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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.
Section 124: §. 124. Of Gods late mercies to the Low-Countries.
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.
In recounting Gods late mercies to them (which is the task that we have undertaken: thereby to show what great cause we now have to set out the praises of the Lord) it would be too far a digression to begin with those extraordinary deliverances which they had when first they recovered their liberty against the cruelty and tyranny of Duke D' Alva.
In recounting Gods late mercies to them (which is the taske that we have undertaken: thereby to shew what great cause we now have to set out the praises of the Lord) it would be too farre a digression to begin with those extraordinary deliverances which they had when first they recovered their liberty against the cruelty and tyranny of Duke D' Alva.
Later mercies are these that follow.
1 A strong faction of Arminians being raised up and dispersed throughout all their provinces, whereby the truth and purity of religion was much corrupted, and the tranquillity and security of their State put into great hazard, a National Synod, not without the counsel and consent of our royal Defender of the Faith, King JAMES, was assembled at Dort, whereunto most grave, learned, and judicious Divines out of all the reformed Churches in Christendom came; who all with one unanimous consent determined sundry fundamental points of our Christian Religion against the contrary errors of the Adversaries of Gods free grace. A mercy not to be forgotten.
1 A strong faction of Arminians being raised up and dispersed thorowout all their provinces, whereby the truth and purity of religion was much corrupted, and the tranquillity and security of their State put into great hazard, a Nationall Synod, not without the counsell and consent of our royall Defender of the Faith, King IAMES, was assembled at Dort, whereunto most grave, learned, and judicious Divines out of all the reformed Churches in Christendome came; who all with one unanimous consent determined sundry fundamentall points of our Christian Religion against the contrary errors of the Adversaries of Gods free grace. A mercy not to be forgotten.