A01974:596
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.
2. It depriveth poor men of means to work and labour for their living. The Prophet, (Zac. 8. 10.) speaking of times of famine, saith, There was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast. Thus means of livelihood were taken away.
2. It depriveth poore men of means to worke and labour for their living. The Prophet, (Zac. 8. 10.) speaking of times of famine, saith, There was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast. Thus meanes of livelihood were taken away.
3. It maketh men hard-hearted against the cries of such 1as starve. For men that have for the present, fear that the famine may bring them to want, and thereupon refuse to give to others. Yea dear and tender mothers are forced to stop their ears against the cries of their young children, having nothing to feed them withal, Lam. 2. 12. and 4. 3, 4.
3. It maketh men hard-hearted against the cries of such 1as starve. For men that have for the present, feare that the famine may bring them to want, and thereupon refuse to give to others. Yea deare and tender mothers are forced to stop their eares against the cries of their young children, having nothing to feed them withall, Lam. 2. 12. and 4. 3, 4.