A81152:26
Englands plus ultra both of hoped mercies, and of required duties
Englands plus ultra both of hoped mercies, and of required duties : showed in a sermon preached to the honourable Houses of Parliament, the Lord Major, Court of Aldermen, and Common-Council of London, together with the Assembly of Divines, at Christ-Church, April 2, 1646 : being the day of their public thanksgiving to Almighty God for the great success of the Parliaments army in the West, especially in Cornwall, under the conduct of his excellency Sr. Thomas Fairfax / by Joseph Caryl, minister of the Gospel at Magnus near the bridge, London, and a member of the Assembly of Divines.Englands plus ultra both of hoped mercies, and of required duties : shewed in a sermon preached to the honourable Houses of Parliament, the Lord Major, Court of Aldermen, and Common-Councell of London, together with the Assembly of Divines, at Christ-Church, April 2, 1646 : being the day of their publike thanksgiving to Almighty God for the great successe of the Parliaments army in the West, especially in Cornwall, under the conduct of his excellency Sr. Thomas Fairfax / by Joseph Caryl, minister of the Gospel at Magnus neer the bridge, London, and a member of the Assembly of Divines.
London: printed by G.M. for John Rothwell, 1646
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.
First, The readiness of God to hear and help him, from the 5. vers. to the 10. I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place. The Lord is on my side, &c.
First, The readinesse of God to hear and help him, from the 5. vers. to the 10. I called upon the Lord in distresse: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place. The Lord is on my side, &c.
Secondly, The malice of his enemies in opposing him; who are described,
1. Their multitude, All Nations, ver. 10. That is, the Nations round about: such as are named (Psal. 83. 7.) Gebal and Ammon, and Amaleck, the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tire, &c. These have consulted together with one consent, they are confederate against me.
2. Their nearness of prevailing, They compassed me about. David was never in such a straight, or so near the borders of ruin, as when Saul and his men compassed Him and his men round about to take them (