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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 5. 6. […] If thieves had come unto thee, if robbers by night, (how •rt thou […]?) […] they not b• stolen that which were enough for them? If grap•gatherers had come unto thee, would they not have left some grapes? 6 How are the things of Esau sought out, his secret things are searched?
VERSE 5. 6. 〈…〉 If theeues had come vnto thee, if robbers by night, (how •rt thou 〈…〉?) 〈…〉 they not b• stollen that which were enough for them? If grap•gatherers had come vnto thee, would they not haue left some grapes? 6 How are the things of Esau sought out, his secret things are searched?
THE ruin & destruction of the Idumaeans is set forth by the spirit of God in this prophecy, for the instruction and comfort of the Israelites: to assure them, that God will execute justice, and judgement on their enemies, in the day of his visitation, when he will save them. In the former verses (as I have showed already) the •phet declared the sentence of the Lord against the […], that they should be destroyed; 1the witnesses thereof, himself, and other Prophets, who […] it […]; the means, that he would work by, the warr•urs […] against them to battail•, 2the weakness of their helps and holds to the ⟨p. 31⟩