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The progress of divine providence, set out in a sermon preached in the Abbey…The progresse of divine providence, set out in a sermon preached in the Abbey…
The progress of divine providence, set out in a sermon preached in the Abbey Church of Westminster before the house of Peers, on the 24th of September, 1645. being the day of their monthly fast. / By William Gouge, one of the members of the Assembly.The progresse of divine providence, set out in a sermon preached in the Abbey Church of Westminster before the house of Peers, on the 24th of September, 1645. being the day of their monethly fast. / By William Gouge, one of the members of the Assembly.
London: printed by G.M. for Joshua Kirton next Goldsmiths-hall, 1645London: printed by G.M. for Ioshua Kirton next Goldsmiths-hall, 1645
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THE PROGRESS OF GODS Providence.THE PROGRESSE OF GODS Providence.
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If any shall object,1 that in many respects the state of our Church hath grown worse and worse. I answer, that by reason of our sluggishness, want of zeal, and unworthy walking of that light which. God graciously afforded, clouds of error and superstition gathered together: as by the negligence and wickedness of the Israelites, the Canaanites were not utterly destroyed,2 but proved to be snares and traps unto them, and scourges in their sides, and thorns in their eyes. Yet God did time after time remove those impediments, and cause the light of his Gospel more and more brightly to shine forth.
If any shall object,1 that in many respects the state of our Church hath growne worse and worse. I answer, that by reason of our sluggishnesse, want of zeal, and unworthy walking of that light which. God graciously afforded, clouds of errour and superstition gathered together: as by the negligence and wickednesse of the Israelites, the Canaanites were not utterly destroyed,2 but proved to be snares and traps unto them, and scourges in their sides, and thornes in their eyes. Yet God did time after time remove those impediments, and cause the light of his Gospel more and more brightly to shine forth.
- 1Rubs which hinder the Progress of Providence.Rubs which hinder the Progres of Providence.
- 2Joshua 23. 13.
Why then may not we yet look for better things then at the beginning of our Reformation, and hope that as then the Doctrine of the Gospel was restored to the purity of it: so the Government also of the Church be restored to its purity. Comfort your selves in these sad times with this hope.