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God's anger
God's anger ; and, Man's comfort two sermons / preached and published by Tho. Adams.
London: printed by Tho. Maxey for Samuel Man, 1652
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3. That his anger may extend to the whole nation: how long wilt thou be angry with the people, all the people
4. That his anger may fall upon his own people, even his peculiar and chosen flock; How long wilt thou be angry with thy people?
4. That his anger may fall upon his owne people, even his peculiar and chosen flock; How long wilt thou be angry with thy people?
5. That his anger may dwell upon them in their devotions, and not be removed by their very prayers. How long wilt thou be angry with the people that prayeth? Yea, against their prayer?
5. That his anger may dwel upon them in their devotions, and not be removed by their very prayers. How long wilt thou be angry with the people that prayeth? Yea, against their prayer?
Now God is never angry without a cause: he is no froward God, of no tetchy and pettish nature: a cause there must be, or he would never be angry. There can be no cause but sin; we never read that God was angry for any thing else. Some he hath corrected without respect unto sin, as he did Job: but he was never angry with any man, but for the sin of that man. It is the sin of the people that hath thus grieved God, and it is the anger of God that hath