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The barren fig tree, or, The doom and downfall of the fruitless professor showing…The barren fig tree, or, The doom and downfall of the fruitless professor shewing…
The barren fig tree, or, The doom and downfall of the fruitless professor showing that the day of grace may be past with him long before his life is ended : the signs also by which such miserable mortals may be known / by John Bunyan ; to which is added his Exhortation to peace and unity among all that fear God.The barren fig tree, or, The doom and downfall of the fruitless professor shewing that the day of grace may be past with him long before his life is ended : the signs also by which such miserable mortals may be known / by John Bunyan ; to which is added his Exhortation to peace and unity among all that fear God.
London: printed for J. Robinson, 1688
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Thus he served Ahab, a Man, that fold himself to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord, 1 Kin. 21. 25. And the Lord said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up, and fall at Ramoth-Gilead? And on said on this manner, and another said on that manner: And there came forth a Spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him. 1 Kin. 22. 20, 21, 22. And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and be a lying Spirit in the mouth of all his Prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also, go forth, and do so. Thou shalt persuade him and ⟨p. 110⟩prevail, do thy Will, I leave him in thy Hand, Go forth, and do so.
Thus he served Ahab, a Man, that fold himself to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord, 1 Kin. 21. 25. And the Lord said, Who shall perswade Ahab, that he may go up, and fall at Ramoth-Gilead? And on said on this manner, and another said on that manner: And there came forth a Spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will perswade him. 1 Kin. 22. 20, 21, 22. And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and be a lying Spirit in the mouth of all his Prophets. And he said, Thou shalt perswade him, and prevail also, go forth, and do so. Thou shalt perswade him and ⟨p. 110⟩prevail, do thy Will, I leave him in thy Hand, Go forth, and do so.
Wherefore in these Judgments, the Lord doth much concern himself for the management thereof, because of the Provocation wherewith they have provoked him. This is the Man, whose Ruin contriveth, and bringeth to pass by his own contrivance. I will choose their delusions for them; I will bring their fears upon them,