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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.
Thus did Jacob, Gen. 33. when he heard, how his enraged Brother […] coming out to meet him with 400 Armed Men, to cut him off, with his Wives and Children.
Thus did Jacob, Gen. 33. when he heard, how his enraged Brother 〈…〉 coming out to meet him with 400 Armed Men, to cut him off, with his Wives and Children.
How did he wrestle with God? He […] and made Supplication; & also said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me, Gen. 32 26 And he said, What is thy Name? and he said, Jacob; and he said, Thy Name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel; for as a Prince hast thou Power with God and Men, and hast prevailed, verse 27. All that thus wrestle with God, God accounts Princes; they are Prevailers with God; they overcome God in a spiritual manner, and prevail over Men, nay, over Devils, and all Hellish Lusts, and the powers of Darkness. Fsau shall not hurt thee, (as if God should have said) I will prevent thy present Fear and Danger: Thus Jacob at this time, when in great Straits and Afflictions, acknowledged God.
How did he wrestle with God? He 〈…〉 and made Supplication; & also said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me, Gen. 32 26 And he said, What is thy Name? and he said, Jacob; and he said, Thy Name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel; for as a Prince hast thou Power with God and Men, and hast prevailed, verse 27. All that thus wrestle with God, God accounts Princes; they are Prevailers with God; they overcome God in a spiritual manner, and prevail over Men, nay, over Devils, and all Hellish Lusts, and the powers of Darkness. Fsau shall not hurt thee, (as if God should have said) I will prevent thy present Fear and Danger: Thus Jacob at this time, when in great Straits and Afflictions, acknowledged God.