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The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs
The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs ; published by Thomas Goodwin ... [et al.]
London: printed by Peter Cole and Edward Cole, 1661
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.
6. And they are likewise compared to The tops of the ears of Corn, that one can nip off with his finger. Job. 24.24.
6. And they are likewise compared to The tops of the eares of Corne, that one can nip off with his finger. Job. 24.24.
7. The Psalmist saith, God cutteth off the spirit of Princes. Psal. 76.12. The word signifies such a cutting off as one with a knife would cut off a bunch of Grapes.
8. Again they are like The blasted Corn: and not only as grass, but As Grass on the House top. Isa. 37.27. Wicked men are going to destruction as a thing rolling before the wind. It is said they are set in Slippery places, and the Angel of the Lord persecutes them. Psal. 35.6. If one be set upon the Ice, and another come to persecute him, he cannot stand long.
8. Againe they are like The blasted Corne: and not only as grasse, but As Grasse on the House top. Isa. 37.27. Wicked men are going to destruction as a thing rouling before the wind. It is said they are set in Slippery places, and the Angell of the Lord persecutes them.