, put into the balance with Jesus Christ?
It is as if he had said, You see the head of Syria, and the head of Ephraim, but the head of Iudah is Ierusalem, and the head of Ierusalem is Jesus Christ: Who is able to reach the head of Iudah, which is Jerusalem, while that hath Jesus Christ for the head of it? who is Rezin, or Remaliahs son, put into the balance with Jesus Christ?
The Prophet having brought them this message, not to fear, and strengthened it with these reasons, concludes all with an Epiphonema, in the words of the text, If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established: As if he had said, I have brought you as good news as you can desire, should the Lord have sent you down a blank from Heaven, and bid you write the wishes of your own hearts in this condition, and engaged his own faithfulness and all-sufficiency to perform them, what could you have requested that I have not offered? could you frame any more suitable mercies, as your case stands, then these? that your enemies shall fall, that their counsels shall not stand, that their projects shall not come to pass? yet let me tell you, ye may obstruct these blessings, and deprive your selves of this promised deliverance; your unbelief may weaken the arm of your salvation, and re-enkindle these ⟨p. 6⟩smoking brands into a consuming flame; your unbelief may shake your kingdom, more then your fears have hitherto shakt your hearts, If ye believe not, surely ye shall not be established.
The Prophet having brought them this message, not to fear, and strengthened it with these reasons, concludes all with an Epiphonema, in the words of the text, If ye will not beleeve, surely ye shall not be established: As if he had said, I have brought you as good newes as you can desire, should the Lord have sent you down a blank from Heaven, and bid you write the wishes of your own hearts in this condition, and engag'd his own faithfullnesse and allsufficiency to performe them, what could you have requested that I have not offered? could you frame any more sutable mercies, as your case stands, then these? that your enemies shall fall, that their counsels shall not stand, that their projects shall not come to passe? yet let me tell you, ye may obstruct these blessings, and deprive your selves of this promised deliverance; your unbelief may weaken the arm of your salvation, and re-inkindle these