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The wall & glory of Jerusalem, in a sermon preached in St. Pauls-Church London,…
The wall & glory of Jerusalem, in a sermon preached in St. Pauls-Church London, before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Lord General, aldermen, Common Council, and companies of the Honourable City of London, February 28. 1659. Being a day of solemn thanksgiving unto God, for restoring the Parliament and Common Council, and for preserving the City. By Edward Reynolds D.D.The wall & glory of Jerusalem, in a sermon preached in St. Pauls-Church London, before the Right Honorable the Lord Mayor, Lord General, aldermen, Common Council, and companies of the Honorable City of London, February 28. 1659. Being a day of solemn thanksgiving unto God, for restoring the Parliament and Common Council, and for preserving the City. By Edward Reynolds D.D.
London: printed by Tho for George Thomason, 1660
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Let us hold fast our God, and we need not fear our Enemy. If God be for us, who can be against us? Rom. 8. 31. If he justify, who can condemn? If he love, who can separate? Many will be against us to hate us, but none can be against us, to hurt us. Many will gird and gird again, many will take Counsel, and make a decree, many will rant it with Pharaoh, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil, my Lust shall be satisfied, I will draw my Sword, mine hand shall destroy. Exod. 15. 9. agam, ruam, rapiam, tundam, prosternam, as the proud Confident in the Comedian: But if he be Immanuel, God with us, they shall be broken, their Counsels shall not stand, their Decrees shall come to naught, he will strengthen, he will help, he will uphold with the right hand of his Righteousness, Isai. 8. 9, 10. Isai. 41. 10. Let the name of your City be Jehovah Shammah, the Lord is there, be zealous for his truth and worship, for his name and Glory, let him be in medio, in the midst of your Hearts to fear him, of your Counsels to follow him, of your Houses, your Trades, your Conversation to walk with him, provoke him not by your Impieties against him, by your unrighteousness ⟨p. 21⟩against men, and then, if there be any Help or Comfort against Danger in Heaven or Earth he can command it, if there be none he can create it,1 whatever is wanting he can supply and make it good out of himself,2 I will be a Wall.
Let us hold fast our God, and we need not fear our Enemie. If God be for us, who can be against us? Rom. 8. 31. If he justifie, who can condemn? If he love, who can seperate? Many will be against us to hate us, but none can be against us, to hurt us. Many will girde and girde again, many will take Counsel, and make a decree, many will raunt it with Pharaoh, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil, my Lust shall be satisfied, I will draw my Sword, mine hand shall destroy.