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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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The more fraudulent a deceiver any one is, the more heavy shall the hand of God be upon him, to cross and contrary him, and to bring him to such straits, that he ⟨p. 73⟩shall not for shame open his mouth again to speak as he hath done: and this is to have his tongue cut out, as it were, as is threatened in this place.
The more fraudulent a deceiuer anie one is, the more heauy shall the hand of God be vpon him, to crosse and contrarie him, and to bring him to such straits, that hee ⟨p. 73⟩shall not for shame open his mouth againe to speake as he hath done: and this is to haue his tongue cut out, as it were, as is threatned in this place.
Flatterers have a certain kind of dexterity in their enterprises, that they will not be seen to be broachers of those things whereof they afterwards become practisers: but they speed never the better, but a great deal the worse for that. Therefore doth David conclude,1 that God would certainly destroy Doeg, because he was a skilful work-man, and as it were a tradesman in mischief: he could flatter David, that he wisheth him well, and was sorry for his troubles, and would be ready to befriend him in any thing he could: but when Saul complains how hardly he was dealt with, in that no body would discover unto him the treacheries of David, Deog changeth his tune, and falleth to accuse David, 2and most injuriously chargeth Abimelech to have conspired with him: and for all this, he (no doubt) would have goodly pretences: as, that duty bound him to speak as he did: he respected the Kings honour and safety, and certainly things were not well, but some mischief was a working; for he saw the son of Ishai come unto Abimelech, who gave him a sword, and asked counsel of the Lord for him, and ministered food unto him, and to those that were with him, and that extraordinary food too, even the show-bread: in which regard, he, as a loyal subject, must needs advertise Saul, to take heed, and to look well to himself, that so he might prevent all imminent dangers.