A20529:214
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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Secondly, in regard of themselves they are moved here at, as being fellow members with them: for when the godly perish, they are as it were a maimed body. They have fewer friends and fellow-helpers, fewer to pray with them and for them, fewer to reprove, exhort, and comfort them, and in a word, fewer to whom they may do good, and from whom they may receive good.
Secondly, in regard of themselues they are mooued heere at, as being fellow members with them: for when the godly perish, they are as it were a maimed body. They haue fewer friends and fellow-helpers, fewer to pray with them and for them, fewer to reprooue, exhort, and comfort them, and in a word, fewer to whom they may doe good, and from whom they may receiue good.
Thirdly, in respect of the public loss, they mourn for the decay of the righteous: for when multitudes of all nations, and of all sorts of people, do know the ways of God, and praise the name of God, then (as the Prophet saith) the earth shall bring forth her increase, 1and God even our God shall bless us. If there be but ten righteous men and women in a City, or some few in a whole Country, all the rest shall speed the better for their sakes: how much more then if there be multitudes of them? What a grief therefore must it needs be to the wise and godly, when these props and pillars of the Church and Common-wealth are taken away?
Thirdly, in respect of the publike losse, they mourne for the decay of the righteous: for when multitudes of all nations, and of all sorts of people, doe know the waies of God, and praise the name of God, then (as the Prophet saith) the earth shall bring foorth her increase, 1and God euen our God shall blesse vs. If there be but ten righteous men and women in a Citie, or some few in a whole Country, all the rest shall speed the better for their sakes: how much more then if there be multitudes of them? What a griefe therefore must it needs be to the wise and godly, when these props and pillars of the Church and Common-wealth are taken away?