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A model of true spiritual thankfulness. Delivered in a sermon before the Honourable House…A model of true spiritual thankfulnesse. Delivered in a sermon before the Honourable House…
A model of true spiritual thankfulness. Delivered in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons, upon their day of thanksgiving, being Thursday, Feb. 19. 1645, for the great mercy of God, in the surrender of the city of Chester into the hands of the Parliaments forces in Cheshire, under the command of Sir William Brereton. / By Tho. Case, preacher in Milkstreet London, and one of the Assembly of Divines.A model of true spiritual thankfulnesse. Delivered in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons, upon their day of thanksgiving, being Thursday, Feb. 19. 1645, for the great mercy of God, in the surrender of the citie of Chester into the hands of the Parliaments forces in Cheshire, under the command of Sir William Brereton. / By Tho. Case, preacher in Milkstreet London, and one of the Assembly of Divines.
London: printed by Ruth Raworth for Luke Fawne, 1646
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I Desire to rejoice with you and for you; in this great mercy of God, in restoring you to your Habitations, from which some of you have been so long divorced; or to your Liberties, in the surprise whereof you have been no better then prisoners in your own Houses: Which that it may be a mercy indeed, give me leave, as one that loves you, to commend unto you a few Cautions.
I Desire to rejoyce with you and for you; in this great mercy of God, in restoring you to your Habitations, from which some of you have been so long divorced; or to your Liberties, in the surprise whereof you have been no better then prisoners in your own Houses: Which that it may be a mercy indeed, give me leave, as one that loves you, to commend unto you a few Cautions.
1. Take heed, I beseech you, now that you are returned to your old Houses, you do not return to your old sins; now you are restored to your Civil Liberties, you do not backslide to your former sinful Liberties: What they were, you best know: give me leave to mind you what your Christian friends in the Kingdom have taken notice of and bewailed in you: Pride ⟨image 5⟩in your apparel, sumptuousness in your houses, excessive delicacy on your Tables; (whose sins these were, Ezek. 16.49 will tell you) profanation of Sabbaths, contempt of the faithful Ministry of the Word, compliance with Episcopal Superstition formality in Religion, almost scorn of the godly, and of the power of Godliness, and the like.1 I speak not these things to shame you, but as a Minister of Christ and a friend to admonish you; and I hope I shall not become your enemy because I tell you the truth. Isle assure you, Friends, you have as much cause to keep days of Humiliation in Chester for your old sins, as days of Thanksgiving for your new Mercies. A voice was heard upon the high places, 2