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The root of apostasy, and fountain of true fortitude. Delivered in a sermon before…The root of apostacy, and fountain of true fortitude. Delivered in a sermon before…
The root of apostasy, and fountain of true fortitude. Delivered in a sermon before rhe [sic] Honourable House of Commons, on their late day of thanks-giving for the great victory given to Sir William Waller and the forces with him, against the army of Sir Ralph Hopton. By Thomas Case, Preacher at Milk-street, London, and one of the Assembly of Divines.The root of apostacy, and fountain of true fortitude. Delivered in a sermon before rhe [sic] Honourable House of Commons, on their late day of thanks-giving for the great victory given to Sir William Waller and the forces with him, against the army of Sir Ralph Hopton. By Thomas Case, Preacher at Milk-street, London, and one of the Assembly of Divines.
London: printed by J. R. for Luke Fawne, 1644
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But thirdly, to come a little nearer:
Is Covenant treachery the root of Apostasy?
Is Covenant treachery the root of Apostacy?
Then Christians look to your Covenants, so solemnly made, and so often renewed: What conscientiousness canst plead before God, in the Civill, and Politic reference of thy Covenants? What command have these solemn Covenants had over your Estates, Interests, Persons, in all these several and successive Emergencies, which have called upon thee to come forth, to the help of the Lord against the mighty? What vigilance, and circumspection in the religious part? What power have your Covenants had over your conversation, in adorning that according to the rule? Sit down, I beseech you, and set up a Tribunal in your own Consciences, and let Christ sit as Judge.
Then Christians look to your Covenants, so solemnly made, and so often renewed: What conscienciousnesse canst plead before God, in the Civill, and Politike reference of thy Covenants? What command have these solemn Covenants had over your Estates, Interests, Persons, in all these severall and successive Emergencies, which have call'd upon thee to come forth, to the help of the Lord against the mighty? What vigilance, and circumspection in the religious part? What power have your Covenants had over your conversation, in adorning that according to the rule? Sit down, I beseech you, and set up a Tribunall in your own Consciences, and let Christ sit as Judge.