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Title:  A sermon preached to the honourable House of Commons at their late solemne fast, Wednesday, December 27, 1643 by Alexander Henderson ...
Author: Henderson, Alexander, 1583?-1646.
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will not be content to want the least complement of their own worldly honour and dignitie, nor the smal∣lest penny of their gaine and worldly commodity. Although it be true, that some things in Religion be fundamentall, and absolutely necessary unto salvation, and other things not so, yet to be obstinate against re∣vealed truth, or to mis-regard or despise smallest mat∣ters of Religion, which are necessarie to be received, if not for themselves, yet for the authoritie of Scripture, (as some make the distinction) bringeth as certain a curse and condemnation, as ignorance and errour doth in matters more substantiall.Vse.No Nation under the Sun hath more need to take heed to this then England: No persons have reason more to consider this, then the Honourable Houses of Parliament, who have in their hands the work of Re∣formation at this time. It is better known to this Ho∣nourable Audience, then to me; and yet who is so great a stranger that knoweth it not: that Reformation was begun in the time of two Princes? But because it was not a through Reformation according to the Com∣mandment of God, Superstition and Idolatry returned again like an inundation. It was again begun and con∣tinued in the time of other two Princes; but because, they set up their rest in the Rudiments and beginnings of Reformation, Idolatry, Superstition, and Heresie have assayed to enter again with ew strength and poli∣cie. Now the third time the work is begun, and there is a greater stir and shaking for it then before, either now endeavour to carry it through to every point of known perfection, doing whatsoever the God of hea∣ven hath commanded, or look for nothing, but that Su∣perstition 0