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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.
This effectually seals men up for destruction. Ezech. 8.18. I will deal with them in my fury; and though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear. As lazy prayers will not prevail now, so the loudest Prayer shall not prevail then. Thou mayest then spend thy breath, that now thou spendest worse, and not speed. Thou mayest stretch out thy hands, and yet receive nothing: but disengaging Mercy may suffer like those, Isai. 1. When ye stretch out your hands, I will hide my eyes; and when ye make many Prayers, I will not hear. Audire Dei est concedere, i. e. I will not grant what you ask. In the days of my Grace ye might have prevailed, and did not pray, or did it formally; and now in the day of my fury ye may pray, but shall not prevail.
This effectually seals men up for destruction. Ezech. 8.18. I will deal with them in my fury; and though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear. As lazy prayers will not prevail now, so the loudest Prayer shall not prevail then. Thou maist then spend thy breath, that now thou spendest worse, and not speed. Thou maist stretch out thy hands, and yet receive nothing: but disengaging Mercy may suffer like those, Isai. 1. When ye stretch out your hands, I will hide my eyes; and when ye make many Prayers, I will not hear. Audire Dei est concedere, i. e. I will not grant what you ask. In the days of my Grace ye might have prevail'd, and did not pray, or did it formally; and now in the day of my fury ye may pray, but shall not prevail.
Neither can the Prayers of the greatest Favourites in the Court of Heaven prevail for a people under such circumstances. Should the dearest Servants plead with greatest fervency, they must be denied when Mercy is disengaged, Jer. 15.1. Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, my heart could not be towards this people. Standing is the Posture of Praying. Though these should endeavour to draw