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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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4. The great and gracious hopes of a full and speedy regaining of the West, the poor almost-desolate West, which was as a garden of Eden before the enemy, but behind him a desolate Wilderness.
4. The great and gracious hopes of a full and speedy regaining of the West, the poor almost-desolate West, which was as a garden of Eden before the enemy, but behinde him a desolate Wildernesse.
My Brethren, behold a wonder; our Sun, contrary to the course of Nature, is risen in the West, where we were afraid it was going, if not gone down: But God hath wrought in as much wonder and more mercy for us, as once for Joshua: He hath commanded the Sun stand still in the West; yea, as once for Hezekiah, he hath brought it back by many degrees which it was gone down in the Western Horizon.
5. A fifth fruit is, The opening of the passages of Trade and Traffic, which a long time have been obstructed, to the great impoverishing of this City, and divers other Cities and Towns in the Kingdom.
5. A fifth fruit is, The opening of the passages of Trade and Traffick, which a long time have been obstructed, to the great impoveaishing of this City, and divers other Cities and Towns in the Kingdom.