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The saints support, set out in a sermon preached before the Honourable House of…
The saints support, set out in a sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons assembled in Parliament. At a public fast, 29. June, 1642. By William Gouge.The saints support, set out in a sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons assembled in Parliament. At a publick fast, 29. Iune, 1642. By William Gouge.
London: printed by G. M. for Joshua Kirton, 1642
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Ye are now the great Judges of this land:1 and of old it was said, that the Altar and Judge are as one, in that such as are wronged fly to the one and the other for succour. Such was Jobs practise. I delivered, saith he, the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. Remembrance hereof much comforted him against his friends unjust calumnies in the depth of his great miseries.
Ye are now the great Judges of this land:1 and of old it was said, that the Altar and Iudge are as one, in that such as are wronged fly to the one and the other for succor. Such was Iobs practise. I delivered, saith he, the poore that cryed, and the fatherlesse, and him that had none to help him. Remembrance hereof much comforted him against his friends unjust calumnies in the depth of his great miseries.
- 1Judex & Ara idem: pariter enim ad utrū que confugiunt qui inturia afficiū tur. Archite dict. Job 29. 12.Iudex & Ara idem: pariter enim ad utrū que confugiunt qui inturia afficiū tur. Archite dict. Iob 29. 12.
15. He relieved such as were in distress. It was not a pharisaical brag, but a known truth, which he thus professeth of himself,1 We after our ability have redeemed our brethren, &c. To him it seemed not sufficient to redress the wrongs which others had done, and to take off the heavy burdens which others had laid upon the backs of their poor brethren (which was a great privative good) unless also positively be relieved with money, corn, and other necessaries, and that gratis, such as were in need.