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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 8
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8. Observ. From thence you may take an eighth Observation, viz. The strongest, and scuningly most inconquerable impediments and obstructions that stand in the way of the Churches deliverance, shall he all broken in pieces, and become as dirt, when Gods time of deliverance is come.
8. Observ. From thence you may take an eighth Observation, viz. The strongest, and scuningly most inconquerable impediments and obstructions that stand in the way of the Churches deliverance, shall he all broken in peices, and become as dirt, when Gods time of deliverance is come.
Take the word as it is translated, Their Nobles, that is, The King and Princes of Babylon: So translated from their Office, and that will make a ninth Observation: sc.
9. Kings and Princes, and the Nobles of a Land, they ought to be as Towers and Bars, strength and safety, to a Kingdom and Nation.
9. Kings and Princes, and the Nobles of a Land, they ought to be as Towers and Barres, strength and safety, to a Kingdom and Nation.