A81220:81
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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And surely the Lord hath been touched and grieved with our affliction, seeing how we were in danger to be divided, yea to be destroyed. The Lord seems in this providence to speak to us, as he did to Moses in the bush. In seeing I have seen, or I have surely seen the afflictions of my people, and I know their sorrows as to this undertaking, and I have helped them in pure compassion? The Lord seems to say, I have surely seen the anguish of some of their souls lest this business should miscarry, I have seen how they have been burdened as with the difficulty so with the costliness of this work, and I have had compassion on them. I have surely seen by envy and discontents of many at home concerning it, as also the pride and scorn of more abroad, even saying as they of old, what? will they build in a day? conquer nations in a day? swallow up the world at once? yea the Lord seems to say, I have surely seen, I have heard what strange constructions and interpretations have been made of former disappointments and delays of success in this engagement; yea, I have surely seen how some would have rejoiced and triumphed at further with-drawings and disappointments: And having seen all this, my compassions are moved towards them, and I am come forth for their help. O praise the Lord, who is full of Compassion; He hath remembered us in our low estate, for his mercy endureth for ever.
And surely the Lord hath been touched and grieved with our affliction, seing how we were in danger to be divided, yea to be destroyed. The Lord seems in this providence to speak to us, as he did to Moses in the bush. In seeing I have seen, or I have surely seen the afflictions of my people, and I know their sorrows as to this undertaking, and I have helped them in pure compassion? The Lord seems to say, I have surely seen the anguish of some of their soules lest this buisnesse should miscarry, I have seen how they have beene burthened as with the difficulty so with the costlines of this worke, and I have had compassion on them. I have surely seen by envy and discontents of many at home concerning it, as also the pride and scorne of more abroad, even saying as they of old, what? will they build in a day? conquer nations in a day? swallow up the world at once? yea the Lord seems to say, I have surely seen, I have heard what strange constructions and interpretations have been made of former disappointments and delayes of success in this engagement; yea, I have surely seen how some would have rejoyced and triumphed at further with-drawings and disappointments: And having seen all this, my compassions are moved towards them, and I am come forth for their help. O praise the Lord, who is full of Compassion; He hath remembred us in our low estate, for his mercy endureth for ever.