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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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VERSE 15. 16. 15 For the day of the Lord is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee. They reward shall return upon thine head. 16 When you have drunk upon mine holy mountain: all the heathen shall drink continually; yea, they shall drink & swallow up, and they shall be, as though they had not been.
VERSE 15. 16. 15 For the dayof the Lord is neere vpon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shalbe done vnto thee. They reward shall returne vpon thine head. 16 When you haue drunke vpon mine holy mountaine: al the heathen shall drinke continually; yea, they shall drink & swallow vp, and they shall be, as though they had not beene.
THE thoughts and affections of mans heart are so corrupt & froward, that he is seldom by commandment restrained from evil, unless there be adjoined to the breach of the commandment, some punishment. Neither are we always moved therewith all, especially if we know or be persuaded that, that which is threatened be far of. For it befalleth very often, that the pleasant lust and pleasure of sin for a season, overweyeth the fear, which we should conceive of the punishment which is yet to come, according to that of the wise man. Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart 1of the children of men is fully set in them to do evil. The Prophet weighing this, thought it a small thing to ⟨p. 105⟩teach us, by the wickedness of the Idumeans, that we should fall after the same manner of sin, & therefore putteth us also in mind of the punishment which was to light on the ungodly. Which also he doth the rather to comfort the godly; for so grievous are the calamities, which for the present time, the best are both to see and feel, that unless they went into the sanctuary of the LORD to see the end of these men, whom GOD hath set in slippery places, it must needs fall out, that their feet should slip, and their goings slide. Wherefore 2