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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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yet in the conclusion all issues in the will, purpose, and glory of God.
Eighthly, and lastly, God hath taken several of his own dear children §8away by the pestilence, to wipe off that reproach which Atheists and wicked men are apt to cast upon the Lord, as if he were partial, and his ways not equal. God to stop the mouth of iniquity, 1the mouth of blasphemy, hath taken away several of his dear servants by the raging pestilence, when the 2wicked walk on every side, yea, when hell seems to be broke loose, and men turned into incarnate devils, and all because they have not been plagued as other men, nor visited as God hath visited some of his dearest children. Sometimes Gods manner is to begin ⟨p. 63⟩with his own people, 1 Pet. 4. 17. Judgement must begin at the house of God; and the Lord commands his destroying Angel to begin at his Sanctuary, Ezek. 9. 6. Sometimes when God intends to bring a common and general destruction upon the enemies, oppressors, haters and persecutors of his people, he is wont first to scourge his own till the blood comes. I took the cup at the Lords hands (he means the cup of Gods fury, Jer. 25. 17.) and made all the Nations to drink (that is prophesied, that they should certainly drink of it) unto whom the Lord had sent me. But who were to drink first of this cup? Mark he tells us verse 18. Jerusalem and the Cities of Judah, and the Kings thereof, and the Princes thereof; These were to begin in this cup to Egypt, and the Philistines, to Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites, as he shows in the verses following: Now all these were bitter and implacable enemies to the Israel of God. Ah sinners, sinners, do not insult over the poor people of God, because here and there the hand of the Lord hath