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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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Which I would to God the disloyal harts, if there be any more yet, of that brood of Cockatrices, did acknowledge also: &, as ethe Prophet willeth, did weigh it with themselves, & think upon their bed of it. Then were it to be hoped that in consideration thereof they would ⟨image 83⟩be still: and after fhis example, whose advise that is, detest the very breath of such as make mention of laying violent hands upon the Lords anointed. For though it were true, as gthe traitorous libeller endeavoureth to persuade men, that the Popes sentence against her were as lawful, as Samuel's was against Saul; which yet is most false, and hproved so to be; but grant it were true: yet had they to remember that David did refrain to lay hands on Saul after Samuel's sentence; neither of humanity only, but of duty: ifor who can lay his hand on the Lords anointed (saith he) & be guiltless? At least, if they would not be still, as he was, for conscience sake, yet for kfear they might be: seeing that la foul of the air shall carry the voice & a bird shall declare the matter, if they but speak evil of the king, yea in their thought, much more if they intend to do him any evil. And sure, mif they turn not, if they whet their swords, bend their bows and make them ready, & getting themselves deadly weapons prepare their arrows for persecutors: they have travelled with lewdness and conceived mischief, to bring forth a lie; into the pit, that they have digged, they shall fall; their mischief shall return upon their own heads, and on their •wne pates shall their cruelty light. For God doth give revengements unto his anointed, and showeth mercy to his Queen advancing her above them who rise up against her. But whether they do use this benefit of God to their good, or no: let us, my deer brethren, let us & our houses (as