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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… › Doctrine
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So here, Israel delivered out of Captivity, and the Babylonians sacrificed in their room to Divine Justice, and God reconciled to Israel. 1And to this purpose the Septuagint read it, I have given Egypt, &c. by way of exchange for thee: And so the Text reads on, I will give men for thee, and people for thy life.
- 1Feci commutationem tuam Egyptum. Isa. 43.4.
This may be the first sense: For thee, or for thy sake.
2. For thee; In commodum tuum, In liberationem tuam. I have sent Cyrus to Babylon for thee; that is, for thy good, for thy enlargement and deliverance out of Captivity, to serve thee, as Isai. 45.13. He shall let go my captives, &c.