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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… › Introduction
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And thus it follows in my Text:
And the Chaldeans] i.e. As in that place of Jer. The inhabitants, or the common-people of Babylon; not only the Nobles and great Commanders, but upon all the people, all the military forces of Babylon; called, Jer. 50.37. The mingled ⟨p. 4⟩people that were in the midst of her. The King of Babylon having hired Soldiers of all Nations to serve in his Army: Why now, saith God, All these have I brought down; that is, made to fall or flee before the Medes and Persians.
And the Caldeans] i.e. As in that place of Jer. The inhabitants, or the common-people of Babylon; not onely the Nobles and great Commanders, but upon all the people, all the military forces of Babylon; called, Jer. 50.37. The mingled ⟨p. 4⟩people that were in the midst of her. The King of Babylon having hired Souldiers of all Nations to serve in his Army: Why now, saith God, All these have I brought down; that is, made to fall or flee before the Medes and Persians.
Whose cry is in the ships] In navibus gloriantes, or ovantes; who boast and glory in their Shipping: So some. But I conceive it rather, it is meant of the cry and howling they made while either they were fleeing from the Medes and Persians in Ships, the passages by land being stopped up, as Jer. 31.31. or while they were carried away prisoners by the Medes and Persians in ships: Their cry went up to heaven.