1643 THOMAS WILSON. The Downfall of Jericho - Gospel Preachers the Salvation of a Nation!

A superb sermon preached in the heat of the English Civil War under the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell. The Presbyterians and other Puritan Independents and Congregationalists were engaged in a heated philosophical debate regarding the right of more fundamentalist Presbyterians to utilize their new-found power to establish a Covenanted Kingdom based on establishment of something very like Scotland's Solemn League and Covenant. It would, by default, mean persecution of Anglicans, Baptists, and of course Catholics at the National level.  Some of the Presbyterians were so-inclined, which led to Rogers Williams labeling them as no better than the Priests & Popes with their persecuting and narrow spirit.  Here Wilson [1601-1653] urges that the Parliament, rather than building better armies, would be better off sending better preachers throughout the land, which would save England sooner than the best equipped soldiers. He seems to have been a more moderate Presbyterian, like Edmund Cal