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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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From heaven hath the Lord beheld the earth, 1even to hear the groaning of the prisoners, &c. his poor hunger-starved prisoners; many of whom have given up the ghost for want of bread; and others that survive, forced for hunger to rake the gutters and sinks of their merciless enemies for a little stinking food to relieve their dying souls.
From heaven hath the Lord beheld the earth, 1even to hear the groaning of the prisoners, &c. his poor hunger-starved prisoners; many of whom have given up the ghost for want of bread; and others that surviue, forced for hunger to rake the gutters and sinkes of their mercilesse enemies for a little stinking food to relieve their dying soules.
- 1Psa. 102.19.20. Our prisoners at Oxford.
Surely all these sighs and groans have forced their way into Gods presence long before this time, Though men do not hear, friends cannot, and Enemies will not; yet God doth and will hear from the height of his Sanctuary.
Secondly, In the mean time doth not the Enemy carry himself, as if he were more then man? Surely, They are corrupt and speak wickedly concerning oppression; they speak loftily, they set their mouth against the heaven, and their tongue walketh through the earth. 1They will do this, and they will do that; and they will make the