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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 Eighth Divine Maxim §8or Conclusion, is this, viz.
The Eighth Divine Maxime §8or Conclusion, is this, viz.
Sword, Famine, and Pestilence, can only reach our outward man, they only reach our bodies, and our bodily concernments, they cannot reach our souls, nor our internal, nor our eternal concernments: No outward Judgments can reach the favour of God, or the light of his countenance, or our communion with him, or our ⟨p. 18⟩spiritual enjoyments of him, or the joys of the Spirit, or the teachings of the Spirit, or the leadings of the Spirit, or the earnest of the Spirit, or the witness of the Spirit, or the sealings of the Spirit, or the quick enings of the Spirit, or that peace that passeth understanding, or our secret trade with Heaven.
Sword, Famine, and Pestilence, can only reach our outward man, they only reach our bodies, and our bodily concernments, they cannot reach our souls, nor our internal, nor our eternal concernments: No outward Judgments can reach the favour of God, or the light of his countenance, or our communion with him, or our ⟨p. 18⟩spiritual enjoyments of him, or the joyes of the Spirit, or the teachings of the Spirit, or the leadings of the Spirit, or the earnest of the Spirit, or the witness of the Spirit, or the sealings of the Spirit, or the quick enings of the Spirit, or that peace that passeth understanding, or our secret trade with Heaven.