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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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Thirdly, Take notice how vainly and ignorantly the Philosophers and other wise men of the world, have discoursed of the Rise and Ruin of the Nations and Kingdoms of the world: They have dreamt of the periods of Monarchies and States; 1The […] whereof some make 50, some 100; some 300, the […] 500 years; the great Astrologers have consulted the Stars, and the Influences, and Houses of the Heavens: But they have not consulted the God of the Stars, the Maker and Upholder of Heaven and Earth: They have not consulted Gods Oracles, where this great Mystery is revealed; and the Reasons and Causes of all these alterations and confusions that befall the great and mighty Empires and Dominions of the World, discovered to the sons of men; namely, the deliverance and enlargement of the Church, and therein the propagation and exaltation of the Kingdom of his dear Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, the great end of ends, they have been ignorant of: The ways of God they have known.
Thirdly, Take notice how vainly and ignorantly the Philosophers and other wisemen of the world, have discoursed of the Rise and Ruine of the Nations and Kingdoms of the world: They have dreamt of the periods of Monarchies and States; 1The 〈…〉 whereof some make 50, some 100; some 300, the 〈…〉 500 yeers; the great Astrologers have consulted the Stars, and the Influences, and Houses of the Heavens: But they have not consulted the God of the Stars, the Maker and Upholder of Heaven and Earth: They have not consulted Gods Oracles, where this great Mystery is revealed; and the Reasons and Causes of all these alterations and confusions that befall the great and mighty Empires and Dominions of the World, discovered to the sons of men; namely, the deliverance and enlargement of the Church, and therein the propagation and exaltation of the Kingdom of his dear Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, the great end of ends, they have been ignorant of: The wayes of God they have known.
- 1Vid. Victor. Strigel. Aphoris. Polit. & Johan. a Cokier Aphorism. Polit.