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The glorious name of God, The Lord of Hosts opened in two sermons, at…
The glorious name of God, The Lord of Hosts opened in two sermons, at Michaels Cornhill, London, vindicating the Commission from this Lord of Hosts, to subjects, in some case, to take up arms : with a post-script, briefly answering a late treatise by Henry Ferne, D.D. / by Jer. Burroughs.The glorious name of God, The Lord of Hosts opened in two sermons, at Michaels Cornhill, London, vindicating the Commission from this Lord of Hosts, to subjects, in some case, to take up arms : with a post-script, briefly answering a late treatise by Henry Ferne, D.D. / by Jer. Burroughes.
London: printed for R. Dawlman, 1643
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12. The work of this Lord of Hosts in War is to give wisdom and counsel for the managing of §12the affairs of it, and he takes away wisdom and counsel when he pleaseth. 2 Sam. 22. 35. Thou teachest my hands to war, and my fingers to fight. The same we have, Psal. 144. 1. Other Generals have their Council of War to help them, that they may not miscarry in it; but this Lord of Hosts gives all the counsel and wisdom from himself to all under him: And in this there is much of Gods glory. Isaiah 28. 24, 25, 26, 27. The Lord accounts it his glory that he teacheth the Ploughman to plough his ground, to sow his seed, to thresh his corn, his God doth instruct him to discretion, the Text says; much more then is the glory of God in giving wisdom to order ⟨p. 16⟩and to lead Armies. And when the Lord pleaseth, he takes away counsel, he besots men in their counsels, & mingles a perverse spirit amongst them, & befools them; he turns their counsels upside downward, and ensnares them in the work of their own hands: This made David pray against the counsel of Ahithophel, 2 Sam. 15. 31. O Lord turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness; what counsel that was you may find 2 Sam. 17. 2. Fall upon him while he is weary and weak. This war was raised up against David for his sin, and yet God hears Davids prayer against Ahithophel: The same counsel was given against our Army of late by a great Ahithophel, when the question was, whether they should come to the City or fall upon the Army, the counsel cast it upon the Army, because they were weary and weak, not being together, and how hath God turned that counsel into folly? it hath bin our safety and preservation, but their shame. There God wrought for David in that Achitophels counsel was not followed, although it was a more politic counsel, it had more warlike wisdom in it then Hushaies had, but for us God wrought, in that Achitophels counsel was followed. Thus Isai. 19. 11. Surely the Princes of Zoan are fools, the counsels of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh are become brutish, where are they? where are the wise men? and again, The Princes of Zoan are become fools.