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The marrow of the oracles of God. Or, divers treatisesThe marrovv of the oracles of God. Or, diuers treatises
The marrow of the oracles of God. Or, divers treatises containing directions about six of the weightiest things can concern a Christian in this life. by N. Bifield, late preacher of Gods Word at Isleworth in Middlesex.The marrovv of the oracles of God. Or, diuers treatises containing directions about sixe of the waightiest things can concerne a Christian in this life. by N. Bifield, late preacher of Gods Word at Isleworth in Middlesex.
London: printed by John Legatt, 1630
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.
Fifthly, the same persons that 1now reproach thee, may be so turned about by the power and grace of God, that in the day of their visitation they will admire thee, and glorify God for thee, 1. Pet. 2. 12.
Fiftly, the same persons that 1now reproach thee, may bee so turned about by the power and grace of God, that in the day of their visitation they will admire thee, and glorifie God for thee, 1. Pet. 2. 12.
- 15 Of praise from them that now reproach thee.
Sixthly, we should be the less 1troubled with our reproaches, because this is not to resist unto ⟨p. 323⟩blood. God deals favourably with us. If we had lived in the days of our fathers, when to profess the Gospel of Christ, had been occasion of terrible death; then we might have had some pretence of grievance: but now in these days, when the hurt is done only with the tongue of infamous men, it is a great weakness to be disquieted, Heb. 12. 3, 4.
Sixtly, we should bee the lesse 1troubled with our reproaches, because this is not to resist vnto ⟨p. 323⟩