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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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In the 5 of Luke the Apostles laboured all night, 1and caught nothing; but when at Christ his commandment, they had let fall their nets for a draught, the net was filled with fi•h. The King prepareth an host against the day of battle, but the victory is from the LORD. No 2king is saved by the multitude of an host. A horse is count• a vain thing to help a man, &c. Wherefore that was a profane thing of Nebuchadnezzar, who when he had taken the Jews, as fishes in a net, he sacrificed 3to his net, and offered incense unto his yarn: profane was that opinion of the Gentiles, attributing their prosperity to fortune. And that of Varro, who attributed the success of husbandry to water. Whereas they might have learned, by that ceremony, which the Romans used in their triumph, that the success of things was to be attributed to GOD. For the Laurel crowns, which they carried, when they ascended into the Capitol ⟨image 18⟩and sacrificed to Jupiter, they laid down in the lap 4of Jupiter, as […] recorded. But let us remember that the 24. Elders […] w•e their crowns at the feet of the […]
In the 5 of Luke the Apostles laboured all night, 1and caught nothing; but when at Christ his commandement, they had let fall their nets for a draught, the net was filled with fi•h. The King prepareth an host against the day of battell, but the victory is from the LORD. No 2king is saved by the multitude of an host. A horse is count• a vaine thing to helpe a man, &c. Wherefore that was a prophane thing of Nebuchadnezzar, who when he had taken the Iewes, as fishes in a net, hee sacrificed