A47584:1376
The History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland
The history of the reformation of the Church of Scotland containing five books : together with some treatises conducing to the history.The historie of the reformation of the Church of Scotland containing five books : together with some treatises conducing to the history.
London: printed by John Raworth for George Thomason and Octavian Pullen, 1644
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.
In all the journeys and temptations of Jacob, 1the same is to be espied; As when he fled from his fathers house,2 for fear of his brother Esau, when he returned from Laban; And when he feared the inhabitants of the Region of the Canaanites and Peresites, for the slaughter of the Sichemites committed by his sons; he receiveth none other defence, but only Gods Word and Promise.
In all the journeyes and temptations of Iacob, 1the same is to be espied; As when he fled from his fathers house,2 for fear of his brother Esau, when he returned from Laban; And when he feared the inhabitants of the Region of the Canaanites and Peresites, for the slaughter of the Sichemites committed by his sons; he receiveth none other defence, but onely Gods Word and Promise.
- 1Jacob.Iacob.
- 2Gen. 23 31.32.35.
And this in Moses, 1and in the afflicted Church under him, is most evident: For when Moses himself was in such despair,2 that he was bold to chide with God, saying, Why hast thou sent me? for since that time I have come to Pharaoh, to speak in thy Name, he hath oppressed this people: Neither yet hast thou delivered thy people.