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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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Doth a little cringing move you? ô then, let gross Idolatry heat and burn your souls! Doth boldness in a questioned Minister displease you? ô then let his gross wickedness stir you utterly to disburden poor peoples souls of him: ô let sad complaints have quick and full redresses!
Doth a little cringing move you? ô then, let grosse Idolatry heate and burne your soules! Doth boldnesse in a questioned Minister displease you? ô then let his grosse wickednesse stirre you utterly to disburden poore peoples soules of him: ô let sad complaints have quicke and full redresses!
3. And go over the Fallow grounds which you have broken, go them over again; Yea, and again: Fallow grounds must be often broken up with the Plough. Even the actions of the most judicious receive more ripeness by review: by often doing we grow into a better acquaintance with what is to be done: our first doings are rather trials and enterprises, the second doings ever prove the best work: ⟨p. 28⟩besides that, our affections also are ofttimes too quick for our eyes, the desires of doing some good may outrun the due search of much evil: Add yet further, That ingrained diseases are not easily stirred, much less destroyed by one potion; evils long in gathering, and much baked into and settled in a State or Church, are not so suddenly cured as vulgar people in their haste imagine: shall I speak one thing more; There is as much Art almost as sin, as much guilt, as Guiltiness: The Laws are ingenuous, but offenders are fraudulent and subtle: Sirs! you deal with bold offenders, and with cunning offenders too, which (if you look not the better to it) will quite delude and frustrate all your Religious and pious intentions.
3. And goe over the Fallow grounds which you have broken, goe them over againe; Yea, and againe: Fallow grounds must be often broken up with the Plow. Even the actions of the most judicious receave more ripenesse by review: by often doing wee grow into a better acquaintance with what is to be done: our first doings are rather trialls and enterprises, the second doings ever prove the best worke: