Six sermons preached in Ireland in difficult times by Edward, Lord Bishop of Cork and Ross.
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- Six sermons preached in Ireland in difficult times by Edward, Lord Bishop of Cork and Ross.
- Author
- Wettenhall, Edward, 1636-1713.
- Publication
- London :: Printed for William Whitwood ...,
- 1695.
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- Sermons, Irish -- 17th century.
- Church and state -- Ireland.
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"Six sermons preached in Ireland in difficult times by Edward, Lord Bishop of Cork and Ross." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A65563.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 14, 2024.
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Advertisement. Touching the Following SERMON.
IN the Address of the Clergy of the Diocess of Cork and Ross (March 1684/5.) which I had the Honour to pen, there was made this sacred Promise; That as our Lives were not dear to us in comparison of our Religion and Loyalty, so we would not fail, though with the peril of our Lives, by the strictest ties of our Reli∣gion (which abhors all Resi∣stance
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or Unfaithfulness to∣wards our Prince) to endea∣dour the securing to His Majesty our peoples as well as our own Loyalty and Obe∣dience. Pursuant to these Vows, I have ample proofs of my Bre∣threns Sedulity generally: And as to my self, as I had not been for∣merly remiss, so when about the 20th of May following, Argiles Rebellion in Scotland alarm'd us, which (though, God be blessed, both suddenly and happily sup∣prest) was seconded with that of the late Duke of Monmouth in the West of England, I thought it was time to ply my Duty with ingeminated Diligence, and to do my utmost by all Instance and Im∣portunity, to confirm and keep sted∣dy
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in their Loyalty, as far as in me lay, the whole body of my Charge. I therefore went abroad, several Sundays, to the most po∣pulous Congregations of my Dio∣cess, and in my Circuit, I preached this same Sermon (I confess) three several times; first in the City of Cork, then at the Town of Kin∣sale, and lastly at the Town of Bandon; all of them very great Auditories. The iteration of it was not from Idleness, but because I could devise nothing else more close and apposite to the conjuncture. Yet is its Subject matter such, that it is not, I conceive, still unseasona∣ble, and I fear, as long as the world stands is not like to be. For as long as there are vices and lusts amongst men, there will be violati∣ons
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of Peace in one kind or other. Now this Sermon consists wholly of Counsels and Directions for securing and maintaining Peace in all its several branches and kinds. It might easily have been dilated into a far larger bulk: but few Readers (or indeed Hearers, now adays) complain much of Bre∣vity: And in the present case, I hope, it will be esteemed no fault at all, because what I have said on each Point is large enough, I think, not to be obscure, and (I hope) the whole not much more defective, than an hours Discourse on so copious a Subject must needs prove.