A31961:27
An Exact collection of farewell sermons preached by the late London-ministers viz. Mr. Calamy,…An Exact collection of farewel sermons preached by the late London-ministers viz. Mr. Calamy,…
An Exact collection of farewell sermons preached by the late London-ministers viz. Mr. Calamy, Mr. Watson, Mr. Jacomb, Mr. Case, Mr. Sclater, Mr. Baxter, Mr. Jenkin, Dr. Manton, Mr. Lye, Mr. Collins : to which is added their prayers before and after sermon as also Mr. Calamy's sermon for which he was imprisoned in Newgate : his sermon at Mr. Ashe's funeral and Dr. Horton's and Mr. Nalton's funeral.An Exact collection of farewel sermons preached by the late London-ministers viz. Mr. Calamy, Mr. Watson, Mr. Jacomb, Mr. Case, Mr. Sclater, Mr. Baxter, Mr. Jenkin, Dr. Manton, Mr. Lye, Mr. Collins : to which is added their prayers before and after sermon as also Mr. Calamy's sermon for which he was imprisoned in Newgate : his sermon at Mr. Ashe's funeral and Dr. Horton's and Mr. Nalton's funeral.
London : s.n., 1662
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1. For the reality of it: after David had sinned in numbering the people, God sends the Prophet Gad to him, and puts three things to his choice, as you may ⟨p. 3⟩read in vers. 12. God was determined to make David smart for numbering the people, but leaves it to Davids liberty, whether he would have seven years famine, or three months to flee before his enemies, or three days pestilence: This was a posing Question, and David had cause to be in a great strait; for these objects are not amiable in their own nature, they are objects to be avoided and declined; in the first view of them they seem to be equally miserable, therefore David had cause to say, He was in a great strait.
1. For the reality of it: after David had sinned in numbring the people, God sends the Prophet Gad to him, and puts three things to his choice, as you may ⟨p. 3⟩read in vers. 12. God was determined to make David smart for numbring the people, but leaves it to Davids liberty, whether he would have seven years famine, or three months to flee before his enemies, or three dayes pestilence: This was a posing Question, and David had cause to be in a great strait; for these objects are not amiable in their own nature, they are objects to be avoided and declined; in the first view of them they seem to be equally miserable, therefore David had cause to say, He was in a great strait.
2. This perplexity was not only real, but exceeding great: I am in a great Strait: and there are two things made it so great.
1. The greatness of the punishments proposed, Famine, Sword, and Plague: these are the three besoms with which God sweeps mankind from off the earth: these are Gods three iron-whips, by which he chastisetl sinful man: these are the three arrows shot out of the quiver of Gods wrath, for the punishment of man: they are, as one calleth them, Tonsurae humani generis. In R 6. you shall read of four Horses, when the four first Seals were opened: A white-horse, a red-horse, a black horse, and a pale horse: after Christ had ridden on the white-horse, propagating the Gospel, then follows the red-horse, a type of War; then the black-horse, an Hieroglyphic of Famine: then the pale-horse, the emblem of Pestilence. Now God was resolved to ride on one of these horses, and David must choose upon which God should ride; this was a great Strait: Let me present David, lifting up his eyes to Heaven, and speaking to God thus; O my God, what is this message thou […] […] thou offerest me three things; I am in a strait […] which to refuse, but which to choose I […] […] […] the Land of Canaan, a Land flowing with […] […] […] shall this Land endure seven years famine, […] […] […]