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God acknowledged, or, The true interest of the nation and all that fear God…
God acknowledged, or, The true interest of the nation and all that fear God opened in a sermon preached December the 11th, 1695 : being the day appointed by the king for public prayer and humiliation / by Benjamin Keach.God acknowledged, or, The true interest of the nation and all that fear God opened in a sermon preached December the 11th, 1695 : being the day appointed by the king for publick prayer and humiliation / by Benjamin Keach.
London: printed for William Marshal, 1696
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.
Fourthly, God ought to be acknowledged by all Men, in all Matters; 1because 'tis by his wise Providence (as you have heard) that all things are governed, ordered, and disposed of, throughout the whole Earth; not only the Affairs of particular Persons, but the Concernments and Affairs of Nations and Kingdoms much more.
Fourthly, God ought to be acknowledged by all Men, in all Matters; 1because 'tis by his wise Providence (as you have heard) that all things are governed, ordered, and disposed of, throughtout the whole Earth; not only the Affairs of particular Persons, but the Concernments and Affairs of Nations and Kingdoms much more.
- 1GOD disposeth of all Affairs.
1. In all Civil Affairs in respect of Government, &c. All the Counsels of the Mighty are influenced by the Lord: God judgeth ⟨p. 25⟩amongst the Gods; the Shields of the Earth belong to the Lord, Psal. 47. 9. 'Tis by me Kings Reign, and Princes decree Judgment; he sets up, and pulleth down at his Pleasure.
2. All Military Actions of Nations, are ordered by the Almighty, War and Peace are from him; if he take Peace from the Earth, in vain do all Counsellors and great Statesmen meet, and consult about Peace: hence God is called, The Lord of Hosts, and a Man of War: or, The great General of Armies.