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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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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⟩contrary, which, though they exalted as the Eagle doth his nest among the […] th•e should they be brought down, saith the Lord. Now, in these that follow to be handled presently, the greatness and grievousness of their destruction is opened: to wit, that they shall be spoiled and wasted, even unto the uttermost, insomuch that their things shall be sought out, yea their hidden things and secret places shall be searched. And this is amplified by 2. dissimilitudes: the one of thieves, the other of grape gatherers. Thieves, who rob by night, do steal for need commonly, and so they take no more then may suffice their need: neither stay they lightly to search all things and places, for fear least they be taken. Grape gatherers among the Jews, were accustomed to leave some grapes behind them, according to the law: Thou shalt not gather the grapes of thy vineyard 3clean, nor the grapes that fall down; thou shalt leave them for the poor and for the stranger. But the warriors sent by God against Edom, shall not deal with him as thieves, or as grape gatherers. They shall not be contented with that which is enough, as robbers by night are. They shall not leave somewhat of his things behind them, as men do grapes in the vineyard. They shall seize on all, on more then enough; they shall seek out the things of Esau, that is, Edom, they shall seek them out, and by seeking finding them; yea they shall search and