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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
THE CURE OF THE FEAR OF DEATH. › Chapter 7THE CVRE OF THE FEARE OF DEATH. › Chapter 7
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5. That God will not l•t. us know the times of our corrections, but executeth them according to the unchangeable purpose of his own counsel: so as they come upon us as a snare upon a bird. For this reason Solomon saith: That the misery of man is great upon him, because there is […] time for every purpose, which cannot be avoided, nor can man know before ha•d, that which shall be; for who can tell him, when it shall be? Eccles. 8. 6, 7, 8. and 9. 12.
5. That God will not l•t. vs know the times of our corrections, but executeth them according to the vnchangeable purpose of his owne counsell: so as they come vpon vs as a snare vp•n a bird. For this reason Salomon saith: That the misery of man is great vpon him, because there is 〈…〉 time for euery purpose, which cannot be auoided, nor can man know before ha•d, that which shall bee; for who can tell him, when it shall bee? Eccles. 8. 6, 7, 8. and 9. 12.
6. That no man knoweth either love or hatred, by all that is before him. A godly man can have no such blessings outwardly, but a wicked man may have them in as great abundance as he: nor ⟨p. 702⟩doth there any misery fall upon the wicked in outward crosses, but the like may befall the godly. All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the clean, and unclean, to him that sweeth, and to him that […] an ath; as is the good so is the […]. This, saith Solomon, is an evil among all things that e done under the Sun, that there is one uent unto all,