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A heavenly cordial for all those servants of the Lord that have had the…
A heavenly cordial for all those servants of the Lord that have had the plague ... , or, Thirteen divine maxims, or conclusions, in respect of the pestilence which may be as so many supports, comforts and refreshing springs, both to the visited and preserved people of God in this present day : also ten arguments to prove that in times of common calamity the people of God do stand upon the advantage ground as to their outward preservation and protection ... : also eight reasons why some of the precious servants of the Lord have fallen by the pestilence in this day of the Lords anger / by Thomas Brooks.A heavenly cordial for all those servants of the Lord that have had the plague ... , or, Thirteen divine maximes, or conclusions, in respect of the pestilence which may be as so many supports, comforts and refreshing springs, both to the visited and preserved people of God in this present day : also ten arguments to prove that in times of common calamity the people of God do stand upon the advantage ground as to their outward preservation and protection ... : also eight reasons why some of the precious servants of the Lord have fallen by the pestilence in this day of the Lords anger / by Thomas Brooks.
London : Printed for and are to be sold by John Hancock, 1666
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The Fifth Divine Maxim or §5Conclusion, is this, Viz.
The Fifth Divine Maxime or §5Conclusion, is this, Viz.
The Lord sometimes takes away his dearest people, by some one judgement, that so he may by that means deliver them from many judgements; and sometimes he takes away his people by one great judgement, that so they may escape many other greater judgements, that he intends to bring upon the Earth.
And thus good Josiah was slain in battle; yet because he lived not to see the woeful miseries of succeeding times, he is said to go to his grave in peace, 2 Chron. 34. 27, 28. Turn to it. Enoch lived long in a little time, and God took him to heaven before he brought a sweeping Flood upon the world; but he fore seeing the Flood, named his son Methuselah, that is to say, He dyeth, and the dart (or flood cometh) and so it fell out; for no sooner was his head laid, ⟨p. 13⟩but in came the Flood. And so Augustine was taken out of the world, before Hippo was taken by the Vandals. And so Paraus was gotten to his better Country, before Heidelberg and the Palatinate was delivered into the power of the enemies. Ambrose is said to have been the Walls of Italy, and when he died, the Earl Stilico said, That his death did threaten destruction to that Country. And when Luther was laid in his grave, then troubles, wars, desolations, and confusions, came in upon Germany like a flood. The righteous are taken away