A81241:167
Gods rising, his enemies scattering
Gods rising, his enemies scattering; delivered in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons, at their solemn fast, 26. Octob. 1642. But, through many occasions and hinderances, not printed till this 25. of May 1644. By Thomas Case, preacher, at Milk-street, London, and one of the Assembly of Divines.Gods rising, his enemies scattering; delivered in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons, at their solemne fast, 26. Octob. 1642. But, through many occasions and hinderances, not printed till this 25. of May 1644. By Thomas Case, preacher, at Milk-street, London, and one of the Assembly of Divines.
London: printed by J. R. for Luke Fawne, 1644
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But that I may not be burdensome; because I have hinted something already to this purpose on the third Doctrine; I will but point at two that respects God himself, and given by ⟨p. 27⟩God himself, in that, Isa. 33.10. Now will I rise saith the Lord, Now will I be exalted, Now will I lift up my self. There you have a two-fold reason, given in a two-fold cause. The moving cause and the final cause; The moving cause, I will; and the final cause, I will be exalted; I will lift up my self. Gods will, there is the ground; Gods glory, there is the end; God will do it because he will do it: The same good will and pleasure of God that moved God to *Elect them; the same good will & pleasure of his, moves him to do all his works in them & for them. God will not let his people lie under the Tyranny and Cruelty of his Enemies for ever; *The rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the Lot of the righteous: It may be upon them, & it may lie upon them; but it shall not rest upon them. God will not suffer wicked men to reproach his people and blaspheme his Name for ever: 3I will rise, saith God, I will work for my Names sake; There I say is the moving Cause. And then,
But that I may not be burdensome; because I have hinted something already to this purpose on the third Doctrine; I will but point at two that respects God himself, and given by ⟨p. 27⟩God himself, in that, Isa. 33.10. Now will I rise saith the Lord, Now will I be exalted, Now will I lift vp my self. There you have a two-fold reason, given in a two-fold cause. The moving cause and the finall cause; The moving cause, I will; and the finall cause, I will be exalted; I will lift up my self. Gods will, there is the ground; Gods glory, there is the end; God will do it because he will do it: The same good will and pleasure of God that moved God to