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A treatise of faith divided into two parts. The first showing the nature, the…A treatise of faith diuided into two parts. The first shewing the nature, the…
A treatise of faith divided into two parts. The first showing the nature, the second, the life of faith. ... By John Ball.A treatise of faith diuided into two parts. The first shewing the nature, the second, the life of faith. ... By Iohn Ball.
London: printed by William Stansby 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.
Secondly, The Lord by covenant hath promised to furnish his people with all needful blessings pertaining to thi• life. He that scattered Israel will gather him, 1and keep him as a shepherd doth his flock. For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger th•n he. Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, shall slow together to the goodness of the Lord, for wheat and f•r wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock, and of the herd: their soul shall be as a watered garden, and they shall not sorrow any more at all. 2And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with goodness, saith the Lord. 3I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beast to cease out of the L•nd: and th•y shall dwell safely in the wilderness and sleep• in the woods. And I will m•ke them, and the places round about my hill a blessing, and I will cause the shower to come down in his season: there shall be showers of blessing. And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shal• be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the Lord: I will call for corn, and increase it, 4and lay no famine upon you. And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field; that y e shall no more •eceive reproach of famine among the heathen. I will eu n • t oath thee unto me in faithfulness, 5and thou shalt know the Lord. And it shall come to pass, in that day I will eare, saith the Lord, I will hear the heavens, and ey shall hear the earth, and the earth shall hear the rne, and the wine, the oil. Now seeing the Lord