A01974:1065
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.
In many respects doth this gesture well become the divine exercise of prayer. 1. It is a reverend manner of presenting ones self to God. 2. It is an outward means of raising mens hearts and thoughts from earth to heaven. For in this kind of gesture is the head raised furthest from the earth, nearest to heaven. It is not so in bowing, sitting, kneeling, lying. 3. It is a testification of our acknowledgement of Gods Sovereignty, authority, and dignity. Therefore among men, inferiors stand before them under whose command they are, 1 King. 3. 16. & 10. 8. Dan. 7. 10. 4. It is a sign of steadfast faith in prayer. It is oft put for a gesture of steadiness: and opposed to leaning, wavering, reeling, 1 Cor. 16. 13. Eph. 6. 13, 14.
In many respects doth this gesture well become the divine exercise of prayer. 1. It is a reverend manner of presenting ones selfe to God. 2. It is an outward means of raising mens hearts and thoughts from earth to heaven. For in this kind of gesture is the head raised furthest from the earth, nearest to heaven. It is not so in bowing, sitting, kneeling, lying. 3. It is a testification of our acknowledgement of Gods Soveraignty, authority, and dignity. Therfore among men, inferiours stand before them under whose command they are, 1 King. 3. 16. & 10. 8. Dan. 7. 10. 4. It is a signe of stedfast faith in prayer. It is oft put for a gesture of steddinesse: and opposed to leaning, wavering, reeling, 1 Cor. 16. 13. Eph. 6. 13, 14.