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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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To conclude therefore, since this Prelacy in the Article, t••is many headed Monster of Archbishops, Bishops, their Chan•••rs and Commissaries, Deans, Deans and Chapters, Arch-D•••ons, and all other Beel s•••licall Officers depending on that Hierarchy, is the Beast, wherewith we fight in this Covenant, which hath been found so destructive to Church and State; Let ⟨p. 51⟩us not fear to take this Sword of the Covenant of God into our hands, and say to this Enemy of Christ, as Samuel said once to Agag, (at what time he said within himself, Surely the bitterness of death is past) As thy sword hath made women childless, 1so shall thy mother be childless among women. So hath Prelacy flattered it self, finding such a party to stand up on it side among the rotten Lords and Commons, the debauched Gentry, and abused people of the Kingdom; Surely, the bitterness of death is past. I sit as a Queen, and shall not know Widow-hood, or l•sse of children. In the midst of this security and pride (the infallible forerunners of her downfall) let us call her forth, and say,
To conclude therefore, since this Prelacy in the Article, t••is many headed Monster of Archbishops, Bishops, their Chan•••rs and Commissaries, Deans, Deans and Chapters, Arch-D•••ons, and all other Beel s•••licall Officers depending on that Hierar••y, is the Beast, wherewith we fight in this Covenant, which hath been found so distructive to Church and State; Let ⟨p. 51⟩us not fear to take this Sword of the Covenant of God into our hands, and say to this Enemy of Christ, as Samuel said once to Agag, (at what time he said within himself, Surely the bitternesse of death is past) As thy sword hath made women childlsse,