A01974:371
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. In the very beginning of the plague, on a sudden, so many were destroyed, even as at once. Thus in a very short time, on a sudden there were found 185000 dead in the Camp of the Assyrians, lying in siege against Jerusalem.
Answ. In the very beginning of the plague, on a sudden, so many were destroyed, even as at once. Thus in a very short time, on a sudden there were found 185000 dead in the Campe of the Assyrians, lying in siege against Ierusalem.
In these words, The plague is begun, is an effect of Gods wrath.
More particularly we may observe 1. The Matter propounded. The plague 2. The Manner of expressing it, is begun.
Hence arise two observations. I. A plague is an evidence of Gods wrath. II. God can make the beginning of a judgement terrible. The connection of these two clauses, There is wrath gone out from the Lord, The plague is begun, give proof of the former.
Hence arise two observations. I. A plague is an evidence of Gods wrath. II. God can make the beginning of a judgement terrible. The connexion of these two clauses, There is wrath gone out from the Lord, The plague is begun, give proofe of the former.