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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 the Twelfth.
Haggai 2. 9. 10. The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of Hosts: The glory of this last house shall be greater then the glory of the first, saith the Lord of Hosts, and in this house will I give peace, saith the Lord of Hosts.
Haggai 2. 9. 10. The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of Hoasts: The glory of this last house shall be greater then the glory of the first, saith the Lord of Hosts, and in this house will I give peace, saith the Lord of Hosts.
Godliness is profitable to all things, having the promise of this life, and that to come, saith Paul to Timothy; the truth of which sentence is here illustrated by an example of a duty here commanded, touching the building of the Temple: For of the three gracious promises made by the Lord to stir up the Jews thereto, the two lastly handled, concern the promise of the life to come, the glad tidings of the Gospel; and the last now to be unfolded, comprised in the words read, contains the promise of this present life. Silver is mine, &c. We heard before, as may be gathered from the Prophets words, is it not as nothing, &c. that the people were discouraged when they saw the foundation of the Temple ⟨p. 126⟩how far short it would come of the former, to recomfort them, therefore this is added, that the glory of this latter house should be greater then the glory of the former, and that not only in respect of the spiritual glory mentioned in the former verse, And I will fill this house with glory; but even with temporal and eternal glory also, wherewith because the other was so beautified, they were cast down and discouraged, as if the latter would be nothing in respect of the former; therefore the Lord here doth not only promise to fill it with glory, but also that the glory thereof shall be greater then the glory of the former; which for that (in respect of that glory which they meant, it might seem a thing unpossible, since they had not the riches of Solomon which built the former.) Therefore first the Lord mentions that the silver is his, and the gold is his, &c. The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, as if he had said, notwithstanding ye are now poor, and see no means how to effect this, yet it is in my power to enrich you, The earth is the Lords, and all that therein is, which he showed when he fulfilled