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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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2. That it falls under the Sanction not of a promise only, but of an oath also. Isai. 45.23. I have sworn by my self; the word is gone out of my mouth, in righteousness, and shall not return: That unto me every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall swear? An oath it is the Seal of the Covenant; and this honour God hath challenged to himself by an irrevocable Oath. I have sworn, &c. That to me every tongue shall swear. Now as it was the honour of the Priesthood of Christ, above the Priests under the Law; That whereas they were made Priests by the word only of command; Christ was made a Priest by the word of Oath, by him that said unto him. Heb. 7.21. The Lord sware, and will not repent, Thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. So it is the high honour and dignity of this duty and prerogative of the people of God; That whereas others are conferred upon them, only by the word of promise: This is established by the word of Oath, by him that said, I have sworn by my self, that to me every tongue shall swear. And by this you may take the measure of this sin, since by how much the more high and glorious the service and privilege is; of so much the more vile and hateful an aggravation must the profanation of it needs be. And this last demonstration may serve in general as a bottom and foundation of the next account I am to make: scil.
2. That it fals under the Sanction not of a promise onely, but of an oath also. Isai. 45.23. I have sworne by my self; the word is gone out of my mouth, in righteousnesse, and shall not return: That unto me every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall swear? An oath it is the Seal of the Covenant; and this honour God hath challenged to himself by an irrevecable Oath. I have sworne, &c. That to me every tongue shall swear. Now as it was the honour of the Priesthood of Christ, above the Priests under the Law; That whereas they were made Priests by the word onely of command; Christ was made a Priest by the word of Oath, by him that said unto him. Heb. 7.21. The Lord sware, and will not repent, Thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedeck. So it is the high honour and dignity of this duty and prerogative of the people of God; That whereas others are conferred upon them, onely by the word of promise: This is established by the word of Oath, by him that said, I have swerne by my self, that to me every tongue shall swear. And by this you may take the measure of this sin, since by how much the more high and glorious the service and priviledge is; of so much the more vile and hatefull an aggravation must the prophanation of it needs be. And this last demonstration may serve in generall as a bottome and foundation of the next account I am to make: scil.