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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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Fifthly, But in the next place, are not these Enemies, and haters of God as Blasphemous against God, as they are outrageous against his people? You have heard of their blasphemies, I dare not repeat them, I tremble to think of them: Their blasphemous imprecations of Damnation upon themselves, are grown now to be their hope, their oath now with many of them is, as ⟨p. 35⟩they hope to be damned; and it is nothing now with them to drink healths, to the confusion of the Round-heads Parliament: unless they may now also (I know not how to utter it) drink healths to the confusion of the Round-heads God, many other blasphemies I could tell you of, which the Devil may happily invent, but I dare say, he dares not vent, for he believes and trembles, neither of which these Belials do. Rabshecah was a puny, and might have gone to school to Oxford, to have learned to blaspheme, of these monsters who have there taken many degrees in this black hellish art: but I could wish they might be cast into the pit from whence they came, that the ears of posterity might never be defiled nor offended with the report of such unheard of cursednesses.
Fifthly, But in the next place, are not these Enemies, and haters of God as Blasphemous against God, as they are outragious against his people? You have heard of their blaspemies, I dare not repeat them, I tremble to think of them: Their blasphemous imprecations of Damnation upon themselves, are grown now to be their hope, their oath now with many of them is, as ⟨p. 35⟩they hope to be damned; and it is nothing now with them to drink healths, to the confusion of the Round-heads Parliament: unlesse they may now also (I know not how to utter it) drink healths to the confusion of the Round-heads God, many other blasphemies I could tell you of, which the Divell may happily invent, but I dare say, he dares not vent, for he beleeves and trembles, neither of which these Belials do. Rabshecah was a punie, and might have gone to chool to Oxford, to have learned to blaspheme, of these monsters who have there taken many degrees in this black hellish art: but I could wish they might be cast into the pit from whence they came, that the ears of posterity might never be defiled nor offended with the report of such unheardof cursednesses.