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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 people of God ought to rest satisfied and assured, that God sees, and smiles, and looks and laughs at all the counsels and combinations of wicked men against his Son and 1against his Saints; and when they have done their worst, the Counsel 2of the Lord shall stand, and Christ shall reign in the midst of his enemies; and that the stone cut out of the mountains without hands, shall bring down the golden Image with a vengeance, and make it 3like the chaff of the Summer floor. ⟨p. 42⟩Some write of Lions, that as they are mindful of courtesies received, (witness the Story of Androdus that fugitive servant of Rome) so they will be sure to revenge injuries done to them; they will prey on them that would make a prey of them. When Juba King of the Moors marched through the Desert of Africa, a young man of his Company wounded a Lion; but the year following, when Juba returned, the Lion again meets the Army, and from among them all singles out the man that hurt him, and tears him in pieces, suffering the rest to pass by in peace and safety. And thus the Lord Jesus, who is the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, is always ready to revenge 4the cause of his people, and to take vengeance on all that have wounded his people, or made a prey of his people; as you may clearly and fully see in Ezekiel chap. 25. and 35. Now by this argument, as well as by all the rest, 'tis evident, that the people of God ⟨p. 43⟩stand upon the advantage ground, as to their outward preservation and protection, above all other people in the world.
The people of God ought to rest satisfied and assured, that God sees, and smiles, and looks and laughs at all the counsels and combinations of wicked men against his Son and 1