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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 Eleventh Divine Maxim or §11Conclusion, is this, Viz.
The Eleventh Divine Maxime or §11Conclusion, is this, Viz.
Though a godly man should die of the plague, yet he shall be certainly delivered from the evil of the plague.
The smartest rod that God lays ⟨p. 72⟩upon his own people, is from a principle 1of love; though he be angry with his peoples sins, yet he loves their persons. Though the pestilence comes as a judgement upon wicked men, yet it comes only as a chastisement upon the people of God. When the plague comes upon wicked men, it comes upon them by virtue of the first Covenant, and as a fruit of the Curse; but when it comes upon the godly, it comes upon them by virtue of the second Covenant (I mean the Covenant 2of Grace) and as a fruit of his love: Hence God is called, the great and terrible God, that keepeth Covenant, Neh. 1. 5. But why is he called the terrible God that keepeth Covenant, but because as he hath covenanted to keep them from the evil of the world, and to purge away their 3sins, and to save their souls, and to preserve them to his heavenly kingdom; so he stands bound by his Covenant, to make use of any terrible judgements or terrible dispensations, to effect these great and glorious things. As we sometimes preserve