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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.
§. 72. Of the many means that God hath to destroy men.
§. 72. Of the many meanes that God hath to destroy men.
II. *GOD can many ways destroy men. Many, many are the ways that are recorded in Scripture: and yet many many other ways hath experience in all ages given evidence of. We read that from heaven awater fell and drowned the whole world: and bfire and brimstone, and destroyed four cities at once; and cgreat stones that flew armies of men; and dgreat thunders, and elightnings, whereby hosts of enemies have been discomfited; yea and fhot thunderbolts: gthe stars in their courses, and hthe Angels of God have destroyed many. All these, and many other means of destruction hath the Lord sent from heaven. On earth he can raise up men against men to destroy one another, which is most usual: He can stir up mbeasts, and n