A90268:13
God's presence with a people, the spring of their prosperity
God's presence with a people, the spring of their prosperity; with their special interest in abiding with Him. A sermon, preached to the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, at Westminster, Octob. 30. 1656. A day of solemn humiliation. / By John Owen, D.D. a servant of Jesus Christ, in the work of the Gospel. Printed by Order of Parliament.God's presence with a people, the spring of their prosperity; with their speciall interest in abiding with Him. A sermon, preached to the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, at Westminster, Octob. 30. 1656. A day of solemn humiliation. / By John Owen, D.D. a servant of Jesus Christ, in the work of the Gospel. Printed by Order of Parliament.
London: printed by R.N. for Philemon Stephens, 1656
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A Sermon Preached to the PARLIAMENT of England, at their Public Fast, held the 30. of Octob. 1656.
A Sermon Preached to the PARLIAMENT of England, at their Publick Fast, held the 30. of Octob. 1656.
2 CHRON. 15. 2. And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him; Hear ye me Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin, the Lord is with you, while ye be with him: and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; But if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
2 CHRON. 15. 2. And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him; Heare ye mee Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin, the Lord is with you, while ye be with him: and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; But if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
IT will not, I am sure, seem strange to any, that I have taken a Text to Preach on in a Day of Humiliation, out of a Thanksgiving Sermon, such as this discourse of Azariah seems to be; if they shall but consider the suitableness of the Instruction given therein, to any great and solemn occasion, whether of Humiliation, or rejoicing. The words indeed are the sum of all directions that in such Cases can be given; the standard of all Rules, and Exhortations, wherein any Nation, or people in any Condition are, or may be Concerned, so plainly measuring out our fate and lot, the Event, ⟨p. 2⟩