A01974:1315
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.
§. 51. Of that dispensation which is yielded to man in divine matters.
§. 51. Of that dispensation which is yeelded to man in divine matters.
III. *Mans weakness gaineth dispensation for circumstances in divine matters. Thus aJacob being old and weak worshipped God in his bed, manifested by his bowing of himself upon the beds head, and was therein accepted. For, it is said that he did it bin faith. Thus the cIsraelites all the while they were in the wilderness (d Where they were on a sudden, whensoever the cloud arose, to remove from place to place) had a dispensation for circumcision. Thus eDavid in his need had a dispensation to eat the show-bread: And fHannah to tarry at home, and not to go to the Temple while she gave her child suck. But to cease from reckoning up more particular instances, this general manifestation of Gods mind concerning mercy, (g I desire gmercy and not sacrifice) gives good warrant for the foresaid dispensation. For by sacrifice he meaneth external rites and ordinances, wherein and whereby worship is performed to God: by mercy, such substantial duties as tend to mans good. Thus he prefers sacrifice to sacrifice. Sacrifice consisting on external rites, to sacrifice of substantial duties: which are to do good, and to show mercy. With such sacrifices God is well pleased,