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Spiritual whoredom discovered in a sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons assembled…Spirituall vvhordome discovered in a sermon preach'd before the Honourable House of Commons assembled…
Spiritual whoredom discovered in a sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons assembled in Parliament, upon the solemn day of humiliation, May 26. 1647. / By Tho. Case, preacher in Milkstreet, London; and one of the Assembly of Divines.Spirituall vvhordome discovered in a sermon preach'd before the Honourable House of Commons assembled in Parliament, upon the solemn day of humiliation, May 26. 1647. / By Tho. Case, preacher in Milkstreet, London; and one of the Assembly of Divines.
London: printed by J. Macock for Luke Fawne, 1647London: printed by J. Macock for Luke Favvne, 1647
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And can all this go without creature-trust and carnal confidence? 1Woe unto us for surely we make flesh our arm, and our heart is departed from the living God; we have made any thing our God but God. Alas Fathers and Brethren, my spirit doth fail me in relating these things! Did I ever think I should have had occasion to have made such sad complaints in England of England? Who could have believed that England could so soon have made an Apostasy from her God! Who could have believed that England could have so soon forgotten her Bridegroom the Lord Jesus Christ? Especially having so lately re-espoused her self unto him by Solemn Covenant! Jer. 2.12, 13. Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, 2and be ye horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord: For England, Gods people, the spouse of Jesus Christ, hath committed two evils; they have forsaken me, the fountain of living water, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns that can hold no water. 3Vers. 10. Pass over the Isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. So may I say, go over to Spain and France and Rome: Yea pass ye over to Constantinople and Egypt, &c. Have any of these Nations changed their religion which was no religion; and forsaken their gods which were no gods? But England hath changed her glory for that which doth not profit. These are some of the whoredoms that are found in England, but what are the aggravations?
And can all this go without creature-trust and carnal confidence? 1Wo unto us for surely we make flesh our arm, and our heart is departed from the living God; we have made any thing our God but God. Alas Fathers and Brethren, my spirit doth fail me in relating these things! Did I ever think I should have had occasion to have made such sad complaints in England of England? Who could have beleeved that England could so soon have made an Apostacy from her God! Who could have beleeved that England could have so soon forgotten her Bridegroom the Lord Jesus Christ? Especially having so lately re-espoused her self unto him by Solemn Covenant!