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Scions praises. Opened in a sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor,…Sions praises. Opened in a sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor,…
Scions praises. Opened in a sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, aldermen and common council of London: on the day of solemn thanksgiving unto God for his long and gracious preservation of that great city, from pestilence, fire, and other dangers. By Edward Reynolds. D.D.Sions praises. Opened in a sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, aldermen and common council of London: on the day of solemn thanksgiving unto God for his long and gracious preservation of that great city, from pestilence, fire, and other dangers. By Edward Reynolds. D.D.
London: printed by Tho. Newcomb for George Thomason, 1657
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3. Arguments enforcing it, drawn from consideration, 1. Of Gods Relation unto them, as The Lord, that had authority over them, as Thy God, that was in covenant with them. 2. Of the Benefits wrought for them, wherein is considerable, 1. The substance of them, ver. 13, 14. 2. The manner how performed, by a powerful and a speedy efficacy, v. 15.
In the substance of the Benefits, we have a great Climax and gradation of mercy.
First, Jerusalem and Zion, which erewhile lay ruinous and desolate, have now walls, and those walls gates, and those gates bars, and those bars strengthened and made fast by the hand of God; By all which we understand both the material walls and gates newly built by Nehemiah, maugre the opposition of Sanballat and Tobiah, Nehem. 2. 8, 9. 6. 1. 7. 1. and also the policy and government, which is said to be administered in the gates, Deut. 21. 19. Amos 5. 15. for the strength, the walls, the gates of a Kingdom stands in the righteous administration of judgment, whereby the throne is established, Prov. 16▪ 12.
First, Jerusalem and Sion, which erewhile lay ruinous and desolate, have now walls, and those walls gates, and those gates bars, and those bars strengthened and made fast by the hand of God; By all which we understand both the material walls and gates newly built by Nehemiah, maugre the opposition of Sanballat and Tobiah,