A01974:1039
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.
§. 21. Of using means.
§. 21. Of using meanes.
VII. *Approved means are to be used for attaining our desired ends. The parables which our Lord useth about providing that which may be sufficient for an intended building, and about casting how to meet an enemy that is coming against him, (Luke 14. 28, &c.) give good evidence to the truth of this point. Wherefore such Saints as have been guided by the Spirit of God, even in those wars whereabout God himself hath sent them, and to which he hath given assurance of victory, have been careful to use means. For this end bJoshua required all the men of war that were of the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the Tribe of Manasseh, that quietly enjoyed their possessions on the other side of Jordan, to go over before the rest of the Israelites, armed to help them. On the contrary cMeroz is cursed for not affording aid to help the Lord against the mighty. The means *before noted for keeping out enemies tend to the point in hand.
VII. *APproved meanes are to be used for attaining our desired ends. The parables which our Lord useth about providing that which may be sufficient for an intended building, and about casting how to meet an enemy that is comming against him, (