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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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TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL my Reverend and right worthy friend Mr D. AIRAY, Provost of the Queens College in Oxford, Grace and Peace.
TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVL my Reverend and right worthy friend Mr D. AIRAY, Provost of the Queenes College in Oxford, Grace and Peace.
Right Worshipful, whom I reverence, and love in the Lord Jesus; The gifts and graces of this humble, and holy, religious, and judicious man of God, were so glorious and resplendent in the eyes of all that could discern the beauty, or prize the value of such things: that he needs not my candle to light his sun, nor any pen or stile of mine to make new Impressions of honour and love in the hearts of them that knew him. Only I say, the Lord had poured the precious Spikenard of his Spirit upon his head, filling his mind with spiritual understanding in heavenly things, and the virtue and vigour thereof had looked down into his heart, giving him both feeling and fruit of that he understood. Jacobs body was never embalmed with so sweet ⟨image 3⟩[…], as this mans name and memory, is seasoned with the savour of his virtues, & ever sha•l be honoured with variety of fresh praises. His breast was as a treasury for the repair of the Temple, and building up of Jerusalem: It was also as an Armoury for the ruin of the Synagogue of Satan, and razing of Babel even to the ground. And whereas Counsel and strength are for the war, even in fighting the Lords bat tells, he Lord by his wisdom taught his hands to fight, and his fingers to war: and though his flesh were not of brass, yet did the Lord so strengthen his arm, that he was able to bend, to draw, to break even a bow of stele. He was a chosen shaft of the Lords quiver; yea his little Quiver was full of chosen shafts and keen arrows, to wound the hearts of the Kings enemies. In brief he was a John, and as John was, that is, a burning and a shining camp, wasting his own oil, lamp, and life, that his light might be continued for the comfort of others, that rejoiced in his light.