A20529:166
Four godly and fruitful sermons two preached at Drayton in Oxford-shire, at a fast,…Foure godlie and fruitful sermons two preached at Draiton in Oxford-shire, at a fast,…
Four godly and fruitful sermons two preached at Drayton in Oxford-shire, at a fast, enjoined by authority, by occasion of the pestilence then dangerously dispersed. Likewise two other sermons on the twelfth Psalm. Whereunto is annexed a brief tract of zeal. / By I. Dod. R. Cleaver.Foure godlie and fruitful sermons two preached at Draiton in Oxford-shire, at a fast, enioyned by authoritie, by occasion of the pestilence then dangerously dispearsed. Likewise two other sermons on the twelfth Psalme. VVhereunto is annexed a briefe tract of zeale. / By I. Dod. R. Cleauer.
London: printed by T.C. for William Welbie, 1611
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.
And the reason of this is,1 because God at all times is in all places, and of equal power in every place, and therefore what should hinder him from doing that every where in the same moment, if it stand with his justice and will, which he doth any where? The great deluge in the time of Noah, covered not one Nation one year, and an other the next, and a long time after the rest which were far separated asunder, but he in his wrath was present in every country, and so were they all overwhelmed in few days: and who knoweth whether it seized not upon each of them in one day? which maketh,
And the reason of this is,1 because God at all times is in all places, and of equall power in euery place, and therefore what should hinder him from doing that euery where in the same moment, if it stand with his iustice and will, which he doth any where? The great deluge in the time of Noe, couered not one Nation one yeare, and an other the next, and a long time after the rest which were farre separated asunder, but he in his wrath was present in euery country, and so were they all ouerwhelmed in few daies: and who knoweth whether it seized not vpon each of them in one day? which maketh,
- 1Reason.
For reproof of them that think,1 if they escape one place of infection, they are safe enough. But cannot God or his Angel reach them wheresoever they be? ⟨p. 54⟩Though no infected person come near them, cannot the Lords hand find them out? Yes certainly, let them climb up unto heaven,