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Eben-ezer a memorial of the deliverance of Essex, county, and committee, being an exposition…Eben-ezer a memoriall of the deliverance of Essex, county, and committee, being an exposition…
Eben-ezer a memorial of the deliverance of Essex, county, and committee, being an exposition on the first ten verses of the third chapter of the prophecy of Habakkuk in two sermons. The first preached at Colchester before his Excellency on a day of thanksgiving for the surrender thereof. The other at Rumford unto the committee who were imprisoned by the enemy Sep. 28. a day set apart unto thanksgiving for their deliverance. / By John Owen pastor of the church of God which is at Coggeshall.Eben-ezer a memoriall of the deliverance of Essex, county, and committee, being an exposition on the first ten verses of the third chapter of the prophesie of Habakkuk in two sermons. The first preached at Colchester before his Excellency on a day of thanksgiving for the surrender thereof. The other at Rumford unto the committee who were imprisoned by the enemy Sep. 28. a day set apart unto thanksgiving for their deliverance. / By John Ovven pastor of the church of God which is at Coggeshall.
London: printed by W. Wilson, 1648
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Dedication: To the Worthy and Honoured Sir William Masham, Sir William Rowe with the rest of the Ge…
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It cannot de denyed, but that Providence was eminently exalted, in the work of your protection and delivery: yet truly for my part, I cannot but conceive ⟨image 5⟩that it veils to the Efficacy of Grace, in preventing you, from putting forth your hands unto iniquity, in any sinful compliance with the enemies of our peace. The times wherein we live, have found the latter more rare then the former. What God wrought in you, hath the preeminence of what he wrought for you: as much, as to be given up to the Sword, is a lesser evil, then to be given up to a Treacherous Spirit.
It cannot de denyed, but that Providence was eminently exalted, in the work of your protection and delivery: yet truly for my part, I cannot but conceive ⟨image 5⟩that it vayles to the Efficacy of Grace, in preventing you, from putting forth your hands unto iniquity, in any sinfull compliance with the enemies of our peace. The times wherein we live, have found the latter more rare then the former. What God wrought in you, hath the preheminence of what he wrought for you: as much, as to be given up to the Sword, is a lesser evill, then to be given up to a Treacherous Spirit.
What God hath done for you all, all men know; what I desire you should do for God, I know no reason, why I should make alike public. The general and particular civilities I have received, from all and every one of you, Advantaging me to make it out in another way. I shall add nothing then to what you will meet withal, in the following Discourse, but only my Desire that you would seriously ponder the 11th Observation with the deductions from thence. For the rest, I no way fear, but that that God, who hath so appeared with you, and for you, will so indulge to your spirits, the presence and Guidance of his Grace, in these shaking times, that if any speak evil of you as of evil doers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good Conversation in Christ, and glorify God in the day of Visitation.