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A sermon preached to the Honourable House of Commons, in Parliament assembled
A sermon preached to the Honourable House of Commons, in Parliament assembled: on January 31. A day of solemn humiliation. With a discourse about toleration, and the duty of the civill magistrate about religion, thereunto annexed. Humbly presented to them, and all peace-loving men of this nation. / By John Owen, pastor of the Church of Christ, which is at Coggeshall in Essex.A sermon preached to the Honourable House of Commons, in Parliament assembled: on January 31. A day of solemne humiliation. With a discourse about toleration, and the duty of the civill magistrate about religion, thereunto annexed. Humbly presented to them, and all peace-loving men of this nation. / By John Owen, pastor of the Church of Christ, which is at Coggeshall in Essex.
London: printed by Matthew Simmons for Henry Cripps, 1649
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A Sermon Preached to the Honourable House of Commons, Jan. 31. 1648.
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2. We want Faith also in the Lords work, turn to our own counsels for supportment; no marvel, if we come short of assistance; If we will not believe we shall not be established.
2. We want Faith also in the Lords worke, turne to our owne counsels for supportment; no marvell, if we come short of assistance; If we will not beleeve we shall not be established.
Look to sincerity in working, and faith in dependence, Gods truth and fidelity will carry him out to give you inconquerable supportment: Deflexion from these, will be your destruction: You that are working on a new Bottom, work also on new principles, put not new Wine into old Bottles, new designs into old Hearts.
Looke to sinceritie in working, and faith in dependance, Gods truth and fidelity will carry him out to give you inconquerable supportment: Deflexion from these, will be your destruction: You that are working on a new Bottome, worke also on new principles, put not new Wine into old Bottles, new designes into old Hearts.
Secondly, He is engaged in point of Honour, if they miscarry in his way, What will he do for his great name? Yea so tender is the Lord herein of his Glory, that when he hath been exceedingly provoked to remove men out of his presence yet because they have been called by his Name, and have visibly held forth a following after him, he would not suffer them to be trodden down, left the enemy should exalt themselves, and say, Where is now their God? They shall not take from him the honour of former Deliverances and protections: In such a Nation as this, if the Lord now upon manifold provocations should give up Parliament, People, Army to calamity, ⟨p. 26⟩