A01974:1011
Gods three arrows plague, famine, sword, in three treatises. I. A plaster for the…Gods three arrovves plague, famine, svvord, in three treatises. I. A plaister for the…
Gods three arrows plague, famine, sword, in three treatises. I. A plaster for the plague. II. Dearths death. III. The Churches conquest over the sword. By William Gouge Doctor in Divinity, and preacher of Gods Word in Black-Friars, London.Gods three arrovves plague, famine, svvord, in three treatises. I. A plaister for the plague. II. Dearths death. III. The Churches conquest over the sword. By William Gouge Doctor in Divinity, and preacher of Gods Word in Black-Friers, London.
London: printed by George Miller for Edward Brewster, 1631
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
§. 16. Of warring with Christians.
5. Ob. TO yield that war may be made against Infidels, Idolaters, and other open enemies of the Church, yet may it not be made against Professors of the Christian Faith.
5. Ob. TO yeeld that warre may be made against Infidels, Idolaters, and other open enemies of the Church, yet may it not be made against Professours of the Christian Faith.
Answ. 1. Some that outwardly profess the Christian Faith may be as great enemies to the true Faith, as plain Infidels. I know (saith Christ) the blasphemy of them that say 1they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. Papists profess the Christian Faith, yet are Anti-Christians, the directest and deadliest enemies that Christs true Church ever had. The ten Tribes that with Jeroboam revolted from the house of David, professed themselves to be the people of the true God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and yet were deadly enemies to Judah, and the children of Judah oft waged war against them, and that justly and lawfully: 2and the Lord helped them therein. What can Papists plead more then the revolting Israelites could. Papists profess the true God, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost: So did the Israelites the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Papists are baptized: Israelites were circumcised. Papists retain the holy Scriptures; so did the Israelites, as much of them as was then written. Were it not too great a digression, I could easily demonstrate how Papists have much further started from the true Christian Faith, then the Israelites did from the Law of Moses.