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Mercies memorial set out in a sermon preached in Paul's church, Novemb. 17, 1644,…
Mercies memorial set out in a sermon preached in Paul's church, Novemb. 17, 1644, in memorial of the great deliverance which England had from antichristian bondage by Queen Elizabeths attaining the crown/ by William Gouge ...Mercies memorial set out in a sermon preached in Paul's church, Novemb. 17, 1644, in memoriall of the great deliverance which England had from antichristian bondage by Queen Elizabeths attaining the crowne/ by William Gouge ...
London: printed by George Miller for Joshua Kirton, 1645London: printed by George Miller for Ioshua Kirton, 1645
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8. Locusts. Exod. 10.5, 14. This was a grievous plague,1 in regard of the kind and multitude of the creatures which annoyed them. Locusts were of that kind which they call Insecta, divided betwixt the head and the belly. They were winged, and able to fly over seas from Country to Country. They devoured all kind of grass, herbs and fruits. They were so pernicious that in the Countries where they abode, all the means that could be invented were used to destroy them. In their multitude they were as hurtful as in their kind; for they used so to flock together, as like a thick dark cloud they overshadowed the face of the sky, and obscured the light of the Sun. The Psalmist joineth Caterpillars with them, Psal. 78.46. And another Prophet joineth Locusts, Canker-worms, Caterpillars, and Palmer-worms, and calls them Gods great Army, Joel 2.25. From this phrase which Pharaoh useth (Exod. 10.17.) Take away this death only, some gather that the Locusts were venomous creatures, and bit and stung men to death. The Egyptians were very cruel to the Israelites.
8. Locusts. Exod. 10.5, 14. This was a grievous plague,1 in regard of the kind and multitude of the creatures which annoyed them. Locusts were of that kind which they call Insecta, divided betwixt the head and the belly. They were winged, and able to fly over seas from Country to Country. They devoured all kind of grasse, herbs and fruits. They were so pernicious that in the Countries where they abode, all the meanes that could be invented were used to destroy them. In their multitude they were as hurtfull as in their kind; for they used so to flock together, as like a thick dark cloud they overshadowed the face of the skie, and obscured the light of the Sunne. The Psalmist joyneth Caterpillars with them,