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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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And blessed be the Lord, and blessed be your souls, and blessed be your endeavours, that notwithstanding the infinite difficulty of the work, and the Malignant contrariety you meet with, yet your hearts are undaunted and resolved to finish the work, as Honourable, as ever Parliament undertook, and as profitable to Church and State, as ever Christians enterprised, your arms shall be made strong by the blessing of the everlasting God of Jacob, let popish and malevolent and ignorant persons say or do what they can: Give me leave. 1. To represent unto you 1some public plots of fallow-ground, which you (blessed be God) have begun to break, nevertheless they need yet a more full breaking up.
And blessed bee the Lord, and blessed bee your soules, and blessed be your endeavours, that notwithstanding the infinite difficulty of the worke, and the Malignant contrariety you meet with, yet your hearts are undaunted and resolved to finish the work, as Honourable, as ever Parliament undertooke, and as profitable to Church and State, as ever Christians enterprised, your armes shall bee made strong by the blessing of the everlasting God of Iacob, let popish and malevolent and ignorant persons say or doe what they can: Give me leave. 1. To represent unto you 1some publike plots of fallow-ground, which you (blessed be God) have begun to breake, neverthelesse they need yet a more full breaking up.
- 1The work of the Parliament.
Secondly, to present in all humble fidelity unto you some few intimations and directions. 1. The public plots of Fallow ground which need a further breaking up, are (especially) four.1
Secondly, to present in all humble fidelity unto you some few intimations and directions. 1. The publike plots of Fallow ground which need a further breaking up, are (especially) foure.