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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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THE words of my Text having a full dependence upon, and flowing out from, the main subject matter of the whole Chapter; I must of necessity take a view thereof, and hold out unto you the mind of God contained therein, before I enter upon the part thereof chiefly intended: And this I shall do with very brief Observations, that I may not anticipate my self, from a full opening and application of the words of my Text.
THE words of my Text having a full dependance upon, and flowing out from, the maine subject matter of the whole Chapter; I must of necessity take a view thereof, and hold out unto you the minde of God contained therein, before I enter upon the part thereof chiefly intended: And this I shall doe with very briefe Observations, that I may not anticipate my selfe, from a full opening and applycation of the words of my Text.
And this the rather are my thoughts led unto, because the whole Transaction of things between the Lord and a stubbornly sinful Nation, exceedingly accommodated to the carrying on of the controversy, he is now pleading with that wherein we live, is set out (as we say) to the life therein.
And this the rather are my thoughts led unto, because the whole Transaction of things between the Lord and a stubbornely sinfull Nation, exceedingly accommodated to the carrying on of the controversie, he is now pleading with that wherein wee live, is set out (as wee say) to the life therein.
Of the whole Chapter, there be these five parts.