A01974:1250
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.
§. 47. Of the uncertainty of war.
§. 47. Of the uncertainty of warre.
V. *War is wavering. Sundry proverbial sentences are used in Scripture which give evidence hereto: as, aThe sword devoureth one as well as another. bLet not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off. cThe battle is not to the strong. Time and chance happeneth to all. dThe horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety (namely in battle, or victory) is of the Lord. eHow is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken? fAs thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. gAs I have done, so God hath requited me. Take for instance the Kings that upon their conquest over Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown by Abram, Gen. 14. 11, 15