Sermon 7· Ofthe GuN.-POWD E R.-T R &As o .N. fcapeir, when it":as even in amanner ready to feazc on us, that,. isanotherSup~r: for, then roefc~pc 1t, that, cloth us the moregood, ever; and that 1s ever praifed,fbr the Superiour deliverance. ~hefecond Stlper.. ., Specially,ifyou addnhcth1rd: that when 1t was fo neere us, and wetoit, it was ~ .. notfo clofe by us,as clofc from us;we knew.It!l~t.And none fo miferableasthey that ~;:!<~~~·· ! ~re fo, and know nott.hey are fo: Nay, th10ke1t cleane otherw1fe. TheLaodicean . . , mifery, that (we fay) IS of all other the mofl: wofull: Tr1 dm;quod, Thott(aift, thou ~P~·i·''' art this and'thou amhat; fafe, and fure; ::nd happ1e: and behold,thou arc none ofall thefe b~r;cven then when thou fayefl: it,miferablc,and even in the jawes ofdMth,That . , is th~ mifery, that comes as the throwes if 4 wo!""" in tr11vail': as thejlood,upon the l<r.6.••: ' eldworld; as rhejire, upon theJive Cities. . -. . . And dut wasourcafqight :they, in the d~iuofNoe; they in theditiuofLot,rte- Mat. ~d1~ ver reckoned leffe, oftheflood, orthejire, overthem; than we, ofthepowder, under Luk. •1·•6· i' us. And I blame us ncit: Who would not have thought himfelfe fafe, in that place,; ~ who, that he might not have troden on that threlhold, that floore,withciut danger~ iffafe at all, ifany where, there. It is the .Afylum,thefurefl: place (one would thinke) in all the land. ·s,· ~·~6,;;, "'{"•'·""'hiiii.To ": Where our greatelt truft, there our dangermofl: deadly: and that is(ever) the{uper ofall miferies. Being then fo over us, or 1111der us; under us, and neere us, neere us and we n,ota::' Wllre ofir : fo neer, that they made full account(! fay not(as the I'f•lme)to hav"'ftpaf. Pfal.ii.j1J .. /owed H! "P qt<i>ke, but) to have Mowne mupquicke, and in a moment fent us up, !hive. r~d all ro peeces: it was a third;•and a principal! fuptr (this) more than ordinary,th<!,t made us (t>perej{e, ro remaine fiill alive, after fo great, fo prefenr, fo fecret a danger. . . And yecanother{uper mor~,againfl: this lafl:; which w~ll ferue,as h.li'cke worke (I 4 . , meane, thm i'rlleltte) to makech1s wbtte.workeof6eds merere!hew.the better to us. It The fo,,.-;,;f. isaS11per emnia, ~oo. As our Deliverance, a ':"or.ke ofMrr~iefuper Mmia: [o, our in- :JJ:~~ tended Dcfl:ruchon, a werlce efcmelttefoper omma; - --- ' . Super omni!l, above all examples (to beginne with.)For,the like never feene,rior l!eard of. Nay, not to be raked out ofany fiory, inany age, ofany country, ci\•ill odavage, ofthe like; AndSuper omnes, overa/lit would have gone, not fparcd any• nodegree, high or low; no cfl:ate,Nobles or.Commons; no calling,facred or civil! ; no fex, King or ~eene;no age, King, or Prince; no religion, their owne, or o'rhers. This is butfuper omms: Nayfuperemnia, it was too. Super, tip with lime, and fione, and timber,iron,glaffe and leade: 11p with floore, windowes and walls,roofc and all. Yet anotherji1peromni.1: all bands of birth, countrey,allegiance, natutt", bloud, hu– manity and Chriftianity; tread upon thein, trample uponehem :ill, teare them al!lri pieces. Never fuch afuper omniA,in all fenfcs. So (indeed) acruelty for the Dive!I himfelfe:Tomaketheoppofitioripei'fed, of Goo'smercy, andSatansCrutlty, Of whom (to give each their due)it may l:>e faid, and no leffe truelyCaid,Crudelitatesej u4 fuperomnia opera ejm, his f:r~elties are above all hiswufks; than of Go n, that Htl c.Merciu are above all His. , Supero,nniA operaejm,it is ;and c9ntr4DmHiaoper11 D Ji r: .Above a!!hwowne, ·and '•galnfta!l Goo s works. TheenemyofGoo heis, andfoofall Gon's works; andofthofe His worksmofl:,th~t Go o mofl: fers by (that 'is )mankind ;And ofthat part ofmankind mofi, Go o hath done mofi for, and fo maybethought, mofi to favour(that is, Chrijlenmen:) And thenof them, ifthere be aNontaliterinllismer~ cy,a Nontaliier coo,inhis mdlice, firaight. Ifafuper omnes, with Goo ;a{uperomnes With him, inJenfi• comrarid. , To~ny ereattire (only bcc:i~fe it is a creature)is he cruell: he will into theho&Jiie, !\!~.pi; to !hew lt, rather ih:in nor to !hew it :it all. But, romdn;tooneman, rather than to awho!~heard of Swine; , . . And among men, his maliceismofiar Chiif/enmin: theyareneerer, to the 'kmgdome of Go o. Tokeepe them from that, himfclfe hathirrecoverably loll: (that is) ~eaven; and to plunge them into eternallmifery, whetcintohi.mfelfe1s fallen, Without all redemption; l'ppp 4 ,'
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