A20529:255
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, Gods wisdom is much magnified by proceeding against such: they are fit adversaries for him,§4 who scattereth the devices of the crafty, 1so that their hands ⟨p. 76⟩cannot accomplish that which they enterprise, (as Job speaketh) and that taketh the crafty in their craftiness, causing those that are cunning hunters and fowlers, to fall into the pit that they have digged for others, and to be ensnared in the works of their own hands; 2so that when they go about to take others, it falleth out by the righteous and wise providence of God, that they are taken themselves.
Fourthly, Gods wisedome is much magnified by proceeding against such: they are fit aduersaries for him,§4 who scattereth the deuices of the craftie, 1so that their handes ⟨p. 76⟩cannot accomplish that which they enterprise, (as Iob speaketh) and that taketh the crafty in their craftinesse, causing those that are cunning hunters and fowlers, to fall into the pit that they haue digged for others, and to be insnared in the works of their owne handes; 2so that when they goe about to take others, it falleth out by the righteous and wise prouidence of God, that they are taken themselues.