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A godly treatise, entitled the view and down-fall of pride Wherein is declared the…A godlie treatise, intituled the view and down-fall of pride Wherein is declared the…
A godly treatise, entitled the view and down-fall of pride Wherein is declared the cause of Babylons destruction, and Nebuchadnezzars subversion. Set forth by William Wheatley Master of Art, and preacher of Gods word.A godlie treatise, intituled the view and down-fall of pride Wherein is declared the cause of Babylons destruction, and Nabuchadnezzars subuersion. Set forth by William Wheatley Maister of Art, and preacher of Gods word.
London: printed by Thomas Creed for John Deane and John Baily, 1602London: printed by Thomas Creed for Iohn Deane and Iohn Baily, 1602
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First, because men doubt of their reconciliation to God, who in their life-time have contemned his counsel, ⟨p. 131⟩and set his correction at nought. So that neither the word of God preached, his mercy and long suffering offered, nor his judgements poured upon them, have taken any effect in them. But they have followed their own ways, and one after their own wicked imaginations, willingly refusing to know, stopping their ears like the deaf Adder at the voice of the wise charmer, spurning forward their soul to iniquity, as Balaam did his Ass against the Lord. Numb. 22.25. Such men are condemned by the Ox and the Ass. The Ox knoweth his owner, and the Ass his masters crib, but Israel (what if I said England, nay Lewes) hath not known, my people hath not understood. Isai. 1.3. The reason is, for they would not. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, (sayeth Christ) which killest the Prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how oft would I have gathered thy children together as the hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not. Luk. 13.34. Math. 23.34. That is, even when ye might, therefore ye shall not when ye would. ⟨p. 132⟩For it is written: I will laugh at your destruction (sayeth God by Solomon) and mock you when your fear cometh: when your fear cometh like sudden desolation, and your destruction shall come like a whirlwind, when affliction and anguish shall come upon you: Then shall they ca• upon me, but I will not answer: they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me, because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord: They would none of my counsel, but despised all my correction. Pro. 1.26. Therefore I will surely consume them, saith the Lord. Jer. 8.13.