A01981:1401
The saints sacrifice
The saints sacrifice: or, a commentary on the CXVI. Psalm Which is, a gratulatory psalm, for deliverance from deadly distress. By William Gouge, D.D.The saints sacrifice: or, a commentarie on the CXVI. Psalme Which is, a gratulatory psalme, for deliverance from deadly distresse. By William Gouge, D.D.
London: printed by George Miller for Edward Brewster, 1632
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
§. 97. Of Gods account of Saints death.
II. *GOD is tender of his favourites death. Their ablood he accounts precious. If he have ba bottle for their tears, what hath he for their blood? Christ doth forcibly infer his Fathers care of the life and death of his favourites, by arguments from the less: as first from one of the meanest of creatures, thus, cOne sparrow shall not fall on the ground without your father: Then from the meanest accident that is inherent in man, his hairs (which are no […] ⟨p. 210⟩forcible then death? Assuredly their name, estate, liberty and every thing else is precious to him, to whom their life and death is precious.
II. *GOD is tender of his favourites death. Their abloud he accounts precious. If he have ba bottle for their teares, what hath he for their bloud? Christ doth forcibly inferre his Fathers care of the life and death of his favourites, by arguments from the lesse: as first from one of the meanest of creatures, thus,