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A sermon preached before the Right Honourable House of Lords, in the Abbey Church…A sermon preached before the Right Honorable House of Lords, in the Abbey Church…
A sermon preached before the Right Honourable House of Lords, in the Abbey Church at Westminster, Wednesday the 25. day of June, 1645. Being the day appointed for a solemn and public humiliation. / By Samuel Rutherfurd Professor of Divinity at St. Andrews.A sermon preached before the Right Honorable House of Lords, in the Abbey Church at Westminster, Wednesday the 25. day of Iune, 1645. Being the day appointed for a solemne and publique humiliation. / By Samuel Rutherfurd Professor of Divinitie at St. Andrews.
London: printed by R.C. for Andrew Crook, 1645
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Fifthly,1 the precious pearl of the Gospel is carried in this ship, yea Christ who holdeth the seven stars, and walketh in the midst of the golden Candlesticks, is in the ship. Be not afraid (said the Emperor to the waterman) th•u carriest Caesar: So here Christ saith to the shipmen, Be not afraid, you carry the King of Kings in this poor Bark of the Church; indeed there be more precious wares in the ship, then if she carried from India millions of Navies of Gold, and shipfuls of Diamonds and Rubies.
Fiftly,1 the pretious pearle of the Gospel is carried in this ship, yea Christ who holdeth the seven starres, and walketh in the midst of the golden Candlesticks, is in the ship. Bee not afraid (said the Emperour to the waterman) th•u carriest Caesar: So here Christ saith to the shipmen, Bee not afraid, you carry the King of Kings in this poore Barke of the Church; indeed there bee more pretious wares in the ship, then if shee carried from India millions of Navies of Gold, and shipfulls of Diamonds and Rubies.
- 1The wares of the ship.
Sixthly,1 there be many passengers of divers qualities, of which I speak with reference to the times; as first, some green professors believed (as children do) it was but a play to be engaged for the good cause. But when the King left his Parliament and made war with his good Subjects of both kingdoms, they then became to be Sea-sick, and to vomit out their protestations and covenant; men should seriously put down in paper aforehand what it will cost them, if they indent with Christ to follow him,