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Of domesticall duties eight treatises. I. An exposition of that part of Scripture out…
Of domesticall duties eight treatises. I. An exposition of that part of Scripture out of which domesticall duties are raised. ... VIII. Duties of masters. By William Gouge.
London: printed by John Haviland for William Bladen, 1622London: printed by Iohn Haviland for William Bladen, 1622
Treatise 1 › Section 68 › Object.Treatise 1 › Section 68 › Obiect.
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Admirable is the comfort which every true member of the 1Catholic Church may reap from hence: for so long as the wrath and hatred of the Lord is turned from us, nothing can make us miserable: we may in this respect rejoice not only in prosperity, but also in all manner of affliction. No calamity can move Christ to hate his Church, but rather the more to pity it, as we do our bodies. Nay, though by sin he be provoked, and see it needful to correct his Church, yet in love, not in hatred, in mercy, not in wrath will he correct it.
Admirable is the comfort which euery true member of the 1Catholike Church may reape from hence: for so long as the wrath and hatred of the Lord is turned from vs, nothing can make vs miserable: we may in this respect reioyce not only in prosperitie, but also in all manner of affliction. No calamitie can moue Christ to hate his Church, but rather the more to pittie it, as we doe our bodies. Nay, though by sinne he be prouoked, and see it needfull to correct his Church, yet in loue, not in hatred, in mercy, not in wrath will he correct it.
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What now if all the world have us? Seeing Christ hateth 1us not, we need not fear nor care. The subject which is sure of his Kings favour, little regardeth the hatred of others. This therefore is to be thought of, both to comfort us under the cross, and to encourage us against the hatred of the world. That none may pervert this comfortable doctrine, let me add two caveats.
What now if all the world have vs? Seeing Christ hateth