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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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Surely the cry of the poor and needy, that are plundered and stripped naked of their subsistence, the cry of the poor captives, that are made to serve the lusts and cruelty of the Enemies of God in their own houses; the cry of the fatherless children and widows, 1who are wandering up and down in peril of their lives to seek, bread to relieve their souls, because of the sword of the wilderness; the cry of violence and oppression, but above all, the cry of Blood is gone up to heaven, 2and cries in the ears of the Lord of Sabbath: For if of one righteous Abel's blood God said unto Cain, The voice of thy brothers blood (bloods in the Hebrew) crieth unto me from the ground; If every drop of Abel's blood had a tongue to cry to God for vengeance, then how much louder doth the blood of more innocent persons then Abel had drops of blood in his body, poured out in England and Ireland, like water upon the ground, cry in the ears of a righteous God against the Fratricidious, yea and Parricidious Cains of our times; Vengeance, vengeance?
Surely the cry of the poor and needy, that are plundered and stript naked of their subsistence, the crie of the poor captives, that are made to serve the lusts and cruelty of the Enemies of God in their own houses; the crie of the fatherlesse children and widdowes, 1who are wandring up and down in perill of their lives to seek, bread to relieve their soules, because of the sword of the wildernesse; the cry of violence and oppression, but above all, the crie of Blood is gone up to heaven, 2and cries in the eares of the Lord of Sabbath: For if of one righteous Abels blood God said unto Cain, The voice of thy brothers blood (bloods in the Hebrew) cryeth unto me from the ground; If every drop of Abels blood had a tongue to cry to God for vengeance, then how much lowder doth the blood of more innocent persons then Abel had drops of blood in his body, powred out in England and Ireland, like water upon the ground, crie in the eares of a righteous God against the Fratricidious, yea and Parricidious Caines of our times; Vengeance, vengeance?