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The returning backslider, or, A commentary upon the whole XIIII. chapter of the prophecy…The returning backslider, or, A commentarie upon the whole XIIII. chapter of the prophecy…
The returning backslider, or, A commentary upon the whole XIIII. chapter of the prophecy of the prophet Hosea Wherein is showed the large extent of Gods free mercy, even unto the most miserable forlorn and wretched sinners that may be, upon their humiliation and repentance. Preached by that learned and judicious divine, Dr. Sibbs, late preacher to the honourable society of Gray's Inn, and master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge. Published by his own permission before his death.The returning backslider, or, A commentarie upon the whole XIIII. chapter of the prophecy of the prophet Hosea Wherein is shewed the large extent of Gods free mercy, even unto the most miserable forlorne and wretched sinners that may be, upon their humiliation and repentance. Preached by that learned and judicious divine, Dr. Sibbs, late preacher to the honourable society of Grayes Inne, and master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge. Published by his owne permission before his death.
London: printed by George for George Edwards, 1639
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
When God will bless any people he will bless all that belong to them, and are under ⟨p. 264⟩them, because they are blessed in blessing them, even as we are touched when our children are stricken: God strikes the father in the child, the husband in the wife, the master in the servant, because there is some relation and dependence betwixt them. As it is in ill, so it is in good, God blesseth the father in the child, the King in the subject, and the subject in the King God blesseth one in another. And in blessing because God loves the Church, all the friends of the Church are the better for it. They prosper that love the Church,1 though they be not members of it, all that bless Abraham shall be blessed, though they be not actually good, yet if they wish him well, a blessing is promised. So when God blesseth a man to purpose, he blesseth all that belong to him, all that be under his shadow fare the better. The point to be handled is this
When God will blesse any people he will blesse all that belong to them, and are under ⟨p. 264⟩them, because they are blessed in blessing them, even as we are touched when our children are stricken: God strikes the father in the child, the husband in the wife, the master in the servant, because there is some relation and dependance betwixt them. As it is in ill, so it is in good, God blesseth the father in the child, the King in the subject, and the subject in the King God blesseth one in another. And in blessing because God loves the Church, all the friends of the Church are the better for it. They prosper that love the Church,1 though they be not members of it, all that blesse Abraham shall be blessed, though they bee not actually good, yet if they wish him well, a blessing is promised. So when God blesseth a man to purpose, he blesseth all that belong to him, all that be under his shadow fare the better. The point to be handled is this