A sleeping sicknes the distemper of the times: as it was discovered in its curse and cure. In a sermon preached before the Right Honourable the House of Peeres in the Abby-Church at Westminister upon the 27th of January, the day appointed for their solemne and publicke humiliation / By William Jenkyn.

  • Jenkyn, William, 1613-1685.
Date:
1647
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Credit: A sleeping sicknes the distemper of the times: as it was discovered in its curse and cure. In a sermon preached before the Right Honourable the House of Peeres in the Abby-Church at Westminister upon the 27th of January, the day appointed for their solemne and publicke humiliation / By William Jenkyn. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    that God mentions after all thofe difmall ones there {poken of to befall the people. Levit.26.39.’Tis the pey.26.39. laft judgementtheloweft {tayer of hell upon Earth; tis even contiguousto (as I may fay) & bordering up- on hell it felfe. Heethatis filthy let him be filthy {till, Rev.22.11. is thelaft judgment we read of (befalling in this life) inallthe zew Teftament. A judgement inflided upon thofe that defpifethe offers of Chriftand grace, fo he gave them up, {o> how and when? my people would not hearken to my voyce, and Irael would none of mee, fo I gavethemupuntotheir owne hearts; when God 1s , gin.o62. punifhing with this judgement, hee faith, as Abifhai when he offered to [mite Saul, faid, Iwil fweite him tothe Eart h at once, and Iwill not {mite hinethe fecond time. God punifheth with 2 deep fleep as with an hell upon fmitten the fecond time. 3. “Tisa punifhmentinflictted byGod, which the 3 more God inflittsit, the more hee loves to inflict : o- ther punifhments may move God to pity, as the {word and oppreffion, &c. But this being a finne as wel as punifhment : the more it lyesupona man, the more it muft needs offend and provokea God ; and in this re- {pect it is a diftinguifhing judgement, betweene the friends and foesof God; God loving his people the more hee corrects. Thus much of the firft thing pro- pounded for the profecution of the obfervation ; viz. the fhewing where it appeareth that the [pirit of a fleep 1s{0 great a judgment. | ‘The fecond followeth , viz. the Application ofit; And this] fhall endeavour in thefe two pra¢ficall In- ferences. | Ifa deep Ueep bee fo @feat.a judgement , and the great