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The prophecy of Haggai, interpreted and applied in sundry sermonsThe prophesie of Haggai, interpreted and applyed in sundry sermons
The prophecy of Haggai, interpreted and applied in sundry sermons by the famous and judicious divine, John Rainolds, D.D. Never before printed, being very useful for these times.The prophesie of Haggai, interpreted and applyed in sundry sermons by the famous and judicious divine, John Rainolds, D.D. Never before printed, beeing very usefull for these times.
London: printed by W.W. for William Lee, 1649
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Sermon 6. February 8. 1589.
Haggai 1. ver. 9 Ye looked for much and it came to little. and when ye brought it home I did blow upon it, and why saith the Lord of Hosts? because of mine house that lay waste, and ye ran every man to his own house. Verse 10 Therefore against you the heavens stayed it self from dew and the earth stayed from fruit. Ver. 11 And I have called for drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the Corn and upon the wine, and upon the oil and upon that which the earth bringeth forth both upon men and upon cattle, and upon all the labours of their hands.
Haggai 1. ver. 9 Yee looked for much and it came to little. and when ye brought it home I did blow upon it, and why saith the Lord of Hosts? because of mine house that lay waste, and yee ranne every man to his owne house. Verse 10 Therefore against you the heavens stayed it selfe from dew and the earth stayed from fruit. Ver. 11 And I have called for drought upon the land, and upon the mountaines, and upon the Corne and upon the wine, and upon the oyle and upon that which the earth bringeth forth both upon men and upon cattel, and upon all the labours of their hands.
The Prophet Haggai having exhorted the Jews to go forward with the Temple and sanctuary, and having moved them thereunto by laying before them the gracious promises of God, that he would be favourable and take delight therein, doth further stir them up with these words by calling to their remembrance that great want and scarcity wherewith God did not chastise them, who therefore did not prosper the labours of their hands nor give success to their endeavours, for that every one ran to the building of his own house, and the trimming up thereof, they laboured not to advance the house of the Lord, for as the Lord had threatened in his law, that if they would not hearken to his voice to do his will they should be cursed in the town, and in the field, and in the fruit of their body, and the fruit of the earth, that the heavens over them should be brass, and the earth under them iron. So did they feel by experience that those threats were performed to them from heaven and earth in themselves, and in theirs and in the field and in the town, because