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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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Yet further it may appear what a matter of heaviness the loss of good men is unto those that are good themselves, by that speech of David, who saith, All my delight is in the Saints: for if they be his chief delight,1 then the want of them must needs be an occasion of very great anguish unto him: as is evident that it was▪ Psalm. 42. 4. when he remembered how he had gone with the multitude,2 and had been as a Captain to lead them unto the house of God, which then he could not do: this cast him into wonderful grief, so that he poured out his tears, yea and his very heart, as he there speaketh, being in such extremity of sorrow, that he is fain to restrain himself, why art thou cast down my soul (saith he) and why art thou disquieted within me? &c: yet godly men were not quite abolished at this time, but David, only taken from them: and he knew that he should come again unto them at length, and that they should be his flock: if then he were so far cast down for that he might not be with them, what grief would he have conceived if they had utterly been cut off, and ceased to be any longer?
Yet further it may appeare what a matter of heauinesse the losse of good men is vnto those that are good themselues, by that speech of Dauid, who saith, All my delight is in the Saints: for if they be his chiefe delight,1 then the want of them must needs be an occasion of very great anguish vnto him: as is euident that it was▪ Psalm. 42. 4. when he remembred how he had gone with the multitude,2 and had beene as a Captaine to leade them vnto the house of God, which then he could not doe: this cast him into wonderfull griefe, so that he poured out his teares, yea and his very heart, as he there speaketh, being in such extremitie of sorrow, that he is faine to restraine himselfe, why art thou cast downe my soule (saith he) and why art thou disquieted within me? &c: yet godly men were not quite abolished at this time, but Dauid, onely taken from them: and he knew that he should come againe vnto them at length, and that they should be his flocke: if then he were so farre cast downe for that he might not be with them, what griefe would he haue conceiued if they had vtterly beene cut off, and ceased to be any longer?