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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, By their own Strength for War, and their Defence against all their Enemies. They gloried in their Wisdom, their Might, and their Riches; as he intimateth. Chap. 9. 23.
Secondly, By their own Strengh for War, and their Defence against all their Enemies. They gloried in their Wisdom, their Might, and their Riches; as he intimateth. Chap. 9. 23.
Thirdly, By the Help and Aid which they expected from others, especially from Egypt. And herein they thought once that they had prevailed against him, and utterly disproved his Rule of Safety by Reformation only; for when the Chaldeans besieged the City, by whom the Judgments he had threatened them withal, were to be executed, Pharaoh the King of Egypt coming up against them, they departed from Jerusalem for fear of his Army. Ch. 27, 5, 11. Hereon, no doubt, they triumphed against him, and were satisfied that their own way for Deliverance, was better than that troublesome way of Repentance and Reformation, which he prescribed unto them. But he knew from whom he had his Message, and that would be the Event of the false Hopes and Joys which they had entertained: So he tells them, verse 9, 10. Deceive not your selves, saying, the Chaldeans shall surely depart from us; for they shall not depart: For though you had smitten the whole Army of the Chaldeans, that fight against you, and their remained but wounded men amongst them, yet should they rise up every man in his Tent, and burn this City with fire. Which accordingly came to pass.
Thirdly, By the Help and Aid which they expected from others, especially from Aegypt. And herein they thought once that they had prevailed against him, and utterly disprov'd his Rule of Safety by Reformation only; for when the Chaldeans besieged the City, by whom the Judgments he had threaned them withal, were to be executed, Pharaoh the King of Egypt coming up against them, they departed from Jerusalem for fear of his Army. Ch. 27, 5, 11. Hereon, no doubt, they triumphed against him, and were satisfied that their own way for Deliverance, was better than that troublesome way of Repentance and Reformation, which he prescrib'd unto them. But he knew from whom he had his Message, and that would be the Event of the false Hopes and Joys which they had entertained: So he tells them, verse 9, 10. Deceive not your selves, saying, the Chaldeans shall surely depart from us; for they shall not depart: For though you had smitten the whole Army of the Chaldeans, that fight against you, and their remained but wounded men amongst them, yet should they rise up every man in his Tent, and burn this City with fire. Which accordingly came to pass.