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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… › Observations › Observation 1
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1 Observ.
And first, from the circumstance of time when this promise was made; namely, some hundreds of years before the Captivity was brought upon them: Observe,
And first, from the circumstance of time when this promise was made; namely, some hundreds of yeers before the Captivity was brought upon them: Observe,
While God is yet bringing his people into trouble, yea, but yet threatening of them with trouble; he is meditating and contriving the ways and means (as I may so say) of bringing them out of their troubles.
While God is yet bringing his people into trouble, yea, but yet threatning of them with trouble; he is meditating and contriving the ways and means (as I may so say) of bringing them out of their troubles.
Hence it is, that the means of deliverance are not to seek when the time of deliverance is come. God hath his Balsams prepared, before he wounds his people; his Cordials, before he makes them sick with his Corrosives.