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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
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Fourthly,1 in such times of difficulty, Gods glorious hand is more apparently seen, and so all the honour is ascribed unto him. If Moses had brought the Israelites out of Egypt by force of arms, being aided with two or three millions of soldiers, much of the praise would have been given unto them: but when Moses was naked and altogether destitute of any power of man, the Lords mighty Arm was more clearly seen in the deliverance of his people, and the subversion of their enemies, And that work of his, hath been, is, and shall be memorable in all ages.
Fourthly,1 in such times of difficultie, Gods glorious hand is more apparantly seene, and so all the honour is ascribed vnto him. If Moses had brought the Israelites out of Aegipt by force of armes, being aided with two or three millions of souldiers, much of the praise would haue bene giuen vnto them: but when Moses was naked and altogether destitute of any power of man, the Lords mightie Arme was more cleerely seene in the deliuerance of his people, and the subuersion of their enemies, And that worke of his, hath bene, is, and shall be memorable in all ages.
So also, Hezekiahs sickness had been such as any Physician could have cured, his recovery should never have been recorded in Gods book, as not making so much for his glory: but when the prolonging of his life was as much as the giving of a second life, then notice of it was taken and given by the holy Ghost, to the everlasting honour of Gods name. And as it was then, so is it yet still, and ever shall be to the end of the world: the greater the extremities and necessities of the Saints be, wherein God doeth relieve them, and out of which he doth deliver them, the more will it be for the magnifying of his omnipotency, and of his tender mercy therein expressed.