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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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A Sermon of Thanksgiving, for the taking of Bridgewater and Sherbor… › Application › Application 2
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Take Bariach with Jerome, for principes populi: God hath pretty well brought them down too. The Malignant Nobility and Gentry of the Kingdom have known to their cost, what it is to oppose God, and rise up against Christ, would they see the hand of God, now it is lifted up.
Next to the Bishops and Popish Clergy of the Land, they have been the greatest scorners and opposers of Reformation, and active Incendiaries in this combustion, the flames whereof have devoured 1the great deep, and eaten up a part: Ireland almost consumed, and a great part of England and Scotland laid waste. I say, God hath so broken, and brought them down, that we may in a great part translate the words in my Text, as some do, 2Omnes illi fugitivi; They are all fugitives: 3God hath made many of them fly, and others of them fall, before you and your Armies; so that that Prophecy seems to reckon upon our times: 4In mine ears, saith the Lord of Hosts, of a truth many Houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without Inhabitant.
Next to the Bishops and Popish Clergy of the Land, they have been the greatest scorners and opposers of Reformaon, and active Incendiaries in this combustion, the flames whereof have devoured 1the great deep, and eaten up a part: Ireland almost consumed, and a great part of England and Scotland laid waste. I say, God hath so broken, and brought them down, that we may in a great part translate the words in my Text, as some do, 2Omnes illi fugitivi; They are all fugitives: