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The right wayThe right vvay
The right way: or A direction for obtaining good success in a weighty enterprise. Set out in a sermon preached on the 12th of September, 1648. before the Lords on a day of humiliation for a blessing on a treaty between His Majesties and the Parliaments commissioners. / By W. Gouge.The right vvay: or A direction for obtaining good successe in a weighty enterprise. Set out in a sermon preached on the 12th of September, 1648. before the Lords on a day of humiliation for a blessing on a treaty between His Majesties and the Parliaments commissioners. / By W. Gouge.
London: printed by A. Miller for Joshua Kirton, 1648London: printed by A. Miller for Ioshua Kirton, 1648
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That which is here spoken of in my Text, was done by the second of those Patriots: who was a pious Priest, and a prudent Governor.
That which is here spoken of in my Text, was done by the second of those Patriots: who was a pious Priest, and a prudent Governour.
That he came to Jerusalem,1 to reform Religion, and to settle the true worship of God, and a good government in the Church, is evident by this testimony given unto him, Ezra had prepared his heart, to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgements, chap. 7. 10. So much is also evident by that charge which Artaxerxes King of Persia in his letters patents thus gave unto him, Thou art sent to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand, and to carry the silver and gold which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel; &c. chap. 7. 14, 15, 23.
That he came to Jerusalem,1 to reform Religion, and to settle the true worship of God, and a good government in the Church, is evident by this testimony given unto him, Ezra had prepared his heart, to seek the law of the Lord, and to doe it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgements, chap. 7. 10. So much is also evident by that charge which Artaxerxes King of Persia in his letters patents thus gave unto him, Thou art sent to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand, and to carry the silver and gold which the king and his councellers have freely offered unto the God of Israel; &c. chap. 7. 14, 15, 23.
- 1The Context. Esdras restituit legem. Aug. de Mir. S. S. l. 2. c. 33.