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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.
3. The greatness of this Deliverance will appear on the consideration of the condition we were in, who were designed to be destroyed. Consider we but the daring provocations we have given the Almighty to forsake us, it appears a Mirror of Mercy that he should spare us. Might he not justly have said, Now will I ease me of my Adversaries, and avenge me on my Enemies: Now will I make known the dread of my unregarded wrath, for their impenitent sinning: Now will I show how bitter a thing it is to abuse my patience by rebellion, and my goodness by offending? But now behold, his bowels wrought in him; he delivered us rebels, rescued us sinful wretches: and who can but lay to heart this mercy?
3. The greatness of this Deliverance will appear on the consideration of the condition we were in, who were design'd to be destroyed. Consider we but the daring provocations we have given the Almighty to forsake us, it appears a Mirrour of Mercy that he should spare us. Might he not justly have said, Now will I ease me of my Adversaries, and avenge me on my Enemies: Now will I make known the dread of my unregarded wrath, for their impenitent sinning: Now will I shew how bitter a thing it is to abuse my patience by rebellion, and my goodness by offending? But now behold, his bowels wrought in him; he delivered us rebels, rescued us sinful wretches: and who can but lay to heart this mercy?
How helpless had we been in such a dismal Surprisal? the mighty men would not have found their hands, the valiant would have lost their courageous hearts, and we should have been but Magor missabibs, terror round about.
How helpless had we been in such a dismal Surprizal? the mighty men would not have found their hands, the valiant would have lost their couragious hearts, and we should have been but Magor missabibs, terrour round about.