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Title:  The militant chvrch trivmphant over the dragon and his angels presented in a sermon preached to both Houses of Parliament assembled on Friday the 21. of July, 1643 : being an extraordinary day of publikhumiliation appointed by them throughout London and Westminster : that every one might bitterly bewaile his own sins and cry mightily unto God for Christ his sake to remove his wrath and heale the land / By Tho. Hill...
Author: Hill, Thomas, d. 1653.
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Then if you desire to be victorious▪ appeale from second causes unto Jesus Christ, and the merit of his blood. In all our straights, let us speake Jehoshaphats language, 2 Chron. 20.12. We know not what to doe, but our eyes are upon thee.Interest of Princes, p. 55. It is the observation of a Politician, England is a migh∣ty animall, which can never dye except it kill it selfe. Among our other crying sinnes we are now involving our selves in the guilt of Selfe-murther. Here is an unnaturall sword most unhappily drawne amongst us,Is not this Eng∣lands condition as Isa. 9.19, 20, 21. Through the wrath of the Lord of Hoasts is the Land darkned, and the people shall be as the fuell of the fire, no man shall spare his brother. He shall snatch on the right hand and be hungry, and he shall eate on the left hand and not be satisfied, they shall eate every man the flesh of his owne arme. Manasseh Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh, and both against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.Fighting or treating can not yet end the controversie, we have importuned the sword to be quiet, as Jer. 47.6. O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thy selfe into thy scabbard▪ rest, and be still: and as yet England hath received the same answer with Ashkelon, v.. 7. How can it be quiet, seeing the Lord hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the Sea shore? There hath he ap∣pointed it. The Lord hath given it Commission to ride circuite in severall Counties of England; and who knowes how long?Our best Re∣medy. what now remaines? we reade Mark. 5.25. of a certaine Woman which had an issue of blood twelve yeares, and v. 26. had suffered many things of many Phy∣sitians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse: could never be healed, till she touched Christ. We are this day in a solemne man∣ner drawing nigh unto Christ. O that our bloody issue might drive us to improve the blood of the Lambe! Could we fidu∣cially put our selves, our Church and State, our Religi∣on 0