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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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Gods Rising, HIS Enemies Scattering. › I come to the second Doctrine. Doct. 2
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Psal. 83.2. Lo thine Enemies make a tumult, and those that hate thee have lift up the head; Why, wherein did they show themselves the Enemies and haters of God? It follows, ver. the third: They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, & consulted against thy Hidden ones, and said, Come let us cut them off from being a Nation, &c. Their Malignant Counsels against Gods people, was nothing else but a paraphrase of their malice against God himself, for so yet it follows more expressly, vers. the fifth: They consult together with one consent, they are confederate against thee: thee and thine, them and thee go hand in hand.
Psal. 83.2. Loe thine Enemies make a tumult, and those that hate thee have lift up the head; Why, wherein did they shew themselves the Enemies and haters of God? It followes, ver. the third: They have taken crafty counsell against thy people, & consulted against thy Hidden ones, and said, Come let us cut them off from being a Nation, &c. Their Malignant Counsels against Gods people, was nothing else but a paraphrase of their malice against God himself, for so yet it followes more expressely, vers. the fifth: They consult together with one consent, they are confederate against thee: thee and thine, them and thee go hand in hand.
The Grounds of this may be, Grounds.
First, §1the mutual interest that God and his people have one in another, Master, and Servant, Father and Children, Husband and Wife, Head and Members, these are the usual titles by which this mutual relation is expressed in Scripture, (and among all the members of the body the tenderest is chosen to express the interest that Gods people have in his compassion and love, The Eye,