A01974:454
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.
We have here in this Verse The efficacy of the means which Aaron used.
We have here in this Verse The efficacy of the meanes which Aaron used.
Two points are particularly expressed. ⟨p. 107⟩1. The Manner of using the means. He stood between the dead and the living. 2. The Effect thereof. The plague was stayed.
Two points are particularly expressed. ⟨p. 107⟩1. The Manner of using the meanes. He stood betweene the dead and the living. 2. The Effect thereof. The plague was stayed.
The mention of the living, in the former part, for whose preservation Aaron stood between them and the dead, giveth us to understand, that I. Means is to be used for preservation of the living. The mixture of the dead with the living, implied by Aaron's care to stand between them, shows that the living were in great hazard of death, even in regard of humane means, in a desperate case, and doth us further to wit, that II. Means must be used in most desperate distresses. The latter part which declareth the Effect of the means, as it hath relation to the means used, giveth instance, that III. Warrantable means rightly used prove effectual. As the said effect of staying the plague, hath relation to God, to whom the incense was offered up, and by whom that effect was brought to pass, it giveth proof, that IIII. God hath an absolute power over plagues.
The mention of the living, in the former part, for whose preservation Aaron stood betweene them and the dead, giveth us to understand, that I. Meanes is to be used for preservation of the living. The mixture of the dead with the living, implied by Aarons care to stand betweene them, shewes that the living were in great hazzard of death, even in regard of humane meanes, in a desperate case, and doth us further to wit, that II. Meanes must be used in most desperate distresses. The latter part which declareth the Effect of the meanes, as it hath relation to the meanes used, giveth instance, that III. Warrantable meanes rightly used proove effectuall. As the said effect of staying the plague, hath relation to God, to whom the incense was offered up, and by whom that effect was brought to passe, it giveth proofe, that IIII. God hath an absolute power over plagues.