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The quarrel of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrel. Delivered in three…The quarrell of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrell. Delivered in three…
The quarrel of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrel. Delivered in three sermons on Levit. 26. 25. and Jere. 50. 5. / By Thomas Case, preacher of the Word in Milk-street, London; and one of the Assembly of Divines.The quarrell of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrell. Delivered in three sermons on Levit. 26. 25. and Jere. 50. 5. / By Thomas Case, preacher of the Word in Milk-street, London; and one of the Assembly of Divines.
London: printed for Luke Fawne, 1643
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L•t th• two Nations, and every soul in both the Nations, that […] hand to the most high God, in this holy League and Covenant, take heed of, and abhor such unworthy thoughts if they should be crowding in upon this service, and •ay unto them, as on•e Christ to Peter; Get thee behind me Satan, that […] not of the things that be of God, but of the things that be of m•n. You may remember how it fared with Hamor, and his son Shechem, and their people, to whom they propounded these •ase ends. God did not only disappoint them of their ••ds, but destroy them, for them; Their aims were to get the Hebrews substance and cattle, but they lost their own, with their lives to boot; 1For it came to pass on the third day, when they w•re •or•, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon, and Levi, came upon the City, •oldly, and slew all the males, &c. And the sons of Jacob […] upon the slain, and spoiled the City; they took their Sheep, and their Oxen, and all their Wealth.
L•t th• two Nations, and every soul in both the Nations, that 〈…〉 hand to the most high God, in this holy League and Covenant, take heed of, and abhorre such unworthy thoughts if they should be crowding in upon this service, and •ay unto them, as on•e Christ to Peter; Get thee behinde me Satan, that 〈…〉 not of the things that be of God, but of the things that be of m•n. You may remember how it fared with Hamor, and his son Sech•m, and their people, to whom they propounded these ase ends. God did not onely disappoint them of their ds, but dstroy them, for them; Their ayms were to get the Hebrews substance and cattle, but they lost their own, with their lives to boot;