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Three godly and fruitful sermons; the two first preached by Master John DodThree godlie and fruitful sermons; the two first preached by Maister Iohn Dod
Three godly and fruitful sermons; the two first preached by Master John Dod: the last by Master Robert Cleaver. Whereunto are annexed, five propositions, or points of doctrine, comprehended in three other sermons, by the same authorThree godlie and fruitful sermons; the two first preached by Maister Iohn Dod: the last by Maister Robert Cleauer. Whereunto are annexed, fiue propositions, or points of doctrine, comprehended in three other sermons, by the same author
London: printed by N. Okes and F. Kingston for William Welby, 1610
THE THIRD SERMON upon the fourteenth Psalm.THE THIRD SERMON vpon the fourteenth Psalme.
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And in another place, Though the Lord should kill me, yet will I trust in him. He feared sin which is the sting of crosses, and therefore were his crosses less terrible unto him when they came: and so will they be unto us if we carefully eschew those corruptions which otherwise will envenom and poison them unto us. This is the first means to arm us against fears, viz. to ⟨p. 97⟩take heed of sin before it be committed.
And in another place, Though the Lord should kill me, yet will I trust in him. He feared sinne which is the sting of crosses, and therefore were his crosses lesse terrible vnto him when they came: and so will they be vnto vs if we carefully eschew those corruptions which otherwise will inuenome and poyson them vnto vs. This is the first meanes to arme vs against feares, viz. to ⟨p. 97⟩take heede of sinne before it be committed.
But if it be committed, the next remedy is, to 1stand in awe of Gods judgements due unto the same, and so to be led on to true repentance. The best way to escape desperate fear, is, to fright our souls with an holy fear: For if we judge our selves, we shall not be judged of the Lord. Excellent for this purpose, is that answer of Huldah the Prophetess unto good Josiah: Because thine heart 2did melt (saith she) and thou hast humbled thy self before the Lord, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants of the same, to wit, that it should be destroyed, and accursed; and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me, I have also heard thee saith the Lord. Behold therefore I will gather thee to thy fathers; and thou shalt be put in thy grave in peace, and thine eyes shall not see all the evil that I will bring upon this place. And agreeable to this, is the speech of Habakkuk: When I heard,