Early English Printed Sermons


The law and equity of the gospel, or, The goodness of our Lord as a legislator delivered first from the pulpit in two plain sermons, and now repeated from the press with others tending to the same end ... by Thomas Pierce ...

Pierce, Thomas, 1622-1691
Publisher: Printed by S Roycroft for Robert Clavell
Place of Publication: London
Publication Year: 1686
Approximate Era: JamesII
TCP ID: A54843 ESTC ID: R38205 STC ID: P2185
Subject Headings: Christian life; Providence and government of God;
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In-Text Men whose Liberty did consist in the ubiquity of their Thoughts, and in being made free of the New Ierusalem. Men, who by living the Life of Faith, maintain'd an Intercourse with God and his glorious Angels. And though their Carkasses or Outsides were contiguous to the Earth, yet their Commerce and Conversation was still in Heaven. They were at once such a Free and such a Dreadful sort of Pris'ners, as by their Liberty to pray, and to sing praises unto God, (v. 25.) may be said to have taken their Prison Captive. For their Midnight Devotions were suddainly follow'd with an Earthquake; in so much that the Foundations of the Prison were shaken, the Doors flew open of themselves, and the Bands of the Pris'ners were all unloos'd, (v. 26.) Nor indeed is it a wonder, that such a Miracle should be seen in so blind a Dungeon, whilst the Pris'ners that were in it were Paul and Silas. For These were two of that little number, by whom the world had been turned upside down, Acts 17. 6. not in that malitious sense, in which the words were there us'd, by the certain leud fellows of the baser sort, who had assaulted the House of Jason, and set the City in an uproar, (v. 5.) They having turn'd it upside down, not for the worse, but for the better. Men whose Liberty did consist in the ubiquity of their Thoughts, and in being made free of the New Ierusalem. Men, who by living the Life of Faith, maintained an Intercourse with God and his glorious Angels. And though their Carcases or Outsides were contiguous to the Earth, yet their Commerce and Conversation was still in Heaven. They were At once such a Free and such a Dreadful sort of Prisoners, as by their Liberty to pray, and to sing praises unto God, (v. 25.) may be said to have taken their Prison Captive. For their Midnight Devotions were suddenly followed with an Earthquake; in so much that the Foundations of the Prison were shaken, the Doors flew open of themselves, and the Bans of the Prisoners were all unloosed, (v. 26.) Nor indeed is it a wonder, that such a Miracle should be seen in so blind a Dungeon, while the Prisoners that were in it were Paul and Silas. For These were two of that little number, by whom the world had been turned upside down, Acts 17. 6. not in that malicious sense, in which the words were there used, by the certain lewd Fellows of the baser sort, who had assaulted the House of Jason, and Set the city in an uproar, (v. 5.) They having turned it upside down, not for the Worse, but for the better. np1 rg-crq n1 vdd vvi p-acp dt n1 pp-f po32 n2, cc p-acp vbg vvn j pp-f dt j np1. n2, r-crq p-acp vvg dt n1 pp-f n1, vvn dt n1 p-acp np1 cc po31 j n2. cc cs po32 n2 cc n2-an vbdr j p-acp dt n1, av po32 n1 cc n1 vbds av p-acp n1. pns32 vbdr p-acp a-acp d dt j cc d dt j n1 pp-f n2, a-acp p-acp po32 n1 p-acp vvb, cc pc-acp vvi n2 p-acp np1, (n1 crd) vmb vbi vvn pc-acp vhi vvn po32 n1 j-jn. p-acp po32 n1 n2 vbdr av-j vvn p-acp dt n1; p-acp av av-d cst dt n2 pp-f dt n1 vbdr vvn, dt n2 vvd j pp-f px32, cc dt n2 pp-f dt n2 vbdr d vvn, (n1 crd) ccx av vbz pn31 dt vvb, cst d dt n1 vmd vbi vvn p-acp av j dt n1, cs dt n2 cst vbdr p-acp pn31 vbdr np1 cc np1. p-acp d vbdr crd pp-f d j n1, p-acp ro-crq dt n1 vhd vbn vvn av a-acp, n2 crd crd xx p-acp d j n1, p-acp r-crq dt n2 vbdr a-acp vvn, p-acp dt j j n2 pp-f dt jc n1, r-crq vhd vvn dt n1 pp-f np1, cc vvi dt n1 p-acp dt n1, (n1 crd) pns32 vhg vvd pn31 av a-acp, xx p-acp dt jc, cc-acp p-acp dt jc.




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Adjacent References with Relevance: Acts 16.26 (AKJV); Acts 17.6; Psalms 107.10 (AKJV); Romans 8.8 (Tyndale)
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Acts 16.26 (AKJV) acts 16.26: and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doores were opened, and euery ones bands were loosed. in so much that the foundations of the prison were shaken, the doors flew open of themselves True 0.745 0.811 1.388
Acts 16.26 (Geneva) acts 16.26: and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundation of the prison was shaken: and by and by all the doores opened, and euery mans bands were loosed. in so much that the foundations of the prison were shaken, the doors flew open of themselves True 0.726 0.756 0.857
Acts 16.26 (ODRV) acts 16.26: but sodenly there was made a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prisons were shaken. and forthwith al the doores were opened: and the bands of al were loosed. in so much that the foundations of the prison were shaken, the doors flew open of themselves True 0.715 0.756 0.829
Acts 16.26 (AKJV) acts 16.26: and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doores were opened, and euery ones bands were loosed. in so much that the foundations of the prison were shaken, the doors flew open of themselves, and the bands of the pris'ners were all unloos'd, (v. 26.) nor indeed is it a wonder, that such a miracle should be seen in so blind a dungeon, whilst the pris'ners that were in it were paul and silas True 0.666 0.487 1.525
Acts 16.26 (Geneva) acts 16.26: and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundation of the prison was shaken: and by and by all the doores opened, and euery mans bands were loosed. in so much that the foundations of the prison were shaken, the doors flew open of themselves, and the bands of the pris'ners were all unloos'd, (v. 26.) nor indeed is it a wonder, that such a miracle should be seen in so blind a dungeon, whilst the pris'ners that were in it were paul and silas True 0.648 0.324 1.232
Acts 16.26 (ODRV) acts 16.26: but sodenly there was made a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prisons were shaken. and forthwith al the doores were opened: and the bands of al were loosed. in so much that the foundations of the prison were shaken, the doors flew open of themselves, and the bands of the pris'ners were all unloos'd, (v. 26.) nor indeed is it a wonder, that such a miracle should be seen in so blind a dungeon, whilst the pris'ners that were in it were paul and silas True 0.641 0.439 0.837




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In-Text Acts 17. 6. Acts 17.6