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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
GOD Acknowledged: OR THE The TRUE INTEREST of the NATION, and all t… › Exhortation.
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4. As he can Direct us, and none can withstand him; or give us Counsel, which none can overthrow; so he can with ease, defeat all the Counsels of his Peoples Enemies; nay, can turn their crafty counsel to the Advantage of his own People: He 1taketh the Wise in their own Craftiness, and the Counsel of the Froward is carried head long: or as the Prophet Isaiah saith, The Counsel 2of the Wise shall be turned bac ward. Omne Consilium Captatum in Festinatione est Stultitia. God can mingle a perverse Spirit, and and make the Princes of Zoan to become Fools.
4. As he can Direct us, and none can withstand him; or give us Counsel, which none can overthrow; so he can with ease, defeat all the Counsels of his Peoples Enemies; nay, can turn their crafty counsel to the Advantage of his own People: He 1taketh the Wise in their own Craftiness, and the Counsel of the Froward is carryed head long: or as the Prophet Isaiah saith, The Counsel 2of the Wise shall be turned bac ward. Omne Consilium Captatum in Festinatione est Stultitia. God can mingle a perverse Spirit, and and make the Princes of Zoan to become Fools.
5. When he is sought truly unto, he hath promised to direct a People or Person that feareth him; his special care is over such that Trust in him: Behold the eye of the Lord is over them that Fear him, upon them that hope in his Mercy: Mind my Text, He