A01974:1192
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.
By Moses holding up his hand is meant the steadiness of his faith in prayer. bThe outward sign is put for the inward thing signified thereby. We have cbefore showed that by lifting up of hands (as this action hath relation to God, and that in prayer) is meant a desire and expectation of Divine help, and a readiness to receive it. Holding up hands, implieth a continuance therein without fainting. dThe Hebrew word is of such a conjugation, as intimateth both a reciprocation, and also a continuance of the action. eThe particle prefixed before this clause, and translated, when, importeth as much: for it signifieth, so long as: in which sense it is used in the very next clause of this verse.
By Moses holding up his hand is meant the steddinesse of his faith in prayer. bThe outward signe is put for the inward thing signified thereby. We have cbefore shewed that by lifting up of hands (as this action hath relation to God, and that in prayer) is meant a desire and expectation of Divine help, and a readinesse to receive it. Holding up hands, implieth a continuance therein without fainting. dThe Hebrew word is of such a conjugation, as intimateth both a reciprocation, and also a continuance of the action. eThe particle prefixed before this clause, and translated, when, importeth as much: for it signifieth, so long as: in which sense it is used in the very next clause of this verse.
- bMetonymia Adiu•cti.