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CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…
CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St. John, or, Christs prayer before his passion explicated, and both practically and polemically improved by Anthony Burgess ...
London: printed by Abraham Miller for Thomas Underhill, 1656
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Sermon 87: That God hath determined a precise time to every particular man in the world, how long…
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1Now that it is God that continueth and takes out of the world, appointing every one their set time appeareth by evident Texts of Scripture, Job 14.5. where a mans days in particular, are said to be determined, the number of his months, and his bounds beyond which he cannot pass; he speaks here of every man in particular; it is not worth while to answer the cavils against this place. So that as God hath appointed a set time for governments, and when that period is come, then all the world cannot hinder a change, as Dan. 5.25. God hath numbered thy kingdom, and given it away. Thus he doth also to every particular person. Not that men may neglect means, or do what they list, but he hath ordained this in and by the use of the means. Thus Act. 17.26. God is said to determine the seasons, and the bounds of our habitation.
1Now that it is God that continueth and takes out of the world, appointing every one their set time appeareth by evident Texts of Scripture, Job 14.5. where a mans dayes in particular, are said to be determined, the number of his moneths, and his bounds beyond which he cannot pass; he speaks here of every man in particular; it is not worth while to answer the cavils against this place. So that as God hath appointed a set time for governments, and when that period is come, then all the world cannot hinder a change, as Dan. 5.25. God hath numbred thy kingdom, and given it away. Thus he doth also to every particular person. Not that men may neglect means, or do what they list, but he hath ordained this in and by the use of the means. Thus Act. 17.26. God is said to determine the seasons, and the bounds of our habitation.
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