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The prophecy of Obadiah opened and applied in sundry learned and gracious sermons preached…The prophecie of Obadiah opened and applyed in sundry learned and gracious sermons preached…
The prophecy of Obadiah opened and applied in sundry learned and gracious sermons preached at All-Hallows and St Mary's in Oxford by that famous and judicious divine John Rainolds D. of Divinity and late president of Corp. Chr. Coll. Published for the honour and use of that famous University, and for the benefit of the churches of Christ abroad in the country, by W.H.The prophecie of Obadiah opened and applyed in sundry learned and gracious sermons preached at All-Hallowes and St Maries in Oxford by that famous and iudicious divine Iohn Rainolds D. of Divinity and late president of Corp. Chr. Coll. Published for the honour and vse of that famous Vniversity, and for the benefit of the churches of Christ abroad in the country, by W.H.
Oxford: printed by Joseph Barnes, 1613
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Whosoever he shall be therefore with whom thou shalt have to deal, I say not if he be a Papist, but a Jew, but be he a Turk, or Atheist, or whatsoever infidel, remember to use him as a man, even because he is a man. Man cannot be GOD to man; it was an higher title then ought to have been given either of Cicero to Lentulus, or Virgil to Augustus: but if any man play the part of Lycaon and become a wolf, then shall not 1the punishment of Lycaon be removed from him. The 2Idumeans how wicked they were, and how they were threatened we see here: yet when the king of Moab had taken the king of the Idumeans son, and burnt him on the wall, in hope to get by that means the victory, the Lord threatened by Amos, For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn it away, because it ⟨p. 79⟩3burnt the bones of the king of Edom into lime. Therefore I will send a fire into Moab: I will cut of the Judge out of the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him. For with what measure we meat, with the same shall it be measured to us again. The Idumeans were wicked, yet because they burnt the kings son so cruelly, they shall be burnt for it themselves.
Whosoever he shalbe therefore with whom thou shalt haue to deale, I say not if he be a Papist, but a Iew, but be he a Turke, or Atheist, or whatsoever infidell, remember to vse him as a man, even because hee is a man. Man cannot be GOD to man; it was an higher title then ought to haue beene given either of Cicero to Lentulus, or Virgil to Augustus: but if any man play the part of Lycaon and become a wolfe, then shall not 1the punishment of Lycaon be removed from him. The 2Idumeans how wicked they were, and how they were threatned we see here: yet when the king of Moab had taken the king of the Idumeans son, and burnt him on the wal, in hope to get by that meanes the victory, the Lord threatned by Amos, For three transgressions of Moab, and for foure, I will not turne it away, because it