A85487:156
The saints support, set out in a sermon preached before the Honourable House of…
The saints support, set out in a sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons assembled in Parliament. At a public fast, 29. June, 1642. By William Gouge.The saints support, set out in a sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons assembled in Parliament. At a publick fast, 29. Iune, 1642. By William Gouge.
London: printed by G. M. for Joshua Kirton, 1642
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. He is a Support, because he is God.
2. He is so to Saints, because he is a peculiar God to them.
3. Saints know it to be so, in that they are Gods Remembrancers, and call upon him to think upon them.
3. Saints know it to be so, in that they are Gods Remembrancers, and call upon him to thinke upon them.
4. Saints with more confidence rest on God for Support, because his mind is soonest drawn to them: whereupon every Saint saith to God, think upon me.
4. Saints with more confidence rest on God for Support, because his mind is soonest drawne to them: whereupon every Saint saith to God, thinke upon me.