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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.
§. 16. Of believers dying of the Plague.
§. 16. Of beleevers dying of the Plague.
Quest. How is it then that the righteous as well as the unrighteous die of the Plague?
Quest. HOw is it then that the righteous as well as the unrighteous die of the Plague?
Answ. 2. Some say that no true believers are taken away with a common Plague. But this is too bold an assertion, unwarrantable, 1uncharitable. To adjudge all to hell that were taken away by that devouring pestilence which in Davids time destroyed 70000 in three days, is an unmerciful doom. Experience giveth evidence that many that have manifested true outward fruits of a sound faith, upright conscience, honest heart, and entire repentance, have died of the Plague. Besides the Word of God beareth witness that All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous and the ⟨p. 22⟩wicked. And how dieth the wiseman? as the fool.
Answ. 2. Some say that no true believers are taken away with a common Plague. But this is too bold an assertion, unwarrantable, 1uncharitable. To adjudge all to hell that were taken away by that devouring pestilence which in Davids time destroyed 70000 in three dayes, is an unmercifull doome. Experience giveth evidence that many that have manifested true outward fruits of a sound faith, upright conscience, honest heart, and entire repentance, have died of the Plague. Besides the Word of God beareth witnesse that All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous and the