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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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Sermons › Sermon 1: The first Sermon Preached at Laurence Church, on the Fast-day, Septem. 27. 1643.
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Fifthly, 1Among all the excellencies and perfections that are in God. God seems to take high delight and contentment in this, and therefore doth often delight and admire himself for it. Deut. 7.9. The Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth Covenant and Mercy. Psal. 89 28. My Covenant shall stand fast. Vers. 34. My Covenant will I not break, &c. And as he glori•s in it himself; for he calleth upon his people to glorify him in this his Excellency. Jerem. 9.24. Let him that glory th•glory in this, That he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord, which exercise, loving kindness, judgement, and righteousness in the earth. The righteousness of God is especially seen in keeping Covenant with his people, and in this, he calls them to glory. And so they do, It is one of the high and glorious titles that Daniel ascribes to God in his Prayers: Dan. 9.4 O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping Covenant, and Mercy, &c. Psal. 105 8. He hath remembered his Covenant for ever. Psal. 111 5. He will ever be mindful of his Covenant. It is the Name, for which he is so dreadful in his praises, Vers. 9. He hath commanded h•s Covenant for ever, holy, and reverend is his Name. Now surely, That Excellency which God doth so admire and magnify in himself; the contrary thereof, his soul doth most of all, hate, or abhor, in a people, or person; we ⟨p. 7⟩see it in our own experience, That vice we most of all hate in our children or servants, the contrary virtue whereof, doth most of all please and delight us in our selves.
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