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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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1. A God reconciled: Happy is that people, and that man, who hath the Lord to be his God: let all the floods in the world burst forth, and rage, and swell, and threaten, yet if God be our God, If we lie in the Arms of his favour, If he hath pardoned our sins, If enmity be slain; If his good will be towards us, if he saith, I am your God, fear not, I will uphold you, I have blotted out your iniquities, you and I are friends, I will cover you with the shadow of my hand: O this is an ark indeed, This is a shield indeed, ⟨p. 21⟩A strong Tower, a Refuge from the storm, an All-sufficient Banner of Safety.
1. A God reconciled: Happy is that people, and that man, who hath the Lord to be his God: let all the floods in the world burst forth, and rage, and swell, and threaten, yet if God be our God, If wee lie in the Armes of his favour, If he hath pardoned our sinnes, If enmity be slaine; If his good will be towards us, if he saith, I am your God, feare not, I will uphold you, I have blotted out your iniquities, you and I are friends, I will cover you with the shaddow of my hand: O this is an arke indeed, This is a shield indeed, ⟨p. 21⟩A strong Tower, a Refuge from the storme, an All-sufficient Banner of Safety.
But if God be not Reconciled to us, what can be safety to us? the waters now will rise in strength, and cover all the mountains: A very sad condition, when man is mine enemy about me, and Conscience is mine enemy within me, and God also is mine enemy above me.
But if God be not Reconciled to us, what can be safety to us? the waters now will rise in strength, and cover all the mountaines: A very sad condition, when man is mine enemy about me, and Conscience is mine enemy within me, and God also is mine enemy above me.