A01974:1794
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.
Answ. A reverend Father of our Church giveth this answer. There is not the least action or event, which is not overruled ⟨p. 379⟩and disposed by a Providence: which is so far from detracting ought from the Majesty of God, for that the things are small, as there can be no greater honour to him, then to extend his providence to them because they are infinite. Yea, further the dPsalmist noteth it as a branch of Gods incomparable glory, to stoop so low as to order the things on earth.
Answ. A reverend Father of our Church giveth this answer. There is not the least action or event, which is not overruled ⟨p. 379⟩and disposed by a Providence: which is so farre from detracting ought from the Majesty of God, for that the things are small, as there can be no greater honour to him, then to extend his providence to them because they are infinite. Yea, further the dPsalmist noteth it as a branch of Gods incomparable glory, to stoope so low as to order the things on earth.
But I would be informed how it can impeach his glory who made all creatures, even the least and meanest that be, to preserve and govern them by his Providence. Who shall order them, if not he that made them?
But I would be enformed how it can impeach his glory who made all creatures, even the least and meanest that be, to preserve and governe them by his Providence. Who shall order them, if not he that made them?