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The privy key of heaven, or, Twenty arguments for closet-prayer in a select discourse…The privie key of heaven, or, Twenty arguments for closet-prayer in a select discourse…
The privy key of heaven, or, Twenty arguments for closet-prayer in a select discourse on that subject with the resolution of several considerable questions : the main objections also against closet-prayer are here answered ... with twenty special lessons ... that we are to learn by that severe rod, the pestilence that now rageth in the midst of us / by Thomas Brooks.The privie key of heaven, or, Twenty arguments for closet-prayer in a select discourse on that subject with the resolution of several considerable questions : the main objections also against closet-prayer are here answered ... with twenty special lessons ... that we are to learn by that severe rod, the pestilence that now rageth in the midst of us / by Thomas Brooks.
London : Printed for and are to be sold by John Hancock, 1665
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Hear ye the Rod. The word Hear, is from [Greek or Hebrew] Shamang, which signifies, First, To mark, observe, and attend, to what is said, Gen. 29. 33. The Lord hath heard that I was hated; that is, he hath marked it, he hath observed it. So here, O mark the Rod, O observe the Rod, O attend to what is spoken by the Rod. Secondly, The word signifies, to understand what is spoken, so Gen. 42. 23. They knew not that Joseph understood them: In the Hebrew 'tis, that Joseph heard them. Now to hear the Rod, is to understand what is spoken to us by the Rod. Thirdly, ⟨image 6⟩The word signifies, to believe a thing reported to be true, so Exod. 6. 9. They hearkened not unto Moses, that is, they did not believe the report that Moses made. Hear the Rod, that is, believe the report the Rod makes. The Rod reports, that of all evils, Sin is the greatest evil; and that of all bitters, Sin is the greatest bitter; O believe the report of the Rod. The Rod reports that God is angry, that God is displeased; Oh believe its report. The Rod reports the creatures to be mere vanity and vexation of Spirit; O believe its report. The Rod reports our nearest and dearest comforts, contentments, and enjoyments to be mixed, mutable, and momentary; O believe its report. The Rod reports Sin to be vile, and the world to be ⟨image 6⟩vain, and Heaven to be glorious, and Christ to be most precious; O believe its report. The Hebrew word hath three other significations, but being that they are not proper to our purpose I shall pass them by.
Hear ye the Rod. The word Hear, is from 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Shamang, which signifies, First, To mark, observe, and attend, to what is said, Gen. 29. 33. The Lord hath heard that I was hated; that is, he hath marked it, he hath observed it. So here, O mark the Rod, O observe the Rod, O attend to what is spoken by the Rod. Secondly, The word signifies, to understand what is spoken, so