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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.
Answ. Gods pardoning of sin doth not extenuate sin; and his taking away blood from a mans soul, doth not imply that that man never brought blood upon his soul, but rather the contrary: for that which is not on man, cannot be taken away from him.
Answ. Gods pardoning of sinne doth not extenuate sinne; and his taking away bloud from a mans soule, doth not imply that that man never brought bloud upon his soule, but rather the contrary: for that which is not on man, cannot be taken away from him.
For the main point, it stands with justice and equity, that they who do not only sin themselves, but also draw others into sin with them, should bear the punishment of their own and others sins. For in those others he sinneth. They are as his instruments. If a man do not only in his mind invent and plot sin, but also with his body and the parts thereof execute it, he pulleth on himself the greater vengeance. So doth he further heap up vengeance against his own soul, if he proceed on to draw others also to sin. These several degrees manifest a more wretched disposition, aggravate his sin the more, the more incense Gods wrath, and so cause greater vengeance.
For the maine point, it stands with justice and equity, that they who do not onely sinne themselves, but also draw others into sinne with them, should beare the punishment of their owne and others sinnes. For in those others he sinneth. They are as his instruments. If a man do not onely in his mind invent and plot sinne, but also with his body and the parts thereof execute it, he pulleth on himselfe the greater vengeance. So doth he further heape up vengeance against his owne soule, if he proceed on to draw others also to sinne. These severall degrees manifest a more wretched disposition, aggravate his sin the more, the more incense Gods wrath, and so cause greater vengeance.