A01974:1832
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.
§. 10. Of submitting all our purposes to Gods will.
VI. *Whatsoever is by man intended, must be submitted to Gods will. Without God a sparrow falls not to the ground. And without God nothing can be effected by man. aA mans heart deviseth his way, that is, a man may with himself plot and purpose this and that, But the Lord directeth his steps, and bringeth the purposes of man 3to what issue God himself please: according to the proverb, Man may purpose, but God will dispose. So as the good success which men have, comes not from their projecting, nor from any freedom of mans will, but from the guidance of him, to whom the Prophet Isaiah saith, Thou hast wrought all our works in us, or for us, Isa. 26. 12.
VI. *VVHatsover is by man intended, must be submitted to Gods will. Without God a sparrow falls not to the ground. And without God nothing can be effected by man. aA mans heart deviseth his way, that is, a man may with himselfe plot and purpose this and that, But the Lord directeth his steps, and bringeth the purposes of man 3to what issue God himselfe please: according to the proverbe, Man may purpose, but God will dispose. So as the good successe which men have, comes not from their projecting, nor from any freedome of mans will, but from the guidance of him, to whom the Prophet Isaiah saith, Thou hast wrought all our workes in us, or for us,