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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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If therefore you would be accepted, out with your Idols; 1cast •ut the love of sin out of your hearts; and be upright with your God in this holy undertaking. It is the main Qualification in the Text; They shall enquire the way to Zion with their faces […] i. e. In sincerity, with uprightness of Spirit, with the full set and bent of their souls: As it is said of Christ, when he went t• his Passion, 2He steadfastly set his face to go up to Jerusalem. He went with all his heart to be crucified; with a strong […] spirit. Beloved, we are not going to crucifying work, ([…], it be to crucify the flesh with the affections and lusts) but to ••arriage-work; to join our selves to the Lord in an everlasting Covenant, &c. Let us do it with our faces Zion-ward; yea, let us steadfastly set our faces, Reformation-ward, and Heaven-ward, and ⟨p. 74⟩God-ward, and Christ-ward, with whom we enter Covenant this day.
If therefore you would be accepted, out with your Idols; 1cast •ut the love of sin out of your hearts; and be upright with your God in this holy undertaking. It is the main Qualification in the Text; They shall enquire the way to Sion with their faces 〈…〉 i. e. In sincerity, with uprightnesse of Spirit, with the full set and bent of their souls: As it is said of Christ, when he went t• his Passion, 2He stedfastly set his face to go up to Jerusalem. He went with all his heart to be crucified; with a strong 〈…〉 spirit. Beloved, we are not going to crucifying work, (〈…〉, it be to crucifie the flesh with the affections and lusts) but to ••arriage-work; to joyn our selves to the Lord in an everlasting Covenant, &c. Let us do it with our faces Sion-ward; yea, let us stedfastly set our faces, Reformation-ward, and Heaven-ward, and