A Thanksgiving Sermon Preached Before the Honourable House of Commons at Westminster

by Obadiah Sedgwick

Publisher:

Samuel Gellibrand

, 1644

Overview

Obadiah Sedgwick preached this sermon for Thanksgiving in honor of a defeat of Royalist forces raised against Parliament. Sedgwick discusses how David’s faith led him to pray to God in the midst of troubles—and how he thanks God for victory over his enemies. Sedgwick’s central theme is how salvation—and victory—is ultimately found only in God.

Key Features

• Thanksgiving sermon for God&rsquos; faithfulness
• Exhorts believers that salvation and victory are found in God alone
• Provides a look at how one Puritan preacher weaves biblical truths into the cultural circumstances of his time

Product Details

• Title: A Thanksgiving-Sermon, Preached before the Honourable House of Commons at Westminster, April 9. 1644
• Author: Obadiah Sedgwick
• Publisher: Samuel Gellibrand
• Print Publication Date: 1644
• Logos Release Date: 2016
• Pages: 32
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Sermons, English
• Resource ID: LLS:THNKSGVNGSRMNWS
• Resource Type: text.monograph.sermons
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T06:20:32Z

About Obadiah Sedgwick

Obadiah Sedgwick (1600–1658) was a Puritan preacher and theologian, and a member of the Westminster assembly. He was the son of Joseph Sedgwick, vicar of St. Peter’s, and then of Ogbourne St. Andrew. Sedgwick matriculated at Queen’s College, Oxford, in June 1619 and then moved to Magdalen Hall, where he graduated with a BA, and earned his MA in 1623.

Sedgwick was vicar of Coggeshell, Essex before John Owen succeeded him upon Sedgwick’s appointment to St. Paul’s, Covent Garden. In his last years he was a member of the 11th London classis in the parliamentary presbyterian system and a trier under Oliver Cromwell, helping direct the reform of parish worship during the brief reign of the Lord Protector.