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God's call to England, for thankfulness after gracious deliverances
God's call to England, for thankfulness after gracious deliverances wherein is showed, that our deliverances, not answered with reformation, will be followed with sorest destruction / by Thomas Gouge.God's call to England, for thankfulness after gracious deliverances wherein is shewed, that our deliverances, not answered with reformation, will be followed with sorest destruction / by Thomas Gouge.
London: printed for John Hancock, 1680
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.
With what terror may we look on those words? Psalm 68.20, 21. Unto God belongs salvation, but he will wound the hairy scalp of every one that goes on in sin: Though he will multiply salvations to such as serve him the more for them, yet ⟨p. 69⟩will he glorify his justice in destroying such as go on in sin after them. The Hebr. word [Greek or Hebrew] signifies altè imprimere; God will make a deep impression of the hands of justice on all such incorrigible persons. The heaviest judgments will fall on the contemners of the highest mercies. Judgment will be with most amazing terror, on the contemners of the Almighty's favour. As Gods resolutions against such sins will make destruction irrevocable, so his wrath backed with unlimited power, will make them intolerable.
With what terrour may we look on those words? Psalm 68.20, 21. Vnto God belongs salvation, but he will wound the hairy scalp of every one that goes on in sin: Though he will multiply salvations to such as serve him the more for them, yet ⟨p. 69⟩will he glorifie his justice in destroying such as go on in sin after them. The Hebr. word 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 signifies altè imprimere; God will make a deep impression of the hands of justice on all such incorrigible persons. The heaviest judgments will fall on the contemners of the highest mercies. Judgment will be with most amazing terrour, on the contemners of the Almighties favour. As Gods resolutions against such sins will make destruction irrevocable, so his wrath backt with unlimited power, will make them intolerable.
Now here I shall endeavour to show you for what reasons destroying judgments will be thus heightened by provoking sins after deliverance.