The heads of some sermons preached at Finnick, the 17 of August. 1662 By…

Now is there any of you that has a heart to believe in this case, that the result of this shall be the most glorious work for the good of the Church, that ever came about? Have ye an heart to believe this truth? I dare say ye want nothing, but an heart to believe it. Do ye believe this, that these uncouth dispensations shall bring about the most glorious works, that ever our eyes saw? This will be, whether ye believe it or not. God never brought about such an uncouth dispensation, but he brought about a most glorious work at the back of it. Christ Jesus is, in a manner, now dead and buried: goodsooth his being buried will make him victorious over them all. The uncouthest dispensation that ever was, brought ay about the most glorious Work for the Church. No body has an heart to believe this. Has any of you an heart to believe this Doctrine. that the whole tenor of the Bible holds out that the Lord by uncouth dispensations brings ay about a most glorious work for the good of the Church? Have ye an heart to believe this? Has any of you that Charity to give God, that believes all things, and hopes all things, without which though a man would give all his goods to the poor, and his body to be burnt, it were an unacceptable sacrifice. Ye must have ⟨p. 60⟩that charity, that bodes ay luck on God's hand, and thinks ay liberally of him. Have ye an heart to believe this, that the generation to come will have the Lord to bless, for strange and uncouth Dispensations? Every generation yet had the Lord to bless, for the uncouth dispensations that were trysted with their fore-fathers Has any of you an heart to believe that the generation to come will have the Lord to bless, for these uncouth dispensations that now we are trysted with? The Truths of God are now buried, the Covenant is buried; that great Truth [that CHRIST is sole HEAD of his CHURCH, and LORD over the CONSCIENCES of Men] is now buried. Now has any of you an heart to believe it, that the burial of the Covenant will be the resurrection and glory of the Covenant? Has any of you an heart to believe this? It will be true enough, believe it as ye will, that burial of the Covenant shall be the resurrection and glory of the Covenant: it shall be seen, to their everlasting shame, that it was an uncanny gate that they took for themselves, to break the Covenant, that day they broke it, and burnt it at the Cross of London.

Now is there any of you that has a heart to believe in this case, that the result of this shall be the most glorious work for the good of the Church, that ever came about? Have ye an heart to believe this truth? I dare say ye want nothing, but an heart to believe it. Do ye believe this, that these uncouth dispensations shall bring about the most glorious works, that ever our eyes saw? This will be, whether ye believe it or not. God never brought about such an uncouth dispensation, but he brought about a most glorious work at the back of it. Christ Jesus is, in a manner, now dead and buried: goodsooth his being buried will make him victorious over them all. The uncouthest dispensation that ever was, brought ay about the most glorious Work for the Church. No body has an heart to believe this. Has any of you an heart to believe this Doctrin. that the whole tenor of the Bible holds out that the Lord by uncouth dispensations brings ay about a most glorious work for the good of the Church? Have ye an heart to believe this? Has any of you that Charity to give God, that believes all things, and hopes all things, without which though a man would give all his goods to the poor, and his body to be burnt, it were an unacceptable sacrifice. Ye must have