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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
THE PROGRESS OF GODS Providence.THE PROGRESSE OF GODS Providence.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
When men increased into a Family,1 God ordained the first-born, both to be a Governor, 2and also an Instructor of the Family.
When men encreased into a Family,1 God ordained the first-born, both to be a Governour, 2and also an Instructour of the Family.
- 12. First-born. Gen. 4. 7.
- 2[Greek or Hebrew] 18. 19. 3 Priests and Levites. Num. 3. 12.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 18. 19. 3 Priests and Levites. Num. 3. 12.
When the Church multiplied into a Nation, God set ⟨p. 2⟩apart the twelfth part thereof, namely one Tribe of twelve, to be ordinary Ministers therein. These he distinguished into Priests and Levites.