A69149:63
Gods promise to his plantation· as it was delivered in a sermon
Gods promise to his plantation· as it was delivered in a sermon, by John Cotton, B.D. and preacher of Gods word in Boston.Gods promise to his plantation· as it was delivered in a sermon, by Iohn Cotton, B.D. and preacher of Gods word in Boston.
London: printed by William Jones of John Bellamy, 1630London: printed by William Iones of Iohn Bellamy, 1630
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Secondly, Use 2 this may teach us in every place where God appoints us to sit down, to acknowledge him as our Landlord. The earth is the Lords, and the fullness thereof; his are our Countries, our Townes, our houses; and therefore let us acknowledge him in them all. The Apostle ⟨p. 13⟩makes this use of it amongst the Athenians, Acts 17.26, 27. He hath appointed the times, and places of our habitation, that we might seek, and grope after the Lord. There is a threefold use that we are to make of it, as it appeareth there; Let us seek after the Lord, why? Because if thou comest into an house, thou wilt ask for the owner of it: And so if thou comest into a foreign land, and there findest an house and land provided for thee, wilt thou not enquire, where is the Landlord? where is that God that gave me this house and land? He is missing, and therefore seek after him.
Secondly, Vse 2 this may teach us in every place where God appoints us to sit downe, to acknowledge him as our Landlord. The earth is the Lords, and the fulnesse thereof; his are our Countries, our Townes, our houses; and therefore let us acknowledge him in them all. The Apostle ⟨p. 13⟩makes this use of it amongst the Athenians, Acts 17.26, 27. He hath appointed the times, and places of our habitation, that we might seeke, and grope after the Lord. There is a threefold use that we are to make of it, as it appeareth there; Let us seek after the Lord, why? Because if thou commest into an house, thou wilt aske for the owner of it: And so if thou commest into a forreigne land, and there findest an house and land provided for thee, wilt thou not enquire, where is the Landlord? where is that God that gave mee this house and land? He is missing, and therefore seek after him.