Secondly, that in your own persons you will give a president to all the Kingdom of your willing and ready submission to the Gospel of JESUS CHRIST: With what eyes you are pleased to look upon the Ministers thereof, I know not; sure I am, whatever faithful advice in their humble Addresses to you hath the Imprimatur of SCRIPTURE upon it, comes armed with the AUTHORITY OF HEAVEN; He that heareth YOU, heareth ME; and he that despiseth YOU, despiseth ME;1 and he that despiseth ME, despiseth HIM that SENT ME. Upon such an account, it was an heavy word which the Prophet spake once to a King; ⟨image 4⟩I know God hath determined to destroy thee, BECAUSE thou hast not hearkened to MY COUNSEL: The contemptible Prophet had no contemptible GOD to back him: The application of it be to the enemies of CHRIST, and of the WORK you have in hand. However, it is a thing not to be thought of without trembling at; All power in heaven and earth is in HIS HANDS,2 to avenge all Gospel-Disobedience, to WHOM great and small must give an account (and who knows how soon?) what they have done with all the Sermons that ever they heard: Which that it may be seriously and savingly laid to heart by Parliament and Kingdom, shall be the instant Supplication of
Secondly, that in your own persons you will give a president to all the Kingdom of your willing and ready submission to the Gospel of JESUS CHRIST: With what eyes you are pleased to look upon the Ministers thereof, I know not; sure I am, whatever faithful advice in their humble Addresses to you hath the Imprimature of SCRIPTURE upon it, comes arm'd with the AUTHORITY OF HEAVEN; He that heareth YOU, heareth ME; and he that despiseth YOU, despiseth ME;1 and he that despiseth ME, despiseth HIM that SENT ME. Ʋpon such an account, it was an heavie word which the Prophet spake once to a King; ⟨image 4⟩I know God hath determined to destroy thee, BECAUSE thou hast not hearkned to MY COUNSEL: The contemptible Prophet had no contemptible GOD to back him: The application of it be to the enemies of CHRIST, and of the WORK you have in hand. However, it is a thing not to be thought of without trembling at; All power in heaven and earth is in HIS HANDS,2 to avenge all Gospel-Disobedience, to WHOM great and small must give an account (and who knows how soon?) what they have done with all the Sermons that ever they heard: Which that it may be seriously and savingly laid to heart by Parliament and Kingdom, shall be the instant Supplication of
- 1Luke 10.16.
- 2Matth. 8.18. 2 Cor. 10.6.
