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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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IT is the glory of God, 1That in the midst of Judgement he remembereth Mercy. This glory of God beams it self forth most beautifully in the later part of this Evangelical Prophecy, from the 40 Chap. to the end. This people of Israel were as yet hardly in Captivity: nay, the Prophets of God were but foretelling of it in their Sermons to the people; when God sends this Gospel-Prophet Isaiah with an Olive-branch of good tidings in his mouth, promises of redemption and deliverance out of Captivity, as so many Cordials and Preservatives to prevent desponding and despairing thoughts, as if God meant utterly to cast off his people, and to leave them to miscarry and perish in Babylon.
IT is the glory of God, 1That in the midst of Judgement he remembreth Mercy. This glory of God beams it self forth most beautifully in the later part of this Evangelical Prophecie, from the 40 Chap. to the end. This people of Israel were as yet hardly in Captivity: nay, the Prophets of God were but foretelling of it in their Sermons to the people; when God sends this Gospel-Prophet Isaiah with an Olive-branch of good tydings in his mouth, promises of redemption and deliverance out of Captivity, as so many Cordials and Preservatives to prevent desponding and despairing thoughts, as if God meant utterly to cast off his people, and to leave them to miscarry and perish in Babylon.
- 1Hab. 3.2.