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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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This is manifest in the Text: I will plant them; and what follows from thence? They shall dwell in their own place: But how? Peaceably, they shall not be moved any more. Then they shall dwell safely, then they shall live in peace. The like promise you read of in Psal. 89.21, 22. The enemy shall not exact upon them any more. And in Psal. 92.13. Those that be planted in the house of the Lord, shall flourish in the Courts of our God. Gods plantation is a flourishing plantation, Amos 9.15.
This is manifest in the Text: I will plant them; and what followes from thence? They shall dwell in their owne place: But how? Peaceably, they shall not be moved any more. Then they shall dwell safely, then they shall live in peace. The like promise you reade of in Psal. 89.21, 22. The enemie shall not exact upon them any more. And in Psal. 92.13. Those that be planted in the house of the Lord, shall flourish in the Courts of our God. Gods plantation is a florishing plantation, Amos 9.15.
What is it for God to plant a people? Quest.
It is a Metaphor taken from young Imps; Answ. I will plant them, that is, I will make them to take root there; and that is, where they and their soil agree well together, when they are well and sufficiently provided for, as a plant sucks nourishment from the soil that fitteth it.