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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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A Sermon Preached at the late Fast, to the Commons House OF PARLIAM… › 3. The consequent working.
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Get thee behind me said Jehu to the several messengers, what have you to do with peace? Confessions, and prayers are the messengers of our souls to God, but unless the sinful heart be broken, they will never be messengers of peace.
Get thee behinde me said Jehu to the severall messengers, what have you to doe with peace? Confessions, and prayers are the messengers of our soules to God, but unlesse the sinful heart be broken, they will never be messengers of peace.
If any of you would angle in a River, would you throw in a naked line only? would this be to any purpose? Sirs! I know well, that if a Fast be rightly performed, it hath as many promises of blessings and ⟨p. 20⟩mercies (See Isaiah 58.) As any religious duty whatsoever: Nay, and I think that you never read in all the Bible, nor yet in experience, of its right performance without some sudden and remarkable Testimony of Gods gracious acceptance and answer: But then breaking of hearts ever accompanied those prevailing and victorious Fasts, as you may Read in Judges, and Samuel, and the Kings, and Ezra, and Nehemiah, &c. And for my part, I should not scruple the assecution of any convenient mercy, nor the diversion of any impendent evil, if once with all our Fastings, there were also a breaking up of our Fallow grounds: If GOD could in this command our hearts, we might then (in some sense) command our God:
If any of you would angle in a River, would you throw in a naked line only? would this be to any purpose? Sirs! I know well, that if a Fast bee rightly performed, it hath as many promises of blessings and ⟨p. 20⟩mercies (See Esay 58.) As any religious duty whatsoever: Nay, and I thinke that you never read in all the Bible, nor yet in experience, of its right performance without some sudden and remarkeable Testimony of Gods gracious acceptance and answer: But then breaking of hearts ever accompanied those prevailing and victorious Fasts, as you may Reade in Iudges, and Samuel, and the Kings, and Ezra, and Nehemiah, &c. And for my part, I should not scruple the assecution of any convenient mercy, nor the diversion of any impendent evill, if once with all our Fastings, there were also a breaking up of our Fallow grounds: If GOD could in this command our hearts, we might then (in some sense) command our God: