The stedfastness of promises, and the sinfulness of staggering: opened in a sermon preached at Margarets in Westminster before the Parliament Febr. 28. 1649. Being a day set apart for solemn humiliation throughout the nation. By John Owen minister of the Gospel.
About this Item
- Title
- The stedfastness of promises, and the sinfulness of staggering: opened in a sermon preached at Margarets in Westminster before the Parliament Febr. 28. 1649. Being a day set apart for solemn humiliation throughout the nation. By John Owen minister of the Gospel.
- Author
- Owen, John, 1616-1683.
- Publication
- London :: Printed by Peter Cole, and are to be sold at his shop at the sign of the Printing-Press in Cornhil, neer the Royal Exchange,
- 1650.
- Rights/Permissions
-
To the extent possible under law, the Text Creation Partnership has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above, according to the terms of the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). This waiver does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/ for more information.
- Subject terms
- Sermons, English -- 17th century.
- Fast-day sermons -- 17th century.
- Link to this Item
-
http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A90291.0001.001
- Cite this Item
-
"The stedfastness of promises, and the sinfulness of staggering: opened in a sermon preached at Margarets in Westminster before the Parliament Febr. 28. 1649. Being a day set apart for solemn humiliation throughout the nation. By John Owen minister of the Gospel." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A90291.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 5, 2025.
Pages
Page [unnumbered]
TO THE COMMONS OF ENGLAND IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED.
SIRS,
THAT God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your wayes, having caused various Seasons to pass over you, and in them all manife∣sted, That his VVorks are Truth, and his VVayes Judg∣ment, calls earnestly by them for that walking before him, which is required from them, who with other distinguishing mercies, are interested in the specialty of his protecting Provi∣dence.
Page [unnumbered]
As in a view of present Enjoyments, to Sacrifice to your Net, and burn Incense to your Drag; as though by them, your Portion were Fat and Plenteous, is an exceeding provocation to the Eyes of his Glory, so to press to the residue of your Desires and Expectations, by an Arm of Flesh, the Designings and Contrivances of Carnal Reason, with out∣wardly appearing Medium's of their Accomplishment, is no less an Abomination to him. Though there may be a present sweetness to them that finde the life of the hand, yet their latter End will be, to lie down in sorrow. That you might be prevailed on to give Glory to God by stedfastness in be∣lieving, committing all your wayes to him with Patience in wel-doing; to the Contempt of the most varnished Appearance of Carnal Policy, was my peculiar aim, in this ensuing Ser∣mon.
That which added ready willingness to my Obedience unto your Commands for the Preaching and Publishing hereof, being a serious Proposal for the Advancement and Propagation of the Gospel in another Nation, is here again recommended to your Thoughts, by
Your most humble Servant, in our Common Master, J. O.
March 8th 1649.