A01974:1388
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.
2. Slay not such as cannot hurt thee, as weak women, aged men, and young children. This exception the Law expressly maketh, Deut. 20. 14.
2. Slay not such as cannot hurt thee, as weake women, aged men, and young children. This exception the Law expressy maketh, Deut. 20. 14.
Ob. In other places Gods people are commanded to slay men and women, infant and suckling, 1 Sam. 15. 3. Answerably the Israelites dealt with many of their enemies, They utterly destroyed all, both man and woman, young and old, &c. Jos. 6. 21.
Ob. In other places Gods people are commanded to slay men and women, infant and suckling, 1 Sam. 15. 3. Answerably the Israelites dealt with many of their enemies, They utterly destroyed all, both man and woman, young and old, &c. Ios. 6. 21.
Answ. 1. Particular charges make extraordinary cases: as gthe charge given to Abraham for sacrificing his son. Extraordinary cases are not exemplary. They are rather matters of admiration then imitation.