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An humble testimony unto the goodness and severity of God in his dealing with…
An humble testimony unto the goodness and severity of God in his dealing with sinful churches and nations, or, The only way to deliver a sinful nation from utter ruin by impendent judgments, in a discourse on the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, Luk. 13, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 / by John Owen.An humble testimony unto the goodness and severity of God in his dealing with sinful churches and nations, or, The only way to deliver a sinful nation from utter ruine by impendent judgments, in a discourse on the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, Luk. 13, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 / by John Owen.
London: printed for Nathanael Ponder, 1681
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Secondly, The second sort of Judgments are, such as are deservedly threatened, and determined, yet so as that no Judicial hardness doth absolutely go a long with them, to make utterly void the proceeding Day of Grace and Patience, and all Reformation impossible.
Secondly, The second sort of Judgments are, such as are deservedly threatned, and determined, yet so as that no Judicial hardness doth absolutely go a long with them, to make utterly void the proceeding Day of Grace and Patience, and all Reformation impossible.
They cannot, they shall not be utterly removed by a total deliverance from them, but yet they may have many Alleviations, and Mitigations; and be sanctified ⟨p. 56⟩unto them whom they do befall; a full Instance hereof we have in the Babylonish Captivity, as an Account is given us of it, 2 Kings 23. 25, 26, 27. Like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the Lord with all his Heart, and with all his Soul, and with all his might, according to all the Law of Moses never after him arose there any like him. Notwithstanding, the Lord turned not from the fierceness of his wrath wherewith his Anger was kind•ed against Judah, because of all their Provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal. And the Lord said, I will removed Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this City Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the House of which I said, My Name shall be there.
They cannot, they shall not be utterly remov'd by a total deliverance from them, but yet they may have many Alleviations, and Mitigations; and be sanctisied ⟨p. 56⟩unto them whom they do befall; a full Instance hereof we have in the Babylonish Captivity, as an Account is given us of it,