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A sermon pressing to, and directing in, that great duty of praising God. Preached…
A sermon pressing to, and directing in, that great duty of praising God. Preached to the Parliament at Westminster, Octob: 8. 1656. Being the day of their solemn thanksgiving to God for that late success given to some part of the fleet of this Common-wealth against the Spanish fleet in its return from the West Indies. / By Joseph Caryl, minister of the Gospel at Magnus near London Bridge.A sermon pressing to, and directing in, that great duty of praising God. Preached to the Parliament at Westminster, Octob: 8. 1656. Being the day of their solemn thanksgiving to God for that late successe given to some part of the fleet of this Common-wealth against the Spanish fleet in its return from the West Indies. / By Joseph Caryl, minister of the Gospel at Magnus near London Bridge.
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1657
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Thirdly, the manner of it, in a twofold qualification, and that also from his own example in the same verse. First, He would praise the Lord, not formally, not because it was a custom to do so when fresh mercies came in; But because he loved to do so, for (saith he) I will praise the Lord with my whole heart, that is, I will praise him heartily and most affectionately: There's the first point in the manner. Secondly, he tells us that he would do it very openly, he would not be ashamed to praise God, he would not do it in a corner; Though he would do it with all his heart, yet he would not do it only in his heart, but (saith he) I will praise him in the assembly of the upright. Nor is that all, he would do it yet more openly, I will praise him in the congregation, I will praise him not only in the assembly of the upright, or in a meeting of some choice & select ones, but among good and bad, even in the mixed multitude. As if he had said, As the Lord hath ⟨p. 3⟩owned me and my cause, and my people, in the eye of all the world, by his signal mercies, so also will I own the Lord with signal praises.
Thirdly, the manner of it, in a twofold qualification, and that also from his own example in the same verse. First, He would praise the Lord, not formally, not because it was a custome to doe so when fresh mercies came in; But because he loved to doe so, for (saith he) I will praise the Lord with my whole heart, that is, I will praise him heartily and most affectionately: Theres the first poynt in the manner. Secondly, he tells us that he would doe it very openly, he would not be ashamed to praise God, he would not doe it in a corner; Though he would doe it with all his heart, yet he would not doe it onely in his heart, but (saith he) I will praise him in the assembly of the upright. Nor is that all, he would doe it yet more openly, I will praise him in the congregation, I will praise him not onely in the assembly of the upright, or in a meeting of some choice & select ones, but among good and bad, even in the mixed multitude. As if he had said, As the Lord hath ⟨p. 3⟩