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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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IT is a Part and Duty of Spiritual Wisdom, as also an Evidence of a due Reverence of God, to take Notice of Extraordinary Occurrences in the Dispensations of his Providence; for they are instructive warnings, and of ⟨p. 2⟩great importance in his Government of the World. In them the Voice of the Lord crieth unto the City, and the man of Wisdom shall see his Name. And there is a Mark left on them, as profligate Persons, who will not see when his Hand is so lifted up. An Example of this Wisdom is given us here in our Blessed Saviour; who on the Report that was made unto him of some severe Providential Accidents, then newly fallen out, gives an Exposition of the Mind of God in them, with an Application of them, unto the present Duty of them that heard him, and Ours therein
Some things may be observed in General, to give Light into the Context, and the Design of our Saviour in this holy Discourse.
I. The Time when the Things mentioned did fall out, and wherein our Saviour passed this judgement on them.
1. It was a Time of great Sin; of the abounding of all sorts of Sins: The Nation as such, in its Rulers and Rule; the Church as such, in its Officers, Order and Worship; and the Generality of the People, in their Personal Capacities,