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The quarrel of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrel. Delivered in three…The quarrell of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrell. Delivered in three…
The quarrel of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrel. Delivered in three sermons on Levit. 26. 25. and Jere. 50. 5. / By Thomas Case, preacher of the Word in Milk-street, London; and one of the Assembly of Divines.The quarrell of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrell. Delivered in three sermons on Levit. 26. 25. and Jere. 50. 5. / By Thomas Case, preacher of the Word in Milk-street, London; and one of the Assembly of Divines.
London: printed for Luke Fawne, 1643
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All sorts of uncleanness, Luxury, and excess in eating or drinking; Vanity, Pride, and Prodigality in Apparel; Envy, Contention, and unnatural Divisions, Oppression, Fraud, and Violence; from divers of which sins, and many other, not one Person throughout the whole Nation, can say, That he is wholly Free; Besides that, all must confess, That they have contributed toward the great stock of National sins, and so have increased the treasure of Wrath, against these days of Wrath.
All sorts of uncleannesse, Luxury, and excesse in eating or drinking; Vanity, Prid, and Prodigalitie in Apparrell; Envy, Contention, and unnaturall Divisions, Oppression, Fraud, and Violence; from divers of which sins, and many other, not one Person throughout the whole Nation, can say, That he is wholly Free; Besides that, all must confesse, That they have contributed toward the great stock of Nationall sins, and so have increased the treasure of Wrath, against these dayes of Wrath.
But especially, they tell us of two horrid crying sin, Idolatry, and Blood: Idolatry, which as it was the sin of our Ancestors; so it is the spreading sin of these latter times, while by a general connivance, and almost toleration, it hath been several ways fomented and encouraged. And for that other crying and cruel sin of bloodshed, That calls aloud for vengeance, it went hand in hand, with the abominable Idol of the Mass, in the days of Queen Mary, and some of her Predecessors; when many hundreds of the dear Martyrs, and Saints of God, lost their precious lives in flames and prisons.
But especially, they tell us of two horrid crying sin, Idolatry, and Blood: Idolatry, which as it was the sin of our Ancestors; so it is the spreading sin of these latter times, while by a generall connivance, and almost toleration, it hath been severall wayes fomented and encouraged. And for that other crying and cruell sin of bloodshed, That calls alouà for veng ance, it went hand in hand, with the abhominable Idoll of the Masse, in the dayes of Queen Mary, and some of her Predecessors; when many hundreds of the dear Martyrs, and Saints of God, lost their precious lives in flames and prisons.