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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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But now, let your Reformation be poor, and mean, and low at first, such as wicked men may sit securely under; you discourage & kill the hearts of the godly that have been praying for you, and expecting a Reformation from you; encourage the common people to trample upon your Reformation, and the Ministry; and render your selves cheap and contemptible to all the reformed Churches, who do certainly stand at a gaze upon Englands Parliament and Assembly, expecting not only ⟨p. 28⟩that you should follow them, but that you should hold forth to all the Christian world the most full, purest and glorious Reformation that hath been since the Churches have begun to shake off the yoke of Antichristian Bondage.
But now, let your Reformation be poor, and mean, and low at first, such as wicked men may sit securely under; you discourage & kill the hearts of the godly that have been praying for you, and expecting a Reformation from you; encourage the common people to trample upon your Reformation, and the Ministery; and render your selves cheap and contemptible to all the reformed Churches, who do certainly stand at a gaze upon Englands Parliament and Assembly, expecting not onely ⟨p. 28⟩that you should follow them, but that you should hold forth to all the Christian world the most full, purest and glorious Reformation that hath been since the Churches have begun to shake off the yoke of Antichristian Bondage.
You have done admirably in the destructive and purging part of Reformation: with Hezekiah, 1You have brought out the uncleanness that was found in the Temple of the Lord. You have pulled up every plant which by our heavenly Father hath not planted, and taken out of his Kingdom whatsoever did offend; and the Lord bless you for it.
You have done admirably in the destructive and purging part of Reformation: with Hezekiah,