A01974:1577
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 phrase whereby Gods resolution is expressed, word for word is this, The hand upon the throne of the Lord. Or, 1The Lords hand upon the throne. This is a form, or a rite of swearing. As among us, for ordinary persons to lay their hand upon a book: for noble men, to lay their hand upon their breast; for a King, to lay his hand upon his Throne. Sometimes the lifting up of the hand implieth an oath, as where Abraham saith, I have lift up my hand to the Lord. ⟨p. 330⟩2Thus the Lord expresseth his oath, eI have lift up my hand to heaven: and here, as spoken of a King it is said, The Lords hand upon the throne. The word translated fUPON, doth oft signify AGAINST (as where it is said, gThey took counsel together against the Lord, and against his anointed) Hereupon hsome apply this phrase to Amalek, as if the name Amalek being supplied, it were thus read, Because the hand of Amalek is against the throne of the Lord, the Lord will have war with Amalek, &c. Thus they make the former part of this verse a reason of the latter. This is a good congruous sense, and true in the substance of it: but not altogether so agreeable to the Hebrew words as the other, of Gods oath.
The phrase whereby Gods resolution is expressed, word for word is this, The hand upon the throne of the Lord. Or, 1The Lords hand upon the throne. This is a forme, or a rite of swearing. As among us, for ordinary persons to lay their hand upon a booke: for noble men, to lay their hand upon their breast; for a King, to lay his hand upon his Throne. Sometimes the lifting up of the hand implieth an oath, as where Abraham saith, I have lift up my hand to the Lord. ⟨p. 330⟩