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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.
§. 14. Of sundry ways of exempting Saints from judgements.
§. 14. Of sundry wayes of exempting Saints from judgements.
YET hath God his ways and means to deliver the righteous in the forementioned cases, and all other cases whatsoever. As 1. By visible preservations of them from external judgements: as mEbbed melech was preserved. 2. By ntaking them from the evil to come: This was before exemplified in good Josiah. 3. By ordering the judgement so, as it proves a means to them to honour God the more: and to do more good to such as are better prepared to accept the good which they do. Thus was oEzekiel carried away to Babel in the first captivity, that he might prophesy in Babylon to the Jews there, pwho were counted good figs in comparison of the Jews that were at Jerusalem, who were as evil figs. 4. By making the judgement a means of their peace, honour, and external prosperity in this world. Thus the captivity of qDaniel, and his three companions; and of qEsther Mordecai and was a means of higher honour and greater advancement, then they could in all probable conjectures ⟨p. 20⟩