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The true soldiers convoy A sermon preached upon the xvjth. day of May 1640,…The true souldiers convoy A sermon preached upon the xvjth. day of May 1640,…
The true soldiers convoy A sermon preached upon the xvjth. day of May 1640, upon a prayer day, for the Princes good success in going forth to war. By William Bridge.The true souldiers convoy A sermon preached upon the xvjth. day of May 1640, vpon a prayer day, for the Princes good successe in going forth to warre. By William Bridge.
In Rotterdam: printed for Thomas Lappagde, 1640
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.
use. 2 In the Second place Hence •ee what a necessity there is •hat we should ponder, and observe the works of God; •nd the judgments of the •ord; in these great volumes, •ee may read much of God; when God ariseth, then God • to be seen, and seen e•ecially, when Gods enemies •re scattered, then he ariseth: Now there are three sorts of people that are too blame •ere, as concerning the observation of the Lords works, •nd his great judgments, the •rst are those that the prophet complains of▪ when the hand 1• the Lord is lifted up on high •ey will not behold his Mayest An other are those that the ⟨p. 52⟩Psalmist strikes at in the 2 psa 10 vers: Be wise therefore O ye 2Kings verse 12 kiss the Son least he be angry and ye perish in the way, who seeing and observing God fetching his stroke at a land or people, will not stand out of Gods way, and reach; the third sort are those that degrade the works of God and nickname them, saying they are none of Gods works but works of Satan, like the Jews and Pharisees who when Lazarus was raised from the grave by a miracle would have killed Lazarus out of spite to Christ, so these men when God hath wrought gloriously for the conversion of a poor sinner, or the destruction of his vile enemies, do what they can to put Gods work to death, ⟨p. 53⟩calling that hypocrisy which is Gods grace, that obstinacy which is good conscience, and that chance which is Gods glory; But let all these consider that one place in the