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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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Ninthly, If you consider Gods §9tender and fatherly care of his people, and his singular indulgence towards them, of which you may read much in the blessed Scripture. Among the many choice Scriptures which might be produced, take these as a taste, Psal. 103. 13, 14. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him; for he knoweth our frame, he remembereth that we are dust. There is an ocean of love and pity in the fathers heart towards his children; but 'tis but a drop to that which is in God. He hit the mark, that said, Tam pius nemo, tam pater nemo, No father 1is like our father. God is Pater miserationum, he is all bowels. Let God carry it how he pleaseth towards us, yet we must still acknowledge that he is a propitious father, and say with him, Lord, thou 2art a father both when thou strokest, and when thou strikest; thou strikest, that we may not perish, and thou strokest, that we may not faint. Pity is as essential to God, as light is to the ⟨p. 32⟩Sun; or as heat is to the fire: Hence he is called the Father by an eminency, 3as if they were no father to him, none like him, nor none besides him, as indeed there is not originally and properly. So Exod. 19. 4. Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on Eagles wings, and brought you unto my self. 'Tis an elegant expression, to set forth Gods admirable care over his people. The Eagle fears no bird from above to hurt her young, only the arrow from beneath; therefore she carries them upon her wings. Deut. 32. 9, 10, 11. The Lords portion is his people, Jacob is the lot of his inheritance; he found him in a desert land, and in the wast-howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. As an Eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings. vers. 12. So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange God with him. The Eagle carries her young ones