A01974:1610
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.
§. 81. Of Gods undertaking his Churches quarrels.
III. *GOD undertakes his Churches quarrels. What else doth that import which aJehovah appearing to Joshua in the shape of a man with a sword drawn in his hand, said, As a captain of the host of the Lord am I now come? In this respect is the Lord stilled ba man of war: and the wars of Gods Church are styled cwars of God. As one evidence hereof, God hath oft visibly showed himself by extraordinary means to fight for his: as din the Red Sea against Pharaoh: eby causing the walls of Jericho to fall down without warlike instrument: fby casting down great stones from heaven upon enemies: gby enabling a man to kill 600 with an ox goad: hby giving victory to 300 against an army that for multitude were as the sand of the sea: iby the extraordinary strength which he gave to Sampson: kby scattering enemies with a great thunder: