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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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I want time and memory to list, and file up the names of those strong Holds, and seemingly impregnable Fortifications which God hath brought down, even of late, and delivered up into the hands of your Armies, (to pass by in silence these great things done formerly since the beginning of these Civill Wars.)
I want time and memory to list, and file up the names of those strong Holds, and seemingly impregnable Fortifications which God hath brought down, even of late, and delivered up into the hands of your Armies, (to passe by in silence these great things done formerly since the beginning of these Civill Wars.)
Shrewsbury, Leicester, Scarborough, Pontefract, Stoakeley-Castle in Shropshire, Cannon From, taken by our Brethren of Scotland; The Garrison at Highworth Church in Wiltshire, Bridgewater, Bathe, and Sherborne-Castle, some of the mercies which we this day celebrate.
Shrewsbury, Leicester, Scarborough, Pomtefract, Stoakeley-Castle in Shropshire, Cannon Froom, taken by our Brethren of Scotland; The Garrison at Highworth Church in Wiltshire, Bridgewater, Bathe, and Sherborn-Castle, some of the mercies which we this day celebrate.
And thus God hath brought down their Bars in every sense.