A01981:998
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
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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.
VII. *Manifestation of Gods good pleasure to man must make man careful to please God. Where God saith, aI will be their God, which is an evident manifestation of Gods good will to them, this is thereupon inferred: They shall be my people: which as it noteth a dignity (for it is a prerogative to be Gods people) so also a duty: for it is added, ⟨p. 131⟩They shall return unto me with their whole heart. Yea in another place where God is brought in to say to them, bIt is my people, they are brought in to answer, The Lord is my God. More plainly, cHezekiah having thus expressed Gods good will to him. The Lord was ready to save me, maketh this ••ference, Therefore will we sing. And the Psalmist yet more directly to the point in hand, saith to the Lord, dI will praise thy name for thy loving kindness.
VII. *MAnifestation of Gods good pleasure to man must make man carefull to please God. Where God saith, aI wilbe their God, which is an evident manifestation of Gods good will to them, this is thereupon inferred: They shalbe my people: which as it noteth a dignity (for it is a prerogative to be Gods people) so also a duty: for it is added, ⟨p. 131⟩They shall returne unto me with their whole heart. Yea in another place where God is brought in to say to them, bIt is my people, they are brought in to answer, The Lord is my God. More plainely,