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A discourse of divine providence I. In general
A discourse of divine providence I. In general: that there is a providence exercised by God in the world. II. In particular: how all Gods providences in the world, are in order to the good of his people. By the late learned divine Stephen Charnock, B.D. sometime fellow of New-College in Oxon.A discourse of divine providence I. In general: that there is a providence exercised by God in the world. II. In particular: how all Gods providences in the world, are in order to the good of his people. By the late learned divine Stephen Charnock, B.D. sometime fellow of New-Colledg in Oxon.
London: printed by R. Roberts for Thomas Cockerill, 1684
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A Discourse of Divine Providence.
2 Chron. 16.9. For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole Earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect towards him.
2 Chron. 16.9. For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole Earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect towards him.
IN the beginning of the Chapter you find Baasha King of Israel raising walls about, and Fortifying Ramah, a place about twelve miles from Jerusalem, the Metropolis of Judah, intending by that means to block Asa up, because Ramah lay just upon the road between Jerusalem and Samaria, the seats of the two Kings, ver. 1.
Baasha was probably afraid of the Revolt of Israel to Judah, upon that Reformation of Religion wrought by Asa, and therefore would Fortify that place to be a hinderance, and to intercept any that ⟨p. 2⟩