A01974:1786
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.
This General may well be inferred from the particulars in the text, as hath been before noted.
This Generall may well be inferred from the particulars in the text, as hath beene before noted.
It may further be proved by that induction of particulars tending to this purpose which God himself bringeth in, Job 38. & 39. & 40. & 41. As also by another induction which the Psalmist bringeth in, Psal. 104. And by that which Christ himself mentioneth, Mat. 6. 26, 28 concerning Gods feeding of fowls, and decking of Iillies. Experience gives further evidence hereunto, in that many creatures seek to destroy others, and yet none are utterly destroyed, but all preserved. In the sea the greater fish feed on the less, yet are the less exceedingly multiplied. In wildernesses ⟨p. 378⟩beasts are a prey one to another, yet the most silly of them (that are a prey to others) are still continued. Thunders, lightnings, storms, tempests, earth-quakes, frosts, droughts, inundations, and other like casualties oft destroy much food which the earth bringeth forth for man and beast and are occasions of many other evils: yet by the divine Providence sufficient food is preserved for all creatures, and all the foresaid evils redressed. Natural men are as wolves, tigres, devils one to another: yet by the divine Providence polities and societies are preserved.
It may further be proved by that induction of particulars tending to this purpose which God himselfe bringeth in, Iob 38. & 39. & 40. & 41. As also by another induction which the Psalmist bringeth in,