Mercy in the midst of judgment by a gracious discovery of a certain remedy for London's languishing trade : in a sermon preached before the right honourable, the lord mayor and the citizens of London, on September 12, 1669, at the new repaired chappel at Guild-Hall / by D. Barton ...
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- Mercy in the midst of judgment by a gracious discovery of a certain remedy for London's languishing trade : in a sermon preached before the right honourable, the lord mayor and the citizens of London, on September 12, 1669, at the new repaired chappel at Guild-Hall / by D. Barton ...
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- Barton, William, 1598?-1678.
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- London :: Printed for James Allestry ...,
- 1670.
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- Wealth -- Sermons.
- Sermons, English -- 17th century.
- London (England) -- Commerce -- Sermons.
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"Mercy in the midst of judgment by a gracious discovery of a certain remedy for London's languishing trade : in a sermon preached before the right honourable, the lord mayor and the citizens of London, on September 12, 1669, at the new repaired chappel at Guild-Hall / by D. Barton ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A31107.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 9, 2024.
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To the Right Honourable, Sir SAMVEL STARLING Knight, Lord Mayor of the City of LONDON, AND THE Court of ALDERMEN.
Right Honourable,
THIS Sermon, savouring of the Countrey, in which it was conceived, and brought forth, without the Midwifry of a Library (my own perishing in the
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same Flames with your City, and the place of my now residence not affording an assistant) was intended onely for your religious ears, in them to have both its birth and buriall; but since it hath pleased you to reprieve it to a lon∣ger and more publick life, where should it be more justly laid than at your doors? who for your able parts and endow∣ments have been fitted for the publick imployment, and intrusted with the weightiest affairs of this City; and who by your Favour and Countenance are able to cover the rawness, and rudeness, or what other defects in my weake and unworthy handling so necessary a subject. I have in publishing it, regarded more your Opinion than my own conceipt; and I hope (because you think so) that the matter will not be altogether unprofitable, or unseasonable; although it be not handled so artificially, and rhe∣torically
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as it ought, my main study being to be plain and to apply the things delivered to the present times: what∣ever it be, (and I wish it much bet∣ter) it is now no more mine but yours; and if under the beames of your good∣ness, it shall so thrive, as to become an Instrument for the furthering that important Work mentioned in it; next under God your Honour and your wor∣shipful assessors are to have the Praise, and I therein shall receive a sufficient reward of my labour; accounting it my greatest happiness on earth, to have been able to performe any acceptable service to that Royal City, to which for many yeares past, and my whole life for the future, I have dedicated all my endeavours. I will not detain your Honour, &c. any longer from your more publick and serious affaires, but only beseech the Almighty and All-wise
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God, that he would give you under∣standing and valiant hearts to manage them Couragiously and Prudently, that you may be instruments in Gods hand for the making up the breaches in our Syon and Jerusalem; which is, and shall be the dayly Prayer of,
Your Honours and Worships unfainedly devoted, in all Christian duty and Observance, DAV: BARTON.