A81131:95
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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Thirdly, God hath expressed himself in Scripture, as much, yea more, for his willingness, then for his power to help; therefore we need not make our uncertainty of his will the reason of our unbelief, when we say, we are assured of his power: God hath said, He is Almighty; &c. but there are not only words importing that God is willing to help his people, but promises and oaths that he will (Ps. 50. 15.) Call upon me, and I will deliver thee, Eze. 33. 11. As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked (that place is meant primarily of a civill death, a death in trouble) but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Yea, God hath manifested a willingness to help a people, which his power hath not seconded; but he never manifested his power, when his will did not concur: that most passionate exclamation, O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, How often would I have gathered thee! &c. Implies a general willingness in Christ to gather Jerusalem, yet Christ did not act his divine power effectually for their gathering.
Thirdly, God hath exprest himself in Scripture, as much, yea more, for his willingnesse, then for his power to help; therefore we need not make our uncertainty of his will the reason of our unbelief, when we say, we are assured of his power: God hath said, He is Almighty; &c. but there are not onely words importing that God is willing to help his people, but promises and oaths that he will (Ps. 50. 15.) Call upon me, and I will deliver thee, Eze. 33. 11. As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked (that place is meant primarily of a civill death, a death in trouble) but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Yea, God hath manifested a willingnesse to help a people, which his power hath not seconded; but he never manifested his power, when his will did not concurre: that most passionate exclamation, O Ierusalem, Ierusalem, How often would I have gathered thee! &c. Implies a generall willingnesse in Christ to gather Jerusalem, yet Christ did not act his divine power effectually for their gathering.