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The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded
The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propounded : more largely & clearly handled and explained / published by John Downame ...The summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded : more largly & cleerely handled and explaned / published by John Downame ...
London: printed by Willi, 1625
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Lastly, concerning Magistrates: Let it be known, that the use of the Sword standeth also in lawful and just War, in fighting the Lords Battles, as she speaketh runto DAVID: For JEHOVAH will certainly make for my Lord a sure House, if my Lord fight the Battles of JEHOVAH, and evil be not found in thee all thy days.
Lastly, concerning Magistrates: Let it bee knowne, that the vse of the Sword standeth also in lawfull and iust Warre, in fighting the Lords Battailes, as shee speaketh rvnto DAVID: For IEHOVAH will certainly make for my Lord a sure House, if my Lord fight the Battailes of IEHOVAH, and euill bee not found in thee all thy dayes.
The Ministers Duty is to attend public teaching, &1 to be diligent therein. I shave set Watch-men upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which all the day and all the night shall not cease; the tteacher let him continue in his teaching; the exhorter in his exhortation, &c. The uElders among you I exhort, &c. Feed the Flocks of God that dependeth upon you. Take xheed to your selves and to all the Flock, wherein the Holy Ghost hath made you Bishops, that you feed the Church of God which he hath purchased with his own blood.