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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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3. When God utterly forsakes a People, will regard them no more; but give them up unto Idolatry, False-Worship, and all sorts of Wickedness. When he says, Why should you be stricken any more, you will revolt more and more. This is the sorest of Judgments. Woe unto them saith the ⟨p. 22⟩Lord, when I depart from them, Hosea, 9. 12. Of such a People their shall be neither Hope nor Remnant, Ezek. 47. 11. Who would not rather see a Nation suffering under some Judgments as the Effects of God's displeasure, for the neglect of his warnings, whereby it may be purged and purified, and restored, than to be left under Idolatry and all manner of Wickedness for ever.
3. When God utterly forsakes a People, will regard them no more; but give them up unto Idolatry, False-Worship, and all sorts of Wickedness. VVhen he says, Why should you be stricken any more, you will revolt more and more. This is the sorest of Judgments. VVo unto them saith the ⟨p. 22⟩Lord, when I depart from them, Hosea, 9. 12. Of such a People their shall be neither Hope nor Remnant, Ezek. 47. 11. VVho would not rather see a Nation suffering under some Judgments as the Effects of God's displeasure, for the neglect of his warnings, whereby it may be purged and purified, and restored, than to be left under Idolatry and all manner of VVickedness for ever.
But the way is here proposed for the avoidance of these Evils. And these things will be more fully spoken unto afterwards.