A01974:1305
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.
II. *ALL good means must be used to support our brothers weakness. To this tend such admonitions as these. aStrengthen ye the weak hands, and comfort the feeble knees. Comfort the feeble minded, support the weak. bHereunto the Apostle puts a must, which imports a necessity, ye ought (or ye must) support the weak. The Greek word translated, support, is oft used for cunder-propping a thing ready to fall: and dfor taking one that is weak by ⟨p. 277⟩the hand to raise him up. A fit Metaphor for the point in hand. That which is noted of Christs taking by the hand such as were eweak, fready to sink, yea, and gdead, when he meant to raise them, giveth evidence of the equity of the fore-mentioned duty. God himself doth hereby testify that goodness which is in him, and that care which he taketh of men in their weakness: for, saith he, hI will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen ohat which was sick. Hereupon his people are encouraged in their weakness to seek succour of him: iCome, say they, Let us return unto the Lord: for he will heal us, He will bind us up, he will revive us, He will raise us up. In this respect the Spirit of God hath this title k