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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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2 The second thing is, that we speak not against our brethren, Neither exhorting the enemies. scoffing and deriding our brethren, as 1the Idumeans. To exhort men to do evil, I hope we may learn how deer it will cost us by the example of the Jews; who exhorting the Romans to slay our Saviour, and being admonished of the great wickedness, answered, his blood be upon us & on our children, & so it was indeed. But how sore it was upon them the noble history of Jerusalems destruction, which followed within the con pass 2of their children's life, doth sufficiently declare, of whom were slain 1100000.
2 The second thing is, that we speak not against our brethren, Neither exhorting the enimies. scoffing and deriding our brethren, as 1the Idumeans. To exhort men to do evill, I hope we may learne how deere it will cost vs by the example of the Iewes; who exhorting the Romanes to slay our Saviour, and being admonished of the great wickednesse, answered, his bloud be vpon vs & on our children, & so it was indeed. But how sore it was vpon them the noble history of Ierusalems destruction, which followed within the cō passe 2of their childrens life, doth sufficiently declare, of whom were slaine 1100000.
- 1Ezec. 25 35.
- 2Vid. Egesip. lib. 4 &c.
For taunting, as not only doers but abetters are culpable in faults, so these scoffers as well as the doers of evil; and so much the more, because they scoff the Lord himself, as when they said, The land wherein the Lord is. How heavy the hand of the Lord was on Rabsakeh for this blasphemy, we have an evident example. I will not go so far in this assembly as to speak of such gross blasphemy; but if there any among us, which are not afraid to abuse the words of Scripture