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England's preservation or, a sermon discovering the only way to prevent destroying judgementsEngland's preservation or, a sermon discovering the onely way to prevent destroying judgements
England's preservation or, a sermon discovering the only way to prevent destroying judgements: preached to the Honourable House of Commons at their last solemn fast, being on May, 25. 1642. By Obadiah Sedgwick Bachelor in Divinity and minister of Coggeshall in Essex. Published by order of that house.England's preservation or, a sermon discovering the onely way to prevent destroying judgements: preached to the Honourable House of Commons at their last solemne fast, being on May, 25. 1642. By Obadiah Sedgwicke Batchelour in Divinity and minister of Coggeshall in Essex. Published by order of that house.
London: printed by R. B. for Samuel Gellibrand, 1642
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2. Now follow the Intimations and directions which I humbly present unto you.
1. B Break them up: If ever you will quit your own souls, and the trust reposed in you, and 1the whole land of Judgments spiritual and corporal, If ever you desire to gain ground in your public intentions for good, for the Lords sake break up these Fallow grounds.
1. B Breake them up: If ever you will quit your owne soules, and the trust reposed in you, and 1the whole land of Judgments spiritual and corporall, If ever you desire to gaine ground in your publike intentions for good, for the Lords sake breake up these Fallow grounds.
- 14. Directions about the breaking up of ill grounds
2. But then in the next place, go very deep with your Plough, or else you will never break up these grounds: the deeper the better; As all good is most strengthened, so all evil is most crushed in its causes: Take heed of shadow-work, and surface-ploughing: Gods eyes are upon you, and so are the eyes of judicious men, which can distinguish twixt scraping and breaking, our misery will be but finely laid asleep a while if your plough goes not deep.