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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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Fourthly, Here is a sure Rule, given us, of the Interpretation of severe Providences in such a season, as that here intended. Such I mean as we have had amongst us, in Plague, and Fire, and Blood; and such as we have the Signs and Tokens of at this time in Heaven and Earth. For three things we are here taught safely to conclude concerning them,
1. That they are warnings from God. This our Saviour plainly declares in the Interpretation and Application of these two Instances.
2. That their Voice and Language is a ⟨p. 19⟩Call to Repentance and Reformation: Except ye repent, &c.
3. When they are neglected as warnings, calling to Repentance, they change their nature, and become certain Signs of approaching Destruction. And in the observation of these Rules of Interpretation of Providential Severities, given us by our Saviour, we may be preserved from the excesses of neglecting on the one hand, what is contained in them; and of rash judging of Men or Causes on the other.