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A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons at Westminster, August 22. 1645.…
A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons at Westminster, August 22. 1645. Being the day appointed for their solemn thanksgiving unto God for his several mercies to the forces of the Parliament in divers parts of the kingdom, in the gaining of the towns of Bath and Bridgewater, and of Scarborough-Castle, and Sherborne-Castle, and for the dispersing of the Clubmen, and the good success in Pembroke-shire. By Thomas Case, preacher at Milkstreet, and one of the Assembly of Divines.A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons at Westminster, August 22. 1645. Being the day appointed for their solemn thanksgiving unto God for his several mercies to the forces of the Parliament in divers parts of the kingdome, in the gaining of the towns of Bath and Bridgewater, and of Scarborough-Castle, and Sherborn-Castle, and for the dispersing of the Clubmen, and the good successe in Pembroke-shire. By Thomas Case, preacher at Milkstreet, and one of the Assembly of Divines.
London: printed by Ruth Raworth for Luke Fawne, 1645
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First, To discover to us the difference of mercies. Some mercies you see there be, which God bestows on his people for their sake; Deliverances from, and victories over their enemies: God subdues and destroys Armies, and Countries, and Nations; before them; and all this he doth for his peoples sake; he hath respect to them in such works as these be: But some works there be, which God doth only for his own sake; such as are
First, To discover to us the difference of mercies. Some mercies you see there be, which God bestows on his people for their sake; Deliverances from, and victories over their enemies: God subdues and destroyes Armies, and Countreys, and Nations; before them; and all this he doth for his peoples sake; he hath respect to them in such works as these be: But some works there be, which God doth onely for his own sake; such as are
Predestination] 1Having predestinated us to the Adoption of Children to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will. To himself; and the good pleasure of his will: The good pleasure of his will, the ground; and to himself, the end.