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Divine efficacy without humane power. Opened in a sermon preached at St. Margarets Church…
Divine efficacy without humane power. Opened in a sermon preached at St. Margarets Church in Westminster before the Right Honourable the House of Commons, June 28. 1660. Being the day of solemn thanksgiving for the happy return of the Kings Majesty. / By Edward Reynolds D.D. and chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty.Divine efficacy without humane power. Opened in a sermon preached at St. Margarets Church in Westminster before the Right Honourable the House of Commons, June 28. 1660. Being the day of solemne thanksgiving for the happy return of the Kings Majesty. / By Edward Reynolds D.D. and chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty.
London: printed by Tho. Ratcliffe for George Thomason, 1660
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So he dealt with Gideon, called him to great service, to deliver Israel from the Midianites, Judges 6. 13. Gideon is presently at Moses his fence, My family is poor, and I the meanest in it, wherewith shall I save Israel? ver. 15. Wherewith? By my Power, I am with thee, v. 16. How shall I know that? Show me a sign, v. 17. The sign comes, and that puts him into a new feare. Timor etiam auxilia reformidat. It betrays the succours which God and Reason offer, ver. 22. The Lord removes that fear, Thou shalt not die, ver. 23. but even then sets him upon a work which endangered his life, v. 25—30. His Father hath no sooner satisfied the people, and saved his life, ver. 31, 32. but a new fear ariseth, the Midianites and Amalekites gather together against Israel. Gideon obeys Gods call, but wants signs to remove doubts, ver. 34—40. He is gratified in them; but then he is exercised with a great temptation. His Army must be lessened from thirty two thousand unto but three hundred men. He obeys, but fears still, Judg. 7. 10. and this fear is removed by a dream of one in the enemies camp, ver. 13, 14. And being so many ways confirmed, he sets on the work and prevaileth.
So he dealt with Gideon, call'd him to great service, to deliver Israel from the Midianites, Judges 6. 13. Gideon is presently at Moses his fence, My family is poore, and I the meanest in it, wherewith shall I save Israel? ver. 15. Wherewith? By my Power, I am with thee, v. 16. How shall I know that? Shew me a signe, v. 17. The signe comes, and that puts him into a new feare. Timor etiam auxilia reformidat. It betrays the succours which God and Reason offer, ver. 22. The Lord removes that fear, Thou shalt not die, ver. 23. but even then sets him upon a work which endangered his life, v. 25—30. His Father hath no sooner satisfied the people, and saved his life, ver. 31, 32. but a new feare ariseth, the Midianites and Amalekites gather together against Israel. Gideon obeys Gods call, but wants signes to remove doubts, ver. 34—40. He is gratified in them; but then he is exercised with a great temptation. His Army must be lessened from thirty two thousand unto but three hundred men. He obeys, but fears still, Judg. 7. 10. and this fear is removed by a dreame of one in the enemies camp, ver. 13, 14. And being so many ways confirmed, he sets on the work and prevaileth.