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An ark against a delugeAn arke against a deluge
An ark against a deluge: or, Safety in dangerous times. Discovered in a sermon before the honourable House of Commons, at their late extraordinary fast, October 22. 1644. / By Obadiah Sedgwick, Bachelor in Divinity, and pastor of Coggeshall in Essex. Published by order of the said House.An arke against a deluge: or, Safety in dangerous times. Discovered in a sermon before the honourable House of Commons, at their late extraordinary fast, October 22. 1644. / By Obadiah Sedgwicke, Batchelour in Divinity, and pastour of Coggeshall in Essex. Published by order of the said House.
London: printed by J. Raworth for Samuel Gellibrand, 1644
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First then, If Fear be requisite and necessary in Times of danger, certainly Security (which is opposite ⟨p. 9⟩thereto) is a most evil Quality in evil Times. No Judge so unjust as he, who said, I fear neither God nor man: nor is any sinner more fearful, then he who fears not. Nazianzene spake the truth; This 1is fearful indeed, when a sinner is not fearful: So did Augustine; This should make thee to tremble, because thou hast not an heart to fear. And yet (the Lord be merciful to us) we have multitudes in this Land, yea, I fear that the greatest part of the Land, and of our selves too, are without Noah's Fear, in this time, not of threatened, but inflicted Judgement. There are three Things which show that a Person or a Nation are a 2Fearless and secure people in time of misery.
First then, If Fear be requisite and necessary in Times of danger, certainly Security (which is opposite ⟨p. 9⟩thereto) is a most evil Quality in evil Times. No Judge so unjust as he, who said, I fear neither God nor man: nor is any sinner more fearfull, then he who fears not. Nazianzene spake the truth; This 1is fearfull indeed, when a sinner is not fearfull: So did Augustine; This should make thee to tremble, because thou hast not an heart to fear. And yet (the Lord be mercifull to us) we have multitudes in this Land, yea, I fear that the greatest part of the Land, and of our selves too, are without Noahs Fear, in this time, not of threatned, but inflicted Judgement. There are three Things which shew that a Person or a Nation are a 2Fearlesse and secure people in time of misery.
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