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The churches thank-offering to God her King, and the Parliament, for rich and ancient mercies; her yeares of captivity; her first yeare of iubile; that is, for the marvelous deliverances wrought with God the first wonderfull yeare (since the yeare 88) beginning at September 1640. and ending the ninth of the same moneth following: in all which time, the Lord appeared for his church, as in the dayes of old, out of the middest of the bush, so the church burn'd with fire, and was not consumed. In the preface, the thank-offering is vindicated, and set free, from all the cavills and charges against it; where also it is cleared to be, as every mans duty, so every mans purpose, to offer willingly now, who doth not make full proofe, that he falls short of pagan, papist or atheist; and is wilfully resolved to walk crosse to the most supreme law, the highest reason, and the unquestionable will of God.

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The churches thank-offering to God her King, and the Parliament, for rich and ancient mercies; her yeares of captivity; her first yeare of iubile; that is, for the marvelous deliverances wrought with God the first wonderfull yeare (since the yeare 88) beginning at September 1640. and ending the ninth of the same moneth following: in all which time, the Lord appeared for his church, as in the dayes of old, out of the middest of the bush, so the church burn'd with fire, and was not consumed. In the preface, the thank-offering is vindicated, and set free, from all the cavills and charges against it; where also it is cleared to be, as every mans duty, so every mans purpose, to offer willingly now, who doth not make full proofe, that he falls short of pagan, papist or atheist; and is wilfully resolved to walk crosse to the most supreme law, the highest reason, and the unquestionable will of God.
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Woodward, Ezekias, 1590-1675.
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London :: Printed for T. V., at the signe of the Bible in Wood street,
1641 [i.e. 1642]
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Church of England -- Early works to 1800.
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"The churches thank-offering to God her King, and the Parliament, for rich and ancient mercies; her yeares of captivity; her first yeare of iubile; that is, for the marvelous deliverances wrought with God the first wonderfull yeare (since the yeare 88) beginning at September 1640. and ending the ninth of the same moneth following: in all which time, the Lord appeared for his church, as in the dayes of old, out of the middest of the bush, so the church burn'd with fire, and was not consumed. In the preface, the thank-offering is vindicated, and set free, from all the cavills and charges against it; where also it is cleared to be, as every mans duty, so every mans purpose, to offer willingly now, who doth not make full proofe, that he falls short of pagan, papist or atheist; and is wilfully resolved to walk crosse to the most supreme law, the highest reason, and the unquestionable will of God." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A96886.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 18, 2024.

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¶ 1.

A Rocke of DEFENCE to the Righteous.

THis PROTESTATION is to you, and all that have taken it, and will stand to it b, a SELA-HAMMAHLEKOTH c, a Rocke of Separation betwixt you and your Adversaries; nothing shall be able to reach you, to doe you hurt. Should the Lord fill all the Inhabitants of the Land, even the Kings and the Priests and the Prophets with drunkennesse (so He hath done for the sinnes of a Nation, as He threatneth d) Should He dash them one against a∣nother, even the Fathers and the sonnes together e, for so He threa∣tens also in the same place; Why yet, you should be safe, none of all these shall come neare you to hurt you. Why so? Because you are a

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people in covenant with your God, and He with you. Looke you to it, how ye stand to it, for this followes; TROVBLED ye may be on every side f, (no doubt of that) and so you may say; you shall say withall, yet not DISTRESSED: PERPLEXED ye may be (not knowing what way to take, or what to doe) but not in DESPAIRE: PERSECƲTED yee shall bee, but not FORSAKEN: CAST-DOWN ye may be, but not DE∣STROYED: ye may be set as on fire round about, ye shall not be consumed▪ Why so? The same answer, and it answers all Arguments, even the Jesuites their fire and sword, the hardest words and most vi∣olent deeds, ye are in covenant with your God, nothing shall come unto you to doe you HƲRT. No Plague shall come to your dwel∣ling, as a plague. Though great Letters are written upon your door, yet the Plague is not there for all that. God is with you, even YOƲR GOD, He will save you even from that Destroyer; it shall but reach your body at the furthest.

The time will come, when you will say, your head akes, and your heart too; nay, it fainteth; and yet heare what the Lord saith, The Inha∣bitant shall not say, I am SICKE g. Why so? The people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity h: Looke ye there, My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever •. That stils and quiets all, God at peace with me and all is peace: God in Covenant with me; in Christ reconciled to me; if so, I am not SICKE, my sinnes are forgiven, all is well with me, for God is with me, and HE is ALL, health, strength, ri∣ches, All. See how efficacious this Covenant is (if we STAND to it) nothing shall stand against us, nothing shall come unto us to do us HƲRT; that is first.

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