A01974:1348
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.
The instrument wherewith they were punished is here said to be the edge of the sword, or word for word, dthe mouth of the sword. For as a mouth devoureth that which entereth into it, so a sword by the sharp edge of it destroyeth that which is strucken with it. Therefore the very name of ea sword in Hebrew signifieth destruction: and a sword is said to fdevour.
The instrument wherewith they were punished is here said to be the edge of the sword, or word for word, dthe mouth of the sword. For as a mouth devoureth that which entreth into it, so a sword by the sharpe edge of it destroyeth that which is strucken with it. Therefore the very name of ea sword in Hebrew signifieth destruction: and a sword is said to fdevoure.
- d[Greek or Hebrew]〈non-Latin alphabet〉
- e[Greek or Hebrew] Gladius. Vastitas. Desolatio.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Gladius. Vastitas. Desolatio.
- f2 Sam. 2. 26.—11. 25.