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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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1SO the Lord sent a Pestilence upon Israel, from the morning even to the time appointed; and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba, seventy thousand men. Numb. 16. 46. Wrath is gone out ⟨p. 2⟩from the Lord, the Plague is begun. Numb. 14. 12. I will smite them with the Pestilence, and disinherit them. Deut. 28. 21. The Lord shall make the Pestilence cleave unto thee, until he hath consumed thee from off the Land whither thou goest to possess it. Ezek. 14. 19. Or if I send a Pestilence into that Land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast. Verse 21. For thus saith the Lord God, how much more, when I send my four sore judgements upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast. Amos 4 10. I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt. Hence 'tis called, Gods Arrow, Psal. 91. 5. and when God shoots these arrows into Kingdoms, Cities, Towns, Families, none can 2pull them out but God himself. The Plague is more immediately from God, than any other Sickness or Disease is; for it is the immediate stroke of God. The Scribe is more properly said to ⟨p. 3⟩write, than the pen; and he that maketh and keepeth the Clock, is more properly said to make it go and strike, than the wheels and poises that hang upon it: and every Workman to effect his work, rather than the tools which he useth as instruments. So the Lord of Hosts, who is the chief Agent and Mover in all things, and in all actions, may more fitly and properly be said to effect and bring to pass all Judgements, yea, all things which are done in the Earth, than any inferior or subordinate causes; seeing they are but his tools and instruments, which he rules and guides according to his own Will, Power, and Providence. I know some Physicians ascribe it to the heat of the Air, and sometimes to the dryness of the Air, and sometimes to the corruption of the Air, & sometimes to the corruption of mens blood, & sometimes to Satan, and sometimes to the malignancy of the Planets; but certainly those are Physicians of no value, that