A01974:892
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.
3. As for Joshua's rooting out of the Canaanites, he was 1not moved thereto by malice, because he did it not of his own motion, but by express scharge from God himself. For the Canaanites by their extreme wickedness had deserved utterly to be rooted out of their land: God therefore (the supreme Lord over all nations) made Joshua his Minister to execute his just judgement upon them.
3. As for Ioshuaes rooting out of the Canaanites, he was 1not moved thereto by malice, because he did it not of his owne motion, but by expresse scharge from God himselfe. For the Canaanites by their extreme wickednesse had deserved utterly to be rooted out of their land: God therefore (the supreme Lord over all nations) made Ioshua his Minister to execute his just judgement upon them.
4. The enemies whom David subdued, had before his time done exceeding great wrong to Israel; that therefore which he did was partly as a just punishment of their unjust wrongs, (for lawful war is a public execution of public justice) and partly as a means to secure Israel for the time to come from further wrong. These premises duly considered, it may truly be said that David never began