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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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2. For the Lords sake take heed of self-interests, and by-ends: Where these prevail, there can be nothing done for the Lords sake: Either the Lords work is not done, or not done to his mind, or not for his sake, which is all one with not doing of it at all, and will bring a curse with it. 1Cursed be he that doth the work of the Lord negligently.
2. For the Lords sake take heed of self-interests, and by-ends: Where these prevail, there can be nothing done for the Lords sake: Either the Lords work is not done, or not done to his minde, or not for his sake, which is all one with not doing of it at all, and will bring a curse with it. 1Cursed be he that doth the work of the Lord negligently.
Hence it was that Jehu's zeal in doing execution upon the house of Ahab, when God comes to reckon, is set upon the score of Murder, Hos. 1. Jehu writes service, God writes murder: Jehu sets down zeal, God sets down blood; and all because he did the Lords work in the pursuit of his own base and sinful ends and interests. O that you would shake off these Vipers from your hands and hearts. If you will not shake them off, God will shake you off: If you will not shake these out of your bosoms, God will shake you out of his.
Hence it was that Jehu's zeal in doing execution upon the house of Ahab, when God comes to reckon, is set upon the score of Murder, Hos. 1. Jehu writes service, God writes murder: Jehu sets down zeal, God sets down blood; and all because he did the Lords work in the pursuit of his own base and sinfull ends and interests. O that you would shake off these Vipers from your hands and hearts. If you will not shake them off, God will shake you off: If you will not shake these out of your bosoms, God will shake you out of his.