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A sermon preached to the Parliament, Octob. 13. 1652. A day of solemn humiliation.…A sermon preached to the Parliament, Octob. 13. 1652. A day of solemne humiliation.…
A sermon preached to the Parliament, Octob. 13. 1652. A day of solemn humiliation. Concerning the kingdom of Christ, and the power of the civil magistrate about the things of the worship of God. / By John Owen.A sermon preached to the Parliament, Octob. 13. 1652. A day of solemne humiliation. Concerning the kingdome of Christ, and the power of the civile magistrate about the things of the worship of God. / By John Owen.
Oxford: printed by Leonard Lichfield printer to the University for Thomas Robinson, 1652
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3. You shall surely know your own particular paths, wherein you ought to walk, in serving God in your Generation, those that wait upon him he will guide in judgment: he will not leave them in the dark, nor to distracted, divided, piercing thoughts: but what ere others do, you shall be guided into ways of ⟨p. 36⟩peace: this you shall have when the lusts of men will let neither themselves, nor others be at quiet. Oh, then return to your rest, look to him from whom you have gone astray: take no more disturbing Counsel with your selves, or others; renew your old frame of humble dependence on God, and earnest seeking his face; you have certainly backsliden in this thing.
3. You shall surely know your own particular pathes, wherein you ought to walke, in serving God in your Generation, those that waite upon him he will guide in judgment: he will not leave them in the darke, nor to distracted, divided, piercing thoughts: but what ere others doe, you shall be guided into wayes of ⟨p. 36⟩peace: this you shall have when the lusts of men will let neither thēselves, nor others be at quiet. Oh, then returne to your rest, looke to him from whom you have gone astray: take no more disturbing Counsell with your selves, or others; renew your old frame of humble dependance on God, and earnest seeking his face; you have certainly backsliden in this thing.
Is not the Lord the God of Counsel and Wisdom, as well as the God of force and power, that you run to him when in a strait in your Actions, but when your counsels seem sometimes to be mixed with a spirit of difficulty and trouble, he is neglected: only come with humble depending hearts, not every one to bring the Devises, Imaginations, Opinions, Prejudices, and Lust of their own hearts before him:
Is not the Lord the God of Counsell and Wisdome, as well as the God of force and power, that you run to him when in a streight in your Actions, but when your counsells seem sometimes to be mixt with a spirit of difficulty and trouble, he is neglected: only come with humble depending hearts, not every one to bring the Devises, Imaginations, Opinions, Prejudices, and Lust of their own hearts before him: