A01974:940
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.
The first word of the preparation (* choose) implieth a careful and diligent choice upon good trial and proof. iWhere God saith, *I have chosen (or proved thee) in the furnace of affliction, this word is used: as also, kwhere it is said that David gathered together all the *chosen (or choice, or chief) men of Israel. This particle (l us) is an usual redundancy in the Hebrew tongue. Yet is it not without an Emphasis, implying thus much, choose for us, for our use, for ⟨p. 202⟩our good, for the better success to us.
The first word of the preparation (* choose) implieth a carefull and diligent choice upon good triall and proofe. iWhere God saith, *I have chosen (or proved thee) in the fornace of affliction, this word is used: as also, kwhere it is said that David gathered together all the *chosen (or choice, or chiefe) men of Israel. This particle (l us) is an usuall redundancy in the Hebrew tongue. Yet is it not without an Emphasis, implying thus much, choose for us, for our use, for