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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 Twelfth Divine Maxim or §12Conclusion is this, Viz.
The Twelfth Divine Maxime or §12Conclusion is this, Viz.
That God knows how to distinguish his people, and how to difference his people from others, when the pestilence rages in the midst of them.
As he did between the Israelites and the Egyptians, Exod. 8. 21, 22, 23. Exod. 9. 22, 23, 24, 25, 26. Exod. 11. 7. That of the Apostle is a great truth, 2 Tim. 2. 19. The Lord knoweth them that are his. The Lord knows all his people by name, he doth not only know how many he elected, but he also knoweth who they are; he ⟨p. 76⟩knows the very numerical persons upon whom he hath set his electing love. Though the pestilence doth not know a saint from a sinner, yet the Lord knows a saint from a sinner; though the pestilence doth not know the righteous from the wicked, yet the Lord knows the righteous from the wicked; though the pestilence doth not know him that feareth an Oath from him that sweareth, yet the Lord knows him that feareth an Oath, from him that sweareth; though the pestilence doth not know the clean from the unclean, yet the Lord knows the clean from the unclean; though the pestilence doth not know him that sacrificeth, from him that sacrificeth not, yet the Lord knows him that sacrificeth, from him that sacrificeth not; though the pestilence doth not know the oppressed from the oppressor, yet the Lord knows the oppressed from the oppressor; though the pestilence doth not know the persecuted from the persecutor, yet the Lord knows the persecuted from the persecutor, &c.