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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.
The first may be taken from 1his condition therein, as it is common to all the godly. For this may stay a mans heart, to know for certain, that every man that will live godly, shall be opposed, and must suffer persecution, 2 Tim. […]. 12.
The first may be taken from 1his condition therin, as it is common to all the godly. For this may stay a mans heart, to know for certaine, that euery man that will liue godly, shall bee opposed, and must suffer persecution, 2 Tim. 〈…〉. 12.
- 11. Of the common condition of all the godly.
The second may be taken 1from the appointment of God herein: And this stands of two Branches. First, That God from all eternity hath decreed every mans sufferings this way. Thus Paul lesseneth the thought of the cross, by pleading that God had appointed them thereunto, meaning by his eternal Decree, 1 Thes. 3. 3. Secondly, That God hath likewise appointed the end, and measure, and deliverance out of the affliction. Thus the Church ⟨p. 336⟩[…] ⟨p. 337⟩[…] ⟨p. 338⟩is comforted, Revel. 2. 10. If it were grievous to them to know that the Devil should raise up wicked men that should call them into prison, yet this may refresh them, that God hath set the time when they shall come forth again. It shall be but for ten days. It shall neither be so long as the Devil and wicked men would have it, for then they must never come out; nor so little a while as they themselves would have it; for then they would never come in, or stay but a while: but God will rule, by determining the time for their good.