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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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And so will it be with any other People, against all Pleas and pretences to the contrary.
Let the Case be stated according as it is laid down in the Proposition, and explained in the instance of Jeremiah.
Let the Case be stated according as it is laid down in the Poposition, and explained in the instance of Jeremiah.
Suppose a Church or People do abound with provoking Sins; that during the time of God's Patience towards them, and Warning of them, there are Signs and Tokens of his Displeasure, and of impendent Judgments; let them feed themselves so long as they please with hopes of Deliverance and Safety, unless they comply with the Calls of God unto Repentance and Reformation they will fall under desolating Judgments, or be utterly forsaken of God for ever.
The Grounds and Reasons of this Rule and Order in Divine Dispensations, are many, plain and obvious, which I shall not at large insist upon.