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A plain and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the…A plaine and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the…
A plain and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the Proverbs of SolomonA plaine and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the Prouerbs of Salomon
London: printed by Thomas Haveland for Thomas Man, 1609London: printed by Thomas Haueland for Thomas Man, 1609
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Reasons. 1 First, his might enableth him to do as much as his anger persuadeth him: if he purpose ought, he can easily have it effected: if he pass sentence, who will deny execution? Where the word of the King is (saith Ecclesiastes) there is power: 1and who shall say unto him, What doest thou?
Reasons. 1 First, his might enableth him to doe as much as his anger perswadeth him: if hee purpose ought, hee can easily haue it effected: if hee passe sentence, who will denie execution? Where the word of the King is (saith Ecclesiastes) there is power: 1and who shall say vnto him, What doest thou?
Secondly, he is (as S. Paul testifieth) Gods Lieutenant and Minister to take vengeance on him that doth evil: and therefore the Lords anger is to be trembled at in his indignation: and 1he is many times made severe in his justice, and will not pardon malefactors, because God is righteous in his judgements, and will surely have those malefactors punished.
Secondly, he is (as S. Paul testifieth) Gods Lieuetenant and Minister to take vengeance on him that doth euill: and therefore the Lords anger is to be trembled at in his indignation: and 1he is many times made seuere in his iustice, and will not pardon malefactors, because God is righteous in his iudgements, and will surely haue those malefactors punished.